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for the Year ended 31st March, 1888, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1887. ACCOUNTS.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1887-88,

EXPENDITURE. 1887-88. 1886-87. Withdrawals, — Armed Constabulary Reward Fund Auckland Museum Endowment Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Miscellaneous Mooraki Harbour Board Fund Moeraki Harbour Board Fund Investment Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Nelson Eifle Prize Fund North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act, 1886 .. Receiver-General's Account Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustees Act, 1883 .. Westland Loan Act 1873 Redemption Working Railways Account £ s. a. 336 18 6 0,542 13 G 120 0 0 344 7 11 51,820 15 3 1,500 0 0 202 10 0 1,898 5 3 CO 0 0 312 10 2 10,000 0 0 7 0 4 49 18 0 35 7 0 5 0 0 .£ B. d. 2,351 15 8 23 6 3 8,800 0 0 110 0 0 23,397 4 2 225 0 0 1,725 0 0 112 10 0 1,281 18 9 66 0 0 327 7 9 147 18 9 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 73,247 12 5 38,568 1 4 59,121 2 1 62,657 13 8 403 7 0 1,558 12 8 3 2 3 14,022 15 5 61,143 1 9 76,683 11 4 Totals £134,390 14 2 £115,251 12 8