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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1940-1941.

TABLE VIM.—ALLOCATION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT AS AT 31st MARCH, 1941, ACCORDING TO THE EXPENDITURE APPEARING IN THE DEPARTMENTAL BALANCE-SHEETS PREPARED IN TERMS OF SECTION 57 OF THE FINANCE ACT, 1932. £ Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. -74,398,199 Hydro-electric Schemes .. .. .. .. .. 15,470,029 Post and Telegraph Services .. .. .. .. 16,571,205 Public Buildings, Schools, and Sites .. .. .. 18,607,300 Roads and Highways .. .. .. .. .. 39,577,856 Harbours and Lighthouses .. .. .. .. 2,198,798 State Forests .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,183,959 Housing.. .. .. .. .. .. 16,918,945 Land Settlement and Improvement .. .. .. 27,695,285 Shares in Bank of New Zealand .. .. .. .. 875,000 Shares in Reserve Bank of New Zealand .. .. .. 1,125,013 Investment in State Advances Corporation .. .. .. 38,046,759 Share in Nauru and Ocean Island Phosphates .. .. 249,705 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. .. 1,037,640 Tourist Resorts .. .. .. .. .. .. 768,303 Immigration .. ~ .. .. .. .. 2,817,204 War and Defence (including £17,588,205 in respect of present war) 80,409,891 Miscellaneous Assets and Services' .. .. .. .. 7,955,214 Cash and Investments in hand .. .. .. .. 1,521,270 £349,427,575 B. C. Ashwin, Secretary to the Treasury. A. R. F. Mackay, M.Com. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Lond.), Accountant to the Treasury. The Treasury, Wellington, 14th July, 1941. Examined and found correct. Cyril G. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Audit Office, 16th July, 1941.

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