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Table STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED STATE FORESTS

1897-98. RECEIPTS. 1898-99. £ s. d. 11,036 4 9 188 0 9 Balance at beginning 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. 16,417 17 3 11,224 5 6 918 0 1 10,077 13 0 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 3,176 4 4 2,668 2 2 10,995 13 1 5,844 6 6 £22,219 18 7 Totals £22,262 3 9 ACC UNTS OF 9,885 4 9 269 1 6 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. ., Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony .. .. .. .. .. ■ .. .. 7,754 1 2 2,434 3 8 10,154 6 3 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &e. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldnelds Revenue Gold Duty 10,188 4 10 3,070 6 2 12,199 16 2 47,281 9 5 10,849 1 8 3,453 14 5 11,246 12 8 33,363 1 6 14,818 8 11 73,400 13 5 62,881 17 6 380 14 0 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 321 14 6 39,042 6 3 84 16 6 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies Ditto on account of Unauthorised Expenditure of previous years 48,002 4 10 63 2 0 48,065 6 10 39,127 2 9 fc123,062 16 5 Totals £121,457 3 8 DEPOSIT 80,000 5 6 300 0 0 34,811 3 9 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 91,175 15 4 194 15 0 26,144 12 5 117,515 2 9 115,111 9 3 • 676 17 1 3,324 15 0 25 0 0 4 0 2 9 3 5 225 18 3 313,960 3 7 6,000 0 0 25 0 0 413 19 8 74 7 0 23 0 0 20,716 13 3 129 11 0 228 12 2 10 0 0 438 18 0 Lodgments,— Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Act, 1897 .. Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Government of South Australia Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Land Transfer Act, 1885 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Native Township of Pipiriki Native Township of Tokaanu Nelson Rifle Prize Fund .. New Zealand Midland Railway New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki New Zealand University Endowment, Westland North Island Experimental Dairy School North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. .. .. .. f Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 .. .. Thermal -springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 .. .. .. .. ... 1,098 1 6 6,301 17 6 75 0 0 14 2 0 402 14 10 240 13 5 87,759 13 0 50,640 0 0 391 1 5 140 2 5 110 16 5 26 1 5 21,713 9 3 242 1 0 364 2 6 2 10 0 41 10 10 6,415 1 11 12,546 13 3 3,550 0 0 2,146 0 0 112 2 5 1,469 0 9 527 13 9 0 3 4 894 12 9 189,915 7 8 353,595 16 7 Totals !468,707 5 10 £307,430 10 5