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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED STATE FORESTS

RECEIPTS. 19O3-19O4. 19O2-19O3. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 38,299 8 2 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony 31,364 13 8 165 1 9 377 11 11 31,529 15 5 38,677 0 1 2,278 19 2 1,591 15 8 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 1,992 18 6 14,733 4 11 16,726 3 5 3,870 14 10 Totals £48,255 18 10 £42,547 14 11 STATE COAL- £ «. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. . . ; Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony .. .. .. .. • ■.. In London .. .. .. .. 1,076 10 0 1,500 0 0 10,000 0 0 12,576 10 0 52,000 0 0 " The State Coal-mines Act, 1901," — Debentures created Proceeds of Sale of Goal 55,000 0 0 1,702 16 3 56,702 16 3 £69,279 6 3 Totals £52,000 0 0 UNTS OF ACC £ s. d. 17,700 14 8 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony £ s. a. 24,224 12 9 £ s. d. 11 12 5 151 15 8 24,376 8 5 17,712 7 1 6,966 9 9 19,052 15 2 24,964 2 8 22,399 7 1 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 7,696 3 5 20,080 2 3 23,463 14 11 23,400 6 6 73,382 14 8 74,640 7 1 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 278 3 6 334 2 2 39,161 19 6 67 4 8 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies Ditto on account of Unauthorised Expenditure of previous years 39,776 19 7 64 7 9 39,841 7 4 39,229 4 2 '." " : : £139,136 6 4 £130,658 8 1 Totals