PROVINCIAL REVENUE.
By this publication of the transactions of the Province for the quarter ended March 31 last, we are enable.to compile the transactions of the financial year 1874-5, and to see how far the revenue has fulfilled the expectations of the Provincial Treasurer, In the quarterly returns of revenue given below, shillings and pence are omitted:— 1874. 1875. June. Sept. Dec. March. Crown Lands ~.“.*47,412 £U£ll7 £73,550 *80,861 Gold revenue ... 4,986 84,080 8,435 8,008 Sale of Government buildings 8,675 4,160 8,905 424 Harbor dues ... - 1,540 1,370 1,881 567 Dock dues —— Jetty dues 036 1,132 077 87 Dog Tax 1,217 543 338 187 Bents 133 809 596 238 Repayments ... 480 298 345 312 Education 1,201 1,597 1,944 1,146 Gaol ... 80 281 8 11 Bailways 11,573 11,193 14,808 20,343 Receipts 1,313 665 1,474 688 Tolls ... 8,710 2,900 8,093 4,186 Licenses 1,910 812 537 845 Sundries ... ... 124 2,710 400 846 Transferred frsm suspense sects. —— 6,032 2,286 General Government repay* ; ment.. “...... 11,806 83,820 2,290 £80,948 £180,030 *161,312 £72,711 Actual Estimated. Crown. Hands £296,940 £245,000 Gold revenue ... ... 46,418 37,000 Harbor and jetty dues 10,063- 5,000 Tolls ... 13,889 ‘ 13,000 Hog and goat tax ... 3,235 2,200 Licenses. 3,605 6,000 Education. ... ... 5,888 12,000 Repayments , 1,765 5,000 Interest..* ... ... - 2,000 Bailways 57,917 48,000 Reclaimed land, Ac. ... 10,854 25,000 Incidental receipts ... 14,938* 7,000 General Government Bead Boards ... 13,867 General (sovemment Repayments '47,917 Total £503,974 £421,597 * Includes receipts, sundries, and suspense accounts. \ The expenditure during the quarters was- £ June ... . ... 123,919 September ... ... ... 139,406 December „ 139,734 March ... *.. ... 141,676 Total ..i 644,735 As on March 31, 1874, there was a credit balance of L 101,379, .and as during the financial year just ended there has been an excess of expenditure over receipt e of about L 41,000, the credit balance on thisyiuvr’s transactions will be a little over L 60,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 3788, 15 April 1875, Page 3
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296PROVINCIAL REVENUE. Evening Star, Issue 3788, 15 April 1875, Page 3
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