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Details of Assets included above. (Note : Stores or supplies in hand not included in assets.) Cash and Investments : — *Cash in the Public Account and in the hands of officers of the £ £ £ Government. .. .. .. .. .. 2,486,703 fLess liabilities outstanding, ,'slst March, 1929 .. .. 1,625,125 861,578 ♦Investment of cash balances .. .. .. .. .. 10,112,316 Reserve fund (securities at cost) .. .. .. .. .. 1,928,162 Post Office Savings-bank Reserve Fund .. .. .. .. 1,000,000 Bank of New Zealand shares (nominal value) .. .. .. 2,109,375 Debt Redemption Fund .. .. .. .. .. 22,075,645 38,087,076 Sinking funds accrued—• State Advances debt .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,775,183 State Coal-mines .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,854 Westport Harbour loans .. .. .. .. .. 238,502 Samoanloan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,146 Nauru and Ocean Islands Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. 10,022 Electric Supply Sinking Fund Account .'. .. .. .. 115,854 2,156,561 Loans and advances outstanding— Mining purposes .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,859 Local bodies (annuity value of interest receivable; .. .. .. 886,687 Samoan (loan, less sinking fund) .. .. .. .. .. 153,054 Repatriation advances outstanding, 31st March, 1929 .. .. 287,372 £ Discharged soldiers'mortgages and property held .. ..15,198,583 Less amount included in Public Debt Redemption Fund .. 10,850,000 4,348,583 State Advances—Mortgages and property held, less sinking funds and investments included elsewhere • .. .. .. 34,150,324 General purposes relief—Advances outstanding .. .. .. 33,530 Rural Intermediate Credits Board —Advances outstanding .. .. 110,100 39,997,509 Revenue Earning and Trading Accounts — Railways (capital cost, including unopened lines and value of assets taken over from provinces) .. .. .. .. .. 62,276,214 Telephones and Telegraphs (value of assets) .. .. .. 9,119,417 Pacific cable (estimated value of Dominion's interest) .. .. 57,000 Electric-power supply and development (capital expenditure) .. 8,467,151 Westport Harbour-works (value of assets) .. .. .. 497,774 Lighthouses and harbour-works (capital expenditure) .. .. 1,266,276 Tourist and health resorts (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 514,179 State coal-mines (value of assets) .. .. .. .. 324,073 Kauri-gum (trading capital) .. .. .. .. .. 39,208 Nauru and Ocean Islands (purchase price of rights) .. .. 565,040 83,126,332 Lands and forests — Crown lands (estimated value, including settlement lands, Native lands, and education reserves) .. .. .. .. 28,775,558 Land-drainage schemes (capital invested) .. .. .. .. 1,837,203 Irrigation and water-supply (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 836,472 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement (capital expenditure) .. 660,299 Lands improvements (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 512,381 New Zealand Reparation Estates (value of Dominion's interest) .. 662,360 Howard Estate .. .. .. .. .. .. 88,000 State forests (estimated value of forests, reserves, plantations, and nurseries) .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,718,013 71,090,286 Indirectly productive expenditure— Public buildings (including school buildings) .. .. .. 14,100,094 Roads (including roads on Crown lands and main highways).. .. 21,986,770 Timber-supply, sawmills, &c. (capital invested) .. .. .. 390 Quarries (acquisition and working) .. .. .. .. 5,114 Development of mining (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 881,585 Immigration (capital expenditure) . . . .. 3,234,549 ■ 40,208,502 274,666,266

* Does not include trust, deposit, or sinking funds, or oertain other accounts included elsewhere. t After deducting £30,941, credits due from other Governments, from the total liabilities. J Includes £10,850,000 previously included under discharged soldiers mortgages, and £11,225,645 of accumulated sinking funds.

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