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several years. H ° W '°" B ,hel ' been ke P' b 7 entry? A—For attended"* COnClUSi<>n ° f «*>>«* the Auditor-General -Jtesrsfc BJ£ ,h ™ -*• *•- o ave yOU Seen this paper before ? A—No 2. Q—Prom this it appears tlie actual cash balance is £20 71-7 n consider i. correctJ A-I have no reason , 0 doub^coi.cS,'"' 3. Q Can we treat the balance here as available? A rv. the Wance „hich consisa of Land deposit, i, ~d UU , censiterSTS « '"f land poreh.se,, bec.useV land h™S beZ SZtZTJ V"" 1 * ff Yes.°' Q_IS tWS la " d fUml 6Xclusivel y of Province of Auckland ? A„„.6„.ilrAr ° r i e SZ t"""™ ' Pi " k * b, « "» £26,000 have been deputed in publk chest at^uckUnd^M^incoTOpfe^ I '^^ -ESES?»» , , 7 ,: Q-Are any references made to you before sums are taken out of this fund for the purchase of nat.ve lands ? A-Yes ; references are made I can not there are in all cases; at least such is the practice!'and it il generally follow d But my recommendation is or is not concurred in bv the Government. 1-or instance, during the period under consideration, I strongly and repeatedly urged the Government not to exceed the sum of £20 000 in the purchase of lands from the natives, that being the amount of expenditure on which the whole financial arrangements of the Colony had been bafed •n. » - y° u „ know an y Cuses in which advances on impress had'beenmade without previous reference to you 1 A-I have known such. 9. Q—ln the surplus revenue account it appears that December 31st there was due to Auckland about £7000? A Yes. e 10. Was there also due— £ gi Plymouth 1296 15 10 To Wellington 74:9 19 0 ToOtago ~ 7? A—Yes. ~N t, 1 !--97^ re an y balan . ce due to Provinces for the period ending J une 30th, 1855 ? A—l have not received the whole of the accounts up to the 30th of June. Until they reach the Audit Oilice, and the accounts are made up I cannot furnish a correct statement of the balance. 12. Q-Is any money due to the New Zealand Company ? A—'l here must be a considerable sum due to the Company. t i 13 ' 9~i Is lhe ' olonial Secretary's statement that £10,000 is due correct > I do not think so mueh is due. 14. Q—Mr. M'Lean states that there are outstanding liabilities due on account of purchases which are incomplete from the surveys not having been made to the amount of £8000. Is it so ? A—l have no means of knowing. Ido not think the £8000 alluded to would be considered by a public accountant as a liability on the receipts of the year ending 30ih June, 1854, and therefore not a charge on the b,,lance cn hind on that day. These outstanding liabilities would be considered a charge on the Revenues of ihe period when they become payable not on the period when the contracts were made.