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LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1935. Expenditure. Income. £ s. cl. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Land-tax .. .. .. .. 451,232 411 To Salaries .. .. .. 46,241 1 11 Income-tax .. .. .. .. 3,747,860 9 4 Alterations .. .. 330 10 3 Film-hire Tax Account .. .. .. 44,914 16 11 Advertising, &c. .. .. 652 2 3 Unclaimed Moneys Account .. . . 4,817 11 1 Gas and lighting .. .. 18 1 2 Interest on public moneys .. .. 249 9 3 Law-costs .. .. .. 170 16 7 Office-cleaning .. .. 43 11 9 Postage and telegrams .. 2,388 10 3 Printing and stationery .. 1,938 13 5 Refunds of unclaimed moneys 483 18 3 Rent .. .. ~ 2,311 5 0 Repairs and renewals .. 157 19 11 Sundry expenses . . . . 14 7 3 Telephone services .. .. 211 6 10 Travelling allowances and Expenses .. .. .. 1,038 5 0 Services rendered by other Departments — Customs Department: Collecting deposits .. 200 0 0 Post and Telegraph Department : Receiving payment of tax .. .. 2,041 5 6 Valuation Department: Contribution towards expenses 10,587 0 6 Interest on payments in advance, section 8, Finance Act, 1934 .. .. 9,310 3 4 78,138 19 2 Depreciation— Furniture and fittings .. 214 0 4 Appliances .. .. 53 3 7 Library .. .. 16 18 5 — 284 2 4 Balance carried down ... .. . • 4,170,651 10 0 £4,249,074 11 6 £4,249,074 11 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 98 4 1 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 4,170,651 10 0 Excess of revenue over expenditure .. 4,170,553 5 11 £4,170,651 10 0 £4,170,651 10 0 Percentage cost of collection, 1-624. The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Assessed rents ; (b) interest on capital; (c) cost of collection of deposits. No charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the accounts. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1935. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Capital .. .. •• .. 2,364 5 6 Furniture and fittings .. .. .. 1,745 16 1 Sundry departmental creditors .'. .. 11,807 18 0 Appliances .. .. .. .. 445 18 8 Sundry other creditors .. .. .. 49,228 15 8 Library .. .. .. .. .. 172 10 9 Suspense Account, default assessments .. 150,000 0 0 Forms and stationery .. .. 1,148 ] 0 Excess of revenue over expenditure ... .. 4,170,553 5 11 Official stamps .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 Sundry departmental debtors . . .. 19 9 Sundry other debtors .. . . . . 448,970 14 7 Cash in hand, Post Office .. .. .. 41,703 15 8 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 3,889,757 18 7 £4,383,954 5 1 £4,383,954 5 1 C. E. Dowland, Commissioner of Taxes. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Acconnt and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the departmental notes enfaced thereon. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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