Abstract of Receipt and Expenditure of the Private Revenue of the Province of Wellington for the quarter commencing 1st January, 1855, and ending 31st March, 1855.

RECEIPTS.

Balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer last quarter ...... 7094 3 6

ORDINARY REVENUE.

Customs .................................................. 3170 15 2
Harbour, Pilotage, and Ferriage ........................ 37 8 5
Resident Magistrate’s Fines and Fees ..................... 163 7 2
Licenses (Bush) .......................................... 30 0 0

Total Ordinary Revenue ................................ 5401 10 10

TERRITORIAL REVENUE.

Per F. D. Bell, Commissioner of Crown Lands ............... 80 14 2

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS.

Hospital Subsistence Money and Baths ..................... 59 17 0
Lunatic Asylum Subsistence Money ........................ 8 5 0
Fees Registering Brands .................................. 6 10 0
Commissariat, maintenance of deserters .................. 15 6 0
Interest refunded by General Government .................. 13 11 0
Resident Magistrate, Maintenance of Seamen .............. 17 6 6
Immigration Bonus refunded ............................... 20 0 0
Contributions towards making Roads, etc. ................ 149 15 8
Advances to Officers on Account of Public Works refunded 35 11 0

E. Roberts, Beach Road .................................... 294 0 0

EXPENDITURE. Under existing Appropriation Act.

1. Superintendent’s Department ........................... 153 8 0
2. Provincial Secretary’s do. .......................... 148 3 10
3. Provincial Treasurer’s do. .......................... 114 19 6
4. Board of Audit ........................................ 25 0 0
5. Public Works .......................................... 188 15 2
6. Immigration Board .................................... 29 2 4
7. Harbour .............................................. 166 0 6
8. Judicial ............................................. 17 15 0
9. Registrar of Deeds .................................... 0 0 0
10. Law Officer .......................................... 66 13 4
11. Resident Magistrate’s do. .......................... 221 4 6
12. Sheriff’s do. ......................................... 814 9 5
13. Armed Police .......................................... 487 2 3
14. Medical Department, Hospital & Coroner .............. 310 18 1
15. Lunatic Asylum ....................................... 92 2 8
16. Slaughter House ...................................... 22 5 0
17. Pound ................................................. 2 5 0
18. Resident Magistrate, Wanganui ....................... 2 4 0
19. Miscellaneous Contingencies .......................... 23 7 4
20. Provincial Council .................................... 466 7 0
21. Printing .............................................. 22 19 0

Total Expenditure under existing Appropriation Act ...... 2875 2 6

Public Works and Undertakings.

Grants in aid of Roads and Bridges ........................ 21 7 6
Roads, North Western ..................................... 148 18 1
Wairarapa, Upper Hutt .................................... 90 0 0
Division Porirua Road (N.W.) ............................. 180 0 0
Beach ..................................................... 635 14 8
Wanganui and Rangitikei .................................. 19 16 0
Education Commission ...................................... 36 0 0
Immigration ............................................... 628 0 11
Ferries .................................................. 13 10 0

Total Public Works and Undertakings ...................... 1753 13 2

Advances to Officers on account of Public Works, to be accounted for:

Roads, Beach Road repairs ................................. 223 7 0
Wairarapa, Upper Hutt .................................... 760 0 0
Hutt, Lower Hutt .......................................... 6 0 0
Hutt, Petone portion ..................................... 15 0 0
North Western ............................................ 80 0 0
Wanganui and Rangitikei .................................. 114 5 5
F. St. Hill, Military Labour ............................. 20 0 0

Interest on Debentures .................................... 1218 12 5

Total Advances ........................................... 4628 15 8

Balance in hands of the Provincial Treasurer ............. 5583 17 6
Do. due from D. S. Durie, (acting for Provincial Treasurer at Wanganui) 16 12 0
Surcharges ................................................ 2 10 6

Carried to next quarter .................................. 5753 0 0

........................................................ 11,646 15 5½

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, 1855.

F. D. Bell,
(Signed)
J. Kebbell,
C. J. Pharazyn.

Auditors.

June 25, 1855.