Provincial Financial Abstract




ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the Province of

Wellington, for the Quarter commencing the First day of April, and ended

the Thirtieth day of June, 1865

£ s. d. £ s. d.
To balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer (cash) 449 11 8
" General Government Debentures 3000 0 0
" balance in hands of Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui 499 13 0
3,942 4 8

RECEIPTS.

1. ORDINARY REVENUE-

Description £ s. d.
Customs, 3-8 of gross receipts 5168 16 10
Customs, 3-8 of gross receipts, Wanganui 2059 6 6
Licenses, Publicans' 1795 0 0
" Auctioneers' 400 0 0
Pilotage, Wellington and Wanganui 397 17 8
Assessment on Sheep 2 19 6
Hospital Subsistence Money 24 7 0
Registration of Brands 7 0 0
" of Dogs 2 10 0
Toll-bar, Kai-warrawarra 379 0 0
Warehouse Rent, Queen's Warehouse 25 7 7
Wharfage, Queen's Wharf 334 8 10
Rates on Land 1679 10 7
Contributions for Grants in Aid 205 12 9
Contributions for Grants in Aid for erection of schoolhouses 111 7 10
Proportion of Expenses of Hospital paid by the General Government 61 19 10
Incidental Receipts-
Queen's Warehouse and Wharf-compensation for damage 78 1 11
Refund of Salary of Chief Land Commissioner, Nov. 24 to Dec. 31, 1864 52 6 10

2. SPECIAL-

Description £ s. d.
Reclaimed Land-Deposits on conditional purchases 300 0 0
Interest - Hawke's Bay Debt, 6 months, to 30th June, 1865 1250 0 0
Interest on Treasury Bills and Debentures to 30th June, 1865 291 15 9
Immigrants Promissory Notes 119 10 0

Carried forward | 12,785 12 8 |

EXPENDITURE.

1. EXECUTIVE-

Description £ s. d.
Superintendent's Department 265 8 0
Provincial Secretary's and Treasurer's Department 143 10 0
Law Officer's 75 0 0
483 18 0

2. LEGISLATIVE-

Description £ s. d.
Provincial Council 107 16 6

3. JUDICIAL-

Description £ s. d.
Gaol Department - Wellington 633 7 8
Do. Wanganui 138 19 5
Police Department 1038 17 11

4. CHARITABLE-

Description £ s. d.
Medical 326 16 11
Lunatic Asylum 176 19 3
503 16 2

5. SPECIAL-

Description £ s. d.
Harbor Department - Wellington 364 16 8
Do. Wanganui 127 18 0
Lighthouse 31 2 6
Signal Station 22 10 0
Inspectors of Sheep, etc. 136 10 0
Weights, Measures, Brands, etc. 31 5 0
Dog Nuisance Act 11 8 0

6. MISCELLANEOUS-

Description £ s. d.
Messengers to Public Offices 55 4 0
Fuel for 2 18 0
Printing Gazettes and Forms 112 9 3
Charitable Aid 159 9 10
Miscellaneous Contingencies 109 8 2
Expenses of Elections 97 2 0
536 11 3

7. PUBLIC WORKS, &c.-

Land Purchase Department-

Description £ s. d.
Expenses of Department 166 3 0
Supplies to Natives 4 17 6
Land Department 372 9 6
Survey 1227 6 11
Roads 612 9 8
Education 762 19 4
Council Library 7 19 0
Observatory 25 0 0
Ferries, Bells, etc. 35 0 0
Steam Subsidy 166 13 4
Do. Sydney 187 10 0
Furniture, Repairs, and Insurance 18 16 9
Toll-gate, Kai-warrawarra 40 6 10
Queen's Warehouse and Wharf 476 2 6
4103 19 4

Roads-

Description £ s. d.
Repairs of Roads (Great North Eastern, Great Western, and Ngahauranga) 1386 15 3
Featherston to Masterton 658 6 8
Rimutaka - improvements 360 5 0
Rangitikei to Wanganui 15 0 0
Grants in Aid 4782 1 11
District Roads - Matarawa 21 1 0
Brunswick Line 126 0 0
Kahauranga 118 5 0
Pahautanui 101 9 0
Masterton 116 7 6
Belmont 192 0 0
Kai-warrawarra 100 10 0
Karori (including South Karori) 168 8 2

Carried forward | 23,046 9 4 |
| | 8,297 13 11|



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1865, No 34





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