Provincial Financial Statements




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Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, October 30, 1858.

His Honour the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Returns for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT, Provincial Secretary.

ABSTRACT of the REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the PROVINCE of NELSON, for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1858.

REVENUE. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.
Ordinary Revenue. Civil.
Customs (being Three-eighths of Gross Revenue) 1,490 0 9 Superintendent's Establishment 141 6 2
Magistrates' Fees (Nelson) 74 3 0 Provincial Secretary 81 13 6
Fines 9 10 0 Provincial Treasurer 37 10 0
Magistrates' Fees and Fines (Mas- sacre Bay) 23 11 4 Audit 22 10 0
Magistrates' Fees and Fines (Wai- rau) 11 6 0 Land and Survey 400 6 0
Registrar of Deeds—Fees 71 0 0 Harbour 180 13 2
Publicans' Licenses 251 10 0 Police 325 14 7
Powder Magazine 3 4 0 Medical 229 11 9
Provincial Council 192 11 9
Total Ordinary Revenue 2,043 4 6 Registrar of Deeds 95 12 6
Native Interpreter 25 1 0
Incidental Receipts. Judicial.
Repayments from General Govern- ment 2,892 8 4 Provincial Solicitor 62 10 0
Miscellaneous 170 6 2 Sheriff and Gaol 182 19 8
Magistrates' Department (Nelson) 94 18 8
Total Incidental Receipts 3,062 14 6 " " (Aorere) 182 3 1
" " (Wairau) 145 1 8
Territorial Revenue. Coroners' 22 11 6
Commissioner of Crown Lands— Sales, &c. 5,517 16 0 Public Purposes.
Inter-Provincial Post 60 16 1
Total Territorial Revenue 5,517 16 0 Printing and Gazette 20 4 6
Charitable Aid 86 17 10
Debenture Act. Supreme Court 114 17 0
Proceeds of Sale of £15,000 of De- bentures 14,929 13 5 Miscellaneous 68 19 1
New Zealand Company's Debt 1,000 0 0
Total Debenture Act 14,929 13 5 Education 1,100 0 0
Nelson Steam Association 477 3 0
Repairs of Roads 173 11 0
Coast Road (Amuri) 50 0 0
Existing Contracts 19 17 1
Electoral Roll 61 12 0
Lesser Public Works 2 15 0 3,236
Debenture Act.
New Roads, Bridges, &c. 125 0 0
Port Road 400 0 0
Surveys 163 13 8
Waitohi Road 200 0 0
* Roads, Bridges (Massacre Bay) 170 12 1
Landing-place, Riwaka 14 10 0
Waimea East Road 400 0 0
Waimea West Road 5 10 8
Suburban South 60 0 0
Road, Wakefield to Wairau 10 0 0
Road to Gold-Diggings 37 3 0
Bridle Track, Pelorus 13 15 0
Awatere Roads 65 0 0
Stoke Bridge 155 0 0 1,820
Refund of Revenue (Fees and Fines) 41 11 0
Total Revenue £ 25,553 8 5 Total Expenditure £ 7,622
Balance from last Quarter £ 4,167 19 11 Balance to next Quarter £ 22,099
Total £ 29,721 8 4 Total £ 29,721
  • Note.—In addition to this sum of £170 12s. 1d., the sum of £936 6s. 6d. has been forwarded to Massacre Bay, and not yet brought to account.

JOHN POYNTER, Provincial Treasurer.

STATEMENT of CUSTOMS REVENUE collected at the Port of NELSON, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1858.

HEADS OF REVENUE. AMOUNT.
£ s. d.
Spirits 2,161 7 6
Tobacco 398 2 6
Cigars and Snuffs 89 17 0
Fixed Duties 709 18 0
Duties by Measurement 772 10 5
Warehouse Rent 15 12 3
Total Receipts £ 4,147 7 8

Custom House, Nelson, 4th October, 1858.

D. ROUGH, Collector.



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