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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-1 927.

for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

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GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNT. 1925-1926. 1026-1027 p.... EXPENDITURE. 1S ™> 19<37 * bross - Gross. £ s. d. Finance Act, 1921-22, Section 13, —• £ s. d. £ s. <1 10,168 2 3 Transfer to Consolidated Fund in terms of Subsection (4) Finance Act, 1921-22, Section 13, — Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 137— Payments on behalf of other Governments— 0® 2 10 British Guiana .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51 17 1 242 19 6 Canadian Government .. .. .. .. .. ., .. 198 3 2 60S 19 11 Ceylon .. .. .. .. .. .. ,, 625 19 11 4,809 18 1 Cook Islands .. .. .. .. .. 7,441 7 1 25,572 14 7 Commonwealth Government, .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,295 18 1 316 13 4 East Africa Protectorate .. .. .. .. .. ,. 126 13 4 90 10 9 Falkland Islands 3,226 0 4 Federated Malay States .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,459 8 7 352 9 4 Fiji ,. ,. , . ., .. .. .. ,. 242 14 0 Gold Coast .. .. .. .. .. .. ., . . 136 13 9 86 1 9 Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. ., .. . . 281 19 2 67,538 2 3 Imperial Government .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67,406 12 0 184,099 6 4 Imperial Pensions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 164,399 19 2 Kenya .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. 160 1 3 556 2 3 Mauritius .. .. .. .. .. ,. ., ,. 30 19 7 Newfoundland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 983 15 8 Nigeria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,065 2 0 896 11 10 Niue Island .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 205 12 9 162 10 0 Nyassaland 344 7 5 Palestine .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 117 8 6 Queensland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 860 Sarawak .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 14 3 7 19 3 Southern Rhodesia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 0 3 312 12 3 Straits Settlements .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 6 0 113 8 0 Trinidad .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 14 0 Uganda .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 30 12 2 430 5 3 Union Government of South Africa .. .. .. .. .. 373 14 4 Victoria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 241 15 7 Zanzibar .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 169 13 0 272,195 6 0 290,820 10 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 30,370 3 0 Imprests outstanding— 31,512 5 6 In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,266 11 6 49,636 14 6 ' £332,500 18 8 Totals .. .. .. .. .. £321,832 0 6 ACTS ACCOUNT. £ s. d. Finance Act, 1926, Section 8, — | £ s. d. £ s. d. Transfer to Bank of New Zealand Shares Account representing Amount of Shares held at 1st April, 1926 (at cost) — £500,000 Preference " A" Shares (at cost) .. .. .. .. 500,000 0 0 £625,000 Preference " B" Shares (at cost) .. .. .. .. 375,000 0 0 875,000 0 0 Balance at end of Year,— 875,000 0 0 Investment Acoount £875,000 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. £875,000 0 0 Note.—In those accounts the credits-in-aid (section 51, Public Revenues Act, 1926) and other credits in reduction of expenditure are shown as receipts, and are not deducted from the expenditure as prior to 1924-25. For the purposes of comparison a summary showing the net expenditure will be found on page 81.