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Table No. 11. Statement showing the financial position of the Dominion on the 31st March, 1920, as compared with the 31st March, 1919 :— [Note. —The term "liabilities" in these tables includes expenditure on public works for which contracts had been signed or material ordered on the 31st March, 1920.] CONSOLIDATED FUND. £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 15,239,561 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 449,907 Balance on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 17,538,970 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 515,655 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. £ £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. 2,399 Unexhausted authority for raising loan.. .. .. 195,000 197,399 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 60 Balance on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. 5,517 Unexhausted authority for raising loan .. .. .. 130,000 135,517 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. Nil. STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT. £ £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. . . 120,356 Unexhausted authority for raising loan .. . . 25,000 145,356 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. 11,000 Balance on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. 63,090 Unexhausted authority for raising loan . . . . 25,000 88,090 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 17,800 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT. £ £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 433 Unexhausted authority for raising loan .. .. 11,000 11,433 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. Nil. Balance on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 4,944 Unexhausted authority for raising loan .. .. 6,000 10,944 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. Nil. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. £ £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 186,199 Unexhausted authority lor raising loan .. .. .. 2,140,000 2,326,199 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. .. 519,256 Balance on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 219,502 Unexhausted authority for raising loan .. .. 950,000 1,169,502 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 954,071 RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZATION ACT 1914 ACCOUNT. £ £ Balance on 31st March, 1919 .. .. .. . . 3,788 Unexhausted authority for raising loan. . .. .. 2,647,000 2,650,788 Liabilities on 31st March, 1919 .. . . . . 15,734 Balance on 31st March, 1920 . . . . . . .. 22,794 Unexhausted authority for raising loan.. . . . . 2,535,000 2,557,794 Liabilities on 31st March, 1920 .. .. .. .. 20,096