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No. 1—continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1900, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. ACCOUNT.

1898-99. EXPEN £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. 3,340 6 10 Annual Appropriations,— Vote 116—State Forests Branch 4,002 9 7 18,921 16 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 23,558 16 2 23,765 6 2 206 10 0 Totals £22,262 3 9 £27,767 15 9 LOCAL BODIES. 3,450 17 7 9,545 12 10 36,109 0 9 15,339 6 2 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty 3,116 6 0 18,113 3 2 28,231 16 4 16,855 12 10 66,316 18 4 64,444 17 4 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Road Boards where " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 527 14 0 283 3 0 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies Payments on behalf of Local Bodies charged to " Unauthorised " 43,203 5 4 1,964 2 8 45,167 8 0 47,952 17 7 600 0 0 48,552 17 7 8,020 14 5 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 4,479 16 6 4,479 16 6 155 11 4 8,176 5 9 Totals £116,491 16 10 121,457 3 8 ACCOUNTS. 5,896 12 6 100 0 0 13 2 10 272 1 10 69,507 17 1 41,490 0 0 i 6 11 379 4 0 Withdrawals, — Auckland Museum Endowment .. .. • ■ • • Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885 Imperial Government (South Africa Contingents) Land Transfer Act, 1883 Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894.. Miscellaneous Money-order Settlement More Men Fund Naval Depot, Auckland Native Land Act, 1872 (No. 2) Native Land Purchases Native Township, Pipiriki Nelson Bifle Prize Fund Nelson Bifle Prize Fund Investment New Zealand Midland Railway Ngatirahiri Compensation North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1889 .. North Island Experimental Dairy School .. .. Publio Trust Office Remittance Account Railways Released Sinking Funds Suspense Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881.. .. .. Trustee Act, 1883 18 16 6 5,441 10 0 75 0 0 17 10 10 5,552 3 9 506 4 10 256 7 2 60,686 17 7 56,400 0 0 4,350 0 0 55 16 2 346 6 10 74 5 6 12 13 0 500 0 0 21,586 11 6 7 13 11 37 0 0 300 0 0 24,829 11 0 27 9 2 26,200 0 0 3 0 0 10,503 6 11 11,439 18 2 839 13 4 2,732 10 0 90 6 6 487 19 5 911 1 2 172,368 1 3 Balances at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. .. Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony .. .. .. .. .. .. .. In London 179,581 17 2 95,170 15 9 153,780 19 0 184,648 10 2 39,891 13 5 1,500 0 0 29,367 11 2 135,062 9 2 / Totals 307,430 10 5 £364,230 7 4