Financial Statement




APPENDIX C.

Abstract of "General Contingencies," Land and Works, for the year ending 30th June, 1865.

£ s. d.
Fencing Lunatic Asylum ground 16 10 0
Fittings, &c., for Public Offices, Timaru 84 18 4
Rent of Storeroom, &c., Timaru 10 0 0
Employment of Immigrants at Timaru previous to 30th June, 1864 8 14 0
Punt over Opihi 2 19 0
Punt over Ashley 25 0 0
Expenses attendant on sale of stores 20 13 3
Christchurch Pound (under resolution of Council, Sess. xxi.) 9 5 0
Salary of Thompkins as Clerk of Works 52 1 8
Improvement of Harman's track through Barry's Bay 77 19 0
Forage, &c., Provincial Engineer's Department (previous to 30th June, 1864) 8 18 0
Clearing Halswell 31 5 0
Repairs of Roads 16 0 0
Rakaia Ferry—rope, experiments, &c. 6 7 10
Building room for Port Officer 85 0 0
Government Buildings—alterations and repairs 198 4 1
Police Department—repairs, &c. 4 5 0
Hagley Park bridges 3 1 3
Removal of Waimakiriri beacons 5 0 0
Custom House—painting and roofing 32 15 0
Powder Magazine—repairs, &c. 40 15 0
Immigration Barracks—ironwork, &c. 3 6 0
Meteorological department—furniture, &c. 3 10 0
Louis, Travers, and Hanmer—Preparation of deed of dedication of roads in Rhodes Town, from Messrs. Rhodes to his Honor the Superintendent 6 12 0
Compensation to Mr. Wyatt for loss sustained in consequence of a deficiency in the acreage of section 3239 20 0 0
Box to contain Parliamentary Plans of North and South Railways for transmission to Auckland 3 6 0
Powder supplied in 1863—balance of account 53 2 6
Lyttelton Gaol drainage 60 0 0
Christchurch Gaol—repairs 13 6 0
Preparation of Specimens for New Zealand Exhibition 156 0 6
Preparation of Roll under Sheep Rating Ordinance 82 2 6
Fixing standard bench marks—Great Southern Railway 2 0 0
Preparations for the reception of His Excellency the Governor 5 0 0
Carting stone, &c., from the Rakaia 12 0 0
Expenses to Christchurch of S. Watson, a diver, on the subject of recovering the lost moorings, Timaru 0 10 0
Timaru Waste Lands Board—travelling expenses of Commissioners 22 3 6
Compensation to Little River natives on account of tramway reserve at Little River 35 0 0
Engineering reports and surveys on Hurunui and Opihi bridges, and on water supply for Timaru and Ashburton Plain 115 10 0
Supreme Court House—samples of stone, &c. 10 0 0
Improvement of River Avon 16 10 0
Total 1859 10 5

Christchurch, August 16, 1865.

W.M. THOMSON,
Provincial Auditor.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 69





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💰 Abstract of General Contingencies, Land and Works (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 August 1865
Expenditure, Financial Report, Provincial Government, Canterbury
  • Thompkins, Salary as Clerk of Works
  • Wyatt (Mr), Compensation for land deficiency
  • S. Watson, Diver expenses

  • W.M. Thomson, Provincial Auditor