FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1898, compared with the Financial Year enaed 31st March, 1897.

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EXPENDITURE. - 1897-98. 1896-97. £ s. d. 301 6 3 14,891 16 6 193,307 13 1 64,236 12 3 10,508 2 11 Cr. 37 2 0 36,791 8 11 70,578 15 10 11,600 7 5 331 19 3 10,553 16 9 Annual Appropriations, — Class I.—Immigration .. •• •• II.—Public Works, Departmental .. "„ III.—Eailways IV.—Eoads V.—Development of G-oldfields " VI. Purchase of Native Lands VII. —Telegraph Extension VIII.—Public Buildings .. ••„,•• , " • "„ IX.—Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences X. Rates on Native Lands " XI.—Contingent Defence £ s. d. 69 15 5 9,688 13 2 351,600 6 8 290,777 9 11 33,117 7 5 60,333 13 8 29,384 2 11 73,584 19 5 5,295 1 8 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 £ s. d. 864,368 7 7 413,064 17 2 942 9 3 Unauthorised, — Services not provided for .. . • ",i«ijB a Repayment of temporary advance from Consolidated Fund .. 1,169 4 9 50,000 0 0 51,169 4 9 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1896,— Charges and expenses of raising loan 5 5' 0 55 3 4 Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1887,— Moiety of subsidy to Waipa County 63,642 13 10 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. •• •• Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony In London Investment Account 17,408 19 10 18,595 2 11 15,488 4 9 18,198 2 0 5,521 16 5 70,000 0 0 51,492 7 6 157,362 12 3 Totals £967,035 4 10 £571,425 2 0