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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1918, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1917.

1916-1917. EXPENDITURE. 1917 1918. £ s. d. £ s., d. £ ?. d. 9,639,955 10 4 Expenditure undor Section 8 of the Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914 (War Purposes) 12,168,799 8 2 4,500,000 0 0 Refund to War Offioe on account of maintenance of New Zealand troops in field loess Paymaster's advances for January, February, and March, 1917, at £65,000 per month, not deduoted from the sum of £4,500,000 paid to War Office for maintenance of troops in March, 1917 4,830,000 0 0 4,635,000 0 0 195,000 0 0 39,871 9 10 7,017 17 3 Public Revenues Amendment Aot, 1915 (No, 2), (Section 6),-~ Remittances to Soldiers Remittances from Soldiers.. .. .. .. .. 120,058 18 5 4,753 11 6 124,812 9 11 46,889 7 1 4 10 0 Pay-warrants Aooount 3 0 0 129,245 0 6 Expenditure under Section 6 of the Public Revenues Amondmont Act, 1915 (Relief Purposes) .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,492 14 8 54,482 3 5 Now Zoaland Loans Act, 1908, — Charges and Expenses of raising Loans — Finanoe Aot, 1916, and New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915 Finanoe Act, 191.6 (Section 35) .. Finance Act, 1916, and Appropriation Aot, 1917 (Seotion 27), and New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915 War Purposes Loan Aot, 1917, and New Zealand Loans Amendment Aot, 1915 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (Section 5).. 184 2 0 0 16 0 73,611 19 3 0 10 6 73,426 10 9 20,840 14 5 e_i 75,322 17 10 800,000 0 0 Repayment of temporary advanoes obtained on security of the Reserve Fund Securities New Zoaland Loans Act, 1908, — Memorandum of Security at 8J por oout. in respect of War Advances now cancelled owing to conversion by Imperial Government of 80 per cent, of loan repayable £100 for eaoh £95 advanced, into loan repayable £100 for oach £99 advanced— Public Revonues Amendment Act, 1915 (Seotion 5) — Publio Revenues Amendment Aot, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 2) .. .. 315,789 9 5 Treasury Bills at 3$ par cent, in rospect of War Advances cancolled owing to conversion by Imporial Government as above — Public Rovonuos Amondmont Act, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 9)— Public Revonues Amendment Act, 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 4,562,762 2 9 Balance at ood of Year, — Cash in the Publio Aocount Imprests in tho hands of Officers of the Government In London .. .. .. Investment Aocount 2,062,309 19 4 545,360 3 4 1,320,677 19 8 3,221,054 3 4 7,149,402 5 8 Totals £22,175,232 1 1 £24,163,121 17 8