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Table No. 2. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Estimated and Actual Receipts and Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Actual receipts, 1897-98.. .. ■ • 6,079,829 17 5 Actual expenditure, 1897-98 ■. 4,912,371 14 10 Surplus at 31st March, 1897 .. • • • • ■ • • • 354,286 4 3 Surplus at 31st March, 1898 .. .. • • £521,144 610

Estimated. Actual. Differences. More Less than Estimate, than Estimate. Differences. RECEIPTS. Revenue Account :— Customs Stamps Land- and Income-tax Property-tax Beer Duty Railways Registration and other Fees Marine Miscellaneous Territorial £ s, d. 1,880,000 0 0 721,000 0 0 365,000 0 0 66,000 0 0 1,275,000 0 0 50,500 0 0 20,900 0 0 95,000 0 0 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 1,935,251 16 1 780,231 11 6 382,496 19 4 10 8 3 72,179 5 0 1,370,571 14 8 51,288 13 0 23,959 18 8 108,343 8 8 263,296 2 3 £ s. d. 55,251 16 1 59,231 11 6 17,496 19 4 10 8 3 6,179 5 0 95,571 14 8 788 13 0 3,059 18 8 13,343 8 8 13,296 2 3 £ s. d. Sinking Fund Increases Advances repaid 4,723,400 0 0 4,987,629 17 5 264,229 17 5 69,600 0 0 69,600 0 0 22,000 0 0 22,000 0 0 Totals J4,793, 000 0 0 5,079,229 17 5 286,229 17 5 EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. Revenue Account :— Permanent Appropriations, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under Special Acts Subsidies Territorial Revenue paid over 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 for Agriculture Working Railways Public Buildings Defence Department Police Department Department of Lands and Survey Valuation Department Rates on Crown Lands Services not provided for £ s. d. 25,700 0 0 1,769,122 0 0 198,072 0 0 65,000 0 0 31,600 0 0 41,300 0 0 19,678 0 0 76,750 0 0 24,922 0 0 124,075 0 0 368,580 0 0 75,241 0 0 25,290 0 0 506,233 0 0 18,434 0 0 58,464 0 0 822,127 0 0 53,400 0 0 82,536 0 0 109,163 0 0 132,945 0 0 39,542 0 0 900 0 0 £ s. d. 24,205 4 11 1,741,412 18 5 196,985 12 6 70,262 6 2 37,133 4 8 42,217 2 8 15,998 17 9 74,100 13 3 23,535 4 4 122,479 18 11 362,867 10 1 66,190 14 0 23,041 9 1 499,194 6 3 15,556 9 5 54,408 12 1 849,923 8 9 42,603 5 11 72,452 15 9 105,974 9 9 122,584 2 9 37,126 18 10 154 5 5 1,962 3 2 £ s. d. 5,262 6 2 5,533 4 8 917 2 8 1,494 15 1 27,709 1 7 1,086 7 6 3,679 2 3 2,649 6 9 1,386 15 6 1,595 1 1 5,712 9 11 9,050 6 0 2,248 10 11 7,038 13 9 2,877 10 7 4,055 7 11 27,796 8 9 10,796 14 1 10,083 4 3 3,188 10 3 10,360 17 3 2,415 1 2 745 14 7 1,962 3 2 Special Appropriations — In aid of Public Works Fund Cyanide gold extraction, patent rights 4,669,074 0 0 4,602,371 14 10 41,471 5 5 108,173 10 7 300,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 41,471 5 5 108,173 10 7 • 41,471 5 5 Totals .. 4,979,074 0 0 4,912,371 14 10 66,702 5 2