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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the STATE FORESTS

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1886-87.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. Balance on 31st March, 1886, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. ... Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 379 6 1 108 6 7 487 12 8 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 109 10 4 3,764 5 1 3,873 15 5 Balance on 31st March, 1887 — Cash overdrawn 1,478 11 2 Total .. £5,839 19 3 ACCOUNT OF Balance on 31st March, 1886, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — , In the Colony 7,357 18 2 7,367 2 5 9 4 3 Revenue appropriated to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 2,375 16 11 8,438 9 5 14,319 19 3 22,583 1 8 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which "The Counties Act, 1876," is not in full operation 47,717 7 3 80 4 0 47,797 11 3 Total £55,164 13 8 DEPOSIT Balance on 31st March, 1886, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 100 0 0 16,022 15 5 41,965 6 2 16,122 15 5. 58,088 1 7 Lodgments,— Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Investment Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Miscellaneous Moeraki Harbour Board Fund Moeraki Harbour Board Fund Investment Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) .. Native Land Purchases Nelson Rifle Prize Fund .. New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury New Zealand University Endowment, Westland Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881 Westland Loan Act, 1873, Redemption 80 11 0 2,000 0 0 8,800 0 0 110 0 0 40,675 19 7 1,725 0 0 1,200 0 0 162 10 0 1,778 9 0 66 0 0 150 0 0 15 5 0 266 5 3 133 11 3 57,163 11 1 Total £115,251 12 8