LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF, ON 31st MARCH, 1895).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1895 Session I, B-22

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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF, ON 31st MARCH, 1895).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in compliance with Section 38 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

Audit Office, 20th June, 1895. The Controller and Auditor-General has the honour to submit to the House of Representatives the Abstract of Liabilities on the 31st March last, in compliance with the 38th section of "The Public Eevenues Act, 1891." The Honourable the Speaker of the James Edward FitzGerald, House of Eepresentatives. Controller and Auditor-General.

Summary of the Liabilities of the Government of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1895, prepared by the Audit from the Returns of the several Departments, in accordance with the 38th Section of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

Class. Department. Ami rant. Consolidated Fund—Permanent Chaeges. £ s. d. £ s. d. Colonial Secretary—Civil Service Act Colonial Treasurer —Subsidies to local bodies " The Land Act, 1892 " 9 959 2,553 4 6 3 10 2 1 3,521 10 5 10 13 0 2,689 17 9 I. II. III. Legislative—House of Eepresentatives Colonial Secretary'—Miscellaneous ... Colonial Treasurer —Miscellaneous „ Land- and Income-Tax 184 4 150 0 7 0 IV. 334 4 7 Minister of Justice —Miscellaneous ... „ Prisons 2,943 19 0 6 0 2 2,962 6 2 19,460 0 0 V. VI. Postmaster-General —Miscellaneous Commissioner of Customs —Miscellaneous „ Marine 722 4 10 2,535 0 0 VII. rax Commissioner of Stamps—Miscellaneous Minister of Education —Lunacy, &c. „ Labour 3,257 4 10 282 17 0 2,281 7 52 1 3 4 IX. 2,333 8 7 Minister of Mines—Geological „ Miscellaneous ... 7 50 7 0 4 0 57 7 i 1,936 10 7 61,912 6 2 413 12 3 1,000 0 0 6,535 0 0 X. XI. XII. cm. xv. Minister of Agriculture —Miscellaneous ... Minister for Railways —Miscellaneous Minister for Public Works —Public Buildings, &c. Minister of Defence—Capitation Minister of Lands —Miscellaneous Total Consolidated Fund ... £106,706 18 8

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Summary of the Liabilities of the Government, &c.— continued.

James Edwaed FitzGebald, 31st May, 1895. Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given: printing (1,350 copies), £1 lis. By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—1895. Price 3d.]

Class. Description. Amount. Public Woeks Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. Part 1. 117,890 9 6 29,336 15 11 3,626 8 3 III. /III. IX. Minister for Public Works —Eailways „ Public Buildings „ Lighthouses, &c. 150,853 13 8 34,257 12 3 21,829 1 2 7,860 19 7 13,987 0 0 287 14 5 IV. IV. V. VII. X. Minister of Lands—Eoads, &c. Minister of Mines —Eoads, &c. „ Goldfields Postmaster-General —Telegraphic Extension Colonial Treasurer —Bates on Native Lands Total of Parti. ... £229,076 1 1 Part II. II. III. Minister for Public Works —Eailways Minister of Lands —Eoads to give access „ Local Bodies, thirds 3,604" 10 410 4 4 1 10,082 7 4 4,014 14 5 Total of Part II. ... £14,097 !_&• Lands fob Settlement Account. 215 100,906 0 0 0 0 Minister of Lands —Eoads „ Purchase-money 101,121 0 Cheviot Estate Account. Minister of Lands—Dairy-factory,.&c. £2,400 0 0 Lands Impeovement Account. Minister of Lands —Eoads and Bridges £131,379 9 2. Native Land Pubchase Account. Minister of Lands —Surveys and Eoads £24,137 7 2 Colonial Treasurer—Government Insurance Account ... £1,146 17 7 Summaey. Consolidated Fund Public Works Fund—Part I. Part II. 229,076 1 14,097 1 1 9 106,706 18 8 Lands for Settlement Account Cheviot Estate Account ... Lands Improvement Account Native Land Purchase Account Government Insurance Account 243,173 2 10 101,121 0 0 2,400 0 0 131,379 9 2 24,137 7 2 1,146 17 7 Geand Total £610,064 15 5