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

JAMES B. HEYWOOD, Secretary to the Treasury. ROBERT J. COLLINS, Accountant to the Treasury. Examined and found correct, except as regards the " Customs " and " Railway " receipts, which are not now examined by the Audit Office. JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Controller and Auditor-General.

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EXPENDITURE. 1891-92. 1890-91. 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 Main Trunk Railway Loan Application 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 Trustees Act, 1883 Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act £ s. a. 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 £ s. a. 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 1,921 19 0 27,555 5 0 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 4 800 0 0 35 13 3 64 6 5 439,552 1 7 50,205 19 6 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 67,851 1 1 64,782 6 3 152 5 8 9,679 7 5 3,844 9 11 Totals 71,695 11 0 74,613 19 4 £511,247 12 7 £124,819 18 10