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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1927-1928.

STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

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1926 1927. EXPENDITURE. 1927-1928. Gross. Gross. £ .i. d. | Annual Appropriation,— £ s. d. £ s. d. 193,038 1 6 | Vote—State Forest Service .. .. .. .. .. .. 215,711 15 9 J Unauthorized Expenditure,— 210 12 5 | Services not provided for.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 558 1 11 216,269 17 8 193,248 13 11 I Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 139, — 27,661 6 2 ! Interest recouped to the Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. .. 28,714 10 6 Finance Act, 1926, Section 23 (4), —• Recoupment of Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand Consolidated Stock, 1935-45— 51 4 10 \ Forests Act, 1921-22 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 68 14 11 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, Section 26, — 31 17 3 Recoupment of Management Charges of Consolidated Stock .. .. .. ,. 127 8 11 Forests Act, 1921-22, Section 39 (2), — Transfer to National Endowment Account in respect of Revenues from National15,658 15 4 j endowment Lands comprised in State Forests .. .. .. .. .. 13,884 15 9 Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1921-22, Section 91 (2), — Transfer to Electric Supply Account in respect of Revenues from Hydro-electric Lands administered as a State Forest .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 3 0 Finance Act, 1926, Section 21, — 1,333 2 6 Interest on Advances from Consolidated Fund .. .. . .. .. 3,999 7 6 New Zealand Loans Aot, 1908, — Charges and Expenses of raising Loans— Forests Act, 1921-22, and Finances Act, 1926, Section 6 .. .. .. 575 0 0 Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 40, — I Interest paid on Temporary Transfers from other Accounts .. .. .. j 1,554 16 0 Temporary Transfers from other Accounts repaid . . . . .. .. 55,000 0 0 ' ' 56,554 16 0 Balance at end of Year, — 1,994 1 1 Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. .. .. j 16,829 17 3 Imprests outstanding—■ 166 18 In the Dominion .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 541 15 1 1,480 0 0 In London .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. j 412 9 10 Investment Account— 20,000 0 0 Securities held .. .. .. .. . . 20,000 0 0 !__ — 37,784 2 2* 23,640 2 9 £261,625 2 9 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. I .. £358,000 16 5 I I ; * For explanatory statement see page 73. Note. —In these 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 74.