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In the Northern Division .. .. 35,4C6 13 6 In the southern Division .. .. 45, <08 1 0 Amounting to .. .. .. .. 80.601 14 6 2. That the surplus Revennes were £24,392 1 5 3. That out of the Revenues of the Colony collected during the nine months, there had been issued, without the authority of any legislative enactment, a sum not exceeding £2,113. 4. That in respect of the liabilities incurred by the Government, without reference to the period in which the same were paid, it appears that on some services provided for by the local legis'a' ure, the expendituie was less than the Estimates, and on others, greater; that tie excess amounted to £17*655 6 8, and the deficiency to £7,325 9s. Pekiod included between Ist October, 1853, and 30th June, 1854. Proceeding next to the financial period included between the Ist of October. 1853, and the 30th of June, 1854, it is found that the total receipts were £376,324 18s. Id-, and the total disbursements to £342,299 2 9. These sums include both temporary and final transactions. The final receipts (freed from remittances, advances on the public se:vice, and other temporary transactions) amount to £162,567 12s. 9d , inclusive of a sum of £400 15s. lid. received as revenue by the Agent-General in England, and the final disbursements to ±91,758 ss. The following table shows the amount of revenue collected in each Province.

Vide Services in f»neral for period endm£ 30th June, 1654. No. 9.

Surplus Revenues. The balances in the hands of the several public accountants amounted to £65,005. Deducting from this sum the deposits in the Colonial chests, amounting to £.>.',385 9s. 7d., and also the following sums due to the Provinces on account ot the surplus Revenues available on the Ist of October, 1853, nampJy :— £ s. d. Province of Auckland .. .. 11,065 13 3 New Plymouth .. .. 7'2 16 5 Wellington .. .. 2,435 3 1 Nelson 2,121 4 9 Canterbury .. .. 1,534 0 0 " Otago .. .. .. 751 0 5 Amounting to .. . . •• 18,619 17 11 It will be found that the available cash balance on the 3Cth of Jane, 1854, was £1219.) i2s. 9d. If to this surplus are added the advancps made during the period by the Collectors of Revenue to the Provincial chests, viz. ■.—

Vide Statement No 9.

Vide Geneial Cash Balance No. 10. Vic!e Surplus Rfcrp. Hue Account, So. 11.

Provinces. Ordinary Revenue. Land Revenue. £ a. d. £ g. (1. Auekland 33,679 ll 10 11 New Plymouth 2,589 12 0 3 930 5 O Wellington 21,636 2 2 25.760 4 6 Nelson 6,059 12 6£ 16>23 11 9 Canterbury 5,701 19 8 3,308 19 1 Otago .. .. 2,773 1 8 5,316 5 9 Agent-General in England .. .. 400 15 11 72,840 15 9 89,7-6 17 0