✨ Provincial Government Financial Statement
ment of NEW PLYMOUTH for the Year ending the 31st December, 1855.
EXPENDITURE.
| £ | s | d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Master's Department | .. | .. | £3050 | 4 | 7 |
| Police | Do | .. | 919 | 9 | 10 |
| Superintendent's | Do | .. | 650 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaoler's | Do | .. | 111 | 16 | 10 |
| Provincial Council | .. | .. | 250 | 17 | 0 |
| Attorney of Province | .. | .. | 187 | 10 | 0 |
| Provincial Treasurer | .. | .. | 187 | 10 | 0 |
| Clerk to Bench | .. | .. | 91 | 13 | 4 |
| Printing and Stationery | .. | .. | 148 | 5 | 5 |
| Rent of Offices | .. | .. | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Coroner's Fees | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Immigration, remitted to England | .. | 1000 | 0 | 0 | |
| PUBLIC WORKS—in aid of Road Rates— | |||||
| Town District | .. | .. | £107 | 8 | 6 |
| First Do | .. | .. | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| Second Do | .. | .. | 19 | 7 | 9 |
| Third Do | .. | .. | 53 | 17 | 9 |
| Fourth Do | .. | .. | 61 | 9 | 8 |
| Sixth Do | .. | .. | 66 | 6 | 2 |
| Seventh Do | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Eighth Do | .. | .. | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| Remitted to England for Moorings | .. | 300 | 0 | 0 | |
| Opening 495 chains bush roads.. | .. | 126 | 13 | 0 | |
| Town Bridges | .. | .. | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| To credit of Commissioners of Third district | |||||
| for Bridges over the Henui | .. | 150 | 0 | 0 | |
| Surveys | .. | .. | 96 | 18 | 4 |
| Tents for use of Surveying parties | .. | 16 | 7 | 6 | |
| Towards punt for Waikawaiho .. | .. | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repairing Roads | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Town Pound | .. | .. | 53 | 4 | 6 |
| CONTINGENCIES— | |||||
| Gunpowder | .. | .. | 31 | 8 | 3 |
| Repairing fire-arms | .. | .. | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Drilling Volunteers | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Carriage of Muskets to Omata | .. | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Charter of Gem for conveyance of Superinten- | |||||
| dent to Auckland | .. | .. | 51 | 10 | 0 |
| Passages of Supndt. to and from Auckland | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Expenses of Superintendent at Auckland | 4 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Remission of Fines and proportion of Penal- | |||||
| ties allowed to Informers | .. | 50 | 7 | 8 | |
| Rations and Lodgings for Immigrants from | |||||
| Melbourne | .. | .. | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| Furniture for Public Offices | .. | 23 | 19 | 6 | |
| Fire-proof safes | .. | .. | 29 | 10 | 0 |
| Counsels opinions respecting "Land Claims" | |||||
| and "liability of Harbour Master" | .. | 18 | 9 | 0 | |
| Subscriptions to Newspapers | .. | 10 | 19 | 6 | |
| Hire of Room for Public Meeting | .. | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Road through Native Reserve at Moturoa | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Food to Taranaki Natives | .. | .. | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Postages and Stamps | .. | .. | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| Telescope | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ferry-keeper at Waikawaiho | .. | .. | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fee for attendance at Inquest | .. | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Road rates for Government Offices | .. | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Repairing Town Clock | .. | .. | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 307 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Advances under Imprest | .. | .. | .. | 8109 | 2 |
| .. | 66 | 3 | |||
| Payments to Commissioners of Roads | .. | .. | .. | 8175 | 5 |
| 932 | 3 | ||||
| Cash in hand 31st December 1855 | .. | .. | .. | 9107 | 8 |
| Ditto ditto to credit of Commissioners of Roads | .. | 1254 | 10 | 8 | |
| 619 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 1874 | 1 | ||||
| £10,981 | 9 |
Note.—The amount of all the Salaries and of the Police department, is for the period of 15 months. The Appropriation Bill expired in September 1854, and a new one not having been passed until 4th January 1855; payments for the last Quarter in 1854 were not made until January 1855.
New Plymouth,
21st January, 1856. RICHARD CHILMAN,
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