8.—6.

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. 23,044 15 11 1,683,775 0 8 200,558 0 3 63,879 9 7 44,066 7 3 Permanent Appropriations,— Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund.. Under Special Acts of the Legislature Subsidies paid to Local Bodies Amounts paid over to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts in respect of Payments under the Land Acts Endowments— New Plymouth Harbour Board Greymouth Harbour Board Westport Harbour Board £ s. d. 24,168 9 2 1,709,469 5 10 193,334 9 7 63,812 10 8 40,634 11 6 £ s. d. 2,072,427 11 8 8,987 11 10 11,348 10 2 17,013 10 9 6,302 4 11 11,066 14 1 23,639 5 11 2,052,673 6 5 18,537 17 11 72,380 14 10 24,784 0 6 122,728 4 11 331,062 11 11 62,741 10 9 22,565 17 1 420,155 14 11 53,129 4 6 8,088 6 1 15,806 14 7 43,347 16 4 743,670 5 2 46,939 2 3 68,647 12 2 98,272 1 9 121,533 15 1 493 1 3 22,422 16 10 Annual Appropriations,— Class I.—Legislative „ II.—Colonial Secretary III.—Colonial Treasurer „ IV.—Minister of Justice „ V.—Postmaster-General „ VI. —Commissioner of Trade and Customs VII.- Commissioner of Stamps VIII. —Minister of Education — Education Department Lunacy and Charitable Aid Department Department of Labour IX.—Minister of Mines „ X.—Minister for Agriculture „ XI. —Working Railways „ XII.—Minister for Public Works „ XIII. —Defence Department .. „ XIV.—Police Department „ XV. —Minister of Lands „ XVI.—Rates on Crown Lands .. Services not provided for 20,328 8 4 101,921 13 0 29,835 4 2 123,294 5 0 352,386 7 6 91,050 0 7 22,380 14 2 428,129 12 0 54,513 10 1 7,206 4 6 18,106 14 7 50,033 9 2 776,747 17 6 45,370 17 7 68,551 9 10 101,330 6 1 116,668 19 10 508 9 11 3,188 17 7 2,297,307 8 10 2,411,553 1 5 150,000 0 0 Amount transferred to the Public Works Fund, Part I., in terms of section 17 of " The Appropriation Act, 1896 " Net amount advanced to Government Advances to Settlers Office Management Account in terms of section 49 of " The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894" .. 150,000 0 0 20,500 0 0 26,000 0 0 4,520,480 15 3 4,659,980 13 1 215,558 16 0 Balance at end of Yeab 354,286 4 3 4,736,039 11 3 5,014,266 17 4 Debentures redeemed, — Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 (Colonial Issue) Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, 1860—due 1st Jan., 1896 District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885, due 1st Oct., 1896 Released Sinking Funds transferred to Deposit Suspense Account 29,100 0 0 18,600 0 0 22,968 0 0 4,700 0 0 35,000 0 0 "i i 3 62,668 0 0 47,701 1 3 Totals £4,783,740 12 6 £5,076,934 17 4 ACCOUNT. 1,330,100 0 0 Treasury Bills paid off during Year 1,530,000 0 0 335,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 Treasury Bills outstanding at end of Year, — In anticipation of Revenue In redemption of Guaranteed Debentures . * 254,000 0 0 476,000 0 0 730,000 0 0 735,000 0 0 Totals £2,065,100 0 0 £2,260,000 0 0