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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS

1905-1906. RECEIPTS. 1906-1907. £ s. d. 379,097 17 7 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London Investment Account £ s. d. 3,508 7 7 £ s. d. 20,000 0 0 317,600 0 0 566 3 7 404,074 11 2 400,000 0 0 716,697 17 7 The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,— Debentures 6old for pure ase of estates Premium on sale of Debentures 473,725 0 0 530,040 0 0 5,445 10 0 Debenture, due 31st October, 1906, renewed under " The New Zealard Loans Act, 1904" Debentures, due 1st December, 1906, renewed under "The New Zealand Loans Act, 1904" .. ... 814,766 0 0 75,000 0 0 Provision for Debentures due 1st November, 1906— Debentures sold.. 3,000 0 0 37,500 0 0 38,500 0 0 549,725 0 0 Provision for Debentures issued under " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 Amendment Act, 1897 " — Debentures sold Debtntures issued in renewal 1,428,251 10 0 185,762 13 6 Receipts derived from Estates, — Rents, &c. 204,921 5 4 12,493 2 11 Other Receipts,— Interest on Investments held by the Land for Settlements Investment Account.. 16,000 0 0 3,300 6 1 Credits in reduction, — Biekerstaffe Estate Puhuka Estate .. .. .. .. .. .. ..' Tablelands Estate Willows Estate 4 15 0 61 11 11 25 0 0 66 6 11 3,325 6 1. Recoveries, — Barnego Estate Edendale Estate .. Elsthorne Estate .. Epuni Estate Lindsay Estate Loughnan Estate Mead Estate Normandale Estate Pareora Estate No. 2 Rosewill Estate Selwyn Estate Toka ora Estate Tokarahi Estate Waikakahi Estate.. Windsor Park Estate 25 0 0 1,335 15 0 8 0 0 269 0 0 310 16 0 131 0 5 0 12 6 24 16 0 31 5 0 679 8 0 351 4 2 476 10 0 156 9 10 20 0 0 30 0 0 151 7 6 1,115 16 11 2,885 7 6 Carried forward 1,470,889 7 7 2,054,429 10 4