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BALANCE SHEET OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1870.
ASSETS.
LIABILITIES:
By amount of unfunded Debt, Loans by Banks, Unpaid Accounts in Treasury, &c .... 17,000 0 0
†Amount due to General Government ... 11,013 8 5
28,013 8 5
PERMANENT DEBTS.
Province’s Proportion of New Zealand Company’s Debt allocated by Otago and Southland Public Debt Apportionment Act, 1861 18,000 0 0
Under provisions of the Public Debts Act, 1867 ... 422,000 0 0
440,000 0 0
468,013 8 5
Against the liabilities may be placed 2,202,004 acres unsold land as per statement appended; about 40 miles Railway, Rolling Stock, Station, Buildings, &c.
†This amount is to the end of May, the statement for June not being to hand.
JAMES WILSON,
PROVINCIAL TREASURER,
EDMUND ROGERS,
PROVINCIAL ACCOUNTANT.
Provincial Treasury, 30th June, 1870.
STATEMENT OF CROWN LANDS—PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.
Area available land, of which 536,750 acres are pastoral ... 1,150,423
Reserves ... 68,913
Forest Land ... 276,333
Stewart’s Island ... 500,935
Peat Bogs, Barren Mountains, &c. ... 205,300
Land purchased to June 30th, 1870 ... 578,948
Total area of Province ... 2,780,952
JOHN H. BAKER,
CHIEF SURVEYOR.
Invercargill, 30th June, 1870.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Southland, by CRAIG AND CO., of Invercargill N.Z., Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
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Southland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 12
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Balance Sheet of Assets and Liabilities of Southland Province
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💰 Finance & Revenue30 June 1870
Balance Sheet, Assets, Liabilities, Southland Province, Debt, Loans, Land, Railway
- James Wilson, Provincial Treasurer
- Edmund Rogers, Provincial Accountant
🗺️ Statement of Crown Lands in Southland Province
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey30 June 1870
Crown Lands, Southland Province, Pastoral Land, Reserves, Forest Land, Survey
- John H. Baker, Chief Surveyor