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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1924-1925.

for the Year ended 31st March, 1925, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1924—continued.

ACCOUNT. 4Q90 IQOa, _ 1924-1925. 1923-1924. EXPENDITURE. a Net. Gross - £ 8. d. Kxpenses Aooount, — £ s. d. a. s. d. 44 9 2 Bent and Office Expenses J Balanoe ac end of Year, — 5,833 6 5 | Cash in the Public Aooount .. .. .. •. •• 5,982 18 i Advances in the hands of Stock Agents— 240 8 9 Cash .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• 90 16 10 6,073 15 2 j 6,073 15 2 _____ j £6,118 4 4 Totals .. .. .. •• •• •• • £6,073 15 2 SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. £ s. d. Annual Appropriation,— j £ s - d - '• d " 57,374 11 10 Vote—Expenses of Management .. .. .. •• •• •• •• , 0 1 593 15 1 Expenditure under Seotion 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 .. i « .. 25,642 4 5 1,232,747 11 11 Advances made under Sections 6 and 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 j .. 717,339 15 0 Interest on Transfers from the Consolidated Fund, — Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920, Section 8, Subsection (3) .. ! 5 °0>W0 0 0 Appropriation Act, 1920, Section 31, Subsection (3), (Discharged Soldiers) .. 40,000 0 0 Recoupments under the Finance Act, 1919, Section 4, — 343,219 15 8 Interest ,i n i 11,910 9 2 Sinking Fund ' 349,754 5 5 355,130 4 10 78 13 11 Recoupment of Management Charges of Consolidated Stock .. .. .. .• 3311 Amortization of Debt, — . j Transfer to Loans Redemption Account for redemption and cancellation, in terms ol Section 24 of the Finance Act, 1921-22, of Inscribed Stock as underNew Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917 — 500 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 Transfer to Loans Redemption Account for redemption, in terms of Section 5, | Subsection (3), of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920, of matured Death-duty Stock as under — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — New Zealand Inscribed Stock Aot; 1917 — 2,600 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 .. •• •• 4,iuu Public Revenues Act, 1910, Section 56,— 50,000 0 0 Temporary transfer from Consolidated Fund now restored .. •. •• [ Charges and Expenses of raising loans, — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, — i Finance Act, 1918, No. 2, Section 31 (Discharged Soldiers Settlement) .. 1,500 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 — „ 244 o 2 Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1935/1945 .. 103 8 8 Balanoe at end of Year, — ... . „ ,, 164,060 12 1 Cash in the Public Aooount .. .. .. •• •• •• b,38» Imprests outstanding - . 5,413 16 10 In the Dominion .. .. .. •• •• •• •• n a 68,500 0 0 Investment Account .. .. •• •• •• ' 178 010 15 6 237,974 8 11 £1,937,143 6 8 Totals .. .. .. •• •• •• •• £1,893,916 4 11 Note.—In these accounts the credits-in-aid (section 22, Appropriation Act, 1923) and other credits in reduction of expenditure are shown as receipts, and are not deducted from the expenditure as formerly. For the purposes of comparison a summary showing the net expenditure will be found on page 71.