✨ Financial Account Statement
THE ENGLISH AGENCY IN ACCOUNT WITH THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER
For the Six Months ended 31st December, 1873.
Dr.
| Date | Description | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | |||
| July 1 | To Balance: Cocks, Biddulph, & Co. | 416 14 4 | |
| Petty cash | 6 0 3 | ||
| Sep. 27 | To Linley & Co., for discount on Invoice for Lamps, &c. | 422 14 7 | |
| To Avonside Engine Company for Repayment of Cost of Repairs, &c., to Locomotive per Moa... | 0 17 6 | ||
| Dec. 2 | To Bank of New Zealand: Amount transferred to account at Cocks, Biddulph & Co. | 150 0 0 |
Cr.
| Date | Description | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | |||
| By Expenses of Office— | |||
| Salaries and Wages | 2 10 0 | ||
| Postages | 6 8 3 | ||
| Stamps | 2 0 | ||
| Travelling Expenses | 5 6 | ||
| Advertising | 4 9 | ||
| Stationery | 1 1 0 | 10 12 0 | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| By Toms, Elizabeth, (late housekeeper); Allowance as authorised to 20th Dec. | 7 0 0 | ||
| By Cablegrams to Provincial Government: | |||
| Aug. 2 | Message re Shipment of Engines, &c. | 9 10 0 | |
| Sep. 26 | Do. re Appointment of Railway Engineer | 9 10 0 | |
| Oct. 30 | Do. re Ditto | 9 10 0 | |
| Dec. 10 | Do. re Professor of Chemistry | 18 18 6 | 47 8 6 |
| By Shipment of Railway Plant &c. to Province— | |||
| Oct. 15 | Shipping Charges upon Sundry Packages | 3 4 0 | |
| Nov. 1 | Packing Cases and Carriage | 4 17 4 | |
| Aug. 20 | Freight, &c. on Cases for Museum | 2 11 9 | |
| Dec. 26 | Insurance Premiums, Oct. and Nov. | 17 5 5 | 27 18 6 |
| By Appointment of Railway Engineer— | |||
| Nov. 20 | Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. for cost of passage to Lyttelton | 96 10 0 | |
| Warner, J. G.: Balance of sum allowed for passage | 8 10 0 | ||
| Ditto: Advance on account of Salary | 100 0 0 | 205 0 0 | |
| By Appointment of School Teachers for Education Board— | |||
| July 6 | Ferrier, Miss M.: Travelling Expenses attending appointment in London | 2 10 0 | |
| Sep. 24 | Ditto in aid of Expenses of Embarkation, &c. | 4 0 0 | |
| Aug. 19 | Kiddell, L., Miss, for Travelling and Embarkation Expenses | 4 0 0 | 10 10 0 |
| Oct. 24 | By Matthews and Son, for Bed Sheets, &c. | 5 3 6 | |
| Nov. 3 | By Weiss & Son, for Surgical Instruments for Hospital | 5 3 6 | |
| By Bankers’ Charges: Clerk’s Christmas Box | 2 2 0 | ||
| By Amount unaccounted for by Clerk who absconded | 1 0 0 | ||
| By Balance: Cocks, Biddulph & Co. | 257 11 7 | ||
| Petty Cash | 9 3 6 | 266 15 1 |
Total | | | £588 13 1 |
London, 24th November, 1874.
ALBERT O. OTTYWELL.
Examined,
March 19, 1875.
J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor.
Next Page →
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1875, No 15
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
💰 English Agency Financial Account
💰 Finance & Revenue24 November 1874
Financial Statement, Expenses, Revenue, Provincial Treasurer
- Albert O. Ottywell, Signed the financial account
- J. Ollivier, Examined the financial account
- ALBERT O. OTTYWELL
- J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor