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DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account foe Year ended 31st March, 1931. Receipts. Payments. Balance at Ist April, 1930— £ s. d. £ s. d. Annual appropriation—Vote, Expenses of manage- £ s. d. Cash .. .. .. 211,859 7 0 ment .. .. .. .. .. 39,956 9 9 Imprests outstanding .. 3,722 12 3 Expenditure under section 9 of the Discharged Investment Account .. 24,640 17 0 Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 — . 240,222 16 3 Miscellaneous expenditure on Credits in reduction of expenditure under sec- properties acquired by £ s. d. tion 9, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, Crown .. .. .. 1,858 6 4 1915— £ s. d. Printing and stationery .. 249 18 2 Transfer and production fees 440 13 7 Travelling-expenses of InspeeValuation fees .. .. 113 9 0 tors of Securities .. 269 14 5 Miscellaneous recoveries on Valuation expenses .. 128 4 I properties acqui re d by Pees refunded .. .. 19 16 0 Crown .. .. .. 308 0 7 Audit fees .. .. 700 0 0 Sale of plant .. .. 36 8 8 ' Miscellaneous .. .. 0 2 9 Receipts during year on ac- Payments to Land for Settlecount, Mataikona Estate .. 125 0 0 ments Account of moneys Sundries .. .. .. 1.174 4 2 received from Ist April, 2,197 16 0 1930, to 31st March, 1931, Repayments in respect of advances under sec- on account Mataikona tions 6 and 9, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Estate .. .. .. 125 0 0 Act, 1915— £ s. d. 3,351 1 9 Current Account .. .. 334,618 4 8 Advances under sections 6 and 9of the Discharged Farms, orchards, &c. .. 115,561 12 1 Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 — Dwellings, business premises, Advances— £ s. d. &c. .. .. .. 251,701 2 7 Current Account .. 498,379 5 2 Buildings Account.. .. 573 4 3 Farms, orchards, &c. .. 24,485 10 5 Sale of live and dead stock .. 390 10 5 Dwellings, business preMiscellaneous advances .. 1,963 19 I mises, &e. .. .. 24,970 8 9 Receipts on account of pro- Miscellaneous advances .. 2,368 7 7 perties acquired by Crown Capital expenditure on profreehold, £8,259 7s. lid.; perties acquired by leasehold, £1,208 Bs. Bd.) .. 9,467 16 7 Crown— Receipts on account of pro- Freehold .. .. 3,937 17 6 perties in course of realiza- Leasehold .. .. 92 4 1 tion .. .. .. 6,871 14 0 Expenditure in respect of proRecovery of loss previously perties in course of realizawritten off .. .. 74 13 4 tion .. .. .. 6,196 111 Miscellaneous .. .. 184 13 10 Expenditure to provide waterSundry debtors —Miscellaneous 128 9 5 supply for McGregor Block 915 0 8 721,536 0 3 Payments of instalments on Interest in respect of advances under sections 6 State Advances Department and 9, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, mortgages .. .. 18 0 8 1915— £ s. d. Purchase of live-stock .. 15 0 0 Current Account .. .. 75,205 15 7 Sundries .. .. .. 1,176 0 1 Farms Account .. .. 222,437 14 0 562,554 6 0 Dwellings Account .. 275,227 4 10 Interest on transfers from the Consolidated Fund 289,333 6 8 Buildings Account .. 820 19 8 Interest on loans recouped to Consolidated Fund 258,226 18 6 Miscellaneous .. .. 15 18 8 Stamp duty on transfers of consolidated stock .. 103 10 5 573,707 12 9 Management charges of consolidated stock .. 78 13 5 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, Suspense Account — Amounts 1921-22, sections 4,11, and 13 —Sundry debtors allocated — £ s. d. for rent .. .. .. .. .. 17,606 5 7 Fire Loss Suspense Account.. 18,230 14 3 Merged transactions under section 20, Discharged Suspense Account .. .. 4,545 7 7 Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923 — 22,776 1 10 Section 20 (3) — £ s. d. Securities redeemed .. .. .. .. 157,350 0 0 Principal instalments .. 479 11 0 Recoupment to Consolidated Fund of cost of Interest instalments .. 1,561 0 8 exchange on cash remitted to London for Section 20 (4) —Properties in investment .. .. .. .. 1,038 16 9 course of realization .. 3,118 0 0 Balance at 31st March, 1931— £ s. d. Section 20 (5) —Principal in- Cash .. .. .. 199,766 11 1 stalments, &c. .. .. 1,399 16 9 * Imprests outstanding .. 7,624 10 6 6,558 8 5 Investment Account .. 52,140 17 0 Interest on investments .. .. .. 10,055 11 9 259,531 18 7 Interest on temporary transfers to other accounts 20 16 5 Suspense Account —Receipts awaiting allocation — £ s. d. Fire Loss Suspense Account 17,815 17 3 Suspense Account .. .. 4,579 19 0 22,395 16 3 £1,594,301 3 8 £1,594,301 3 8

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