IX I STATEMENT of ACCOUNT between the Imperial Government and the Coloi Colonial Go ly of New Zealand, from the Documents at present in the possession of 'ernment. .he Dr. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Dates when I Account 1 rendered. Cb. £ s. d. £ s. d. To " Error admitted " (vide Appendix House of Representatives, 1863, page 7, B—No. 4) Contributions on account of Her Majesty's Troops: Remitted for the 3 months ending 31st March, 1862 ... Remitted for the year ending 31st March, 1863 (say)... Remitted for the year ending 31st March, 1864 Remitted for the 9 months ending 31st December, 1864 1861. May 17 ... By accounts rendered to Colonial Secretary Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto ...I By accounts rendered to Assistant Military Secretary 6,929 13 9 28,175 16 8 33,906 6 8 38,157 4 0 85,891 10 4 June 7 ... „ 11 ••• Aug. 7 ... 53,183 1 4 1 15,192 6 11 25,868 15 0 [Note. —The Imperial claim of £5 per man for Troops, remitted from 1st January, 1862, to 1st January, 1865. See Appendix House of Representatives, page 3, B.-No. 7.] 107,169 1 1 Deductions amounting to £107,203 16 4 2,238 16 7i 12,959 13 1 By accounts rendered to Assistant Military Secretary Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto By accounts rendered to Private Secre- ' tary, including the difference between the Commissariat Statements and Treasury Minute of 29thOctober, 1861 104,964 19 9 Proportion of Transport Service on the Waikato—and other claims (say) 80,000 0 0 Nov. 25... 1862. March 20 May 9 ... Aug. 11... Sept. 2 and Dec. 11 ... 18,731 5 0 7,386 13 11 35,729 13 1 2,011 5 8 273,060 11 5 !• i 100,807 4 11 Nov. 4 ... Ditto ditto ditto 4,494 5 5 1863 April 15... By contribution on account of the Imperial Troops, from 1st April, 1862, to 31st March, 1863, &c. By advances from Imperial Chest, August to December, 1863... By contribution H.M. Troops from 1st; April, 1863, to 31st March, 1864 ... By Rations issued to Colonial Forces, December, 1863, to31st March 1864... Ry cost of Implements issued from Military Store... By Rations issued to Colonial Forces at Tauranga, February, 1864 ... Ditto ditto April, 1864 I Ditto ditto Port Waikato Ditto ditto ... £274,125 7 9 i I ! 28,175 16 8 1864 May 5 ... 186,000 0 0 33,906 6 8 38,721 14 0 425 10 1 307 12 8 9,458 16 4 541 17 8 8,541 6 5 1,142 0 4 8,783 11 2 13,787 6 11 24,288 2 5 12,912 16 7 141 15 11 18,186 0 4 15,651 6 10 8,232 13 7 *4 I—I O i—i & CO i Nov. 12... Nov. 29... 1865 Jan. 25 ... Ditto ditto at Te Awamutu Ditto ditto June, 1864 Ditto ditto July, „ Deduct March 3... 13,992 19 2 205 12 3 April 6 ... April 26... Ditto ditto September, 1864 ... Ditto ditto October, „ Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto December, 1864 Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto March, 1865 By contribution H.M. Troops to 31st March, 1865 By pay of Colonial Forces, March 1st to June 30th, 1865 ... By Supplies from Military Store and Purveyor's Department May 30... June 12... July 26 ... 50,876 5 0 Estimated Balance due to Imperial Government 6,283 0 5 977 6 10 Total, Claims rendered Add Estimated Claims outstanding ... £741,466 14 7 35,000 0 O 503,406 3 2 £776,466 14 7 £776,466 14 7 * The Colonial Government is in possession of no information by which the discrepancy between the claims, as stated by the Commissariat Department and the claims as rendered by the Imperial Treasury, can be explained. On reference to the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives for the year 1863, p. 7, B. —No. 4, it will be seen that the sum of £274,125 7s. 9d. is made up as follows:— £ s. d. Treasury Minute, 24th May, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 193,180 5 6 Local Forces—Pay, Kations, &c., to 30th June, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... ... 17,394 4 5 Do. do. do. to 30th September, 1802 ... ... ... ... ... 4,452 4 3 H. M. Troops—contribution for year ending 31st March, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... 27,718 15 0 Koad-making, to 30th June, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31,337 17 5 Do. 30th September, 1862... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 1 2 £274,125 7 9 On comparing this statement with the one preceding it on the same page of the Appendix, it seems probable that the Treasury Minute of the 24th May, 1862, includes the claims for " Fencibles," theSteamers " Wonga Wonga," &c., amounting to £85,891 10s. 4d. This sum the Commissariat Officer states to be an " admittted error," although he includes it now in his Statement of Accounts. The apparent overcharge is debited the Imperial Government in the present statement. August 10th, 1805. Charles Knight, Auditor of Public Accounts. Note.—£500,000 was remitted in March, 1865, in Colonial Debentures, and has been accepted by the Home Government, thus reducing the balance to £3,406 3s. 2d. Feed. A. Weld. L p