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FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1899, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898. ACCOUNT.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1898-99.

1897-98. EXPENDITURE. 189: 1-99. £ s. d. 5,802 1 4 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 110—State Forests Branch £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,340 6 10 16,417 17 3 Balance at cfpd of Year, — Cash in t-fe Public Account 18,921 16 11 Totals £22,219 18 7 £22,262 3 9 LOCAL B DIES. 3,138 12 7 10,647 13 11 49,389 12 3 10,478 12 10 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. .. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 3,450 17 7 9,545 12 10 36,109 0 9 15,339 6 2 73,654 11 7 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 64,444 17 4 358 4 0 283 3 0 38,861 16 0 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies Payments on behalf of Local Bodies charged to " Unauthorised " 47,952 17 7 600 0 0 48,552 17 7 7,754 1 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 8,020 14 5 8,176 5 9 2,434 3 8 155 11 4 10,188 4 10 Totals £123,062 16 5 £121,457 3 8 ACCOUN s. 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 Withdrawals, — Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Mining District Lands Occupation Act, 1894 Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Naval Depot, Auckland 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 Property Law Consolidation Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1895 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Released Sinking Funds Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 5,896 12 6 100 0 0 13 2 10 272 1 10 69,507 17 1 41,490 0 0 1 6 11 379 4 0 37 0 0 300 0 0 24,829 11 0 27 9 2 11 10 3 3 0 0 400 0 0 26,200 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 3 45 11 1 2,732 10 0 90 6 6 487 19 5 351,192 3 1 172,368 1 3 91,175 15 4 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 95,170 15 9 194 15 0 26,144 12 5 39,891 13 5 135,062 9 2 117,515 2 9 Totals £468,707 5 10 £307,430 10 5