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STATEMENT showing the NET ISSUES from the GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1898, compared with the Amount voted under "The Appropriation Act, 1897."

Treasury, Wellington, 26th April, 1898. Jambs B. Hbywood, Secretary to the Treasury. Examined and found correct, Eobebt J. Collins, J. K. Wabbtjbton, Accountant to the Treasury. Controller and Auditor-General.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given : printing (1,435 copies), £11 3s.

STATEMENT showing the NET ISSUES from the PUBLIC WORKS FUND, &c.— continued.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1898.

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Issued. Issued in Excess. Voted. Amount Unissued. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure.! Advances. Total. SUMMAEY. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Class I.—Immigration .. „ II. —Public Works, Departmental .. „ III. —Railways „ IV. —Roads „ V.—Development of Goldfields „ VI. —Purchase of Native Lands , VII. —Telegraph Extension .. „ VIII.— Public Buildings „ IX. —Lighthouses, Harbour- works, and Harbour Defences „ X. —Rates on Native Lands „ XI. —Contingent Defence Unauthorised 494 15 5 11,167 18 2 379,106 6 1 292,227 19 5 33,117 7 5 60,975 3 4 36,353 15 11 73,807 16 4 5,295 1 8 425 0 0 1,479 5 0 27,505 19 5 1,450 9 6 69 15 5 9,688 13 2 351,600 6 8 290,777 9 11 33,117 7 5 60,333 13 8 29,384 2 11 73,584 19 5 5,295 1 8 1,303 17 11 15,359 12 0 546 8 4 828 15 6 69 15 5 9,688 13 2 352,904 4 7 306,137 1 11 33,663 15 9 61,162 9 2 29,384 2 11 74,141 8 7 5,295 1 8 350 0 0 9,150 0 0 367,500 0 0 351,635 0 0 44,637 0 0 60,500 0 0 30,835 0 0 98,900 0 0 8,770 0 0 280 4 7 15,372 14 1 45,999 6 4 10,973 4 3 538 13 2 776 18 8 501 8 3 641 9 8 6,969 13 0 222 16 11 1,450 17 1 24,758 11 5 3,474 18 4 662 9 2 556' 9 2 205 0 3 10,360 7 7 52,566 1 1 48 10 6 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 51,169 4 9 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 51,169 4 9 500 0 0 20,000 0 0 343 10 3 9,639 12 5 1,396 16 4 51,169 4 9 Total Public Wobks Fund 955,677 12 8 40,140 0 4 915,537 12 4 18,595 2 11 934,132 15 3 992,777 0 0 112,292 18 9 53,648 14 0

> Issued. Issued in Excess. Voted. Amount Unissued. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. Advances. Total. The Government Loans to Local Bodies Account :— Roads, &c, to open up Crown Lands £ s. d. 18,769 11 8 S s. d. £ s. d. 18,769 11 8 £ s. d. 151 3 0 £ s. a. 18,920 14 8 £ s. d. 43,978 0 0 £ s. a. 25,057 5 4 £ s. d. 113 Total 18,769 11 8 18,769 11 8 151 3 0 18,920 14 8 43,978 0 0 25,057 5 4