Financial Statement




SCHEDULE D OF APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

WEST COAST GOLD FIELDS ACCOUNT.

| RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d. | | | £ | s. | d. |
|------------------------------------|------|----|-----| |------------------------------------------|------|----|-----| | |------|----|-----|
| Customs | 13,782 | 17 | 5 | | Administration of Gold Fields. | | | | | Imprest to Commissioner* | 27,023 | 11 | 2 |
| Gold Export Duty | 12,605 | 7 | 1 | | | | | |
| Auctioneer’s Licenses | 40 | 0 | 0 | | Waist Lands Board. | | | | | Expenses of Commissioners and Clerk | 81 | 6 | 6 |
| Publicans’ Licenses | 6,724 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
| Miners’ Rights, Business Licenses, &c. | 3,176 | 19 | 6 | | Surveys. | | | | | Salaries and Allowances | 604 | 3 | 4 |
| Telegraph Fees | 635 | 13 | 8 | | Instruments, Drawing Materials | 35 | 10 | 4 |
| Sale of Debentures—Canterbury Loan | 1,281 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 639 | 13 | 8 |
| Ordinance, 1862 | | | | | Engineers’ Department. | | | |
| Proceeds of Sale of Stores | 574 | 16 | 3 | | Special Travelling Expenses | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Rents | 12 | 10 | 0 | | Incidental Expenses | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Land Sales | 4,365 | 13 | 0 | | | | | | | | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| Receipts from Hospital, Hokitika | 501 | 1 | 8 | | Administration of Justice. | | | |
| Refunds | 15 | 6 | 2 | | Supreme Court—Expenses of Sessions | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Settlement of Imprests | 119 | 11 | 3 | | | | | |
| Incidental Receipts | 100 | 19 | 0 | | Police. | | | | | Salaries | 1,879 | 11 | 0 |
| | | | | | Forage and Travelling Expenses | 198 | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | | Uniform, Clothing, &c. | 192 | 17 | 8 |
| | | | | | Incidental Expenses | 330 | 14 | 11 |
| | | | | | Arms and Accoutrements | 58 | 10 | 6 |
| | | | | | | 2,654 | 13 | 1 |
| | | | | | District Gaol, Hokitika. | | | | | Salaries | 282 | 12 | 6 |
| | | | | | Stores and Furniture | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| | | | | | Clothing and Bedding | 46 | 14 | 0 |
| | | | | | Travelling Expenses | 24 | 12 | 6 |
| | | | | | | 358 | 11 | 0 |
| | | | | | | 3,016 | 17 | 10 |
| | | | | | Harbour. | | | | | Contingencies | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | | | | | Gold Escort. | | | | | Annual Charge—Salaries | 428 | 5 | 0 |
| | | | | | Forage | 76 | 5 | 0 |
| | | | | | Shoeing and Farriery | 14 | 18 | 7 |
| | | | | | Travelling Allowances | 58 | 15 | 0 |
| | | | | | Clothing | 233 | 19 | 10 |
| | | | | | Fuel, Light, &c. | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | Repairs to Waggons and Saddlery | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | Incidental Expenses | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | 827 | 7 | 5 |
| | | | | | First cost of establishing the Escort. | 87 | 3 | 0 | | Miscellaneous | | | |
| | | | | | Public Buildings. | | | | | Supreme Court | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | | | | | Public Works. | | | | | Road from Hokitika to Arthur’s Pass | 8,314 | 2 | 8 |
| | | | | | Miscellaneous. | | | | | Furniture, Repairs, &c. | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | Printing, stationery, &c. | 46 | 18 | 0 |
| | | | | | Postages, cartage, &c. | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | 68 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | Unvoted Expenditure. | | | | | Extension of Telegraph to Greymouth | 153 | 16 | 8 |
| Balance against account to 1st July, | 43,985 | 15 | 6 | | | | | |
| 1866... | | | | | Balance against account from 31st March,| 106,582| 12 | 7 |
| | 102,836| 4 | 6 | | 1866... | | | |
| |146,772| 0 | 0 | | |146,772| 0 | 0 |

  • 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, 22nd August, 1866.

H. E. ALPORT,
Acting Provincial Auditor.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 61





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💰 West Coast Gold Fields Account (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
22 August 1866
Receipts, Expenditure, West Coast, Gold Fields, Financial Statement
  • H. E. Alport, Acting Provincial Auditor