LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF) ON 31st MARCH, 1909.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session I, B-21

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1909. NEW ZEALAND

LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF) ON 31st MARCH, 1909.

Laid on the Table in compliance with Section 36 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1908."

Audit Office, Wellington, N.Z., 10th June, 1909. The Controller and Auditor-General has the honour to submit to the House of Representatives the abstract of liabilities on the 31st March last, in compliance with the 36th section of " The Public Revenues Act, 1908." J. K. Warbubton, Controller and Auditor-General. The Hon. the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Certified Statements of the Liabilities of the several Departments of the Government of New Zealand outstanding on the 31st March, 1909, sent to the Audit Office in accordance with Section 36 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1908"; together with a Summary prepared from the Statements.

Class. Department. iount. Consolidated Fund. £ s. . d. £ s. d. Givil List. 513 15 10 150 0 0 Native Purposes Judges 663 15 10 Permanent Charges. Old-age Pensions " Stock Act, 1908 " Slaughtering and Inspection Act... Subsidies to Hospitals, &c. Civil Service Act Otago University Reserves Act ... 100 6 6 350 0 0 1,100 0 0 4,219 14 2 4 4 1 550 1 3 Annual Appropriations. Legislative Departments— Legislative Council ... House of Representatives .... 6,324 6 0 10 0 23 19 0 6 33 19 6 II Minister of Finance — Treasury Friendly Societies Land and Income Tax Rates on Crown Lands ... ... Treasury: Miscellaneous Nil. Nil. 112 0 Nil. Nil. 9 III IV Post and Telegraph Department—Various Services Industries and Commerce and Tourist and Health Resorts Department — Industries and Commerce Tourist and Health Resorts ... Advertising... 112 0 41,703 0 9 0 2,010 16 8 2,632 15 11 215 0 9 4,858 13 7 15 4 2 Old-age Pensions Department ... Carried forward 53,703 10 7

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Class. Department. Am >unt. Brought forward ... £ s. d, £ s. d. 53,703 10 7 Consolidated Fund— continued. VI VII VIII IX X Annual Appropriations —continued. Working Railways Department ... Public Buildings and Domains—Public Buildings ... Maintenance and Improvement of Roads ... Printing and Stationery Stamps and Deeds Department— Stamp Department ... Land and Deeds 191,727 0 0 832 0 4 1,690 16 1 3,034 7 4 111 3 3 995 15 0 1,106 18 3 XI Native Department— Native Department ... Native Land Court ... Maori Lands Administration ... Maori Councils Miscellaneous 10 343 142 24 60 6 10 2 1 4 10 2 1 8 0 XII Justice Department— Supreme Court Bankruptcy... District and Magistrates Courts Criminal Prosecutions Coroners Cook Islands Administration ... Justice: Miscellaneous Prisons ... ... ... 580 3 10 220 1 8 138 5 5 898 11 10 897 10 5 215 11 9 8 15 11 252 16 0 314 7 4 2,946 0 4 101 1 7 XIII XIV Police Department Mines Department— Mines Department ... Dominion Analyst Geological Survey Miscellaneous Nil. Nil. Nil. 1,912 5 10 Department of Internal Affairs— Electoral Audit Office... Registrar-General Museum ... Miscellaneous 1,912 5 10 XV 179 1 10 172 11 8 49 12 5 67 0 1 1,347 10 10 1,815 16 10 XVI Crown Law Department— Crown Law... Law Drafting Nil. Nil. XVII Defence Department— Defence Department... Permanent Force Volunteer Force Stores and Magazines Miscellaneous 32 1 0 454 8 2 8,220 6 9 12 0 1,875 16 8 10,583 14 7 236 10 8 XVIII XIX Customs Department ... Marine, Harbours, and Machinery— Marine and Harbours Government Steamers Marine: Miscellaneous Machinery and Survey of Ships 911 15 9 1,970 1 4 133 2 11 297 2 2 Department of Labour ... Department of Lands, and Survey— Department of Lands and Survey Miscellaneous 3,312 2 2 1,002 8 5 XX XXI 4,968 4 956 10 2 0 XXII XXIII Department of Agriculture Valuation Department ... 5,924 14 2 3,570 0 0 1,081 6 7 Carried forward 285,160 17 7

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Certified Statements of Liabilities— continued.

