Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 6 February 1862, Page 2

Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure

Superintendent’s Office, Napier, Jan. 29, 1862. JJIS HONOR the Superintendent directs the following reports to he published for general information. G. T. Rannin, Superintendent’s Clerk. Survey Office, Napier, January 22nd, 1882. Sra, —I beg to report to you on the amount of work performed by tbe Survey Staff during tbe six months ending December 31st, 1861, giving also the approximate cost per acre of each officer’s work. Mr. Bousfield, during the last half year has been engaged in the survey of the Ahuriri block, more particularly in the survey of the Pohui and Pakiaka. The cost of his party has been about £420, and the area surveyed about 40,000 acres, or about 2|d. per acre. A still further outlay will have to be incurred in staking out the available land along the line of road, and of cutting a line through Pohui bush before the sections are submitted to public competition. Mr. Weber has staked out various selections made by Messrs. Gollan, Stokes, Abbott, Riddiford, T. P. Russell, &c., &c., amounting in all to amount 13,000 acres. He has moreover made detail surveys of about 7000 acres on Mr. R. Collins’s run and that of Captain Newman ; besides this he has traversed several miles of very rough creeks, &c. His expenditure has been nearly

£4OO, or 4|d. per acre. Mr. Locke has staked out selections amounting in the aggregate to 12,560 acres of 10s. and ss. land in a very rough country. He has also surveyed the whole of Colonel Russell’s run, and extended the Trigonometrical Survey. The expenditure of his party has been £320. The rate per acre cannot be estimated, but would be found below sd. per acre I believe. Owing to the cordial co-operation I have met with from the different officers of my department, the amount of work performed during the past half year is exceedingly great, when it is taken into account that the inclemency of July and August hindered field operations very materially. The expenditure of 1861 has been somewhat in excess of my original estimate, chiefly in consequence of my finding it impossible to call in the survey parties during June, July, and August owing to the pressure of work. Mr. Hughes has been paid the balance of contract due to him of £2l 18s. Mr. H. L. Skeet, balance of his contract survey, £27 11s, 6d., and Mr. R. M. Skeet, balance of contract survey, £23 2s. Mr. Bousfield’s work in the Ahuriri block is fast drawing to a close, and I purpose extending his district to the Ruataniwha. By so doing, and by surveying the Arapawanui and Moeangiangi blocks by contract, the services of one surveyor might be dispensed with, after the expiration of February next. Crown Grants issued are 480 ~ prepared, ready for issue 426

~ „ in Auckland... 18 „ in hand 54 ~ to prepare, say 100 1078 I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most Obedient Servant, H. S. Tiffex, Com. of Crown Lands and Chief Prov. Surveyor. To His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke’s Bay.

OP THE PROVINCE OE HAWKE ’S BAY , POE THE QUARTER ENDING 31st DEC., 1861. RECEIPTS. | EXPENDITURE. ORDINARY EE VENUE— Customs, (|ths of Gross Receipts) Registration of Deeds (half year) Eegiatxation of Brands* Publicans’ Special Licenses Pilotage (July-Septemher) Beat of Waipureku Feny Eegistration of Doga (N. division) £ a. d. £ 781 153 19 26 14 12 6 1 B. 1 11 10 13 9 12 7 1 d. 4 10 0 4 £ 8. OEDINAEY — Superintendent’s Department ... Treasury ditto £ 8. d. £ 217 76 s. d. 13 8 13 10 £ 8. d, 6 Provincial Council 37 10 0 37 10 171 3 6 0 0 Crown Lands’Department 171 3 6 6 Slsugbter-Houses (fees to 30tb September) Weights and Measures (ditto) Sheep .Assessment** 0 1 2C8 17 1 3 8 0 6 Harbour Department Provincial Council Library Provincial Solicitor Audit Department Police ditto Gaol ditto Eegistration of Deeds ditto Medical and Hospital ditto Sheep Inspectors’, &c., ditto Native Interpreter’s ditto Eetuming Officers'ditto Eeceiver of Land Eevenue’s ditto Eegistration of Dogs ditto Schools, Grants in Aid, &c. Immigration Weights and Measures Charitable Aid Legal Expenses Steam Navigation (4 months) ... Pound-keeper General Printing Government Offices (furnishings) Natives Expenses 110 5 33 30 233 75 62 76 100 C 4 7 0 6 8 0 0 8 9 2 6 10 0 6 0 15 8 13 5 6 0 18 6 15 0 15 2 5 0 10 1 12 0 Total Ordinary TERRITORIAL REVENUE— Sales of Crown Lands, &c. 8739 10 4 1285 8 6 Total Territorial 8739 10 4 Total Revenue TEMPORARY REVENUE— G. T. Fannin, Immigration Clerk, on account of Assisted Passages E. Thompson, for Irish School Books W. Smith, for do. do. 0 9 0 18 9 2 59 0 £ 0 11 0 2 10,024 18 10 5 0 3 69 6 12 2 52 166 6 139 5 Balance, last quarter, in hands of Officers and others to be accounted for Balance, last quarter, in hands of Provincial Treasurer... 3511 4297 10 7 7869 13 4 5 0 7 10 4 0 6 0 Miscellaneous 94 6 9 1308 2 Total Ordinary 1811 2 7 PUBLIC WORKS AND UNDEETAKINGS— Harbour Improvements* Survey Department Engineer’s ditto Director of Public Works’ditto ... 2186 329 116 57 19 13 3 10 6 6 6 0 2690 Eoads and Streets — TeAuteEoad Porangahau ditto Middle ditto Clive ditto Taupo ditto Mohaka (branch) ditto Petane ditto Titiokura ditto Shakespeare ditto Waghom Street 669 39 16 8 267 204 6 50 205 92 9 18 14 0 3 8 12 0 18 12 3 0 0 0 10 6 1 0 2 3 1560 16 1 Public Buildings, &c.— Government Offices New Gaol Public Wells Boat Shed for Surf Boat Waipawa Court House Meanee Bridge Waipureku Ferry Punt Ferry at Waihua Ditto at Waikari Observatory, Napier Atheumum, ditto 32 91 10 48 56 244 3 5 4 0 200 4 0 16 0 6 0 16 0 3 5 0 7 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 695 11 9 B 1 Total Public Works, &c. 4946 14 4 I ADVANCES TO OFFICEES AND OTHEES TO BE ACCOUNTED FOBHis Honor the Superintendent as Trustee of Small Farn Reserves Provincial Government of Wellington E. G. Wright, Director of Public Works H. S. Tiffen, Chief Provincial Surveyor 1541 1117 390 470 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3518 1 3 Balance in hands of Provincial Treasurer, Deo. 31st, 1861 . 7618 5 9 * Of this sum, £1 has since been refunded. ** Of this sum, £15 18s. 7d. has since been refunded. * Including £708 17s. 4d., paid for new machinery from Ens . laud.—W. C. - £ £ I 17,894 3 11 17,894 3 11 Treasury, Napier, January 11th, 1862. WILLIAM COLENSO, Provincial Treasurer. Examined, a Ekhardson j Auditors -