Treasury Disbursements




DISBURSEMENTS.

CIVIL.

ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR

Salaries ... £151 11 1
Government Gardener ... 3 17 0

Contingencies—Travelling Expenses of His Excellency

Governor Grey, and Suite ... £44 12 4
Passage of His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Eyre and Suite from Auckland ... 28 0 0
Travelling Expenses of His Excellency and Suite ... 8 0 0
Stationery ... 2 2 6
Forage allowance ... 8 6 3

Total ... 91 1 1

His Honor The Superintendent and Establishment

The Treasury Department ... £246 9 2
Harbour ... 204 8 6
Medical ... 121 19 9
Armed Police ditto, Officers' Pay and Contingencies ... 69 10 10
Survey Department ... 39 17 9

Total ... £1,018 6 9

JUDICIAL.

The Supreme Court ... £278 3 1
Local Court—Requests ... 61 14 2
Registry of Deeds—Clerk ... 23 0 0
Crown Prosecutions ... 14 5 0
Resident Magistrate, Wellington ... 75 13 4
Petre ... 53 19 10
Sheriff’s Department—Gaol ... 110 3 6
Coroner’s ditto ... 1 0 0

Total ... 617 18 11

MISCELLANEOUS.

Printing ... £91 16 0
Advertising ... 56 3 5
Postages ... 4 6 0
Horse-hire ... 2 10 0
Purchase of Government-House ... £1,179 2 6
Furniture for House ... 16 2 6
Implements for the Domain ... 3 13 0

Total ... 1,198 18 0

Government Brig Victoria—Supplies ... 56 5 10
The Native Hospital, on account of Building ... 160 3 6
Charitable Aid—Rations, &c., for Lunatics; and for Pauper Families ... 27 5 1
Natives—Presents in Clothing and Seed Potatoes ... £54 3 10
Rewards ... 1 3 0

Registration of Deeds—Expense of Conveying Lands to Her Majesty’s Government ... 2 9 7

Special Land Commission under Lieutenant-Colonel M’Cleverty, viz., Salaries ... £25 8 0

Three Assistant-Surveyors ... 114 3 4
Carts and a Mare to Natives ... 64 0 0
Travelling Expenses connected with Land Commission ... 1 1 0
Payment for dressing the Bodies of Mr. Gilfillan’s murdered Family ... 204 12 4

Supplementary Civil Charges.

Hutt Bridge—Compensation allowed for Loss on Contract ... £50 0 0
Roads—Wairarapa ... 886 2 6
Porirua, or North Road ... 110 5 0

Total ... 1,046 7 6

MILITARY CHARGES.

Barracks at Porirua—last Instalment ... £350 0 0
Rent of Militia Barracks, &c., 1846 ... 26 10 6
Prisoners—Natives—on board H.M.S. Calliope ... 22 19 3
Despatches, &c., Wanganui ... 15 10 6
Clothing for Her Majesty’s Troops and Native Allies ... 65 0 3
Gun-boat—Repairs and Wages—at Wanganui ... 36 8 0
Interpreters to the Forces ... 91 16 0
Militia Staff—Adjutant and Sergeant ... 25 6 0

Total ... 596 14 3

REFUND OF REVENUE.

Repayment of a Surcharge recovered last Quarter ... 3 5 0

ADVANCES TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN ENGLAND.

Customs—Imprest, for Payment of Expenses in Quarter ending 5th July, 1847 ... 183 13 4

ADVANCES FOR THE COLONIAL SERVICE.

Imprest—for the Police Force ... £2,296 3 3
For Porirua and Horokiwi Roads ... 2,469 6 4
For Wairarapa do. ... 421 0 0
Gratuity to Native Allies who served in 1846 ... 9 8 0
For Erection of Police Barracks at Waikanae ... 100 0 0
Advance to the Wellington Savings Bank ... 100 0 0

Total ... £6,212 4 0

Balance in Hands of the Treasurer this Date

£11,543 6 4
1,556 4 6

Total ... £13,099 10 10

Treasury, Wellington, 30th September, 1847.

HENRY W. PETRE, Tr. Sou. Div.



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💰 Abstract of Treasury Disbursements (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
30 September 1847
Disbursements, Treasury, Government Expenses, Wellington
  • HENRY W. PETRE, Tr. Sou. Div.