✨ Financial Returns
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1848.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Returns, for general information.
By His Excellency’s command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.
ABSTRACT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
OF WELLINGTON, PROVINCE
OF NEW MUNSTER, FOR THE QUARTER ENDED THE 30th JUNE, 1848.
REVENUE
Customs
£. s. d.
Spirits ... 1666 10 3
Cigars and Snuffs ... 43 1 6
Tobacco, manufactured ... 507 1 0
... unmanufactured ... 1 14 6
Ad Valorem Duty ... 1443 12 9
Total Customs ... 3,662 6 0
Fines and Fees
Fines—Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington ... 8 17 6
Petre ... 15 10 0
Fees—Supreme Court ... 38 15 6
... Registration of Deeds ... 12 18 8
... Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington ... 39 6 6
Petre ... 1 12 0
Total Fines and Fees ... 117 0 2
Licences
Auctioneers’ ... 120 0 0
Publicans’—Town ... 600 0 0
... Special ... 44 3 6
Total Licences ... 764 3 6
Post Office (Collections) ... 201 14 0
Total Ordinary Revenue ... 4,745 3 8
Incidental
Repayment of Rations to Military Prisoners ... 39 10 6
Miscellaneous ... 42 6 6
Total Incidental ... 81 17 0
Receipts in Aid of Revenue
Advance from Commissariat Chest ... 5,400 0 0
Total Revenue ... £10,227 0 8
EXPENDITURE
Civil
Lieutenant-Governor and Establishment ... 376 18 8
Colonial Secretary’s Department ... 226 1 0
Colonial Treasurer’s ... 148 18 6
Audit ... 119 17 0
Survey ... 157 17 6
Registrar General’s ... 106 5 0
Customs ... 268 13 5
Harbour ... 159 12 6
Police ... 1241 10 0
Medical ... 388 0 11
Post Office ... 69 17 10
Special Land Commission ... 5 8 9
Total Civil ... 3,269 1 7
Judicial
Supreme Court ... 239 8 0
Resident Magistrate’s Court ... 142 10 11
Crown Solicitor ... 62 10 0
Sheriff and Gaol ... 160 2 3
Coroner ... 5 10 0
Total Judicial ... 610 1 8
Miscellaneous
Public Works—Buildings (Government House) ... 420 9 9
... Roads ... 6258 7 4
Stationery ... 47 19 11
Crown Prosecutions ... 8 3 0
Charitable Aid ... 31 14 8
Aborigines ... 60 10 1
Printing ... 181 16 6
Postages ... 4 12 0
Military ... 3 0 0
Travelling Expenses ... 12 0 3
Interest on Debentures ... 123 11 10
Repayments ... 19 8 0
Miscellaneous ... 29 0 0
Total Miscellaneous Expenditure ... 7,200 13 4
Land Purchases (installments) ... 1,100 0 0
Disbursements on account of
Wanganni ... 131 19 1
Otakou ... 50 3 7
Akaroa ... 21 9 0
Advances on account of the Local Government of New Ulster ... 295 11 4
Total Expenditure ... £12,678 19 7
Audit Office, 27th July, 1848.
Godfrey J. Thomas,
Auditor-General.
*Of this the sum of £505 was expended for labour and cart hire on the Wairarapa Road during the month of February; but was not brought to account in time to be included in the March return.
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New Munster Gazette 1848, No 14
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Revenue, Expenditure, Wellington, New Munster
- Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary
- Godfrey J. Thomas, Auditor-General
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Revenue, Expenditure, Customs, Licences, Fines, Fees, Wellington, New Munster
- Godfrey J. Thomas, Auditor-General