THE COLONIAL REVENUE.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2148, 13 January 1881, Page 3

THE COLONIAL REVENUE.

FBy Telegraph.] [from the oto correspondent of the “ PRESB.’’] WELLINGTON, January 12. The public accounts for the quarter ended 31st December, 1880, are not yet finally completed, but I understand that the figures will be found as nearly as possible as follows (shillings and pence In all oases omitted): — RECEIPTS. £ Assets of last year since realised ... 2,365 Ordinary revenue for the quarter— Customs 325,103 Stamps 3,200 Land tax 2,186 Beer duty 18,248 Railways 196,878 Postal 33,535 Telegraphic 16,879 Judicial 13,454 Land transfer and deeds registry 11,525 Registration and other fees ... 9,955 Marine 3,306 Miscellaneous, general 12,281 Land sales... ... ... ... 72,153 Pastoral licenses, rents, &o. ... 39,672 Miscellaneous, territorial ... 1,296 Miscellaneous recoveries 4,675 Total for the quarter ... £793,158 EXPENDITURE. £ Liabilities of last year, since paid ... 4,335 Civil list ... 8,074 Interest and sinking fund 313,079 Under special Acts 10,429 Subsidies to counties, &c 60,579 Third of proceeds of land sold under deferred payments ... 1,309 Taranaki harbor endowment ... 886 Ellesmere and Eorsyth reclamation, &c 1,069 Legislative 6,043 Colonial Secretary ... ... ... 56,480 Treasury 11,651 Justice 31,417 Foetal and telegraphic 58,577 Customs ... ... ... ... 17,914 Stamps 5,492 Education 68,113 Native 653 Mines ... ... ... ... 2,015 Public works 113,073 Defence 62,494 Lands 34,286 Services not provided for ... ... 4,817 Total (deducting transfer from Public Works Fund £38,500) £836,095 Expenditure in excess of receipts for quarter ... 40,300 Treasury bills redeemed 260,600 Cash and balances in hands of Government officers at 31st December ... ... ... ... 299,057 PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Expenditure during quarter— £ Immigration 16,139 Departmental .. 3,495 Railways ... ... ... ... 238,056 Surveys 1,693 Roads ... 39,697 Land purchases ... ... ... 17,818 Waterworks on goldfields 6,299 Telegraph extension 6,191 Public buildings and lighthouses ... 710 Miscellaneous 18,322 Contingent defence ... ... ... 38,500 Charges and expenses 3,925 Services not provided for 113 Total ... ... ... ... 426,944 ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL BODIES. £ Revenues from licence fees 2,007 Revenues from lands made over ... 2,388 Goldfields revenue ... ... ... 8,260 Gold duty 9,176 So far as the returns for the past nine months are yet made up they go to show that the colonial revenue for the year ending 31st March next will come fully up to the treasurer’s estimate, and probably will be in excess. It is practically certain that the Customs will bo materially ahead of the estimates, and also the land sales, this latter, of course, being due to the sale of the Waimate Plains. The railways are likely to be under the estimate, and also telegraphs, but all other sources of revenue are expected to come fully up to the mark.