Westland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 25

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✨ Financial Audit and Revenue Statement



With regard to the Kawhaka Toll, although Mr. Reeves has been adjudicated a bankrupt, I very much doubt whether he can include in his schedule an amount due to the County Government; but as this is merely a matter of law, it does not require any further comment. The amounts due for the Survey of Native Reserves and Proportion of the Sinking Fund are matters that rest entirely in the hands of the Legislature.

In checking the Revenue I found some of the Vouchers deficient in particulars such as Incidental Receipts. In some instances the Treasurer has given receipts for miscellaneous Revenue without compelling the persons depositing the same to produce Vouchers showing in detail the particulars of the amounts received; so that there are no means of ascertaining whether they are correct or not. As however I have communicated with Mr. Horton on the subject, I trust that the matter will be rectified in future.

With regard to the Expenditure of the half-year, I beg to report that the provisions of the "County of Westland Act Amendment Act, 1869," have been carried out, and all Vouchers audited previous to payment; none of the votes have been exceeded, and the classification of the Vouchers appears to have been, without exception, correctly made. The only irregularity that I have noticed is that in a few instances the payments have not been made direct from the Treasury, and in one case, viz., the payment of men employed in forming the track from Greymouth to the Omotomoto Creek, the dates appearing on the Vouchers as the dates on which the men were actually paid are 21st February, 16th March, and 19th March, 1870, whereas the Vouchers were not authorised for payment, and cheques issued from the Treasury, till the 1st April, 1870, the ensuing month. No doubt the County Engineer can explain the circumstance, which being clearly in contravention to the "County of Westland Act Amendment Act, 1869," I trust will be prevented in future.

I am glad to see that the County of Westland Deposit Account (to which I referred in my last report) has been kept in a most satisfactory manner during the last half-year, and that the County Treasurer’s Bond is also in course of preparation.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

EDWARD PATTEN,
County Auditor.

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1870.

Consolidated revenue £ s. d. £ s. d.
Gold export duty—Hokitika 6175 10 3
" Greymouth 2813 19 0
" Okarito 351 2 6
8449 1 3
Miners’ Rights, Licenses, &c. 9340 11 9
Rents, fees, &c., Warden’s Courts 4517 9 6
Mining Surveys, Books, &c 648 7 8
Spirit Licenses 297 12 2
Incidental receipts 6450 10 10
Tolls 1159 17 11
Punts and Ferries 1063 16 6
Land Revenue 102 9 10
Outstanding imprest repaid 2171 19 4
Total receipts 34241 2 9
Excess of Expenditure over receipts 621 6 3
£34862 9 0

County Audit Office, Hokitika,
6th day of August, 1870.

EDWARD PATTEN,
County Auditor.

County Treasury, June 30th, 1870.

THOMAS HORTON,
County Treasurer.



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💰 County Treasurer's Account for the Half-Year Ending 30th June, 1870 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
6 August 1870
Financial Report, Revenue, Liabilities, Public Works, Assets, County Treasurer
  • Mr. Reeves, Adjudicated bankrupt
  • Mr. Horton, Communicated with regarding vouchers

  • EDWARD PATTEN, County Auditor

💰 Statement of Receipts for the Half-Year Ending 30th June, 1870

💰 Finance & Revenue
6 August 1870
Financial Statement, Revenue, Expenditure, Gold Export Duty, Miners' Rights, Spirit Licenses
  • EDWARD PATTEN, County Auditor
  • THOMAS HORTON, County Treasurer