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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1917-1918.

for the Year ended 31st March, 1918, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1917.

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1916-1917. EXPENDITURE. 1917-1918. £ s. a. Expenditure urnler Seotion 8 of the Public Revenues Amenament Act, 1914 (War Purposes) £ s. a. £ s. a. 9,639,955 10 4 12,168,799 8 2 4,500,000 0 0 Refund to War Office on account of maintenance of New Zealand troops in field Less Paymaster's advances for January, February, and March, 1917, at £65,000 per month, not deducted from the sum of £4,500,000 paid to War Office for maintenance of troops in Maroh, 1917 4,830,000 0 0 195,000 0 0 4,635,000 0 0 Public Revenues Amendment Aot, 1915 (No. 2), (Seotion 6), — Remittances to Soldiers Remittances from Soldiers.. 124,812 9 11 39,871 9 10 7,017 17 3 120,058 18 5 4,753 11 6 46,889 7 1 4 10 0 Pay-warrants Acoount 3 0 0 129,245 0 6 Expenditure under Section 6 of the Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (Relief Purposes) 11,492 14 8 New Zealand Loans Aot, 1908,— Charges and Expenses of raising Loans— Finance Act, 1916, and New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915 Finance Act, 1916 (Section 35) .. .. .. .. Finance Act, 1916, and Appropriation Aot, 1917 (Section 27), and New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915 .. War Purposes Loan Act, 1917, and New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915 Publio Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (Section 5).. 184 2 0 0 16 0 54,482 8 5 0 10 6 73,426 10 9 20,94* 14 5 75,322 17 10 73,611 19 3 800,000 0 0 Repayment of temporary advances obtained on security of the Reserve Fund Securities 315,789 9 5 New Zealana Loans Act, 1908, — Memoranaum of Security at 3A. per oent. in respect of War Advances now oanoellea owing to conversion by Imperial Government of 80 per cent, of loan repayable £100 for each £95 aavancea, into loan repayable £100 for each £99 aavanced— Public Revenues Amendment Aot, 1915 (Section 5) — Public Revonuos Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 2) Treasury Bills at 3J per cent, in respect of War Advances cancelled owing to oonversion by Imperial Government as above— Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 9) — Public Revenues Amendment Aot, 1914 (Section 8) 2,105,263 3 2 1,327,473 12 9 312,287 13 2 644,541 14 8 2,278,459 2 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Imprests in the han3s of Officers of the Government .. In Lonaon Investment Aocount .. .. .. • ■ • 2,062,309 1.9 4 545,360 3 4 1,320,677 19 8 3,221,054 3 4 7,149,402 5 8 4,562,762 2 9 £22,175,232 1 1 Totals £24,163,121 17 8