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Table No. 2. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Estimated and the Approximate Receipts and Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1897.

£ , s. d. £ s. d. Surplus at 31st March, 1896 .. .. .. .. 215,558 16 0 Approximate receipts, 1896-97 .. .. 4,794,000 0 0 Repayment by Cheviot Estate Account .. 2,600 0 0 4,796,600 0 0 Approximate expenditure, 1896-97 .. .. .. 4,521,500 0 0 275,100 0 0 490,658 16 0 Less— Amount applied in aid of Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. 150,000 0 0 Estimated Surplus at 31st March, 1897 .. .. .. £340,658 16 0

DlFFEBENCES. Estimated. Approximate. - More - Less than Estimate, than Estimate. RECEIPTS. Revenue Account :— Customs Stamps Land- and Income-tax Beer Duty .. Railways Registration and other Fees .. Marine Miscellaneous Territorial £ s, d. 1,670,000 0 0 692,000 0 0 360,000 0 0 62,000 0 0 1,200,000 0 0 49,000 0 0 20,700 0 0 90,000 0 0 270,000 0 0 £ a. d. 1,818,500 0 0 730,500 0 0 377,500 0 0 69,000 0 0 1,286,000 0 0 49,000 0 0 20,700 0 0 97,000 0 0 275,500 0 0 £ s. d. 148,500 0 0 38,500 0 0 17,500 0 0 7,000 0 0 86,000 0 0 £ s. d. 7,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 Sinking Fund Increases 4,413,700 0 0 4,723,700 0 0 310,000 0 0 70,300 0 0 70,300 0 0 Totals 4,484,000 0 0 4,794,000 0 0 310,000 0 0 EXPENDITURE. Revenue Account :— Permanent Appropriations, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under Special Acts Subsidies Territorial Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, and Deposit Accounts Endowments Annual Appropriations, — Legislative Colonial Secretary Colonial Treasurer Minister of Justice Postmaster-General Commissioner of Trade and Customs Commissioner of Stamps Minister of Education Minister of Mines Minister of Agriculture Working Eailways Public Buildings Defence Department Police Department Department of Lands and Survey Bates on Crown Lands Services not provided for £ s. d. 25,700 0 0 1,720,753 0 0 191,930 0 0 69,000 0 0 47,000 0 0 39,100 0 0 20,782 0 0 102,529 0 0 28,657 0 0 125,207 0 0 355,134 0 0 92,342 0 0 20,665 0 0 490,041 0 0 19,851 0 0 52,748 0 0 768,434 0 0 47,630 0 0 75,664 0 0 106,750 0 0 131,362 0 0 900 0 0 £ s. d. 23,000 0 0 1,712,000 0 0 192,000 0 0 64,000 0 0 45,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 102,500 0 0 29,000 0 0 122,500 0 0 352,500 0 0 91,000 0 0 22,500 0 0 490,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 52,500 0 0 778,000 0 0 46,500 0 0 69,000 0 0 101,500 0 0 119,500 0 0 500 0 0 3,000 0 0 £ s. d. VO 0 0 900 0 0 343 0 0 £ s. d. 2,700 0 0 8,753 0 0 5,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 782 0 0 29 0 0 2,707 0 0 2,634 0 0 1,342 0 0 1,835 0 0 41 0 0 851 0 0 248 0 0 9,566 0 0 1,130 0 0 6,664 0 0 5,250 0 0 11,862 0 0 400 0 0 3,000 0 0 Advanced to Government Advances to Settlers Office 4,532,179 0 0 4,495,500 0 0 26,000 0 0 15,714 0 0 26,000 0 0 52,393 0 0 41,714 0 0 Totals 4,532,179 0 0 4,521,500 0 0 10,679 0 0