Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 52

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✨ Financial Statement



SCHEDULE D OF APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

WEST CANTERBURY GOLD FIELDS ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Customs 12,746 2 1 Administration of Gold Fields.
Gold Export Duty 10,359 7 0 Imprest to Commissioner 51,020 5 5
Auctioneer’s Licenses 200 0 0 Surveys.
Proceeds of Sale of Stores 82 2 3 Salaries and Allowances 382 10 1
Refunds 151 19 7 Contingencies... 8 4 5
Settlement of Imprests 452 14 3 Extra Office Assistance... 27 8 3
Instruments, drawing materials 35 12 8
418 2 3
Administration of Justice.
Police...
Salaries 1,592 4 6
Forage and Travelling Expenses 176 13 3
Printing, Repairs, Furniture, &c. 461 12 4
2,230 10 1
District Gaol, Hokitika--
Salaries 52 12 0
Hospital and Charitable Aid.
Charitable Aid 6 5 0
Labour...
Contingencies... 25 0 0
Gold Escort.
Annual Charge--
Salaries 596 9 0
Forage... 849 4 2
Shoeing and Ferriery... 90 11 6
Travelling Allowances 30 6 0
Clothing... 122 17 6
Fuel, Light, &c... 7 0 0
Repairs to Waggons and Saddlery 60 11 0
Incidental Expenses 64 16 6
1,821 15 8
First cost of establishing the Escort.
Horses... 227 0 0
Twelve sets of Saddlery 132 10 0
Six pack saddles... 45 0 0
Escort waggons and fittings 571 16 0
Harness 161 10 0
Gold boxes 50 12 0
Swords... 86 5 0
Miscellaneous 368 0 3
Buildings, &c., at the Kowai 421 0 0
House, stable, &c., at Craigieburn 425 11 5
Bealey 676 14 0
Otira 407 19 6
Rangitata... 300 0 0
1,642 13 3
5,695 13 10
Public Works.
Stock Road to Browning’s Pass 150 0 0
Grey and Arnold Road... 97 13 0
Road from Hokitika to Arthur’s Pass 18,018 7 3
Ferries, bridges, fresh tracks to new
diggings... 2 17 0
18,268 17 3
Miscellaneous.
Printing, stationery, &c. 340 14 6
Postage, cartage, &c. 83 15 10
424 10 4
Unvoted Expenditure.
Horse for Police Department 31 10 0
Remuneration to Mr. Rochfort for extra
services at the West Coast 100 0 0
131 10 0
Transfer to Receiver of Land Revenue’s Account: Amount paid in error to the Provincial Treasurer by the Gold Fields Commissioner 67 3 0
23,992 5 2
Balance against account to 1st January, 1866... 70,456 17 2 78,340 9 8
94,449 2 4 16,108 12 8
94,449 2 4

*This item will be classified under proper heads in the Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year ending 30th June, 1866. The documents to enable the classification to be made being in course of preparation at the West Coast.

Audit Office, 27th June, 1866.

H. E. ALPORT,
Acting Provincial Auditor.



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💰 Quarterly Financial Statement for Canterbury Province (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
27 June 1866
Financial statement, Receipts, Expenditure, Canterbury Province, Quarterly report, Schedule D, Appropriation Ordinance
  • H. E. Alport, Acting Provincial Auditor