✨ Provincial Financial Statement
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Statement of Receipts and Payments by the Provincial Treasury for the Year ending 31st March, 1855.
| Receipts. | Payments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Department. | Total for the Year ending 31st March, 1855. | |
| Customs, Lyttelton | 3,360 2 0 | |
| Do. Akaroa | 94 3 3 | |
| Post Office, Lyttelton | 2 3 7 | |
| Do. Akaroa | 4 19 1 | |
| Crown Lands | 24,007 6 7 | |
| Resident Magistrates’ Court, Lyttelton, Fees | 144 9 2 | |
| Ditto ditto, Fines | 74 3 2 | |
| Resident Magistrate’s Court, Akaroa, Fees | 21 3 0 | |
| Ditto ditto, Fines | 10 12 0 | |
| Registration, Lyttelton | 121 2 8 | |
| Do. Akaroa | 4 8 6 | |
| Auctioneers’ and Publicans’ Licenses, Lyttelton | 590 0 0 | |
| Ditto, Akaroa | 70 0 0 | |
| Harbor, Lyttelton | 5 10 0(d) | |
| Incidental Receipts, Lyttelton | 139 13 9(e) | |
| Ditto, Akaroa | 3 9 0 | |
| Refund by General Government | 375 0 0 | |
| Total for the Year ending 31st March, 1855 | 29,028 5 9 | | Total for the Year ending 31st March, 1855 | 19,117 19 0 |
| Balance in the Treasury on the 31st March, 1854 (f) | 1,792 9 5 | | Balance in the Treasury on the 31st March, 1855 | 11,702 16 2 |
| | £30,820 15 2 | | | £30,820 15 2 |
John Marshman, Provincial Auditor.
This sum includes £119 18s. 11d. for alterations to Hospital “Reciepts,” the actual expenditure has been £51 6s. 8d.
a. Of this sum, £2 3s. 7d. has been refunded—see “Receipts.”
b. The General Government has been allowed to retain the Poundage fees, since 30th June last in aid of Salary.
c. Includes £400 towards expenses of Road, South of Christchurch.
d. The Harbour Master has been allowed to retain the money shown in the Quarterly Statement for March, 1855. See Gazette, No. 18, Vol. 4.
e. This sum is less than that shown in the Bank Commission for transmitting the money to Nelson.
f. The General Government refunded this sum, excepting £3 15s. 0d.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 8
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- John Marshman, Provincial Auditor