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STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT. Income anb Expenditure Account fob, the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Postages and telephones.. .. .. 1,372 18 7 By Adhesive stamps .. .. .. 101,600 10 10 Relieving and other allowances .. .. 0 5 0 Duty on instruments .. .. .. 605,826 12 7 Salaries and wages .. .. .. 21,243 4 3 Death duties .. .. .. .. 1,418,621 15 9 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 2,179 18 4 Gift duty .. .. .. .. 50,989 13 5 Stamp-printing.. .. .. .. 2,660 18 10 Crown and Native rates .. .. .. 215 0 6 Law-costs .. .. .. .. 468 18 1 Fines and penalties .. .. .. 4,956 16 7 Fuel, light, and cleaning.. .. .. 124 6 5 Impressed stamps .. .. .. 174,384 17 2 Travelling and transfer expenses .. .. 106 13 0 Licenses to companies .. .. .. 65,257 18 8 Freight and cartage .. .. .. 101 14 2 Bank-note duty .. .. .. 204,291 2 5 Valuation fees .. .. .. .. 179 15 5 Racing revenue .. .. .. 652,544 12 0 Rent .. .. .. .. .. 3,352 2 9 Amusements-tax .. .. .. 64,391 16 5 Totalizator-inspection .. .. .. 823 10 1 Sharebrokers' licenses .. .. .. 718 2 0 Office supplies .. .. .. .. 375 9 9 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 29 3 9 Refund of duty on Exhibition lease .. 55 0 0 Refund totalizator duty under Section 8, Finance Act, 1925 .. .. .. 9,782 17 9 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 685 11 8 Excess of income over expenditure, carried over .. .. .. .. .. 3,300,314 18 0 £3,343,828 2 1 £3,343,828 2 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on capital .. .. .. 515 0 9 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 3,300,314 18 0 Excess of income over expenditure after charging interest on capital .. .. 3,299,799 17 3 £3,300,314 18 0 £3,300,314 18 0 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Rental value as assessed by Public Works Department; (b) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1925. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital .. .. .. 11,445 7 2 Cash in hands of Receivers .. .. 169 12 7 Sundry creditors : — Cash in Deposit Accounts .. .. 218 2 2 Refunds .. .. .. 9,112 18 5 Office furniture.. .. .. 3,078 8 10 Expenditure .. .. .. 5,202 13 11 Additions during year .. 634 1 8 14,315 12 4 — — 3,712 10 6 Sundry depositors .. .. .. 218 2 2 Mechanical appliances .. .. 912 1 6 Writing off Suspense Account .. .. 149 5 6 Additions during year .. 233 8 1 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. 3,432 14 5 1,145 9 7 Excess of income over expenditure .. .. 3,299,799 17 3 Plant and machinery .. .. 7,279 16 10 Additions during year .. 288 8 2 — 7,568 5 0 Library .. .. .. .. 175 0 0 Stock of paper and stamps on hand .. 3,442 13 0 Sundry debtors .. .. .. 319,997 4 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. 2,992,932 I 7 £3,329,360 18 10 £3,329,360 18 10 19th July, 1926. 0. E. Nalder, Commissioner of Stamp Duties. 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 above departmental notes. —G. E. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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