ABSTRACT of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Public Revenue of the Province of the Province of Wellington for the Quarter commencing 1st of October, and ending 31st December, 1853.

| RECEIPT. | £ | s. | d. | | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d. |
|-------------------------|-----|----|----| |--------------------------------------|-------|----|----|
| Balance from Sept. 30th 1853 | 2315 | 4 | 2 | | Paid during the month of October, under the Appropriation Ordinance of the late Council | 822 | 9 | 9 |
| *Arrears to 30th September, received during this quarter | 320 | 13 | 9 | | Advances to Officers under the same authority, to be accounted for | 252 | 0 | 0 |
| Revenue from Customs being two thirds of net Receipts | 2635 | 17 | 11 | | | | | |
| Harbour | 26 | 14 | 2 | | Paid under the existing Appropriation Act: | £1074 | 9 | 9 |
| Fines & Fees | 57 | 11 | 5 | | 1. H. H. The Superintendent’s Department | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Incidental | 16 | 8 | 11 | | 2. Provincial Secretary’s Department | 26 | 16 | 8 |
| Deposits in Trust not available | 256 | 9 | 2 | | 3. Provincial Treasurer’s Department | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| | | | | | 4. Public Works Department | 60 | 15 | 8 |
| | | | | | 5. Harbour Department | 82 | 2 | 8 |
| | | | | | 6. Judicial Department | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 7. Provincial Solicitor’s Department | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 8. Resident Magistrate’s Department | 143 | 4 | 10 |
| | | | | | 9. Sheriff’s Department | 87 | 19 | 5 |
| | | | | | 10. Armed Police Department | 318 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | 11. Hospital | 177 | 8 | 10 |
| | | | | | 12. Medical Department | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 13. Lunatic Asylum | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| | | | | | 14. Slaughter House | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| | | | | | 15. Miscellaneous | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 16. Provincial Council | 43 | 9 | 6 |
| | | | | | 17. Printing | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | | | 18. Public Works and Undertakings | 160 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | 19. Advances to Officers to be accounted for | 517 | 10 | 0 |
| | | | | | Balance due by the Provincial Treasurer | 4034 | 3 | 2 |

| Total of the Quarter ... | £6787| 14 | 5 | | Total of the Quarter ... | £6787 | 14 | 5 |

• The arrears to the 30th September are made up of the following Sums, viz.,
  Fines and Fees from 1st to 30th September, 1853 ... 26 19 0
  Subsistence money from Patients in Colonial Hospital, and Fees for Baths, from 1st August to 30th September, 1853 ... 14 7 0
  Advances for making and repairing roads, accounted for by the Officer, and brought to charge in Treasurer’s Account ... 279 7 9

  £320 13 9

† N.B. The sums of £252 and £517 10s. advanced to Officers were for the following services, viz.,

| Petoni Road ... 42 | 65 |
| Lower Hutt ... 30 | 55 |
| North Western ... 40 | 90 |
| Upper Hutt ... 30 | 200 |
| Wairarapa ... 110 | 75 |
| Ngahauranga ... - | 12 10 |

Making £252 ... £497 10

£517 10

We, the Undersigned Certify the above to be a true Abstract of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Public Revenue of the Province of Wellington for the Quarter ending 31st December, 1853.

Audit Office, Wellington,
15th May, 1854.

S. CARKEEK,
F. D. BELL,
JAMES KELHAM,

Auditors of the Province.