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Table STATEMENT of Receipts and Expenditure of the PUBLIC WORKS

Treasury, Wellington, 20th April, 1881. Examined and found correct. James Edwaed Eitz Gerald, Controller and Auditor-General. 23rd May, 1881.

£ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. RECEIPTS. Balance on 31st March, 1880,— Cash in the Colony and in London Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony ... In London 24,694 3 11 291,069 6 0 862,410 4 2 Wanganui Harbour Board Debentures Waimea Plains Railway Company Debentures ... Treasury and Deficiency Bills, representing temporary Advances to the Consolidated Fund 315,763 9 11 17,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 992,000 0 0 "New Zealand Loan Act, 1879," — Balance of Loan Special Receipts under Section 9 of " The Railways Construction Act, 18V8 " Miscellaneous Recoveries Temporary Advances obtained on the Security of the Imperial Guaranteed Debentures of " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Aet, 1870 " 751,000 0 0 1,841 2 1 41,333 2 8 2,227,173 14 1 300,000 0 0 .Note.—Balance on 31st March, 1880, subject to Liabilities,— Balance as above £2,227,173 14 1 Balance to be received of the Five Million TJoan of 1879 751,000 0 0 Imperial Guaranteed Debentures unissued ... 800,000 0 0 Total £3,778,173 14 1 £3,321,347 18 10 1,094,174 4 9