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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926 - 1927

GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT —continued.

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1925-1926. EXPENDITURE. 1926-1927. Gross. Gross. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,071,465 3 6 Brought forward .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,542,573 19 0 Lake Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Account, — 43 8 2 Expenditure under Land Act, 1924, Seotion 383, Subsection (2) .. .. 814 7 Expenditure under the Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905, Section 6, Sub439 5 0 section (1) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 439 5 0 : 520 9 7 482 13 2 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans, — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — 50 0 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903 (Redemptions) Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906 (Redemptions) .. .. 127 7 6 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1907 (Redemptions) .. .. 140 5 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1921 (Redemptions) .. .. 110 0 0 84,265 8 1 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1922 .. .. .. 420 1 0 900 0 0 Finance Aot, 1920, Section 15 (Public Works), (Redemptions) .. .. 420 7 0 50 0 0 Finance Act, 1921, Section 10 (Public Works), (Redemptions) 84,015 8 1 Finance Act, 1923, Section 2 (Public Works) .. .. .. .. 420 1 0 127,768 13 4 Finance Act, 1924, Section 2 (Public Works) .. .. .. .. 644 4 6 Finance Act, 1925, Section 2 (Public Works) .. .. .. .. 153,090 12 0 — 155,372 18 0 297,049 9 6 Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stook, ]935/1945 — 131 7 11 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1921 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1913, Section 34, —- 500,000 0 0 Treasury Bills redeemed from Proceeds of Loan .. .. .. .. .. 200,000 0 0 Public Revenues Act, 1910, Section 56, — 125,000 0 0 Temporary Transfer from Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Acoount) repaid * New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, Section 5 (1) (b), — Finance Act, 1925, Section 2 (Publio Works) — Temporary Advance from Bank of England on Memorandum of Security repaid -• 400,000 0 0 Adjustment of amount incorrectly oredited in Financial Year 1922-23,— New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1935/45 — Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1921— 20 6 5 Premiums .. — Balance at end of Year, — 366,331 4 7 Cash in the Publio Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 222,820 4 10 Imprests outstanding— 36,027 3 8 In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. . 14,454 7 2 65,062 13 1 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57,112 7 7 59,000 0 0 Investment Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 545,000 0 0 • — 839,386 19 7 526,421 1 4 £6,520,570 1 10 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £6.137,854 6 2 Note. —In .these accounts the credits-in-aid (section 51, Publio 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 be found on page 81.