Financial Report




PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

ABSTRACT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER 1858.

REVENUE.

Description Amount
Balance in hands of Treasurer at 30th September 1857 £2101 13 3
Crown Lands—
Received from the Treasurer of Waste Land Board 19050 16 0
Resident Magistrate’s Court, (Dunedin)—

Judicial Fees ... £71 16 0
Do. Fines ... 200 8 0 | 272 4 0 |
| Resident Magistrate’s Court, (Invercargill)—
Judicial Fees ... 6 0 6
Do. Fines ... 61 0 0 | 67 0 6 |
| Customs—
Three-eighths of Gross Receipts | 3971 2 10 |
| Harbour, (Dunedin)—
Four-fifths of Pilotage ... 87 14 3
Incidental Receipt ... 6 0 0 | 93 15 3 |
| Harbour, (Bluff and New River)—
Four-fifths of Pilotage, after deduction of Pilots’ one-fifth, and allowance for Boat hire ... | 3 9 8 |
| Registrar of Deeds—
Fees ... | 51 2 11 |
| Dog Tax ... | 209 7 6 |
| Licenses—
Auctioneers and Victuallers’ Licenses ... | 444 2 6 |
| Sheep Assessment ... | 522 2 5 |
| Immigration—
Refund by Immigrants from Britain ... 657 17 0
Do. from Australia ... 56 18 11 | 714 15 11 |
| Ferries—
Taieri (Lower) ... 62 10 0
New River ... 7 10 0
Clutha ... 46 13 4 | 116 13 4 |
| Pound Keeper’s Fees ... | 1 0 11 |
| Incidental Receipts—
Repayment of Deposit for intended Insurance of Government Offices ... 18 0 0
Fees for Public Seal ... 2 0 0
Refund by the General Government of expenses incurred by the Province in maintaining the Resident Magistrate’s Department since 1st July last ... 56 5 0
| Proceeds of Sales of Timber imported from Auckland ... | 1012 0 0 |

Total Revenue Carried Forward ... £28,707 12 0

EXPENDITURE.

Description Amount
Superintendent’s Department—

Superintendent ... £400 0 0
Clerk ... 180 0 0 | £580 0 0 |
| Treasurer and Solicitor’s Departments, (Conjoined)—
Treasurer and Solicitor ... 350 0 0
Clerk ... 130 0 0 | 480 0 0 |
| Resident Magistrate’s Department, (Dunedin)—
Judge ... 275 0 0
Clerk to the Bench ... 62 10 0
Rent of Court-house ... 18 15 0
Native Interpreter ... 5 6 0 | 361 10 0 |
| Resident Magistrate’s Department, (Invercargill)—
Judge’s Salary ... | 37 10 0 |
| Provincial Council—
Clerk ... 75 0 0
Rent of Council Hall ... 25 0 0 | 100 0 0 |
| Coroner’s Department—
Fees to Coroner, and Contingencies ... | 2 12 11 |
| Registrar of Deeds—
Registrar ... 40 0 0
Assistant Clerk ... 130 0 0 | 170 0 0 |
| Roads Department—
Main Roads in Surveyed Districts ... 2600 0 0
Main Roads South of Surveyed Districts ... 403 19 5
Main Roads and Streets in Dunedin ... 750 0 0
Swamp Road ... 18 15 0
Princes Street ... | 3753 19 5 |
| Harbour Department, (Dunedin)—
Harbour Master ... 25 0 0
Pilots, (Upper Harbour) ... 60 0 0
Pilot and Boat’s Crew, (Lower Harbour) ... 366 0 0
Repairs of Buoys and Beacons ... 17 19 6
Oil ... 50 0 0 | 518 19 6 |
| Harbour Department, (Bluff and New River)—
Pilots ... 120 0 0
Buoying New River ... 38 0 0 | 158 0 0 |
| Police Department—
Salaries of Constables and Office Keeper ... 757 7 6
Pound Keeper & Inspector of Slaughter Houses ... 20 0 0
Special Services ... 174 17 3 | 952 4 9 |

Total Expenditure Carried Forward ... £7114 16 7



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1858, No 77





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