An Act for the Further Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ended June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven, and for the General Appropriation of the Revenue for the Year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

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[Assented to, 21st December, 1877.]

HEREAS by the Laws relating to the Customs and Trade Preamble. and other Acts and Ordinances of the Province of South Australia, certain duties, fines and other moneys are or may be imposed, levied, and collected, to be paid to the Treasurer on behalf of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, for the public uses of the said Province and support of the Government thereof-Be it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Out of the said duties, and the produce of all or any other the Appropriation of General Public Revenues of the said Province, not otherwise by law General Revenue. specially appropriated, there shall or may be further issued and applied, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, any sums of money not exceeding in amount respectively the several sums of money hereinafter specified, that is to say

FIRSTLY.-For defraying the Excess of Expenditure for the Excess of Expendi Government Establishments and Public Services beyond the Grants ture, 1876-7. for the year ended the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, the sum of One Hundred and Thirty

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Appropriation Act.-1877.

seven Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-two Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Eightpence, the said amount being appropriated as follows:

Estimates, 1877-8.

SECONDLY.-For defraying the charge of the Colonial Government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the sum of One Million One Hundred and Sixty-one Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-nine Pounds Three Shillings and One Penny, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz. :

20000000

1,305 0

2,350 0

9,075 0

2,981 0

0

2,942 10

0

3,140 0 0

Office of Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration..

Immigration

Sheep Inspectors

Goldfields..

Botanic Garden

Forest Board ..

1,795 0 0

480 0 0 2,331 0 0

715 0 0

6,485 0 0

THIRDLY.-For further defraying the charge of the Colonial Supplementary EstiGovernment for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one mates, 1877-8. thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-two Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-eight Pounds One Shilling and Ninepence, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz. :

Northern Territory

FOURTHLY.-For defraying the charge of the Northern Territory Expenditure, 1877-8. for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, there shall be paid out of the Northern Territory Revenues the sum of Thirty-one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Four Shillings and Twopence, the said amount being appropriated as follows, viz.:

Treasurer to pay the orders of Governor, and discharge by receipt of party.

Northern Territory Expenditure ..

£ s. d. 31,859 4 2

2. The Treasurer shall issue and pay from time to time any sum or sums of money for the purposes herein before mentioned, not exceeding in the whole the sums respectively in that behalf hereinbefore specified, to such persons, and in such portions, as the Governor for the time being shall, by any order or orders in writing, signed by him, and countersigned by the Chief Secretary, from time to time direct; and the said Treasurer shall, in his accounts, be allowed credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such orders accordingly; and the receipts of the persons to whom such sums shall have been so paid shall be to him a full discharge for the sum or sums for which the same receipts shall have been respectively given, and the amounts thereof shall be passed to his credit in account accordingly.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

Adelaide By authority, W. C. Cox, Government Printer, North-terrace.