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Sess. 11.—1897. NEW ZEALAND.

LIABILITIES (ABSTRACT OF, ON 31st MARCH, 1897).

Laid upon the Table in compliance with Section 38 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

Audit Office, 23rd September, 1897. The Controller and Auditor-General has the honour to submit to the House of Eepresentatives the Abstract of Liabilities on the 31st March last, in compliance with the 38th section of " The Public Eevenues Act, 1891." The Honourable the Speaker of the J. K. Waebueton, House of Eepresentatives. Controller and Auditor-General.

Summary of the Liabilities of the Government of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1897, prepared by the Audit from the Returns of the several Departments, in accordance with the 38th Section of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

lass. lepartment. -mount. Consolidated Fund. £ s. a. £ s. a. Civil List. 364 11 8 Colonial Secretary—His Excellency the Administrator of the Government Minister of Justice—Native Purposes 530 0 0 894 11 8 Permanent Charges. Colonial Secretary—" The Civil Service Act, 1866 " ... Minister of Justice—" The Civil Service Act, 1866 " ... Colonial Treasurer—Subsidies to Local Bodies "The Land Act, 1892" ... 9 4 6 154 0 0 651 15 0 2,553 2 1 3,368 1 7 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Annual Appropriations. Legislative—Legislative Council Colonial Secretary—Miscellaneous ... Colonial Treasurer—Land- and Income-tax ... Minister of Justice—Miscellaneous... Postmaster-General—Miscellaneous Commissioner of Customs—Miscellaneous „ Marine... Nil. 6,430 5 9 2,550 0 0 3,590 0 0 17,452 0 0 143 1 2 3,326 0 0 VII. VIII. Commissioner of Stamps—Miscellaneous Minister of Education—Miscellaneous „ Lunacy, &c. „ Labour ... ... 3,469 1 2 451 2 0 Nil. 1,328 19 8 32 4 11 Minister of Mines—Meteorological, &c. „ Mines... 1,361 4 7 IX. 13 10 10 200 0 0 X. XI. XII. Minister for Agriculture—Miscellaneous Minister for Eailways—Miscellaneous Minister for Public Works—Public Buildings, &c. Minister of Education—School Buildings 213 10 10 2,266 17 3 65,971 3 1 181 14 Nil. 9 XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII Minister of Defence—Capitation „ Police Minister of Lands—Miscellaneous ... Colonial Treasurer—Bates on Crown Lands ... Minister of Lands—Planting and Contingencies „ Grant to Cheviot County for Completion of Eoads Colonial Secretary—Unauthorised ... Commissioner of Customs ... 181 14 9 3,463 0 0 Nil. 4,142 10 9 60 0 0 574 9 7 3,492 16 0 518 19 3 9 0 0 522 8 0 Total Consolidated Fund ... £120,454 17 0