EEPOET OP THE Comptroller-General OP THE PROVINCE OP BRITISH COLUMBIA 1923-1924 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE "AUDIT ACT,' CHAPTER 7, 7 & 8 GEO. V. PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1923. To His Honour Walter Cameron Nichol, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present to Your Honour statements of the Comptroller-General, pursuant to the provisions of the " Audit Act," chapter 7, 7 & 8 Geo. V. Kespectfully submitted. JOHN HAET, Minister of Finance. Treasury Department, Victoria, October 29th, 1923. Victoria. October 29th, 1923. Hon. John Hart, Minister of Finance. « Sir,—I have the honour to submit for the information of the Legislative Assembly, pursuant to the provisions of the '"' Audit Act," chapter 7, 7 & 8 Geo. V., as follows:— (A.) Statement of Treasury Board Overrulings (pursuant to section 31). (B.) Statement of Expenditures on Services which have exceeded their Appropriations (pursuant to subsection (b) of section 32). (C.) (1.) Statement of Payments charged against the 1923-24 Appropriations which did not occur within the Period of the Account. (2.) Irregular Payments (pursuant to subsection (e) of section 32). (D.) Statement of Special Warrants issued (pursuant to subsection (5) of section 24). (E.) (1.) Statement showing the Eevenue for the First Six Months of the Present Fiscal Year, viz., from 1st April to 30th September, 1923. (2.) Statement showing the Expenditure for the First Six Months of the Present Fiscal Year, viz., from April to 30th September, 1923. (3.) Statement showing Expenditures and Advances out of Moneys raised by Loan under Authority of the Legislature for Specific Purposes, 1st April to 30th September, 1923 (pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42). I have the honour to be. Sir, Your obedient servant, A. N. MOUAT, C.A., Comptroller-General. COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S REPORT. (A.) TREASURY BOARD OVERRULINGS. Nil. H 6 Comptroller-General's Report. 1923 (B.) UNPROVIDED ITEMS IN EXPENDITURE FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1923. STATEMENT of Expenditures on Services which have exceeded their Appropriations from 1st April, 1922, to 31st March, 1923, and for which Overexpenditure the Sanction of Parliament is required. Vgte No. Service. Total Appropriation. Total Expenditure. Over- expended. 4 23 41 62 72 75 76 78 SO 81 111 118 122 123 127 134 136 137 139 141 144 145 147 150 152 161 1S3 203b 207 215 240 243 244 257 259 260 262 264 Department of Agriculture. Minister's Office Farmers' Institutes Incidentals and Contingencies Department of the Attorney-General. 'Supreme and County Courts, Ladysmith Girls' Industrial School Summoning and Paying Witnesses Grand and Petit Jurors Expenses of Inquests, etc Constitutional Litigation and General Law Costs Game Protection Department of Finance. Controlling and Audit Branch Ashcroft Sub-agency Cranbrook Agency Cumberland Agency Fort George Agency Merritt Sub-agency Nelson Agency New Westminster Agency Williams Lake Agency Pouce Coupe Agency Queen Charlotte Islands Sub-agency Revelstoke Agency Smithers Agency Vernon Agency Sundry Sub-agencies** Department of Industries. Department of Industries Department of Lands. Land Surveys Department of Mines. " -Mineral Survey and Development Act, 1917 " Department of the Provincial Secretary. Provincial Library and Archives Tranquille Sanatorium Department of Public Works. Minister's Office Maintenance of Government House and Grounds