Financial Report




COMPARATIVE RETURN, showing the amount of Local Revenue received by the County Treasurer of the County of Westland, during the Half-Years ended respectively 30th June, 1871, and 30th June, 1872.

HEADS OF REVENUE. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS, HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1872. ACTUAL RECEIPTS, HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1871. ACTUAL RECEIPTS, HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1872. INCREASE. DECREASE.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Gold Export Duty 9000 0 0 8237 8 11 7830 12 0 .......... 406 16 11
Miner’s Rights, Business Licenses, &c. 3500 0 0 4265 6 8 3147 14 3 .......... 1117 12 5
Spirit Licenses 5000 0 0 5112 10 0 4312 16 0 .......... 799 14 0
Land Revenue 3000 0 0 1700 15 4 2988 4 8 1287 9 4 ..........
Tolls, Punts, and Ferries 1300 0 0 1471 9 8 1578 0 8 106 11 0 ..........
Fees and Fines, Warden’s Courts 200 0 0 162 13 0 133 6 6 .......... 29 6 6
Mining Surveys 400 0 0 113 13 6 565 18 6 452 5 6 ..........
Incidental Receipts 1000 0 0 857 18 5 1057 14 2 199 15 9 ..........

| Other receipts not being Taxes or Revenue | | 21,921 15 6 | 21,614 6 9 | | |
| County share of Sinking Fund | ............ | 4983 12 1 | ............ | 1016 7 11 | .......... |
| Deficiency Bills | ............ | ............ | 6000 0 0 | .......... | .......... |

| Totals | £31,400 0 0 | £26,905 7 7 | £27,614 6 9 | £3062 9 6 | £2353 9 10 |

County Audit Office,
Hokitika, 7th August, 1872.

EDWARD PATTEN,
County Auditor.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1872, No 21





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🏘️ County Treasurer's Financial Report (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
7 August 1872
Financial Report, Revenue, Expenditure, Balance Sheet, Gold Export Duty, Mining Surveys, Tolls, Land Revenue
  • EDWARD PATTEN, County Auditor