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FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1909, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1908, ACCOUNT.

ACCOUNT.

MINES ACCOUNT.

ACCOUNT.

19O7-19O8. EXPENDITURE. 19O8-19O9. £ s. a. 550,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 Treasury Bills renewea auring Year .. Treasury Bills paia off during Year £ s. a. 400,000 0 0 350,000 0 0 £ s. a. 700,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 Treasury Bills outstanding at end of Year 250,000 0 0 £1,100,000 0 0 Totals £1,000,000 0 0

£ s. d. £ a. d. £ s: d. 25,831 6 4 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 123—State Forests Branch 26,962 0 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Dominion 14,346 16 7 8,487 9 4 391 18 6 189 17 0 14,536 13 7 8,879 7 10 Totals £34,710 14 2 £41,498 13 7

£ s. d. 190,425 0 0 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 124—State Coal-mines .. .. ... £ s. a. £ s. d. ii67,074 13 0 4,200 0 0 Interest on Debentures 3,500 0 0 39,717 8 8 Expenditure under section 120 of " The Coal-mines Act, 1908 " .. 40,000 -0 0 100,000 0 0 " The State Coal Mines Act, 1901,"— Debentures matured, 1st April, 1907, paid off Debentures matured, 1st April, 1907, renewed as per contra 140,000 0 0 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government— In the Dominion 17,950 8 11 44,060 14 6 7 14 9,070 19 1 27,021 8 0 44,067 15 10 Totals y\. £418,410 4 6 £297,596 1 0

£ s. d. 5,484 7 1 Annual Appropriation,— Vote 125—Scenery Preservation £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,765 5 2 8,182 18 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government— In the Dominion 2,370 13 10 10 16 0 57 15 11 2,428 9 9 8,193 H 11 £13,678 2 0 Totals £8,193 14 11