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ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS

Db. account cu: :EENT of th: RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 46,405 13 0 971,954 15 5 Ixcidentai Receipts— continued. For Credit of Expenditure, —■ Permanent Charges, — Liabilities of the Year 1S68-69, — "Native Schools Act" ... £12 10 0 " Military Pensions Act" ... 190 Interest and Sinking Fund, viz.,— 0 Loan of 1863— Interest on £400, half-year to 15 June, 18G8 —on Bonds subsequently converted ... 12 0 0 Interest at 8 per cent, on Debentures under " Debentures Acts, 1864-65 " — overcharged— In accounts of 1866-67 £20 0 0 Insumof£17,154 14s. 9d., accounts of 1868-69 175 0 0 195 0 0 Sinking Fund at 2 per cent. — Amount deposited in error for half-year to 15 June, 1869 ... ... 3,622 0 0 " Nelson Debentures Act, 1S58 "— Amount charged hereto in accounts 1868-69, transferred to debit of Province in separate account ... ... 40 0 0 3,882 19 0 Services of the Year 1869-70, — Civil List Fund Account ... £337 10 0 "Native Schools Act" ... 27 7 6 " Waste Lands Act" ... 0 11 0 "Justices of the Peace Act, 1866" 12 6 " Post Office Savings Bank Act" 6 3 10 Interest and Sinking Fund, viz., — " Loan Act, 1856," — Interest on £75,000, half-year to 31 March, 1869—transferred to debit of Bank of New Zealand, London ... 1,500 0 0 Sinking Fund on ditto ditto 750 0 0 " Consolidated Loan Act, 1867,"— Accrued interest on Debentures sold, transferred from Consolidated Loan Act Account 9 7 4 " Auckland Loan Act, 1863," — Interest charged in sum of £1,177 10s., half-year to 1 April, 1869, transferred to debit of Bank of New Zealand, London ... ... 15 0 0 " Treasury Bills Act, 1869 (No. 2),"— Accrued interest on Treasury Bills sold ... ... 1,179 3 7 Interest on instalments of purchase money not paid at due date " ... ... 40 17 3 3,867 3 0 Appropriations,— Liabilities of the Year 1868-69,— Vote 6.—Legislative ... ... £1 12 0 Vote 31.—Postal Contingencies ... 1 11 4 Vote 44.—Telegraphic ... ... 263 12 9 Vote 60.—Customs, Nelson ... 3 17 6 Vote 63.— „ Westland ... 3 17 6 Vote 67.—Native Contingencies ... 0 2 0 Vote 68.— „ Salaries of Officers 10 0 0 Vote 69.—Sundry Charges ... 27 18 7 Vote 75.—Armed Constabulary Pay 5 0 0 Vote 76. — „ Ammunition 101 18 2 Vote 78.— „ Rations, &e. 1,780 4 5 Vote 79.— „ Arrears of Pay, &c. 4,579 2 7 Services of the Year 1869-70, — Vote 89.—Legislative Department £2 2 0 Vote 90.—Col. Secretary's „ 2 11 6 Vote 91.—Stamp „ 1 10 0 6,778 16 10 £2 2 0 2 11 6 1 10 0 Carried forward ... ... £6 3 6 £6 3 6 14,528 18 10 46,405 13 0 971,954 15 5