Revenue and Expenditure Report




Return of Revenue and Expenditure of Auckland, during the Quarter ended on the 30th September, 1848.

REVENUE.

AUCKLAND.

Ordinary Revenue

Customs—

  • Spirits 2,455 13 9

  • Cigars and Snuffs 81 9 6

  • Tobacco, manufactured 979 8 6

  • Ad Valorem 1,985 1 7

  • Arrears 1,910 11 1

                  Total               7,411 19 8

Post Office

  •                           295 7 4

Licences— Publicans’

  •                           30 0 0

Fees, and Fines—

  • Supreme Court 13 2 6

  • Police Courts 170 5 4

                  Total               183 7 10

Fees—

  • Sheriff 6 1 6
  • For Registry 61 12 10

Recovery for Gaol Rations to Military Prisoners

  •                       21 4 0

Incidental Receipts

  •                       44 13 10
    
                  Total Ordinary Revenue      8,054 17 9

Crown Land Revenue

  • Fees ...

  • Crown Grants 35 8 9

  • Waivers of Pre-emption 244 10 8

  • Timber and Occupation Licenses 46 0 0

  • Proceeds of sales 662 5 1

                  Total of Land Revenue       988 4 4

Receipts in aid of Revenue

  • Parliamentary Grant 4,625 0 0

  • Debentures for issue to Land Claimants 400 6 3

                  Total of Receipts in aid        5,025 6 3
    
                  Total...                    £14,068 8 4

EXPENDITURE.

AUCKLAND.

Civil Establishments

  • His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor and Establishment: 48 7 9

  • Colonial Secretary’s Department: 423 0 0

  • Treasury: 215 0 0

  • Audit Department: 112 10 0

  • Customs, including drawbacks: 2,092 1 10

  • Post Office: 152 9 4

                  Total               3,043 8 11

Judicial Establishment and Police

  • Supreme Court: 340 0 0

  • Law Officer: 115 0 0

  • Resident Magistrate, and Police: 998 10 11

  • Sheriff and Gaol: 286 2 11

  • Coroner: 4 5 6

  • Registry of Deeds, &c.: 114 18 10

                  Total               1,868 18 2

Land and Surveys

  • Survey Department: 467 10 8

  • Land Claims Commission: 197 19 10

  • Awards for Land surrendered: 508 18 3

  • Land Purchases: 405 7 7

                  Total               1,579 16 4

Public Works and Roads

  • Public Works: 1,043 19 11

  • Roads: 1,726 1 5

                  Total               2,769 1 4

Miscellaneous

  • Medical: 268 10 7

  • Relief to Sick and Destitute: 36 1 7

  • Aborigines: 73 5 11

  • Printing and Stationery: 136 16 8

  • Postages: 45 8 0

  • Chaplain: 50 0 0

  • Incidents: 29 7 10

                  Total               634 10 7

Harbour

  •                           166 19 5

Government Schooner

  •                           61 10 8
    
                  Total               228 10 1

Military Charges

  • Militia: 18 8 0

                  Total of Auckland...            £10,082 13 5

General Charges

  • The Governor-in-Chief & Establishment: 785 15 8

  • The Bishop of N. Z.: 150 0 0

  • Civil Secretary’s Department: 127 11 1

  • Interpreter to Genl. Officer Commanding Troops: 53 0 0

  • Government Brig: 133 12 7

  • Schools and Educational purposes: 1,311 0 0

                  Total               1,444 12 7

Charges on Receipts in aid

  • Interest: 67 7 2

Payments at Auckland on account of other Stations

  • Hokianga: 24 0 0

  • New Plymouth: 1 5 0

  • Wellington: 1 18 0

  • Nelson: 31 10 0

                  Total               58 13 0
    
                  Total...                    £11,769 12 6

Charles Knight,
Auditor General,

Auckland: Printed by Williamson and Wilson for the New Zealand Government.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF New Ulster Gazette 1848, No 23





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💰 Return of Revenue and Expenditure of Auckland

💰 Finance & Revenue
Revenue, Expenditure, Customs, Post Office, Licences, Fees, Land Revenue, Civil Establishments, Judicial Establishment, Public Works, Miscellaneous, Auckland
  • Charles Knight, Auditor General