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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT (DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT). Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Receipts. ! Payments. £ s. d. To Balance at Ist April, 1926 — £ s. d. £ s. d. ; By Acquirement of estates .. .. .. 603 11 11 Cash in Public Account .. 20,414 14 8 j Administration expenses .. .. .. 1,710 13 3 Imprests outstanding .. 858 7 10 i Expenditure under section 20 (4), Discharged Investment Account .. 50,000 0 0 | Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923, 71,273 2 6 i in respect of amount added to capital value 54 0 0 Receipts— ' Land for settlement of discharged soldiers—Rents, &c. .. .. .. .. 71,835 12 6 ! Vote " Expenses" .. .. .. 2,658 1 I Sales.. .. .. .. .. 3,566 18 3 i Mount Pisa Estate .. .. .. 168 4 3 Interest on sales .. .. .. 431 1 11 Road access, &c., to settlements .. .. 5,468 9 1 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 238 0 1 Refunds of revenue .. .. .. 573 7 9 Section 49 (2), (3), Land for Settlements Act, j Public Revenues Act, 1926, section 40— 1925—Amount received in respect of | Temporary transfers to other accounts .. 20,000 0 0 settlement land converted into national- Balance at 31st March,l927 —• £ s. d. endowment land .. .. .. 54 0 0 Cash in Public Account .. 23,273 11 6 Mount Pisa Estate .. .. .. 225 17 4 Investment Account .. 95,000 0 0 Interest on securities and investments .. 1,885 6 3 j 118,273 11 6 £149,509 18 10 I £149,509 18 10 Revenue Account fop. the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Administration expenses .. .. .. 1,759 4 8 By Accrued rents, &c. .. .. .. 85,428 9 2 Improvements to settlements (Vote Ex- Interest on sales.. .. .. .. 86 12 6 penses) .. .. .. .. 2,621 3 1 Interest on investments .. .. .. 2,894 4 4 Interest on loans .. .. .. 132,043 5 9 Balance carried down .. .. .. 64,261 1 7 Irrecoverable rents .. .. .. 5,597 1 1 Loss on working of estates .. .. 183 16 6 Losses under Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 — £ s. d. Reduction in value of land 1,988 11 2 Rents written off .. 226 15 6 2,215 6 8 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. 65 4 0 Rebates .. .. .. .. 4,648 19 8 Remissions of rents, &c. .. .. .. 3,536 6 2 £152,670 7 7 £152,670 7 7 £ s - d. _ £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 64,261 1 7 By Balance carried forward .. .. .. 289,351 17 1 Balance from previous years .. .. 225,090 15 6 £289,351 17 1 £289,351 17 1

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