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WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Advertising, printing and stationery, and By Camps Account .. .. .. .. 3,173 1311 office expenses .. .. ... 2,082 14 2 Motor Transport Vehicles Account .. 392 4 2 Clerical assistance (New Zealand and London) 7,111 7 5 Soldiers' Financial Assistance Account .. 73 12 0 Educational and vocational training .. 570 8 1 Discount on loans redeemed .. .. 8,881 17 G Equipment Account .. .. .. 18,594 9 2 Profit on sale of British war-loan stock (War Hospital ships " Maheno" and " Marama".. 434 4 0 Loans Investment Account) .. .. 3,907 15 9 League of Nations (New Zealand's proportion Interest on cash held in London from sale of tion of Secretariat expenses) .. .. 12,648 13 1! assets at No. 2 New Zealand General Medals and decorations .. .. .. 486 5 5 Hospital . . .. .. .. 40 17 2 Medical treatment of service patients and Excess of expenditure over income carried down 370,043 4 11 expenses incidental thereto .. .. 119,475 0 7 Pay and allowances (soldiers' accounts) .. 954 6 9 Postage, telegrams, telephones, &c. . . 52 4 4 Rations and forage .. .. .. 275 5 3 Transport of troops, &c. .. .. .. 163,237 6 7 War gratuities .. .. .. .. 4,607 19 5 War graves and memorials .. .. 54,649 12 9 Depreciation on buildings, furniture, &c. . . 260 16 1 Charges and expenses of raising loans .. 1,048 1 I 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. . . 18 0 0 £386,513 5 5 £386,513 5 5 £ s. d. By Interest received on invest- £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income brought ments for year ended 31st down .. .. .. .. 370,043 411 March, 1924 .. .. 78,507 10 0 Interest paid on war loans £ s. d. Less accrued interest at 31st for year ended 31st March, 1923, credited last March, 1924 .. .. 3,794,117 10 11 year .. .. .. 27,566 14 6 Less accured and unpaid interest at 31st March, 50,940 15 6 1923, debited last year.. 1,375,841 811 Plus accrued interest at 31st March, 1924 .. .. 11,244 5 8 2,418,276 2 0 62,185 1 2 Plus accrued interest at Discount on Treasury bills paid in advance 1,200 15 5 31st March, 1924 .. 1,184,228 3 10 Withdrawal from sinking fund applied to Plus interest due but un- reduction of war loan .. .. .. 200,000 0 0 paid at 31st March, 1924 11,802 18 4 Repatriation Department—Proportion of in3,614,307 4 2 terest on war-loan moneys for year ended Contribution towards sinking Fund from 31st March, 1924 .. .. .. 53,828 12 9 Consolidated Fund for year ended 31st Excess of expenditure over income (including March, 1924.. .. .. .. 543,097 0 0 interest, &c.).. .. .. ..4,210,232 19 9 £4,527,447 9 1 £4,527,447 9 1 Treasury Adjustment (Consolidated Fund) Account. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Interest received on war-loan investments 78,507 10 0 By Balance at 31st March, 1923 .. .. 22,103,690 510 Profit on sale of British war-loan stock .. 3,907 15 9 Contribution to sinking fund .. .. 543,097 0 0 Interest (proportion of), Repatriation De- Redemption of war loans .. .. 714,430 11 5 partment .. .. .. .. 53,828 12 9 Sinking fund withdrawal used for redempInterest on cash held in London from tions (see contra) .. .. .. 200,000 0 0 sales, No. 2 General Hospital .. 40 17 2 Interest paid on war loans .. .. 3,794,117 10 11 Withdrawal from Sinking Fund Investment Account (see contra) .. .. 200,000 0 0 Balance carried down .. .. .. 27,019,050 12 6 £27,355,335 8 2 £27,355,335 8 2 £ s. d. By Balance brought down .. .. 27,019,050 12 6 Treasury Adjustment (Interdepartmental) Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. .. 015,555 5 6 By Depreciation reserve (camp buildings) Land and buildings transferred to Defence transferred to Defence Department .. 455 10 0 Department .. .. .. 74,971 16 0 Divisional equipment reserve—transferred Post-war equipment and medical mobiliza- to Defence Department .. .. 381,441 4 0 tion stores transferred to Defence De- Balance carried down .. .. .. 1,554,790 15 10 partment .. .. .. .. 1,238,802 14 1 Power-house plant, Trentham, transferred to Defence Department .. .. 3,170 6 0 Motor-vehicles (ambulances) transferred to Health Department .. .. 4,187 8 3 £1,936,687 9 10 £1,936,687 9 10 £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. £1,554,790 15 10

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