Otago Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 851A

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✨ Provincial Financial Statement

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, 31st MARCH, 1873.

To Revenue from 1st April, 1872, to 31st March, 1873	£ s. d.	By Balance against Province at 31st March, 1872	£ s. d.
	308,067 17 1	General Expenditure	265,045 4 11
Receipts from General Government, viz:—		Expenditure under the North Otago District Loan Act	4,255 8 11
Under North Otago District Loan Act	5,000 0 0
Do. Public Works Act	6,611 14 6
On account of Road Boards, 1871-2...	13,558 13 9	Balance	269,300 18 10
Do. do. 1872-3...	8,316 0 0		27,595 1 6

	33,486 8 3		341,554 5 4
	341,554 5 4

To Loans—

| Consolidated Debentures and Loans under Acts of General Assembly | £1,091,450 0 0 |
| Unconverted Debentures, viz:— | |
| Loan, 1861-2 | 40,100 0 0 |
| 1862 | 116,700 0 0 |
| Harbor Loan | 44,100 0 0 |
| Public Buildings | 40,075 0 0 |
| Otago Dock Bonds | 13,800 0 0 |
| | 254,775 0 0 |

| By Loan Liabilities, viz:— | |
| Debentures and Loans under Colonial Acts £1,026,296 12 0 | |
| Sinking Fund | 65,153 8 0 |
| | 1,091,450 0 0 |
| Provincial Debentures | 200,534 0 0 |
| Sinking Fund | 54,241 0 0 |
| | 254,775 0 0 |

| Amounts due, Suspense Accounts | 5,737 10 3 |
| Deposit | 6,614 5 0 |
| Amounts to be expended as follows— | |
| Under North Otago Loan Act | 744 11 1 |
| Public Works Act | 160 10 10 |
| On account of the Road Boards | 13,540 12 5 |
| | 14,445 14 4 |

| Amount at Credit with Home Agents | 1,138 8 1 |
| Advances | 696 3 2 |
| Amount in Bank of New Zealand, viz:— | |
| At credit of General Account | 16,698 2 0 |
| Do. Public Works Account | 160 10 10 |
| Do. Road Boards Account | 13,540 12 5 |
| With London office on account of interest on Debentures | 7,713 0 3 |

| Balance in favor of Province, 31st March, 1873 | 13,149 7 2 |

| | £1,386,171 16 9 |
| | £1,386,171 16 9 |

Provincial Treasury,
Dunedin, May 6, 1873.

Geo. Turnbull,
Provincial Treasurer.

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1873, No 851A

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🏘️ Province of Otago General Balance Sheet for 1872-1873

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated6 May 1873
KeywordsFinancial Statement, Revenue, Expenditure, Loans, Debentures, Provincial Treasury
👩‍💼 Officials

Geo. Turnbull, Provincial Treasurer

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