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I shall draw attention to them in their order.
The first item in excess of the vote is in the Engineer’s Department, under the head ‘Incidental Expenses,’ £120 of the whole sum expended was so expended in the September and December quarters on the West Coast.
In the department ‘Administration of Justice,’ £50 has been paid under special authority in excess of the Vote for the office of Crown Prosecutor. And in the Supreme Court it will be seen that £2051 4s. 6d. has been drawn for the expenses of witnesses in that Court, of which sum £1551 4s. 6d. is without Vote; and also in Resident Magistrate’s Court, £861 16s. was expended, of which £711 16s. was also in excess of the Vote. It must be borne in mind that these large sums were required for Sessions in which the calendar was unusually heavy, during one of which the trial of Wilson took place. Each item of this Expenditure is supported by vouchers.
The next item calling for special remark is that for ‘Salaries to the Police.’ This Vote is exceeded by £478 7s. 2d., and the cause for this appears to be that no Vote under this department was asked for the Police in charge of the Lock-up at Hokitika; the salaries for the portion of the force so employed were debited on this side to the District Gaol, which is a different establishment altogether, and for which a Vote was taken to defray only the salaries of the Warders. I have had no other alternative therefore than to charge these amounts, drawn for this purpose, against the Police Department, to which in fact the Officers belong.
The other items in excess of this department are, Travelling Expenses, £150 11s. 4d.; Fuel, £43 18s. 4d.; Printing and Stationery, £94 12s. 7d.; Uniform Clothing, £39 12s. 8d.; Furniture, £161 9s. 7d.; and Outstanding Liabilities, £380 11s. 4d. I must again invite the attention of the Council to the further sums due on account of Police Expenditure which are waiting its sanction before they receive my certificate.
There is a small sum of £20 12s. 5d. required to defray the excess of the Vote for Medicines to the District Gaol.
In the Harbor Department the Salary Vote is exceeded, and that for Materials also. £12 17s. 9d. has been paid in excess of the Vote for Greymouth, and £80 8s. for Okarito. In both these places a regular boat’s crew has been maintained, and there are vouchers awaiting authority for payment, and which if paid would place these Votes considerably in excess. A new service has also sprung up at the Haast, which has since decayed, and for which there was no provision in the Appropriation Act, and consequently I could not certify for payment.
A necessity of a like nature may arise at any moment, and provision should be made in future Estimates to meet emergencies of this kind, or serious inconvenience may result.
In the Telegraph Department there is a slight increase occasioned by the services of an additional lineman being required. The excess in the item maintenance has already been accounted for under Schedule B.
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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, Unvoted Expenditure, Medical Comforts, Postage, Diseased Cattle Act, Pastoral Associations, Governor’s Reception, Canterbury Bond Stamps, Public Plantations, Fencing, Harbour Department, Public Works, Gaol, Tramway Works, Provincial Government Works, Avon, Hagley Park, Charitable Aid Fund, General Miscellaneous, Rakaia Ferry, Godley Statue, Harbour Master, Wool exports, Sea Wall, Lyttelton, West Canterbury Gold Fields, Audit Act