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AVAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Period ended 30th September, 1925. Expenditure. £ s. d. Inayme. £ s. d. To Charges and expenses of raising loans .. 242 7 6 By Equipment Account .. .. .. 3,323 16 9 Contribution to Public Trust Fund Account, Unexpended balances transferred from Deposits Civil servants.serving with N.Z.E.F. .. 19 12 5 Account .. .. .. .. 241 6 5 Excess of income over expenditure, carried down 50,799 18 9 Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years — £ s. d. Pay and allowances.. .. 411 010 Sale, Artificial-limb Factory .. 2,020 2 ) Transport of troops .. 4 16 0 Superannuation contributions of Public Servants .. 24 11 1L War graves —Sales, cemetery registers .. .. 36 4 8 2,496 15 6 Australian Government—Adjustment of outstanding claims between N.Z.E.F. and A.I.F. in Egypt, 1915 .. .. .. 45,000 0 0 £51,061 18 8 £51,061 18 8 Note.—The War Expenses Account was closed as from the Ist October, 1925, in accordance with section 13, Finance Act, 1925. Balance-sheet as at 30th September, 1925. Liabilities. Assets. £ s. d. War-loan capital (including Sundry debtors (Australian Government) .. 45,000 0 0 securities issued to cover Repatriation Department (Advances Account) 1,098,272 3 2 expenses of raising loans) £ s. d. £ s. d. Excess of expenditure over as at Ist April, 1925 .. 76,631,721 14 0 income— £ s. d. Add loans raised for re- Balance, 31st March, demptions .. .. 193,260 0 0 1925 .. .. 107,153,192 11 1 Less excess of income 76,824,981 14 0 over expenditure for ■Less redemptions to 30th period Ist April, 1925, September, 1925 .. 290,602 10 9 to 30th September, 76,534,379 3 3 1925, as per account 50,799 18 9 Contributions received to- —— wards war funds .. 175,173 18 3 107,102,392 12 4 Less amounts refunded and Less recovery from Gertransferred .. .. 3,274 13 9 many for cost of 171,899 4 6 Army of Occupation 507,000 0 0 Pay-warrants issued .. 19,400 0 0 106,595,392 12 4 Less pay - warrants redeemed .. .. 19,361 10 0 38 10 0 Remittances received for transmission to and from soldiers .. .. 469,682 11 3 Less remittances paid . . 469,682 11 3 Sinking fund .. .. 5,613,561 10 5 Less withdrawals for redemptions .. .. 714,627 0 0 4,898,934 10 5 Less transferred to Public Debt Redemption Fund 4,898,934 10 5 Treasury Consolidated Fund Account (interest, &c.) 32,616,659 17 2 Less Treasury Interdepartmental Account .. 1,584,311 19 5 — 31,032,347 17 9 £107,738,664 15 6 £107,738,664 15 6 NoTii.—The above Balance-sheet is made up to the 30th September, 1925, as the War Expenses Account was closed in accordance with section 13, Finance Act, 1925, as from the Ist Octobor, 1925, and interest charges have been excluded. L. C. Forgie, Major, Officer in Charge, War Expenses. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental notes. —G-. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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