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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the STATE FORESTS

ACCOUNTS OF

DEPOSIT

Treasury, Wellington, 15th April, 1886. Examined and found correct as regards the Railway Receipts: JOSEPH PRIME MAXWELL, General Manager, Railways.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Debentures created under " The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885 " .. .. .. .. .. ... 1,500 0 0 Total £1,500 0 01

Balance on 31st March, 1885, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 6,168 1 11 13 3 Revenue appropriated to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty Endowments of Land, &c. 6,169. 5 2 2,275 10 5 18,277 6 8 23,396 6 6 5,337 15 10 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1876," is not in full operation ■49,286 19 5 235 5 3 Advance Accounts, — Net receipts in excess of payments on behalf of Local Bodies 602 0 5 50,124 5 1 Total £56,293 10 3

Balance on 31st March, 1885, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 330 12 8 26,576 10 6 46,931 14 8 26,907 3 2 Lodgments,— Armed Constabulary Reward Fund General Assembly Library Fund Miscellaneous Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) .. Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand University Endowment, Auckland) New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury New Zealand University Endowment, Westland Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 Westland Loan Act, 1873, Redemption 73,838 17 10 133 15 6 130 0 0 37,792 9 0 150 0 0 66 0 0 530 0 0 75 0 0 15 5 0 1,045 7 9 548 16 8 20 7 6 40,507 1 11 Total £114,345 19 9