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PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR 1577-78.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 187 7-7 8.

DISBURSEMENTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT :— Class I.—Immigration II. —Public Works —Departmental ... III.—Railways IV—Roads V.—Land Purchases, North Island ... VI. —Waterworks on Gold Fields VII.—Coal Mines VIII.—Telegraph Extension ... IX.—Public Buildings X.—Lighthouses... XL—Miscellaneous Public Works ... 116,227 16 9 16,222 14 2 713,469 1 3 33,953 11 0 46,132 9 11 39,645 17 7 574 19 4 33,182 2 10 105,167 13 3 18,310 16 2 44,696 3 3! ' Less in excess of Votes 1,167,583 5 6 11,055 6 0 jl,156,527 19 6 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans, — Discount on Drafts on Crown Agents, London Stamp Duty on Debentures ... ... £593 15 0 Less recovery ... ... ... ... 8 5 8' 1,125 0 0 585 9 4 694 9 0 Honorarium to Agents Unauthorized Expenditure,— Services not provided for ... In excess of Votes 2,404 18 4 4,775 13 6 11,055 6 0 15,830 19 6 Proceeds of Sales of Allotments of Land, transferred as under: —■ To Vote for Immigration ... To Provincial Liabilities, Wellington To Land Revenue, Wellington 2,279 7 10 377 15 10 312 8 6 2,969 12 2 Temporary Advances to Consolidated Fund, under section 4 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1876 " Repayment of Temporary Advances obtained on security of Guaranteed Debentures ... 300,000 0 0 1,577,733 9 6 100,000 O 0 Bills Payable,— Drafts on Crown Agents retired 450,000 0 0 Total Disbursements I 2,027,733 9 6 Total Public Works Account ... £ 2,027,733 9 6 1— B. 1