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1882-83. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Customs ... 1,494,463 8 9 Interest ... ... 1,566,759 11 5 Stamps* ... 444,389 2 0 Legislative ... ... 45,300 12 7 Telegraph ... 93,135 3 4 Civil Services ... ... 586,034 511 Fees, Fines, &c. 65,549 13 7 Military „ 238,552 7 2 Marine ... 15,656 10 6 Marine , 33,677 16 4 Property-tax 157,793 9 4 Native „ ... ... 21,912 18 5 Beer-duty ... 62,639 8 3 Postal „ ... ... 247,849 19 2 Miscellaneous 49,169 11 11 Lands ... ... ... 206,224 4 3 . , 2,382,796 7 8 Native Land Purchases ... 29,843 15 9 Eailways ... ... ... 954,740 3 1 Public Works ... ... 427,208 211 Lands ... ... ... 462,430 5 4 Eailways Construction ... 435,470 2 7 „ " Working ... 585,812 14 1 3,799,966 16 1 Immigration ... ... 3,999 5 8 Excess of Expenditure ... 985,374 0 3 Education 307,784 7 5 Payments to Local Bodies... 38,402 5 4 Expenses of raising Loans... 516 5 10 Miscellaneous ... ... 9,992 1 6 £4,785,340 16 4 £4,785,340 16 4 Balances. Balance on Ist April, 1882 ...1,074,567 19 5 Debt paid off ... ...2,096,700 0 0 Debt created ... ...2,802,000 0 0 Excess of Expenditure ... 985,374 0 3 Deposits '... ... ... 70,709 11 8 Deposits ... ... 76,233 11 5 Balance on 31st March, 1883 788,969 19 5 £3,947,277 11 1 £3,947,277 11 1 * Includes Postal.

- 1883-84. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. Customs ... 1,396,686 12 11 Interest and Sinking Fund... 1,567,075 16 5 Stamps* ... 471,858 18 1 Legislative ... ... 43,823 1 5 Telegraph ... 92,87114 4 Civil Services ... ... 549,333 911 Fees, Fines, &c. 40,870 1 0 Military „ ... ... 199,349 13 9 Marine ... 15,943 0 5 Marine „ ... ... 34,024 4 7 Property-tax 268,774 0 9 Native „ ... ... 25,068 1 2 Beer-duty ... 57,016 8 2 Postal „ ... ... 246,327 16 2 Miscellaneous 35,578 11 1 Lands ... ... ... 220,763 0 3 -— 2,379,599 6 9 Native Land Purchases ... 24,479 16 0 Eailways ... ... ... 963,118 19 0 Public Works ... ... 513,496 14 2 Lands ... ... ... 439,772 14 11 Eailways Construction ... 661,846 0 9 „ " Working ... 641,324 2 8 3,782,491 0 8 Immigration ... ... 107,040 16 3 Excess of Expenditure ...1,599,124 13 7 Education ... ... 319,979 10 6 Payments to Local Bodies... 194,219 2 9 Expenses of raising Loans... 33,464 7 6 £5,381,615 14 3 £5,381,615 14 3 Balances. Balance on Ist April, 1883 ...1,188,969 19 5 Excess of Expenditure ...1,599,124 13 7 Debt created ... ...1,289,000 0 0 Deposits ... ... 84,518 10 2 Deposits ... ... ... 99,696 6 9 Balance on 31st March, 1884 894,023 2 5 £2,577,666 6 2 £2,577,666 6 2

* Includes Postal. Note.—Miscellaneous is charged to the departments.