8.—5.

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

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1895-96. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. Grants to — Counties — Bruce Clifton Collingwood Cook Hawera Horowhenua Hutt Kiwitea Manawatu Pahiatua Patea Pohangina Rangitikei Stratford Waipawa Wairarapa North Wairoa Waitotara Waitaki £ s. d. 1,225 0 0 3,046 0 0 3,190 0 0 1,550 0 0 730 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,150 0 0 5,733 0 0 1,760 0 0 4,701 0 0 2,412 0 0 3,868 0 0 175 0 0 1,360 0 0 50 0 0 700 0 0 1,000 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d, 15 0 0 340 0 0 200 0 0 3,373 0 0 2,400 0 0 800 0 0 497 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,923 0 0 2,988 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 2,531 0 0 5,867 0 0 1,750 0 0 1,559 0 0 2,340 0 0 1,600 0 0 600 0 0 1,225 0 0 3,046 0 0 3,190 0 0 1,550 0 0 730 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,150 0 0 5,733 0 0 1,760 0 0 4,701 0 0 2,412 0 0 3,868 0 0 175 0 0 1,360 0 0 50 0 0 700 0 0 1,000 0 0 41,783 0 0 38,650 0 1,400 0 0 1,650 0 0 3,000 0 0 56 0 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 365 0 0 1,401 0 0 1,662 0 0 350 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,670 0 0 Road Boards— Arai Arch Hill Harrington Eketahuna Peatherston Fitzherbert Frankley Kaiti Makara Manawatu Manchester Manganui Masterton Mauku Mauriceville Moa Otaki Parihaka Taratahi-Carterton Tβ Horo Turanga Upper Tauera Upper Wangaehu Waimate Whataupoko Wirokino 100 0 0 1,800 0 0 2,558 0 0 300 0 0 2,500 0 0 610 0 0 165 0 0 1,970 0 0 1,778 0 0 '.'. 100 0 0 1,030 0 0 2,890 0 0 290 0 0 1,055 0 0 670 0 0 50 0 0 388 0 0 1,772 0 0 100 0 0 1,800 0 0 2,558 0 0 300 0 0 2,500 0 0 610 0 0 165 0 0 1,970 0 0 1,778 0 0 600 0 0 180 0 0 987 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,030 0 0 2,890 0 0 290 0 0 1,055 0 0 670 0 0 50 0 0 388 0 0 550 0 0 1,332 0 0 3,000 0 0 210 0 0 800 0 0 1,772 0 0 23,063 0 0 Boroughs— Peilding Kumara Pahiatua Patea Petone 395 0 0 160 0 0 300 0 0 .. - 2,000 0 0 20,026 0 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 395 0 0 160 0 0 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 2,855 0 0 3,000 0 0 Town Boards— Clyde Stratford 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 8 0 0 400 0 0 208 0 0 5,195 0 0 Drainage Boards— Aorangi Land Manawatu Land Otakia Sluggish River 570 0 0 3,000 0 0 200 0 0 280 0 0 4,050 0 0 1,400 0 0 6,595 0 0 600 0 0 River Board — Taradale Unauthorised — Pohangina County 152 0 0 66,133 0 0 75,249 0 0 30,057 0 0 Appropriations,— Vote 119.—Roads to open up Crown lands 31,016 18 6 858 13 7 Balance at end of year,— Cash in the Public Account 3 10 1 Totals £97,153 8 7 5106,164 13 7