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Table No. 7. ESTIMATED Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for 1898-99, compared with Actual Expenditure of 1897-98.

Table No. 8. STATEMENT of the Estimated Revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for 1898-99, compared with the Actual Revenue of 1897-98.

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Estimate for 1898-99. Actual of 1897-98. Diffe Increase. Differences. 'erences. Decrease. Revenue Account. £ 25,700 1,795,012 350,988 £ 24,205 1,741,413 346,598 £ 1,495 53,599 4,390 £ Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under special Acts 2,171,700 2,112,216 59,484 Annual Appropriations,— Legislative Departments Colonial Secretary's Department Colonial Treasurer's Department Justice Department Postal and Telegraph Department Customs and Marine Department Stamps and Deeds Department Education Department Lunacy and Charitable Department Department of Labour Mines Department Department of Agriculture Working Railways Department Public and School Buildings and Domains Defence Department Police Department Lands and Survey Department Valuation Department Rates on Crown lands 17,075 69,345 36,789 123,445 385,821 73,911 25,325 443,569 58,277 6,859 16,110 57,235 871,000 42,225 98,349 113,529 109,264 23,148 900 15,999 . 74,101 23,535 122,480 362,867 70,794 23,041 435,020 57,305 6,870 15,556 54,409 849,923 38,001 72,453 105,975 122,584 37,127 154 1,076 13,254 965 22,954 3,117 2,284 8,549 972 554 2,826 21,077 4,224 25,896 7,554 11 41756 131320 13,979 "746 2,572,176 116,048 32,066 Services not provided for Purchase of the Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Patent 2,488,194 1,962 10,000 1,962 10,000 175,532 44,028 44,028 Total 131,504 4,743,876 4,612,372

Estimate for 1898-99. Actual of 1897-98. Increase. Decrease. Differences. Revenue Account. £ 1,935,000 770,000 390,000 £ 1,935,252 780,232 382,497 10 72,179 1,370,572 51,289 23,960 108,343 263,296 £ £ 252 10,232 Customs Stamps Land- and Income-tax Property-tax Beer Duty Railways Registration and other Fees Marine Miscellaneous Territorial Revenue .. .. .... 71,000 1,370,000 74,000 23,000 109,000 227,000 7' 503 22j 711 10 1,179 572 °960 657 36j 296 Debentures for Sinking Fund increases.. 4,969,000" 54,300 4,987,630 69,600 30,871 49,501 15,300 64,801 30,871 Total 33,930 5,023,300 5,057,230