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PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO— continued. Abstract of Expenditure for Provincial Liabilities or under Section 35 of the Financial Arrangements Act, during the period from 1st January to 30tli June, 1877.

Appropriation. ; Expended. Lapsed. In Excess. Payments to General Government— £ s. d. £ s. d. Repayment of Advances under Section 17, Financial Arrangements Act ... ... ... ... 13,277 0 0 Refund advance for immigrants' cottages ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 Refund paid in error to Provincial Account, Switzer's ... 21 2 6 13 0 Consolidated Fund Account, Dr. balance on 31st March, 1877 ... ... ... ... ... 8,610 4 8 Interest, Consolidated and Railway Loans ... ... 15,527 5 2 „ Advances Otago Provincial Public Works Act, 1874, to 30th June, 1877 ... ... ... 4,09113 2 Capitation Account Dr. balance on 30th June, 1877 ... 288 18 9 Interest, dock bonds ... ... ... ... 1,552 0 0 363 9 5 Interest, exchange, and commission ... ... 2,727 16 4 j 835 17 7 Police Reward Fund, balance transferred to Armed Constabulary Reward Fund ... ... ... ... 60119 2 Refund, immigration deposit ... ... ... ... 7 10 0 Refund, contract deposits... ... ... ... ... 3,332 14 0 Departmental— Police Sergeants'wages ... ... ... 34 2 6 3 18 0 „ contingencies ... ... ... ... 645 5 6 310 4 4 District Gaols, rations, tools, stores ... ... 787 5 6 105 1 4 Medical Officer, Invercargill ... ... ... 37 10 0 37 10 0 Crown Lands, — Contingencies, Dunedin ... ... ... 53 10 8 311 1 0 „ Invercargill ... ... ... ... 91 9 0 Provincial Engineer, contingencies ... ... 482 15 5 356 15 5 Survey, contingencies ... ... ... ... 496 13 7 46 18 7 Provincial Treasury, contingencies ... ... 30 1 1 5 14 0 Harbour Department, — Harbour Master, Stewart's Island ... ... 7 10 0 7 10 0 Contingencies ... ... ... ... 795 17 2 88 19 0 Hospital,— Visiting Medical Officer's honorarium ... 33 6 8 25 0 0 Contingencies ... ... ... ... ... 204 19 0 Lunatic Asylum, contingencies ... ... ... 54 11 0 40 2 1 Industrial School, contingencies ... ... ... 978 19 2 2 17 0 Gold Fields, contingencies ... ... ... 199 0 4 86 11 0 Railways,-— Working expenses and maintenance ... ... 4,204 16 5 j Books, tickets, &c. ... ... ... ... 858 15 0 15110 6 Southland Railways,— Traffic contingencies ... ... ... ... 132 2 0 Locomotive contingencies ... ... ... ... 308 10 0 Maintenance ... ... ... ... 470 15 2 22 10 10 Dunedin and Port Chalmers, — Traffic contingencies ... ... ... 632 19 3 231 9 3 Locomotive contingencies ... ... ... 340 10 3 I 374 10 5 Maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 10 3 10 Clutha — Traffic contingencies ... ... ... 763 2 8 180 13 2 Locomotive contingencies ... ... ... 707 8 9 19 1 11 Maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 121 9 9 Mataura, — Contingencies ... ... ... ... 653 5 4 29 14 4 Oamaru and Waitaki, — Traffic contingencies ... ... ... 865 7 11 69 18 5 Locomotive contingencies ... ... ... 67 10 2 72 14 8 Oamaru and Moeraki, — Contingencies ... ... ... ... 1,221 0 0 373 1 11 Awamoko, — Maintenance ... ... ... ... 1,139 8 3 127 16 8 Grants in Aid— Benevolent Institutions and Country Hospital! ... 496 19 11 1,394 2 7 Miscellaneous — Advertising ... ... ... ... ... 220 2 0 124 0 7 Arbitrations and actions ... ... ... 293 1 1 104 12 0 Botanic gardens ... ... ... ... 112 1 4 71 3 O Burial of paupers ... ... ... ... 1 18 6 23 2 6 Collecting dog tax ... ... ... ... 14 15 0 73 2 0 Compensation, cancellation, agricultural leases ... ... 1,817 0 0 Compensation, leases of runs ... ... ... 5,578 13 2 6,540 10 3 Compensation to officers ... ... ... ... 2,643 14 0 Expenses of witnesses ... ... ... ... 16 14 0 1 14 6 Fuel and light ... ... ... ... 8 4 9 28 6 9 General contingencies ... ... ... ... 1,022 2 0 212 10 9 Immigrants' cottages ... ... ... ... ! 106 18 7 224 5 10 Introduction of salmon ... ... ... J 267 7 8 207 7 0 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 177 0 6 4 4 0 Refunds of revenue ... ... ... ... ... 2,585 2 0 Steam service ... ... ... ... 793 6 8 250 0 0 £ s. d. 1,188 10 7 1,891 18 9 30 4 6 335 1 2 682 4 2 126 0 0 449 15 0 24 7 1 706 18 2 8 6 8 14 8 11 976 2 2 112 9 4 £ s. d. 34,540 7 3 601 19 2 7 10 0 3,332 14 0 257 10 4 91 9 0 204 19 0 9,699 11 6 96 1 5 188 9 1 40 18 4 897 2 8 21 4 0 58 7 0 1,817 0 0 961 17 1 2,643 14 0 14 19 6 809 11 3 20 2 0 60 0 8 172 16 6 117" 7 3 543 6 8 2,585 2 0 Carried forward 29,950 9 3 1 73,213 12 7 73,213 12 7 18,172 1 5 48,158 4 9