District Engineers Capital Account. Industrial School and Boys' (Subnormal School . Tranquille Sanatorium Tranquille Sanatorium Farm Government Buildings, Prince Rupert Government Buildings, Williams Lake 13,190 00 9,000 00 1,000 00 445 00 32,830 00 30,000 00 27,500 00 0,500 00 20,000 00 65,000 OO 53,000 OO $ 13,363 60 9,078 29 2,827 56 445 41 33,057 67 33,203 23 29,904 87 6,985 62 20,426 33 70,014 98 5:;,581 91 173 60 78 20 1,827 50 41 227 67 3,203 23 2,404 87 485 62 426 33 5,614 98 581 91 3,700 00 4,149 38 449 38 15,340 00 15,752 29 412 as 11,500 00 12,068 22 568 22 10,900 00 17,105 14 205 14 3,800 00 4,170 63 370 63 18,480 00 20,890 09 2,416 09 25,850 00 27,077 47 1,227 47 7.500 00 8,417 37 917 37 7,000 00 7,201 75 201 75 1,440 00 1,401 95 51 95 13,800 00 13,819 47 19 47 17,200 00 18,554 68 1,354 68 20,600 00 20,624 34 24 34 4,500 00 . 4,645 89 145 89 13,520 00 13,564 18 44 18 135,000 00 135,579 90 579 90 54,424 02 54,485 69 61 67 19,480 00 21,485 86 2.005 86 259,860 00 285,553 60 25,693 60 12,540 00 13,112 64 572 64 20,968 00 22,097 05 1,129 05 62,360 00 63,989 80 1,629 80 35,000 00 56,392 92 21,392 92 28,300 00 45,273 22 16,973 22 48,000 00 53,315 89 5,315 89 215,000 00 215,038 08 38 08 23,000 00 23,760 80 760 80 $1,353,527 02 $1,453,113 77 $99,586 75 14 Geo. 5 Comptroller-General's Beport. H 7 (C.) (1.) STATEMENT OE PAYMENTS CHARGED AGAINST THE 1923-24 APPROPRIATIONS WHICH DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE PERIOD OP THE ACCOUNT. Vote No. Date of Service. Name. Particulars. 5 5 8 11 14 50 51 60 61 61 65 67 6? 67 67 67 67 67 CO 74 75 75 75 75 81 108 108 110 110 135 140 140 140 167 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 176 191 191 191 191 193 205 210 210 219 224 228 234 I April, 1921 Dec, 1921 Aug., 1919, to Jan., 1920. . July, 1922, to March, 1923 Jan., 1923 Oct.-Dec, 1922 Feb., 1923 June, 1922 March, 1923 Jan-March, 1923 Dec, 1922, to March, 1923 Sept., 1922 March, 1923 Oct., 1922 June, 1922 March, 1923 July, 1922 Dec, 1922 March, 1923 Nov., 1922 Feb., 1923 Sept., 1922 Jan., 1923 Feb., 1923 Nov., 1922 Dec, 1922 Feb., 1923 Sept., 1922 March, 1923 Feb.-March, 1923 March, 1923 Feb., 1923 Dec, 1922 Oct., 1920-23 Jan., 1923 Feb., 1923 March, 1923 Jan., 1923 Jan.-Feb., 1923 March, 1923 Sept., 1922, to March, 1923 March, 1923 April, 1922-23 May, 1920, to April, 1921 July, 1022, to March, 1923 July, 1922 Jan-March, 1923 March, 1923 May, 1922, to Jan., 1923.. March, 1923 Nov., 1922 July, 1922 Oct., 1921 June, 1922, to Feb., 1923 Dec, 1921 March, 1923 Dec, 1922, to Jan., 1923.. June, 1920 Kamloops Telegram Remington Typewriter Co., Ltd. B.C. Telephone Co Grigor, B. W Plimley, T Knight, Higman Motors, Ltd. . . Law Society of B.C Law Society of B.C Chilliwack Telephone Co Elk Creek Water Works, Ltd.. . B.C. Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Clark, B B.C. Telephone Co Heckmiller, F Barber, C. G Mancor, C. A Pay-lists C. F. Weir's Garage Corfleld Motors Blumberger, S Gillis, J. J Clark, B Ilickling, II Leesou, L. H Booth, T. B Lemon-Gonnason Co., Ltd G.N.W, Telegraph Co Remington Typewriter Co., Ltd. G.N.W. Telegraph Co T. H. Waters & Co Steen's, Ltd McRae Bros McRae Bros Omineca Herald Union Gas Engine Co Plant, C Corp. of City of Nanaimo Port Alberni Garage Port Alberni Garage Business Publication of B.C., Ltd. Pacific Mills, Ltd Cariboo Observer Society of American Foresters. . Kamloops Telegram Canadian General Elec. Co., Ltd. Kingston Road Lumber Co., Ltd. Interior News Portland Canal News Cariboo Observer Kamloops Telegram