Provincial Financial Report




ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the Province of

Wellington, for the Quarter commencing on the First day of January, and

ending on the Thirty-first day of March, 1865.

RECEIPTS

To balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer ... £9796 8 7
" balance in hands of Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui ... 141 6 9

Total ... £9937 15 4

1. ORDINARY REVENUE

Customs, of gross receipts ... 4836 18 2
" Wanganui ... 1280 16 3
Licences, Publicans' ... 18 1 10
Pilotage, Wellington and Wanganui ... 334 14 1
Assessment on Sheep ... 65 0 0
Hospital Subsistence Money ... 31 7 0
Registration of Brands ... 23 0 0
Dogs ... 43 15 0
Toll Bar, Kai-war-ra-warra ... 382 0 0
Warehouse Rent, Queen's Warehouse ... 24 13 10
Wharfage ... 335 13 7
Rates in hand ... 810 17 5
Contributions for Grants in Aid ... 96 11 9
Amount paid by Officer Commanding detachment of H.M. 14th Regt., for Rations supplied to Military Prisoners in Gaol, Wellington ... 7 3 0
Proportion of Expenses of Hospital paid by the General Government ... 60 9 5
Contributions for Grants in Aid for Erection of School-houses ... 44 2 6

Total Ordinary Revenue ... £8395 3 10

2. SPECIAL

Refund of moiety of Salary and Allowances to Interpreter, Land Purchase Department, paid by the General Government ... 41 4 0
Reclaimed Land ... 2295 0 0
Immigrants Promissory Notes ... 91 7 6

Total Special Revenue ... £2427 11 6

EXPENDITURE

1. EXECUTIVE

Superintendent's Department ... 281 8 10
Provincial Secretary's do. ... 80 13 4
Provincial Treasurer's do. ... 197 11 8
Law Officers' do. ... 75 0 0
Chief Land Commissioner's do. ... 41 13 4

Total Executive Expenditure ... £676 7 2

2. LEGISLATIVE

Provincial Council ... 593 18 5

3. JUDICIAL

Gaol Department, Wellington ... 557 9 5
" Wanganui ... 60 4 1
Police ... 1033 16 4

Total Judicial Expenditure ... £1651 9 10

4. CHARITABLE

Medical ... 294 11 1
Lunatic Asylum ... 168 17 7

Total Charitable Expenditure ... £463 8 8

5. SPECIAL

Harbour Department, Wellington ... 913 7 0
" Wanganui ... 124 13 2
Lighthouse ... 168 0 11
Signal Station ... 18 0 0
Inspectors of Sheep ... 132 10 0
Pounds ... 4 15 6
Weights and Measures, Brands, &c. ... 31 5 0
Dog Nuisance Act ... 27 1 2

Total Special Expenditure ... £1429 12 9

6. MISCELLANEOUS

Rent of Survey Office, Wanganui ... 7 10 0
Messengers to Public Offices ... 54 0 0
Fuel ... 4 12 0
Printing Gazettes and Forms ... 76 13 6
Charitable Aid ... 155 16 11
Miscellaneous Contingencies ... 664 0 8
Expenses of Elections ... 3 10 0

Total Miscellaneous Expenditure ... £966 3 1

7. LAND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT

Expenses of Department ... 120 7 0
Payments on account of Land ... 10 0 0
Supplies to Natives ... 13 11 0

Total Land Purchase Department Expenditure ... £143 18 0

8. LAND DEPARTMENT

Salaries of Clerks, &c. ... 311 8 7

9. PUBLIC WORKS AND UNDERTAKINGS

Survey Department ... 2434 5 10
Roads ... 329 9 11
Education ... 609 13 5
Council Library ... 9 14 6
Observatory ... 25 0 0
Geological Survey ... 39 15 0
Ferries, Pells, &c. ... 167 17 0
Steam Subsidy ... 250 0 0
Sydney ... (blank)
Furniture, Repairs, and Insurance ... 111 8 5
Toll-gate ... 37 10 0
Queen's Warehouse and Wharf ... 505 2 11

Total Public Works and Undertakings Expenditure ... £4592 10 8

10. ROADS

Repairs of Roads (Great North-Eastern and Great North-Western) ... 1100 11 3
Featherston to Masterton ... 246 17 8
Featherston to Mikimiki ... 567 0 0
Road to Te Kopi ... 140 0 0
Rimutaka Improvement ... 531 13 0

Carried Forward ... £20,760 10 8

Carried Forward ... £10,394 3 6



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1865, No 25





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Financial Report, Receipts, Expenditure, Wellington Province, Quarterly