The Short Title of this Act is “The Appropriation Act, 1887.”

The Colonial Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund, and apply towards making good the Supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, the sum of seven hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty-six pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.

All sums granted by this Act and the other Acts mentioned in Schedule A annexed hereto out of the Consolidated Fund amounting, as appears by the said Schedule A, to two millions two hundred thousand six hundred and forty pounds, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorized to retain the same in lieu of salary, are appropriated for the purposes and services expressed in the several votes in the Schedule B annexed hereto.

And whereas by the thirteenth section of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the salaries of all officers and servants engaged in or about the administration of the said Act, and all other expenses whatsoever to be incurred in such administration, shall be subject to the appropriation of the General Assembly: Be it enacted that the salaries and expenses for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule C annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of five thousand six hundred and eleven pounds.

And whereas by the eleventh section of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” it is enacted that the salary of the Public Trustee and of the other officers and servants in the Public Trust Office shall be such as shall be fixed by the General Assembly: Be it enacted that the said salaries, and contingencies, for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule D annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of five thousand three hundred and thirty pounds.

And whereas by the thirty-ninth section of “The Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874,” and the fourth section of “The Government Life Insurance Act, 1886,” re-enacting the same, it is provided that the salary of the Commissioner and other officers and other contingent expenses shall be paid out of moneys from time to time appropriated from the Government Insurance Account for the purpose by the General Assembly: Be it enacted, the said salaries and expenses for the period ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, shall be for the amounts set forth in the Schedule E annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of forty-eight thousand four hundred and eighteen pounds.

If within any financial year it becomes necessary to exceed the amounts hereby voted for the salaries of clerks, or for contingent expenses, the Government Insurance Commissioner may, with the sanction of the Colonial Treasurer, but not otherwise, pay such money in excess; and an account of such expenditure in excess, certified by the Controller and Auditor-General, shall be laid before Parliament within ten days after the then next meeting thereof, and the amount of such excess shall be included in the Unauthorised Expenditure Account of the following year.

The Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue and pay out of the Consolidated Fund all moneys lawfully payable to any Natives under and by virtue of the agreements validated by “The Auckland Gold Fields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869,” or to any persons lawfully entitled to the lands from which the revenues accrue in virtue of any such agreement.

And whereas the Colonial Treasurer has, under the authority of section forty-four of “The Public Revenues Act, 1878,” issued during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, in excess of or with out the appropriation of Parliament, the sum of fifty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-five pounds fifteen shillings and eightpence from the Consolidated Fund, and a further sum of four thousand nine hundred and eighty-two pounds thirteen shillings and eleven pence from the Government Insurance Account, and has discharged from the accounts the sum of thirty pounds eighteen shillings and twopence due to but irrecoverable by the Crown, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the Schedule F hereto annexed: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums is hereby sanctioned.

The moneys payable under this Act for roads or other public works may be paid over to such local governing bodies as the Minister for Public Works or other Minister may determine, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between the said Public Works or other Minister and any such local governing body; and the Colonial Treasurer shall make all such payments in accordance with any such agreement.

The Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue and pay out of the Consolidated Fund, by way of temporary advance, any sum or sums, not exceeding one thousand pounds in the whole, for the purpose of defraying any charges or expenses incurred by or on behalf of any local governing body.

All such advances shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund out of the first moneys thereafter accruing to such local governing body, and may be deducted or recovered by the Colonial Treasurer accordingly.

For the purposes of this section the expression “local governing body” means a County Council, Borough Council, Town Board, Road Board, River Board, and an Education Board, and includes any other body or persons however designated to whom any moneys are paid or payable out of the Consolidated Fund.

Whenever any officer now in the Civil Service who has an absolute or contingent right to a superannuation allowance shall in any manner authorised by law retire from such service during the present financial year, or at some future period, and whether by reason of retrenchment in such service or otherwise, he shall be entitled to have such superannuation allowance calculated on the basis of the annual salary payable to him at the date of the passing of this Act, or any increased annual salary as the case may be, and although he may not in either case have enjoyed such salary for the period prescribed as a basis of such calculation under any Act relating to the Civil Service.

The Schedules annexed hereto, with the notes, if any, to such Schedules, shall be deemed to be part of this Act, in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.