Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 4

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✨ Financial Statements for Nelson

STATEMENT of CUSTOMS REVENUE collected at the Port of Nelson, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1857.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	AMOUNT.
	£ s. d.
Spirits	1,636 9 6
Tobacco	218 0 0
Cigars and Snuffs	130 10 9
Fixed Duties	1,095 4 1
Duties, by Measurement	2,293 16 10
Warehouse Rents	22 6 10
TOTAL FOR THE QUARTER	£ 5,396 8 0
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1857	£ 15,365 6 1

D. ROUGH,
Collector.
H.M. Customs, Nelson, 2nd January, 1858.

ABSTRACT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the LAND DEPARTMENT of the Province of NELSON, for the Quarter ended the 31st December, 1857.

RECEIPTS.			EXPENDITURE.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Sales of Land	2,829 16 7		Deposits Repaid		242 10 0
Depasturage Assessments	555 11 8		Revenue accruing to Provincial Government, including Deposits now become available		3,562 4 9
Depasturage Licenses	129 0 0		Revenue accruing to the General Government		43 0 0
Rents of Land	20 0 0
		3,534 8 3
TOTAL AVAILABLE		£ 3,534 8 3			£ 3,847 14 9
Deposits on Applications for Land	20 19 6
Deposits on Applications for Licenses	315 0 0
Fees on Crown Grants		43 0 0
		378 19 6
Balance of Deposits from Sept. quarter		438 15 0	Balance carried on to next Quarter, being the Amount of Unavailable Deposits		504 8 0
		£ 4,352 2 9			£ 4,352 2 9

ALFRED DOMETT,
Commissioner.

PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1858, No 4

The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue collected at the Port of Nelson

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated2 January 1858
KeywordsCustoms Revenue, Nelson, Port of Nelson, Financial Statement, Quarter ended 31 December 1857
👩‍💼 Officials

D. Rough, Collector

🗺️ Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Land Department of the Province of Nelson

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand Department, Receipts, Expenditure, Nelson, Financial Statement, Quarter ended 31 December 1857
👩‍💼 Officials

Alfred Domett, Commissioner

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