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it must pass, at once, a short Appropriation Act, legalising the payments which have already been made without Vote, and those which require to be made to meet the salaries for the month, and all other outstanding liabilities.
I propose now to deal with the Accounts in the order of their Schedules A, B, S, and D.
Upon Schedule A, which comprises the Ordinary Expenditure, I have but few remarks to offer, as there are but few items which have been materially exceeded.
Under Class 2, the department of the Provincial Solicitor shows a small sum paid in excess of the Vote, amounting to £12 10s.
In Class 4, Legislative, the Vote for the expenses of Members has been exceeded by £696 8s.; this is attributable, first, to the greater length of the Session than was at first contemplated, and next by the provision required to defray the daily as well as the travelling expenses of the Members for the West Coast, in accordance with the practice of the General Assembly. His Honor’s special authority for my certificate was obtained for this expenditure, and is appended to this Report, as well as for all other payments made in excess of the Vote of the Council.
Class 5. There is a small amount of £7 6s. paid in excess of the Vote for “Fitting up the Town Hall for the use of the Supreme Court;” but the importation into this account of the liabilities of last year, for which no provision had been made, shows that the cause of this Vote being in excess is the payment, in July last, of £29 12s., which should have been paid in June.
In the Gaol Departments there have been a few items paid in excess of the Vote. Salaries in Lyttelton, £75 1s.; Miscellaneous, £8 13s. 8d.; in Christchurch the Miscellaneous Vote is also £4 16s. 8d. in excess; and £49 1s. 7d. has been required at Timaru in excess of the Vote for travelling expenses of the Police in charge of prisoners.
Nearly all the Contingency Votes for the Police Department have been exceeded, and liabilities under this head to a considerable amount await the sanction of the Council. The Vote for Forage has been exceeded by £99 2s. 3d. Uniform Clothing has called for an expenditure of £7 15s. 3d. in excess of the Vote. The Vote for Printing has been exceeded by £420 7s. 10d.; under this head charges have been included for copies of the Acts of the General Assembly for each of the Police Depôts. If it is necessary to furnish the Police with these Acts at all, I would respectfully suggest that application should be made to the General Government for the issue of a sufficient number of copies for the purpose, or that a selection should be made of those Acts which have reference to Police functions. The item of “House Rent” has been exceeded by £54 12s. 6d., but £40 of this amount was chargeable to the past year. Furniture is exceeded by £48 2s.; Incidental Expenses by £343 8s. 5d.; Fuel by £15 4s. 5d.; and Outstanding Liabilities by £70 19s. 7d. In the department of Charitable Aid, £53 10s. 1d. has been required in excess of the Vote.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 35
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Auditor's Report for Quarters Ending Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 1866, and March 31, 1867
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💰 Finance & Revenue11 June 1867
Financial statements, Receipts, Disbursements, Comparative statement, Provincial Council