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■ 1856-57. ■ Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. Customs ... 117,414 7 3 Interest ... ... ... 1,635 0 3 Postal ... 3,107 2 2 Legislative ... ... ... 10,318 16 0 Fees, Fines, &c. 2,567 5 6 Civil Services ... ... 33,323 14 2 Miscellaneous ... 10,047 14 1 Military „ ... ... 106 16 0 ■ 133,136 9 0 Native „ ... ... 8,992 19 6 Excess of Expenditure ... 84,401 5 3 Postal „ ... ... 10,99116 9 Lands ... ... ... 2,156 15 11 Native Land Purchases ... 28,075 7 3 Payments to Provinces ... 64,C00 15 3 Miscellaneous ... ... 57,035 13 2 £217,537 14 3 £217,537 14 3 Balances. Balance on Ist July, 1856 ... 29,602 13 3 Excess of Expenditure ... 84,401 5 3 Debt created ... ... 92,700 0 0 Deposits ... ... ... 3,995 12 6 Deposits ... ... ... 3,257 2 8 Balance on 30th June, 1857 ... 37,162 18 2 £125,559 15 11 £125,559 15 11

1857-58. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Customs ... 138,575 8 7 Interest ... ... ... 16,807 15 7 Postal ... 4,351 17 10 Legislative ... ... ... 6,994 9 7 Fees, Fines, &c. 3,476 18 9 Civil Services ... ... 37,348 19 6 Miscellaneous ... 9,713 13 5 Military „ ... ... 1,421 10 2 156,117 18 7 Native „ ... ... 8,730 1 0 Excess of expenditure ...282,664 18 7 Postal „ ... ... 6,162 10 10 Lands ... ... ... 5,366 1 0 Native Land Purchases ... 90,323 14 10 Payments to Provinces ... 80,286 0 8 Payments to New Zealand Company ... ... ... 167,026 10 11 Miscellaneous ... ... 18,315 3 1 £438,782 17 2 £438,782 17 2 Balances. Balance on Ist July, 1857 ... 37,162 18 2 Debt paid off ; ... 27,203 1110 Debt created ... ...300,000 0 0 , Excess of expenditure ...282,664 18 7 Deposits ... ... ... 3,986 10 2 Deposits .. ... ... 4,422 7 6 Balance on 30th Juno, 1858 ... 26,858 10 5 £341,149 8 4 £341,149 8 4