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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1919-1920.

STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT

1918-1919. RECEIPTS. 1919-1920. £ s. d. 2,062,309 19 4 545,360 3 4 1,320,677 19 8 3,221,054 3 4 Balance at beginning of Year, —- Cash in the Public Aooount Imprests outstanding— In the hands of Officers of the Government In London Investment Acoount £ s. d. 739,250 19 8 75,176 12 3 1,820,180 14 4 5,345,217 11 11 £ s. d. 7,079,825 18 2 7,149,402 5 8 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, — Finanoe Aot, 1918 (No. 2), Part IV— 4J-per-cent. War Bonds issued on aooount of £10,000,000 Loan New Zealand Insoribed Stock Aot, 1917— 4§-per-cent. Insoribed Stock issued on aocount of £10,000,000 £ Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 501,825 5-per-oent. Inscribed Stock issued on acoount of £10,000,000 Loan .. .. .. .. " .. .. .. 11,250 2,875,450 0 0 513,075 0 0 3,427,250 0 0 War Purposes Loan Aot, 1917, and War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (No. 2) — 4J-per-cent. War Bonds issued on account of £28,000,000 Loan .. 315,265 4J-per-oent. War Bonds issued to cover oxpenses of raising £28,000,000 Loan .. .. .. .. .. 103,535 3,388,525 0 0 418,800 0 0 2,810 0 0 5,708,400 0 0 New Zealand Insoribed Stock Act, 1917— 3-per-oent. Inscribed Stook issued on aooount of £28,000,000 Loan under Finance Act, 1918, Seotion 16, Subseotion (20) 4J-per-oent. Insoribed Stook issued on account of £28,000,000 Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dr. 383,460* 4J per-cent. Inscribed Stook issued on aocount of £28,000,000 Loan (Death Duties) under War Purposes Loan Act, 1917, Section 5 5-per-cent. Insoribed Stock issued on aocount of £28,000,000 Loan under Finanoe Act, 1917, Section 68 170,475 0 0 740,660 0 0 Finance Act, 1917, Section 68— 5-per-cent. War Bonds issued on account of £28,000,000 Loan Dr. 383,460 0 0 9,300 0 0 .0,058,895 0 0 35,340 0 0 1,500,000 0 0 Finanoe Act, 1918, Section 10,— 4-per-oent. Debentures issued on acoount of £20,000,000 Loan .. 31,000 Advances by Imperial Government on seourity of Memorandum of Seourity (part of £20,000,000 Loan) 4J-per-cent. War Bonds issued on aocount of £20,000,000 Loan .. 771,850 802,850 0 0 6,600,000 0 0 1,025,800 0 0 2,522,730 0 0 Now Zealand Insoribed Stock Aot, 1917 — 4J-per-cent. Inscribed Stock issued on account of £20,000,000 Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,303,550| 4J-per-oent. Ineribed Stock issued to cover expenses of raising £20,000,000 Loan .. .. .. .. .. 20,520 4J-per-cent. Inscribed Stook issued on account of £20,000,000 Loan (Death Duties) under Finanoe Act, 1918, Section 15 .. 403,460 5-per-oent. Inscribod Stock issued on acoount of £20,000,000 Loan under Finance Act, 1918, Seotion 13 .. .. 674,740 121,170 0 0 45,700 0 0 7,402,270 0 0 11,815,400 0 0 Public RevenueB Amendment Act, 1915, Seotion 5, — Proceeds of Debenture issued 15th February, 1917, for transfer to Loans Redemption Account to cover Expenses of Redemption of Memorandum of Seourity 8,205,120 0 0 3,750 0 0 163,668 8 5 Publio Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), Seotion 2— Memorandum of Agreement issued to oover expenses of raising £3,110,000 (part of £10,000,000 Loan) Finance Act, 1916, Section 35 — Memorandum of Agreement issued to oover expenses of raising £4,500,000 (part of £16,000,000 Loan) .. .. 236,842 2 1 Recoveries on account of Expenditure of Previous Years, — Refund by War Office on account of maintenance of New Zealand Troops in field 750,000 0 0 130,756 16 5 14,889 5 4 Publio Revenues Amendment Aot, 1915 (No. 2), Section 6, — Amount received for Remittances to Soldiers Remittances received from Soldiers 63,551 15 6 18,792 15 1 82,344 10 7 145,646 1 9 Contributions, &c, reoeived towards War Expenses Fund 1,669 3 0 £29,571,523 0 11 Totals £20,444,905 8 9 • Item in debit iwlng to transfer made under section 18 of the Finance Act, 1918. t Includes £383,460 transferred from War Purposes Loan Aet, 1917.