Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 19

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✨ Financial Statement

THE ENGLISH AGENCY IN ACCOUNT WITH THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, FOR QUARTER ENDING 30th JUNE, 1863.

Dr.

Date	Description	£	s.	d.
1863.
April 1.	To balance	4,037	10	11
May 21.	New Zealand Bank:
Proceeds of Draft by Agents on Provincial Treasury	2,000	0	0
June 30.*	Proceeds of Draft from Provincial Government in favor of H. S. Selfe, Esq.	2,400	0	0
April 16.	Bank of New South Wales:
Proceeds of Draft from Colony in favor of H. S. Selfe, Esq. (Contribution by Colonists for relief of Lancashire distress)	500	0	0
	Amounts received from Emigrants:
By Captain Cook, May ship	1,283	0	0
	Accrington, June ship	1,052	15	0
	Lancashire Witch, July ship	1,927	7	0
	Brother's Pride, 2nd July, ship	572	0	0
	Egmont, March 1862 (balance)	22	0	0
	Proceeds of sale of pamphlet "Canterbury in 1863," in office	4	8	2
	Subscription by Ladies interested in the child Boniface, Christchurch Orphanage (per H. S. Selfe, Esq.)	5	10	0
	H. S. Selfe, Esq.: Balance refund of sum advanced 5th August, 1862, for purchase of Canterbury Association Debentures	180	0	0

| Total | |13,986| 10 | 9 |

Cr.

Date	Description	£	s.
1863.
May 22.	By Bank of New Zealand:
Discount of Draft on Provincial Treasury for £22,000 and stamp	111	0	3
June 29.	Union Bank of Australia:
Half-year’s interest on Debentures, £30,000 Loan	1,200	0	0

| | EXPENSES OF SHIPS: | | | |
| April 16. | Payments to Willis, Gann, and Co.:
Second moiety passage money, Echunga | 1,589| 5 | 0 |
| May 13. | Chariot of Fame | 2,028| 0 | 0 |
| April 16. | Payments to Shaw, Saville, and Co.:
First moiety passage money, Captain Cook | 1,988| 7 | 0 |
| | Mermaid | 1,227| 10 | 0 |
| | Second moiety passage money, Echunga | 1,827| 10 | 0 |
| June 30. | Accrington | 2,044| 17 | 6 |

| | Expenses at Government Emigration Depot, Stonehouse, for passengers per Accrington | 5,560 | 14 | 6 |

| June 2. | Expenses of Office:
Salaries and wages | 172 | 18 | 11 |
| | Rent | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| | Postage - To Colony | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| | Ordinary | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| | Stationery | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| | Advertising | 19 | 3 | 4 |
| | Travelling Expenses | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| | Office Furniture | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| | Stamps, etc. | 18 | 1 | 6 |
| | Commissions to Agents | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| | Miscellaneous | 10 | 19 | 4 |

| May 5. | Expenses of Emigrants:
M. Donohue (Captain Cook), to complete outfit | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| | John Brown (Captain Cook), for waterage | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | S. Middleton (Captain Cook), to complete outfit | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | Cost of bedding, utensils, etc., of emigrants by Accrington | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| June 11. | School books for Metropolis | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| | Captain Cook | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| | Refund of deposits to emigrants | | | |
| | Pamphlet, "Canterbury in 1862," advertising | 5 | 18 | 1 |
| April 17. | H.M. Emigration Commissioners for outfits of emigrants from Lancashire | 250 | 0 | 0 |
| April 24. | Colt's Fire-arms Co., for 20 revolvers, ammunition, etc. | 84 | 0 | 0 |
| June 30. | Chubb and Son-iron safe, etc., sent to Government by Ismay | 8 | 19 | 0 |
| | Boosey and Sons - Musical instruments for band of Christchurch Volunteers | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| | H. Gould - Sextant for Provincial Government | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| | Newman, Jas. - Colours, etc., for Provincial Government | 8 | 17 | 6 |
| June 23. | Day and Son - Subscription for Illustrated Catalogue of International Exhibition of 1862 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| June 21. | Shaw, Savill, and Co. - Charges on goods per Ismay | 18 | 15 | 0 |
| | Bowley and Bristow - Insurance of ditto | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| June 4. | Packing case, etc. | 1 | 2 | 6 |

| | Drugs, etc., for Accrington, repaid by Shaw, Saville, and Co. (payment will appear next quarter) | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| | Bankers' charges:
Interest on overdraft (17th to 20th April) | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| | Commission on country drafts, etc. | 0 | 14 | 11 |

| | Balance London and Westminster Bank | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| | Biddulph, Cocks, and Co. | 214 | 7 | 6 |
| | Petty cash | 3 | 2 | 7 |

| Total | |13,986| 10 | 9 |

This draft relates to the £30,000 Emigration Loan. It is exhausted to the extent of £1,200 by payment of interest, as per creditor side. The remaining £1,200, which belongs to the sinking fund, will be accounted for in the payments of the succeeding Quarter.

JOHN MARSHMAN, Emigration Agent, 16, Charing-cross, London, S.W., 26th August, 1863.

Examined and found correct,

W.M. THOMSON, Provincial Auditor.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1863, No 19

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed between 1858 and 1865 and are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 English Agency Account with Provincial Government

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated26 August 1863
KeywordsFinancial Statement, Emigration, Loan, Debentures, Expenses
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

H. S. Selfe (Esquire), Recipient of draft proceeds
M. Donohue, Emigrant outfit completion
John Brown, Emigrant waterage
S. Middleton, Emigrant outfit completion
H. Gould, Sextant supplier
Jas. Newman, Colours supplier

👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN MARSHMAN, Emigration Agent
W.M. THOMSON, Provincial Auditor

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