Chilliwack Progress Ind. & Educational Pub'y Co. Ltd. Wiren, K Archibald, M. G Kelly, Douglas & Co., Ltd. . . . Prince George Hospital Society McPherson, F. M Kamloops Telegram I Advertising Repairs Service Services Repairs, etc Repairs, etc Subscription, Vol. 30 Subscription, Vol. 30 Tolls Water Electric Light Stenographers' fees Tolls Insurance premium Travelling expenses Travelling expenses Re search for N. O'Brien . . . Repairs Repairs Witness fees Auto-hire Stenographers' fees, etc Inquiry and expenses Medical evidence Travelling expenses Lumber Telegrams Repairs, etc Telegram Repairs Repairs Typewriter pads Office furniture, freight, etc Subscription Cylinder for engine Services Water Gas and oil Gasolene, etc Subscription Electric light Advertising Subscription Advertising Launch supplies Lumber Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising Burying horse Travelling expenses Groceries Hospital attendance Re burial of G. Hallan and B. Jourque Advertising Amount. 2 04 15 20 24 00 78 68 187 76 20 44 50 50 00 50 35 60 15 35 6 00 7 35 68 00 15 60 55 45 7 00 28 00 3 20 10 00 4 00 20 10 7 10 10 15 18 15 63 99 1 3 46 20 3 00 149 62 6 00 185 96 4 00 6 00 7 60 6 20 2 00 49 25 22 40 4 00 70 96 4 27 93 00 35 75 4 40 46 75 27 50 16 00 14 58 8 00 98 00 1,554 19 81 00 80 00 22 00 ./-.rtY, VICTORIA, B. C H Comptroller-General's Beport. 1923 Statement of Payments charged against 1923-24 Appropriations—Continued. Vote No. Date of Service. Name. Particulars 247 247 247 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 252 252 252 254 Stat. Stat. •Stat. Stat. Stat. Stat. Stat. Stat. Dec, 1922 Jan., 1023 Aug., 1922 Sept., 1922 Sept., 1922 Sept., 1922 Sept., 1922 Sept., 1922 Feb.-Nov., 1922 July, 1922 June, 1922, to March, 1923 Dec, 1922 Dec, 1922 Oct.-Dec, 1922 Dec, 1922 Aug.-tSept., 1922 March, 1923 Jan.-March, 1923 Jan.^March, 1923 March, 1923 March, 1923 March, 1923 Jan., 1923 March, 1923 March, 1923 Feb.^March, 1923 Feb.^March, 1923 March, 1923 Gilchrist, Q D. Spencer, Ltd Weiler Bros., Ltd Nygaard, O. J Keiiog, O. T McNeish, T Wood-Vallance H'dware Co., Ltd Clough, W Coldstream Municipality Cummins & Agnew Trail Mercantile Co Powell, A. E McMahon & Mack Hutchison, W. H Sparrow, E Imperial Oil, Ltd imperial Oil, Ltd Menzies Hardware Co., Ltd. . . B.C. Electric Railway Co., Ltd Canadian National Railways . . McDonald, F. O Shuswap Saw Mills, Ltd Giant Powder Co. of Can., Ltd. J. A. Flett, Ltd King's Printer Corporation of Point Grey . . . Gordon Brown Co., Ltd Barr & Anderson I Stage fare Vacuum sweeper Crockery Vegetables Beef Groceries, etc Crayons Groceries Re road-work Re road-work Hardware, etc Lumber Nails Hardware Haulage Oil Freight and cartage Cable, rope, etc Electric light Maintenance, etc., re Fraser River Bridge Haulage Cedar posts Cap-crimpers -. Hardware, roofing, etc Stationery Water Hardware Plumbing supplies 10 00 71 50 84 00 3 50 14 05 79 64 60 96 60 705 89 82 50 53 42 43 20 45 16 75 75 87 73 1 11 28 39 9 98 757 95 16 25 93 40 30 00 16 09 22 96 2 50 2 10 $5,623 38 (C.) (2.) IRREGULAR PAYMENTS. Joseph Walsh, superannuation allowance of $22 for month of April, 1922, Mr. Walsh having died in March, 1922. Cheques covering allowance from May, 1922, to July, 1923, inclusive, returned by request and credited back to Superannuation Fund. It is anticipated that the remaining $22 will be recovered. Superannuation allowance as undernoted is irregular in so far as it exceeds the maximum monthly allowance prescribed toy section 34 of the " Superannuation n\ct, 1921 " :— F. G. Richards Monthly Allowance Under Order in Council No. 1199, approved 10th Oct., 1923. $72 80 Maximum Monthly Allowance under Section 34 of the " Superannuation Act, 1921." $11 81 The Honourable the Attorney-General recommended this allowance as fair and equitable, having regard to the Statute and the practice in regard to allowances to retiring Civil Servants. 