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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1927-1925.

STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of SEPARATE ACCOUNTS for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1927—continued.

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I 1926-1927. RECEIPTS 1927-1928. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,608 13 5 Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 98,532 8 3 Imprests outstanding— In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. .. 58 19 2 0 16 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,448 0 0 652,000 0 0 i Investment Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 652,900 0 0 752,939 7 5 654,608 14 11 Credits-in-Aid, — 22,061 5 6 Vote—Maintenance of Main Highways .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,880 2 3 28 12 0 Recoveries on account of Expenditure of previous Years Main Highways Act, 1922, Section 14,— Amounts transferred from the Consolidated Fund — 35,000 0 0 Subsection (a) —Amount voted .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0 190,574 16 7 Subsection (6) —Customs duty on tires .. .. .. .. .. 227,451 3 2 ■395,797 5 1 Subsection (c) —Fees and fines under Section 24 of the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924 345,509 11 1 Subsection (e) —Interest on moneys expended on purchase of plant supplied to 20 0 0 Local Bodies in terms of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, Section 10 2,350 15 6 —— 610,311 9 9 621,392 1 8 Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927, Section 9 (lj,— Tax on Motor-spirits —92 per cent, of net tax transferred from the Consolidated Fund .. 130,460 17 7 30,572 5 6 Interest on Investments—Revenue Fund .. .. .. .. .. 31,275 4 9 ' 4,022 3 6 Interest on Investments—Construction Fund .. .. .. 2,907 6 1 £1,332,685 3 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,557,774 7 10 ~ , — ~ Note.—In these accounts the oredits-iu-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 74.