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Appendix E. STATEMENT of ACCOUNT.

De. AUCKLAND AND MEECER RAILWAY. Cb. To Gross Earnings, — £ a. d. £ s. d. From 1st May to 30th June, 1874 ... ... ... ... ... 1,690 10 0 By amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1874 ... ... ... 1,356 4 0 From 1st July, 1874, to 7th November, 1874 ... ... ... ... 2,440 6 5 amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... 10,135 15 5 Passengers, Parcels, &c, from 7th November, 1874, to 30th June, 1875 ... 5,502 16 4 amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 5 8 Goods and Cattle, from 7th November, 1874, to 30th June, 1875 ... ... 2,215 3 11 amount outstanding on goods... ... ... ... ... ... 228 11 7 £11,848 16 8 £11,848 16 8 Amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1874 ... ... ,., £1,356 4 0 By Expenditure to 30th June, 1874 ... ... ... ... ... £1,834 7 9 Amount paid into public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... 10,135 15 5 Expenditure to 30th June, 1875* ... ... ... ... ... 8,704 10 0 Amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ... ... 128 5 8 Balance towards payment of Interest on Capital ... ... ... ... f2,005 7 4 Amount outstanding on Goods ... ... ... ... ... 228 11 7 + Note. —This amount of £2,005 7s. 4d. is the net yield over the whole period Recoveries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 695 8 5 from 1st Mav, 1874; but the net yield for the year, from 1st July, 1874, to" 30th June, 1875, is £2,149 5s. Id. £12,544 5 1 £12,544 5 1 NAPIER AND WAIPUKURATJ RAILWAY. To Gross Earnings, — £ s. d. £ a. d. Passenger Parcels, &c, from 10th October, 1874, to 30th June, 1875 ... 3,845 14 11 By amount'paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... 5,370 13 2 Goods and Cattle do. do. ... 1,659 1 3 amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ,'.. ... ... 21 2 4 amount outstanding on Goods ... ... ... ... ... 113 0 8 £5,504 16 2 £5,504 16 2 Amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... £5,370 13 2 Amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ... ... 21 2 4 By Expenditure to 30th June, 1875* ... ... ... ... ... £3,559 0 3 Amount outstanding on Goods ... ... ... ... ... 113 0 8 Balance towards payment of Interest on Capital... ... ... ... 2,028 9 0 Recoveries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 13 1 £5,587 9 3 £5,587 9 3 WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON RAILWAY. To Gross Earnings, — £ s. d. £ s. d. From 14th April to 12th September, 1874 ... ... ... ... 2,242 110 By;amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... 6,892 14 9 Passengers, Parcels, &c., from 12th September, 1874, to 30th June, 1875 ... 4,004 6 11 amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ... ... 9 16 5 Goods and Cattle, from 12th September, 1874, to 30th June, 1875 ... 677 12 0 amount outstanding on Goods ... ... ... ... ... 21 9 7 £6,924 0 9 £6,924 0 9 Amount paid into Public Account to 30th June, 1875 ... ... ... £6,892 14 9 By Expenditure to 30th June, 1875 * ... ... ... ... ... £5,032 7 8 Amount in hands of Manager ... ... ... ... ... 9 16 5 Balance towards payment of Interest on Capital ... ... ... 1,891 13 1 Amount outstanding on Goods ... ... ... ... ... 2197 £6,924 0 9 £6,924 0 9 * The above expenditure will not be found to agree with the Treasury books. The expenditure in this statement is larger than that shown by the Treasury, owing to the fact that the advances on Imprest for payment of wages, &c, during last month have not been received from the Imprestees and passed through the Treasury before the annual accounts of the colony were closed. Note. — If it is decided that the ordinary Depreciation Fund, at the rate of 5 per cent, on gross earnings, be set aside, the amounts of such Depreciation Funds will be as under :— Auckland and Mercer, £592 8s. lOd. Napier and Waipukurau, £275 4s. lOd. Wellington and Masterton, £346 4s.