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Public Debt Repayment Account. Receipts. Balance at beginning of year— £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,096 2 6 Repayment of the Public Debt Act, 1925, section 11— Transfers from Consolidated Fund— Subsection (a), being one-half of 1 per cent, of the amount of the public debt outstanding at 31st March, 1926 .. .. .. .. 896,651 3 5 Subsection (b), being 3% per cent, of the amount of the public debt redeemed to 31st. March, 1926 .. .. .. .. . . .. 31,140 12 10 Subsection (b), being 3| per cent, of the amount of the public debt cancelled during the vear, computed from the dates of redemption .. .. 13,737 8 1 941,529 4 4 £943,625 6 10 Payments. Securities redeemed and cancelled in terms of section 13 of the Repayment of the Public Debt Act, 1925— New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — £ s. d. £ s. d. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906 .. . . .. 101,900 0 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1907 .. .. .. 111,200 0 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1921 .. .. .. 66,750 0 0 Appropriation Act, 1918, section 33 (Waimarino bush-fire relief).. .. 5,000 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 .. .. .. 18,900 0 0 Education Purposes Loan Act, 1919 . . .. .. .. .. 13,000 0 0 Finance Act, 1916, section 35 (war expenses), (nominal value £126,850) .. 126,545 0 0 Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2) Part TV (war expenses), (nominal value £3,200) 3,072 0 0 Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), section 30 (cold storage advances) .. . . 980 0 0 Fishing Industry Promotion Act, 1919 .. .. .. .. 1,060 0 0 Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1917, section 80 .. 5,000 0 0 Land for Settlements Act, 1908 .. .. .. . . .. 200,200 0 0 Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913 .. .. .. .. .. 10,200 0 0 Mining Amendment Act, 1913, and Amendment Act, 1919 .. .. 6,500 0 0 New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909-10, and Finance Act, 1915, section 106 (Land for Settlements Branch), (nominal value £50) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 0 0 Government Railways Act, 1908 ; Railways Improvement Authorization Acts, 1904-7 .. ...... .. .. .. .. 12,400 0 0 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1921-22, section 23 .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,500 0 0 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and Appropriation Act, 1918, section 46 .. 5,000 0 0 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (nominal value £3,700) .. .. .. 3,552 2 6 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917, and Finance Act, 1917, section 68 (nominal value £2,600).. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,566 12 6 New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917— Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1921 .. .. 63,420 0 0 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Education Purposes Loan Act, 1919 .. .. .. .. 3,780 0 0 Finance Act, 1916, section 35 (war expenses), (nominal value £72,660) 72,626 2 6 Finance Act, 1918, section 10 (war expenses), (nominal value £19,000) 18,253 5 0 Finance Act, 1918, section 10 (war expenses), (death-duty stock) .. 15,050 0 0 Finance Act, 1919, section 5 (public works), (nominal value £200) .. 195 0 0 Government Railways Act, 1908, and Finance Act, 1909 .. .. 500 0 0 Land for Settlements Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. .. 6,100 0 0 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (nominal value £37,820) .. .. 36,432 11 6 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (death-duty stock) .. .. .. 12,500 0 0 939,230 14 0 Balance at end of year — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,394 12 10 £943,625 6 10

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