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The foregoing figures represent the sums remitted by the Treasury. The sums brought to account by the county for the year 1884-85 are £48 15s. 10d. short of the sums above stated. In addition to the above a sum of £1,000 was remitted by the Treasury on the 23rd November, 1885, as an advance on account of gold revenue and duty. The amount has been erroneously brought to account in the balance-sheet for 1885-86 as an " Advance on Eoads Account." In the Treasury advice, as in the correspondence on the subject, the amount is expressly stated to be an advance against gold revenue and gold duty, and it should have been so described in the balancesheet. 43. The several sums remitted under the heads of " 20 per cent. Land Revenue," " Surplus Land Fund," " Subsidies on Sates," and " Rates on Crown Lands," are all correctly brought to account, and shown under their proper heads. The totals are as follow: —■
44. The fees and fines of the Resident Magistrate's Court as remitted by the Treasury have been duly credited. 45. The items of revenue above referred to, collected either by the county itself or by the Colonial Government on its behalf, constitute the county revenue available for appropriation by the Council, and form tlio measure of its powers to borrow moneys by way of overdraft. 46. The items of receipt to which I next refer represent moneys paid over to the county for specific purposes. They comprise receipts from sales of deferred-payment lands, grants under Acts of the Legislature, and grants out of sums voted for public works. 47. The several remittances in respect of deferred-payment lands have been duly credited under the proper head, the totals being as follow :— Year 1881-82 530 0 0 „ 1883-84 ... ... ... 809 7 4 „ 1885-86 257 17 10 £1,597 5 2 I shall refer to the subject of these receipts in a later part of this report (paragraph 71). 48. Grants under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. —The remittances made to the county under this Act, with the dates on which they are brought to account in the county accounts, are, —
Financial Year. Gold Itcvenue. Gold Duty. Total. .880-81 .881-82 .882-83 .883-84 .884-85 .885-86 £ s. a. 746 16 4 952 19 10 770 7 9 967 1 5 1,009 10 10 314 17 10 £ s. a. 1,328 11 10 1,233 11 6 1,146 18 6 1,224 6 5 1,410 8 3 247 17 4 & s. a. 2,075 8 2 2,186 11 4 1,917 6 3 2,191 7 10 2,419 14 1 562 15 2 Totals 4,761 14 0 6,591 8 10 11,353 2 10
Subsidies >n Kates. 20 per cent. Land Revenue. Surplus Land Fund. Kates Year. Under Financial Arrangements Act. Under Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act. on Crown Lands. £ s. d. 853 13 8 £ 1,399 s. d. 0 2 £ s. 1,148 17 1,531 16 d. 6 9 £ s. d. £ s. a. .880-81 .881-82 .884-85 .885-86 -153 8 2 675" 3 1 Totals 853 13 8 1,399 0 2 2,680 14 3 675 3 1 453 8 2
Remitted. Credited by Co mty. Number of Grant. Shown in Balance-sheet. Date. Amount. Date. Amount. 28 178 f 1 1884. June 16 ... March 31 August 29 '1885. September 23 October 23 £ 1,284 805 750 L884. June 17 April 1 August2;) £ 1,284 805 750 1883-84 | 1884-85 304 f t 1,000 125 1885. September 21 Not credited in ace 1,000 ounts. 1885-S6 £3,9G4 £3,839