Provincial Financial Abstract




ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the Province of Wellington,

for the Quarter commencing the First day of July, and ending on the Thirtieth day of September, 1865.

RECEIPTS.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
To balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer 170 2 11
General Government Debentures 19,200 0 0
Balance in hands of Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui 1254 10 4
Total 20,624 13 3

1. ORDINARY REVENUE--

| | |
| Customs, gross receipts, Wellington | 5274 1 4 |
| Wanganui | 2295 6 7 |
| Licenses, Publicans | 118 6 8 |
| Auctioneers | 80 0 0 |
| Pilotage, Wellington and Wanganui | 349 16 8 |
| Hospital Subsistence Money | 30 0 0 |
| Registration of Brands | 6 0 0 |
| Dogs | 3 10 0 |
| Toll-bar, Kin-warra-warra | 359 0 0 |
| Warehouse Rent, Queen's Warehouse | 250 15 6 |
| Wharfage, Queen's Wharf | 683 2 5 |
| Rates on Land | 870 10 6 |
| Contributions for Grants-in-aid | 176 14 8 |
| Do. for erection of School-houses | 132 12 6 |
| Proportion of Expenses of Hospital paid by the General Government | 115 6 0 |
| Ferry Rent, Wanganui | 34 8 6 |
| Total Ordinary Revenue | 10,809 14 4 |

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS--

| | |
| For Oakum picked by Prisoners at Gaol | 6 13 0 |
| Refund, Waitotara Road | 17 3 2 |
| For Timber taken from Wanganui | 8 15 0 |
| Bridge |
| Of over-payment Immigration | 3 10 0 |
| Total | 36 1 2 |

2. SPECIAL--

| Refund by General Government, moiety of Salary, and allowances to Interpreter, Land Purchase Department | 41 5 6 |

EXPENDITURE.

£ s. d.

1. EXECUTIVE--

| Superintendent's Department | 354 10 8 |
| Provincial Treasurer and Secretary's Department | 446 16 0 |
| Law Officer's | 75 0 0 |
| Total Executive Expenditure | 876 6 8 |

2. LEGISLATIVE--

| Provincial Council, being £108 19s. 9d. in excess of the sum appropriated thereto by the Appropriation Act | 1416 3 3 |

3. JUDICIAL--

| Supreme Court | 105 10 10 |
| Gaol Department, Wellington | 910 11 3 |
| Wanganui | 103 14 2 |
| Police | 1181 6 1 |
| Total Judicial Expenditure | 2301 2 4 |

4. CHARITABLE--

| Medical Department | 354 1 0 |
| Lunatic Asylum | 163 2 5 |
| Total Charitable Expenditure | 517 3 5 |

5. SPECIAL--

| Harbor Department, Wellington | 312 4 10 |
| Wanganui | 161 18 2 |
| Lighthouse | 53 10 0 |
| Signal Station | 29 17 4 |
| Inspectors of Sheep | 164 15 8 |
| Weights, Measures, Brands, etc. | 32 12 0 |
| Dog Nuisance Act | 31 5 0 |
| Total Special Expenditure | 786 3 0 |

6. MISCELLANEOUS--

| Messengers to Public Offices | 56 15 0 |
| Fuel for Printing Gazettes and Forms | 18 11 6 |
| Charitable Aid | 69 9 1 |
| Miscellaneous Contingencies | 544 16 1 |
| Expenses of Elections | 61 0 0 |
| Rent of Survey Office, Wanganui | 13 15 0 |
| Total Miscellaneous Expenditure | 949 0 9 |

7. PUBLIC WORKS, &c.--

| Land Purchase Department Expenses | 134 19 0 |
| Supplies to Natives | 28 10 0 |
| Land Department | 339 11 0 |
| Survey | 1775 14 8 |
| Roads | 671 15 2 |
| Total Public Works Expenditure | 2950 9 10|

8. SUNDRY UNDERTAKINGS--

| Education | 570 16 3 |
| Council Library | 2 0 0 |
| Observatory | 25 0 0 |
| Geological Survey | 80 0 0 |
| Ferries, Bells, etc. | 82 0 0 |
| Steam Subsidy | 333 6 8 |
| Sydney | 125 0 0 |
| Furniture, Repairs, and Insurance | 49 15 0 |
| Toll Gate, Kin-warra-warra | 40 0 0 |
| Time Ball | 0 6 0 |
| Queen's Warehouse and Wharf | 513 11 2 |
| Total Sundry Undertakings | 1821 15 3|

Roads--

| Repairs of Roads (Great North Eastern, Great North Western, and Ngahauranga) | 1343 16 8 |
| Featherston to Masterton | 191 18 1 |
| Featherston to Waihenga | 32 4 0 |
| Masterton to Castle Point | 45 16 0 |
| Rimutaka Improvements | 96 18 0 |
| Rangitikei to Wanganui | 866 2 9 |
| Grants-in-Aid | 2803 12 7 |
| Total Expenditure on Roads | 5380 8 1 |

Carried forward... | £31,511 14 3 |

Carried forwarded... | £5380 8 1 | £11,618 4 6 |




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1865, No 38





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🏘️ Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure of the Province of Wellington

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