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FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1900, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. ACCOUNT.

1898-99. EXPENDITURE. 1899900. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,340 6 10 Annual Appropriations, — Vote 116—State Forests Branch 4,002 9 7 18,921 16 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government, — In the Colony 23,558 16 2 23,765 6 2 206 10 0 Totals £27,767 15 9 £22,262 3 9 LOCAL BODIES. 3,450 17 7 9,545 12 10 36,109 0 9 15,339 6 2 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. .. Endowments of Land, &c. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 3,116 6 0 18,113 3 2 28,231 16 4 16,855 12 10 66,316 18 4 64,444 17 4 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where "The Counties Act, 1886, is not in full operation 527 14 0 283 3 0 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies Payments on behalf of Local Bodies charged to " Unauthorised " 43,203 5 4 1,964 2 8 45,167 8 0 47,952 17 7 600 0 0 48,552 17 7 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 5 155 11 4 4,479 16 6 4,479 16 6 8,176 5 9 Totals £116,491 16 10 £121,457 3 8 ACCOUN S. 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 Withdrawals, — Auckland Museum Endowment Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund .. .. • • • • Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Imperial Government (South Afrioa Contingents) Land Transfer Act, 1883 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894.. Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement More Men Fund Naval Depot, Auokland Native Land Act, 1872 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Native Township, Pipiriki Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Investment New Zealand Midland Railway Ngatirahiri Compensation North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. North Island Experimental Dairy Sohool Public Trust Office Remittance Account Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 18 16 6 5,441 10 0 75 0 0 17 10 10 5,552 3 9 506 4 10 256 7 2 60,686 17 7 56,400 0 0 4,350 0 0 55 16 2 346 6 10 74 5 6 12 13 0 500 0 0 21,586 11 6 7 13 11 26,200 0 0 3 0 0 10,503 6 11 2,732 10 0 11,439 18 2 839 13 4 90 6 6 487 19 5 911 1 2 179,581 17 2 172,368 1 3 95,170 15 9 39,891 13 5 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony .. .. .. .. • • • • In London 153,780 19 0 1,500 0 0 29,367 11 2 184,648 10 2 135,062 9 2 Totals £364,230 7 4 £307,430 10 5