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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-1927.

for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1926—continued.

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REPAYMENT ACCOUNT. 19 Sf 6 - EXPENDITURE. 1926 " 1927 - Gross - Gross. £ s. d. Securities redeemed and cancelled in terms of Section 13 of the Repayment of the £ 8. d. £ s. d 870,63713 6 Public Debt Act, 1925 — — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — 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 j Finance Act, 1918, No. 2, Part IV (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 Act, 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,. — 2,096 2 6 Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,394 12 10 £872,733 16 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. £943,625 6 10 AUTHORIZATION ACT 1914 ACCOUNT. £ «■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure under Section 5 of the Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, — 152,454 16 7 New stations, station-yards, and terminal facilities" .. .. .. .. 155,314 9 7 30,260 7 4 Duplications .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 61,356 13 6 483 16 1 Grade easements .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 143 7 6 12 10 8 New engine-depot and approach-lines at Auckland .. .. .. .. 538 16 9 850 11 11 I Additions to workshops at Newmarket and Petone 168,740 6 5 I New line, Auckland to Westfield .. .. .. .. .. .. 172,965 9 2 130,091 12 7 ' Signalling, interlocking, and safety appliances .. .. .. .. 14,554 4 11 8,764 9 9 1 Bridge-strengthening .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,784 14 1 ! 413,657 15 6 491,658 11 4 j Expenditure under Section 7 of the Finance Act, 1924, — 43,020 10 6 Paeroa railway-station rearrangement .. .. .. .. .. 10,325 10 0 646 5 9 Palmerston North railway deviation.. .. .. .. .. .. ! 14,059 19 6 4,264 16 0 Tawa Flat railway deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. 984 13 1 5,913 11 10 Pelichet Bay railway deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,191 12 9 15,660 17 5 Railway electrio lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j 3,159 19 9 75,586 14 11 Huit Valley railway .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 156,454 16 4 6,213 18 5 | New Plymouth railway works .. .. .. .. .. .. [ 3,849 0 3 \ Elimination of level-crossings .. .. .. .. .. ..I 24,514 18 2 3,500 0 0 Railway from Auckland station-} ard along Quay Street .. .. .. | ' 210,691 9 7 158,655 15 1 j 650,314 6 5 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. .. j 624,349 5 1 I I | Note. —In these accounts the credits-in-aid '(section 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.