Class. Department. ount. Brought forward ... Consolidated Fund — continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. 285,160 17 7 XXIV Annual Appropriations —continued. Minister of Education— Public-school Cadets... School-buildings 54 15 1 7 6 0 56 2 6 5 12 0 XXV XXVI Public Health Department Mental Hospitals and Hospitals and Charitable Aid Department— Mental Hospitals Home for Defectives ... Hospitals and Charitable Aid ... 1,851 15 32 1 26 3 3 7 7 1,910 0 5 Total Consolidated Fund £287,132 12 6 Public Works Fund. XXVII XXVIII XXIX Public Works : Departmental ... Railways— Construction Additions to Open Lines Public Buildings— General ... ... ... Judicial Postal and Telegraph Agricultural Mental Hospitals ... ... Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards ... 10,317 12 11 11,069 6 11 26,572 16 1 4 13 4 624 10 2 3,868 10 0 97 18 4 654,444 0 5 107,184 0 0 52,457 9 5 XXX Light - houses, Harbour - works, and Harbourdefences— Lighthouses ... ... .,. Harbour-works Harbour-defences 450 0 0 100 0 0 243 6 3 XXXI XXXII XXXIII Tourist and Health Resorts Immigration ... Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works— Roads: Departmental Roads, &c. ... Backblocks Roads, &e. Tourist Roads, &c. ... Roads and other Works, &c. ... 793 6 3 7,369 12 9 2,857 14 0 159 0 1 101,538 0 2 47,924 7 1 2,971 12 1 2,682 0 11 155,275 0 4 4,400 10 8 Nil. 68,837 0 0 Nil. 303 9 8 XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX Development of Goldfields Purchase of Native Lands Telegraph Extension ... Rates on Native Lands... Contingent Defence ... ... ... Lands Improvement — Improved-farm Settlements Lands: Miscellaneous Irrigation and Water-supply ... 386 4 9 14 11 13 5 3 3 407 11 11 Total Public Works Fund ... £1,054,427 13 9 State Forests Account ... State Coal-mines Scenery-preservation Account ... Land for Settlements Account— Construction of Roads out of Loading ... Land for Settlements, &c. Workers' Dwellings ... 2,127 19 370 6 45 17 6 8 6 581 17 Nil. 18 9 1 1 2,544 3 150 7 8 0 Maori Land Settlement Act Account

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Price 3d.]

Certified Statement of Liabilities— continued.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies), £3 11 .

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o9.

Class. Department. Ami >unt. Wellington-Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Account Railways Improvement Account... Loans to Local Bodies Account ... Public Trustee's Account Government Insurance Account... Government Accident Insurance Account... State Fire Insurance Account ... Government Advances to Settlers Management Account £ s. d. £ s. d. 19,638 0 0 22,494 0 0 5,978 9 4 7,756 8 7 1,213 14 9 682 1 11 632 9 10 127 7 1 Government Advances to Workers Account Deposits, Mining Districts Land Occupation Account Deposits, National Endowment Account ... Hauraki Plains Settlement Account Cheviot Estate Account Public Service Superannuation ... 2 5 6 6 0 0 1,856 1 1 551 17 3 6 12 0 Nil. Summary. £ s. d. Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... ... 287,132 12 6 Public Works Fund ... ... ... ... ... 1,054,427 13 9 State Forests Account... ... ... ... ... 581 17 1 State Coal-mines Account ... ... ... ... Nil. Scenery-preservation Account ... ... ... ... 18 9 1 Land for Settlements Account ... ... ... ... 2,544 3 8 Maori Land Settlement Act Account ... ... ... 150 7 0 Wellington-Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Account... 19,638 0 0 Railways Improvement Account ... . ... ... 22,494 0 0 Loans to Local Bodies Account... ... ... ... 5,978 9 4 Public Trustee's Account ... ... ... ... 7,756 8 7 Government Insurance Account ... ... ... 1,213 14 9 Government Accident Insurance Account ... ... 682 1 11 State Fire Insurance Account ... ... ... ... 632 9 10 Government Advances to Settlers Management Account ... 127 7 1 Government Advances to Workers Account ... ... 256 Deposits, Mining Districts Land Occupation Account ... 6 0 0 Deposits, National Endowment Account ... ... 1,856 1 1 Hauraki Plains Settlement Account ... ... ... 551 17 3 Cheviot Estate Account ... ... ... ... 6 12 0 Public Service Superannuation ... ... ... ... Nil. Total ... ... ... ... £1,405,800 10 5