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deduction on account of purchases of Native Land in other Provinces, and without regard to the rights of the other Provinces of New Zealand as established by the Constitution Act. But such a distribution of the Land Revenue would be in direct contravention of the law, and the Government would be una ,le to enforce it. '1 he Land Regulations of the 4th March, 1803. alluded to, expressly provide that the charges created by Parliament should be first defrayed in the manner prescribed by the Constitution Act. Now the charges created by Parliament are—lst. All expenses incident to the management and sale of the Crown Lands. 2ndly. The New Zealand Company's debt, brdly. The expenses of Land Purchases from the Natives. 4thly. The sums mentioned in the Schedule of the Constitution Act, amounting to £16 000. In respect of the last, i is also a charge on the Revenues raised under any Act of the General Assembly; but up to the full period under consideration no Revenue Acts had been passed by the General Assembly, and consequently so much of the charge of the Civil List as is unprovided for by the local Appropriation Ordinances of New Ulster and of New Munster, falls on the General Land Fund. Apportionment of the Surplus Land Rlvenle. The 66th and 69th Sections of the Constitution Act prescribe that the unappropriated surplus Revenues of New Zealand raised under Acts of the General Assembly, are to be divided among the several Provinces in the like proportion as the gross proceeds of the Revenues may have arisen therein respectively. The proportions of the above surplus of the Land Revenues (£1J,513 17s. Bd.) payable to the several Provinces, according to the rule of the law alluded to, would be as follows :— £ s. d. Province of Auckland .. .. ... 6,622 2 6 New Plymouth ... .. 216 8 6 Wellington .. .. 1,413 0 0 Nelson .. 1,666 0 0 Canterbury.. .. .. 319 14 2 Otago 276 12 6 Apportionment of Surplus Ordinary Revenue. Adopting the same rule for the distribution of the Surplus Ordinary Revenue, and observing that the gross Ordinary Revenues raised in each Province are as follows :— £ 8. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. 25,508 16 6 New Plymouth ... .. .. .. 3,005 7 0 Wellington .. .. .. ... 17,042 5 9 Nelson .. 4,936 18 0 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 4,946 11 7 Otago 1,953 7 1 And alsothatthe surplus Ordinary Revenue is £13,878 13s. 9d., the proportion payable to each Province is as follows'; — £ s. d. Auckland.. .. ... 6,109 8 6 New Plymouth ... 736 ll 6 Wellington 4,174 0 0 Nelson 1,169 10 0 1 Canterbury ... .. .. .. 1,214 510 Otago 474 7 Hi The sums thus due to the Provinces have been carried to the respective Provincial accounts.

Vide Surplus Revatue account. No. 3.

Vide Statement of Reeeipts and Disbur»em«nts a«cotnpanying No. 1.

Vide Surplus Revenus account. No. I.