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No. 1—continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1898, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1897. ACCOUNT.

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1896-97. EXPENDITURE. 1897-98. 11,036 4 9 £ s. d. 2,472 7 10 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 110—State Forests Branch Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony £ s. d. 16,417 17 3 £ s. d. 5,802 1 4 16,417 17 3 188 0 9 11,224 5 6 Totals £13,696 13 4 £22,219 18 7 LOCAL B DIES. 2,246 15 0 7,084 19 7 58,179 13 9 9,461 4 11 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, (fee. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty .. 3,138 12 7 10,647 13 11 49,389 12 3 10,478 12 10 73,654 11 7 76,972 13 3 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where "The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 358 4 0 363 4 2 43,075 0 7 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Looal Bodies 38,861 16 0 9,885 4 9 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 7,754 1 2 10,188 4 10 269 1 6 2,434 3 8 10,154 6 8 Totals £130,565 4 3 £123,062 16 5 ACCOUN S. 6,375 0 0 25 0 0 753 9 7 8 13 9 968 4 0 120,447 19 0 3,650 0 0 38 15 1 434 1 0 66 0 0 27,895 3 0 Withdrawals, — Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Government of South Australia Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Land Transfer Act, 1885 .. .. ... .. .. Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Investment New Zealand Midland Railway New Zealand University Endowment—Taranaki Ngatirahiri Compensation North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. North Island Experimental Dairy School Permanent-way Material for Open Lines of Railway Property Law Consolidation Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1895 Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 3,530 0 0 3 17 6 311,985 6 7 16,550 0 0 434 5 9 43 0 0 400 0 0 17,706 6 11 10 19 4 67 17 5 90 6 1 11 10 3 3 0 0 347 5 5 400 0 0 12,114 16 8 0 9 4 10 0 2,020 0 0 0 8 3 45 11 1 175,236 2 11 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Aocount Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London .. 351,192 3 1 80,000 5 6 91,175 15 4 300 0 0. 34,811 3 9 194 15 0 26,144 12 5 117,515 2 9 115,111 9 3 Totals £290,347 12 2 £468,707 5 10