Provincial Financial Statement




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, 1873.

RECEIPTS

ORDINARY INCOME £ s. d.
Licences, Auctioneers’ 440 0 0
Publicans’ 3,495 0 0
Shooting 37 10 0
Pilotage, Wellington 545 1 1
Wanganui 41 8 2
Manawatu 1 16 8
Sheep Assessment 58 13 4
Toll Bars 1,122 10 4
5,741 19 7

INCIDENTAL RECEIPTS

£ s. d.
Fee for Tracings at Survey Office 1 19 0
Fees—Registering Dogs Wellington 46 15 0
Fees—Registering Dogs Wanganui 6 15 0
Fees—Registry. Sheep Brands 18 0 0
Fines under Scab Act 10 4 0
Rent, Queen’s Warehouse 31 1 0
Rent of Offices, General Government 20 0 0
Maintenance of Naval Prisoners 2 14 4
Hospital Subsistence Money 30 13 0
Lunatic Asylum do. do. 12 0 0
Sale of old Ferry Boat Akiteo 2 10 0
Balance of Capitation, May 97 17 2
278 8 6

TERRITORIAL INCOME

£ s. d.
Land Sales 33,698 13 6
Road Boards—Amount received under Payments to Provinces Act, 1872 1,876 0 0
Deposit Account—Securities on Contracts 58 8 0
Balance of Funds Wellington Savings Bank 39 4 3
For Land by Scandinavian Immigrants 330 9 5
Contribution in aid of work, Silver Stream 40 0 0
For Wainuiomata Bridge Refunds 7 10 0
Refunds—Survey Department on account of Native Land Purchase refunded by General Government 88 17 4
Telegrams, do. do. 15 3 0
Repairs of Roads 2 0 0
36,118 16 0

EXPENDITURE

£ s. d.
1. EXECUTIVE 416 13 4
2. LEGISLATIVE 1,001 9 10

3. JUDICIAL AND POLICE

£ s. d.
Gaol Department, Wellington 277 3 3
Gaol Department, Wanganui 83 16 7
Police Department 715 17 6
1,076 17 4

4. CHARITABLE

£ s. d.
Wellington Hospital 226 3 5
Wanganui Hospital 74 8 0
Lunatic Asylum 237 9 5
Charitable Aid 53 2 9
591 3 7

6. HARBOURS

£ s. d.
Wellington Harbour 228 0 9
Wanganui Harbour 104 9 5
Manawatu Harbour 24 7 1
Light House 44 19 6
Signal Stations 53 3 9
455 0 6

7. SPECIAL

£ s. d.
Sheep Inspection 235 19 4
Weights and Measures 40 2 7
Toll Gates 83 11 4
359 13 3

8. MISCELLANEOUS

£ s. d.
Messengers 61 12 0
Fuel and Lighting 38 11 9
Printing and Advertising 263 15 8
Stationery 76 8 9
Wallace Annuity 25 0 0
Miscellaneous Contingencies 407 5 9
Telegrams 39 13 6
911 6 7

9. PUBLIC WORKS AND UNDERTAKINGS

£ s. d.
Native Land Purchases 299 5 0
Land Department 156 8 2
Survey do. 1,115 4 5
Engineers do. 419 7 0
1,990 4 7

SUNDRY UNDERTAKINGS

£ s. d.
Insurance 94 11 3
Ferries 174 15 8
Provincial Government Buildings 316 4 0
Furniture 43 0 6
Erection of Toll Bars 18 15 0
Lunatic Asylum 1,498 18 2
Council Library 3 9 3
Purchase Buildings
Wellington Grammar School 797 5 0
J. Barry 100 0 0
J. Cameron 28 10 0
Rangitikei Highway Board (Advance) 200 0 0
3,274 9 8

ROADS

£ s. d.
Repairs 3,297 0 9
Bulls to Palmerston 2,754 7 5
Pahautanui to Belmont 60 0 0
Waipoua towards Forty Mile Bush 236 11 6
Wanganui to Westmere 147 7 0
Masterton to Castle Point 262 9 10
Metalling Taueru Road 298 5 0
Debts of abolished Road Boards 802 14 6
7,858 16 0

Carried Forward ... £42,176 13 7

Carried Forward ... £18,022 5 8



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1873, No 24





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💰 Quarterly Financial Report of Wellington Province

💰 Finance & Revenue
Financial Report, Provincial Income, Provincial Expenditure, Wellington Province
  • J. Barry, Purchase of Buildings
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