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A detailed statement (140 pages) of expenditure, liabilities, &c, in respect of each of the 2,206 separate appropriations, and a full statement from the commencement of the position of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account, has been issued within the department quarterly, and the various authority and expenditure registers have been balanced as between themselves, and also with the Treasury books. A large amount of work has been performed during the year in preparing returns for Parliament, and for departmental information, compilation of reports, statements and tables for the annual report, supplying information daily as to the condition of road and other accounts, preparation of Consolidated Fund, Public Works Fund, and other estimates under the direction of the head of the department, and general supervision of the accounts of the district offices. The comparative statement following shows to some extent how the yearly increase of work in the department affects this branch : —

Audit. Mr. Euncie, Auditor of Land Eevenue, reports : — The receipts have been as hereunder stated: — £ s, d. Territorial revenue ... ... ... ... ... 270,203 5 9 Lands for settlement ... ... ... ... ... 72,781 8 2 Cheviot Estate... ... ... ... ... ... 14,166 7 4 State forests ... ... ... ... ... .. 14,915 5 3 North Island Main Trunk Railway ... ... ... 9,449 7 8 Thermal springs ... .".. ... ... ... 1,650 611 Hanmer Sanatorium ... ... ... ... .., 1,139 19 10 Lakes Bllesmere and Forsyth ... ... ... ... 1,787 13 9 Mount Cook Hermitage ... ... ... ... 35816 6 Crown-grant fees ... ... ... ... ... 915 17 10 Survey vote ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,149 2 8 Native townships ... ... ... ... ... 505 11 9 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,433 7 10 Government loans to local bodies ... ... ... 21,157 5 2 Endowments ... ... ... ... ... ... 17,724 16 10 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £431,338 13 3

To Local Bodies. District. Under Agreements. " Thirds " and " Fourths" in Deposit Account. Totals. Departmental. Grand Totals. £ s. a. £ s. a. Auckland ... 24,191 4 2 ! 5,128 3 4 Hawke'sBay ... 10,156 4 9! 5,353 2 6 Taranaki ... '• 7,196 3 8 ! 4,225 6 2 Wellington ... ' 25,925 18 4 | 19,178 15 4 Nelson ... ; 8,580 8 7 i 1,462 1 5 Maryborough ... : 4,796 1 9 167 4 8 Wesfland ... ; 3,842 6 3; 34 16 3 Canterbury ... j 8,163 1 10 ! 1,102 9 7 Otago ... ! 22,888 2 11 ! 2,959 4 10 Southland ... j 26,214 17 7 j 1,283 7 6 General . . ! 1,906 5 8 £ a. d. 29,319 7 6 15,509 7 3 11,421 9 10 45,104 13 8 10,042 10 0 4,963 6 5 3,877 2 6 9,265 11 5 25,847 7 9 27,498 5 1 1,906 5 8 £ s. d. 82,031 0 4 26,983 11 3 21,852 0 10 85,786 7 4 5,499 6 3 ]2,558 2 9 16,437 18 1 5,989 13 10 13,953 6 2 18,391 6 4 2,902 17 11 £ s. d. 111,350 7 10 42,492 18 6 33,273 10 8 130,891 1 0 15,541 16 3 17,521 9 2 20,315 0 7 15,255 5 3 39,800 13 11 45,889 11 5 4,809 3 7 Totals ... 143,860 15 6 ! 40,894 11 7 !184,755 7 1 ;292,385 11 1 477,140 18 2

Year. Number of J Vouchers. Gross Amount authorised for Payment, Credit, or Eefund. Number of Appropriations. Number of Agreements with Local Bodies prepared. Amount granted to Local Bodies. Payments to Local Bodies under Agreements. 1890-91 1891-92 (9 months) 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 ' ... 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-00 1900-01 9,810 8,355 10,676 13,071 14,367 15,422 15,689 17,719 18,620 16,172 18,656 £ 152,775 177,903 260,498 353,772 420,531 578,778 711,660 587,422 990,063 821,931 691,547 210 219 252 440 592 682 932 1,112 1,498 1,858 2,206 80 87 108 181 215 203 248 228 382 469 613 £ 17,782 23,391 21,568 42,847 52,892 33,761 59,712 53,950 74,799 77,316 121,617 £ 13,448 20,388 22,704 45,302 42,813 32,419 55,586 47,977 51,014 76,813