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No. 1—continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1899, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

ACCOUNT for the Year ended 1st March, 1899, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

1897-98. EXPENDITURE. 1898-99. £ s. a. 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 8 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 Annual Appropriations, — 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 £ s. d. 104 16 10 10,090 1 8 374,141 2 3 295,483 7 2 17,354 10 2 53,182 16 10 28,550 14 0 107,266 14 5 15,662 10 1 347 11 10 13,866 12 11 £ s. a. 864,368 7 7 916,050 17 9 Unauthorised, — Services not provided for .. .. Repayment of temporary advance from Consolidated Fund 50 17 6 1,169 4 9 50,000 0 0 50 17 6 51,169 4 9 5 5 0 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Acts, 1896-97,— Charges and expenses of raising loan 225 1 0 17,408 19 10 Balance at ena of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Aavances in the hanas of Officers of the Government — In the Colony In Lonaon 31,794 6 9 18,595 2 11 15,488 4 9 16,509 13 0 22,552 6 7 70,856 6 4 51,492 7 6 Totals £967,035 4 10 £987,183 2 7

12,115 16 3 753 18 7 Expenditure, — Interest (including arrears) Surveys, Roading, &c. 15,849 10 2 534 5 3 16,383 15 5 12,869 14 10 Appropriations, — Vote 111—Cheviot Estate Expenses 3,787 13 2 113 1 7 Balance at ena of Year, — Cash in the Public Account 546 11 1 Totals £16,657 8 0 £17,043 8 1