Financial Report




RECEIPTS

£ s. d.
Brought forward 24,233 16 4

Ordinary Revenue

£ s. d.
Rates on Land 358 13 4
Proportion of Land Sales, &c., being 5-6ths of Revenue, less expenses of department 5,694 6 6
Refund of Sixths of Land Revenue: advance by way of loan from the General Government in anticipation of refund 1,949 0 5
£ s. d.
8,002 0 2

ADVANCES TO OFFICERS ACCOUNTED FOR

| By J. G. Holdsworth | 1,900 | 0 | 0 |
| G. F. Swainson | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Read | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| J. C. Crawford | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| | 2,095 | 0 | 0 |

EXPENDITURE

£ s. d.
Brought forward 4,754 16 0

Bridges

| Wanganui Bridge | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver Stream Bridge | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Ngapara Bridge | 74 | 15 | 0 |
| Hutt Bridge (Metalling work) | 203 | 0 | 8 |
| Pahautanui Bridge | 82 | 14 | 0 |

Roads

| Repairs, Great North Western Road | 61 | 5 | 6 |
| Do., Great North Eastern do. | 436 | 14 | 0 |
| Ngahauranga Road | 74 | 10 | 0 |
| Featherston to Masterton | 32 | 16 | 0 |
| Featherston to Te Kopi | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Karori Road | 160 | 0 | 0 |
| Belmont Road, widening | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| Wainui-o-mata Road, do. | 115 | 0 | 0 |
| Rimutaka Road, do. | 116 | 2 | 3 |
| Grants in Aid | 115 | 1 | - |
| Upper Rangitikei to Turakina | 227 | 4 | 0 |
| Pahautanui Small Farm District | 170 | 7 | 8 |
| Town Improvements | 94 | 17 | 0 |

£ s. d.
2,823 13 6

Sewer Works

| Reclaiming Land, Lambton Quay | 876 | 15 | 9 |
| Filling Right Bank, Wanganui River | 141 | 12 | 9 |
| Look-up, Te Aro | 10 | 0 | 0 |

Engine

| Repairs and Maintaining of Fire Engine | 48 | 10 | 8 |
| Additions to Lunatic Asylum | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| Fencing, &c., of Ground at Provincial Government Offices | 185 | 8 | 0 |
| Drain, Provincial Offices to Clay Point | 129 | 13 | 0 |
| Meteorological Observatory | 138 | 3 | 1 |

£ s. d.
Contingencies for Public Works 1,577 13 3

Miscellaneous

| Deep Water Wharf, Lambton Harbour | 230 | 1 | 0 |
| Rent of Land, &c., paid to Natives | 1,042 | 13 | 2 |
| Amount credited in error by Union Bank (as per contra) repaid | 20 | 17 | 6 |
| Loan expenses | 39 | 19 | 2 |
| Loan interest | 3,898 | 11 | 6 |

£ s. d.
14,994 4 8

ADVANCES TO OFFICERS ACCOUNTED FOR

| To J. G. Holdsworth | 1,900 | 0 | 0 |
| G. F. Swainson | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Read | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| J. C. Crawford | 50 | 0 | 0 |

£ s. d.
2,110 0 0

Balance

| Balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer, Cash | 8,668 | 18 | 6 |
| New Zealand Treasury Bills | 8,800 | 0 | 0 |

| Balance in hands of Acting Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Napier | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Balance in hands of Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui | 251 | 17 | 9 |

£ s. d.
17,726 11 10

| | £34,830| 16 | 6 |

We, the Undersigned, hereby certify that the above is a true Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Public Revenue of the Province of Wellington, for the period commencing on the first day of January, and ending on the thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

Wellington, May 6, 1862.

F. S. HARRISON, )
C. J. ) Auditors.



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💰 Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure of the Province of Wellington (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
6 May 1862
Financial Report, Revenue, Expenditure, Wellington Province
  • J. G. Holdsworth, Advances to Officers Accounted For
  • G. F. Swainson, Advances to Officers Accounted For
  • M. Read, Advances to Officers Accounted For
  • J. C. Crawford, Advances to Officers Accounted For

  • F. S. Harrison
  • C. J. (Auditors)