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Out of any monies raised or to be raised by virtue of the said Act, there
may be issued and applied in manner, and as hereinafter particularly men-
tioned, any sum not exceeding the sum of £79,205 9s. 3d., to defray the charges
of the several debts, liabilities, and services following, that is to say-
Union Bank of Australia .. .. 14000 0 0
Deposit Accounts .. .. 5000 0 0
New Zealand Company's Fourths of Land Fund 16000 0 0
Land Purchase Department .. .. 40000 0 0
General Assembly .. .. 595 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 1244 10 4
Excess of Expenditure on account of the Re- 1171 15 0
sident Magistrates and Land Purchase De-
partments for the year ending 30th June,
1856
The Governor's Visit to the Southern Settle- 1194 3 11
ments
Total .. £79,205 9 3

6. The Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand shall issue and pay the said Sums to be paid by Treasurer under Go-
   several sums to such persons for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, upon vernor's warrant.
   such days, and in such proportions, as the Governor by any Warrant to be signed
   by him, shall from time to time order and direct, and the payment so to be
   made, shall be charged upon and payable out of such Revenues as aforesaid.

7. The surplus of the said Revenues arising from the Post Office, duties The surplus of said
   of Customs, and fees and fines, shall be divided among the several Revenues to be
   Provinces established in New Zealand, in the like proportions as the gross pro- divided amongst
   ceeds of the said Revenues shall have arisen therein respectively, and shall be Provinces.
   paid over to the respective Treasurers of such Provinces by the Trea-
   surer of the Colony, in pursuance of Warrants under the hand of the said
   Governor, directed to him in that behalf: Provided that the amount so to be
   paid to the Provincial Treasurer of each Province, shall not be less than three-
   eighths of the gross amount of the duties of Customs collected within such
   Province.

8. If it shall be found in the course of the current year that the sums ac- If balances of General
   cruing to the General Chest, after the payment hereinbefore specified shall have Government too small
   been made to the several Provinces, are not sufficient to satisfy all the lawful Treasury Bills to be
   demands on the General Government in the course of the said year, it shall be issued.
   lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, in pursuance of an order by the Governor in
   Council to that effect, to issue Treasury Bills bearing interest after the rate of
   sixpence for every hundred pounds sterling, per diem, payable at not more than
   three months after the date thereof, to the amount of the excess of the charges
   which the Governor is by law required to pay for the public service of the cur-
   rent year, over and above the revenues so accruing to the General Government
   for the said year, And the amount of the bills outstanding and unpaid at the
   end of the said year, shall be brought to account in the Estimates of the
   following year, and shall be provided for accordingly.

9. The said Treasurer shall, in his accounts, from time to time, be allowed Treasurer to be al-
   credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pursuance of any lowed credit for all
   Warrant issued by virtue of this Act, and the receipt or receipts of the respective sums so paid.
   persons to whom the same shall be so paid, shall be a full and valid discharge
   to the said Treasurer, in passing his said accounts, for any such sum or sums
   as shall be therein mentioned.

10. The term "Governor" shall mean the person for the time being law- Meaning of term
    fully administering the Government of the colony. "Governor."

11. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Appropriation Act, Short title.
    1856,"