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ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —continued.

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19 lt im EXPENDITURE. 1926 " 1927 - Gross. Gross. £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. 28,032,936 11 4 Brought forward .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,450,471 2 6 . ' Amortization of Debt—continued. Debentures redeemed and cancelled before maturity in terms of Section 24 of the Finance Act, 1921-22 — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — Fishing Industry Promotion Act, 1919 (due 1st December, 1928) .. .. 677 10 3 Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1917, Section 80 (due | 1st April, 1930) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,514 8 1 Housing Act, 1919, Section 30 (due 1st July, 1930) .. .. 2,720 6 9 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (due 1st February, 1929) .. .. .. 315,000 0 0 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917, and Finance Act, 1917, Section 68 (nominal value, £461 18s. 8d.), (due 15th November, 1927) .. .. .. 450 7 9 320,362 12 10 > Transfer to Loans Redemption Account for redemption of New Zealand Consols matured— 500 0 0 New Zealand Consols Act, 1908, Section 36 .. .. .. .. .. j Public Revenues Act, 1910, Section 56, — 125,000 0 0 Temporary transfer to Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) Transfer to Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) in terms of Section 12 500,000 0 0 of the Appropriation Act, 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. •• | Transfer to the Working Railways Account in terms of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1925, Section 4, subsection (1) (a), — 1,327,649 0 0 Gross amount payable under the Act Less charges outstanding in favour of the Consolidated Fund as on 31st March, 854,256 14 0 1925 473,392 6 0 Charges and Expenses of redemptions,— I New Zealand Loans Aofc, 1908— Finance Act, 1916, Section 35 (War Expenses) .. .. .. .. 13 0 0 2 8 0 Finance Act, 1918, Section 10 (War Expenses) 1 11 6 Finance Act 1918 (No. 2), Part IV (War Expenses) .. 200 0 0 War Purposes Loan Aot, 1917 13 0 0 203 19 6 Publio Revenues Act, 1910, Section 39, — 1,250,000 0 0 Treasury Bills redeemed Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 40, — Temporary transfers to other Accounts .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,000 0 0 Adjustment of Amount erroneously credited in Financial Year 1921-22, — Credits in reduction — Interest .. .. .. .. •. •• •• .. j New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — 1,712 14 4 Native Land Amendment Act, 1913 Balance at end of Year, — : 2,343,167 17 10 Cash in the Public Aooount .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,807,285 6 2 Imprests outstanding— 65,723 3 9 In the Dominion .. .. .. •• . • 52,421 8 5 160,626 13 7 In London .. .. .. .. •• • • •• • • 128,169 12 2 1,858,574 5 3 Investment Account .. .. .. ■■ •• •• 1,693,589 11 1 j 3,681,465 17 10 4,428,092 0 5 C34,811,837 11 7 Totals .. .. .. .. ■■ •• £33,478,312 13 2 Note.—In these accounts the credits-in-aid (section 51, Public Revenues Act, 1926) and other credits in reduction of expenditure are shown as receipts, and are not deducted from the expenditure as prior to 1924-25. For the purposes of comparison a summary showing the net expenditure will he found on page 81.