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, 1872.

RECEIPTS

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Licenses, Publican’s 20 0 0
Licenses, Watermen’s 0 17 0
Pilotage, Wellington 365 14 2
Pilotage, Wanganui 16 8 0
Sheep Assessment 410 8 10
Toll-bars ... 1213 8 5
2026 16 5

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS—

£ s. d.
Fees for Registering Cattle Brands 6 0 0
Fees for Registering Dogs 180 10 0
Fines under Scab Act 2 1 0
Maintenance of Debtors at Gaols 16 0 0
Maintaining Naval Prisoners at Gaol, Wellington 190 9 11
For picking Oakum at Gaol, Wellington 9 7 6
Salary Surveyor Native Land Claims 83 6 8
Hospital Subsistence 37 6 0
Money Sale of Punt, &c., Wanganui 7 8 6
Sale of Iron, &c., Wellington 85 18 0
Advertisement in “Gazette” 0 10 0
Interest on Mortgage (Sinking Fund) 22 10 0
Interest Mutual Investment Society 150 0 0
Refund, amount not required 20 0 0

Under Wellington Debts Act, 1871—

£ s. d.
Arrears of Survey 3023 7 11
Sundries 591 17 3

Under Payments to Provinces Act, 1871—

£ s. d.
Grant for Public Works 2308 16 9
Land Revenue 5000 2 4
Sale of Reclaimed Land, Wharf, and Warehouse 9000 0 0
Deposit Account— Rent of Land, &c., at Korokoro 7 10 0
Deposit on Contracts 150 0 0
For Land 9 0 0

Manawatu Small Farm Association—

£ s. d.
At Interest 125 2 7
250 0 0

Road Boards Account—

| Under Payments to Provinces Act, 1871 |
| Grant for Public Works Account under Payments to Provinces Act, 1871 | 2341 9 5 |

| Carry forward | £27,986 19 8 |

EXPENDITURE

£ s. d. £ s. d.
1. Executive ... 690 6 8
2. Legislative ... 63 4 2
3. Judicial and Police—
Gaol Department, Wellington 640 16 10
Do. Wanganui 134 17 7
Police Department 1426 12 0 2202 6 5

4. CHARITABLE—

£ s. d.
Wellington Hospital 545 1 8
Wanganui Do. 166 16 2
Lunatic Asylum 339 17 1
Charitable Aid 204 9 9

5. EDUCATION | ... | 355 8 4 |

6. HARBOURS—

£ s. d.
Wellington Harbour 408 0 9
Wanganui Do. 230 15 6
Manawatu Pilot 50 0 0
Lighthouse 92 2 7
Signal Stations 84 3 6

7. SPECIAL—

£ s. d.
Sheep Inspection 470 16 8
Weights and Measures, &c 64 11 8

8. MISCELLANEOUS—

£ s. d.
Messengers 79 6 0
Fuel 3 16 0
Printing, Advertising, and Stationery 248 14 4
Miscellaneous Contingencies 529 15 6

9. PUBLIC WORKS AND UNDERTAKINGS—

| Land Department | 359 14 4 |
| Survey Department | 1057 8 7 |
| Engineers do. | 219 16 8 |
| | | 1586 19 7 |

SUNDRY UNDERTAKINGS—

| Rent of Offices | 67 10 0 |
| Provincial Government Buildings | 1157 1 9 |
| Insurance | 74 12 6 |
| Ferries | 252 11 9 |
| Lock-up Marton and Palmerston | 200 0 0 |
| Toll Bars | 214 16 5 |
| Removing Pilot’s House, Wanganui | 85 11 6 |
| Legal Expenses | 3 5 6 |
| Assessment of Province | 149 13 9 |
| | | 2205 3 2 |

ROADS AND BRIDGES—

| Repairs of Roads | 1739 11 11 |
| Masterton to Castle Point | 108 4 0 |
| Point to Orongorongo | 30 14 0 |
| Hutt Bridge | 3150 12 9 |
| Bridges, Wairarapa | 124 17 6 |
| Bridge over Tinnui River | 68 0 0 |
| Punt, &c., Hutt River | 142 19 6 |
| | | 5364 19 8 |

| Carry forward | ... | £16,047 4 2 |



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1872, No 11





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Financial Report, Receipts, Expenditure, Wellington Province