AN ACCOUNT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 165, 4 March 1854, Page 4 (Supplement)

AN ACCOUNT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

(a) Two-thirds of the net Customs Revenue aye payable to tile Province under instructions from His Excellency the Governor. (!>)• The Post-Office Revenues are subject to a similar arrangement. The Postal receipts at the Lyttelton Olfice do not cover iheexpeuces for this quarter. (o) The whole of the Land Revenues after deducting the,payment to the New Zealand Company, and the expenses of the Land-Office and of Surveys, is payable to the Province for the purposes of Immigration and Public Works under instructions from His Excellency the Governor. No returns have been received from the Land Department of the Revenue arising within the Canterbury block :uo instructions haviim-

been received from the General Government fov the disposal of these Revenues since the determination of the powers of the Canterbury Association for the sale of land. No returns have been received from the late Commissioner of Crown Lands of the Revenue arising- during the months of October and November, from that portion of the Province beyond the Canterbury block. The Commissioner of Crown Lands lias returned the revenues arising in the same portion of the i'roviuce during; the month of December as « nil." (d) The several branches of the Provincial Government at Afcaroa are treated as one department for the purpose of account in consequence of the smulluess of the expenditure!

Receipts. Customs (a) Post Office (I)) ' Crown Lands (c) ... ... ... .<. Harbour Department ... Fees and Fines, Resident Magistrate's Court... Advance from General Government ,.. Lyttelton. 1061 8 5 Akmioa. 66 11 10 0 14 11 Total. 1131 0 3 0 14 11 .22*11 4 100 0 0 I 7 16 29 12 10 100 0 0 Expenditure. £1186 19 9 74 8 3 1261 8 *0 SALARIES. CONTINGENCIES. TOTAL. Superintendent's Department ... Provincial Treasury * „ Audit Police Sheriff and Gaol Medical Department Coroner ... Harbor-Master ... ' Provincial Council ... Printing ... Inspector of Sheep Akaroa (il) Refund of Revenue (Customs overpaid) Repayment of advance to General Government 158 6 8 75 0 0 15 0 0 47 2 6 15 5 0 36 0 0 11 17 5 170 4 1 75 0 ° 15 0 0 47 2 6 36 18 2 63 7 3 21 13 2 27 7 3 2 0 0 44 1 4 31 13 4 6 5 0 68 8 0 2 5 0 98 12 9 14 0 2 0 ■ 0 46 6 4 130 6 1 14 0 6 5 0 73 1 0 0 5 4 100 0 0 4 13 0 0 5 4' 100 0 0 £4i>7 1 10 £269 17 11 £766 19 9 Receipts Expenditure ... £\2 lil 8 0 m 19 9 7i Balance carried to next Quart £41 £4 34 8 3 er

For the Quarter ending December 31, 1853.