8.—2.

CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1885. LOCAL BODIES.

JAMES C GAVIN, Secretary to the Treasury. JAMES B. HEYWOOD, Accountant to the Treasury. Examined and found correct: JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Controller and Auditor-General.

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EXPENDITURE. Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Gold Fields Revenue Gold Duty .. Harbour Board Endowments £ s. d. £ s. d. £ «. d. 3,223 18 8 18,248 14 6 24,921 0 0 113 19 0 46,507 12 2 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where " The Counties Act, 1876," is not in full operation 196 9 2 Advance Account, — Net amount paid on behalf of Local Bodies 25 10 3 Balance on 31st March, 1885,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 46,729 11 7 6,168 1 11 13 3 6,169 5 2 Total .. £52,898 16 9 ACCOUNTS. Withdrawals, — Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Auckland Museum Endowment Canterbury Surplus Land Revenue Consolidated Stock Act, 1884, Conversion Coromandel Gold Fields, European General Assembly Library Fund Miscellaneous .. .. Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki ■ .. Otago Educational Reserve Receiver-General's Deposits Te Aroha Gold Fields, European Thames Gold Fields, European Thames Gold Fields, Suspense Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881 Westland Loan Act Redemption Working Railways Deposits 122 0 4 911 16 3 202 9 10 356,500 0 0 19 10 0 100 0 0 71,492 11 10 115 10 0 32 17 4 8,128 17 9 3,000 0 0 89 18 6 900 0 6 423 14 4 515 0 0 119 17 6 23 14 0 Balance on 31st March, 1885, — Cash in the Public Account Advances, in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 46,931 14 8 437,697 18 2 330 12 8 26,576 10 6 26,907 3 2 73,838 17 10 Total £511,536 16 0