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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 accounts
 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 appropriations
 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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