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BLUFF HARBOR AND INVERCARGILL RAILWAY TRAFFIC ACCOUNT TO 30TH JUNE, 1867.
RECEIPTS.
| Passenger Traffic | £907 6 0 |
| Parcels | 15 8 0 |
| Goods | 1,336 6 0 |
| Mail Service | 33 16 4 |
| Due for Conveyance of Mails for Quarter ended 30th June | 62 10 0 |
| 1,676 yards of Stone brought from Greenhills to Invercargill, estimated at 3s. per yard | 251 8 0 |
| Loss on Working | 731 19 8 |
| £3,338 9 0 |
EXPENDITURE
| Railway Engineer | £145 16 8 |
| Foreman and Laborers | 472 14 0 |
| Contingent Works | 478 18 11 |
| Locomotive Manager | 100 0 0 |
| Locomotive Charges | 539 2 4 |
| Fuel, Grease, &c., &c. | 562 6 4 |
| Traffic Manager | 104 8 4 |
| Station Agents | 62 10 0 |
| Guard and Porters | 268 1 1 |
| Books, Tickets, Stationery, &c. | 106 12 0 |
| Incidental | 149 3 1 |
| Due for Salaries and Wages, &c., &c., for Month ended 30th June | 349 6 8 |
| £3,338 9 0 |
Note.—In the above statement is included every payment made on account of the Bluff Harbor and Invercargill Railway, with the exception of £180 (three months' salary to Mr. Paterson) there are, consequently, many items included in the Expenditure which should properly be charged to the Capital Account, had there been one in existence, such as, for instance, £35 for removal of Post Office and Custom House at the Bluff; £80 for the erection of a temporary Ticket Office and Platform at Bluff; £105 for repairing roof of Invercargill Station; £60 for making siding to metal at Greenhills; £30 for fencing at Greenhills; £50 for removing back the supports of the Invercargill Station; repairs to, and paint for Passenger Carriages and Trucks £65; and purchase of Office Safe £18; amounting in all to £598. There has also been paid for Coal, Oil, and Grease £438 12s. of which there still remains on hand, stock to the value of £238. Thus reducing the apparent loss of £731 19s 8d on the working of the Railway to £58 19s 8d. The Railway was open for Goods traffic on the 8th January, 1867, and for Passengers during the month of February.
BALANCE SHEET OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1867.
ASSETS
| To unauthorised Expenditure for which future legal provision is required | £512 13 1 |
| Immigrants' Bills | 6,000 0 0 |
| Loans to Town Board | 20,173 8 0 |
| Credit Balance at Bank of Otago and Interest | 1,272 7 6 |
| Credit Balance at Bank of New Zealand | 181 10 1 |
| Amount to Debit of Province | 340,311 18 8 |
| £368,451 17 4 |
LIABILITIES
| By amount of Unfunded Debt, Loans by Banks, Outstanding accounts, &c., and Interest to date | £321,418 6 10 |
| Amount due to General Government and interest to date | 47,033 10 6 |
| £368,451 17 4 |
PERMANENT DEBTS
Nil.
Province's Proportion of New Zealand Company's Debt, allotted by Otago and Southland Public Debt Apportionment Act, 1861 | £18,000 0 0
THOMAS M. CLERKE,
Provincial Treasurer.
Provincial Treasury,
June 30th, 1867.
EDMUND ROGERS,
Accountant.
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💰 Finance & Revenue30 June 1867
Railway, Traffic Account, Revenue, Expenditure, Bluff Harbor, Invercargill, Southland Province
- Paterson (Mr), Salary mentioned in expenditure
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Balance Sheet, Assets, Liabilities, Financial Report, Southland Province
- THOMAS M. CLERKE, Provincial Treasurer
- EDMUND ROGERS, Accountant