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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1917-1918.

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

G. F. C. Campbell, Examined and found correct. Secretary to the Treasury. Robbkt J. Collins, , . J. J. Esson, Controller and Auditor-General. Accountant to the Treasury.

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1916-1917. EXPENDITURE. 1917-1918. £ s. d. 14,500 0 0 Advances under the Fruit-preserving Industry Acts, 1913 and 1914 £ s. d. £ s. d. 23,509 15 11 0 7 0 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, — Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913 — Charges and Expenses 0 14 0 882 8 4 Balance at end of Year— Cash in the Public Account • • 6,258 i 8 Totals .. & £15,382 15 4 £29,768 10 7 CCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1918, compared with the Finanoial Year endea 31st [arch, 1917. £ s. d. 30,168 5 2 Advances made under Sections 0 and 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 £ s. d. £ s. d. 109,918 2 0 398 6 9 Expenditure undor Section 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 Cr. 330 11 9 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, — Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and Amendment Aot, 1916 — Charges and Expenses 0 17 6 0 17 6 II Balanoe at end of Year, —- Cash in the Public Account Imprests outstanding— In the Dominion 27,400 9 7 31,434 0 3 21 10 0 4,033 10 8 6,845 12 11 Totals .. .. £37,413 2 4 £141,022 8 0 .DVANCES .CCOUNT for the Year enaea 31st March, 1918. £ s. d. Advances maae under Section 22 of the Appropriation Act, 1917 .. £ s. a. £ s. d. 20,750 0 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Publio Account 2,500 0 0 Totals £-23,250 0 0