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Table No. 13 — continued. (3.) Estimated amounts by which cost-of-living increases or bonuses are reducible for the nine months, Ist July, 1922, to 31st March, 1923, by the second reduction under the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921-22 :— Consolidated Fund — £ £ £ Special Acts .. .. .. .. .. 687 Administrative and Revenue Departments .. .. 50,54-6 i Railways .. .. . . .. .. . . 65,000 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. ..53,229 Defence .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,690 Education .. .. .. .. .. 29,387 Total, Consolidated Fund .. .. —202,539 Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. .. 34,658 Other Accounts .. .. .. .. .. 11,622 Total, Public Account .. .. .. 248,819 Departments outside Public Account .. .. .. 5,138 Total .. .. .. .. £253,957 Equivalent to annual saving of £338,609. Total saving due to Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1921-22, by first and second reduction in all services at annual rates :— £ First deduction .. .. .. 752,936 Second deduction .. .. .. 338,609 £1,091,545 (4.) Additional revenue accruing from adjustments of fees and methods of collection, &c. ;— Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. £72,099

Table No. 14. Statement showing Advances for War and other Purposes received from the Imperial Government to the 31st March, 1922, the Capital Liabilities, and Annual Interest payable thereon.

Authorizing Acts. advanced Capital Liabilities. £ £ s. d. 2,000,000 1,168,421 1 0 898,989 18 0 2,000,000 2,067,410 19 0 3,200,000 3,232,323 4 7 4,000,000 1 ,,600,000 0 0 2,526,300 0 0 710,000 747,308 8 5 Bate of Annual Interest Interest. Payable. For war purposes — Public Revenues Amendment Act, .191.4 (section 8) PerCent. £ s. d. 3.1 40,894 11 8 4| 40,454 10 JO 81,349 5 0 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (section 5) 4.V 5~ 5 5 145,454 10 10 80,000 0 0 126,315 0 0 37,368 8 6 Finance Act, .1916 (section 35) 7,910,000 j 8,105,991 13 0 5 389,137 19 4 236,842 2 0 4,500,000 4,736,842 2 1 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (section 2), and War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (No. 2) 1,530,000 3,300,000 1,530,000 0 0 3,300,000 0 0 5 76,500 0 0 5f 177,375 0 0 ; ; 253,875 0 0 4,830,000 4,830,000 0 0 Finance Act, 1918 (section 10) 51 354,750 0 0 0,600,000 6,600,000 0 0 Total for war purposes 25,840,000 26,340,244 14 1 1,315,954 0 10 L<'or redemptions—■ New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909-10— Advances to settlers Advances to workers 1,745,000 1,762,626 5 3 325,000 328,282 16 6 44 79,318 3 8 4J 14,772 .14 6 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1910 Land for Settlements Act, 1908.. Naval Defence Act, 1909 2,070,000 2,090,909 I 9 94,090 18 2 189,100 37,400 953,500 191,010 2 0 37,777 15 6 963,131 6 3 4 1 8,595 9 0 4,} 1,700 0 0 4* 43,340 18 2 Total for redemptions .. ., 3,250,000 3,282,828 5 6 147,727 5 4 Grand totals 29,090,000 j 29,623,072 19 7 1,463,681 12 2