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ending the 30th June, 1855—continued.

No. 4.—FINANCIAL

SCHEDULE No. 1.—Extract from the Appropriation Act, 1854. The sum of ,£30,497 7s. Od. to be paid out of Land and General Revenue for support of Civil Establishment, &c., of the General Government: that is to say— £ s. d. Land Purchase Department ........ 1,373 15 0 Post Office ........... 4,076 0 0 Interest on Debentures ......... 2,225 17 0 Pensions ........... 250 0 0 Governor's Establishment ........ 643 16 0 General Assembly, Building, &c. ....... 8,995 0 0 Colonial Secretary's Department, Colonial Treasury, and Bank of Issue 565 0 0 Supreme Court .......... 1,590 0 0 Native Secretary's Department, Auckland; Native Assessors, and Policemen, at New Plymouth ....... 1,037 0 0 Hospitals ........... 2,070 0 0 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . 4,160 19 0 Schools—Church of Rome ........ 600 0 0 Wesleyan body ........ 700 0 0 Service—Chatham Islands . . . . . . . . 500 0 0 Vaccination ........... 500 0 0 Donation to the Family of the late Mr. Coates, late Clerk to the House of Representatives ......... 200 0 0 Inter-Provincial Postal Communication by Steam .... 6,000 0 0 TOTAL £ 36,497 7 0 SCHEDULE No. 2.—Land Purchases. £ s. d. Paid by Colonial Treasurer . . . . . . . . - . 359 15 0 Sub-Treasurer, Wellington . . . . . . . . 1000 Commissioner of Crown Lands, Otago ...... 632 13 7\ Advances to Mr. M'Lean, Auckland ........ 12,950 0 0 Mr. Kemp, Auckland ........ 3,500 0 0 Mr. M'Lean, New Plymouth . . . . . . . 51850 „ "Wellington ....... 17,432 0 0 ,, Hawke's Bay ....... 400 0 0 Nelson 100 0 0 £ 35,902 13 7\ Less Advances refunded .......... — Total £ 35,902 13 7\ Note. —The advance of £400 to Mr. M'Lean, at Hawke's Bay, is not shown in the Account Current printed with the " Yotes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives," on the 29th August, 1855 ; the Hawke's Bay Land Fund account for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1855, not having reached the Audit Office until the month of October following.