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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-1927.

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

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ACCOUNT. 192 f 5 " 1926 - EXPENDITURE. 1926-1927. Gross. Gross. £ s. d. Balance at end of Year,— £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,000,000 0 0 Investment Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000,000 0 0 £2,000,000 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £2,000.000 0 0 SUSPENSE ACCOUNT. £ 8. d. Amount advanced to Samoan Treasury,— £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,000 0 0 Samoa Act, 1921, Section 33, and Finance Act, 1921-22, Section 26 I 10,000 0 0 Samoa Act, 1921, Section 33, and Finance Act, 1925, Section 4 .. .. 21,000 0 0 21,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 £15,000 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £21,000 0 0 LOAN ACCOUNT. £ s. d. Amounts paid over to the State Advances Office on account of Loans raised, — £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,862,500 0 0 Advances to Settlers Branch .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,471,863 18 10 1,512,500 0 0 Advances to Workers Branch .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,210,792 17 4 10,000 0 0 Local Authorities Branch 4,682,656 16 2 4,385,000 0 0 Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1944, — New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909 and 1910 — 3 15 9 Advances to Settlers Branch 71 1 1 Advances to Workers Branch State Advances Act, 1913 — 1,402 15 0 Advances to Settlers Branch 1,402 15 0 Advances to Workers Branch 2,880 6 10 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, — Charges and Expenses of raising loans— State Advances Act, 1913 — 97,910 6 7 Advances to Settlers Branch .. .. .. .. .. 5,229 18 7 84,386 14 2 Advances to Workers Branch .. .. .. .. . 4,195 17 6 ______ 9,425 16 1 182,297 0 9 4,570,177 7 7 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,692,082 12 3 Note. In these accounts the eredits-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.