Provincial Financial Report




ABSTRACT of Receipts and Expenditure of the Province of Wellington for

the Quarter commencing on the First day of April, and ending on the Thirtieth
day of June, 1866.

| To General Government Debentures and Treasury Bills in
hands of Provincial Treasurer | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| | 13,200 0 0 | |
| Balance in hands of Provincial Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui | | 485 13 6 |
| | | 13,685 13 6 |

RECEIPTS

I. Ordinary Revenue

Customs, gross receipts,

  • Wellington .................................. 7,324 5 9
  • Do., Wanganui ............................... 1,292 15 4
    Licenses, Publicans' .......................... 2,290 0 0
    Do., Auctioneers' ............................. 440 0 0
    Pilotage, Wellington .......................... 196 18 6
    Do., Wanganui ................................. 169 14 6
    Assessment on Sheep ........................... 7 17 10
    Toll Bar, Kai-warrawarra ...................... 442 0 0
    Rent, Queen's Warehouse ....................... 155 1 8
    Wharfage, Queen's Wharf ....................... 585 6 10
    Rates on Land ................................. 1,189 5 6
    Contributions for Grants in Aid ............... 95 15 8
    Do., Erection of Schoolhouses ................. 27 14 0

Total Ordinary Revenue ....................... 14,106 15 7

Incidental Receipts

For Oakum picked at Gaol ...................... 8 8 0
Rent, Ferry at Wanganui ...................... 103 0 0
Fees, Registration of Brands .................. 26 10 0
Do., of Dogs .................................. 123 10 0
For damage to Wharf by s.s. Albion ............ 114 0 0
Rent, Agricultural Reserve, Turakina .......... 7 10 0
Expenses of Prisoners - Canterbury ............ 12 0 0
Debtors' Subsistence, Wanganui Gaol ............ 3 5 0
Immigrants' Promissory Notes .................. 124 10 0
For Tracings at Survey Office ................. 11 8 0
Interest on Debentures - General Government .. 321 7 6

Total Incidental Receipts .................... 855 8 10

II. Special

Wanganui Bridge Debentures .................... 1,500 0 0
Reclaimed Land ................................ 1,666 0 0
Proportion of Interest from Hawkes’ Bay (half-year) ..... 1,250 0 0
Refunds of Advances to General Government ...
Pay of Constables in charge of Barracks ....... 445 0 0
Proportion of Expenses of Hospital, Wellington 43 4 4

III. Territorial

Pasture Licenses and Rents, and Proceeds of Land Sales .. 4,974 4 8

Deposit Account

Amounts paid on account of passage money of parties sent for by friends .......... 181 0 0
Amount paid for Rent of Land, &c., at the Korokoro .............. 7 10 0
Paid towards Purchase of Section of Land at Rangitikei ......... 10 0 0
Deposit for owner of Section 47, Lower Hutt, for 6 chains taken for road ......... 12 0 0

Carried forward ............................... £38,786 16 11

EXPENDITURE

By amount overdrawn at the Banks .................... 9093 17 11

1. Executive

Superintendent's Department ..................... 315 7 0
Provincial Treasurer and Secretary's Department ... 396 15 2
Law Officer ..................................... 75 0 0
Chief Land Commissioner ....................... 138 16 0

Total Executive ................................ 925 18 2

2. Legislative

Provincial Council .............................. 849 9 3

Total Legislative ............................. 849 9 3

3. Judicial

Supreme Court ................................... 171 10 4
Gaol Department Wellington .................... 469 0 0
Do., Wanganui .................................. 121 4 4
Police ......................................... 1158 19 9

Total Judicial ................................ 1920 14 5

4. Charitable

Medical ......................................... 256 4 8
Lunatic Asylum ................................. 148 4 7

Total Charitable .............................. 404 9 3

5. Special

Harbour Department, Wellington ................. 305 11 9
Harbour Department, Wanganui .................. 218 8 9
Signal Station ................................. 52 11 6
Light House .................................... 64 13 0
Inspectors of Sheep ........................... 162 11 4
Pounds ......................................... 3 10 0
Weights and Measures, Brands &c. .............. 41 9 0
Dog Nuisance Act ............................... 44 11 8

Total Special .................................. 893 7 1

6. Miscellaneous

Rent of Survey Office, Wanganui ................ 6 5 0
Messengers to Public Offices .................. 67 18 0
Fuel for do. .................................... 8 0 0
Printing Gazettes and Forms ................... 113 6 0
Charitable Aid ................................. 128 1 11
Miscellaneous Contingencies ................... 243 15 11
Expenses of Returning Officers ................ 6 18 6

Total Miscellaneous ............................ 571 5 4

7. Public Works, &c.

Land Purchase Department Expenses ............. 204 7 4
Payments to and Expenses of Department of Natives ........................... 915 0 3
Land Department ............................... 368 3 0
Survey Department ............................. 2111 14 9
Roads Department .............................. 565 1 6

Total Public Works, &c. ....................... 3,519 7 10

8. Sundry Undertakings

Education ....................................... 908 12 7
Observatory .................................... 26 0 0
Ferries, Bells, &c. ............................ 86 11 0
Insurance ...................................... 38 16 3
Toll Gate ....................................... 38 10 0
Subsidy to Mail Coach - Wanganui ............... 550 0 0
Queen's Warehouse and Wharf .................... 448 13 3

Carried forward ................................ £90,274 12 4



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1866, No 26





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