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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 772, 7 September 1853, Page 3

Auckland, 6th September, 1853. THE following Circular Despatches ax& published for general information. H. WVnyard, Superintendent. R Civil Secretary’s Office, Wellington, Bth August, 1853. SIR, —I am directed by Governor Sir George Grey to communicate to your Honor the following financial arrangements which have been provisionallyand temporarily made by His Excellency, with the view ot enabling the Provincial Government efiicien y to perform its duties until such time as tie General Assembly shall have passed some enactment upon the' subject. It appears to His Excellency, from the nearest estimate which can be made the means at his command, that the Revenue of the whole Colony of the Islands of New Zealand, after the costs of collection and management have been defrayed, will, for the present, amount to £62,000 per annum, and that the charges upon account of the Civil List or those i nposed by Ordinances of the General Legislature,—such for instance as the Interest upon Public Securities, the expenses of Savings Banks, the charges upon account of Education, &c., &c., &c., will amount to a sum of about £21,000 per annum. or, one-third of the Net Revenue of the Colony. The Collector of Customs will therefore receive instructions to make up his account at the close of each week, and then, having first deducted the amount necessary to defray the expenses of that Department, to pay over two-thirds of the Balance remaining m his bands to the Provincial Treasurer, or to the Provincial Account at the Union Bank ot Australia, and to remit the remaining third or such Balance to the Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand. This mode of adjustment will not in every instance be perfectly accurate, as the Revenue of the Province will from time to time vary, as will also the proportion which the Civil List and the expenses of the General Government bear to the whole Revenue of New Zealand which may now be expected rapidly to increase. Consequently the above arrangement cannot be considered as being final. When, therefore, the Accounts of the Revenue of each quarter reach the Treasurer of New Zealand, a final Account will be made out showing the Grcss Revenue of each Province, the charges on account of Collection, the proportion of the Balance due to each Province during the quarter ; any balance which may then be found due to any Province in addition to the two-thirds of its Revenue already paid, will thereupon be paid over to the Treasurer of the Province, oi to the Provincial Account at the Union Bank uf Australia. In like manner if from the anticipated increase in the Revenue of the Colony, it should shortly be found that the proportion of the Revenue to which each Province is entitlei , exceeds two-thirds of the Revenue collected therein, arrangements will immediately be made for altering the amount to be paid from two-thirds to such sum as each Province may be found to lie entitled to. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your Honor’s most obedient humble servant, Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland. Civil Secretary’s Office, Wellington, Bth August, 1853. SIR, —I am directed by Governor Sir George Grey to acquaint your Honor that, until further provision is made by the General Assembly, the Land Fund of the Province will be appropriated in the following manner. 2. One-fourth of the gross proceeds of Lands Sold, or Let, in the manner stated in the 7dth clause of the New Zealand Constitution Act, will be retained for the benefit of the New Zealand Company. 3. Theremainingthree-fourthsof suchgross proceeds, together with the proceeds arising from the Rents of Crown Lands, from the Fees on Crown Grants, &c., &c., &c., will be subject, in the first place, to deductions for the cost of the Land Department, Surveys, &c., as also for such proportion of the Land Fund as the Commissioners may be directed to deduct for the payments to the Aborigines for the purchase of their Lands. 4. After these deductions have been made, the Balance remaining is to be divided into two equal parts, one of which is to be retained by the Commissioner for Emigration purposes, while the other part will be paid over, at the close of each month to the Provincial Treasurer, or to the Provincial Account at the Union Bank of Australia. 5. ThtrCTeneral Government will, for the present, apply the proportion of the Land Fund applicable to Emigration purposes, in accordance with the terms of the Proclamation of the 4th of March, 1853. But if the Provincial Council of ihe Province of Auckland would prefer having any alteration made in this arrangement, the Governor will be prepared to consider any representations, which you may, in behalf of that Body, make to His Excellency upon the subject. It must however be understood, that if any portion of the Province is proclaimed a Hundred, nothing contained in the foregoing paragraphs will prevent the Governor under the authority of the Royal Instructions of the 12th of August, 1850, from authorising the application of any proportion not exceeding one-third of the gross proceeds of the Sales of Crown Lands within such Hundred, to such purposes as shall be signified to him by the Wardens of that Hundred, 1 have the honour to be, Sir, l our Honor’s most obedient humble servant, Alfred Domett. Civil Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland. NOTICE. XTNTIL further notice, it fs requested that ) all letters •or communications for the Superintendent, may be left at the Council Chamber in charge of the messenger. • R. H. Wynyard, Superintendent. Auckland,’ 6th Sept., 1853,