Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, November 13, 1854.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Returns for general information.

By his Honor’s command,

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

ABSTRACT OF RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON, FOR THE QUARTER COMMENCING 1ST JANUARY, 1854, AND ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1854 :-

RECEIPT.

£ s. d. £ s. d.

Balance due from Provincial Treasurer last Quarter ............ 4034 3 2

REVENUE—

Customs ........................................... 4668 9 10
Harbor, Pilotage, and Ferriage .................... 37 11 8
Resident Magistrate — Fines and Fees ............. 114 1 0
Licenses—Bush .................................... 5 0 0
Registrar of Deeds, Fees .......................... 7 12 8
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4832 15 2

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS—

Refund of Speaker’s salary ....................... 200 0 0
Postmaster—Mail Contract ......................... 37 10 0
Hospital — Subsistence Money and Baths ........... 23 17 6
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261 7 6

Contributions towards making Roads ............... 376 13 0
Loan on Debentures ............................... 2100 0 0
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2476 13 0

ADVANCES TO OFFICERS ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC WORKS REFUNDED—

Petoni Road, last Quarter ....................... 65 0 0
Lower Hutt ...................................... 55 0 0
Upper Hutt ...................................... 200 0 0
Wairarapa ....................................... 75 0 0
Ngahauranga ..................................... 12 10 0
Pound ........................................... 20 0 0
Lower Hutt, this Quarter ........................ 55 0 0
Upper Hutt ...................................... 25 0 0
Wairarapa ....................................... 97 0 0
Rimutaka ........................................ 3 0 0
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607 10 0

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                                            £12,212  8 10

EXPENDITURE UNDER THE EXISTING APPROPRIATION ACT.

£ s. d. £ s. d.

1. Superintendent’s Department, including arrears ... 350 0 0
2. Provincial Secretary .......................... 186 8 5
3. Provincial Treasurer .......................... 35 1 3
4. Public Works .................................. 111 8 7
5. Harbor ........................................ 149 15 0
6. Judicial ...................................... 0 0 0
7. Provincial Solicitor .......................... 65 0 0
8. Resident Magistrate ........................... 223 6 2
9. Sheriff ....................................... 134 18 1
10. Armed Police .................................. 451 4 7
11. Hospital ...................................... 258 5 8
12. Medical ....................................... 7 8 9
13. Lunatic Asylum ............................... 118 16 11
14. Slaughter House .............................. 18 15 0
15. Miscellaneous ................................ 102 14 10
16. Provincial Council ........................... 591 12 9
17. Printing ...................................... 23 0 0
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    £2827 16 0

18. PUBLIC WORKS AND UNDERTAKINGS—

Building a Gaol .................................. 959 0 9
Sinking Well for do ............................. 13 7 0
Building a Pound ................................ 19 2 2
Purchase of Lunatic Asylum ...................... 300 0 0
Survey of Hutt Valley ........................... 16 10 6
Do. of Ngahauranga .............................. 12 0 6
Roads—Waiwem .................................... 144 0 6
North Western ................................... 67 15 6
Upper Hutt ...................................... 395 17 9
Lower Hutt ...................................... 83 13 6
Do. through 39 section .......................... 106 17 3
Petoni .......................................... 82 10 0
Rimutaka ........................................ 77 2 6
Bridges—Hutt Bridge ............................ 10 10 6
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£2288 14 5

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                                            £5116 10  5

Deposits in trust not available as repayment ................ 15 0 0

ADVANCES TO OFFICERS ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR :—

North Western Road .............................. 30 0 0
Wainui-o-Mata do ................................ 10 0 0
Karori do ....................................... 70 0 0
Lower Hutt do ................................... 170 0 0
Upper Hutt do ................................... 150 0 0
Wairarapa do .................................... 190 0 0
Rimutaka do ..................................... 37 0 0
Petoni do ....................................... 22 0 0
Bridges and Ferries ............................. 15 0 0
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£694 0 0

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                                            £5825 10  5

Balance due by Provincial Treasurer ............. £6886 18 5

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                                            £12,212  8 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 on the 31st March, 1854.

S. CARKEEK,
F. D. BELL,
JAS. KELHAM,
} Auditors.