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

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1895-96. RECEIPTS. 189i i-97. £ s. d. 5,205 19 1 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,192 8 6 1,815 15 10 652 10 8 Rents from Lands set apart Miscellaneous 1,032 11 2 5,471 13 8 6,504 4 10 2,468 6 6 Totals £7,674 5 7 £13,696 13 4 ACCOUNTS OF 7,130 5 5 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony 5,910 18 4 1 19 10 5,912 18 2 7,130 5 5 2,343 5 9 10,475 7 7 27,397 6 5 11,702 18 9 Revenue received for Local Bodies, — Fees, Fines, &c. Endowments of Land, &c. .. Goldfields Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. Gold Duty .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 2,329 12 11 9,370 3 5 59,809 14 4 9,387 12 10 51,918 18 6 80,897 3 6 Bounties Separate Accounts, — Revenue of Counties in which " The Counties Act, 1886," is not in full operation 301 14 5 382 17 2 40,376 6 2 67 0 6 Advance Account, — Amount repaid by Local Bodies .. .. .. .. .. .. j Ditto on account of Unauthorised Expenditure of previous years .. .. j ! 43,300 18 5 71 7 0 43,300 18 5 71 7 0 43,372 5 5 40,443 6 8 Totals £99,794 5 0 £130,565 4 3 DEPOSIT 77,140 9 1 530 0 0 3,799 9 9 Balance at beginning of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government, — In the Colony .. .. .. .. In London 62,439 14 4 150 0 0 33,559 16 8 96,149 11 0 81,469 18 30 10,750 0 0 25 0 0 4,594 13 8 1,206 11 6 10,367 7 7 15 5 1 135 4 0 5 12 0 67,775 14 6 1,150 0 0 26 8 1 461 17 4 100 0 0 16,268 3 1 129 11 0 264 13 1 42 0 0 Lodgments,— Emigrants' Deposits General Assembly Library Fund Government of New South Wales Government of South Australia Government of Victoria .. .. 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 Nelson Rifle Prize Fund Investment Nelson Eifle Prize Fund New Zealand Midland Railway New Zealand University Endowment, Canterbury New Zealand University Endowment, Taranaki New Zealand University Endowment, Westland Ngatirahiri Compensation 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 Thermal-springs Districts Act, 1881 Trustee Act, 1883 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890 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 4,024 0 11 29,987 3 0 10,254 18 11 347 5 5 400 0 0 12,137 0 0 400 0 0 113 806 11 2 206 15 7 1,192 19 7 1,172 ]2 5 2,307 19 5 194,198 1 2 178,743 12 10 Totals £260,213 11 8 £290,347 12 2