REVENUE STATISTICS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9005, 18 January 1895, Page 3

REVENUE STATISTICS.

(press association telegram.) WELLINGTON. January 17. The revenue of the Consolidated Fund for the quarter ended December 31st, is as follows :— RECEIPTS. £ a. d. Balance at the beginning of the quarterCash in the public account 649,508 11 2 Advances in the hands of officers of the Government in the colony ... 157,664 12 11 In London ... ... 76.664 12 4 Investment account ... 476,000 0 0 J Total ... £1,359,837 16 5 Less Treasury Bills outstanding ... ... 935,100 0 0 Total „. ... 424,737 16 5 Ordinary RevenueCustoms ... ... 390,679 5 3 Stamps ... ._ 154,262 13 3 Postal and Telegraph— cash receipts... ... 15,119 8 9 Land and income tax ... 6,482 16 3 Beer duty ... ... 17,371 811 Railways 268,306 7 10 Registration and other fees 7,578 18 11 Marine 5,375 9 8 Miscellaneous ... ... 4,212 6 3 Territorial Revenue— Cash land sales ... 9,137 0 2 Deferred payment land sales 6,566 2 6 Pastoral runs, rents and miscellaneous ... 20,701 3 1 Sinking Funds set free— Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan, 1860 15,200 0 0 Applicable to redemption of debentures issued under the Consolidated Stock Act, 1884—New Zealand loan, 1863 (series 1914) ... ... 27,000 0 0 Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1892—Debentures issued in exchange for remission certiticates ... ... 140 0 0 Balance at end of quarter 84,173 12 9 Totals ... £1,457,134 10~ EXPBKDITUBE. Permanent appropriationsCivil List 5,875 6 2 Interest and Sinking Fund ... ... 777,293 7 5 Under Special Acta of the Legislature ... ... 45,738 011 Subsidies paid to looal bodies 14,208 13 1 Amounts paid over to local bodies and to deposit accounts ia respeot of rents under the Land Acta . M ... 6,694 16 6 Endowments— New, Plymouth Harbour Board 2,200 8 7 Greymouth Harbour Board 2,619 9 3 Westport Harbour Board 3,226 14 10 Annual appropriationsLegislative .„ ... 7,995 15 5 Colonial Secretary ... 18,738 16 0 Colonial Treasurer .., 7,065 19 0 Minister of Justice ... 30,297 18 5 Postmaster-General « ... 78,522 711 Commissioner of Trade aud Customs , ... ,15,719 610 Commissioner of Stamps 4,015 10 1 Education Department... 97,583 2 3 Lunacy and Charitable 'Department,.. ... 14,546 16 3 Department of Labour ... 674 14 9 Minister of Mines ... 3,237 18 10 Minister of Agriculture 12,310 4 6 Working railways ... 136,309 1 4 Minister for Public Works ' „. ... 31,614 610 Defence Department ... 11,867 7 2 Police Department ... 22,755 3 2 Minister of Lands ... 26,398 11 0 Rates on Crown Lands ... 97 9 4 Services not provided for 200 0. 0 Debentures redeemed Consolidated Stock,/1884 '■ .-- ' (Colonial issue) ... 32,514 0 0 Naval and Military Set- : tiers and' Volunteers' - . "> ' Land Ace, 1892, remission, certificates ex- .- changed ,for debentured, per contra .... 140 0 0 Transfer to Public Works Fund, Part 1, in terms of section 15 of the Appropriation Act, 1894 ... ; ~.. 60,000 0 0 Total 6 9 Less expenditure charged' to unauthorised during previous quarter, and now transferred to respective appropriations 3,226 15 4 Total ... . £1,457,134 10 6