14 Geo. 5 Comptroller-General's Report. H 9 (D.) statement of speclal warrants issued between THE SESSIONS OF 1922 AND 1923. Date of Approval. No. of Warrant. Service. Amount of Warrant. Expenditure. TO MEET EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH. 1923. ■ Department of Agriculture. Jan. 18, Jan. 31, Feb. 22, Feb. 22, 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 24 27 28 28 28 Women's Institutes, etc Inspection of imported and exported horticultural $ 12,500 1,500 8,000 500 2,000 00 00 00 00 00 $ 12,440 40 1,239 69 6,647 38 420 31 Feb. 22, 1,573 01 Department or the Attorney-General. • Dec. 27, 1922 1923 1923 1923 23 25 25 25 15,000 1,000 150 20,000 00 00 00 00 13,952 31 Jan. 25, 753 99 Jan. 25, Supreme and County Court, New Westminster ... 10 07 20,000 00 Department of the Provincial (Secretary. Jan. 25, 1923 1923 26 30 1,000 7,000 00 00 925 20 April 3, 4,908 74 Department of Railways. Mar. 21 1923 29 4,000 00 3,975 54 to MEET EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 31 ST MARCH, 1924. $ 72,650 00 $ 66,900 64 Department of Agriculture. June 28 July 4, Oct 29, 1923 1923 .... 1923 1923 3 4 7 7 Tubercular cattle—Compensation, etc $ 30,000 500 750 5,500 00 00 00 00 $ 16,797 05 499 49 Oct. 29, Department of Education. Oct. 1, 1923 5 3,000 00 2,334 11 Department of Lands. Oct. 10, 1923 0 Grant in aid of sufferers in the Japanese disaster (to be expended in the purchase of lumber and shingles to be presented to the Government of 45,000 00 8,442 92 Department of Public Works. May 15 1923 .... 2 Retiring allowance, H. H. Hobbis, formerly clerk in the Dykes Department, fiscal year 1923-24. . Capital Account. 420 00 245 00 May 11 1923 1 15,000 00 954 94 $100,170 00 $ 29.273 51 H 10 Comptroller-General's Beport. 1923 (E.) (1.) STATEMENT SHOWING THE REVENUE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE PRESENT FISCAL YEAR, VIZ., FROM 1st APRIL TO 30th SEPTEMBER, 1923. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. 21,500 00 3,500 00 8,000 00 33,000 00 100,000 00 3,000 00 16,000 00 200,000 00 2,000,000 00 135,000 00 75,000 00 35,000 00 350,000 00 80,000 00 1,120,000 00 20,000 00 25,000 00 ■" 35,000 00 75,000 00 4,269,000 00 8,000 00 3,500 00 66,000 00 77,500 00 29,150 00 190,000 00 410,666 00 100,000 00 738,816 00 350,000 00 245,000 00 3,100,000 00 19,080 00 475,000 00 525,000 00 $ 5,452,806 00 Service. Current Account. Department of Agriculture : Horticultural inspection fees and licences Seed-grain advances refunds Miscellaneous receipts Dominion Government grant—" Agricultural Instruction Act " Department of the Attorney-General : Court fees and fines Dog licences " Fire Marshal Act " " Game Act "—Fees, licences, etc " Government Liquor Act " : ( Share of net profits | Permits " Insurance Act "—Licences, taxes, fees, etc. . Joint-stock Companies, etc.