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DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. Assets. Capital — £ s. d. £ s. d. Advances on mortgages — £ s. d. £ s. d. Transfer from Consoli- Current account .. 1,915,287 10 8 dated Fund at 4 per Current Advances Suspense cent. .. .. 13,500,000 0 0 —Section 3 (3) (6) DisReduction under section charged Soldiers Settle--22, Finance Act, 1927 ment Amendment Act, (No. 2) .. .. 2,650,000 0 0 1924 .. .. 230 0 0 Farms, orchards, &c. .. 6,363,913 0 9 10,850,000 0 0 Dwellings, business preDepreciation Fund .. 46,160 0 0 mises, &e. .. .. 5,378,559 16 6 Debentures issued (at 13,657,990 7 11 2 A per cent., £200,000 ; Land leased under sections 4 and 5, Discharged 4 per cent., £21,200; Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1921-22 448,728 18 9 5 per cent., £255,495 Buildings —Unpaid purchase-price (not yet 16s. Bd. ; 5i per cent., payable) of buildings on Crown properties .. 24,019 16 10 £4,117,790; 6 per cent., Sundry advances merged with value of Crown £33,000) .. 4,627,485 16 8 lands (section 20, Discharged Soldiers 15,523,645 16 8 Settlement Amendment Act, 1923) .. 39,530 10 4 Sundry creditors for Deferred payment sales under section 9, Disinterest— charged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Interest due and unpaid Act, 1921-22 .. .. .. .. 1,530 0 0 on debentures .. 2,607 13 1 Water-supply, McGregor Block—Cost to be Interest due and unpaid allocated to settlers .. .. .. 915 0 8 on amount transferred Realization Account —Properties in course of from Consolidated Fund 144,666 13 4 realization .. .. .. .. 197,487 16 6 Interest accrued on de- Properties acquired by Crown £ s. d. bentures at 31st March, Freehold .. .. 270,532 19 0 1931 .. .. 50,035 19 5 Leasehold .. .. 104,182 17 3 Interest accrued on o amount transferred Live and dead stock .. .. 378 J 3 from Consolidated Machinery and plant .. 202 2 6 Fund 35,671 4 8 Less Depreciation Reserve 103 10 0 232,981 10 6 98 12 6 Sundry creditors—Miscel- Office requisites :. .. 4 10 1 laneous services— Less Depreciation Reserve 3 o 2 Imprests outstanding .. 7,624 10 6 1 4 11 Departmental .. 22 14 2 Sundry debtors for principal Sundries .. . • 408 4 5 • instalments — 8,055 9 1 Farms Account .. 67,635 19 9 State Advances Office —Mortgages taken over 1,332 0 0 Dwellings Account .. 41,373 6 0 Miscellaneous credit balances — £ s. d. Section 20 (3), Discharged Advances on current ac- Soldiers Settlement count .. .. 907 14 9 Amendment Act, 1923J, 4 10 Interest on current ac- Buildings Account .. 527 8 0 count .. 333 0 7 110,307 18 7 Principal instalments, Sundry debtors for interestFarms Account .. 561 7 5 Current Account .. 70,578 8 7 Interest instalments, Farms Account .. 117,181 4 5 Farms Account .. 2,562 13 1 Dwellings Account .. 16,722 9 7 Principal instalments, Section 20 (3), Discharged Dwellings Account .. 518 12 0 Soldiers Settlement Interest instalments, Amendment Act, 1923.. 3,548 1 1 Dwellings Account .. 662 5 5 Buildings Account .. 614 11 6 Principal instalments, Interest due on deferred Buildings Account .. 35 4 0 payment sales .. 27 14 1 Sundry Debtors for Rent Miscellaneous .. .. 35 0 b Account .. .. 338 711 208,707 9 9 Miscellaneous.. .. 8 14 9 Sundry debtors for— 5,927 19 11 Rent of properties .. 17,713 17 10 Rents charged in advance .. .. .. 5,456 16 2 Miscellaneous advances .. 980 10 6 Suspense Account —Receipts not yet allocated 4,274 12 2 Sale of stock and impleFire Loss Suspense Account .. •• 6,022 9 0 ments .. .. 102 10 0 Realization Suspense Account —Surpluses on Sundries .. .. -78 14 realization of properties not yet allocated .. 102 9 1 J9,0/o 1- o Writings-off in Suspense .. •• 111,877 19 8 Postponements— Liabilities discharged under section 22 of the Instalments of principal Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), to write off Farms Account .. 30,983 3 9 accumulated losses, as per contra .. .. 3,969,759 10 11 Dwellings Account .. 173 14 11 Buildings Account .. 61119 Interest — Current account .. 3,928 8 8 Farms Account .. 70,641 15 3 Dwellings Account .. 205 14 10 Buildings Account .. 166 4 7 Debtors for Rent Account 3,019 15 2 109,180 8 11 Carried forward .. .. 19,869,436 13 2 Carried forward .. 15,192,668 3 7

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