COST OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
From a return laid before the General Assembly, we find that the cost of the several Provincial Governments, including salaries and fees, amount to no less a sum than £169,768 per annum. The Otago Colonist, in dissecting these returns, finds that— The Provincial Government of 'Auckland employs 61 officers, paying them in the aggregate £10,332-14s. 9d. The European population of the province is 24,420, so that one Government officer to about every 381 persons is required, at a cost to each individual of the entire community of Bs. 5Jd. per annum. In Taranaki 10 officers are employed, at an annual cost of £B2O. The popu. lation is 2044. This gives one officer to about every 204 souls of the population, at the rate of Bs. id. per annum. In Wellington there are 52 officers whose salaries amount annually to £1? 197 16s. 6d. ; the population being 12,566. This'gives one officer to every 241 souls, at the rate of 19 s 5g nearly, per annum. In Hawke’s Bay 28 officers are employed at an annual cost of £57411 the population being 2611. This gives one officer to every 93 souls, and makes the individual charge £2 3s. and a fraction per annum. In Nelson 53 officers are employed, and their salaries and perquisites amount annually to £7538 2s 6d The population is 9952, which gives one officer to about every 187, at an annual charge upon every soul in the community of a fraction above 5s 10jd. per annum. Marlborough employs 12 officers, payin'* them annually £3l-18. The population is 2299” which gives one officer to about every 109 souls at a charge of £1 2s. Bj‘d. per annum on each soul in the province. Canterbury numbers 65 officials, and pays them annuaUy £14,351 13s 3d. The population is 10,140, winch gives 1 officer to about every 247 persons, and lays a charge of a fraction over 17s lOid. per annum, on every soul in the commanity. The Gtago Provincial Government employs 100 officers, at an annual cost of £33,788 19s 6d.; the population is estimated at 27,863 exclusive of 3UUO miners, say 30,163; this gives 1 officer to about 175 persons, at an annual charge upon each individual of the community of £1 2s 4jd. It must be remembered, however, that this rate, though apparently high in proportion to some oi the large provinces, is in point of fact lower, when allowance is made for the extra expense of the gold departments which Ota«*o is obliged to support, and which are not necessary in other provmces, and further, as the population is greater now than when the census was taken the individual average will be less. The province of Southland employs 25 officers paying them annually £5472 25.. 6d. The popu’ lation is 1820, which gives one officer to every 70 persons, at a charge upon the whole community ot rather more than £3 Os. l-*d. per annum. ihese computations arc based upon the returns laid before Parliament, and although some departmental changes may have taken place since the returns were compiled, the general result cannot have been materally affected.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 65, 25 September 1862, Page 6 (Supplement)
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525COST OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 65, 25 September 1862, Page 6 (Supplement)
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