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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND

ACCOUNTS OF

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1888-89.

STATE FORESTS —■ . ■ tan > ,i — RECEIPTS. ; *+ .nag . ' 1888-89. 1887-88. »■ £ s. a. 5,500 0 0 3,772 12 11 Debentures created under " The Now Zealand State Forests Act, 1885 " Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous £ s. d. 1,000 O 0 93 17 6 2,344 15 6 3,438 13 0 9,272 12 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash overdrawn Less advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 117 4 2 42 15 3 74 8 11 » Totals £3,438 13 0 £9,347 1 10

Balance to 1-egin the Year with,— Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 5,516 4 11 5,516 4 11 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. of Land, &c. Goldfields Eevenue Gold Duty 2,037 3 9 9,986 14 1 20,202 1 6 20,869 6 9 2,152 3 4 7,629 7 6 15,151 1 4 20,038 18 11 Counties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 1,541 14 7 325 0 6 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies .. .. .. £107,597 9 5 Ditto on account of unauthorised expenditure of previous years .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,638 8 1 186,235 17 6 1,224 2 11 Balance at end of Year, — Cash overdrawn Less advances in the hands of Officers of the Government,— In the Colony 240,872 18 2 46,520 9 6 5,717 1 4 17,044 17 7 109 4 2 476 19 11 5,607 17 2 16,567 17 .8 ■Totals £246,480 15 4 £68,604 12 1