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

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1895-96. EXPENDITURE. 1896-97. £ s. d. 481 17 1 7,192 8 6 Annual Appropriations,— Class XVII.—State Forests Account Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony £ s. d. 11,036 4 9 £ s. d. 2,472 7 10 188 0 9 11,224 5 6 £7,674 5 7 Totals £13,696 13 4 LOCAL B DIES. 2,369 12 3 16,909 19 2 22,459 4 3 11,548 1 6 Bevenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Pees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. .. .. .. * .. Goldfields Bevenue Gold Duty2,246 15 0 7,084 19 7 58,179 13 9 9,461 4 11 53,286 17 2 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Boad Boards where " The Counties Act, 1886," . is not in full operation 76,972 13 3 443 6 8 363 4 2 40,151 3 0 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies 43,075 0 7 93,881 6 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 9,885 4 9 5,910 18 4 1 19 10 269 1 6 5,912 18 2 Totals 10,154 6 3 £99,794 5 0 £130,565 4 3 ACCOUN S. 11,125 0 0 25 0 0 3,423 8 4 1,428 17 4 11,842 4 11 15 7 0 93,208 10 8 1,100 0 0 20 16 8 81 13 2 454 18 2 66 0 0 11,707 11 1 8 18 9 Withdrawals, — Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Government of New South Wales Government of South Australia Government of Victoria Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 .. .. Land Transfer Act, 1885 Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Contracts and Promises Act, 1888 Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native-Land Purchases Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand Midland Railway Ngatirahiri Compensation North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. Permanent-way Material for Open Lines of Railway Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890 .. 6,375 0 0 25 0 0 753 9 7 8 13 9 968 4 0 120,447 19 0 3,650 0 0 38 15 1 434 1 0 66 0 0 27,895 3 0 90 6 1 12,625 10 7 14,070 18 8 2,471 17 4 347 5 5 12,114 16 8 0 9 4 10 0 2,020 0 0 4 6 0 206 15 7 176 6 5 164,064 0 8 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London .. .. .. .. .. ... 80,000 5 6 175,236 2 11 62,439 14 4 150 0 0 33,559 16 8 300 0 0 34,811 3 9 115,111 9 3 96,149 11 0 !260,213 11 8 Totals £290,347 12 2