FACTS AND FIGURES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 125, 2 April 1872, Page 6

FACTS AND FIGURES.

From a printed return lately recei l :. ~ us from Wellington, we take the • , r -nrg information regarding the amount of revenue accruing and extent of business transacted in connection with the Resident Magistrates' and Wardens' Courts at the places specified:— The amount of revenue collected on the issue of Miners' Rights, (for a period of three years ending 30th June, 1871,) from the undermentioned ollijes respectively, was

:::.§•: ; JJ : f-H O o " : : : £5 : <o : P p ■< «* Or- : : : ,/T : O : a : aS2 ! m ::8«:b 9* : 3 : s.3ls ■" » J & n 2 CO 3 r" » o M o J § -g .2 fc » » -£ 2 fci < -u ci -75 So rj 2 .3 r- .S „ S £ Q o .22 d rs ;C a .2 — 3 • ° a 3 ~, CO I? C M 64 7r t The sums fro m Queens town, Arrowtown, and Clyde, —the two former especially,—were greatly augmented by fees received for Depasturing Licenses and Assessments, and for Gold Mining Leases, Rents, and Royalties. The total amount of Gold Duty collected in the Province during the same three years was £..0,571 ss. 2d. From another return we learn that, during the year ending 30th June, 1871, the following were the numbers of cases, civil and criminal, tried in the R.M.'s Courts in the undermentioned towns : Civil Criminal Queenstown. . . 155 r>3 Cromwell . . . 2(50 129 Clyde . . . . 110 113 Alexandra . . . 89 23 Arrowtown ... 7-1 45 The fees and fines received in connection with the same Court, and during the same year, were : —■ £ s. d. Queenstown. . . 252 2 10 Cromwell . . . 212 0 0 Clyde .... 1!K) 13 7 Arrowtown . . . 123 1.1 G Alexandra . . . 100 8 0 After this, if importance be the consideration, ought not Cromwell to he the seat of "officialdom" in Cue Dans tan district I —and now the more s>, that Black's has been created a separate Warden's district.

as follows: — Cromwell . ■ . . i'17'53 Queenstown. . . . 1409 Arrowtowa .... 1312 Clyde S7li Manuherikia ., . . 811 The total amount of revenue collected under the different Acts relating to the Goldfields, at the following offices respectively, and during the same period, was as under :— _rt__ © © © r-H © O © © © 1 co O O >S SO C) © O 00 W L) H OJ M « t> O 1- i-H +a H O O q r-H CO i-H 0) IS 01 IS rH O IS 10 O O r—t O ~~T d g O O CI N (1 OJ O O iH U (} O W rt h H Cs) IS r-H 1- -# O CO IS O -i 00 r-H l~ CI © CO 01 of p o tj o o o o o © o jj O O O O i» CO h CO IS IS CO 1» o ' o S-! |. O -4 -1 © © © CO ci -d o o o ci o © © © oi ["©' b Q oj © © © »S © CS CO CI © 01 CO CO -r< C > O © -J ■P O r-H CO o —i 01 O O O CI CO CO © r-H I—1 -* r-H Cf r-T ©" 0 o o c r-J © © © IS © © © —1 CO OT - © © is CO 1- © W j-j © © © i-i © O CO © "* «s rj © CO © © CO Th 1 - IS r-H f< CI —1 © 01 ** rH i-h is" oi c*"»