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Table No. 7. ESTIMATED Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund Revenue Account) for 1897-98 compared with Actual Expenditure of 1896-97.

Table No. 8. STATEMENT of the Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund Revenue Account) for 1897-98, compared with the Actual Revenue of 1896-97.

lex■ences. Estimate lor 1897-98. Actual of 1896-97. Increase. Decrease. Revenue Account. Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under special Acts 25,700 24,168 1,769,122 , 1,709,469 335,972 338,790 25,700 I ,769,122 24,168 1,709,469 OOO 17 n A £ 1,532 59,653 £ 2,818 338,790 Annual Appropriations, — Legislative Departments Colonial Secretary's Department Colonial Treasurer's Department Justice Department Postal and Telegraph Department Customs and Marine Department Stamps and Deeds Department Minister of Education, — Education Department Lunacy and Charitable Department Department of Labour Mines Department Department of Agriculture Working Railways Department Public Buildings, Domains, and Machinery Department .. Defence Department Police Department Lands and Survey Department Valuation Department Rates on Crown lands 19,538 i 20,328 73,597 101,922 24,727 29,835 122,996 123,294 362,827 352,386 74,432 91,050 21,770 22,381 438,960 : 428,130 58,055 54,514 6,425 7,206 16,476 18,107 56,405 50,033 810,000 776,748 46,400 45,371 79,627 68,552 108,158 101,330 131,316 116,669 39,440 900 ! 509 2,130,794 2,072,427 61,185 10,441 10,830 3,541 790 28,325 5,108 298 '• 16J618 611 "781 1,631 2,818 6,372 33,252 1,029 11,075 6,828 14,647 39,440 391 2,492,049 2,408,365 Services not provided for Advanced to Government Advances to Settlers Office 137,846 54,162 3,189 26,000 3,189 26,000 199,031 86,169 86,169 Total .. .. 4,622,843 4,509,981 112,862

Estimate for 1897-98. Actual Differences. of 1896-97. Increase. Decrease. Revenue Account. £ 1,880,000 721,000 365,000 £ 1,818,972 730,237 377,813 63 68,787 1,287,140 50,256 21,204 98,373 272,954 £ 61,028 244 I £ 9,237 12,813 63 2,787 12,140 "304 3,373 22,954 Customs Stamps Land- and Income-tax Property-tax Beer Duty Railways Eegistration and other Pees Marine Miscellaneous Territorial Revenue 66,000 1,275,000 50,500 20,900 95,000 250,000 Debentures for Sinking Fund increases.. 4,723,400 69,600 4,725,799 70,300 61,272 ! 63,671 700 64,371 61,272 Total 3,099 4,793,000 4,796,099