—Registration fees Keep of prisoners—Reimbursement Land Registry fees Law stamps " Motor-vehicle Act " : | Annual licence fees (except motor-cycles) | Registration fees, etc " Moving Pictures Act "—Fees Sheriffs' fees Trade licences Miscellaneous receipts Department of Education : Examination fees Teachers' examinations and certificates Technical School Miscellaneous receipts Department of Finance : Dominion of Canada : Annual interest Annual subsidy Annual grant per capita Annual grant for lands conveyed Amusements-tickets tax Coal and coke tax Income-tax and personal-property tax Interest: " Dyking -Issessments Adjustment Act' Sinking fund investments Miscellaneous Revenue for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. Carried forward $ 8.8'->.'-> 02 383 62 3,569 00 10,304 15 $ 23,089 79 $ 25,904 84 1.689 00 4 80 95,604 62 72,111 00 14,500 28 54,114 38 17,885 00 144,562 41 35,398 25 269,254 84 64,422 12 4.550 56 0,403 74 13,392 88 28,309 02 10,008 33 2,865 50 8,886 89 151 45 $ 14,575 53 95,000 00 209,832 80 50,000 00 $ 309,408 33 140,232 21 76,253 13 2,863,181 92 163,548 16 319.933 20 S,107 74 22,812 17 $3,032,556 95 $ 894,009 70 11 Geo. 5 Comptroller-General's Report. H 11 Statement of Revenue for the First Six Months of the Present Fiscal Year—Continued. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. 5,452,896 00 1,150,000 00 1,350,000 00 120,000 00 150,000 00 70,000 00 20,000 00 64,200 00 500 00 7,500 00 300,000 00 550,000 00 80,000 00 50,000 00 600,000 00 9,965.096 00 26,000 00 32,000 00 1,500 00 33,500 00 17,000 00 100,000 00 350,000 00 11,000 00 100.000 00 1,350,000 00 400,000 00 1,150,000 00 140,000 00 10,000 00 3,028,000 00 2,000 00 1,000 00 61,000 00 1,000 00 100,000 00 163,000 00 15,000 00 10,000 00 5,000 00 30,000 00 Service. Current .Account—Continued. Brought forward Department of Finance—Continued. Land-taxes : Real property Wild land, coal and timber lands Mineral-tax Poll-tax Probate fees Races-tax Rents : B.C. House, London, England Miscellaneous rents Revenue service refunds Rural district school taxes Succession duties Trust deposits reverted to the Crown—Intestate and suitors' funds Unworked Crown-granted mineral claims—Taxes Miscellaneous receipts Department of Fisheries : Fishing and cannery licences, etc Department of Labour : Dominion of Canada, Subvention Elevator inspection and examination fees, etc. Department of Lands : Grazing rentals, leases, and fees Land revenues—Sundry Land sales Survey fees and sale of maps Timber leases Timber licences Timber sales Timber royalties Water rentals and recording fees Miscellaneous receipts Legislation : Private Bills fees Department of Mines : Bureau of Mines Free miners' certificates Miners' examinations and certificates Mining receipts, general Department of the Provincial Secretary Colony Farm Dominion grant, venereal disease .. King's Printer Carried forward Revenue for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. $3,932,556 95 $ 894,009 70 1,110,038 32 616,698 62 90,775 09 112,830 00 27,974 01 220,966 40 16,222 96 388 25 15,627 69 306,392 90 435,776 81 41,185 50 16,279 86 6,949,714 02 22,863 50 $ 6,189 70 383 50 6,573 20 $ 11,912 43 38.376 83 126,387 31 5,844 91 33,157 34 646,815 25 231,004 34 740,153 93 79,543 51 8,021 00 1,921,816 85 $ 208 25 47,600 50 506 00 59,471 36 107,792 11 $ 1,074 83 $ 1,074 83 $9,902,769 38 H 12 Comptroller-General's Report. 1923 Statement op Revenue for the First Six Months oe the Present Fiscal Year—Continued. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. 