THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 507

Brought forward ... £ s. d. 37,502 7 8

Overdraft of Provincial Account,
Wellington, 31st March, 1876 17,684 17 8
Ditto, ditto, Wanganui 23 15 1
Overdraft, Loan Fund Account ... 7 5 9 17,715 18 6

Balances in hands of Provincial
Treasurer, Wellington, 30th
June, 1876,-
Provincial Deposit Account 691 13 10
Provincial Public Works Ad-
vance Account 1,781 6 6
Provincial Road Boards Account 8 12 2 2,481 12 6

Total ... ... £57,699 18 8

Provincial Treasury,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1876.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above
is a true statement of the receipts and expenditure
of the public revenue of the Province of Wellington
for the period commencing on the first day of April
and ending on the thirtieth day of June, 1876; and
further, that the said expenditure has been properly
classified, and that any part thereof which has been
incurred without the authority of the Appropriation
Act is separately shown.

HENRY BUNNY,
Provincial Treasurer for the period stated above.

I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts
of the Provincial Treasurer of the Province of
Wellington for the quarter ended 30th June, 1876,
and have compared them with vouchers, and find
the computations correct; that the revenues and
receipts brought in charge were paid in to the Pro-
vincial Account; that all issues of public moneys
have (with the exception of "deposits") been made
on warrants of the Superintendent duly certified by
the Provincial Auditor; that all moneys issued in
payment of services rendered were legally available
according to the terms of the Provincial Audit and
other Acts; and the expenditure shown in the said
accounts has been properly classified; and that any
part thereof which may have been incurred without
authority of law is separately shown (with the ex-
ception on the whole of the matters stated in Audit
observations accompanying this certificate).

14th February, 1877.
R. MACALISTER,
Provincial Auditor.

ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PRO-
VINCE OF WELLINGTON FOR THE QUARTER COMMENCING
ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY AND ENDING ON THE
THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1876.

RECEIPTS.

Ordinary Revenue,-
Licenses-Publicans' 763 0 0
Wholesale 125 0 0
Auctioneers' 200 0 0
Game 1 10 0 1,089 10 0
Pilotage-Wellington 1,030 16 10
Wanganui 79 6 4
Manawatu 19 17 6
Rangitikei 1 6 0 1,131 6 8
Tolls 1,451 4 5
Sheep Assessment 16 6 7
Capitation and Special Allowance 4,088 19 4
Carried forward 7,777 7 0

Brought forward ... £ s. d. 7,777 7 0

Incidental Receipts,-
Fees for Registering Brands 8 10 0
Dogs 13 10 0
Hospital Subsistence Money 69 5 0
Lunatic Asylum Money 547 19 3
Rent of Immigrants' Cottages... 80 0 0
Rent of Cottage on Gaol Acre... 3 15 0
Rent of Offices 255 0 0
Rent of Island of Mana 26 0 0
Rent of Cottage at Sheep Dip,
Wanganui 2 12 0
For picking Oakum at Gaol 6 7 6
For Tracings at Survey Office... 9 13 0
Maintenance of Naval Prisoners 8 12 2
Surplus from Sale of impounded
Horses 26 17 4
Balances from Intestate Estates 5 16 3
Repayment from Provincial
Public Works Advance Ac-
count re Highway and Local
Boards 1,500 0 0
Sale of Land, Lambton Quay... 135 0 0
Sale of Old Stores 7 13 6
Unclaimed Amounts 2 8 1
Deposits Forfeited 140 0 0 2,848 19 1

Territorial Revenue,-
Land Sales ... ... 2,820 5 11

Advances from General Govern-
ment,-
In Aid of Revenue ... ... 9,450 0 0

Lunatic Asylum Recreation Fund-
Receipts ... ... 3 7 6

Refunds,-
Repairs of Roads 0 5 0
Contingencies for Public Works 5 17 0
Palmerston to Fitzherbert Road 0 10 6
60 0 0 66 12 6

Special Account under Diseased
Sheep Act,-
Fees for Registering Brands 15 5 2
Fines 66 9 0 81 14 2

Road Boards Account,-
Interest on Credit Balance ... ... 0 2 9

Advances to Officers accounted for-
By J. D. Baird 385 8 0
By W. A. Fitzherbert 464 6 6
By F. Atchison 6 0 0 855 14 6

Provincial Public Works Advances
Account,-
Advances from General Govern-
ment 6,000 0 0
Refunds 6 10 6
Interest on Credit Balance 42 17 10 6,049 8 4

Deposit Account,-
Deposits on Contracts 115 10 0
Refund of Overpayment 25 0 0
Transfer from Provincial Account 12 0 0
Interest on Credit Balance 10 13 4 163 3 4

Loan Fund Account,-
Instalments of Loan on Mort-
gage of Reclaimed Land 3,275 0 0
Transfer from Provincial Account 6 17 8
Interest on Credit Balance 0 8 1 3,282 5 9

Balances in hands of Provincial
Treasurer, Wellington, 1st
July, 1876,-
Provincial Deposit Account 691 13 10
Advance Account 1,781 6 6
Road Boards Account 8 12 2 2,481 12 6

Overdraft of Provincial Account,
Wellington, 30th Sept., 1876 9,306 9 10
Less Balance in hands of Sub-
Treasurer, Wanganui 497 7 7 8,809 2 3

Total £44,689 15 7