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DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT,, ACCOUNT—continued. Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1933— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s d Brought forward .. 8,000,000 0 0 Brought forward .. .. .. 13,179,852 19 9 Consolidated Fund—sec- Deferred-payment sales under section 9, Distion 8, Finance Act, ■ charged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1931 (No. 4) .. 46,160 0 0 1921-22 1 771 18 7 Redemptions from Public Realization Account: Properties in course of Debt Repayment Ac- realization .. .. .. ~ 227.545 1 1 count: Section 22, Properties acquired by Crown— £ s d Finance Act, 1926, Freehold .. .. 430,345 16 1 £798,000, less Public Leasehold .. .. 63,424 11 3 Debt Redemption Fund, 4gj. £48,203 os. 4d. .. 750,096 19 8 Live and dead stock g'277 3 7 Debentures issued (at 3 Current Account, Advances Suspense : Section per cent., £150,000; 3 (3) (b), Discharged Soldiers Settlement at 3| per cent., £125,000; Amendment Act, 1924 .. .. 730 0 0 at 4 per cent., £271,130; £ s d at 4f per cent., £29,000; Office requisites, &o. .. 5 12 7 at 5 per cent., £3,166,905 Less Depreciation Reserve 5 1 5 16s. Bd.; at 5f per 011 2 cent., £51,390) .. 3,793,425 16 8 Sundry debtors for principal instalmentsHypothecation of securi- £ s _ ,j_ ties, section 7 (2), Fi- Farms Account .. .. 139,922 1 8 nance Act, 1931 (No. 4), Dwellings Account " .. 87 148 18 4 at 5J per cent. .. 2,250,000 0 0 Merged transactions .. 1,320 14 1 ■ 14,839,682 16 4 Buildings Account .. 1,066 13 5 Sundry creditors for interest— Deferred-payment sales .. 110 9 Interest due and unpaid 229 459 18 & on debentures .. 1,285 5 5 Sundry debtors for interestInterest unrecouped— Current Account .. . . 101.71119 1 On transfer (Consoli- Farms Account .. .. 237 352 6 0 ■ dated Fund) .. 702,350 13 10 Dwellings Account .. 47 372 1111 On debentures .. 9,198 12 1 Merged transactions .. 4,340 13 0 Interest accrued on trans- Buildings Account .. 910 1 0 fer from Consolidated Deferred-payment sales ~ 21 13 3 Fund .. .. 28,849 6 2 Miscellaneous advances .. 67 111 Interest accrued on deben- ggj g 2 tures .. .. 38,968 8 2 Sundry debtors for— Interest accrued on re- Rents of properties .. 35,457 16 7 demptions from Public Miscellaneous advances .. 2,462 10 1 Debt Repayment Ac- Sale o f live and dead stock 21 0 8 count •• •• 6,165 3 8 Departmental .. .. 153 111 786,817 9 4 38 094 9 3 Sundry creditors — Miscel- Postponements— laneous services— Instalments of principal— Miscellaneous .. .. 5,373 8 3 Farms .. .. 46,337 2 7 Departmental.. .. 437 14 0 Dwellings .. ... 10 10 5,811 2 3 Buildings .. .. 95 3 5 State Advances Office—Mortgages taken over 1,105 13 7 Interest Miscellaneous credit balances on Current account .. 7,454 5 8 debtors accounts — Farms .. .. 77',021 5 6 Advances— £ s. d. Dwellings .. '880 11 3 Current Account .. 15,584 3 8 Buildings .. .. 55 12 3 Dwellings, &c. .. .. 24 9 7 Rent .. .. .. 2,634 6 2 Principal instalments— jgg 7gg o Farms, &c. .. .. 487 3 2 Interest on advances accrued but not due .. 15 1 Dwellings, &c. .. . . 397 8 9 Interest on investments due and unpaid .. 56 710 Miscellaneous advances .. 164 611 Interest on investments accrued but not due .. 2,028 9 9 Interest— Suspense Account—Difference in books, Napier Current account .. . . 42 15 5 Office .. .. .. 111 0 Farms, &c. .. .. 1,620 19 3 Losses carried forward on properties worked Dwellings, &c. .. .. 671 12 3 by Department .. .. .. 865 11 1 Deferred-payment sales .. 0 5 3 Losses in Suspense .. .. 38 487 10 10 Sundry debtors for rent . . 301 4 9 Cash balances— £ s. d. Total credit balance on In Public Account .. 106,908 2 4 debtors accounts 19,294 9 0 Imprests outstanding .. 5,373 71] Rents charged in advance .. .. .. 5,856 8 5 Investment Account .. 148,087 10 7 Interest charged in advance . . .. 125 15 5 260 369 0 10 Suspense Accounts— £ s. d. Revenue Account: Accumulated loss .. 588'074 310 Fire Loss Account .. .. 4,608 15 10 Accumulated losses written off under section 22 Receipts unallocated .. 999 8 2 Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2) .. .. 3 969 759 10 11 Surpluses on realization not ' ' yet allocated .. .. 698 13 11 6,306 17 11 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. 38,487 10 10 Liabilities discharged under section 22, Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), to write off accumulated losses, as per contra .. .. .. 3,969,759 10 11 £19,673,247 14 0 £19,673,247 14 0 W. Eobeetson, Under-Secretary for Lands. Wμ. E. Shaw, Accountant. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments, Eevenue Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the comment that no charge for the cost of exchange on payments made in London is included in the account.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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