FINANCIAL RETURNS

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 4, 3 November 1883, Page 2

FINANCIAL RETURNS

The Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Public Revenue for the Half-year ending September 30th, 1883, has just been published iu the Gazette Receipts. Balance of cash in Public Ac. £131,893 8 0 In hands of Government officers (Colonial, £189762 8s 8d; Foreign, £75,714

3s 3d 265,476 11 11 Ordinary revenue Customs 360,616 15 2 Stamps—postal and cash receipt 114.494 9 y Property tax ... 4,518 7 0 Beer duty 12,419 10 1 Railways 205.883 13 4 f eb graphic 24,049 10 7 Registration and other fees 12,089 7 *2 Marine 3,427 6 5 Miscellaneous ... 7,921 4 9 Territorial revenue— Depasturing licenses, rents, & 15,284 1 5 Miscellaneous ... 3,110 0 8 Recoveries of “ unauthorised ” expenditure of the previous quarter 2,529 7 4 Deficiency bills, issued under section 18, “ Public Woiks Revenues Act, 1878 ” ... 100,000 0 0 £1,263,263 14 2 EXPKNDtTUKB. Permanent Appropriation— Civil List 7,208 14 8 Interest and Sinking Fund 455,295 12 11 Under Special Acts 15,124 15 3 Ellesmere and Forsyth reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust 412 19 10 Annual Appropriation!— Class 1—Legislative 14,281 13 1 2 —Colonial Secretary 61,032 15 8 3 Treasurer 22,011 15 9 4—Minister of Justice 30,333 9 2 5—Post-Master General 3 5 6—Commr. of Customs 20 933 15 2 7 Stamps 6,9.10 14 11 8—Minister of Education 73,009 14 9 9 Native Affaire 5,198 9 7 10 Mines 4,654 6 8 11 P. Works 223,719 19 1 12 Defence ... 41,611 5 3 Services not provided for 399 11 8 Balance of cash in Public Acct 8,076 11 5 Advances in hands of Governincut officers — Colonial £152,01/ 7» 9d : Foreign £52,239 18s 2d 204,257 5 11 Total ... £1,263,263 14 2 LAND FUND ACCOUNT. Receipts. Balance of cash in Public Ac. count, Juue 30 60.434 14 6 In hands ol Government officere—Colonial, £27,821 16s 7d ; Foreign, £668 14a 64 28.490 Hill Laud sales—fur cash, £53.78,5 2s 2d ; on deferred paymeats, £26,604 9s 1Id ./ 80,389 1 Recoveries of “ unauthorvised ” expenditure of the • previous quarter 160 0]|0 Total ... £169,474 17 8 ExPKNDiruaB. Under Special Acts of Legislature— One-third proeeeds of laud sold on deferred payments paid to local bodies 828 6 1 Ellesmere and Forsyth reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust 1,464 1 Annual appropriations— Clas 13, MmLur of Linds 42,248 18 6 Cia->s 14, Colonial Treasurer 1,660 0 0 Services not provided for 9o0 0 0 Balance of account in Publie Account 101,689 3 In hands of Government offi. cers — Colonial, £15,376 16s 10a; Foreign, £545 14s 3d 15,922 11 1 Total ... £169,474 17 8