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ACCOUNT of the RECEIPTS and DISBURSEMENTS of the

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1877-78.

Page RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. REVENUE ACCOUNT. Assets of 1876-77:— Revenue, —■ Postal Telegraphic Registration and other Fees Railways 22,457 14 3 153 14 5 40 17 4 26,031 18 8 48,684 4 8 Recoveries, — Advances to Land Fund Unauthorized Expenditure of 1876-77 Penalty under San Francisco Mail Contract Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation,—■ Temporary advance ... ... £5,000 0 0 Promissory Notes for Interest ... 1,475 16 1 47,500 0 0 7,748 2 6 5,000 0 0 Advances under section 53 of "The Counties Act, 1876" Miscellaneous ... 6,475 16 1 435 17 11 4,720 18 9 71,880 15 3 12 Financial Year 1877-78 :— Revenue, — Ordinary,— Raised by Taxation, — Customs ... ... £1,272,901 5 3 Stamps ... ... ... 151,068 16 9 1,424,030 2 0 120,564 19 11 Receipts for Services rendered, — Railways ... ... ... 546,458 12 10 Postal" ... ... ... 113,358 8 10 Telegraphic ... ... 72,361 1 7 Judicial ... ... ... 46,797 10 7 Land Transfer ... ... 36,578 3 9 Registration and other Fees ... 27,603 0 8 Marine ... ... ... 19,491 11 4 Miscellaneous ... ... 42,074 4 0 904,722 13 7 13 Territorial, —■ Land Sales ... ... £1,440,824 4 5 Depasturing Licenses and Assessments ... ... ... 94,224 2 2 Miscellaneous ... ... 51,514 12 10 2,328,752 15 7 1,586,562 19 5 51 51 51 Balances transferred to Consolidated Fund by the operation of "The Public Revenues Act, 1877," — Consolidated Loan of 1807 Defence and Other Purposes Loan of 1870 State Forests Account... 37,632 0 8 35,416 18 9 2,226 13 3 3,915,315 15 0 75,275 12 8 Carried forward 3,990,591 7 8 4,111,156 7 7