Financial Statement




SCHEDULE D OF APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

WEST CANTERBURY GOLD FIELDS ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Customs 10,036 14 5 Administration of Gold Fields.
Gold Export Duty 15,478 0 4 Imprest to Commissioner 56,078 12 6
Auctioneer’s Licences 240 0 0
Publicans’ Licences 10,796 7 0 Surveys.
Boatmen’s Licences 73 2 0 Salaries and Allowances 511 12 10
Inspection of Cattle 15 5 0
Telegraph Fees 140 3 4 Engineer’s Department.
Sale of Debentures—Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 1,991 0 0 Incidental Expenses 0 15 0
Proceeds of Sale of Stores 70 19 6 Administration of Justice.
Rents 12 10 0 Supreme Court—
Refunds 62 16 10 Crown Prosecutor’s Fees 250 0 0
Settlement of Imprests 115 17 8 Expenses of Sessions 14 19 0 264 19 0
Incidental Receipts 69 9 9 Police—
Salaries 1,689 6 0
Forage and Travelling Expenses 138 8 3
Uniform, Clothing, &c. 11 10 0
Printing, Repairs, Furniture, &c. 142 2 11 1,981 7 2
District Gaol, Hokitika—
Salaries 234 9 0
Stores and Furniture 3 12 0
Travelling Expenses 6 13 9 238 14 9
2,485 0 11
Harbour.
Contingencies 17 13 6
Gold Escort—
Annual Charge—
Salaries 602 13 6
Forage 206 12 5
Shoeing and Farriery 30 3 6
Travelling Allowances 111 11 0
Repairs to Waggons and Saddlery 3 6 6
Incidental Expenses 40 10 4 994 17 3
First cost of establishing the Escort.
Escort Waggons and Fittings 5 10 0
Escort Buildings—
Tents, Stables, and Forage Store 2 10 0
at the Kowai 10 5 0
House, Stable, and Forage Store
at Craigieburn
Ditto at Otira 63 1 0
Ditto at Rangiriri 48 1 4 123 17 4
Public Works.
Stock Road to Browning’s Pass 3 9 6
Road from Hokitika to Arthur’s Pass 14,772 0 8
Ferries, bridges, fresh tracks to new diggings 100 0 0 14,875 10 2
Miscellaneous.
Printing, stationery, &c. 101 11 6
Postages, cartage, &c. 33 0 3 134 11 9

| Balance against account to 1st April, 1866... | 39,102 5 10 | Balance against account from 31st December, 1865... | 75,228 1 3 |
| | 106,582 12 7 | | 70,456 17 2 |
| | 145,684 18 5 | | 145,684 18 5 |

Audit Office, 20th July, 1866.

H. E. ALPORT,
Acting Provincial Auditor.

  • 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.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 59





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🏘️ Provincial Receipts and Expenditure Statement (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
20 July 1866
Financial Report, Receipts, Expenditure, Canterbury, Provincial Government Works, Municipalities, Road Boards
  • H. E. Alport, Acting Provincial Auditor