Provincial Financial Report




ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON, FOR THE QUARTER COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, AND ENDING ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1860.

Balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer, last quarter £ s. d.
3432 1 4
Balance in hands of Acting Provincial Sub-treasurer, Napier; last quarter 11 0 7
Balance in hands of Provincial Sub-treasurer, Wanganui; last quarter 206 15 6
3649 17 5

RECEIPTS

ORDINARY REVENUE

£ s. d.
Customs (including Wanganui) 3/4ths of gross receipts 3002 14 7
Licenses, Publicans' 95 0 0
Fees and Fines, Bench of Magistrates 12 10 6
Pilotage, Wellington 104 3 3
Assessment on Sheep 60 0 8
Registration of Deeds 79 13 9
Hospital Subsistence Money 29 11 0
Registration of Brands 1 0 0
Poundage Fees, &c. 5 17 3
Proportion of Expenses of Hospital, received from the General Government 62 8 9
Proceeds of articles made in the Gaol at Wellington 35 1 1
Cost of sundry alterations in Council Chamber for the convenience of the General Assembly, refunded by the General Government 24 3 8
Expenses incurred for the Native Land Purchase Department, refunded by the General Government 10 10 0
Rent of Ferry, Wanganui 33 9 6
3501 4 0

| Contribution to obtain Grants in Aid | 82 10 0 |
| Amount on account of Immigrants' Promissory Notes | 103 17 6 |
| Rent of Land, &c., at the Koro Koro received from J. H. Percy & Sons | 7 10 0 |

TERRITORIAL REVENUE

£ s. d.
Rates on Land 198 7 0
Land Sales, and Pasture Licenses and Rents (two-thirds of receipts less cost of receiver's department) 1980 17 0
Amount of Special Debenture, refunded by the General Government 50 0 0

| | 2109 4 0 |
| | £3665 2 11|

EXPENDITURE

1. EXECUTIVE

£ s. d.
Superintendent's department 200 0 0
Provincial Secretary's 150 0 0
Treasurer's 208 6 8
Law Officer's 75 0 0
Chief Land Commissioner's 3 0 0
636 6 8

2. LEGISLATIVE

£ s. d.
Provincial Council 38 10 0

3. JUDICIAL

£ s. d.
Supreme Court 1 4 0
Gaol department, Wellington 477 9 9
do., Wanganui 34 19 11
Sessions of the Peace 91 5 0
Police 375 9 2
Registrar of Deeds 70 3 0
1050 3 10

CHARITABLE

£ s. d.
Medical 226 19 4
Lunatic Asylum 125 10 5
352 9 9

5. SPECIAL

£ s. d.
Harbour department, Wellington 330 19 1
Do. do. Wanganui 66 8 0
Pilotage repaid to Pilot, do. 4 19 0
Light-house 80 3 6
Signal Station 18 8 0
Inspectors of Sheep, &c. 193 15 0
Pounds 4 12 0
Weights and Measures, Brands, &c. 25 0 0
724 4 7

6. AUDIT

£ s. d.
Auditing 50 0 0

7. MISCELLANEOUS

£ s. d.
Rent of Public Offices 18 15 0
Messengers to do. 46 0 0
Fuel for do. 12 8 0
Printing Gazettes and Forms 19 2 6
Charitable Aid 53 3 10
Special Constables 18 15 0
Miscellaneous contingencies 51 9 4
Expenses of Elections 1 7 8
221 1 4

8. LAND DEPARTMENT

£ s. d.
Salaries of Clerks, &c. 172 3 11
Public Works and Undertakings 485 1 7
Survey department 168 15 0
Roads 168 15 0
Immigration 20 8 6
Education 117 5 10
Local Posts from Rangitikei 38 19 0
Ferries, Bells, &c. 11 0 0
Medical attendance on Natives 45 0 0
1228 9 11

Buildings, &c.

£ s. d.
Furniture for Provincial Government Offices 39 2 0
Repairs and Insurance 15 2 0
54 4 0

| | £4095 14 0|



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1860, No 26





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💰 Wellington Province Financial Abstract for Quarter Ending September 1860

💰 Finance & Revenue
Financial Report, Receipts, Expenditure, Wellington Province