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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Table I i— continued. STATEMENT showing the Pro: '.ABLE ExPEXDITU re, &c. — continued, ued. Recapitulation" i ip Totals— contin, Amount of Vote ok Estimate. Cbedits to TOTE. Actual Expenditure to 31st Makch. Estimated Expenditure to 30th June, including Liabilities! to that date. ! Total Expenditure. i Saving. Excess. Brought forward £ s. 1,109,345 16 d.j 7 £ s. 7,962 17 1,618 13 d. 7 0 £ s. d. 471,729 15 2 8,950 1 6 £ s. d. 691,107 9 4 10,903 17 11 £ s. d. 1,162,837 4 6 19,853 19 5 £ 22,738 s. 7 d. 4 £ s. 68,266 17 18,235 6 d. 8 5 Supplementary Refunds of RevenuesGeneral Provincial 284 4 11 678 1 6 168 16 10 168 16 9 453 1 9 846 18 3j 453 1 846 18 9 3 Total, Financial Year 1869-70 1,109,345 16 7\ 9,581 10 7 481,642 3 1 702,349 0 10 1,183,991 3 11 22,738 7 4 87,802 4 1 SUMMARY. Liabilities and Engagements, 1868-9 Financial Year 1869-70 £ s. 172,734 5 1,109,345 16 d.j 3 7 £ s. 8,468 3 9,581 10 d. 3 7 £ 138,093 481,642 s. d. 4 10 3 1 £ s. d. 45,131 13 8 702,349 0 10 £ s. d. 183,224 18 6 1,183,991 3 11 £ 38,725 22,738 s. 3 i d. £ " s. 0 40,747 13 4 87,802 4 dT 0 1 Total Payments to Provincial Accounts for period from 1st June, 1869, to 30th June, 1870. . 1,282,080 1 10 18,049 13 10 619,735 7 11 747,480 14 6 1,367,216 2 g 61,463 10 4 1128,549 17 1 139,856 5 0 49,103 3 3 188,959 8 6 \ Total, —Charged as under :— 759,591 12 11 796,583 17 9 1,556,175 10 8 Deduct Savings 61,463 10 4 Liabilities, 1868-9. Ultimate Excess 67,086 6 9 General Charges . . . . Total 151,784 12 10. 8,468 3 3 117,823 18 2 44,853 7 10 162,677 6 01 33,472 0 6 36,036 4 5 Provincial Charges Payments to Provincial Accounts 20,949 12 r 5 20,269 6 12,496 10 8 4 278 5 10 20,547 12 12,496 10 41 5,253 2 6 4,711 8 7 Total 32,765 17 0 278 5 10 33,044 2 10; 38,725 3 0 40,747 13 0 Financial Year, 1869-70. General Charges . . . . Total 737,128 10 9 9,357 10 4 372,217 5 10 224 0 3 356,465 15 i 1 466,770 16 0 823,236 11 1 12,761 11 6 74,512 1 6 . ! 1 Provincial Charges Payments to Provincial Accounts 125,176 8 127,359 14 0 8 235,578 49,103 4 10 3 3 360,754 12 10! 176,462 17 ll! 9,976 15 10 13,290 2 7 .. Total 252,536 2 8 284,681 8 1 537,217 10 9| 22,738 7 4 87,802 4 1 Total Expenditure, Liabilities 1868-69 £195,721 8s. lOd. Financial year, 1869-70 £1,360,454 Is. lOd. * The sum of £67,086 6s. 9d., stated as the estimated expenditure in excess of appropriations, should be reduced by a sum of £30,444 2s. 3d. expended under the authority of Permanent Acts, but for ■which no provision was contained in the Annual Estimates. This reduction will diminish the actual excessive expenditure to a total of £36,642 4s. 6d., but not the apparent excess as compared with the anticipations of what the expenditure would be and the wavs and means provided,.