Otago Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 36

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✨ Provincial Financial Report



PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

ABSTRACT of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year ending 30th September 1855.

REVENUE.

Balance in Treasurer’s hands at 1st October 1854, £2481 11 9

Crown Lands—

  • One-half of net proceeds ... 435 14 7
  • Customs—
    • One-half of net proceeds ... 3120 14 7

N.B.—This sum includes £1453 5s. 11d., the amount of a payment from the General Government of surplus revenue.

Harbour—

  • Four-fifths of Pilot Dues ... 89 11 8

Judicial Fees ... £54 11 3

  • Fines ... 23 13 0

Fees arising from Registration of Dogs ... 78 4 8
Fees arising from Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages ... 117 10 0
Poundkeeper—

  • Fees collected by him ... 1 1 8

Licenses—

  • Auctioneers’ and Victuallers’ ... 140 0 0
    Registrar of Deeds—
  • Fees collected by him ... 28 16 10

Total amount of Revenue ... £6525 19 10

EXPENDITURE.

  • Superintendent ... £300 0 0
  • Provincial Treasurer ... 100 0 0
  • Provincial Solicitor ... 100 0 0
  • Resident Magistrate ... 166 13 4
  • The Clerk of Council ... 150 0 0
  • The Clerk of Superintendent ... 100 0 0

Roads Department—

  • Surveys ... £314 8 0
  • Roads ... 81 15 0

Harbour Department—

  • Pilot and Boat’s Crew ... 336 0 0
  • Removing and Repairing Buoys ... 99 15 7

Police Department—

  • Chief Constable ... 125 0 0
  • Constable at Dunedin ... 103 18 6
  • Special Services ... 168 10 3
  • Hard Labour Overseer ... 90 0 0
  • Office Keeper ... 59 0 0
  • Constable at Port Chalmers ... 71 5 0
  • Pound Keeper and Inspector of Slaughter Houses ... 20 0 0
  • Inspectors of Sheep ... 42 10 0

Gaol Department—

  • Gaoler ... 100 0 0
  • Rations, &c., for Prisoners ... 114 7 5

Hospital—

  • Repairs ... 47 5 3

Trustees for Religious and Educational Uses—

  • Paid sum due to them ... 82 13 0

Customs—

  • Repayment of the difference between two-thirds and one-half of nett receipts paid in excess to Provincial Treasury ... 552 19 1

Public Buildings ... 438 8 10
Immigration ... 670 0 0

Miscellaneous—

  • Council Chamber Rent ... 30 16 8
  • Statistics ... 65 8 0
  • Printing ... 263 1 0
  • Stationery ... 42 4 8
  • Scientific Exploration of Province, and Search for Dr. Schmidt ... 173 9 8
  • Registrar of Deeds ... 37 19 9
  • General Contingencies ... 204 15 5

Total Amount of Expenditure ... £5250 4 5
Balance in Treasurer’s hands ... 1275 15 5

Certification

Dunedin, 29th January 1856.—We, the Auditors appointed in pursuance of the Board of Audit Ordinance, Session II. No. 2, having examined the Provincial Treasurer’s Accounts for the year ending 30th September 1855, find that they are correctly stated and properly vouched, that the Receipts amount to £6525 19s. 10d., and the Expenditure to £5250 4s. 5d., and that there then remained in his hands a balance of £1275 15s. 5d.

(Signed)
A. CHETHAM STRODE
JOHN HYDE HARRIS
JAMES KILGOUR

Printed for the Provincial Government by Daniel Campbell, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.




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💰 Otago Province Revenue and Expenditure Report

💰 Finance & Revenue
29 January 1856
Revenue, Expenditure, Crown Lands, Customs, Harbour, Licenses, Roads, Police, Gaol, Hospital, Immigration, Otago
  • A. Chetam Strode
  • John Hyde Harris
  • James Kilgour