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 the corresponding quarter of the year 1865, showing a decrease of £16,277 upon the quarter lately ended. The year's Land Revenue, made up to the same dates, gives £242,070 for the later period, and £374,304 for the earlier; showing a deficit of £132,234 upon the year just made up. Putting these deficits together, we have, on Ordinary and Land Fund Revenues, a falling off of £18,813 upon the quarter, and of £153,601 upon the year ended in March last. The expenditure discharged to Ordinary Revenue for the last quarter is £63,148; that charged to Land Fund Revenue is £32,553, making £95,701. For the year ending expenditure charged to Ordinary Revenue was £273,867; and to Land Fund, £219,062; making a total of £492,929. For the quarter ending March 31, 1855, the expenditure charged to Ordinary Revenue was £63,775; and to Land Fund Revenue, £31,138; making together £94,913. For the year ending with that date the expenditure was—Ordinary Revenue, £342,661; Land Fund, £276,470; together, £619,131. The Land Fund expenditure includes the grants in aid of the Ordinary Revenue. The result is that the total expenditure for the quarter ending March 31st last was £788 less than in the corresponding quarter of the year before; and the total expenditure for the year ending March 3lst last was £116,202 more than in the year preceding. This expenditure is inclusive of remittances made to the Emigration Commissioners during the periods embraced in our calculations. The outlay upon public works has not very greatly fallen off during the year ending with March last. Taking the amounts disbursed on this account both from Ordinary and Land Fund Revenues, we find there was spent upon public works in the year ending March 31, 1855, the sum of £199,562; and in the year ending March 31, 1856, the sum of £183,801. The balance-sheet of the colony shows a credit balance to the amount of £346,090.

—We are happy in being able to announce to our readers that his Excellency the Governor has consented to supply immediate funds for prosecuting the search for gold. We, yesterday, explained the position in which the movement then stood, and now hasten to report progress. The