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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1931-1932.

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Gross Amount Net Amount Act charged to Rpcnvprips charged to ACT " Ordinary .Revenue recoveries. Ordinary Revenue Account, Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. 2,423,557 9 7 44,945 19 2 2,378,611 10 5 —c ontinued. Brought forward .. .. .. 2,983,090 8 3 .. 2,983,090 8 3 Other Pensions —continued. Pensions Act, 1926 :— Miners'pensions .. .. .. .. .. 69,785 4 7 Less gold duty collected under section 448, Mining Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,831 10 5 66,953 14 2 Military pensions, Maori War .. .. .. 7,582 0 0 .. 7,582 0 0 Pensions for the blind .. .. .. .. 16,710 5 4 .. 16,710 5 4 Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927 :— Section 62, — Pensions in respect of death or disablement of police officers .. .. .. .. .. 1,054 1 8 .. 1,054 1 8 Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1916 : — Section 67, — Compensation to Mrs. Ann Noble for loss of orchard .. 23 18 1 .. 23 18 1 TOTAL, Pensions .. .. .. 3,078,245 17 11 2,831 10 5 3,075,414 7 6 MOTOR TAXATION. Tire-tax, Fees, and Fines transferred to Main Highways Account. Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2): — Section 24 (1), —■ Transfer to Main Highways Account Revenue Fund as under — £ s. d. Tire-tax .. .. .. 84,649 7 5 Motor-vehicles fees, fines, &c. .. 370,125 16 3 — 454,775 3 8 .. 454,775 3 8 Tax on Motor-spirits transferred to Main Highways Account. Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927, Section 9 (1) (a), and Finance Act, 1930, Section 38 :— Allocation of residue after deduction of expenses,*— 92 per cent, of residue transferred to Main Highways Revenue Fund for period 1 April, 1931, to 31 March, 1932 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,231,201 14 0 .. 1,231,201 14 0 Tax on Motor-spirits paid to Boroughs. Motor-spir ts Taxation Act, 1927 : — Section 9 1 — Allocation of residue after deduction of expenses*— Subsection (1) (6), residue paid to Borough Councils — 5£ per cent, for period 1 January, 1931, to 31 March, 1931 .. .. .. .. .. 19,114 15 0 8 per cent, for period 1 April, 1931, to 31 December, 1931 .. .. .. .. .. 81,426 2 0 .. 100,540 17 0 Expenses of Collecting and Making Refunds. Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2) Section 24 (3), — Transfer to the credit of Vote, Customs, in respect of the expenses incidental to the collection of tire-tax .. 788 5 1 .. i 788 5 1 Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927 :— Section 7, — Expenses of collecting tax on motor-spirits paid to the credit of Vote, Customs, for the period 1 January, 17,572 0 10 1931, to 31 December, 1931 Expenses of refunding tax on motor-spirits paid to the Post Office for the period 1 January, 1931, to 31 December, 1931 .. .. .. .. 2,788 4 0 — .. 20,360 4 10 Total, Motor Taxation .. .. 1,807,666 4 7 .. 1,807,666 4 7 Carried forward .. .. .. 7,309,469 12 1 47,777 9 7 7,261,692 2 6 * No deduction has been made in respect of any expenses incident to the allocation of the residue.