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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. .. .. .. .. .. 2,493,248 fLess liabilities outstanding, 31st March, 1927 .. .. 1,727,492 765,756 investment of cash balances .. .. .. .. 6,632,303 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 JPublic Debt Redemption Fund .. .. .. .. .. 24,725,645 37,161,241 Sinking funds accrued — State Advances debt .. .. .. .. . .. 2,140,056 State Coal-mines .. .. .. .. .. .. 55,105 Westport Harbour loans .. .. .. .. .. 202,797 Samoan loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,755 Nauru and Ocean Islands Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. 164 Electric Supply Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. .. 38,663 2,443,540 Loans and advances outstandingMining purposes .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,769 Local bodies (annuity value of interest receivable) .. .. 1,006,255 Samoan (loan, less sinking fund) .. .. .. .. .. 124,245 Repatriation advances outstanding, 31st March, 1927 .. .. 372,935 £ Discharged soldiers' mortgages and property held .. . .17,238,453 Less amount included in Public Debt Redemption Fund . .13,500,000 3,738,453 State Advances—Mortgages and property held, less sinking funds and investments included elsewhere .. .. .. .. 29,727,720 General purposes relief —Advances outstanding .. .. .. 40,420 35,043,797 Revenue Earning and Trading AccountsRailways (capital cost, including unopened lines and value of assets taken over from provinces) .. .. .. .. .. 56,028,475 Telegraphs (value of assets) .. .. .. .. .. 7, 869, 463 Pacific cable (estimated value of Dominion's interest) .. .. 100,000 Electric-power supply and development (capital cost) .. .. 5,842,360 Westport Harbour-works (value of assets) .. .. .. 586,256 Lighthouses and harbour-works (capital expenditure) .. .. 1,225,509 Tourist and health resorts (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 439,208 State coal-mines (value of assets) .. .. .. .. 246,202 Kauri-gum (trading capital) .. .. .. .. .. 68,809 Nauru and Ocean Islands (purchase price of rights) .. .. 565,040 72,971,322 Lands and forests — Crown lands (estimated value, including settlement lands, Native lands, and education reserves) .. .. .. .. 29,551,012 Land-drainage schemes (capital invested) .. .. .. .. 1,365,173 Irrigation and water-supply (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 734,345 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement (capital expenditure) . . 548,345 Lands improvements (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 356, 283 Samoan Crown Estates (value of Dominion's interest; .. .. 662,360 Howard Estate .. .. .. .. .. •• 75,000 State forests (estimated value of forests, reserves, plantations, and nurseries) .. .. .. .. •• •• 37,798,598 71,091,116 Indirectly productive expenditurePublic buildings (including school buildings) .. .. •• 12,934,037 Roads (including roads on Crown lands and main highways).. .. 18,957,903 Timber-supply, sawmills, &c. (capital invested) .. .. .. 12,684 Quarries (acquisition and working) .. .. .. .. 20,468 Development of mining (capital expenditure) .. .. .. 882,975 Immigration (capital expenditure; .. .. .. .. 3,117.409 35,925,476 £254,636,492

* Does not include trust, deposit, or sinking funds, or oertain other accounts included elsewhere. f After deducting £25,824, credits due from other Governments, from the total liabilities which include £175,781 unpaid on Bank of New Zealand C shares. J Includes £13,500,000 previously included under discharged soldiers mortgages, and £11,225,645 of accumulated sinking funds.

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