The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1876.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 133, 19 July 1876, Page 2

The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1876.

'The total amount of Colonial estimated expenditure for the current year is £2,486,941 ;12s Id, ontot wlich no less than £1,034,505 13s 5d is Interest and Sinking Fund, The whole of the figures would have no interest for oar readers, bnt we subjoin those that have reference to local public officers. His Honor Judge Kenny seems to hold a multiplicity of offices, as well as salaries. He is Returning and Registration Officer for Grey and Bell, Egmont, and New Plymouth, for which he has to receive £25. In addition to this he is District Judge £2OO (with travelling expenses), Resident Magistrate £2OO, Registrar Supreme Court £SO, and . Examiner of‘Titles £loo—-in all, £575. In the Crown Lands Department the sum of £25 is set down for Inspector of Sheep,“at Patea, Mr Wood, who holds this office, is also Assistant Harbormaster and Pilot at £IOO. Clerk

District Court, Carlyle, £3O, with £54 Iss travelling expenses ; Clerk Resident Magistrate’s Court, £l2O, "with £54 15s travelling expenses. There is no further provision till wo come to the Postal Department, where we find twelve country postmasters, our respected Carlyle official included, lumped at £llO. We are glad to say that out of this £SO is apportioned to Mr Hutton. Telegraphist at Patea, £185; cadet, £100; telegraphist (Hawera), £IOO, the same officer being postmaster at £2O. One item appears, F. W. Rolfe, compensation for losses during war at Patea, 1868, £360. Under Militia and Volunteer Service at Patea, the Officer Commanding gets nothing for militia duty, hut as Inspector of Armed Constabulary £4OO. Two drill instructors (who are also sei-geants in Armed Constabulary, at 7s 6d per day), at £2O and £ls respectively. All the stated sums, it must be borne in mind, are per annum. The above are all the items in the Estimates, that have local reference. The officers in Confiscated Lands, Public Works, Immigration, and Crown Lands Departments are not included.