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Creat Seal. The Auditor-General’s assent is required before 
any cheque can be issued for the payment of public moneys. 
He is required to audit the state accounts every year, and 
may be called on by the Minister of Finance to audit the 
accounts forming the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the ac- 
counts current with the banks and fiscal agents of Canada, 
the accounts relating to the issue of loans, the accounts with 
the Indian tribes, the accounts with the provinces, and the 
accounts with the Government of the United Kingdom. 
The Deputy of the Minister keeps the accounts with the Duties of 
financial agents of Canada in England, and with the bank or i ie 
banks receiving or paying public moneys, and the accounts of 
moneys paid for interest on Canadian Stock, debentures or 
other Canadian securities’. He also classifies all appropria- 
tions of public moneys in the appropriation book, and enters 
the amount drawn on account of such appropriation, and 
generally keeps the public accounts of Canada. 
The ordinary revenue of Canada is derived from various The 
sources, and may be classified under the heads of (1) Taxation, Revenge. 
(2) Other sources. The revenue raised by taxation consists 
solely of Customs and Excise duties, that from other sources 
consists of money derived from the post-office, Government 
railways and works, interest on investments &ec. The income 
in the vear 1887—8 amounted to 85.908.463 dollars. 
Taxation. 
Other sources. 
Customs ’ 
Excise 
Public Works 
Dominion Lands 
Post-office 
Various 
$ 
22,105,926 
6,071,486 
98,177,412 
3,556,100 
217,083 
2,379,241 
1,578,627 
35.908.463 
The above revenue forms the Consolidated Fund out of 
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