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DESPATCHES PROM THE GOVERNOR OP NEW

STATEMENT of ACCOUNT between the IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT and the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, from the documents at present in the possession of the Colonial Government.

Dit. £ s-. d. £ s. d. 'o " Error admitted " (vide Appendix House of Eepresentatives, 1863, page 7, B.—No. 1) 85,S91 10 I hntributions on account of Her Majesty's Troops — Eemitted for the three months ending 31st March, 1862 Eemitted for the year ending 31st March, 1863, (say) Eemitted for the year ending 31st March, 1864 .... Eemitted for the nine months ending 31st December, 1864 ... 6,929 13 26,175 16 33,906 6 38,157 4 9 8 8 0 \ [Note.—The Imperial claim of £5 per man for Troops, remitted from 1st January, 1862, to 1st January, 1S65. See Appendix House of Eepresentatives, page 3, B.—No. 7.] 107,169 1 1 'roportion of Transport Service on the Waikato, and other claims (say)... 80,000 0 t> t . 273,060 11 503,406 3 5 2 Estimated Balance due to Imperial Government £776,166 14 7 Dates when Account rendered. Ce. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1861 May 17 June 7 „ 11 Aug. 7 By accounts rendered to Colonial Secretary... Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto By accounts rendered to Assistant Military Secretary 53,183 1 4 15,192 6 11 25,868 15 0 12,959 13 1 Deductions amounting to £107,203 16 2,238 16 4 7 j Nov. 25 1862 March 20 May 9 Aug. 11 Sept. 2 and By accounts rendered to Assistant Military Secretary 104,961 19 9 18,731 5 0 Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto ditto By accounts rendered to Private Secretary, including the difference between the Commissariat Statements and Treasury Minute of 29 October, 1861 Ditto ditto ditto 7,386 13 11 35,729 13 1 2.011 5 s ]. J 100,807 4 11 Dec. 11 Nov. 4 4,494 5 5 1863 April 15 By contribution on account of the Imperial Troops, from 1st April, 1862, to 31st March, 1863, &c... £271,125 7 9 1864 May 5 28,175 16 S By advances from Imperial Chest, August to December, 1863 By contribution, H.M. Troops, from 1st April, 1863, to 31st March, 1864 ... By rations issued to Colonial Forces, December, 1863, to March, 1864 By cost of implements issued from Military Store ... By rations issued to Colonial Forces at Tauranga, February, 1864 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Port Waikato Ditto ditto 186,000 0 0 33,906 0 8 38,721 14 0 425 10 1 Nov. 12 Nov. 29 307 12 S 9,458 16 4 541 17 8 8,541 6 5 1865 Jan. 25 Ditto ditto at Te Awamutu Ditto ditto June, 1864 Ditto ditto July, 1864 Deduct 1,142 0 4 8,78? 11 2 March 3 13,992 19 205 12 2 3 13,787 6 11 ■ried forward ... ... ... ... ... „