ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XVI, Issue 927, 28 September 1861, Page 4

ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.

(AS I'AHSED THROUGH COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY) Civil List. £ g D Governor ... ... ... 3500 0 6 Private Secretary ... ... 300 0 0 Chief Justice ... ... ... 1400 0 0 Two Puisne Judges ... ... 2000 0 0 Colonial Secretary ... ... 800 0 0 Under Secretary ... ... 400 0 0 Attorney General ... ... 800 0 0 Assistant Law Officer ... ... 400 0 0 Colonial Treasurer ... ... 800 0 0 Assistant Treasurer ... ... 400 0 0 Minister for Native Affairs ... 800 0 0 Native Secretary ... ... 400 0 0 Native purposes ... ... 7000 0 0 19,000 0 0 Permanent Charges. Interest and Sinking Fund on— N. Z. Loan Act, 1856 (£120,000) 7200 0 0 Land Purchases,Taranaki (£3000) 180 0 0 N. Z. Loan Act, 1860 (£150,000) 12,00Q .-.0 0 Debentures Act, 18CO (£36,000) six months... ... ... '1098 0 0 Ditto (£24,000) six months ... 720 0 0 Treasury Bills 1500 0 0 Pensions Act: W. Swainson ... 400 0 O Land Claims Act: Commissoners' Court .. 675 0 0 Sir W. Martin's Annuity ... 333 g q Civil Service Superannuation Act: J. G. Johnson ... 75 0 0 W.L.Howard ... 61 9 0 B. Woods ... ... 50 1 8 J. Byron ... ... 22 16 3 T. Sanders ... 50 0 0 H. G. Gouland ... 85 8 9 344 15 8 Audit Act: Auditor General ... 500 0 O Audit Committee ... 150 0 0 650 0 0 Waste Lands Act: Secretary for Crown Lands ... ... 600 0 0 Crown Grant Office, &c 767 10 0 1367 10 0 N. Plymouth Guarantee ... 2200 O 0 Native Schools . ... ... 7000 0 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 200 0 0 35,868 12 4 Appropriations. Class I.—Executive. Deputy - Governor (3 months) ... ... 200 0 0 Clerk of Executive Council ... ... 50 0 0 Aide-de-Camp ... 200 0 0 Assistant Private Secretary ... ... 250 O 0 I Forage allowance ... 164 5 0 | Messenger ... ... 100 0 0 Contingencies ... 90 0 O —• 1054 5 0 Colonial Secretary's Department : Five Clerks ...1082 10 0 Messenger and contingencies ... ... 220 O O — 1302 10 0 l Attorney-General's Department: Two Clerks ... 300 O 0 Messenger and contingencies ... 150 O 0 450 O 0 Colonial Treasurer's Department: Three Clerks ... 577 10 0 Contingencies ... 50 0 0 >T . 627 10 0 Native Minister's Department : Clerks and Messenger 780 0 0 4234 5 0 Class H.—Legislative. Legislative Council : Speaker ... ... £300 0 0 Clerk ... ... 300 0 0 Messenger ... ... 40 0 0 640 0 0 House of Representatives: Speaker ... ... 400 0 0 Chairman of committees 200 0 0 Three clerks ... 750 0 0 Sergeant at arms ... 200 0 0 Messenger ... ... 150 0 0 _ . 1,700 0 0 General expenses: Passages of members 1,000 0 0 Clerk of General Assembly ... ... 50 0 0 Expenses of members 3,180 0 0 Library ... ... 100 0 0 Extra clerical assistance ... ... 350 0 0 Printing, stationery, and contingencies ... 2,000 0 0 Additional messenger 90 0 0 6,770 0 0 Auditor's office: Four clerks... ... 737 10 0 Contingencies ... 10 0 0 ■ 747 10 0 Election officers (Canterbury): Revising officer ... 100 0 0 Registration and Returning Officer, Che- ; viot ... ... 