Provincial Financial Report




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PROVINCIAL BALANCE SHEET

AT 31st MARCH, 1862.

REVENUE.

DR.

To Balance at September 30, 1861—

Loans.

Dunedin Town Board ........................ £4500 0 0
" " Cemetery .......................... 100 0 0
Port Chalmers " ............................ 100 0 0
£4,700 0 0

Advance Accounts.

Roads and Bridges Department ............. 342 15 5
Public Buildings " ......................... 45 0 3
Police " ...................................... 70 0 0
Gold Escort " ............................... 7 3 6
Paymaster, Public Works .................... 13 15 7
478 14 9

Drafts issued by Messrs. Crawford and Auld.
(Immigration.) ................................ 1,530 0 0
£6,708 14 9

Revenue for Half Year ended 31st March, 1862—

Crown Lands ................................. 79,681 7 11
Customs—three-eighths of Gross Receipts .... 25,806 3 8
Gold Export Duty ............................ 39,513 0 10
Harbour Dues ................................. 2,348 8 0
Jetty Dues ................................... 1,093 18 11
Sheep Assessment ............................. 281 5 11
Upper Taieri Ferry Dues ...................... 361 9 0
Fees on Registration of Deeds ................ 445 10 0

Immigration—

Repayment of Loans .......................... 4,457 18 5
Per Crawford and Auld, received in Britain ... 2,609 5 11
Incidental ................................... 6 4 6
7,073 8 10

Licenses—

Auctioneers’ ................................. 440 0 0
Publicans’ ................................. 715 0 0
Wine and Beer .............................. 480 0 0
Bottle ....................................... 462 0 0
Wholesale Spirit ........................... 350 0 0
2,447 0 0

Dog Tax ...................................... 117 10 0
Ground Rents ................................. 87 0 0
Ferries Rent—

Clutha ....................................... 60 0 0
Lower Taieri ................................. 25 0 0
85 0 0

Incidental Receipts .......................... 111 17 9

Hospital—

Donation and Repayments .................... 2 11 6

General Government on account of Surplus Revenue, to 30th June, 1861 .................................. 1,864 12 11

Education—

Fees received ............................... 217 0 11
Books sold .................................. 81 16 3
298 17 2

Lithographic Maps ............................ 84 14 6

Supplemented Roads—

Shag Valley and Maniototo .................. 18 1 11
Premium on Debentures ...................... 1 5 0
Poundkeeper’s Fees .......................... 20 16 6

Total Revenue ............................... £161,744 0 4

Carry forward ................................ £168,452 15 1



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1862, No 179





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 Provincial Balance Sheet for March 31, 1862

💰 Finance & Revenue
Revenue, Loans, Crown Lands, Customs, Gold Export Duty, Licenses, Education