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THE GOVERNOR AND MINISTERS.

Enclosure to JNo. 38 (conhnued.J STATEMENT of ACCOUNT between the Impeeiai Goteenment and the Coloky of New Zealand, from the Documents at present in the possession of the Colonial Government. DE. £ s. d. DateB when „„ Account rendered. Lit. £ a. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 273,060 11 5 1865 Brought forward Jan. 25 By Eations issued to Colonial Forces at Te Awamutu March 3 Ditto ditto June, 1864 Ditto ditto July, „ Deduct 13,992 19 2 205 12 3 580,204 8 3 1,142 0 4 8,783 11 2 I April 6 Ditto ditto September, 1864 . April 26 Ditto ditto October, „ Ditto ditto . . . May 30 Ditto ditto December, 1864 . June 12 Ditto ditto July 26 Ditto ditto March, 1865 By contribution H.M. Troops to 31st March, 1865. By Pay of Colonial Porces, March 1st to June 30th, 1865 By Supplies from Military Store and Purveyor's Department 13,787 6 11 24,288 2 S 12,912 16 7 141 15 11 18,186 0 4 15,651 6 10 8,232 13 7 50,876 5 C 6,283 0 5 977 6 10 Estimated Balance due to Imperial Government 503,406 3 2 Total, Claims rendered Add Estimated Claims outstanding. £741,466 14 7 35,000 0 0 503,406 3 2 £776,466 14 7 £776,466 14 * 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, tnn be explained. On reference to the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Kepresentatives for the year 1863, p. 7, B. No. 4, it will be seen that the sum of £274,125 7s. 9d. ia made up as follows :— £ s. d. Treasury Minute, 24th May, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 193,180 5 6 Local Forces —Pay, Eations, &c, to 30th June, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... 17,394 4 5 Do. do. do. to 30th September, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... 4,452 4 3 H. M. Troops—contribution for year ending 31st March, 1862 ... ... ... ... ... 27,718 15 0 Road-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," the Steamers " Wonga Wonga," &c, amounting to £85,891 10s. 4d. This sum the Commissariat Officer states to be an " admitted 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, 1865. Chaeles Knight, Auditor of Public Accounts. Note. —The £500,000 alluded to in the last paragraph of the Memorandum 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. TX* 1 -TIT"