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No. 1—continued. FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1904, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903. ACCOUNT.

19O2-19O3. EXPENDITURE. 19O3-19O4. £ b. d. 11,017 19 6 £ s. d. Annual Appropriation,— 11,017 19 6 Vote 115—State Forests Branch £ s. d. £ a. d. 15,584 2 2 31,364 13 8 Balance at end of Year, — 31,364 13 8 Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government — 165 19 In the Colony 31.529 15 5 32,510 7 7 32,671 16 8 165 1 9 161 9 1 31,529 15 5 oi,ozy io o S42,547 14 11 Totals £42,547 14 11 £48,255 18 10 MINES ACCOUNT. £ s. d. Annual Appropriation,— 39,423 10 0 Vote 116—State Coal-mines £ s. d. & b. d. 63,174 2 1 Interest on Debentures issued Balance at end of Year, — 1,076 10 0\ Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Offioers of the Government— 1,500 0 0 In the Colony .. 10,000 0 0 In London 12.576 10 O 2,168 18 9 2,072 6 5 1,863 19 0 4,032 17 9 12,576 10 0 1Z,OVO J.U U 0 0 Totals £52,000 0 0 £69,279 6 3 LOCAL B DIES. £ s. d. 6,871 1 1 17,086 3 9 26,234 7 3 16,642 i 3 Revenue paid over to Local Bodies, — Pees, Fines, &o. .. Endowments of Land, &c. .. Goldfields Revenue Gold Duty £ s. d. 7,982 7 7 30,192 2 8 23,753 7 8 29,034 16 0 £ s. d. 90,962 13 11 66,833 16 4 Counties Separate Accounts, — Amount distributed amongst Local Bodies where " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 294 17 5 311 19 10 39,136 3 6 Advance Accounts, — Payments on behalf of Local Bodies 39,919 2 9 24,224 12 9 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Acoount Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government— In the Colony 7,866 16 5 7,959 12 3 151 15 8 92 15 10 24,376 8 5 Totals £130,658 8 1 £139,136 6 4