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No. 1—continued. for the Year ended 31st March, 1888, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1887. ACCOUNTS.

JAMES C GAVIN, Secretary to the Treasury. JAMES B. HEYWOOD, Assistant-Secretary and Accountant. Examined and found correct, except as regards the Railway Receipts, which are not audited by the Audit Office. JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Controller and Auditor-General.

EXPENDITURE. 1887-88. 1886-87. Withdrawals, — Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Auckland Museum Endowment Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Miscellaneous Moeraki Harbour Board Fund Moeraki Harbour Board Fund Investment Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Nelson Rifle Prize Fund North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act, 1886 Receiver-General's Account Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustees Act, 1883 Westland Loan Act 1873 Redemption Working Railways Account £ s. d. 336 18 6 6,542 13 6 120 0 0 344 7 11 51,826 15 3 1,500 0 0 202 10 0 1,898 5 3 66 0 0 312 16 2 10,000 0 0 7 0 4 49 18 0 35 7 6 5 0 0 £ s. a. 2,351 15 8 23 6 8 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 06 0 0 327 7 9 147 18 9 73,247 12 5 38,568 1 4 Balance at end of Year, — Gash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 59,121 2 1 463 7 0 1,558 12 8 62,657 13 8 3 2 3 14,022 15 5 61,143 1 9 76,683 11 4 Totals £134,390 14 2 £115,251 12 8