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DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. Assets. Capita l — £ s. d. £ s . d. Advances on mortgages— £ s. d. £ s. d wT „ f Consoli- Current Account .. 1,476,501 5 3 dated iund at 4 per Farms, orchards, &c. .. 5,563,461 14 10 Tin +' j' 13 ' 500 ' 000 0 0 Dwellings .. .. 3,897,943 0 4 Reduction under section _ [ 1(| flln nanCe Act ' 1927 „ . . Land leas ed under sections 4 and sof Dis- ' * ' •' •• -650,000 0 0 charged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1921—22 .. .. .. t m 432 745 12 9 T 10,850,000 0 0 Buildings: Unpaid purchase price (not yet payFinance ira able) of buildings, &c., on Crown properties 19,686 4 8 nviv. /if a „ Sundry advances merged with value of Crown (Wo- 4 ' • • 4,850,000 0 0 lands (section 20, Discharged Soldiers Settle- - ment Amendment Act, 1923) .. .. 32,728 0 0 r, ... TJ , ' ® ? Deferred-payment sales under section 9, DisDepreciation Fund . 46,160 0 0 charged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Redemption from Public Act, 1921-22 .. .. .. .. 9 027 8 5 Debt Repayment Ac- Realization Account: Properties in course of count .. .. 778,116 19 8 realization .. .. 195 ggy to g Debentures issued (at 3 Properties acquired by the £ s. d. pel cent., £260,483 18s. Crown on realization .. 739,263 8 7 jmlktoa pel' cent., Less State Advances Corpora£4l6,l3o ; at 3 W per tion interests .. . . 911 16 6 cent., £136,500; at 4 «oo , cent -' ; Live-stock, &c. .. .. .. .. 14 046 17 6 at 5j per cent., £400) 3,775,393 18 8 Capital expenditure, Employment Promotion Hypothecation of securi- Eund 166 4 J ties, section 7 (2), Ei- Sundry debtors for principal nance Act, 1931 (No. 4), instalments— £ s. d at 3 per cent. .. 2,900,000 0 0 Earms Account .. .. 204 314 4 0 13,499,670 18 4 Dwellings .. .. 121 472 16 3 Employment Promotion Eund : Capital .. 166 4 4 Merged transactions .. 1 925 19 8 Sundry creditors for interest Buildings Account .. 2! 122 11 2 Interest due and unpaid £ s. d. Deferred-payment sales .. 914 5 011 debentures 376 3 2 „45 * r Interest due and unpaid Sundry debtors for interest— on ,. , tr f n j ?£ fl * om on " Current Account .. .. 102,410 1 8 solidated lund .. 915,884 18 7 Earms Account .. .. 241 310 14 9 Interest accrued on trans- Dwellings 30 649 8 3 for from Consolidated Merged transactions .. 2,'901 1 0 t ? Un< i '' • 19,726 0 7 Buildings Account .. 1,281 13 5 Interest accrued on de- Deferred-payment sales .. 29 6 6 bentures .. .. 38,662 1 3 Miscellaneous advances .. 121 2 6 interest on redemptions . _ from Public Debt Re- Sundry debtors for— payment Account .. 99,754 10 10 Rents of properties .. 44 071 9 7 Interest paid from Con- Miscellaneous advances .. 3'754 16 8 solidated Fund . . 108 12 6 Departmental .. .. 492 0 4 1,074,512 6 11 40 qio C * Sundry creditors — Miscel- Postponements- ' laneous services- Under Discharged Soldiers Miscellaneous .. .. 7,378 9 10 Settlement Acts, AcDepartmental .. .. 1,004 5 11 Instalments of principaltit- tt , 8,382 15 9 Farms .. ..74- 204 18 1 Miscellaneous credit balances on Dwellings s'o79 18 2 Advances—- aCCOUntS Buildings '151 5 4 Current Account .. .. 8,563 9 5 Interest— 77,436 1 7 Dwellings .. 815 2 Current Account .. 5,366 18 10 Principal instalments— Farmg _ _ .. 59 075 2 7 Farms, &c. .. .. 727 13 11 Dwellings .. .. l'B7o 12 3 w u ® S ' j '' '' 744 2 3 Buildings .. .. 36 2 6 Miscellaneous advances .. 904 17 0 Rent 3 0 48 9 2 Interest— ' _ Current Account .. . . 154 6 2 Under Mortgagors and TenFa™;?- 3,136 2 10 ants Relief Act, 1933lm g s ' • • • 891 16 5 Instalments of principalBuildings .. .. 84 5 4 Farms .. .. 5,213 411 Miscellaneous .. .. 019 9 Dwellings .. .. 158 0 8 Deferred payments .. 0 7 2 - _ Rents 604 15 5 Interest- ' 7 t, . . , . , 15,821 10 10 Farms .. .. 3 598 22 Rents charged m advance .. .. 5,699 18 8 Dwellings .. .. 109 3 3 Interest charged in advance .. .. 114 17 0 Current Account ... 783 14 3 Suspense Accounts— £ s. d. , i(¥l IO e Fire Loss Account .. .. 4,114 7 8 Rent .. Ik n n Receipts unallocated .. 2,315 16 2 Interest on advances accrued but not due .. 94 454 17 8 Surpluses on realization not yet Losses in Suspense .. .. w , allocated .. .. 1,914 8 10 Remissions in Suspense: Rural Mortgagors' w ■+• a • o 8,344 12 8 Final Adjustment Act, 1934-35 .. . . 1 415 4. fi Writmgs-off in Suspense 92,187 0 7 Cash balance— £ s d " fao under section 22, Finance In Public Account ..144,273 15 5 Act, 19..7 (No. 2), to write off accumulated Imprests outstanding .. 7 477 810 losses, as per contra .. .. .. 3,969,759 10 11 _J _ 151751 4 3 Revenue Account: Accumulated loss .. 1,072,168 6 5 Accumulated losses written off under section 22, Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2) .. .. 3,969,759 10 11 £18,674,659 16 6 £18,674,659 16 6 W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wm. E. Shaw, Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that the Revenue 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, subiect to the comment that no charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account.J. H. owler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (784 copies), £18.

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