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BEPORT. In compliance with the provisions of the 17th section of " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870," I have examined the separate account of the moneys raised under the above-mentioned Act, and of the expenditure thereof, during the year 1873-74, and find the same correctly stated, with the following exceptions:— Recoveries under Vote No. 84. The sum of £17,508 4s. Bd. includes receipts for allotments of land on which immigrants have been settled.* Explanation is necessary, as it does not appear why a vote for immigration purposes should be credited with receipts on account of the disposal of land. Roads, North Island, £5,980 9s. sd. This receipt includes three sums, viz.: — £82 1 10 52 15 0 84 2 9 which it is considered should be credited to Working Account of Foxton and Palmerston Tramway under the head of " Receipts from Lines open for Traffic." Charles Knight, 27th August, 1874. Commissioner of Audit. « The items are—N. Harland, £40; A. Jacobson, £10 ; P. Petersen, £15 ; OK Benson, £20; F. Frederichsen, £5 : Total, £90. By Authority : Gbobqb DIIaSBCBY, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 374. Price Qd.]

ITANCES ITJTSTANDING Oil 30t Public Works Lo; June, 1874, on l — continued. ceoun: .migrai ;ion am £ s. d. £ s. d. 21,979 19 6 £ s. d. Brought forward Balances of Advances, 1873-74— continued. Purchase of Land North Island — "Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870" ... " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873 " — Auckland ... Wellington... Taranaki ... Hawke's Bay Telegraph Extension Prospecting for Coal Development of Coal Mines ... General Imprest Account 8,664 16 11 5,328 14 2 46 18 10 317 12 0 2,000 0 0 394 2 8 300 0 0 1,993 9 9 Deduct Credit Balance — Auckland-Mercer Eailway Total 41,025 13 10 461 6 0 £40,561 7 10 James 3. Gavin, .ccountant to thi Treasury, 24th July, 1874. Treasury. ■