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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1908, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1907. ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL BODIES.

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1906-1907. EXPENDITURE. 1907-1908. £ s. d. 8,194 17 9 19,758 4 5 18,078 12 11 29,541 15 2 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land,!&c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty £ s. d. 9,232 3 0 21,550 19' 8 17,966 19 0 31,902 7 0 £ s. d. 80,652 8 8 75,573 10 3 Counties Separate Account, — Amount distributed amongst Local Bodies where "The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 131 12 1 203 6 6 31,206 9 11 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies 46,743 18 7 15,814 11 0 Balance at end of Year,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Dominion 15,194 2 3 88 5 9 15,194 a 8 15,902 16 9 Totals j £122,886 3 5 ! £142,722 1 7 ACCOUNTS. £ s. d. 48,362 19 8 50 0 0 4 15 5 1,210 15 3 475 0 0 642 6 4 Withdrawals, — Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Funa Hospitals ana Charitable Institutions Acts, 1885-86 Imperial Government (South Africa Contingents) Lana Transfer Acts, 1883-85 Maori Land Administration Suspense Account Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894.. Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Township, Parata .. „ Pipiriki Potaka Te Puru Tokaanu.. „ Waipiro Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand International Exhibition New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury Ngatirahiri Compensation North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. North Island Experimental Dairy School Public Trust Office Remittance Account Railways Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 Te Aroha Domain Board Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 £ s. d. 35,840 17 7 75 0 0 279 8 8 230 6 3 206 16 9 £ s. d. 503 14 5 108,879 15 9 81,340 9 8 41 8 0 163 11 7 169 17 6 760 7 3 535 12 10 174,048 14 2 99,424 2 6 195 1 6 20 0 0 2,844 17 10 126 4 10 200 4 3 11 6 7 84 9 0 312 14 8 63 6 6 458 18 0 3,142 13 10 , 15 9 19,508 1 10 6,247 0 7 26 5 7 20,696 9 8 13,859 2 10 36,747 0 0 4,859 10 0 800 0 0 3,172 10 8 112 1 4 42 17 6 310,103 16 4 356,674 5 7 138,680 0 10 131 3 2 61,129 16 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Dominion In London 244,909 18 2 40 11 11 2,898 6 4 199,941 0 0 247,848 11 5 £510,044 16 4 Totals £604,522 17 0