Financial Statement




SCHEDULE B OF APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.

LAND AND WORKS.—GENERAL ACCOUNT.

RECEIPTS. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Three-fifths of Land Revenue less sum appropriated to Immigration (Ordinary Account) 102,080 8 7 PERMANENT CHARGES.
Purchase of Telegraph Material by the General Government 560 0 0 Interest on £30,000 Loan 1,200 0 0
Telegraph Fees (half the amount credited to West Coast Account) 387 18 6 Sinking Fund on do. 1,200 0 0
Proceeds of sale of Stores 284 1 2 2,400 0 0
Sale of Debentures—Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 4,234 10 0 OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
Repayment of Grant in aid to Little River Tramway—on account 665 0 0 Salaries 1,149 10 1
Refunds 140 12 0 Extra Clerical aid 121 12 2
Settlement of Imprests 0 10 8 Contingencies 232 18 0
1,804 0 3
WASTE LANDS BOARD.
Salaries 920 5 4
SURVEYS.
Salaries and allowances 10,678 8 8
Contract Surveys—
Completion of Trigonometrical and Topographical Surveys between Rakaia and Rangitata, and Opihi, Arowhenua, and Waitangi 6,257 6 1
Outlying Sections, Roads, and Towns 1,467 1 0
7,724 7 1
Contingencies—
Instruments, drawing materials, timber for pegs, &c. 265 4 7
Extra assistance in offices preparing Crown Grants, &c. 1,232 14 4
Cleaning offices, and firewood 58 18 6
Timaru, Oxford, and Sefton 1,556 17 5
19,959 13 2
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Provincial Geologist 1,208 6 8
Contingencies, including assistance of Draftsman, Clerical assistance, and Travelling Expenses for six months 224 6 2
1,432 12 10
PROVINCIAL ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT.
Salary 1,867 3 4
Gratuity to Mr. Thornton, as Acting Provincial Engineer, from 1st Dec., 1864, to 8th Oct., 1865 121 17 6
Special Engineering Surveys 1,073 12 6
Special Travelling Expenses 111 7 6
Occasional assistance in Office 70 15 2
Office Fittings, Instruments, Printed Works, Fuel, and Sundries 63 5 3
3,308 1 3
TELEGRAPH (Half-cost).
Salaries 401 6 9
Erection of Telegraph from Christchurch to Hokitika 4,189 0 11
Maintenance of Line, and contingencies 276 11 0
4,866 18 8
PUBLIC PLANTATIONS.
Head Gardener, Assistant, and two Labourers 508 7 5
Seeds, Trees, Tools, &c. 55 0 7
Fencing, ploughing, and planting 91 0 11
654 8 11
ACCLIMATISATION.
Contribution to Acclimatisation Society, &c. 500 0 0

Carried forward ... | 108,353 0 11 | Carried forward ... | | 35,846 0 5 |



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 75





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💰 Province of Canterbury Financial Statement (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 October 1866
Financial Records, Receipts, Expenditure, Immigration Account, Canterbury
  • Thornton (Mr.), Received gratuity as Acting Provincial Engineer