Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 11

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vincial Secretary forwarded to, and at the
request of the General Government, a state-
ment of the expenditure incurred by this
Government in the erection of the lighthouse,
but no further notice has been taken of the
same by the General Government, although
Light Dues have been levied since February
1st of the same year. The amount of the
account was £2,824 8s. 9d.

The sum of £1,000 voted by the Council
under the Annuity Act has been handed
over to Trustees, viz., Messrs. H. Adams,
J. Blackett, and I. M. Hill, and by them
invested on mortgage at Twelve-and-a-half
per cent.

Government Debentures on account of the
Waterworks Loan Act, Session XII., No. 6,
have been sold, including premiums and in-
terest to the amount of £2,949 0s. 8d.,
which sum now stands to the credit of that
work. The first charge upon it will be
£490 6s. 5d. already expended by the Pro-
vincial Government in preliminary operations.

The Provincial Government of Marlbo-
rough is indebted to this Province in the sum
of £2,532 9s. 4d., due on account of the
Half Million Loan, from 30th June, 1863, to
30th June, 1865. Also in the sum of £36
1s. 11d., on account of Exchange on the
Interest of the Provincial debt of Twenty-

nine thousand pounds, making a total of
£2,568 11s. 3d. The General Government
have been written to on the subject and pay-
ment of the same has been requested.

I consider also that a large sum should be
forthcoming to the Province of Nelson, on
account of its share of duties collected at the
Port of Grey previous to the 5th December
last, the date at which the present arrange-
ments commenced. The Grey was declared
a Port of Entry on the 5th May, 1865, and
between this period and the one previously
named, a large amount of duty was collected.
The Provincial Government has been in
communication with the General Govern-
ment on the matter, and from a memorandum
of the Governor in Council, the duty was to
be apportioned between Nelson and Canter-
bury, in proportion to the number of Miners'
Rights exercised; this however has not yet
been done. I may mention that the now ex-
isting arrangement is that the three-eighths
due to the Provinces, collected at Greymouth,
is equally divided between Nelson and Can-
terbury.

The following statement may be useful as
showing the increase or decrease of the
different items of Provincial Revenue for the
three years ending respectively March 31,
1864, 1865, and 1866.

REVENUE.

1864. 1865. 1866.
Customs and Gold Duty ... 11,278 14 11 13,406 18 5 29,854 17 1
Publicans' Licenses ... 1,255 10 0 1,275 0 0 1,547 10 0
Education ... 1,438 16 1 1,687 8 0 1,821 12 10
Dog Act ... 292 4 6 257 14 0 310 12 0
Government Wharf ... 714 3 4 860 0 0 860 0 0
Auction Licenses ... 190 0 0 155 0 0 160 0 0
Hackney Carriages ... 44 0 0 46 6 0 58 6 0
Harbor ... 398 6 0 954 3 0 2,084 2 9
Scab Act ... 291 2 11 622 2 5 680 4 11
Collingwood Gold-field ... 212 10 0 108 7 6 208 0 0
Miscellaneous ... 4,585 11 4 927 19 8 3,940 15 2
Billiard Licenses ... ... 15 0 0 15 0 0
Land sales ... 15,167 1 0 24,111 17 0 7,057 11 7
South-west Gold-fields ... ... ... 7,086 15 1
TOTALS...... 35,867 19 1 44,427 16 0 55,691 7 5


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💰 Report of the Provincial Audit Office (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
17 April 1866
Provincial Audit, Lighthouse expenditure, Annuity Act, Waterworks Loan, Provincial debt, Port of Grey, Revenue sharing
  • H. Adams (Mr), Trustee for Annuity Act funds
  • J. Blackett (Mr), Trustee for Annuity Act funds
  • I. M. Hill (Mr), Trustee for Annuity Act funds

💰 Statement of Provincial Revenue for the years 1864, 1865, and 1866

💰 Finance & Revenue
Revenue, Statistics, Customs, Gold Duty, Land sales, Publicans' Licenses, Education, Provincial Revenue