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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1907-1908.

STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS

1906-1907. RECEIPTS. 1907-1908. £ s. a. 3,508 7 7 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government— In London In the Dominion Investment Aooount £ s. d. 249,320 4 4 £ s. d. 566 3 7 400,000 0 0 80,000 0 0 729,320 4 4 400,000 0 0 404,074 11 2 The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,— For acquirement of estates — Proceeds of sorip and debentures issued 390,690 0 0 530,040 0 0 Provision for debentures due 1st February, 1908,— Debentures sold .. • • • • • • Debentures renewed under " The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904 ' 266,800 0 0 148,800 0 0 415,600 0 0 3,000 0 0 814,766 0 0 75,000 0 0 Provision for Debentures due 1906, — Debentures sold Debentures, due 31st October, 1906, renewed Debentures, due 1st December, 1906, renewed 5,445 10 0 Premium on debentures 2,924 0 0 ,428,251 10 0 Reoeipts on aooount of capital value of land under " The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907 "— Subsection (7), section 16 .. Seotion 20 131 0 0 1,032 0 0 1,163 0 0 204',921 5 4 Receipts derived from Estates, — Rents, &c. 230,357 4 11 13,814 0 5 16,000 0 0 Other Reoeipts,— Interest on Seounties held by the Land for Settlements Investment Aooount .. Recoveries, — Kurow Estate Lindsay Estate Loughnan Estate Pareora Estate No. 2 Plunket Estate Selwyn Estate Toka-ora Estate Wangapeka Estate 2 4 2 131 0 5 0 12 6 351 4 2 214 16 0 150 0 0 476 10 0 156 9 10 15 1 6 382 1 8 1,115 16 11 Credits in reduction,— Bickerstaffe Fencourt Lyndon No. 2 Puhuka Estate Tablelands Estate 606 19 9 6 0 0 20 0 0 _ 15 0 61 11 11 632 19 9 66 6 11 Carried forward 1,784,883 11 1 2,054,429 10