HAWKE'S BAY HERALD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1862.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 5, Issue 257, 18 February 1862, Page 2

HAWKE'S BAY HERALD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1862.

"We this morning do what the Government should long since have done — place before the public the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the current year. In having attached blame to the local authorities for withholding these documents from the public, we acted on the assumption (1) that on so vitally important a subject as the public expenditure, every opportunity shoujd be given for the exercise of public opinion — in fact the .Council was prorogued on the understanding that this should be the case ; and (2) that the cost of affording the several constituencies such opportunity should not be thrown exclusively upon the shoulders of one or two newspaper proprietors (whose expenses are already sufficiently heavy) but should be disbursed out of the provincial chest. jLest, however, it might be thought there was some little selfishness in all this, we may add that the "Gazette " is not printed at this office, 'and that the Estimates (in the shape could have been given to the public in the pages of that interesting periodical at a cost of 19s. 6d. ! And, .-.^^ely^pagers.pf .so much public imsay nothing of the other §isff^^^ats the motion for the: printing ; s;^||ecte^^i^; ; e<iually_

deserving with the reports of Mr. Gill and Mr! Tiffen, of such publicity as the " Gazette " affords. The truth is, we fear, that the framers of the Estimates hdpe been themselves impressed with the conviction that these will not bear the test of criticism, and would very willingly see them confined to the Council table or to the pockets of members. Of this, however, the electors have now the means of judging 3 and, for the present, we leave the matter in their hands.

Some curiosity having been expressed by the public as to the precise nature of the heavy demand lately made \on the province for interest and sinking j fund on the proportion expended within it of the sum raised for land purchases in the original province of Wellington — a demand which has been 'so summarily enforced and which is likely j to press so heavily on our limited resources, — we subjoin the correspondence on the subject that has passed, between the Superintendent and -the Colonial Secretary. We should be glad if some one conversant with figures could be induced to take the trouble of wading through the mass with which Mr. Fox's letters are accompanied^ with the view of ascertaining how far this weighty claim is founded on justice. We strongly suspect that, should the Fox ministry continue^in office, claims of some kind or other will be advanced upon every occasion — only to cease when the province shall be stripped of its resources and forced to petition for the boon of re-admission to the paternal bosom of Wellington. Colonial Secretary's Office, / ..■".: % Auckland, August 20, 186X. Sib, — I have the honor to forward to you i.the accompanying statement of. the apportionment between ike .Provinces of HawkeV3ay/arid iW&r

lington of the sums due for interest and sinking fund to the 30th June, 1860, on the amounts raised for land purchases in these Provinces to that date, and I have to request Your Honor to be good enough .to . cause the amount due from the Province, of Hawke's Bay on this account, viz, £2071 Is. 6d. to be paid, before the 30th September next, to the Colonial Sub -Treasurer, who will be instructed, on receiving this sum, to pay over to the Provincial Treasurer £1229 2s. 9d., bein^ the balance of Surplus Revenue due to the Province on account of the year ended June 30, 1860. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, WILLIAM FOX. His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay.

BATIO for the distribution of the Interest on Debt of ' Original Province of "Wellington, in conformity with r the Rule laid down in Section XV of the New Proc vinces Act, 1858. TO 30TH JOTSTE, 1859.

The Province of Hawke's Bay in Account current with the General Government, on acc&unt of Interest and Sinking Fund to 30th June, 1860.

Adjustment of Wellington and Hawke's Bay Suspense Account for Interest and Sinking Fund on sums raised ... , for Land Purchases in the respective Provinces. SEPTEMBEB, 1859. To Interest and Sinking Fund on amount raised for Land Purchases, Wellington and .Hawke's Bay, viz. : —

-."'•' SEPTEMBER, 1860. ' To Interest and Sinking Fund • on amount raised for Land Purchases, Wellington and Hawke's Bay, for year ended 80th June, 1860, viz. : —

By Interest to 80th June, 1859, transferred as follows: £660 .- being Interest on amount raised on account of the Ori- ■ ginal Province of Wellington on Ist November, 1858, say £11,000 :— Wellington, 4 months Interest : on £11,000, Ist July to 31st „- October, 1858, one-third of £660 ... 220 0 0 Balance £440 distributed in conformity .with the B>ule laid " .-down in Section XV of the . ,"NTaw Prmrinftfis Ant. IRKS •

