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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 926-1 927.

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

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DRAINAGE ACCOUNT. 19 f- 1926 " EXPENDITURE. 1926-1927. Gross. Gross. £ s. d. Expenditure under Section 4 of the Swamp Drainage Aot, 1915, and Seotion 95 of the £ s. d. £ s. d. 47,023 14 11 Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Aot, 1916 .. .. 39,853 19 4 Expenditure under Section 2 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, — 5 2 7 Administration expenses Finance Act, 1919, Section 4, — i Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 139, — 9,378 IS 9 Interest recouped to the Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 0 0 5 15 11 Recoupment of Management Charges of Consolidated Stock .. .. .. .. 7 12 8 Finance Act, 1926, Section 23 (4), — Recoupment of Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1944— Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and Appropriation Act, 1918, Section 46 .. . . 14 2 0 Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1944, — 43 15 0 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and Appropriation Act, 1918, Section 46 .. Balance at end of Year, — 12,430 0 0 Cash in the Public Aocount .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,388 0 5 Imprests outstanding— 72 0 0 In the Dominion 4,388 0 5 12,502 6 0 £69,559 13 2 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £54,263 14 5 ACCOUNT. _ * ' " £ s. d. Annual Appropriation,— £ s. d. £ s. d. 0,982 9 6 Vote—War Expenses Amortization of Debt, — Transfer to Loans Redemption Aocount for Redemption and Cancellation, in terms of Seotion 24 of the Finance Act, 1921-22, of Securities as under— New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— New Zealand Inscribed Stock Aot, 1917 — 10 18 10 War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 ♦ New Zealand Loans Aot, 1908, — Charges and Expenses of raising Loans— 39 12 0 Finanoe Aot, 1918 (No. 2), Part IV (War Expenses), (Redemptions) .. 0 1 o Finance Aot, 1918, Seotion 10 (War Expenses), (Redemptions) 2Qi> g q \ War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 (Redemptions) 242 7 6 Finanoe Act, 1925, Seotion 13, Subsection (1), — Balance of aocount transferred to Loans Redemption Account for Reduction 33,199 14 11 of War Debt £40,441 10 9 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 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.