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for the Year ended 31st March, 1896, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1895. ACCOUNT.

1894-95. EXPENDITURE. 1895-96. £ s. d. 22 13 6 Annual Appropriations,— Class XVII.—State Forests Account Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account £ s. d. £ s. d. 481 17 1 5,205 19 1 7,192 8 6 Totals £5,228 12 7 £7,674 5 7 LOCAL ODIES, 2,387 13 11 12,224 10 8 14,255 4 6 5,573 1 5 Eevenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Pees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 2,369 12 3 16,909 19 2 22,459 4 3 11,548 1 6 34,440 10 6 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Eoad Boards whera " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 53,286 17 2 350 4 7 443 6 8 51,883 6 1 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies 40,151 3 0 86,674 1 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony 5,910 18 4 93,881 6 10 7,130 5 5 1 19 10 5,912 18 2 £93,804 6 7 Totals .. £99,794 5 0 ACCOUNTS. 13,121 8 9 11,211 1 5 1,257 18 4 28,050 1 1 246 1 7 50,789 17 11 13,100 0 0 171 7 9 507 19 9 75 7 6 37 0 0 Withdrawals, — Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Government of New South Wales Government of South Australia Government of Victoria Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Contracts and Promises Act, 1888 Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native-Land Purchases Naval Depot, Auckland Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand Midland Railway Ngatirahiri Compensation .. North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. Permanent-way Material for Open Lines of Railway Railways Released Sinking Fund Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 .. Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890 11,125 0 0 25 0 0 3,423 8 4 1,428 17 4 11,842 4 11 15 7 0 93,208 10 8 1,100 0 0 20 16 8 81 13 2 454 18 2 66 0 0 11,707 11 1 8 18 9 403 8 4 23,912 17 9 2,239 0 11 209 13 9 139 13 8 284 18 0 4,334 17 9 12,625 10 7 14,070 18 8 2,471 17 4 4 6 0 206 15 7 176 6 5 150,092 14 3 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony .. .. .. .. .. .. £150 0 0 In London .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,559 16 8 164,064 0 8 77,140 9 1 62,439 14 4 530 0 0 3,799 9 9 33,709 16 8 96,149 11 0 81,469 18 10 Totals £231,562 13 1 £260,213 11 8