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CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1887. ACCOUNT.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1886-87.

EXPENDITURE. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Annual Appropriations, — Class XV. —Minister of Lands 5,769 19 11 Permanent Appropriations,— Interest on Debentures, £1,500 69 19 i 5,839 19 3 Total £5,839 19 3 LOCAL BODIES. Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 2,363' 1 0 8,303 18 4 15,118 9 2 23,104 6 1 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where ",The Counties Act, 1876," is not in full operation 48,889 14 7 246 1 9 Advance Accounts, — Net amount paid on behalf of Local Bodies 512 12 5 49,648 S 9 Balance on 31st March, 1887,— Cash in the Public Account 5,516 4 11 Total £55,164 13 8 ACCOUNTS. Withdrawals, — Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Auckland Museum Endowment 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 Thermal-Springs Districts Act, 1881 Westland Loan Act, 1873, Redemption 2,351 15 8 23 6 3 8,800 0 0 110 0 0 23,397 4 2 225 0 0 1,725 0 0 112 10 0 1,281 18 9 66 0 0 327 7 9 147 18 9 38,568 1 4 Balance on 31st March, 1887,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 3 2 3 14,022 15 5 62,657 13 8 14,025 17 8 76,683 11 4 Total. £115,251 12 8