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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1931 -1 932.

GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT.

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YEAR YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, ended 31st March, j 1932. 1931. EXPENDITURE.. ■ - : Net. ! Gross. Credits. Net. £ s. d. Annual Appropriations,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 131,816 4 3 Vote —Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. 265,791 4 0 114,414 13 9 151,376 10 3 1,478,688 11 1 ,, Railway-construction .. .. .. 651,672 4 0 61,128 19 9 590,543 4 3 508,506 12 1 ,, Additions to Open Lines „ Railways Improvement and Additions to Open Lines 811,160 0 2 449,315 0 1 361,845 0 1 100,926 19 5 ,, General .. .. .. •• •• 33,329 17 1 104 4 6 33,225 12 7 19,572 8 9 ,, Courthouses .. .. .. .. •• 3,540 16 4 27 11 9 3,513 4 7 2,504 0 8 Prison Buildings and Works .. .. .. 2,993 3 6 372 0 1 2,621 3 5 8,359,15 6 ,, Police-stations .. .. .. .. •• 2,592 9 5 57 6 6 2,535 2 11 138,670 9 3 „ Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. •• 115,184 9 7 10,678 19 11 104,505 9 8 1,508 11 9 ,, Agricultural 134,140 8 9 ,, Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. .. 46,606 16 7 668 8 8 45,938 7 11 17,338 2 8 ,, Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 3,358 11 0 42 10 0 3,316 1 0 ,, Education Buildings .. .. .. .. 262,565 6 6 3,416 10 10 259,148 15 8 ,, Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c., for Public Works Gr. 2,270 19 0 Department .. .. .. .. •• 2,019 12 11 8 0 0 2,011 12 11 ,, Acquisition and Operation of Quarries for Public Works 4,218 13 0 Department .. .. .. .. . - 5,601 12 7 5,494 13 6 106 19 1 4,103 4 5 ,, Lighthouses .. .. .. .. •• 5,060 8 9 14 4 6 5,046 4 3 6,741 11 3 ,, Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 7,204 10 0 217 5 3 6,987 4 9 60,288 4 11 ,, Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. .. 88,074 3 10 465 9 5 87,608 14 5 33,544 9 9 Department of Immigration .. .. .. 15,227 18 0 9,962 7 5 5,265 10 7 1,379,809 11 9 „ Roads, &c 1,118,383 12 1 40,113 1 8 1,078,270 10 5 91,126 4 5 „ Roaijs to give Access to Outlying Districts .. .. 3,939 12 4 .. 3,939 12 4 4,586 13 11 ,, Roads, &c., on Goldfields 419,756 6 5 „ Telegraph Extension .. .. .. •• 311,336 17 0 61,358 13 1 249,978 3 11 13,811 18 5 ,, Contingent Defence 70,533 16 9 ,, Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. 45,328 2 0 6,428 10 10 38,899 11 2 62,614 2 3 ,, Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. .. 40,844 7 9 3,095 16 5 37,748 11 4 Gr. 44,771 17 0 ,, Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. 39,630 3 11 145,320 3 5 Or. 105,689 19 6 4,646,124 5 5 3,881,445 19 4 912,704 11 4 2,968,741 8 0 Unauthorized Expenditure,— Services not provided for .. .. .. .. 471 19 5 471 19 5 4,646,124 5 5 Total, Annual Appropriations .. .. 3,881,917 18 9 913,176 10 9 2,968,741 8 0 Lake Ellesmere and Eorsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Account, — Expenditure under Land Act, 1924, Section 383 (2) — 84 11 8 Administration Expenses .. .. .. 2,822 4 0 68 3 2 2,754 0 10 Expenditure under Ellesmere Lands Drainage Act, 1905, Section 6 (1) — 439 5 0 Subsidy to Ellesmere Lands Drainage Board .. .. 439 5 0 .. 439 5 0 523 16 8 3,261 9 0 68 3 2 3,193 5 10 161,079 19 11 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans, — New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906 (redemptions) .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 1,009 16 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1908 (redemptions) .. .. .. .. .. ■ • • • 7 17 2 Education Purposes Loans Act, 1919, and Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2) .. .. .. .. . • • • • • 5 16 2 Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), Section 29 (Public Works) .. . • • • 631 16 1 Finance Act, 1920, Section 15 (Public Works) .. .. . • ■ • 300 0 0 Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), Section 2 (Public Works) ... .. • • 417 Finance Act, 1928, Section 2 (Public Works) .. ... .. • • 3 18 5 Finance Act, 1929, Section 2 (Public Works) .. .. . . • • 11 3 6 Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2), Section 2 (Public Works) .. .. •• 86,953 15 7 Public Works Fund: General Purposes Account (Conversions) .. .. 7 9 9 Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2) .. .. .. .. .. ■ • 9 0 5 88,944 14 8 Charges and Expenses of Redemptions,— 3,454 19 5 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 .. Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 42, — Finance Act, 1929, Section 2 (Public Works) — 375,000 0 0 Treasury Bills redeemed out of proceeds of Loan Finance Act, 1932, Section 55, — Transfer to Consolidated Fund of amount representing premium on exchange .. .. .. .. .. •• 9,161 5 6* Balance at end of Year, — 811,999 12 1 Cash .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,143,896 6 0 Imprests outstanding— 4,906 14 11 In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. .. 962 2 3 j 15,509 7 9 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,649 17 8 Investment Account — 507,620 0 0 Securities held .. .. .. .. .. .. 636,525 11 4 1,783,033 17 3f 1,340,035 14 9 £6,526,218 16 2 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. £4,853,074 11 3 * See Treasury note on page 55. t For explanatory statement, see page 56.