CONTENTS. GENERAL BALANCE-SHEET:— P*™ Cash Accounts ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• •■• * Interest and Sinking Etjnd Remittance Accounts ... ... ... ... ... 4 Public Debt and Sinking? Eund Accounts ... ... ... ... ••• ••• *> CONSOLIDATED EUND :•— Account of Eeceipts and Disbuesements ... ... ... ... ••• ••■ 8 Revenue oe the Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• *•" Disbuesements oe the Consolidated Eund, — Liabilities op the Year 1875-76 ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• " Civil List ... ... ... ••• ■•• ••• ••• ••■ 15 Inteeest and Sinking Fund ... .... .... ••• ••■ ••■ ••• -1" Under Special Acts op the Geneeal Assembly ... ... ... ... ••• 18 Appropriation Account ... ... ... ■•• ••• ••• ••• 23 Unauthorized Expenditure ... ... ... ••• ■•• ••■ ■•• 25 Statement in detail op the Chaeges fob Miscellaneous, Special, and Tempobaby Objects ... 27 Account with the Pbovincial Distbicts undeb "The Payments to Peovinces Act, 1872" ... 28 Account of the Tempoeaey Advances peom the Consolidated Fund to the Pbovincial Liabilities and Land Fund Accounts ... ... ... ••• ■•■ 29 Payments undee "The Counties Act, 1876," foe Expenses of Elections, etc. ... ... 30 Balance-sheet of Accounts of Revenue Collected foe Local Bodies ... ... ... 31 Statement op the Advances Outstanding ... ... ... ■■• ••• ••• 3a SPECIAL FUNDS i— Account op Receipts and Disbuesements, — " Consolidated Loan Act, 1867" ... ■•• ••■ ••• ••• ••• 34 "Defence and Othee Purposes Loan Act, 1870" ... ... ... ••• ••• 34 Public Woeks Account ... ... ••• ■•• ••■ ••• ••• 34 " Wellington Reclaimed Land Act, 1871" ... ••• •■• ••• ••• 3^ " Wellington Debts Act, 1871" ... ••• ••• ■•• ••• •■• 36 " Wellington Debts Act, 1872," Redemption Account ... ... ... ... 36 "Noeth Otago Disteict Public Woeks Loan Act, 1872" ... ... ... ... 36 "Westland Loan Act, 1873," Redemption Account ... ... ••• ••• 36 State Forests Account ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••■ ■•• 36 " Wellington Debts Act Amendment Act, 1876" ... ... •■• ••• ••■ 3$ "New Zealand Loan Act, 1876" ... ... ••• ••• ■»■ ••• 38 Pbovincial Liabilities Account no Counties Separate Account ... Waitara Bridge Endowment Account ... ... ... ••• ••• ••■ 40 Gold Fields Revenue Account ... ... ••• ■•• ••• •■• 40 40 Gold Duty Account Balance-sheet of Accounts of Gold Fields Revenue and Gold Duty ... ... ... 40 Unauthorized Expenditure of the Public Works Account ... ... ... ... 41 42 Appeopeiation Account ... Statement of the Advances Outstanding ... ... ... ■•■ ••• ••• 4* LAND FUND :— Account of Receipts and Disbursements, — Account to 31 Dec, 1876 ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 46 Account under "The Financial Arrangements Act, 1876" ... ... ... ... 46 Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Land Fund of the sevehal Provincial Districts Statement of the Inteeest and Sinking Fund charged against the Land Fund of the seveeal Provincial Districts ... ... ... •••■ ••• ■•• ••• 52 Appropriation Account ... Unauthorized Expenditure ... ... •■• ••• ••< ••• •••