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OE THE COLONIAL TREASURER.

iOLONIAL TEEASUEEB, &c—continued. Cb. DISBURSEMENTS. £ s. a. £. s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 45,878 13 0 320,218 7 7 Balances of Voles for Provincial Services not allocated, debited as General Charges, and credited to Revenue, 1867-8: — Supreme Courts District Courts... ... ... Resident Magistrates' Courts Petty Sessions Courts Criminal Prosecutions Coroners Land and Deeds Registry 2f0 3 0 1,043 4 11 3,931 1 1 400 0 0 5,275 15 10 208 8 3 777 13 8 11,982 7 3 Class IV. Postal — General Post Office : — Salaries ... ... ... ... 30 June Contingencies ... 2,874 19 1 265 2 10 Credited to Revenue, 1867-8 3,140 1 II 74 18 1 3,215 0 0 Postal — Conveyance of Mails by Sea :— Demurrage ... ... ... ... April Inter-Colonial Services, — Sydney and Auckland... ... 30 June £5,700 0 0 Melbourne and Otago... ... „ 5,200 0 0' 105 0 0 £10,900 0 0 Less Imperial contribution, 1 May, 1806, to 30 June, 1867 ... ... " ... 3,129 3 4 Inter-Provincial Services, — Panama Company,— East Coast ... ... 30 June £3,000 0 0 West Coast ... ... „ 3,600 0 0 N.Z.S.N. Company, — Wellington and Taranaki ... 31 Dec. 900 0 0 Wellington and Napier ...30 Nov. 750 0 0 East and West Coasts ... 30 June 7,200 0 0 7,770 16 8 Contingencies,— Gratuities ... ... ... ... £60 0 0 Conveying Panama Mail to South ... 164 11 6 Bank Commission on remittances ... 343 1 0 Travelling expenses of Commissioners to Melbourne and Sydney ... ... 641 9 2 Ditto Secretary to Panama ... ... 65 0 0 Advertising ... ... ... ... 39 11 2 . Miscellaneous ... ... ... 12 19 10 10,050 0 0 £1,326 13 2 Less credits, sales mail boxes ... ... 21 9 9 1,305 3 5 Credited to Revenue, 18G7-S... 25,231 0 1 40,068 19 11 65,300 0 0 Telegraph Department .• — Salaries, General Staff, 30 June ... ... £3,295 7 8 Travelling expenses ... £1,116 11 8 Less credits, passage refunded 1 15 0 1,114 16 8 Travelling expenses of linemen, 30 June ... 572 4 11 Materials, tools, and instruments, „ ... 1,085 11 4 Submarine cable ,, ... 5,219 14 5 Extension of line to Auckland „ ... 3,375 7 10 Erection of offices „ ... 1,533 4 G Contingencies,— Rent, repairs, and alterations of buildings ... ... £472 11 0 Labour on lines ... ... 613 0 7 Freight and carriage ... 499 8 1 Office furniture and fuel ... 176 17 1 Miscellaneous £367 18 6 Less credit advertising refunded 1 5 0 366 13 6 2,158 10 9 18,354 18 1 Carried forward ... 326,248 7 7 18,354 18 1 !l26,376 0 3