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Table STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES

1897-98. RECEIPTS. 1898-99. £ s. d. 3 10 1 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government— In the colony £ s. d. 21,826 19 11 £ s. d. 151 3 0 21,978 2 11 111,400 0 0 The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886, — Debentures issued .. 73,900 0 0 137 8 11 3,576 0 0 793 6 4 Repayments under section 8 of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1896," — « Counties, — Horowhenua Kiwitea Pahiatua Stratford Road Boards, — Featherston Manchester Drainage Board, — Wainono Land 147 1 8 299 10 2 94 9 3 276 16 5 147 18 3 4,601 4 6 871 6 6 £116,004 14 7 Totals £96,749 9 5