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FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1899, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

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Public accounts, 1898-99.

1897-98. EXPENDITURE. 1898-99. £ s. d. 69 15 5 9,688 13 2 351,600 6 8 290,777 9 11 33,117 7 5 60,333 13 8 29,384 2 11 73,584 19 5 5,295 1 8 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 Annual Appropriations,— Class I. —Immigration II.—Public Works, Departmental III.—Railways IV.—Roads V.—Development of Goldfields „ VI.—Purchase of Native Lands VII.—Telegraph Extension .. „ VIII.—Public Buildings IX.—Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences X.—Rates on Native Lands XI.—Contingent Defence £ s. a. 104 16 10 10,090 1 3 374,141 2 3 295,483 7 2 17,354 10 2 53,182 16 10 28,550 14 0 107,266 14 5 15,662 10 1 347 11 10 13,866 12 11 £ s. a. 864,368 7 7 Unauthorised, — Services not provided for .. Repayment of temporary advance from Consolidatea Funa 916,050 17 1,169 4 9 50,000 0 0 50 17 6 50 17 51,169 4 9 The Aia to Public Works and Land Settlement Acts, 1896-97,— Charges and expenses of raising loan 225 1 5 5 0 17,408 19 10 18,595 2 11 15,488 4 9 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London 31,794 6 9 16,509 13 0 22,552 6 7 70,856 6 4 51,492 7 6 Totals i967,035 4 10 £987,183 2 7