The total land tax collectable for the yotlr 1896-7 is ... ■ Of which there has been collcctcc to tVto ... ••• £274,421 267,482 Leaving outstanding* [at present date only £0,9.39 Tilt! total income tax for the year 1800 7 is estimated at £93,000 Estimate of IncofFe and Exi'kniIitdre d'j Tih: Bas'is of Advances Made to tf’ip, Amount of £1,027,592, and tick Funds TEjft'o'aAinLT Invested on THE MtJI llECESllillll, 12901 isdottn: The advances authorised and ac- cepted amount to .£1,027,592, on which the annual income is £ol,o7u The ■ tomppravyj. Jnv(ff\tp>ent.. ,j>t £310,521 in Government aoeuu-. ties yielding an annual income at the rate of 3i per cent. ... 11,070 Estimate of total annual income on investments as at present ... £02,AM EXPENDITURE. Ai'nlial clirtrdq for intcrqyt at 3 per. .rifrit. per aqm/.nt.on 1 J,'l.;509,'(fjO £4^090 Salaries for tlm year,’say. “.'700 Otiler expenses! -including interest ; - on advances from the Treasury AbOU Mortgage tax 4 > 000 Katiinato-l rate of expenditure ... £55,500 Balance of income over expenditure .£63,453 Ai’VANrft.' Ar rrfo.RtS8ti To 30;i t* December, 1896, CLASSIFIED ACCORD’lffG ‘ttf I 1*0- vincial Districts, Provincial District, Mo. of Ap- plications Amount Autho- rised. Auckland Less amount declined... oai 00 £ 185.032 20,335 G2T £158,877 Taranaki Less amount declined... 499 60 153,015 26,010 430 £127,005 Hawke's Ray Leas amount declined... 293 24 81,505 7,545 2*9 £73.960 Wellington Less amount declined... 985 132 359,745 72,515 853 £287,230 Marlborough Less amount declined... 121 9 43,490 7,610 115 £35,880 Nelson ... Leas amount declined... 101 19 33,835 9,335 83 £24,500 Canterbury Loss amount declined... 3S0 63 95,375 39,205 321 £10,170 Westland Lose amount declined .. 40 10,090 1,070 4l £3,415 Otago rtnd Southland.... Lbas amount declined... 931 130 321,383 65,030 798 £255,755 Net mirftbor of appli- cations 353» Net amount authorised ... £1,027,592 Keturn of Gold Exported. 1S96. , Quantity. Value. ,62. .£. March quarter ... ... 76,402 301,502 June quarter , • ... ... *11,208 173,502 September quarter ... 76,079 302,074 December quarter.;. ... KetUriis are not , yet available. Tbo number of special claims granted in 1896 was 1435. Comparative List Descriptive op.some of the Important Industries in OPERATION IN 1806, IN WHICH INCREASES HAVE TAKEN PLACE, SHOWING VALUES of Output for 1891 and 1896 :— 1896. 1891. £. £. Meat Freezing and Preserving Works (figure* include boil- ing down works) ... 