The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Appropriation Act, 1874.”

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, there shall and may be applied out of the Consolidated Fund, for and towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of five hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and sixty-three pounds eight shillings and eightpence (£599,563 8s. 8d.) for the service of the said year.

Out of all or any of the Supplies or Aids aforesaid there shall and may be issued and applied, in addition to all other sums of money now by law permanently appropriated, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the amount of five hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and sixty-three pounds eight shillings and eightpence (£599,563 8s. 8d.) for or towards the several services and purposes specified and set forth in the several Classes and Votes in the First and Second Schedules hereto.

Wherever in the Class II. (Law and Justice) of the Second Schedule to this Act the word “fees” is set opposite the office of “Sheriff,” “Bailiff,” or other officer, the amount of such fees received during the year ending the thirtieth day of June next, in respect of the office opposite which the word “fees” is placed, shall be deemed to be authorized to be issued and applied in addition to the supplies and aids aforesaid.

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the proceeds of the sale or other disposal of lands taken under “The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” or any Acts amending the same, there shall and may be issued and applied, out of so much of such proceeds as aforesaid as by the last preceding section are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole fourteen thousand seven hundred and forty-six pounds seven shillings and sixpence (£14,746 7s. 6d.) for and towards the services and purposes specified in the Third Schedule hereto.

Including all sums which under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the moneys raised under “The Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870,” there shall and may be issued and applied, one moiety out of the moneys raised under the said last-named Act, and one moiety out of the Aids and Supplies mentioned in the second section of this Act, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole one hundred and thirty thousand pounds (£130,000), for or towards the costs charges and expenses of the services and purposes specified and set forth in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of any of the moneys raised under “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870,” and “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873,” there shall and may be issued and applied out of any moneys raised under the said last-named Acts and “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1874,” any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole eighty-three thousand five hundred and sixty-three pounds eight shillings and eightpence (£83,563 8s. 8d.) for or towards the costs charges and expenses of the services and purposes specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto.

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of any of the moneys raised under “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870,” and “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873,” and applicable to immigration, there shall and may be issued and applied, out of any of the moneys raised and applicable as last aforesaid, under the said last-named Acts and “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1874,” and applicable as last aforesaid, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole four hundred and eighty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-one pounds seven shillings (£481,261 7s.) for or towards the costs charges and expenses of the services and purposes specified in the Sixth Schedule hereto.

Out of the moneys authorized to be raised under “The General Purposes Loan Act, 1873,” and applicable to public buildings, and so far as the moneys raised under the said Act and applicable as aforesaid are insufficient, then out of the moneys authorized to be raised under “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1874,” and applicable to public buildings, there may be issued and applied any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole ninety-six thousand eight hundred and fifteen pounds (£96,815) for or towards the costs charges and expenses of the services and purposes specified in the Seventh Schedule hereto.

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the Land Fund of any province for which a Commissioner of Crown Lands or Receivers of Land Revenues is or are appointed, there shall and may be issued and applied out of such Land Fund, to defray the salaries of such Commissioner and Receivers, any sum or sums not exceeding the amounts specified in the First Part of the Eighth Schedule hereto, and therein set opposite the name of the province out of the Land Fund of which such sums are to be issued; and if the Land Fund of any province shall be insufficient to meet such charges, the Colonial Treasurer may advance out of the Consolidated Fund such sums as may be necessary to make up such deficiency, and all such advances shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund out of the first proceeds of such Land Fund.

Out of the revenues accruing under the Native Lands Acts there shall and may be issued and applied, to defray the salaries and expenses of the Native Land Court specified in the Second Part of the said Eighth Schedule, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole seven thousand three hundred and thirty-five pounds (£7,335):

Provided however that the said salaries and expenses of the Native Land Court shall be charged against the several provinces in proportion to the time during which the said Court shall have sat or shall sit in each province during the year ending the said thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, or as to past liabilities during the year in which the expenses shall have been incurred.

And out of the said revenues there shall and may be issued and applied, to defray the salaries and expenses of the Inspector of Surveys’ Department specified in the Third Part of the said Eighth Schedule, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole four thousand six hundred and thirty pounds (£4,630):

Provided that the said salaries and expenses of the said Inspector of Surveys’ Department shall be charged against the several provinces in proportion to the number of acres surveyed and inspected in each province by such department during the said year, or as to past liabilities during the year in which the expenses shall have been incurred.

If the said revenues accruing within any province under the Native Lands Acts shall be insufficient to meet the said charges, the Colonial Treasurer may advance out of the moneys authorized to be raised under “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870,” and “The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873,” and applicable to the purchase of land in the North Island, such sums as may be necessary to meet any such deficiency.

The balance of such advances found to be outstanding on the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, shall be charged against the province in aid of which such advances have been made; and the interest and sinking fund payable by the colony in respect of such advances shall be charged against such province in the manner provided by the forty-fourth section of “The Public Revenues Act, 1867,” and the fifth section of “The Public Revenues Act Amendment Act, 1871.”

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the moneys standing to the credit of the several separate accounts in the Public Trust Fund specified in the First Part of the Ninth Schedule hereto, there shall and may be issued and applied, out of the moneys standing to the credit of such accounts, the several sums specified in the said Schedule; and such sums shall be issued out of the respective accounts against which the same are charged in the said Schedule, or out of the Interest Account of the said Fund.

Including all sums which under the authority of “The Imprest Supply Act, 1874,” have been issued out of the moneys at the credit of the Public Trust Office Expenses Account, there shall and may be issued and applied, out of the moneys for the time being at the credit of the said account, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole five hundred pounds (£500) for or towards the costs charges and expenses of the services and purposes specified and set forth in the Second Part of the Ninth Schedule hereto.

During the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June next, there shall and may be issued and applied, one moiety out of moneys authorized to be raised under “The General Purposes Loan Act, 1873,” for Road Boards, and one moiety out of the Aids and Supplies mentioned in the second section of this Act, the sum of fifty thousand pounds (£50,000), to be divided amongst the several provinces in such proportion, and to be allotted and to be divided amongst Road Boards in the like manner and subject to the same regulations and conditions as provided by “The Payments to Provinces Act, 1872,” with regard to the moneys thereby made divisible amongst Road Boards for the year ending the thirtieth day of June last.

The Colonial Treasurer may from time to time, if he consider it expedient so to do, make advances from the Consolidated Fund to the Immigration and Public Works Loans and the General Purposes Loan Accounts; and the Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorized from time to time to repay such advances to the Consolidated Fund out of any moneys thereafter standing to the credit of the account of the loan to which such advances shall have been made.

The sum of fifteen thousand pounds specified in Class V. of the Second Schedule hereto, and appropriated by this Act for “Special Allowances to Officers of Civil Service,” shall and may be expended in paying such allowances as hereafter provided to persons who were in the Civil Service on the thirty-first day of December last, and who remain in the service until the first day of December next, that is to say,—

Such allowances shall be paid when the Governor directs, but not until after the first day of December next.

And whereas the actual expenditure for the year ended the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, exceeded the sums authorized by law by the sums specified in the First, Second, and Third Parts of the Tenth Schedule hereto, and in respect of the services specified in the said Parts of the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of fifty-nine thousand six hundred and thirty-nine pounds ten shillings and threepence (£59,639 10s. 3d.): And whereas the said expenditure in excess was reasonable and necessary: Be it therefore enacted the several Colonial Treasurers and all persons whosoever are hereby indemnified for the expenditure of the sums in this section hereinbefore mentioned, and the Colonial Treasurer shall receive credit in his account for the said sums accordingly.

The Treasurer of New Zealand shall issue and pay the said several sums hereby appropriated to such persons for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned upon such days and in such proportions as the Governor may by any warrant to be signed by him order and direct, and the payment so to be made shall be charged upon and payable out of such Supplies and Aids as aforesaid.

The said Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be allowed credit for any sum of money paid by him in pursuance of any warrant issued by virtue of this Act; and the receipt of the person 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 as shall be therein mentioned.