Oct. 31.]\nTHE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.\nSix Months ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1931, compared with the Six Months ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1930.\nZEALAND SHARES ACCOUNT:\n| SIX MONTHS | EXPENDITURE. | SIX MONTHS ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1931. | \n| --- | --- | --- | \n| ENDED 30TH SEPT., | | Gross. | Credits. | Net. | \n| 1930 | Finance Act, 1926, Section 8 (3),— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | \n| Net. | Transfer to Ordinary Revenue Account of Dividends received | | | 146,614 11 8 | \n| £ s. d. | in terms of the Bank of New Zealand Act, 1926, Section 13 | | | | \n| 146,614 11 8 | Balance at end of Six Months,— | | | | \n| | Investment Account— | | | | \n| 1,859,375 0 0 | Securities held | | | 1,859,375 0 0 | \n| £2,005,989 11 8 | Totals | | | £2,005,989 11 8 | \n For explanatory statement see page 3089.\nSETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.\n| £ s. d. | Annual Appropriation,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | \n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | \n| 9,972 8 1 | Vote—Expenses of Management | 9,250 0 0 | | 9,250 0 0 | \n| Cr. 1,035 8 4 | Expenditure under Section 9 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 | 373 13 5 | 275 16 5 | 97 17 0 | \n| 137,393 0 4 | Advances made under Sections 6 and 9 of the Discharged | | | | \n| | Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 | | | 78,765 10 7 | \n| 4,884 14 11 | Suspense Account (amounts allocated) | | | 4,183 12 0 | \n| 217,000 0 0 | Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920, Section 8, Subsection (3),— | | | 144,666 13 4 | \n| | Interest on Transfers from the Consolidated Fund .. | | | | \n| 130,976 0 2 | New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, Section 26,— | | | | \n| | Recoupment of Management Charges of Consolidated Stock .. | | | 39 6 1 | \n| 53 14 4 | Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 139,— | | | | \n| | Interest recouped to the Consolidated Fund | | | 124,093 2 4 | \n| | Finance Act, 1926, Section 23 (4),— | | | | \n| | Recoupment of Stamp Duty on Transfers of New Zealand | | | | \n| | Consolidated Stock, 1935–45— | | | 49 18 3 | \n| | Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 .. | | | | \n| | Amortization of Debt,— | | | | \n| | Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920, Section 5 (3), | | | | \n| | and Finance Act, 1927, Section 6— | | | | \n| | Death-duty Stock redeemed— | | | | \n| | New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— | | | | \n| | New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917— | | | | \n| | Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920— | | | | \n| | £ s. d. | | | | \n| | Matured 9th June, 1931 | 1,000 0 0 | | | \n| | Matured 9th July, 1931 | 1,000 0 0 | | | \n| | Matured 7th September, 1931 | 500 0 0 | | | \n| 1,200 0 0 | | | | 2,500 0 0 | \n| | Securities redeemed at maturity— | | | | \n| | New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— | | | | \n| | Finance Act, 1927, Section 6— | | | | \n| | Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 | | | | \n| 132,570 0 0 | | | | 27,818 15 0 | \n| | Balance at end of Six Months,— | | | | \n| 57,943 10 6 | Cash | | | 132 2 10 | \n| 162,859 17 0 | Imprests outstanding— | | | | \n| | In the Dominion | 119,875 13 11 | | | \n| 40,890 17 0 | Investment Account— | | | | \n| | Securities held | 254,070 9 0 | | | \n| 261,694 4 6 | | | | | 374,078 5 9 | \n| £894,708 14 0 | Totals | | | | £765,543 0 4 | \n For explanatory statement see page 3089.