MARLBOROUGH PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 164, 20 March 1869, Page 5

MARLBOROUGH PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

The Public Accounts for the December Quarter, between the General and Provincial Governments, are as follows, omitting fractions ;

Land Fund. — Receipts : Land Sales, 747/, Licenses and Assessments 61, Miscellaneous 76. Total 8307 Expenditure. Receiver’s salary 12/ 10s., Refund of revenue 278/, paid to Provincial Account 581, Transfer to Consolidated Fund 9927

Consolidated Fund. — Receipts: Customs 1,300/, Seizures, rents, &c. 21, Stamps 143/, Postal 151/, Telegraph 138/, Judicial fees and fines 19/, Sheriff ss, Resident Magistrates Court 123/, Petty Sessions do. 3/, Fees on crown grants 22/, on registration of deeds 156/, on births, deaths, &c, 24/. Arms Act 9/, Marine Act 67 Total 21027 Transfer from Land fund 8857 Total 29877 Expenditure: Auditor 12/ 10s., Registrar of births 24/, Stamp officer 61, Electoral 48/, Supreme Court and Sheriff 18/, Resident Magistrate 147/, Coroner 51, Registry of land and deeds 90/, Postal 427/, Telegraph 4717 Customs 167/, Refunds 14s. Total 14217

The moiety of receipts into the Consolidated Fund was 1027/, the Transfer to such fund 885/, the payments on account of services Provincially charged 1414/, the sum payable for appropriation by the Province was 497/, but nothing was paid, and the Consolidated account is balanced by impounding sufficient Land revenue for the purpose.