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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 926-1 9 27.

STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the

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DEPOSITS 1925-1926. RECEIPTS. 1926-1927. £ s. d. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. 417,157 4 11 Brought forward ,. .. .. .. 918,281 6 7 353,620 2 8 699,381 5 3 Lodgments—continued. 149 0 0 Public Trust Office Remittance .. .. .. .. .. •. 263 11 6 589 11 11 Purchase of Wheat Account, 1924-25 .. .. .. .. •. { 252 1 9 j 686,486 0 5 Purchase of Wheat Account, 1925-26 .. .. .. .. •• 796] 153,319 9 9 Receipts by the High Commissioner for payment in New Zealand .. .. 871,678 17 3 70,000 0 0 Receiver-General's Deposit Acoount.. .. .. .. .. •• 25,000 0 0 1.893 5 0 Remittances to Immigrants.. .. .. .. .. •• • • 1,840 15 0 j 1,652 1 0 Rotorua College and Grammar School Account .. .. .. . 1,927 15 9 j 1,677 0 6 Samoan Loan Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. •• 2,008 6 8 72,897 9 1 Samoan Treasury Account .. .. .. .. .. •• • • 126,655 17 9 Sumner SohoOl for the Deaf— £ s. d. Horton Bequest .. .. ■. •. • • 33 4 6 Manson and Brown Bequests .. .. .. .. 122 10 4 155 14 10 7,019 11 1 Special Coal Rate—Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884 989 14 3 Taranaki Scholarships Endowment Act, 1910 .. .. .. .. 955 13 0 264 16 10 Tauranga Eduoational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 .. .. .. 260 11 11 56 19 6 Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1910 .. .. ■. .. • ■ 387 19 6 830 19 11 Trustee Act, 1908 .. .. .. .. .. • • • • • • 560 15 6 331 6 2 Unclaimed Earnings .. .. .. .. .. • • • • 286 2 1 75 14 9 Unemployment Stamps .. .. .. .. •• •• 124 14 9 909 19 0 Unpresented Cheques .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,456 13 4 1,452,104 6 8 1,698,524 4 5 £2,115,681 9 4 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• £1,805,724 9 4 PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL PURPOSES £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — £ s. d. £ s. d. 163,989 11 5 Cash in the Public Aocount .. .. .. .. .. .. 366,331 4 7 Imprests outstanding— 33,195 9 2 In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. .. 36,027 3 8 182,254 6 3 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■■ 65,062 13 1 Investment Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59,000 0 0 526,421 1 4 379,439 6 10 ———— Credits-in-aid, — 76,918 10 2 Vote—Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. .. .. 108,092 11 11 181,876 18 8 „ Railway-construction .. .. .. .. .. .. 85,550 14 7 8.894 5 5 „ Additions to Open Lines .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,501 17 9 198 16 9 „ General .. .. .. .. .. .. •. ■. 555 17 4 6 6 11 „ Courthouses 710 3 0 „ Prison Buildings and Works .. .. .. .. .. 1,162 3 4 197 5 5 „ Postal and Telegraph.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,095 14 8 2 8 0 „ Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 200 551 15 1 „ Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 6 8 1,324 13 10 „ Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. .. .. 13,251 2 0 20,327 14 2 „ Timber-supply, Sawmills, &o... .. .. .. 12 449 16 0 35,650 4 4 „ Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. .. .. .. 42'140 18 8 1 16 0 „ Lighthouses.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' 0 15 8 Harbour Works .. .. .. .. .. .. 221 11 6 327 19 11 „ Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. ■. . ■ .. 048 jg 3 181,052 6 9 „ Department of Immigration .. .. .. 216,356 2 4 14,667 15 11 . Roads,&o. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,565 0 2 113,353 12 8 „ Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 104,601 7 5 93 9 8 „ Contingent Defence .. .. . .. .. .. .. 206 2 1 6,609 17 2 „ Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 977 10 4 2,568 8 6 „ Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. ,. .. 2,515 2 5 57,601 10 7 ; Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. .. .. 78,555 3 6 702,935 18 11 708,476 14 7 Credits in reduction— Unauthorized Expenditure— 50,124 18 7 Services not provided for .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,412 4 1 — 709,888 18 8 753,060 17 6 ' 1,132,500 4 4 j Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,236,310 0 0 Note. —In these accounts the credits-in aid (sec ion 51, Public Revenues Act, 1926) and other credits in reduction of expenditure are shown as receipts, and are not deducted from the expenditure as prior to 1924-25. For the purposes of comparison a summary showing the net expenditure will be found on page 81.