THE PROVINCIAL REVENUE.
The statement of the transactions of the Province for the quarter ended December 31 last is published. We give the returns of revenue, omitting shillings and pence, for the three quarters of 1874 : June. Sept. Dec. Crown Lands ... £47,412 £145,117 £73,550 Gold Revenue ... 4,936 24.989 8,435 Sale of Government Buildings 2,675 4,160 3,595 Harbor Dues ... 1,549 1,379 1,881 Dock Dues ... 469 Jetty Dues ... 936 1,132 977 Dog Tax ... 1,217 543 338 Renta ... 133 309 5% Repayments ... 480 298 345 Education ... 1,201 1,597 1,944 Gaol ... 80 231 8 Railway ... 11,573 11,193 14,808 Receipt.. ... 1,313 665 1.474 Tolls 3,710 2.900 3,093 Licenses ... 1,910 812 537 Sundries ... 124 2,710 400 Transferred from suspense accts.. 5,032 General Government repayment 11,806 33,820 90,948 189,003 151,312 The expenditure in the Province in the three quarters was June, L 123.919; September, L 139,406 ; and in December, L 139,734. The expenditure during the December quarter comprised - Loans, L 9,25 6; Superintendent and Executive, L 1,156; Provincial Council, _LI7O; Provincial Secretary and Lands, L 25,682 ; Provincial Treasurer, L8>,917; Secretary for Goldfields, Li,832; miscellapeouG, L 14,071; roads and works, 1i51,550 ? North Otago District Public Works Loan, L 3,631; and railways. L 16.464. The Provincial Treasurer’s estimate of revenue for 1874-5 was L 421,597.
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Evening Star, Issue 3716, 20 January 1875, Page 3
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206THE PROVINCIAL REVENUE. Evening Star, Issue 3716, 20 January 1875, Page 3
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