FINANCIAL CONDITION OF FIJI.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 146, 21 November 1874, Page 3

FINANCIAL CONDITION OF FIJI.

[Front, the New Zealand Herald.'] The financial statements of the Provisional Colonial Government of Fiji for the twelve months from 10th October, 1874, to 10th October, 1875, has been published, and should be of interest to our reader?. The estimated revenue is set out to amount to £2:3,875; derivable from the following sources : Customs Duties, £15,000; pilotage and light dues, £300; licenses on interinsular trading crafts and on harbor boats plying for hire, £300; native taxes—native labor, £4500; imported labor, £1500; fees and fines of Courts, £750; licenses to Polynesian immigrant vessels, £200; wine and spirit licenses, £750 ; auctioneers' licenses, £75 ; miscellaneous, £SOO. The authorised expenditure is set down at £17,902 8s; which leaves an estimated surplus for the year of £5857. The chief items of expenditure are as follow :—Executive :—His Excellency the Governor, nil; the Administrator of the Government, nil; pension to Tui Viti (Thakombau\ £900; Colonial Secretary,£4oo; Colonial Treasurer, £400; Secretary for Native Affaire. £400; Chief Interpreter to the Government, £300; Private Secretary to H. E. the Governor, £300; Clerk to the Executive Council, £200; total. £2900. "Judicial," under this head, the total of which is £l4lO, we find set forth Judge of Central Court and Chief Magistrate, £500; Public Prosecutor •ii d Legal Adviser to the Government, £250; I egistrar and Sheriff, £240; Colonial Secretary's office £700; postal, £260 8s;

police, £1450; gaols, £420; Treasury Accountant, £2OO. Customs, £9OO, including collector at £2OO and harbour master at £2OO. Native affairs, £5328; establishment ■ xpenses, £1:531, in which is included a sum of £1(500 for rations for 200 men, aud clothing and allowances. The following are the Government departmental arrangements:— The Administrator of the Government, ii: the absence of the Governor, will exercise a general supervision over evcy department of the Executive Administration. The Honorable the Colonial Secretary will be the organ of communication between all departments and the Administrator, as well as between the public and the head of the Government. He will have the custody of the archives, and of Hie correspondence of the Government. He will audit the public account?, and, in addition to his general duties, exercises special supervision over the following departments : Judicial, police aud gaols, postal, public works, and survey. The honorable the Colonial Treasurer will have charge of the finances and accounts of the Government. He will also exercise special supervision over the Customs and harbor departments. The honorable the Secretary for Native affairs and Kegistrar-General will supervise the provincial chiefs and provincial stipendiary magistrates, aud will exercise a general control over every department of native affairs. He will also have charge of all matters appertaining to imported native laborers.