Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 21

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✨ Financial Account Statement



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THE ENGLISH AGENCY IN ACCOUNT WITH THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1863.

DR.

1863. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Oct. 1 To Balance …………………… — 2,803 18 4
„ 13 To Bank of New Zealand:—Proceeds of Draft, by Agents, on Provincial Treasurer … 3,000 0 0
Nov. 18 Do. Do. … 1,000 0 0
„ 21 Do. Do. … 2,000 0 0
Dec. 24 Do. Do. … 1,000 0 0
900 0 0
To Cash received from Emigrants:—By Captain Cook—Balance … 6 0 0
Tiptree, October Ship … 663 18 4
Mermaid, November do. … 1,061 15 0
Indian Empire, Decem. do. … 638 2 5
Ivanhoe, February do., 1864 … 11 10 0
2,701 5 9
To Proceeds of sale of Pamphlet, “Canterbury in 1862” … — 0 2 0
Dec. 8 To Her Majesty’s Emigration Commissioners:—Refund of amount of Gratuities paid by Provincial Government to Officers of Ship British Crown … — 553 4 0
To Shaw, Savill, and Co.:—Refund of amount paid for Drugs, &c. for Accrington (see account of Quarter ending 30th June) … — 1 16 2
Nov. 4 Refund of amount paid on account of J. Ripper, supposed to have sailed in Tiptree … — 6 13 0
8 9 2

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1863. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Oct. 13 By Bank of New Zealand:—Discount of Draft, by Agents, on Provincial Treasurer, for £3,000, at 7½ per cent. … 165 0 0
Nov. 18 Do. Do. for £1,000, at 6½ per cent. … 65 0 0
Dec. 21 Do. Do. for £2,000, at 6½ „ … 130 0 0
Dec. 24 Do. Do. for £1,000, at 7½ „ … 75 0 0
435 0 0
Oct. 2 By Expenses of Ships:—Payments to Shaw, Savill, and Co.:—First moiety passage-money, Canterbury … 1,725 13 6
„ 28 Do. Do. Tiptree … 1,778 17 6
Nov. 18 Do. Do. Mermaid … 1,492 18 6
Dec. 29 Do. Do. Indian Empire … 1,161 2 0
Cost of enclosed Berths … 7 7 0
Maintenance of Emigrants per Tiptree, at Plymouth Depot … 68 1 0
6,233 19 6
Mr. Milne—Assistance on passage of his Servants per Mermaid … 12 0 0
Nov. 16 School Books:—For Mermaid … 6 2 8
Oct. 7 Canterbury … 6 2 4
„ 28 Tiptree … 6 2 4
18 7 4
Oct. 8 Needlework for Single Women:—By D. G. Fleming … 5 0 0
„ 28 Canterbury … 5 0 0
Nov. 16 Tiptree … 5 0 0
Mermaid … 5 0 0
20 10 0
6,284 16 16
By Expenses of Office:—Salaries and Wages … 208 10 5
Rent … 16 5 0
Postages … 14 12 5
Stationery … 2 13 0
Advertising … 11 2 6
Travelling Expenses … 21 0 10
Office Furniture … 2 0 6
Stamps … 11 12 3
Commissions to Agents … 239 2 10
Legal Charges … 3 14 6
Miscellaneous … 12 14 9
543 9 0
Oct. 24 By Expenses of Emigrants:—Medical Attendance on an Emigrant, per Accrington … 0 2 6
„ 26 Do. Do. per Tiptree … 1 3 0
Nov. 16 Railway Carriage of Emigrants’ Luggage, per Mermaid … 0 9 3
„ 18 Conveyance of Emigrants’ Luggage, per Mermaid … 1 5 0
Dec. 29 Dock Dues on Luggage of Carlisle Emigrants, per Canterbury … 1 0 10
Hickman, to complete Outfit, &c. … 0 16 10
4 17 11
Nov. 27 By Refund of Deposits to Emigrants … — 20 0 0
Oct. 26 By Pamphlet, “Canterbury in 1862,” Publisher for advertising … — 1 8 0
Dec. 16 By Marshman, John, Esq.,—on account of Expenses of Passage to Colony … — 100 0 0
Oct. 28 By C. T. A. Varley,—Telegraph Apparatus and Stores supplied to Provincial Government … — 3,338 0 0
Oct. 13 By Troughton and Simms,—Theodolites and other Instruments supplied to Provincial Government … — 103 13 6
„ 14 By Davy, Mackmurdo, and Co.—Chloride of Lime supplied to Government … — 28 13 9
Dec. 29 By National Society,—for School Books, &c. for Provincial Government … — 301 8 4
By Day and Son,—for Copy of “Waring’s Masterpieces of Industrial Art in International Exhibition, 1862” … — 7 17 6
Nov. 5 By Shaw, Savill, and Co.—Freight and Charges … 33 5 1
„ 2 Packing Case … 0 13 8
33 18 9
Dec. 24 By Duggan v. Gann and another,—Charges and Fees of Solicitors, &c. employed to conduct Defence … — 49 1 10
„ 3 By Woolner, F.—on account of Contract for Statue of the late J. R. Godley, Esq. … — 300 0 0
Dec. 24 By Mansion-house Relief Committee,—Balance of amount of Subscriptions from Canterbury Colonists … — 250 0 0
„ 31 By Trustees of Sinking Fund of £30,000 Loan,—Expenses incident to Remittances of Instalments of Sinking Fund … — 14 18 6
By H. S. Selie, Esq.,—Balance of Transfer from Emigration account to Sinking Fund of £30,000 Loan … — 140 0 0
By Refund,—Amount, belonging to another Fund, wrongly entered among “Receipts from Emigrants” in account of last Quarter … — 37 0 0
By Balance:—London and Westminster Bank … 50 0 0
Biddulph, Cocks, and Co. … 997 2 6
Petty Cash … 16 12 10
1,063 15 4
13,066 19 3 13,066 19 3

A. OSBORNE OTTAWELL,
16, Charing Cross, London (S.W.),
26th February, 1864.

WM. THOMSON,
Provincial Auditor.



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💰 English Agency Financial Account for Quarter Ending 31 December 1863

💰 Finance & Revenue
26 February 1864
Financial account, English Agency, Provincial Government, Canterbury, Emigration, Bank transactions
  • Milne, Assistance on passage of servants
  • Hickman, Outfit completion
  • John Marshman (Esquire), Passage expenses

  • A. Osborne Ottawell
  • WM. THOMSON, Provincial Auditor