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

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1895-96. EXPENDITURE 189' i-97, £ s. d. 108,168 1 10 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 118—Boads 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 11 6,442 17 11 136,573 3 10 31,424 15 2 £139,592 17 0 Totals £243,502 15 11 ACCOUNT fo: the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the inancial Year ended 31: ,t March, 1896. Annual Appropriations,— 163,411 5 5 Vote 120—Native-Land Purchases .. 163,411 5 5 128,999 19 10 Balance at end of Year, — 4,354 19 10 Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 1,564 18 11 In the Colony .. 5,919 18 9 4,354 19 10 93,959 12 1 95,222 15 2 1,564 18 11 1,263 3 1 5,919 18 9 £169,331 4 2 £169,331 4 2 Totals £224,222 15 0 .CCOUNT for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31s Mabch, 1896. 869 3 6 5,499 6 7 869 3 6 5,499 6 7 Expenditure,— Interest on Debentures Surveys, Boading, &c. 11,979 15 5 2,966 1 3 6,368 10 1 | 8,144 4 2 Appropriations,— Class XVIII., 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 8 380 7 5 324 10 9 £14,512 14 3 J — . Totals £15,333 8 1