By Interest on balance £990, say Wellington one month on

By Interest to 30th June, 1860, 1 ' transferred, on £11000 for the r . „ Original Province : —

v ,: Superintendent's Office, ■-: - : Napier, Oct. 8, 1861. ; .-• Shy— l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 26th August last, accompanied by a : statement of apportionment between .the Proyihees of Hawke's Bay and Wellington of : >theWiii'B;due, for Interest and Sinking Fund to 1860, 1 on the amounts' raised for landthbseiProyuiceß, .with -the request; ; -^Ea^Mwo^d cause the amount due from this Pro-

vince—viz., £2071 Ib. 6d.— to be paid before the 30th September of /this year to the Colonial SubTreasurer, who has been instructed on receiving this sum to pay to the Provincial Treasurer £1229 2s. 9d., being balance of Surplus Revenue due to the Province of Hawke's Bay on account of year ending 30th June, 1860. • My being, on the arrival of your letter, on a tour of inspection of the public works of this Province, and not having returned until the date the payment desired was to be made, will account for the delay of my not having replied to your letter sooner. Before making the payment of £2071 Is. 6d., I desire to consult my Executive, which I intend doing as soon as one of its members, at present absent inland, returns to Napier. I have the honor to be, Sir, Tour most obdt. servant, J. C. LAMQBTON CARTER, Superintendent. The Hon. the Col. Secretary, Auckland.

Superintendent's Office, Napier, Oct. 19, 1861. Sib, — In continuance of my letter of Oct. 8, in reply to yours dated 20th August last, having reference to your request that £2071 Is. 6d. should be paid to the Colonial Sub-Treasurer on account of Interest and Sinking Fund, as stated to be due by the Province of Hawke's Bay to 30th June, 1860, the Provincial Government are desirous of having and shall be obliged for some information on the following points : — First. — From what data the proportion, as shewn on the credit side of the adjustment account appended to your letter, to 30th June, 1859, the " remainder distributed in the proportion of Wellington £11,000 and Hawke's Bay £17,000," is arrived at as divisable between the two provinces. Second. — The same also as regards the proportion of Wellington £20,000 and Hawke's Bay £18,000. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) J. C. Lambton Cabtee, Superintendent. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

Superintendent's Office, Napier, Nov. 8, 1861. Sib, — In further continuation of my letter of Bth October, 1861, in reply to yours of 20th August last, on the subject of your request that £2071 Is. 6d. should be paid to the Colonial Sub-Treasurer on account of Interest and Sinking Fund, I trust you will excuse me again asking for some further information; First. — If in the adjustment of the balance of interest of £990 between Wellington and Hawke's Bay shewn on the credit side of the account appended to your letter, " as Wellington one month on £11,000" should not have been £55 instead of £50, as being the sum only chargeable to Wellington, for the interest on £11,000 for 12 months is £660, consequently one month is £55, leaving £935 to be divided between the two provinces, instead of £940 according to the proportion proposed ? For the manner in which this is arrived at I have already in my previous letter asked for information. Second. — How is it that the amount, viz., £49,000, upon which interest is charged and apportioned between Wellington and Hawke's Bay, year ending 30th June, 1860, differs to and is greater than the actual amount expended in land purchases for these provinces up to that period, viz., £46,383 2s. Ud. s as shewn under the head of •* Native Land Purchase, page 7, letter C, No. 1 of appendix to the Journals of House of Eepresentatives for 1860 ? " I have the honor to be, Sir, Tour most obedient servant, (Signed) J. C. Lambton Cabteb, Superintendent. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 11th Nov., 1861. Sib, — Adverting to Your Honor's letter of the 19th ultimo, requesting further information respecting the sum of £'2071 Is. 6d. you were called upon to pay on account of Interest and Sinking Fund due by the Province of Hawke's Bay, I have the honor to enclose for your' information an explanatory memorandum from the AssistantTreasurer on the subject. The account has been prepared in accordance with the rule laid down in the 15th section of the " New Provinces Act ; " but it has been accepted by neither of the provinces, and it will therefore be more desirable that the whole matter should stand over until the next session of the General Assembly. ' " I have the honor to be, Sir, Tour very obedient servant, _. _ , "WILLIAM POX. His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, Nov. 27, 1861. Sir, — I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter dated the 4th inst., requesting further information on thesubject of the payment requested;^' my letter^f 3Oth ; August last, oa