30,000 00 20,000 00 85,000 00 1,500 00 10,200 00 200,000 00 1,800 00 2,000 00 350,500 00 30,000 00 3,500 00 16,500 O0 5,000 00 4,500 00 1,000 00 00,500 00 $ 4,000 00 50,000 00 500 00 $ 54,500 00 $18,008,596 00 $ 16,000 00 85,000 00 $ 101,000 00 $18,769,596 00 Service. Current Account—Continued. Brought forsvard Department of the Provincial Secretary—Continued Marriage licences Mental hospitals Notaries Public and Commissioners' fees Provincial Home, Kamloops Tubercular Hospital and Farm, Tranquille .... Vital statistics, etc Miscellaneous receipts Department of Public Works : Boiler Inspection and examination fees Electrical energy inspection Ferry tolls Government property sold Wharfage and dock dues Miscellaneous receipts Department of Railways : Inspection fees New Westminster Bridge tolls Miscellaneous receipts Total Current Account Capital Account. Refunds of Capital Expenditures : Charged to Income Charged to Loans Total Capital Account Total' Revenue Revenue for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. 1.074 83 10,035 00 31,630 81 60 00 10,210 78 145,678 95 2,001 13 1,521 90 10,523 94 1,305 75 14,924 75 1,510 35 11,092 32 8,392 88 1,454 95 24,519 43 173 70 1,902,769 38 202,213 40 47,749 99 20,148 08 $10,178,880 85 45,127 45 31,977 88 77.105 33 $10,255,980 18 14 Geo. 5 Comptroller-General's Report. H 13 (E.) (2.) STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE PRESENT FISCAL YEAR, VIZ., FROM 1st APRIL TO 30rn SEPTEMBER, 1923. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. No. of Vote. Service. Expenditure for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. $ 3,793,133 08 $ 125,500 OO 2 $ 15,180 00 3 $ 13,190 00 4 37,426 00 5 3,180 00 6 4,320 00 7 115,762 00 8-13 84,992 00 14-19 139,500 00 20-42 ? 398,370 00 $ 13,680 00 43 24,760 00 44 14,130 00 45 8,250 00 46 14,660 00 47 7,050 00 48 15,672 00 49 26,574 00 50-52 2,740 00 53 4,950 00 54 180,726 00 55-60 - 77,774 00 61-66 400,169 00 67 144,300 00 68-69 29,350 00 70 43,380 00 71 176,000 00 72-84 467,380 00 85 $ 1,660,551 00 $ 29,812 00 87 112,760 00 88 8,760 00 89 92,700 00 90 82,620 00 91 85,760 00 92-93 34,450 00 94 1,500,000 00 95-96 665,000 00 97-98 300,000 00 90 93,500 00 100-104 450,000 00 105 300,0*0 00 106 $ 3,755,362 00 Current Account. Public Debt Legislation Premier's Office Department of Agriculture : Minister's Office General Office Workshop and Shipping Office Statistics Horticultural Branch Live Stock Branch Miscellaneous Grants, etc. . .. Statutory Department of the Attorney-General : Attorney-General's Office General Office Joint-stock Companies Branch Insurance Branch " Fire Marshal Act " Municipal Branch Censor of Moving Pictures Sheriffs' Offices Official Guardian Legal Offices Branch Land Registry Offices Supreme and County Courts Provincial Police County Gaols Girls' Industrial School " Motor-vehicle Act "—Administration . . . Miscellaneous Votes " Mothers' Pensions Act "—Administration Department of Education : General Office Free Text-book Branch Agricultural Education Industrial Education Inspection of Schools Normal Schools School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Per Capita Grants Teachers' Salaries •School Buildings Miscellaneous Votes University of British Columbia . ... . Rural District School Taxes Carried forward $ 6,132 79 15,853 67 1,511 77 2,244 01 74,592 09 42,159 76 81,121 96 55 00 $ 6,702 43 11,865 01 5,864 22 4,553 52 4,569 65 3,142 88 5,835 31 11,038 21 1,169 06 2,340 82 72,698 66 31,051 97 139,545 37 34,889 13 12,382 48 10,321 86 54,516 81 223,000 00 $ 17,446 77 92,816 65 1,216 94 9,168 65 30,222 04 38,275 36 13,345 68 375,144 27 191,462 05 81,608 40 57,222 17 225,000 00 202,924 48 $1,963,948 00 820 02 7,054 96 223,071 05 635,487 39 1,341,853 46 $4,172,834 88 H 14 Comptroller-General's Report. 