In accordance with section 12 of the Public Finance Act 1989, the Minister of Finance approved for the year ended 30 June 1996—

Such expenses and liabilities were incurred accordingly:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, the Ministry of Agriculture incurred expenses in the sum of $68,857,000 against the appropriation for the non-contestable quality assurance services class of outputs in Vote Agriculture:

That sum exceeded by $1,712,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year by the Ministry of Agriculture in respect of that class of outputs:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, the Ministry of Commerce incurred expenses in the sum of $3,129,000 against the appropriation for the administration of mining regulations class of outputs in Vote Energy:

That sum exceeded by $8,000 the aggregate of—

For the year ended 30 June 1996, the Department of Corrections incurred expenses in the sum of $184,722,000 against the appropriation for the custodial sentences class of outputs in Vote Corrections:

That sum exceeded by $11,785,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year by the Department of Corrections in respect of that class of outputs:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, the Police incurred expenses in the sum of $137,624,000 against the appropriation for the policing services—traffic offences class of outputs in Vote Police:

That sum exceeded by $3,693,000 the aggregate of—

For the year ended 30 June 1996, the Department of Survey and Land Information incurred expenses—

Those sums exceeded by $897,000 and $178,000, respectively, the amounts appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year by the Department of Survey and Land Information in respect of those classes of outputs:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, liabilities in the sum of $12,927,000 were incurred against the purchase or development of capital assets appropriation in Vote Conservation for Old Government Building refurbishment:

That sum exceeded by $2,588,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for liabilities to be incurred for that year in respect of the Old Government Building refurbishment:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, expenses in the sum of $186,000,000 were incurred against the benefit expense appropriation in Vote Government Superannuation Fund for the unfunded liability movement:

That sum exceeded by $143,000,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year in respect of that unfunded liability movement:

For the year ended 30 June 1995, liabilities in the sum of $2,661,000 and for the year ended 30 June 1996, liabilities in the sum of $1,125,000 were incurred against the capital contribution appropriation in Vote Maori Affairs for Maori housing advances:

Those sums exceeded by $2,581,000 and $1,105,000, respectively, the amounts appropriated by Parliament for liabilities to be incurred for those years in respect of those Maori housing advances:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, expenses in the sum of $28,000 were incurred against the other expense appropriation in Vote Survey and Land Information for the Kamo subsidence:

That sum exceeded by $3,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year in respect of that Kamo subsidence:

Parliament appropriated the following amounts:

The Crown incurred expenses totalling $56,315,000 in making payments to the New Zealand Tourism Board other than for the purchase of those classes of outputs:

For the year ended 30 June 1996, expenses in the sum of $81,136,000 were incurred against the benefit expense appropriation in Vote War Pensions for war disability pensions:

That sum exceeded by $1,867,000 the amount appropriated by Parliament for expenses to be incurred for that year for those war disability pensions: