✨ Land Revenue Account Statement
STATEMENT shewing all Receipts and Expenses on Land Revenue Account, Province of Otago,
from 1st January 1851, to 31st December 1853, inclusively.
Land Sales, Otago Block
Per Commissioner of Crown Lands, Otago District—Amount of Land Sales from 19th
August 1851, to 3rd January 1852, inclusively ... £217 0 0
Per Commissioner of Crown Lands, Otago District—Amount of
dishonoured Bill drawn by James Macandrew & Co., of Dunedin
on Macandrew, Crane & Co., of London ... 126 3 6
Per Commissioner of Crown Lands, Province of Otago—Total
Sales of Surveyed Lands from 1st Sept. to 31st Dec. 1853,
inclusively ... 360 0 0
Total Land Sales ... £661 3 6
Southern District of New Munster
Sales of Homesteads ... 151 0 0
Province of Otago
Per Commissioner of Crown Lands, Province of Otago—Total Amount of
Land Sales under Regulations of 4th March 1853, from 29th April to
31st December 1853, inclusively ... 1830 0 0
Licenses and Fees
Fees on Depasturing Licenses, from 1st July 1852, to 31st December 1853,
inclusively ... £228 10 0
Assessment on Stock for the years 1853 and 1854 ... 159 10 4
Fees on Crown Grants from 14th March to 30th June 1853 ... 3 0 0
Total Licenses and Fees ... 391 0 4
Incidental Receipts
Per Commissioner of Crown Lands, Province of Otago—For copies of Pamphlet
relative to the issue of Depasturing and Timber Licenses, from
1st July 1852, to 31st December 1853 ... 2 10 0
Salaries
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Otago District, from 1st January 1851, to 5th March
1853, inclusively, at £300 per annum ... £654 0 7
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Southern District, New Munster, and Province of Otago,
from 1st November 1851, to 30th November 1853, inclusively ... 625 0 0
Surveyor from 12th Feb. 1852, to 30th Nov. 1853, inclusively ... 360 6 10
Total Salaries ... £1639 7 5
Contingencies, Commissioner's Department, S. D. N. M., and Province of Otago
Passage Money of Commissioner from Wellington to Otago ... £7 0 0
Advertising ... 2 19 0
Printing ... 0 15 0
Office Furniture ... 9 9 6
Firewood ... 7 10 0
Postages ... 1 13 4
Total Contingencies (Commissioner's Department) ... 29 6 10
Contingencies, N. Z. Co.'s Land Claims Commissioner
Advertising ... 0 5 6
Contingencies, Survey Department
Survey Labourers ... £107 1 6
Clerk in Survey Office during temporary absence of Surveyor ... 15 8 0
Fittings for Survey Office ... 7 1 0
Stationery, etc. ... 2 17 6
Travelling Expenses of Surveyor ... 3 10 0
Total Contingencies (Survey Department) ... 135 18 0
Purchase of Lands
Food for Natives ... £26 0 5
Travelling Expenses of Commissioner ... 40 10 0
Charter of Boat ... 7 10 0
Total Purchase of Lands ... 74 0 5
Miscellaneous
Amount paid to Commissioner as directed by Civil Secretary's letter of 7th
November 1853, being Crown Lands Revenue in possession of Sub-Treasurer on 31st December 1853 ... 2069 2 0
Total Expenditure ... £3948 0 2
Deduct Total Receipts ... 3035 13 10
Total Receipts ... £3035 13 10
Amount due to General Revenue ... £912 6 4
(Id.)
W. M. C.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1854, No 15
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💰 Statement of Land Revenue Receipts and Expenses for Otago Province
💰 Finance & RevenueLand Sales, Licenses, Fees, Salaries, Contingencies, Purchase of Lands, Otago
- James Macandrew, Dishonoured bill drawer
- W. M. C.