THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The remaining Accounts are, the "Advance Account," page 69, "Miscellaneous Deposits," page 69,
and "Suspense Account," pages 72 and 73.
These seem sufficiently clear as stated by the Colonial Treasurer.
The Permanent Debts of the Colony may be stated as follows:-
Old Debentures ... ... ... ... ... £ 316 0 0
Half Million Loan ... ... ... ... 500,000 0 0
Loan of 1860 ... ... ... ... 150,000 0 0
Three Million Loan ... ... ... ... 2,581,282 15 11
£3,231,598 15 11

Apportioned as follows :-
Auckland, On account of Extinguishment of Native
Titles under Loan Act, 1856 ... ... 90,000 0 0
Expenses under War Loan ... ... 186,707 16 8 276,707 16 8

Wellington,-Extinguishment of Native Titles to Land 27,000 0 0
Expenses under War Loan ... ... 14,841 8 10 41,841 8 10

Taranaki,- Do. do. 39,979 11 3
Hawke's Bay,- Do. do. 2,727 16 11
Extinguishment of Native Titles to Land 27,000 0 0 29,727 16 11

Nelson,-Apportioned under the Public Debt Apportion-
ment Acts ... ... ... ... 45,000 0 0
Canterbury,- Do. do. 74,000 0 0
Otago,- Do. do. 63,000 0 0
Southland,- Do. do. 18,000 0 0
Colony, - Do. do. 2,643,342 2 3
£3,231,598 15 11

An analysis of the Treasury Balance Sheet, (page 93), shews that there has been issued on account
of-
Unauthorized Expenditure ... ... ... ... £ 61,140 9 10
Surplus Revenues in excess of sums due to Provinces 36,537 14 7
Advances to Sub-Accountants and others principally on
account of War Purposes... ... ... 382,413 9 10
And that the Cash Balance in hand on the 30th June, 1866,
was ... ... ... ... 50,842 11 7
£530,934 5 10

And that the funds out of which these issues were made are as follows :-
Proceeds of Treasury Bills ... ... ... ... £ 11,775 0 0
Balance of Special Revenues ... ... 40,666 10 0
Do. of Half Million Loan ... ... 33,414 7 9
Do. of £150,000 Loan ... ... 1,575 3 11
Do. of £3,000,000 Loan, viz. :-
Proceeds of Debentures £269,501 3 4
Bank Advances 26,361 15 4 295,862 18 8
Do. of Reserve Fund ... ... 35,196 3 9
Do. of Deposits ... ... 30,110 8 0
Moneys held in Suspense ... ... 82,333 13 9
£530,934 5 10

The above is in fact the Cash Balance Sheet of the Colonial Treasury.

In conclusion the Auditor would state, that although in the foregoing statements he has taken pains to
explain the Account of the Colony, his experience leads him to doubt whether, after all his care, he will be
found to have succeeded in making clear what is a somewhat complicated partnership Account.

26th March, 1867.
CHARLES KNIGHT,
Auditor.

• There were no sums in the Treasury on the 1st July, 1865, to the credit of the Reserve or Deposit Funds, except a sum to
  the credit of the Intestate Estates Fund, which on the 16th of October, 1865, amounted to £10,267 10s. 11d. (See Appendix
  to Journals of House of Representatives, Session 1866, B.-No. 6B., and B. No. 6c.) These funds had been absorbed in
  General Expenditure prior to 1st July, 1866, so that no issues from these funds were made on account of the service of the
  year ended 30th June, 1866; on the other side, "the Advances" shown by the Auditor-General, had been made to a great
  extent in previous years.-J. W.

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