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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. Income and Expenditure Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1939. . Expenditure. £ s. d. j Income. £ s . d. Salaries .. .. .. __ 33,095 4 3 Compilation and printing of "Index to Laws of Fuel light, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,190 6 8 New Zealand" .. .. .. .. 15 2 Laundry .. .. .. .. . t 208 11 8 Hire of typewriters .. .. .. .. 614 7 Maintenance of grounds .. .. .. 1,541 18 4 Excess of expenditure over income brought down 179,793 14 5 Tools and implements .. .. .. 11 13 7 ' Newspapers .. .. .. ~ .. 252 9 7 Postages and telegrams .. .. .. 2,975 15 7 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 13 7 Maintenance and repairs : Furniture and fittings 367 3 5 Postage-stamps supplied to members .. .. 2,453 0 0 Statistical publications supplied to members .. 440 1 3 Honoraria and allowances to members .. .. 45,722 10 7 Telephone concessions to members .. .. 1,193 11 3 Cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 2,740 7 2 Railway concessions and travelling-expenses of members .. .. .. .. .. 29,340 12 2 Winding clocks, &c. .. .. .. .. 263 4 11 Newspapers, &c. : Library .. .. . . 153 8 7 Miscellaneous stores .. .. .. .. 185 3 5 Uniforms .. .. .. .. .. 147 19 1 Cleaning and repairs to uniforms .. .. 95 3 6 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. 640 22 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 26,793 0 0 Repairs to typewriters .. .. .. 20 11 4 Depreciation on furniture, fittings, Library, &c. .. 8,510 3 6 Bellamy's— £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. 5,578 13 11 Printing and stationery .. 15 13 9 Maintenance of staff .. 445 4 0 Laundry .. .. .. 131 15 10 Cleaning .. .. .. 225 0 0 Fuel .. .. .. 670 0 0 Depreciation on linen, glassware, furniture, and fittings 237 3 7 Rent .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Stores : Deficiencies and breakages .. .. .. 142 7 6 8,445 18 7 £179,801 14 2 £179,801 14 2 £ s. d. £ s _ Lxcess of expenditure over income brought down 179,793 14 5 Excess of expenditure over income after charging Interest on capital— £ s. d. interest on capital.. 181 340 14 0 Legislative .. .. 1,460 12 7 Bellamy's .. .. .. 86 7 0 1,546 19 7 £181,340 14 0 £181,340 14 0 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. ssets Capital— £ s. d. £ s. d. ' £ s. d. Legislative .. .. 33,822 17 6 Bellamy's Silverware, &c., Account .. .. l 848 19 2 Bellamys.. .. .. 2,081 4 4 Furniture and fittings— £ s . d. 35,904 110 Legislative .. .. 7,898 910 Creditors ■ Bellamy's .. .. 232 5 2 Departmental .. .. 298 14 9 8 130 lg () Sundry .. .. .. 203 18 6 Mechanical appliances .. .. .. 764 8 2 . — 502 13 3 General Assembly Library .. .. 21 884 8 5 Wntings-off, Suspense .. .. .. 145 13 11 Books of reference .. " 3'9 75 11 1 Treasury Adjustment Account .. ..183,869 19 8 Stocks of statutes, appendices, and parliamentary papers .. .. .. .. .. 447 4 3 Stock of " Index to Laws of New Zealand " at Printing Office .. .. .. .. 194 1 3 Stationery in stock .. .. .. .. 259 0 9 Stamps .. .. .. .. .. 12 12 9 Consumable stores .. .. .. .. 13152 Uniforms .. .. .. . 38 1 1 Bellamy's linen, glassware, crockery, &c. .. 1,418 3 9 Gardeners' tools and implements .. .. 50 11 5 Assets in Suspense .. .. .. .. 145 13 n Debtors : Departmental .. .. .. 480 18 6 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account .. 181,340 14 0 £220,422 8 8 £220,422 8 8 T. D. H. Hall, Clerk of the House of Representatives. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account 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 explanatory notes dealing with departmental accounts generally as appearing at commencement of parliamentary return 8.-l [Pt. IV].—J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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