THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 29, 1873.

Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2400, 15 April 1873, Page 2

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 29, 1873.

The public accounts of the colony for the quarter ending March 29 are published in the" Gazette" -.— Receipts : Consolidated Fund—£323,4o6 7s lOd, of which £233,085 13s lid were derived frpm Customs; £22,280- 6s 8d from stamps ; £14,232 16s from postal ; £\0,370 17s lOd from telegraphic ; £7,388 Is 6dfsom judicial ; £6757 10s 8d from registration, and other fees, and the balance from various incidental sources. . . "".. Special' Funds—£ 146,944 lis 7d, of which £5,476 8s 4d were derived under the New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863 ; £10,736 Is 7d, -under the Defence Loan Act, 1870; £1209 12s under the Consolidated Loan Act, 1867, as - premium on of debentures ; £532 0s 9d, for land, under "North Otago Districts "Public Works Act, -1872 ; '£128,990 8s lid, under Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870. Land Fund, £193,626 15s 3d, of which £157,715 19sId was land fund ; £10,474 lis 3d goldfleltis; £18,099 9s lid, gold duty; and £7179 0s Bd, native lands account; and £157 14s 4d, recovery from the provinces on account of. balance at debit of land- fund account. —' ■■■*•■. . ■ Trust Fund, £71,502 Is 2d, the following being the items; Government Annuities Act, £9732 6s lid; intestate estates _und,£222017s 6d; interest,'£B9ls lss Id ; native reserves, £2188 Ss 7d; Post-office money order, £15,000; Post-officfe savings bank, £32,005 12s ; the balance is made up of miscellaneous items. Undistributed—£22,427 16s 3d. Total Receipts—.£7s7,9o7 12s Id. Balance —On December 28, 1872, £1,211,976 14s 2d : consisting of imprest outstanding, £157,897 4s ; foreign imprest account, £134,308 0s 2d ; cash in the public account of the colony, £287,882 18s 2d ; do on the New Zealand public account, London-, £631,888 llslOd. Grand total, £1,969,884 6s 3d. EXPENDITUBE : Consolidated Fund, £314,395 Sis Id. Consisting of, liabilities of 1871-72', civil list, £240 16s Id; permanent charges, £669 4s 3d; appropriations, 2845 17s lOd ; current services, civil list, -36733 8s lid ; permanent charges, viz, interest and sinking fund,----£149,762 16s 9d ; under Acts of the General Assembly, £10,109 3s Bd. Appropriations, viz, public domains and buildings, £5477 2s 4d ;• public departments, £27,181 12s lid; law and justice, £13,451 4s sd; postal, £32,397 15a 7d; Customs, £12,17015s 6d ; native, £7745 lis 4d; miscellaneous, I £9647 Os Id; militia and volunteers, £3549 14s 7d; payment to provinces, £16,216 4s 8d ; supplementary, £3071 Os 9d ; refunds of revenue, £1272 12s 6d; moiety of stamp duties, transferred to immigration and public works loan, from November, 1872, to February, 1873, £11,853 7s lid. Special Funds—£3l6,sßl 16s Id, consisting of : confiscated lauds, £2766 2s lid ; Defence Loan . Act, 1870, £4642 9s 5d ; current services, £3.6,943 _0s 9d : Immigration and Public Works Loan. Act, 1870, interest and sinking fund .transferred to consolidated fund £18,625 ; departmental pxpenses, £17.848 8s 9d ; immigration, £25,660 12s 9d; "roads in North Island, £18,563 4s 4d; railways, North Island, £46,981 Os lOd.; Middle Island, £65,041 3s 8d: land purchases, North Island, £30,134 13s 5d ; water supply, £4131 6s 9d ; prospecting for c0a1,"£258 ISs'2d; advances to coal mines, £114 15s; telegraph extension, £6697 16 9d ; payments to Road Boards, £30,081; refunds of stamp duty, kc'., £90 Is 7d ;' transfers to New Zealand Settlements Act account, under Appropriation Act, 1872, £3000 ; charges and expenses account, £1 2s ; Wellington Debts Act, 1871 payment to provincial account, £5000. LAND Fund, £191,961 6s 2d, consisting of: receivers of land revenue, £150 ; commissioners ojj C.Q.vrv_ laQflg 6n{ } BUrveyorg, £801

18s ;-refunds, kc, £94 ■£ . / Wert M fis* •Midated fund on debit of provinces*, £tß;u 14.-,,, ,an «c« » to provincial accounts, sml^m. mm Wla, „_„?_ fe,fe'»* TisuST Fund-£137,578 13 3 G ,l ,*' * o £/ r^ e<i tnnT £2<?l 0s 3d ; Government J2 ( £4332,- General Assembly «/o £.>0 ; intestate estates fund, - 710 V fuil <-, intestate estate expenses, £227 __m, ; vestment, £120,500 ; interest JU.I ; inland assurance fund, £20 4s id 1 3(i ' estates, £70 19-8 d ; native reserves"., 1 * Os lOd • post-office money order 7- 3l post-ofiice savings bank, £0 13 a n_\ ,!} t<M] ; rapa 5 per cent fund, £100 ' **%• Undistributed—£2l.266 u 8 7d Total Expejjditure-£981,783 in leaving a balance on March 29 0 6s lOd, consisting of : imprests outat-S- 100 viz., Imperial Government, £23,885 H •??' proviuces in separate account,-£l3 222 a* '," ; Auckland Reserves Act account-'*A<>iVi •' miscellaneous, ' £151,138 163 'ij*"J*- 3£l9o,34B 3s 9d. Foreign imprest ' tc! < £144,833 7s; cash in the public tS C ' the colony, £.17,228. 8s lid ; doSTv' 1 Zealand public account, London jjjo- * 7s 2d. ' * id °M