THE ESTIMATES.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 104, 6 April 1863, Page 2

THE ESTIMATES.

His Honor the Superintendent laid on the fable of the Council on Saturday last the Estimates for the fifteen months commencing from the Ist April 1803, and ending on the 30th June, ISC-1. They amount, in the aggregate, to 1121,033 125., and we proceed to give some of ihe most important items.—Superintendent’s Department £906 55.; Audit Department £137 ICs.; Law Officer's Department, £147.103.; Interpreter’s Department, £25; Provincial Council, £250; Judicial, £125 ; Sheriff’s Department, £5Bl 55.; Coroner’s Department, £l2 10s.; Police Department, £1,515 ; Charitable, including Provincial Surgeon, £127 10s.—Hospital Attendants, £l2s—Rations for Patients, £IOO, <tc., £SOG 55.; Education, £SOO ; Harbour Department, £725 ; Inspector of sheep for all the inland districts of the Province, also Registrar Brands, £312 10s.; Inspector of sheep, also Inspector of Weights and Measures, Registrar of Brands, and Inspector of Slaughter houses, for three months, £SO ; Examining Inspector of Southern Boundary of the Province, £3l ss. ; Examining Inspector for Port Napier, and Registrar of Brands at Napier, and Inspector of Weights and Measures for twelve months, £3O ; Ferries— Waihua, £25; Waikari, £6 55.; Wairoa, £25; total, £56 55.; Steam Subsidy, £625; General Printing, £250; Insurance of Government Build-

ing3, £175 25.? Com,oil I. i bray and Iv*papers, £37 10s.; Saturday’* 'Nun (I'owii.'ri. S 155.Registrar oi‘ Metwiviogicai Jukka. £;;2 10.5.Miscellaneous Contingencies, £375 ; Reward lor payable Gold Field, £I,OOO ; Emigration assisted, £1000; Other Immigration, £500; Crown Lands Department:—Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief Provincial Surveyor, also Treasurer of the Province at £350 per annum, £437 10s. ; Chief Clerk at £250 per annum, £31010s.; Traveling Expences for Commissioner, at 12s. 6d. per diem when on Duty, £25 ; Contingencies ' including Treasury Department, for nine months, £B2 10s.; total, £847 10s ; Survey Department veyor,, at £3OO per annum, £375; Surveyor for six months, at £3OO per annum, £150; Travelling Expenses for above Surveyors, at the rate of £36 per annum respectively, £63; Draughtsman, at £250 per annum, £3lO 10s. ; Labourers, £7OO • Instruments, £6B ; Contingencies, £37 10s., total £1,706; Provincial Engineer’s Department: Provincial Engineer, also Director of Works, and Paymaster of Roads at £350 per annum, £437 10s. Travelling Expenses, £125 ; Contingencies, £6 55.", total £568 155.; Treasurer’s Department :—Provincial Treasurer, for three months, at the rate of £3OO per annum, £75 ; Contingencies, for three months, £2 10a., —£77 10s.; Liabilities, £5,000; Public Works and Undertakings : —Te Aute Road” £IOOO ; Middle Road, £150; Clive Road, £SO ■ Clive to Havelock, £2OO ; Patangata to Tamumu”, £100; Porangahau, Road, £350; Porangahau Road to South Boundary of the Province, £2BO ; Waipawa to Ruataniwha, £3O ; Waipukurau to ditto ; £SO ; Taupo Road, £400; Road to Aorangi by Omahu, £100; Petane Road, £IOO ; Bridle tract from Pohui to Tarawera, (mail tract) £l6O ; Bridle tract to Mohaka, £l2O ; Mohaka to Wairoa, £SO ; Mohaka to Upper Mohaka, £SO ; Town Roads, £3OO ; Mangaone River, 507; Road Contingencies, and grants in aid, 5007; Repairs and maintenance of public buildings, including repairs of damage from earthquake, 4007 ; Maintenance of public wells, pumps, &c. 457 ; Repairing public fences, 207; Contingencies,Waipureku Ferry Punt, 807; Fencing yard of Gaol Napier, and Court House Reserve, Waipawa, 807; Stone wall round Government Reserve, Napier, 407; Planting Reserve with trees, 157 ; Compensation to Messrs. Smith of Puketapu, for right of Road through their property, 707.; Removal and rc-erccfion of Lock-up for Military Prisoners, 507; For making Native Hostelry available as Lock-up 707 ; 5,7107 : Total 24,0337. The following is the estimated Revenue for the ensuing year Ordinary, 4,3637 Extraordinary, —Land Sales, 7,1007; Available Balance in the hands of Treasurer. 7,5147; Refund of Land purchase sixths from General Government, 3,000 ; Total, 21,977.