The Short Title of this Act is “The Appropriation Act, 1888.”

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-nine, the sum of one million three hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and 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 one hundred and two thousand two hundred and twenty one pounds, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorized to retain the same in lien 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-nine, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule C annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of two thousand eight hundred and thirty 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-nine, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule D annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of five thousand and fifty 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-nine, shall be for the amounts set forth in the Schedule E annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of forty-five thousand six hundred and seventeen pounds.

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.

There shall be issued and paid by the Colonial Treasurer out of the Consolidated Fund to the Council or Board of each county, road district, town district, and borough, in respect of the general rates described in the Schedule to “The Local Bodies’ Finance and Powers Act, 1885” (in this section referred to as “the said Act”), levied for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and actually collected on or before the thirtieth day of June ensuing next after the said thirty-first day of March, one-fourth of the amounts to which they would be entitled under the plan of distribution described in the Schedule to the said Act:

Provided that seventy-five per centum, and no more, of the amount which it is estimated by the Property-tax Commissioner may become payable to any local body may be advanced to such local body within the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine:

Provided also that on receipt by the Property-tax Commissioner of returns, duly verified by the declaration of the Chairman or Treasurer of a local body, showing the amount of the rates aforesaid actually collected to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, the amount of subsidy found to be payable in respect of such rates, less the amount (if any) advanced as aforesaid, shall be paid to such local body; and any sum advanced in excess of the amount so found to be payable shall be repaid by the local body to the Public Account or be recovered by the Colonial Treasurer out of any moneys payable to such local body.

In case any doubt arises as to the several payments to be made under this section and the Schedule to the said Act, or as to payments to be made in respect of newly-formed districts wherein the Board has not had sufficient time to levy and collect rates, the Governor in Council may authoritatively decide the amounts of such payments.

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-eight, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the sum of seventy-six thousand one hundred and ninety-two pounds sixteen shillings from the Consolidated Fund, and a further sum of one thousand and thirty-seven pounds fourteen shillings and sevenpence from the Government Insurance Account, and has discharged from the accounts the sum of nine pounds fifteen shillings 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.

Whereas certain moneys amounting in the whole to the sum of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds twelve shillings and ninepence were issued and paid out of the Public Account to the several hospitals and benevolent institutions mentioned in Schedule G to this Act by way of subsidy in respect of contributions received from District and Charitable Aid Boards by the said institutions before they became incorporated as “separate institutions” under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885;” and whereas it is expedient to give the said institutions time to repay the moneys so paid to them as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted that the issue of the said moneys is hereby sanctioned, and the same shall be recovered by, and paid to, the Consolidated Fund by ten equal annual instalments to be retained by the Colonial Treasurer out of any subsidies which may from time to time hereafter become payable to the said separate institutions.

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.

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.