ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABLE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND FOR THE YEAR 1842. [Concluded From our Last.]

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 14, 11 June 1842, Page 56

ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABLE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND FOR THE YEAR 1842. [Concluded From our Last.]

VI. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND GAOLS. Salaries and 'lotol of each Contingencies. Department. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland. Chief police magistrate 300 0 0 Clerk . . . . 150 0 0 Chief constable, at 55., three sergeants, at 4s. 3d., and four privates, at 3s. 6d. each . 579 8 9 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 1,034 8 9 Bay of Islands. Police magistrate . 300 0 0 Clerk . . . . 150 0 0 Chief constable at 55., two sergeants at 4s. 3d., and four privates at 3s. 6d. each per diem . . . 501 17 6 Four boatmen at £70 each . . . 280 0 0 Incidental expenses . & 0 0 1,236 17 6 Port Nicholson. Police magistrate . 300 0 0 * Clerk to magistrates I Chief constable at 55., three sergeants at 4s. 3d., and eight privates at 3s. 6d. each per day . . . 834 18 9 Four boatmen at £70 each . . - . 280 0 0 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 1,419 18 9 * Duty performed by clerk of the peace. Hokianga. Police magistrate . 250 0 0 Chief constable at 55., sergeant at 4s. 3d., and two privates at 3s. 6d. each per day 296 11 3 Four boatmen to act as constables, at 3s. 6d. each per day . . 255 10 0 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 807 1 3 Akaroa. Police magistrate . 250 0 0 Sergeant at 4s. 3d, two privates at 3s. 6d. each per day, and four boatmen at £70 each per annum . 485 6 3 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 740 6 3 Wanganui. Police magistrate . 250 0 0 Chief constable at 55., sergeant at 4s. 3d., and two privates at . 3s. 6d. each per day 296 11 3 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 551 11 3 Nelson. Police magistrate . 250 0 0 Chief constable 55., one sergeant at 4s. 3d., and two privates at 3s. 6d. each per diem 296 11 3 Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 551 11 3 New Plymouth. Police magistrate . 250 0 0 Chief constable 55., one sergeant 4s. 3d., and two privates at 3s. 6d. f . each per diem . 296 113 " Incidental expenses . 5 0 0 551 11 3 Auckland. Gaoler at ss. . . 91 5 0 Two assistant ditto at 4s. 3d. . . . 155 2 6 Turnkey at 3s. 9d. . 68 8• 9 Rations for ten prisoners at 9d each. . 136 17 6 Incidental expenses . 10 0 0 461 13 9 Bay of Islands. Gaoler at ss. . 91 5 0 Assistant at 4s. . 73 0 0 Turnkey at 3s. 9d. . 68 8 9 « Rations for six prisoners at 9d. each . 82 2 6 Incidental expenses . 10 0 0 324 16 3 Port Nicholson. Gaoler at 5sJ . . 91 5 0 Assistant at 4s. . 73 0 0 Turnkey at 3s. 9d. . 68 8 9 Rations for 14 prisoners at 9d. each . . 191 12 6 Incidental expenses . 10 0 0 434 6 3 Total Police and Gaols . £8,114 2 6 VII. ECCLESIASTICAL. Auckland. Minister . . . 200 0 0 200 0 0 Bay of Islands. Minister . . . 150 0 0 150 0 0 Port Nicholson. Minister . . . 200 0 0 200 0 0 Total Ecclesiastical . . . £550 0 0 VIII. MISCELLANEOUS. Stationery for the several departments . 400 0 0 Printing gazettes, ordinancesof Council,&c 1,500 0 0 Purchases of land from the natives . .2,000 0 0 Fuel and lights . . 150 0 0 Carried forward £4,050 0 0

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS— continued. Salaries and Total of cad: Contingencies. Department. £ h. d. £ s. d. Brou^'it forward 4,050 0 0 Towards erecting churches and other places of public worship . . . 1,500 0 0 For roads y.nd bridges . 1,000 0 0 Furniture tor Government offices . • 500 0 0 Total Miscellaneous . . . £7,050 0 C ABSTRACT OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATES. £ s. d. 1. Governor and Judge . . 2,200 0 0 2. Civil Establishment . . . 19,644 17 1 3. Survey Department . . . 8,869 14 3 4. Department of Public Works and Buildings . . . 5,226 5 0 5. Judicial Department . . 3,576 0 0 6. Department of Police and Gaols 8,114 2 6 7. Ecclesiastical . . . . 550 0 0 8. Miscellaneous .... 7,050 0 0 Total Expenditure . . . * £55,230 18 6 * We make the total j^55,230 18yi0d., making a difference of 4d., which is not very material, however occasioned.