Consolidated Revenue Fund (No 3) Act 1878 No 5a (NSW)

No. X I I I .

An Act to apply certain Sums out of the

Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales towards the Services of the Year

And whereas we desire to make good out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales the sum so granted to Her Majesty Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majestv by and with

1878. [29th March, 1878.]

in Parliament assembled have resolved to grant to Your Majesty the	WH E R E A S we Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
sum of Three hundred and seventy-one thousand five hundred and thirty-nine pounds that is to say—

The sum of Three hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-nine pounds being the sum required to defray the expenses of the various Departments and Services of the

Colony from first to thirty-first March one thousand eight

hundred and seventy-eight and

The sum of Forty-seven thousand pounds for Services of the year

one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight as set forth in
the Schedule hereto annexed

with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative

Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the

authority of the same as follows :—

1. Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales there shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the supply so resolved to be granted to Her Majesty for the said several

Services the sum of Three hundred and seventy-one thousand five

hundred and thirty-nine pounds of which the sum of Three hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-nine pounds is to
be expended at the rates which have been sanctioned for the year one

thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven subject to the rate of any reduction that may hereafter be made in the expenditure of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight and Forty-seven thousand pounds for the services specified in the Schedule hereto annexed.

2. The Treasurer shall issue and pay the said sum for the

services aforesaid in such manner and in such proportions as the

Governor by Warrants or Orders in writing under his hand and directed to the said Treasurer shall from time to time order and direct And the payments so to be made shall be charged upon and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Colony.

3. The Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be

allowed credit for all sums of money paid by him in pursuance of such Warrants or Orders And the receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid shall be full and valid discharges to the said Treasurer in passing his said accounts for such sums as shall be therein mentioned and he shall receive credit for the same accordingly.

S C H E D U L E .

To	M E E T W A G E S to become due to Railway Employes during the month
of April 1S78 and to cover the expenditure in March in excess of
the monthly allowance at the rate of last year's appropriation ... £40 ,000 0 0
To	MEET W A G E S to become due to Employes in the Department of
Harbours and Rivers during the month of April 1878 ... ... 7,000 0 0

£47 ,000 0 0