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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PROVINCIAL LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS OF THE SEVERAL PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 30TH JUNE, 1877.

The following Abstracts of the Receipts and Disbursements made and charged by the Treasury to the Provincial Liabilities Accounts of the several Provincial Districts have been prepared by the respective Provincial Auditors, who were instructed to classify the transactions " exactly in the same way as would have been done by the late Provincial Treasurer if the expenditure had been made in his office." The Accounts so prepared have been printed without alteration, although in several instances the classification appears to the Treasury to be erroneous, and the information given insufficient. Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.