PUBLIC REVENUE AND ACCOUNTS RETURNS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1166, 27 October 1883, Page 1

PUBLIC REVENUE AND ACCOUNTS RETURNS.

The following are the Public 'Revenue and Accounts for the quarter ended 30th Sept., 1883 : Ordinary Revenue Account - Jfteceipt3 —Balance on 30th June. 1883: Cash in Public Account. L 131,893 Bs. Advances in the hands of officers of tl-e Government : colonial. L 189,762 8s 8d ; foreign, L 75.714 3s 3d ; total. L 265,476 lis Id ; grand total, L398,<569 19s lid. Ordinary revenue : Customs: L3b'0,165 15s 2d; stamps (including postal cash receipts), L 114,494 9s 7d; property tax, L 4518 7s 9d ; Beer, L 12.419 10s Id ; Railways, L 205.893 13s 4d ; Telegraph, L 24.049, 10s 7d ; Registration and other fees, LI 2,989 7s 2d ; Marine, L 3427 <is 5d ; Miscellaneous, L 7921 4s 9d ; Total, L 744,970 4s lOd. Territorial Revenue : Depasturing licenses, rents, etc., L 15,284 Is 5d ; Miacelkneous, L3llO 0s Bd. Total, L 18.394 2s Id. Grand total, L 763,364 6s lid. Recoveries on account of unauthorised expenditure of previous quarter, L 2529 7s 4d ; Deficiency Bills irsued under section 18 of the Public Revenues Act 1878, Lloo.ooo.—Grand total of receipts, L 1,263,263 14s 2d. The expenditure for the quarter was, Permanent Appropriations, Civil List, L 7280 J4s 8d ; Interest and Sinking Fund, L 452.295 12s lid ; unjer special Acts of the Legislature, L 15.124 :15s 3d ; Ellesrnere and Forsyth reclamation and Akaroa Rnilway Trust, L 412 19s lOd. , Total, L 478.042 2s Bd. Annual appropriations by the Legislature, Ll 4 281 13s Id ; Colonial Secretary, L 61.032 16s 8d • Colonial Treasurer, L 22.011 15s 9d ; Minister of Justice, L 20.333 9s 2d ; Postin aB f er- General, L 65.260 3s 6d ; Commissioner of Customs, 20,933 15s 2d ; Commissioner of Stamps, L 6930 14s lid ; Minister of Education, L 73.609 14s 9d ; Minister of Native Affairs, LSIOB 9s 7d ; Minister of Mines. L 4654 6s 8d ; Minister of Public. Works, L 223,719 19s Id; Minister of Defence, L 44.611 5s 3d. Total, L 572.483 2s 6d. Services not provided for, L 399 lis Bd. Grand total, L 1,050,929 16s 10<i. The balance on the 30th September, 1883, was :—("ash in the public account. L 8976 lis 5d ; advanreß in the hands of the. officer* of the Government, Colonial L 152,017 7s 9d ; Foreign; L 52.239 18s 2d. Total, L 204.267 5s lld.—Grand.total, L212.33317s 4d, The grand total of expenditure wan L1,263,26314s 2d. The Land Fund Account for the quarter was as follows :—Receipts—Balance on June 30th, 1883, cash in the Public Account, L 60,434 14s 6d ; advances in the hands of the Governments-Colonial, L 27.821 16s 7d; Foreign, L 668 14s 6d ; land sales for'cash, L 53.785 2s 2d ; do on deferred payments, L 26,604 9d "lid; recoveries on account of unauthorised expenditure of previous quarter, Ll6O 9s ; total leceipts, L169,474_ 17s 9d. Expenditure Under special Acts of the Legislature on the third of the; .proceeds of land sold on deferred payments.; paid over to local bodies, L 4763,, 17s lOd ; New Plymouth Harbor Board endowment. LB2B 6s Id ;" Ellesrnere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust, L 1465 Is ; Annual Appropriation, Minister of Lands, L 42.245 18s 6d; Colonial Treasurer," L 1660 9s ; services not provided for, L9OO 0s 9d ; v balance oni 30th September, 1883, cash in public account, L 101.689 3s 2d ; advances in the hands of the officers of the Government, Colonial* L15,47G 16s lOd ; Foreign, L 545 14s 3d.—Total expenditure, L 169,474 17s Bd.