CONTENTS

B—FINANCE B-l [Part I]. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS for Financial Year 1947-48, with Supplementary Statements, Including Statement of the Public Debt, and Transactions in connection Therewith Previously Incorporated in B-l [Pt. lII]. B-l [Part ll]. Report of the Controller and Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of New Zealand for Financial Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-l [Part IV]. BALANCE-SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS of Various Government Departments for the Year 1946-47. B-2. PUBLIC DEBT.—Repayment of the, Report and Accounts of the Public Debt Commission for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-6. FINANCIAL STATEMENT by the Right Hon. Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, 19th August, 1948. (Including addendum relating to adjustment of exchange rate, following page 31.) B-7. (APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND and Other Accounts for Year Ending 31st March, 1949.) Not printed; see Explanatory Note. B-7 [Part I]. ESTIMATES OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND for the Year Ending 31st March, 1949. B-7 [Part ll]. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND for the Year Ending 31st March, 1949. B-9. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.—Report of the, for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-9a. Accounts of the, for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-10. PUBLIC SECURITIES Held in the Dominion or Elsewhere as on 31st March, 1948, Return of, Together with an Account of All Securities Redeemed or Otherwise Disposed of During the Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-11. EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION.—Report of the, with Statement of Accounts, for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-12. CUSTOMS AND OTHER REVENUE.—Cost of Collecting, by the Customs Department, Return of, for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-13. STATE ADVANCES CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report and Accounts for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-15. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report of Board of Directors for Year Ended 31st March, 1948, and Balance-sheet at the 31st March, 1948. B—l6. RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Report of Board of Directors and Statement of' Accounts for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. B-17. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOANS BOARD.—Review of Operations for Year Ended 31st March, 1948. INDEX (at Back of Volume)