Provincial Revenue and Expenditure




PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

ABSTRACT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE QUARTER
ENDING 31st MARCH 1859.

REVENUE.

BALANCE in hands of Treasurer at
31st December 1858 ............ £7074 14 11

CROWN LANDS—
Received from the Treasurer of
the Waste Land Board ......... 11,738 7 7

CUSTOMS—
Three-eighths of Gross Receipts 1759 17 5

HARBOUR (Dunedin)—
Four-fifths of Pilotage £73 19 2
Do. (Bluff) ................... 0 5 6

Registrar of Deeds ............ 79 4 8

Dog Tax ....................... 79 18 11

Sheep Assessments, and Fines
under Sheep Ordinance ......... 4 10 0

Licences—
Auctioneers ................... 20 0 0

Immigration—
From Britain* ................. 848 12 4

SURPLUS ORDINARY REVENUE—
Received from Colonial Sub-
Treasurer balance due to the
Province by the General Go-
vernment for the year ended
30th June 1858 ............... 596 1 6

FERRIES—
Clutha ........................ 20 0 0

Pound-Keeper's Fees ........... 3 2 2

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS .......... 146 0 0

Carry forward ................. £23,261 11 2

EXPENDITURE.

SUPERINTENDENT'S DEPARTMENT—
Superintendent ............... £100 0 0
Clerk ........................ 50 0 0
Assistant Clerk .............. 32 10 0
£182 10 0

TREASURER AND SOLICITOR'S DE-
PARTMENTS (Conjoined)—
Treasurer and Sol-
citor ...................... 87 10 0
Clerk ........................ 37 10 0
125 0 0

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL—
Clerk ........................ 18 15 0
Registrar of Deeds ........... 10 0 0
Assistant Clerk .............. 37 10 0
Iron Safe for Records .......... 50 0 0

PUBLIC WORKS—
Civil Engineer ............... 25 0 0
Clerk ........................ 12 10 0
Gaol and Lock-up,
Invercargill .................. 122 12 0
Public Offices, do. ........... 331 0 0
Clutha Coal Field ............ 58 2 6
Buoying the Taieri
River ........................ 3 10 0
Buoying the New
River ........................ 0 14 0
Works not specially
provided for ................. 183 15 2
817 3 8

ROADS DEPARTMENT—
Road Inspector ............... 63 13 0
Metalled Road to
Saddle Hill .................. 449 19 4
Dray Track from In-
vercargill to Dun-
edin ......................... 684 3 3
Main North Road .............. 5 13 5
From Belt to head
of North-east Val-
ley ......................... 210 14 10
Dunedin to Half-
way Bush ..................... 13 7 0
Overseers .................... 54 0 0
£1481 10 10

MAIN STREETS, DUNEDIN—
Princes Street and
extension .................... 469 11 3
Swamp Road ................... 0 7 6
1951 9 7

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT (Dun-
edin)—
Harbour Master ............... 6 5 0
Pilots (Upper Har-
bour) ........................ 15 0 0
Pilot and Boat's Crew
(Lower Harbour) .............. 95 10 0
Repairs of Buoys and
Beacons ...................... 24 18 0
Oil .......................... 9 12 9
£151 5 9

BLUFF AND NEW RIVER—
Pilots ....................... 35 0 0
186 5 9

POLICE DEPARTMENT—
Salaries of Consta-
bles ......................... 254 2 6
Pound-keeper & In-
spector of Slaugh-
ter-houses .................... 5 0 0
Special Services .............. 7 3 6
266 6 0

Carry forward ................. £3645 0 0



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1859, No 84





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