account of Interest and Sinking Eund due, as between the Provinces of Hawke's Bay and Wellington. In reply, I enclose for your Honor's information a copy of a . memorandum, dated the 22nd inst., from the Assistant Treasurer, on the points adverted to in your letter. As it does not appear probable that either of those two Provinces is inclined to adopt the account as prepared by the Assistant Treasurer, the Government considers it advisable that the whole question should remain in suspense until the next session of the General Assembly. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your very obdt. servant, WILLIAM FOX. His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay:

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, Jan. 7, 1862. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit for your information the enclosed accounts between the General Government and the Province of Hawke's Bay, and to request that your Honor will be good enough to cause the amount shewn to be due from the Province on separate account to the 30th September last, namely, £526 6s. 6d. to be paid to the Colonial Sub-Treasurer, together with a sum of £2,500 on account of the Interest and Sinking Fund on money raised for land purchases in the Province of Hawke's Bay, pending settlement of the account. The balance due to the Province on Surplus Revenue Account, viz., £450 19s. 9d., wjll, for the present, be retained on the same account. I hare the honor to be, Sir, Your very obdt. servant, HENRY SEWELL, In the absence of Mr. Fox. His Honor the Superintendent, Hawke's Bay.

'.- ' Wellington — £ a. d. £ a. d. -Revenue ...20664 3 9 Land Revenue „. 19631 1 5 , ~ "' 40295 5 2 Hawkes Bay— -Ordinary Ilevenue ... 1442 7 0 Land Revenue ... 12626 2 3 I 14068 9 3 54363 14 5 TO SOTH JUNE, 1850.

Wellington— Ordinary Revenue ... 17656 3 1 Land Revenue ... 10543 15 7 28199 18 8 Hawk&s Bay— Ordinary Revenue ... 3721 7 4 Land Revenue ...33974 6 2 37695 13 6 65895 12 2

■-■■<>■ Wellington ... 282 8 11 : ,. ; Hawke's Bay ... 377 11 1 By Interest on balance £2180 in '•-" -the proportion of £20000 Wellington and £18000 Hawke's ?r'-oßay - . ■ - '> . Wellington ■ ... 1121 1 1 Hawke's Bay. ...1008 18 11 ■ r- ;. : : ; ■■- 2130 0 0 /■-■• ,; " • 4440. 0 0

seiiooo / .... so 0 0 Kemainder distributed in the : of £11000 Welling- -: ton and £17000 Hawke's Bay . - ; Wellington ... 859 5 9 ; Hawkers Bay ... 670 14 3 ; ; : : 990 0 0

>xicvy xiuviuuta a.\ju j-000 . •"". Wellington ... 326 2 9 ■-.W S Hawke's Bay .... 113 17 3 v . 660 0 0

On £39,000, 1 year „. 2340 0 0 On £10000, 9 months ... 450 0 0 2790 0 0 ; 4440 0 0

On £11000, 1 year, 30th June, 1859 ... 660 0 0 On £10000, 9 months, 30th June, 1859 450 0 0 On £18000, 6 months, 30th June, , 1859 540 0 0 1650 0 0

JDr. To amount transferred from Suspense Account, on account of period ended 30th June, 1859 ... 113 17 3 To amount transferred from Suspense Account, on account ~'X>t period ended 30th June, 1859 ... 570 14 3 . x . . 684 11 6 To amount transferred from Suspense Account, on account of period ended 30th June, 1860 ... 377 111 .To amount transferred from Suspense Account, on account of period ended 30th June, 1860 . ... 1008 18 11 1386 10 0 •r 2071 1 6 To Balance down ... 841 18 9 ''"'■' '' ' Cr. \By Balance of Surplus Revenue :. on account of period ended ■- SOth June, 1860 ... 1229 2 9 By Balance down ... 84118 9 ":- :•-• -"■ ' ■ 2071 1 6