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No. 1 — continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1896 Part I.

1895-96. EXPENDITURE. 1896-97. £ s. d. Annual Appropriations,— Cr. 9 110 Class I. —Immigration 12,499 10 0 „ II.—Public Works, Departmental .. 176,223 11 9 „ III.—Railways 66,715 3 1 „ IV.—Roads 9,345 0 5 j „ V.—Development of Goldfields VI. —Native Land Purchases 35,537 15 2 „ VII.—Telegraph Extension .. 76,239 1110 „ VIII.—Public Buildings 7,409 9 4 „ IX.—Lighthouses and Harbour-works 340 15 „ X. —Rates on Native Lands 5,000 0 0; XI.—Contingent Defence 389,300 12 0 j £ s. d. 301 6 3 14,891 16 6 193,307 13 1 64,236 12 3 10,508 2 11 Cr. 37 2 0 36,791 8 11 70,578 15 10 11,600 7 5 331 19 3 10,553 16 9 £ 8. d. 413,064 17 2 389,300 12 0 288 19 7 Services not provided for 942 9 3 288 19 7 Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1887, — 58 14 2 Moiety of subsidy to Waipa County 58 14 2 66 3 4 Balance at end of Year, — 4,811 14 7 Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 10,588 14 6 In the Colony .. 15,749 10 3 In London Investment Account S1 1JQ 1Q A 4,811 14 7 63,642 13 10 157,362 12 3 10,588 14 0 15,749 10 3 18,198 2 0 5,521 16 5 70,000 0 0 31,149 19 4 £420,798 5 1 I Totals 31,149 19 4 £420,798 5 1 £571,425 2 0 Part II. 20,881 17 i 1,800 0 0 Annual Appropriations,— Glass I.—Bailways Public Works, Departmental 13,923 0 9 13,923 0 9 22,681 17 4 12,960 15 7 962 5 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 13,923 0 9 £36,604 18 1 Totals