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No. 1 — continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1903, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1902. ACCOUNT.

19O1-19O2. EXPENDITURE. 1902-1903. £ s. d. 10,334 13 7 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 111—State Forests Branch £ s. d. £ s. d. 11,017 19 6 38,299 8 2 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 31,364 13 8 31,529 15 5 377 11 11 165 1 9 38,677 0 1 Totals £42,547 14 11 £49,011 13 8 MINES Ai COUNT. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Annual Appropriation— Vote 112—State Coal-Mines 39,423 10 0 Balance at end of Year — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government— In the Colony In London 1,076 10 0 1,500 0 0 10,000 0 0 12,576 10 0 Totals £52,000 0 0 LOCAL B DIES. £ s. d6,902 6 6 13,675 5 8 26,508 11 8 19,673 0 4 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Pees, Pines, &o. Endowments of Land, &o. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty £ s. d. 6,871 1 1 17,086 3 9 26,234 7 3 16,642 4 3 £ s. d. 66,759 4 2 66,833 16 4 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst local bodies where "The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation .. .. .. .. .. .. • 311 19 10 624 15 8 31,292 6 1 Advance Aocounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies 39,136 3 6 17,700 14 8 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the .hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 24,224 12 9 24,376 8 5 11 12 5 151 15 8 17,712 7 1 Totals £116,388 13 0 £130,658 8 1