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Provincial Secretary\'s Office, Nelson, October 20, 1857.

HIS Honour the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Returns for general information.
By His Honour\'s command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Provincial Secretary.

STATEMENT of the REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the Province of NELSON, for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1857.

REVENUE. £ s. d. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d.
ORDINARY REVENUE. CIVIL.
Customs (being Three-eighths of Gross Revenue) . 1,335 6 3 Superintendent\'s Department . 205 0 0
Magistrates\' Fees . 81 4 0 Provincial Secretary\'s . 52 8 10
" Fines . 24 0 0 Provincial Treasurer\'s . 39 13 4
Registrar of Deeds, Fees . 100 14 8 Crown Lands\' . 207 1 5
Government Wharf, Rent . 16 4 0 Survey . 108 6 8
Powder Magazine . 11 0 6 Harbour . 161 14 4
Publicans\' Licenses . 323 13 4 1,892 11 9 Police . 276 11 1
Medical . 236 1 7
INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS. Provincial Council . 379 14 10
Miscellaneous . 55 0 0 55 0 0 Registrar of Deeds\' . 97 1 8
Interpreter . 45 16 8 1,809 10
TERRITORIAL REVENUE.
Commissioner of Crown Lands- JUDICIAL.
Sales of Land, &c. . 3,050 13 0 3,050 13 0 Provincial Solicitor\'s Department . 62 10 0
Sheriff and Gaol . 120 12 0
Magistrates\' (Nelson) . 280 12 11
" (Wairau) . 46 0 10
" (Aorere) . 165 3 1
Coroners\' . 8 11 0 683 9
PUBLIC PURPOSES.
Inter-Provincial Post . 108 1 10
Audit . 15 0 0
Miscellaneous . 32 6 0
Interest on New Zealand Company\'s
Debt . 1,000 0 0
Houses of Accommodation . 10 0 0
Repairs of Offices . 5 0 0
Lesser Public Works . 50 5 0
Roads and Bridges . 399 0 6
Printing and Gazette . 89 2 1
Charitable Aid . 55 6 4
Education . 364 0 0
Lock-up and Constables\' House
(Wairau) . 55 1 1
Ditto ditto (Aorere) . 300 0 0
Buoys, Aorere Harbour . 53 15 6
Expenses of Prosecution in Supreme
Court . 6 17 0
Expenses of Prosecution in Supreme
Court, Canterbury . 36 7 6
Surveys . 710 17 9 3,291 0
TOTAL REVENUE . £ 5,028 4 9 TOTAL EXPENDITURE . £ 5,784 0 10
Balance from last Quarter . £ 3,029 16 6 Balance to next Quarter . £ 2,274 0 5
TOTAL . £ 8,058 1 3 TOTAL . £ 8,058 1 3

Nelson, 14th October, 1857. JOHN POYNTER, Provincial Treasurer.

STATEMENT of CUSTOMS REVENUE collected at the Port of Nelson, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1857.

HEADS OF REVENUE. AMOUNT.
£ s. d.
Spirits . . . . . . . . 1,160 13 4
Tobacco . . . . . . . . 428 12 6
Cigars and Snuffs . . . . . . 74 3 11
Fixed Duties . . . . . . . 737 6 10
Duties, by Measurement . . . . 1,017 15 9
Warehouse Rents . . . . . . 17 2 7
Crown\'s Share of Seizures . . . 2 13 9
TOTAL . . . . . . . £ 3,438 8 8

Customs, Nelson, 1st October, 1857. D. ROUGH, Collector.



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