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FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1897, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1896. Part I.

£ s. d. Cr. 9 11 0 12,499 10 0 176,223 11 9 66,715 3 1 9,345 0 5 Annual Appropriations,— Class I. —Immigration II.—Public Works, Departmental III.—Railways IV.—Roads V.—Development of Goldfields „ VI. —Native Land Purchases „ VII.—Telegrauh Extension .. „ VIII.—Public Buildings IX.—Lighthouses and Harbour-works X.—Rates on Native Lands XI.—Contingent Defence £ s. d. 301 6 3 14,891 16 6 193,307 13 1 64,236 12 3 10,508 2 11 Cr. 37 2 0 36,791 8 11 70,578 15 10 11,600 7 5 331 19 3 10,553 16 9 £ s. d. 35,537 15 2 76,239 11 10 7,409 9 4 340 1 5 5,000 0 0 389,300 12 0 413,064 17 2 Services not provided for 942 9 3 288 19 7 58 14 2 Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1887, — Moiety of subsidy to Waipa County 55 3 4 4,811 14 7 10,588 14 6 15,749 10 3 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London Investment Account 63,642 13 10 18,198 2 0 5,521 16 5 70,000 0 0 157,362 12 3 31,149 19 4 Totals £420,798 5 1 £571,425 2 0 Part II. Annual Appropriations,— 20,88117 l! Class I.—Bailways 1,800 0 Oj Public Works, Departmental 22,681 17 4 13,923 0 9 13,923 0 9 Balance at end of Year, — 12,960 15 7 : Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— 962 5 2 In the Colony 13,923 0 9 £36,604 18 1 j Totals £13,923 0 9