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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-1927.

for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1926—continued.

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ACCOUNT. ms-im. expenditure. 1926-1927. Gross. Gross. £ 8. d. Amortization of Debt, — £ s. d. £ s. d. Transfer to Loans Redemption Account for Redemption and Cancellation, in terms of Section 24 of the Finance Act, 1921-22, of Securities raised to cover expenses of conversions— New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — 6,073 15 2 New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1929.. Balanoe at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Aocount .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 5 2 £6,073 15 2 Totals .'. .. .. .. .. .. . £31 5 2 LANDS ACCOUNT. £ s. d. Expenditure under Section 12, Subsection 4 (d), of the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1926, — £ s. d. £ s. d. 272 9 11 \ Administration expenses .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 6,898 0 5 — Expenditure under Section 11 of the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 — Advances for purohase of fencing-materials, lime, or manure, and for capital expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 107 15 8 Balanoe at end of Year, — 1,727 10 1 Cash in the Publio Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,720 17 4 Imprests outstanding,— In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 16 8 4,721 14 0 £2,000 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £11,727 10 1 SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. £ 8. d. Annual Appropriation,— £ s. d. £ s. d 44,526 1 6 Vote —Expenses of Management .. .. .. .. .. .. 41,163 5 1 Unauthorized Expenditure,— 80 0 0 Services not provided for .. — 41,163 5 1 44,606 1 6 26,365 1 11 lixpenditure under Section 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 .. .. 15,819 12 4 727,093 12 11 Advances made under Sections 6 md 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 .. 589,146 4 7 Interest on Transfers from the Consolidated Fund, — 500,000 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920, Section 8, Subsection (3) .. 200,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 Appropriation Act, 1920, Section 31, Subsection (3), (Discharged Soldiers) — 200,000 0 0 540,000 0 0 Finance Act, 1919, Section 4, — Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 139, — 340,690 16 2 Interest recouped to the Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. .. 162,721 0 0 Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1935-1945, — 106 19 5 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 Finance Act, 1926, Section 23 (4), — Recoupment of Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1935-45— Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 .. .. .. .. .. 64 1 4 39 10 0 Recoupment of Management Charges of Consolidated Stock .. .. .. .. 39 9 9 Suspense Account (amounts allocated) .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,256 10 10 1,678,902 1 11 Carried forward.. .. .. .. .. .. 1,032,210 3 11 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 be found on page 81.