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for the Year ended 31st March, 1896, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1895.

63

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1895-96.

'art I. 1894-95. EXPENDITURE. 189 »-96. £ s. d. 101 6 6 6,880 8 1 166,581 0 3 50,280 9 9 5,864 18 10 349 1 3 19,228 19 0 54,189 11 1 3,145 9 3 561 0 7 Annual Appropriations,— Class I.—Immigration II.—Public Works, Departmental III. —Railways IV.—Roads V.—Development of Goldfields VI. —Purchase of Native Lands, North Island VII.—Telegraph Extension .. „ VIII.—Public Buildings .. .. .. .. „ IX.—Lighthouses and Harbour-works „ X.—Rates on Native Lands „ XI.—Contingent Defence £ s. d. Cr. 9 11 0 12,499 10 0 176,223 11 9 66,715 3 1 9,345 0 5 35,537 15 2 76,239 11 10 7,409 9 4 340 1 5 5,000 0 0 £ s. d. 389,300 12 0 307,182 4 7 Services not provided for 288 19 7 Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1887, — Moiety of subsidy to Waipa County for year ended 31st March, 1888 58 14 2 1,000 0. 0 Purchase of the Kaihu Valley Railway 47,000 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Railway Company, taken over by the Government on the default of Company.. 218,217 2 4 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — . In the Colony In London Investments 4,811 14 7 11,780 7 2 29,528 9 4 9,000 0 0 10,588 14 6 15,749 10 3 31,149 19 4 268,525 18 10 Totals 5623,708 3 5 £420,798 5 1 Part II. 1,800 0 0 32,963 13 7 17,840 19 10 Annual Appropriations,— Class I.—Public Works, Departmental II.—Railways Roads 1,800 0 0 20,881 17 4 52,604 13 5 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony 22,681 17 4 24,104 19 10 2,499 18 3 12,960 15 7 13,923 0 9 962 5 2 26,604 18 1 Totals £79,209 11 6 £36,604 18 1