THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY FOR THE PAST QUARTER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3593, 17 January 1883, Page 3

THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY FOR THE PAST QUARTER.

Wellington, this day. The revenue of the consolidated fund for the colony for the quarter ending December, ISS2, was as follows:— £ s. d. Ordinary Customs . . . . 302,3-11 1G 0 Stamps 111,099 10 7 Land tax 2 10 5 Property tax GO!) 17 10 Beer duty 17, fill 1G 9 Railways 218,192 3 6 Telegraphic. 21,905 2 0 Registration and other fees I*3,S_o 5 -1 Marine 3,999 8 2 Miscellaneous .. .. 8,018 8 5 Depasturing licenses, etc. .. 18,37G G 5 Miscellaneous territorial .. 1,303 1G S Land Sales—Ordinary .. 79,-108 9 11 ~ On deferred payment .. 0,1-14 1G 10 Total 871,527 9 A For the corresponding quarter of 1881 the revenue was as follows :— £ s. d. Ordinary Customs .. .. 306,235 7 0 Stamps' 97,730 G 9 Land tax 150 17 1 Property tax . . . . .. 158 7 2 Beer duty 17,02-1 19 10 Railways 205,812 G 11 Telegraphic 10,315 9 11 Registration and other fees 7,408 910 Marine 3,233 10 5 Miscellaneous _.. .. 16,989 4 8 Depasturing licenses, etc. . . 30,927 9 1 Miscellaneous territorial .. 763 13 11 Land Sales—Ordinary .. 76,4 07 7 3 ~ On deferred payment .. 3,030 10 1 Total 851,778 G 7 The stamp duty includes postal and judicial revenue and land transfer fees. The forgoing figures represent revenue accounted for'to the Treasury within the quarter, not revenue collected during the quarter. The expenditure during the December quarter of ISB2 was— £ s. d. Consolidated fund .. .. 912,415 0 0 Land fund 50,087 0 0