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ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1896.

ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1896.

ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1896.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1896-97.

1895-96. I EXPENDITURE, 1896-97. £ s. d. 108,168 1 10 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 118—Roads and Bridges £ s. d. £ s. d. 106,929 12 1 19,523 5 1 11,901 10 1 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 130,130 5 II 6,442 17 11 136,573 3 10 31,424 15 2 ! £139,592 17 0 Totals £243,502 15 11

163,411 5 5 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 120—Native-Land Purchases 128,999 19 10 4,354 19 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 93,959 12 1 95,222 15 2 1,564 18 11 1,263 3 1 5,919 18 9 £169,331 4 2 Totals £224,222 15 0

869 3 6 5,499 6 7 Expenditure,— Interest on Debentures Surveys, Roading, &c 11,979 15 5 2,966 1 3 Appropriations,— Class XVIIL, Vote 74 .. 14,945 16 8 6,368 10 1 8,144 4 2 7 4 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony 55 16 8 324 10 9 380 7 5 Totals £14,512 14 3 £15,333 8 1