Financial Returns




Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, Sept. 1st, 1849.

HIS Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct that the following Returns be published for general information.

By His Excellency's command,
Andrew Sinclair,
Colonial Secretary.

Return of Receipts and Expenditure at Auckland, during the Quarter ended on the 30th June, 1849.

Revenue

Ordinary Revenue

£ s. d. s. d.
Customs—
Spirits 1,991 0 7
Cigars and Snuff 34 8 0
Tobacco, manufactured 784 6 0
Ad Valorem 4,542 0 6
Total Customs 7,357 15 1
Post Office 153 3 10
Licenses—Auctioneers' 160 0 0
Publicans' 810 0 0
Postage Stamps Court 29 18 6
Fees, Magistrates' Court 16 0 0
Police Court 51 14 0
Fines—Supreme Court 4 0 0
Police Court 56 5 0
Registrar of Deeds, &c. 143 3 4
Births and Marriages 5 1 0
Recoveries for Maintenance of Military 9 0 0
Prisoners 26 13 0
Fines for Disobedience 1 0 0
Fees 14 11 0
Fraction of Sale of Public Property 7 6 0
Total Ordinary Revenue 8,928 1 11

Crown Land Revenue

£ s. d.
Pass on Crown Grants 38 12 6
Waivers of Presumption 66 8 0
Licenses, Depasturing 13 0 0
Timber Cutting 15 0 0
Total Land Revenue 474 10 9

Receipts in Aid of Revenue

£ s. d.
Parliamentary Grant 6,557 0 7
Advances by the Governor 259 4 0
Amount of New South Wales Debentures 0 0 0
Re-imbursement of Land Revenue 27 0 0
Total Receipts in Aid 6,843 4 7
Total 23,245 16 7

Expenditure

Ordinary Expenditure

£ s. d. s. d.
Civil Establishment—
Establishment of His Excellency the Governor 139 5 7
Colonial Secretary’s Department 334 0 5
Colonial Secretary’s Office 25 0 0
Colonial Treasury 215 16 8
Audit Department 91 2 10
Customs Department 238 19 0
Post Office 76 10 0
Total Civil Establishment 1,236 2 4
Judicial Establishment and Police
Supreme Court 340 0 0
Attorney-General 117 10 0
Resident Magistrates’ Department 147 7 6
Auckland Police Force 658 11 10
Sheriff and Gaol 493 2 8
Coroner 6 0 0
Registrar of Deeds, &c. 68 7 6
Total Judicial Establishment 1,429 13 0
Land and Survey—
Survey Department 614 14 10
Commission of Crown Lands 73 2 0
Awards to Land Claimants 24 0 0
Total Land and Survey 714 14 10
Public Works and Roads—
Public Works 524 4 6
Roads 2,513 15 3
Total Public Works and Roads 3,038 0 9
Ecclesiastical—
Church of England 300 0 0
Roman Catholic Church 100 0 0
Total Ecclesiastical 400 0 0
Medical—
Relief to Sick and Destitute 224 1 0
Aborigines 172 16 6
Total Medical 396 17 6
Stationery 74 4 0
Travelling Expenses 18 2 3
Marine Survey 45 17 0
Colonial Chaplain 50 0 0
Thames Ferry 18 0 0
Incidents 11 9 2
Return to Compass Cheque on Spirits supplied to the Troops 2 10 0
Sub-Treasury at Auckland and Russell 2,044 5 6
Total Ordinary Expenditure 9,163 16 0
Harbour Department 162 2 0
Government Schooner 165 7 9
Total 103 7 9
Militia 18 8 0
Interpreter Engineer’s Department 79 10 0
Total Expenditure for the Quarter 9,603 14 6

Return of Disbursements at Auckland, on Account of the General Government of New Zealand, for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1849.

£ s. d.
Governor-in-Chief 41 8 0
Bishop of New Zealand 150 0 0
Civil & Native Secretary 102 9 8
Government Brig 302 9 8
Salaries 384 0 0
Commanding the Troops 67 10 0
Interpreter to General Officer Commanding 57 10 0
Interest on Debentures, & Debenture Certificates 792 6 11
Debentures and Debenture Certificates redeemed 816 11 11
Total 2,690 8 10

Auckland, July 9th, 1849.

Charles Knight,
Auditor General.



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💰 Publication of Financial Returns

💰 Finance & Revenue
1 September 1849
Financial returns, Revenue, Expenditure, Auckland, Quarter
  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

💰 Return of Receipts and Expenditure at Auckland

💰 Finance & Revenue
9 July 1849
Financial report, Revenue, Expenditure, Auckland, Quarter
  • Charles Knight, Auditor General