OTAGO RAILWAYS.
The following abstract shows the receipts for the month of January, 1875 DUNEDIN AND PORT CHALMERS.
"THE COLONIAL REVENUE. indebted to the labor of our contemporary The Press for the following compilation of the revenue of the Colony for the halfyear ending 26th December, 1874, and for the accompanying, comparative statistics. The ■computation is based upon the returns pub•fished in the ‘New Zealand Gazette’ of the -2otn January:— Quarter Quarter ending ending Dec. 26. Sep. 26. , £ £ YMtoms 287,901 287,318 Stamps 25,135 24 844 £°, stal 16,387 14,608 Telegraphic 13,340 12,901 •Jud. Fees and Fines ... 7,290 0 779 Fees Reg. Land ... 2,789 2j683 Fees Deeds 4.266 3.856 ■Fees Births, &c. ... 1,134 817 Fees Crown Grants ... ],718 1154 Fees Miscellaneous ... 356 *B9B Incidental 6,488 386 Total ... 366,810 355,434, The following table shows the actual receipts ■mider each heading during the first six months of the year, together with the Colonial Treasurer’s estimate for the full year Receipts Estimate during for half-year, year. £ £ Customs 575,219 1,166,900 ptamps 49,979 100,000 Postal 30,995 74,000 Telegraphic 26,241 55.000 •Jud. Fees and Fines 14,069 28,000 ■Fees Reg. Land ... 5,472 12*000 Fees Deeds ... ... 3,122 15,000 Fees Births, &c. ... 1,951 4,000 Fees Crown Grants ... 2,872 5,500 Fees Miscellaneous ... 1,258 L2i;o Incidental ... ... 6,744 35,000 Total ... 722,244 1,496,600 We have not room for comment to-day, and must therefore postpone any observations suggested by the above comparison.
£ s. d. Passengers ... 1,696 2 1 Goods received and forwarded ... 1.297 2 11 Parcels 47 16 8 "Wharfage 10 1 6 jifixcess luggage... 21 1 2 — 3,072 4 4 OMJTHA RAILWAY (GREEN ISLAND SECTION). Jrassengers ... 194 4 9 Goods traffic ... ... 143 17 6 Parcels ... . 5 6 0 Excess luggage... 0 9 0 — 343 17 3 SOUTHLAND LINE. Passengers ... 880 0 0 (roods and parcels ... L398 3 0 •Jetty dues 14 12 6 — 2,292 15 6 'Grand total £3,708 17 0
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Evening Star, Issue 3736, 12 February 1875, Page 2
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306OTAGO RAILWAYS. Evening Star, Issue 3736, 12 February 1875, Page 2
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