✨ Financial Returns and Expenditure
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, Jan. 14th, 1850.
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.
Returns of Receipts and Expenditure at Auckland, during the Quarter ended on the 31st December, 1849.
| Revenue | £ s. d. | Expenditure | £ s. d. |
|---|
ORDINARY REVENUE.
Customs
| Spirits | 2,035 16 2 |
| Cigars and Snuff | 38 0 11 |
| Tobacco, manufactured | 642 6 0 |
| Ad Valorem | 1,493 2 6 |
| | 4,209 5 7 |
Crown’s moiety of a Seizure | 19 8 8 |
Post Office | 134 9 6 |
Fees
| Supreme Court | 23 12 9 |
| Resident Magistrates’ Court, Auckland | 131 1 4 |
| Resident Magistrates’ Court, Howick | 9 2 0 |
| Police Court, Auckland | 45 19 2 |
| Police Court, Howick | 4 13 3 |
| Fines—Police Court, Auckland | 3 7 4 |
| Fines—Police Court, Howick | 5 13 0 |
| Fees for Registration of Deeds | 81 14 10 |
Recoveries for Maintenance
| of Military Prisoners | 20 12 6 |
| for Hospital maintenance | 4 17 6 |
| on account of Rations issued to Soldiers | 2 8 0 |
Surcharges | 6 7 2 |
Pound Fees | 5 13 5 |
Sale of Horse, &c. | 8 3 0 |
Total Ordinary Revenue | £4,745 10 11 |
CROWN LAND REVENUE.
| Proceeds of Land Sales | 427 11 2 |
| Fees on Crown Grants | 27 2 3 |
| Waivers of Pre-emption | 20 0 0 |
| Timber Licences | 22 10 0 |
| Quarrying ditto | 5 0 0 |
| Depasturing and Occupation | 4 10 0 |
| Licences | 1 10 6 |
| Assessment Fees on Stock | 9 16 1 |
Total Land Revenue | 513 10 0 |
RECEIPTS IN AID OF REVENUE.
| Parliamentary Grant | 2,500 0 0 |
Total Receipts | £7,759 0 11 |
EXPENDITURE.
Civil Establishment
| Establishment of His Excellency the Governor | 57 3 1 |
| Colonial Secretary’s Dept. | 106 3 4 |
| Councils | 8 6 8 |
| Colonial Treasury | 72 10 0 |
| Audit Department | 35 0 0 |
| Customs | 580 8 7 |
| Post Office | 25 10 0 |
Total Civil Establishment | 885 1 8 |
Judicial Establishment and Police
| Supreme Court | 113 6 8 |
| Attorney-General | 39 3 4 |
| Resident Magistrates’ Department | 88 3 8 |
| Armed Police Force | 510 10 2 |
| Sheriff and Gaol | 116 12 9 |
| Registrar of Deeds | 22 10 0 |
Total Judicial Establishment and Police | 899 6 7 |
Land and Surveys
| Survey Department | 246 1 9 |
| Commissioner of Crown Lands | 50 0 0 |
Total Land and Surveys | 296 1 9 |
Public Works and Roads
| Public Works | 342 6 4 |
| Roads | 670 10 9 |
Total Public Works and Roads | 1,012 17 1 |
Miscellaneous Charges
| Medical | 159 9 6 |
| Relief to Sick & Indigent | 71 19 0 |
| Allowances | 59 15 1 |
| Travelling Expenses and Passages | 37 6 0 |
| Colonial Chaplain | 16 13 4 |
| Tamaki Ferry | 18 4 0 |
| Auckland Pound | 5 8 6 |
| Printing and Stationery | 183 11 0 |
| Legislative Council | 11 12 2 |
| Postage | 15 0 5 |
| Education | 30 0 0 |
| Incidents | 38 14 0 |
Harbour Department
| | 69 4 8 |
| Pilot, Hokianga | 12 0 0 |
| Schooner “Albert” | 7 14 8 |
Interest on Land Claim Debentures | 22 12 8 |
Immigration Payments
| on account of New Munster | 5 8 0 |
| on account of New Plymouth | 2 10 0 |
Total Expenditure | £4,062 10 1 |
Audit Office, January 12, 1850.
CHARLES KNIGHT—Auditor General.
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💰 Returns of Receipts and Expenditure at Auckland
💰 Finance & Revenue14 January 1850
Revenue, Expenditure, Customs, Land Sales, Civil Establishment, Judicial Establishment
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
- Charles Knight, Auditor General