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PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OP WEST^AND— continued. Absteact of Receipts and Expenditure of the Provincial Liabilities Account — continued.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward ... ... 32,696 0 3 Balances transferred hereto from undermentioned Accounts, — Provincial Branch Public AcAccount ... ... ... 1,055 1 2 Provincial Branch, Education Account ... ... ... 286 0 0 Provincial Account, Westland... 782 18 3 EXPENDITURE. £ e. d. £ s. d. Brought forward ... ... 4S9 4 0 Charitable, — Lunatic Asylum, — Rations ... ... ... 76 0 10 Bedding and Clothing ... 17 11 0 Utensils, Tools, and Materials 24 10 9 Hospital Subsidies ... 200 3 11 318 6 6 2,123 19 5 Miscellaneous, — Furniture ... ... ... 47 17 1 Subsidies to Ferries ... ... 207 10 0 Printing and Adverlising ' ... 32 0 0 Stationery ... ... ... 68 7 8 Travelling Expenses... ... 10 10 0 General Contingencies ... 163 0 9 529 5 6 Grants in Aid, — New Hospital, Hokitika ... 1,473 5 0 Literary Societies ... ... 20 0 0 Fire Brigades ... ... 25 0 0 1,518 5 0 Public Works, Cubrent Contracts, — Roads, Bridges, &e. ... ... 4,064 18 3 Buddings, Kumara Gold Field 882 4 11 Repairs and Maintenance Public Buildings ... ... 82 4 2 5,029 7 4 Public Works, Released Sinking Funds,— Harbour Works, Hokitika ... 2,807 2 3 Roads, Bridges, &c. ... 1,668 5 1 4,475 7 4 New Works, Roads, &c. ... 1,271 8 4 Interest on Cost of Roads and Railways,— Interest to 31st December, 1876, under section 13 of " The Public Works Act, 1875," in respect of roads constructed in Westland ... ... 4,331 10 0 Ditto on account of railways opened for traffic ... ... 2,238 4 9 6,569 14 9 Balances due to Colonial Government in account under " The Payments to Provinces Act, 1872," and "Appropriation Act, 1876" ... ... 715 14 3 Advances from Consolidated Fund under section 17, " Financial Arrangements Act, 1876," repaid 6,475 8 9 Unauthorized, — Administration of Justice, — Receiver of Gold Revenue ... 15 15 10 Police, — Shoeing and Far- £ s. d. riery ... ... 1 4 0 Traveding Expenses 21 12 0 Incidentals ... 27 12 6 50 8 6 GaolForage ... ... 15 1 11 Medical Comforts 10 9 9 25 11 8 Land and Works, — Expenses of Waste Lands Board ... 10 10 0 Travelling and Incidental Expenses 30 2 3 40 12 3 Carried forward ... £34,819 Harbour Department,— Materials and Repairs ... 34 17 9 Charitable, — Bedding and Clothing ... ... 30 10 4 Medical Comforts 17 5 10 Utensils, Tools, and Materials ... 20 14 1 Incidental ... 5 5 0 Hospital Subsidies 160 8 7 234 3 10 £34,819 19 8 Carried forward ... £101 9 10 £27,402 1 9