1923 Statement of Expenditure for the First Six Months of Present Fiscal Year—Continued. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. No. of Vote. Service. Expenditure for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. $ 14,300 00 107 38,800 00 108 10,770 00 109 54,840 00 110 114,560 00 111 5,000 00 112 20,000 00 113 114 83,900 00 503,980 00 115-153 49,150 00 154-159 $ 895,300 00 $ 18,090 00 161 $ 13,520 00 162 $ 12;190 00 163 7.400 00 164 77,644 00 165 8,928 00 166 $ 106,162 00 $ 13,942 00 167 36,128 00 168 39,634 00 169 67,744 00 170 80,184 00 171 217,415 00 172 25,000 00 173 210,000 00 174 724,200 00 175-193 $ 1,414,247 00 $ 12,065 00 194 18,090 00 195 40,300 00 196 15,680 00 197 13,445 00 198 119,500 00 199-205 34,216 91 206-207 $ 253,296 91 $ 12,520 00 208 16,000 00 209 $ 28,520 00 Current Account—Continued. Brought forward Department of Finance : Minister's Office General Office Inspector of Trust Companies, Probate and Succession Duties Controlling and Audit Branch Surveyor of Taxes " Amusements Tax Act "—Operation Bureau of Information Agent-General's Office and B.C. House, London, England Government Agents and Assessors, etc Miscellaneous Votes Statutory Department of Fisheries . . Department of Industries . Department of Labour : General Office Minimum Wage Board Employment Service .. Factories Inspection . . Department of Lands : Minister's Office General Office (Salaries) Lands Branch (Salaries) Survey Branch (Salaries) Water Rights Branch (Salaries) .... Forest Branch ('Salaries) Temporary Assistance Expenses, General Office and Branches Miscellaneous Votes Statutory Department of Mines: Minister's Office General Office Mines Inspection Branch Bureau of Mines Mine-rescue and Training Stations Miscellaneous Votes Mines and Mineral Development . Statutory Department of the Provincial Secretary Minister's Office General Office Carried forwas'd $4,172,834 88 $ 5,625 67 18,565 47 6,319 46 26,718 41 63,560 91 3,165 39 5,662 99 17,726 75 195,359 40 7,347 34 234 75 4,435 72 2,161 35 29,053 72 3,245 66 350,286 54 6,531 84 0,034 24 i,890 45 $ 7,302 41 18,314 44 18,635 12 33,750 41 38,062 52 165.432 40 4,646 28 97.248 35 224,973 44 6,686 02 615,051 39 % 6,025 01 11,195 21 18,346 54 6,928 47 6,619 45 40.881 89 6,675 52 2,805 60 99,477 69 $ 5,696 84 7,514 44 $ 13,211 28 $5 ,289,113 03 14 Geo. 5 Comptroller-General's Report. H 15 Statement of Expenditure for the First Srx Months of Present Pisoal Year—Continued. Estimated for 12 Months ending 31st March, 1924. No. of Vote. Service. Expenditure for 6 Months ended 30th Sentember, 1923. $ 28,520 00 105,510 00 210 20,480 00 211 10,140 00 212 10,868 00 213 690,456 00 214 -217 46,385 00 218 319,320 00 219 -220 83,700 00 221 29,900 00 222 511,750 00 223 -228 13,110 00 229 55,250 00 230 -232 10 00 233 199,500 00 234 -243 $ 2,124,899 00 $ 13,040 00 244 58,312 00 245 124,621 00 246 20,445 00 247 60,580 00 248 78,245 00 249 8,060 00 250 2,184,000 00 251 191,879 00 252 $ 2,739,182 00 $ 24,660 00 253 50,000 00 254 4,000 00 255 $ 78,660 00 $17,391,452 99 $ 1,587,281 36 256 591,366 10 257 500,000 00 258 9,700 00 259 15,000 00 260 2,500 00 261 $ 2,705,847 46 $20,007,300 45 Current Account—Continued. Brought forioard Department of the Provincial Secretary—Cont'd Provincial Board of Health Provincial Library and Archives " Public Libraries Act " Provincial Museum Mental Hospitals Provincial Home, Kamloops Tubercular Hospital and Farm, Tranquille . Industrial and Subnormal Boys' -School . . . " Infants .Act "—Administration Grants to Hospitals and Charities Civil Service Commission Grants re Civil Service King's Printer Miscellaneous Votes Statutory Department of Public Works : Minister's Office Administration Parliament Buildings and Grounds Government House and Grounds District Engineers Steam-boiler Inspection " Electrical Energy Inspection Act " . . Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Wharves . Steamboats, Ferries, and Bridge-tenders Department of Railways : General Office 'New Westminster Bridge Freight Rates Traffic Bureau, Vancouver Current Expenditures Capital Account. (Expenditures out of Income.") Sinking Funds P.G.E. Rly. Co.—Interest on Guaranteed Bonds P.G.E. Rly. Co.—Re Deficit on Operation, etc.. B.C. House, London, England—Mortgage Lock-ups Girls' Industrial School Statutory and Special Warrant Capital Expenditures (charged to Income) . Total Expenditures (charged to Income) .. 13,211 28 $5,289,113 03 43,533 04 11,043 74 4,500 46 4,361 16 226,099 96 13,553 51 126,483 57 32,738 62 7,872 75 203,1S5 16 4,712 76 25,603 32 101.162 92 159,281 26 977,349 51 5,661 50 29,837 05 52,724 13 0,402 43 17,557 71 23,779 77 1,559 41 869,046 95 54,606 50 1,004,175 45 11.279 31 10,222 34 $7,358,139 64 825,844 98 314,920 08 140,000 00 2,425 2,605 2,365 424 00 50 00 00 1,288,584 56 1,646,724 20 H 16 Comptroller-General's Report. 1923 (E.) (3.) STATEMENT SHOWING EXPENDITURES AND ADVANCES OUT OF MONEYS RAISED BY LOAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, 1st APRIL TO 30th SEPTEMBER, 1923. Authority for Expenditure. " B.C. Loan Act, 1921 " : Section 6 (d) ' Section 0 (c) Section 6 (f) " B.C. Loan Act, 1922 " : Section 6 (a) 'Section 6 (6) Section 6 (c) . .- Section 6 (d) ;' B.C. Highway Loan Act, 1920 " . B.C. University Loan Act, 1920 " : Section 7 (1) (6) Section 7 (2) (a and 6) .... Service. Capital Account. 1918' " Soldiers' Land Act, " Conservation Fund B.C. Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Public Buildings Land Settlement Board . . . " Soldiers' Land Act, 1918 * Conservation Fund Roads and Bridges University Buildings Townsite property at Point Grey. Total Capital Expenditures (Statutory) Expended for 6 Months ended 30th September, 1923. 2,756 90 165,000 00 50,830 87 $ 218,587 77 338,874 40 585,000 00 193,461 09 50,000 00 130,664 61 55,919 59 1,167,335 49 867,630 83 186,584 20 $2,440,138 29 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to tbe King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1923.
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Title | REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1923-1924 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE "AUDIT ACT," CHAPTERS 7, 7 & 8 GEO. V. |
Alternate Title | COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S REPORT. |
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British Columbia. Legislative Assembly |
Publisher | Victoria, BC : Government Printer |
Date Issued | [1923] |
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Legislative proceedings |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Identifier | J110.L5 S7 1923_V01_11_H1_H16 |
Collection |
Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia |
Source | Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia |
Date Available | 2016-02-23 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia |
CatalogueRecord | http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0227991 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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