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Table STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the REVENUE

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1896-97. RECEIPTS. 1897-98. £ s. d. 215,558 16 0 Balance at Beginning-of Yeab .. .. .. Ordinary Revenue, — Customs Stamps, including Postal and Telegraph Cash Receipts Land-tax Income-tax .. .. Property-tax Beer Duty Railways .. .. • ■ ■ ■ Registration and other Pees Marine Miscellaneous £ s. d. 1,935,251 16 1 780,231 11 6 267,286 10 3 115,210 9 1 10 8 3 72,179 5 0 1,370,571 14 8 51,288 13 0 23,959 18 8 108,343 8 8 £ s. d. 354,286 4 3 1,818,972 6 6 730,236 16 7 272,309 1 11 105,504 7 5 63 0 11 68,786 13 9 1,287,139 12 6 50,256 10 11 .21,204 1 2 98,372 12 2 4,452,845 3 10 Territorial Revenue, — Cash Land Sales .. .. £66,622 7 1 Deferred-payment Land Sales .. .. .. •• 25,956 9 1 Pastoral Runs, Rents, and Miscellaneous .. .. .. 170,717 6 1 4,724,333 15 2 67,068 10 9 42,452 8 11 163,432 14 1 263,296 2 3 4,987,629 17 5 272,953 13 9 4,725,798 17 7 Receipts in Aid, — Debentures issued under " The Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 " — For Increases of Sinking Fund 69,600 0 0 70,300 0 0 Temporary advances repaid,— Net amount recovered from the Government Advances to Settlers Office Management Account 22,000 0 0 2,609 3 9 Amount recovered from the Cheviot Estate Account, — In respect of Expenditure charged in previous year to " Unauthorised " 5,014,266 17 4 4,700 0 0 Sinking Funds set free, — " The Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, 1860 " Applicable to the Redemption of Debentures issued under " The Consolidated Stock Act, 1884," in respect of — "The Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, 1860" .. " The New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 " " The Auckland Loan Ordinance, 1863 " .. 4,500 0 0 5,433,516 1 8 3,396 10 8 19,571 0 0 4,871 3 4 2,063 0 0 27,667 10 8 0 9 4 Amount transferred from Released Sinking Fund Suspense Account 11,434 3 4 27,668 0 0 Repayment of advance made to the Publio Works Fund 50,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 Debentures issued under,— " The District Railways Purchasing Act 1885 Amendment Act, 1886," in renewal of like amount matured 1st Oct., 1896 Totals £5,494,950 5 0 55,076,934 17 4 TREASURY BILLS 335,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 Treasury Bills outstanding at beginning of Year, — In anticipation of Revenue In redemption of Guaranteed Debentures .. 254,000 0 0 476,000 0 0 730,000 0 0 735,000 0 0 Treasury Bills issued during Year 880,000 0 0 1,525,000 0 0 Totals £1,610,000 0 0 £2,260,000 0 0