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APPENDIX A.—continued. Part II.— An ACCOUNT of the BALANCES of the PUBLIC MONEY Remaining in the Exchequer on the 1st day of April, 1877; of the Receipts and Payments (not being Income and Expenditure, as shown in Part I.) in the Year ended the 31st day of March, 1878; and of the Balances in the Exchequer on that day

Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 13th April, 1878. Henby Selwin-Ibbetson. I hebebt certify, pursuant to the provisions of the Act 38 and 39 Viet., c. 4*5, s. 4, that the foregoing accounts are correct. "William Dttnbae, Exchequer and Audit Department, 16th April, 1878. Comptroller and Auditor- General.

£ s. d. £ s. a. Issued to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to be applied to the Redemption of the public debt Deduct — Amount applied in repayment of Bank advances for deficiency 439,808 3 6 439,808 3 6 Amounts issued out of sums raised, per contra, for payment of expenses of constructing certain fortifications, per Act 32 and 33 Viet., c. 76 ... Amounts issued out of sums raised, per contra, for payment of expenses authorized for localization of military forces, per Act 35 and 36 Viet., c. 68 Exchequeb bonds (Series IT) paid off ... Exchequer bills paid off Teeasuky bills paid off Advances for the purchase of bullion And for local works, &o. 100,000 0 C 700,000 0 0 1,000,000 0 C 100,900 0 C 5,344,000 0 C 310,000 0 0 5,050,850 1 11 Advances for Greenwich Hospital Excess of total expenditure over income in the year ended 31st March, 1878 Balances in the Exchequer on the 31st March, 1878 — At the Bank of England At the Bank of Ireland 5,360,850 1 11 143,494 7 5 2,640,197 1 1 5,462,797 4 2 780,591 13 11 6,243,388 18 1 £21,632,830 8

Ialances in the Exchequer on the 1st April, 1877 — At the Bank of England ... At the Bank of Ireland ... £ s. d. 4,815,796 16 4 1,172,853 5 5 £ 8. d. 188,650 1 9 Ioney raised in the year ended 31st March, 1878 — Funded Debt — By the creation of Terminable Annuities, as under— viz., — To provide for the expense of constructing certain fortifications, per Act 32 and 33 Viet., c. 76: annuity of £14,431, commencing 5th April, 1877 to expire on 5th April, 1885 Por localization of the military forces per Act 35 and 36 Viet., c. 68: annuity of £51,332, commencing 1st August, 1876, to expire on 1st August, 1885, and annuity of £43,724, commencing 1st December, 1877, to expire 1st December, 1885,.. 100,000 0 0 700,000 0 0 800,000 0 0 Unfunded Debt — Exchequer bonds, Supply 1877-78, issued under 41 Viet., c. 2, Tiz.,— Nos. 1 to 10, dated 16th March, 1878 ... £1,000,000 „ 11 to 20, „ 23rd March, 1878 ... 1,000,000 „ 21 to 28, „ 27th March, 1878 ... 750,000 2,750,000 0 0 Exchequer bonds for local loans, viz., — Series G, dated 24th March, 1878 Exchequer bills issued for local loans Exchequer bills issued to replace bills paid off in money and those paid in for duties Treasury bills issued per Act 40 Viet., c. 2 ... 1,000,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 100,900 0 0 8,914,000 0 0 Iepayments on account of adtances for the purchase of bullion... And for local works, &c. 13,164,900 0 0 460,000 0 0 1,075,785 19 4 1,535,785 19 4 'epayments on account of advances for Greenwich Hospital 143,491 7 5 £21,632,830 8 6