ZEALAND TO THE SECRETAET OF STATE.

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A.—No. 1.

LIABILITIES and NECESSARY EXPENDITURE.

Statement, ;c. — confinui Description of Force. Districts where employed. a) z A I to Monthly Expenditure, including forage and rations. Per Month. Per Annum. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought Volunteers forward ... Poverty Bay Opotiki 53 5 554 9 6 78 4 6 Ditto. Ditto. Native Allies ... 632 14 0 7,592 8 0 Opotiki ... White Cliffs ... Wanganui 132 104 72 1,208 8 0 439 11 2 598 6 0 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Friendly Natives 406 17 6 357 15 0 2,240 5 2 26,955 2 0 Waiapu ... Wanganui 150 Rations only. Ditto. Militia & Mounted Volunteers 529 0 0 761 12 6 9,175 10 0 Taranaki... 36 Pay and rations. Militia Staff ... A uckland Taranaki Wanganui Rangitikei Wellington Napier Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland 77 5 0 529 0 0 6,348 0 0 Included in Military Settlers. 118 10 0 48 1 0 65 2 0 83 0 0 53 10 6 41 17 0 35 13 0 63 1 6 39 9 0 .tcamcrs "St. Kilda" ["Sturt" "Gundagai" ."Moutoa" J Superintendent of I River Transport 300 0 0 300 0 0 80 0 0 625 9 0 7,505 8 0 'Paid by Commissariat. The amount paid does not quite clear working expenses. This day (January4th, 1866) a sum'of £212 14s. 3d. has been ordered to be paid for repairs of one of these vessels. 680 0 0 8,160 0 0 Colonial Defence Department— Hon. Defence Minister Under (Secretary Clerks ... " - Messenger... 83 6 8 50 0 0 116 13 4 8 6 8 3,100 0 0 Rations to .Arawa Tribe ... Special Service — Subsidy to New Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Raglan and Manukau) 800 0 0 95 0 0 258 6 8 800 0 0 9,600 0 0 C In addition to this, a subsidy \ of £50 per month is being 1 paid for a special service to v. Tauranga. 95 0 0 1,655 0 0 1,140 0 0 19,860 0 0 Contingencies ... id by 31st Dece 34,757 15 4 417,093 4 0 Liabilities for which payment must be provide Necessary Expenditure to 31st December, 186i •ember, 1865... 17,100 0 0 9,700 0 0 Total Expenditure for purposes of Colonia il Defence to 3( 10th June, 1866 443,893 4 0 Amount as above ■Steam Service to Tauranga £443,893 4 0 600 0 0 £444,493 4 0

MISCELLANEOUS. Liabilities for which payment must be provided before the end of December, 1865— Roads —Auckland „ Taranaki Timber —Military Settlers in Waikato 1'assages—Families of Military Settlers ... Blockhouses —Auckland aud Taranaki Total Amount. £ s. d. 2,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 10,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,100 0 0 Total 17,100 0 0 • Necessary Expenditure to 31st December, 1865— Blockhouses—-Taranaki and Wellington ... Stores—At various places ... ... ... Transport—Troops, baggage, &c. 'Tents and camp equipage Clothing 3.500 0 0 500 0 0 3,000 0 0 700 0 0 2,000 0 0 Total £9,700 0 0 £9,700 0 0 Total Miscellaneous ... £26,800 0 0 £26,800 0 0 23rd October, 1865. T. M. Haultaik