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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF, ON 31st MARCH, 1894).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in compliance with Section 38 of " The Public Seventies Act, 1891."

Audit Office, 27th June, 1894. The Assistant Controller and Auditor has the honour to submit to the House of Representatives the abstract of liabilities on the 31st March last, in compliance with the 38th section of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891." The Honourable the Speaker of the James C. Gavin, House of Representatives. Assistant Controller and Auditor.

Summary of the Liabilities of the Government of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1894, prepared by the Audit Office from the Returns of the several Departments, in accordance with the 38th Section of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

Class. Department. Amount. I. Consolidated Fund. Legislative —House of Representatives Colonial Secretary —Permanent Charges „ Miscellaneous £ s. d. 22"l8 10 3,896 0 3 £ s. d. 222 10 0 II. 3,918 19 1 III. XVI. Colonial Treasurer —Permanent Charges . „ Land- and Income-tax „ Rates on Crown Lands 3,450 18 100 0 138 8 5 0 4 3,689 6 9 IV. Minister of Justice —Miscellaneous ... „ Prisons... „ Permanent Charges 5,076 10 32 15 370 0 0 7 0 5,479 5 7 12,601 13 2 V. VI. Postmaster-General —Miscellaneous ... Commissioner of Customs —Miscellaneous u Marine 337 13 2,247 0 7 0 VII. VIII. Commissioner of Stamps—Miscellaneous Minister of Education —Miscellaneous a Lunacy, &c. ... „ Labour „ Native School Buildings 2,584 13 7 • 207 17 10 23 18 3,568 4 142 17 44 10 9 0 2 0 XII. 3,779 9 11 IX. Minister of Mines —Miscellaneous „ Meteorological 50 0 0 26 14 11 76 14 11 1,815 4 4 56,669 5 0 698 0 0 1,875 0 0 11,400 1 2 X. XL XII. XIII. XV. Minister of Agriculture —Miscellaneous Commissioners of Working Railways—Miscellaneous Minister for Public Works—Public Buildings, &c. Minister of Defence —Miscellaneous ... Minister of Lands —Miscellaneous Total Consolidated Fund ... 105,018 1 4 Government Insurance Account 4,556 0 5