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Advances to Provinces on Accoxtnt of Surplus Revenues. The Governor in a circular letter addressed to the Superintendents of Provinces, dated Bth August, 1853, wiih a view of enabling the Provincial Governments efficiently to perform their duties until such time as the General Assembly had passed some enactment on the subject, directed that a certain proportion of the current collections of revenues should be issued to the different provincial chests in the way of advances on account of the anticipated surplus which would be left from the General Revenues after defraying the expenses of the General Government. Under this arrangement advances were made to the Provincial Chests These have, in each case, been duly carried to the Debit of the respective Province. 1 At Auckland, the advances made to the Provincial Chest amounted during the period under consideration to £1665 17s. 9d., and the Credit to £12,731 lis" —leaving a balance on the 30th of September, 1853, of £11,065 13s. 3d. due to' the Province. Of this balance the sum of £4443 10s. 9d. was due on account of the Ordinary Revenue, and £6622 2s. 6"d. on account of the Land Fund. The Balance due on the same day to the Province of New Plymouth was £7'2 16s. 5d., of which £648 Us. 6d. was due from the Surplus Ordinary Revenue, and £64 4s. 1 Id. from the Surplus Land Revenue. To the Province of Wellington there was due £2435 3s. Id., of which £1022 3s. Id. was due from the Ordinary Revenue and £1413 from the Land Fund. To the Province of Nelson £2121 4s. 9d., of which £455 4s. 9d. was due from the Ordinary Revenue, and £1666 from the Land Fund. To the Province of Canterbu y £1534, of which £1214 ss. lOd. was due from the Ordinary Revenue, and r3i9 14s. 2d. from the Land Fund. To the Province of Otago os. 5d , of which £474 7s. lid. was due from the Ordinary Revenue, and £276 12s 6d. from the Land Fund; subject, however, to adjustment on account of the peculiar provisions made in the Otago " Terms of Purchase" in respect of the Revenue arising from the disposal of Waste Lands within the Otago Block. Appropriation op the Revenues. Adverting next to the Provisions made by law for defraying the expenses of the Government of New Zealand, it will be seen from the statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Nine Months ending the 30th September, 1853, that the Revenue receipts of the several public accountants, including Ordinary and Territorial Receipts, when cleared of all temporary transactions and deposits, amounted to £98,541 Bs. 5d.; of which there was collected in the £ j. d. Northern Division .. .. 55,278 4 4 In the Southern Division .. 43,263 14 1 Separating the Ordinary from the Territorial Revenue, it is found that the Ordinary Revenue collected in the— £ s. d. Province of Auckland was .. 25.508 16 6 Do. New Plymouth .. 3,005 7 0 Do. Wellington .. 17,G4'2 5 9 Do. Nelson .. .. 4,936 18 0 Do. Canterbury .. 4,946 11 7 Do. Otago .. .. 1,953 7 1 Amounting altogether to .. 57,393 5 11 The Ordinary Revenue was expended principally under the authority of the Appropriation Ordinances of New Ulster and New Munster. £ s. d. The total of the two Ordinances, if computed for nine months, is 41,40 l 3 6

Vide Surplus Revenue Account. No. 6,