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for the Year ended 31st March, 1892, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1891. LOCAL BODIES.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1891-92.

EXPENDITURE. 1891-92. 1890-91. Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash overdrawn Less Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony .. .. .. .. .. £136 12 9 In London .. .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 £ s. d. 20,869 9 2 £ s. a. 21,764 7 5 286 12 9 18 10 4 20,582 16 5 21,745 17 1 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 2,231 9 7 14,743 13 6 17,986 13 11 4,068 15 0 2,053 18 7 6,385 12 5 18,220 17 0 17,171 1 3 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 39,030 12 0 43,831 9 3 427 16 5 1,101 14 5 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies .. .. .. £11,749 1 7 Unauthorisea .. .. .. .. .. 1,399 18 0 13,148 19 7 16,206 0 3 52,607 8 0 61,139 3 11 Totals £73,190 4 5 £82,885 1 0 ACCOUNTS. Withdrawals, — Auckland Museum Endowment General Assembly Library Fund Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Kaihu Valley Railway Land Transfer Act, 1885 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. Money Order Settlement Native Contracts and Promises Act, 1888 Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) .. .. .. .. Native Land Purchases Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki North Island Mam Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 Permanent-way Material for Open Lines of Railway Pounamu-Lake Brunner Road .. Railways Account Released Sinking Funds Suspense .. .... Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 .. .. .. .. .. .. " Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890 135 0 0 245 0 2 1,114 7 3 16,361 4 2 40,232 15 3 14,247 18 1 20 16 8 221 9 6 685 14 1 41 0 0 10 19 3 35 11 0 50 0 0 444 1 9 861 4 5 16,391 16 7 1,500 0 0 287 0 7 686 13 0 65 0 0 7 8 6 10,930 7 4 2,200 0 0 1,085 0 0 332,595 2 9 79 18 1 1,023 3 8 18,322 5 4 1,921 19 0 27,555 5 0 300 0 0 35 13 3 64 6 5 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government,— In the Colony In London 439,552 1 7 50,205 19 6 67,851 1 1 64,782 6 3 3,844 9 11 152 5 8 9,679 7 5. 71,695 11 0 74,613 19 4 Totals £511,247 12 7 £124,819 18 10