25 0 0 „ Akaroa ... 25 0 0 ! „ Timaru ... 25 0 0 „ Other districts 100 0 0 — 275 0 0 „ for the rest of New Zealand ... ... 1,150 0 0 ; Expenses of elections ... ... 1,500 0 0 Printing and contingencies ... 500 0 0 I Total, Class 2 ... ... 13,282 10 0 Class lll.—Judicial, Travelling expenses of Judges ... ... 600 0 0 Clerical assistance ... 50 0 0 Judge at Otago ... 1000 0 0 „ . „ ™ 165° ° ° Canterbury—Registrar... 400 0 0 Do. (arrears) 200 0 0 Clerk ... 150 0 O Contingencies 100 0 0 Sheriff's (fees) registrars, &c, and other provinces... ... ... 3060 0 0 Total Supreme Court ... ... 5500 0 0 District Courts ... ... .., 300 0 0 R. M. Courts, Resident Magistrates — Christchurch and Kaiapoi ... 400 0 0 borage 54 15 0 Clerk at Christchurch... 200 0 0 Extraclericalassistance... 100 0 0 Bailiff at Christchurch... 150 0 0 Clerk at Kaiapoi ... 75 0 0 Interpreter ... ... 100 0 0 Rent of office at Christchurch ... ... 82 0 0 Fittings for office „ ... 25 0 0 Contingencies „ ... 100 0 0 Resident Magistrates, Lyttelton ... ... 300 0 0 Clerk, do. ... ... 150 0 0 Bailiff, do. ... ... 120 0 0 Contingencies, do. ... 50 0 0 Resident Magistrate— Akaroa ... ... 275 0 0 Contingencies, do. ... 25 0 0

Resident Magistrate^ ~^^s I Contingencies, do. Z aj JJ- "" *• I Other provinces — Res. ' " 23? C v ft I Magistrates I Criminal prosecutions '" 9721 i 0 n I Rewards underArms Act"'" "* o ! Reimbursement to Nelson Magistrate; 3°° 0 J Expenses of Commission of fenqS? 2" 1(i ? Handbook for Justices, printing' y I(*> o Coroners fees and expenses "" f'°o o ' Medical witnesses fees '"' SfJO o a - 200 0 Total Class 3 "T —-^J Class IV.—Recibtratiow ~ Registrar-Gen, of Land £350 o T' Clerk... ... _ 225 n n Assistant Clerk ... 150 o o Surveyor and draftsman... 125 o o Extra Clerical Assistant... 50 o o Contingencies ... ... 100 0 o Registration of Deeds,Cantobury 600 0 o Registration of Deeds, other provinces ...4150 o o Registrar - General of " 595° 0 o Births, &c 400 o o Two clerks 360 0 Q Contingencies ... ... ioo o o District Registrars ... 800 0 o ~~ ~ 1660 o 0 Total Class 4 ... ~~^ —"- •" "610 o o Class V.—Customs. ~~~ ' — Clerk to Commissioners ...175 o o Contingencies ... ... 25 O 0 Collector Chatham Island 300 o o Three Preventive Officers 150 0 0 ' Contingencies ... ...5 0 0 Collector, Lyttelton ... 400 0~0 655 ° ° First clerk ... ... 200 0 0 Second do. ... ... ieo o o Third do. ... ... 130 0 0 Extra Clerks ... ... 250 0 0 Ist Landing Waiter and Landing Surveyor ... 275 0 0 2nd Landing "Waiter ... 175 0 0 Ist Locker ... ... 150 0 0 2nd Locker ... ... 130 0 0 Weigher and Guager ... 130 0 0 Tidewaiters ... ... 400 0 0 Coxswain ... ... 109 10 0 Two Boatmen ... ... 200 15 0 Lodging allowance ... 200 0 0 Rent ... 90 0 0 Landing Waiter, Heathcote 160 0 0 Locker, Kaiapoi ... 40 0 0 Contingencies ... ... 150 0 0 Sub-Collector, Akaroa ... 200 0 0 Contingencies ... ... 130 0 0 Sub-Collector and contingencies, Timaru ... 300 0 0 „ . 3,980 5 0 Other provinces ... ... 17,01010 0 Licensing officers, 'Arms Act' fees... 200 0 0 Total Class 5 ... ... 21,845 15 0 Class Vl.