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Table STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED STATE FORESTS

RECEIPTS. 1897-98. 1896-97. £ s. d. 7,192 8 6 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony £ s. d. 11,036 4 9 £ s. d. 188 0 9 11,224 5 6 1,032 11 2 5,471 13 8 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 918 0 1 10,077 13 0 10,995 13 1 6,504 4 10 £13,696 13 4 Totals £22,219 18 7 ACC UNTS OF 5,910 18 4 1 19 10 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 9,885 4 9 269 1 6 5,912 18 2 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. .. .. .. Endowments of Land, &o. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 10,154 6 3 2,329 12 11 9,370 3 5 59,809 14 4 9,387 12 10 3,070 6 2 12,199 16 2 47,281 9 5 10,849 1 8 73,400 13 5 80,897 3 6 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 382 17 2 380 14 0 43,300 18 5 71 7 0 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies Ditto on account of Unauthorised Expenditure of previous years 39,042 6 3 84 16 6 39,127 2 9 43,372 5 5 £130,565 4 3 Totals £123,062 16 5 DEPOSIT 62,439 14 4 150 0 0 33,559 16 8 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony In London 80,000 5 6 300 0 0 34,811 3 9 115,111 9 3 96,149 11 0 6,425 0 0 25 0 0 973 9 11 4 13 6 458 0 0 81 17 9 117,183 10 11 14,900 0 0 25 0 0 434 18 10 800 0 0 64 0 0 24,371 13 10 129 11 0 293 19 8 14 10 0 Lodgments,— Cyanide Process Gold Extraction Act, 1897 Emigrants' Deposits .. .. .. General Assembly Library Fund .. .. .. Government of South Australia Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Land Transfer Act, 1885 .. .. .. Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement Native Land Act, 1878 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Native Township of Pipiriki Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Investment Nelson Rifle Prize Fund New Zealand Midland Railway New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki New Zealand University Endowment, Westland .. .. North Island Experimental Dairy Sohool North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • Permanent-way Material for Open Lines of Railway Property Law Consolidation Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1895 Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 Thermal -springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 676 17 1 3,324 15 0 25 0 0 4 0 2 9 3 5 225 18 3 313,960 3 7 6,000 0 0 25 0 0 413 19 8 74 7 0 23 0 0 20,716 13 3 129 11 0 228 12 2 10 0 0 438 18 0 10,254 18 11 347 5 5 400 0 0 12,137 0 0 6,415 1 11 0 3 4 1,192 19 7 1,172 12 5 2,507 19 5 894 12 9 353,595 16 7 194,198 1 2 £290,347 12 2 Totals £468,707 5 10