GENERAL AND PROVINCIAL DEBTS.
The following table shows the indebtedness of the colony, and the distribution of the several Provincial debts. The annual sum of £556,440, however, merely represents, as it were, our national debt, and is the first charge on the revenue before providing for the civil list and officials, whether charged provincially or colonially, and the defence and other services : A nrmol
Provinces. Owes Interest. Canterbury . £830,000 £42,500 Otago 685,000 52,050 Auckland 500,000 40,000 Wellington 205,000 15,490 Southland 290,000 23,200 Napier 60.000 4,800 Taranaki 75,000 3,500 Nelson 46,500 4,30o Marlborough .. 7,500 600 2,699,000 207,440 Gen. Govt, owes 3,650,000 279,000 486,440 Add the Panama Subsidy 55,000 And the Isthmus charges . 15,000 6,349,000 Total annual indebtedness £556,440
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Marlborough Press, Volume IX, Issue 607, 2 September 1868, Page 2
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