—Postal. Chief Clerk General P. O. 182 10 0 Contingencies ... ... 50 0 0 232 10 0 Inspection of steamers ... ... 400 0 0 Printing postage stamps... ... 150 0 0 New Plymouth boat service ... 300 0 0 Conveyance of mails by land ; ... 3,960 0 0 ! » „ by sea ... 13,000 0 0 Proportion of subsidy to main line ... 7,000 0 0 Postmaster Lyttelton ...300 O O Clerk ... ... 160 0 0 Cleric^assistance -...,.. _,.. 80 0 .JO ! Postmaster, Cnristcnurch 220 ti^iy''' "' Clerk, Christchurch ... 120 O O Postmaster in country districts ... ... 194 0 0 Conveyance within provinces ... ... 963 0 0 Contingencies and rent ... 300 0 0 2337 0 0 Post offices in other provinces ... 9846 0 0 Total Class 6 ... ... 37,255 10 0 Class Vll.—Militia and Volunteers. Adjutant General... ... ... 500 0 0 Deputy-Adjutant General... ... 310 0 0 Forage ... ... ... ... 54 15 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Sergeant-Major and Clerk... ... 200 0 0 Staff Corporal ... ... ... 73 0 0 „ Bugler ... ... ... 73 0 0 Contingencies ... ... ... 40 0 0 Drill Instructor, Cavalry ... ... 109 10 0 Forage ... ... .... ... 54 15 0 8 Adjutant's at 10s. ... ... 1460 0 0 Forage for ditto ... ... ... 438 0 0 8 Surgeons ... ... ... 320 0 0 8 Staff-Sergeants... ... ... 730 0 0 8 „ Corporals... ... ... 584 0 0 8 Buglers ... ... ... 584 0 0 Repair of Arms ... ... ... 200 0 0 Ammunition ... ... ... 1000 0 0 Targets and repair of ditto... ... 50 0 0 Freight of stores... ... ... 200 0 0 Printing and Advertising ... ... 100 0 0 Office Rent ... ... ... 250 0 0 Contingencies ... ... ... 500 0 0 Total Class 7 ... ... 8031 0 0 Class VHL—Native. Native purposes generally (to be appropriated by the Governor in Council ..." •■...■ ... 10,000 0 0 Class IX.—Miscellaneous. Government House and. Domain, Auckland and Wellington ... I,UB 0 0 Census ... ... ... ... 2,500 0 0 Colonial Agent ... ... ... 600 0 0 Pensions: Brown and Powell ... 54 15 0 Interest on Scott's debentures ... 294 0 0 Postages on public service... ... 800 0 0 Beacon on French Pass ... ... 200 0 0 Office rent ... ... ... 650 0 0 Printing and stationery ... ... 2.000 0 0 Prizes for rifle shooting ... ... 400 0 0 Gold fields: unforeseen expenses ... 2,000 0 0 Inspector of Public Works ... "5 ° ° Refund of wharfage on military stores 100 0 0 Fire proof store for Government offices 500-0 0 Buffalo seaman ... ... ... 50 V •> Painting Government House ... 200 0 0 General contingencies ... ... I,o°° ° 12,571 15 0 New Buildings and Works (Local): Custom House, Auckland ... £5000 „ Onehunga... 550 „ Nelson ... 500 „ Lyttelton ... 400 „ Dunedin ... 250 „ Riverton ... 250 6,950 0 0 Compensation: Featherstonblock ... 217 10 0 19,739 5 0 Recapitulation. , n Civil List 19,000 0 J Permanent Charges . . ... 35,86S 12 * Class I—Executive ... ... 4,234 5 l Class 2—Legislative ... ... 12,382 10 « Class 3—Judicial . ... 20.45S 1 ° I Class 4—Registration 7,610 0 J Class s—Customs . ... 21,845 15 « Class 6—Postal 37,225 10 J Class 7—Militia 8,031 0 J Class B—Native ... . ... 10,000 0 " Class 9—Miscellaneous 19,739 •» ; Total estimated expenditure.. .£197,294 IBjj>