Financial Report




PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE of the DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDS for the

Quarter ending 31st March 1856.

EXPENDITURE.

Department of Crown Lands—
Fixed Salaries, ... £67 10 0
Contingencies, ... 32 10 6

Department of Government Surveyor—
Fixed Salaries, ... 66 13 4
Contingencies, ... 8 3 6

Paid Sub-Treasurer—Advance being made at Auckland for Mr. Commissioner Mantell for half salary to 31st May 1855, ... 62 10 0

Murihiku Purchase—A. C. Strode, Esq., Attorney for Mr. Commissioner Mantell, being Interest and Discount on Bills, ... 21 0 10

Payments to credit of New Zealand Company, ... 136 8 9½

Provincial Treasurer—Emigration (Otago Scheme), ... 168 15 0

Trustees for Religious and Educational Uses (Otago Scheme), ... 56 5 0

Balance on 31st March 1856, ... 281 6 6

Total Expenditure, ... £901 3 5½

REVENUE.

Chargeable with 25 per cent. for New Zealand Company—
Land Sales within Otago Block, ... 235 0 0
Fees on Depasturing Licenses, ... 139 1 0
... 374 1 0

Not so Chargeable—
Assessment on Stock, 95 6 9
Fees on Timber Licenses, 20 0 0
Fees on Crown Grants, 3 0 0
... 118 6 9

Balance at 31st December 1855, ... 408 15 8½

Total Revenue, ... £901 3 5½

Crown Land Office, Otago, 7th April 1856.

P. PROUDFOOT, Commissioner.

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




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1856, No 38





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💰 Abstract of Revenue and Expenditure for the Half-year ending 31st March 1856 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
7 April 1856
Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Summary, Crown Lands, Otago
  • Mr. Commissioner Mantell, Received half salary advance
  • A. C. Strode (Esquire), Attorney for Mr. Commissioner Mantell

  • P. Proudfoot, Commissioner