PROVINCIAL COUNCIAL PAPER.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1671, 23 April 1862, Page 3

PROVINCIAL COUNCIAL PAPER.

APPROPRIATION ACT, 1862. Be it exacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows : 1. Out of the Revenue of the Province of Auckland, subject to the appropriation of the Provincial Council thereof, and to any conditions expressed in this Act there may he issued and applied any sums of money for or towards the several services mentioned in Schedule 1 hereto, and such sums shall be issued for, and applied to, the several services specified and set forth in the several divisions, sub-divisions, and items of sub-divisions, opposite to the same in the said Schedule, and not otherwise. 2. Out of the Revenue of the Province of Auckland, there shall and may be appropriated, issued, and applied to defray the supplementary charge for the services of the years 1858, 1859, IB6o* and 1861, any sum or sums of money not exceeding Sixteen Thousand Pour Hundred and Thirty-one Pounds Eleven Shillings and Two-pence for or towards the several services mentioned in Schedule 2 hereto, and such sums shall be issued for and applied to the several services specified and set forth in the same Schedule. 3. All moneys borrowed under the authority of any Act of the Provincial Legislature shall be deemed to be revenue of the Province of Auckland for the purposes of the Provincial Audit Act, 1861. 4. The Provincial Treasurer, or other person having charge of the Public Funds of the Province, shall issue and pav from time to time any sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sums respectively specified to such persons, and in such portions as the Superintendent for the time being shall, by warrants to be granted by him, from time to time direct; and such j Treasurer or other person having charge of the Public Funds of the Province,-shall in his accounts be allowed ; credit for all sums paid by him in pursuance of such i warrants, and the receipts of the persons to whom such j ?nms shall hare beeii so paid shall b? to. hi® a foil

discharge for the suras for which such receipts shall have been given, and the amounts thereof shall bo passed to his account accordingly, 5. Every person who shall have possession of any Public Funds of this Province is hereby authorised and required to pay the same to the Treasurer thereof or to such other person, and in such manner as the Superintendent, by warrant granted under his hand, shall direct. 6. All appropriations made prior to the 31st day ot December, 1861, of moneys not before that date expended on the specific services for which the said appropriations were recommended, are hereby repealed, excepting in regard to engagements already entered into by the Superintendent under such appropriations and not yet fully carried out, on account of which it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to issue and apply such sums accruing from the Revenue of former years, and within the limits of such appropriations as shall suffice to discharge the obligations so incurred, in any cases where no provision shall have been made for the purpose in either of the Schedules hereto. ?. This Act may be cited and referred to as “ The Appropriation Act, 1862.” Estimate of the Revenue of the Province of Auckland for the Year 1862. £ s. d. Customs •• •• •• '• "■ 32,000 0 0 Land Revenue •• '■ •• " 3,000 0 0 Provincial Revenue, and Re-payment of Assisted Passages •• r * •• *' 9,000 0 0 Portion of Refund from the Harbour Trust available •• •' •• *■ 10,000 0 0 £56,000 0 0 From City of Auckland Trust • • •• 2,000 0 0 £58,000 0 0 Estimate of the Expenditure of the Province of Auckland for the Year 1862. £ s. d. 1. —Superintendent •• •• 860 ® 0 2. —Provincial Council— Speaker (also Chairman of Committees) • • 250 0 0 Clerk (also Librarian and Clerk of Executive Council) •• •• •• •• " “ 5 6 ® 6 Expenses of Members, £SO each ■ • • • 400 0 0 Contingencies—Printing, Messenger, Clerical Assistance, &c. •• •• *• *■ ® ® Provincial Council Library 100 0 0 £1,400 0 0 3. —Superintendent’s Office— Chief Clerk and Provincial Treasurer • • 400 0 0 Accountant (also Immigration Agent) •• 300 0 0 Clerk of Records * * 200 0 0 Clerk • • • • • • • • ‘ ’ - ’ 130 0 0 Messenger (also Messenger of Waste Land Office/-• •• •• •• ’• •• R6 6 6 Contingencies—Postage, Stationery, Firewood, &c. • • • • • • • * ’ ’ 166 6 0 £1,260 0 0 4. Lands OfficeWaste Land Commissioner Nil. Deputy Commissioner • • •• •• 300 0 0 Provincial Surveyor •• •• •• 350 0 0 Draftsman (also Inspector of City Buildings) 300 0 0 Second Draftsman • • • • • • • ■ 240 0 0 Engrossing Cleik •• •• •• •• 130 0 0 Extra Clerical Assistance 15 0 0 Con tingencies—Stationery, Drawing Materiah. Firewood, Travelling Expenses ■ • • • 100 0 0 £1,455 0 0 5. Roads and Works OfficeEngineer • • • • • • • ■ •• 360 0 0 Assistant and Clerk • ■ • • • • • • 200 0 0 Carpenter •• •• •• •• •• 130 0 0 Contingencies—Stationery, Drawing Materials, Firewood, Travelling Expenses •• •• 150 0 0 £BOO 0 0 6. Harbours— Auckland. Portmaster and Pilot • • ■ • • • • • 300 0 0 Assistant Pilot •• •• ’* •• 120 0 0 Two Boatmen, one at £96, one at £?2 • • 168 0 0 Signalman •• •• •• •• HO 0 0 Harbour-Master •• 100 0 0 Wharfinger, including cost of collecting fees, (to be a charge on Harbour Trust)-• •• 250 0 0 Contingencies •• •• •• •• 150 0 0 £1,198 0 0 Manukau. Harbour-Master and Pilot •• •• •• 250 0 0 Signalman •• •• •• •• •• 84 0 0 Four Boatmen, at £6O • • •• •• •• 240 0 O Contingencies, including new Pilot Boat 100 0 0 £674 0 0 Russell. Harbour-Master and Pilot •• ISO 0 0 Two Boatmen, at £6 Bs. each per month • • 153 12 0 Repairs of Boat, &c. • • •> • • ■ • 10 0 0 Contingencies •• •• •• •• 10 0 0 £323 12 0 il fonganui, Harbour-Master and Pilot •• •• •• 100 0 0 Hukianga Harbour Master and Pilot 75 0 0 New Flag Staff, Paint, Rope, dec. •• •• 75 0 0 Kiupara, Harbour Master and Pilot •• •• 100 0 0 £2,545 12 0 7. Police DepartmentCommissioner •• •• •• • • 800 0 0 Sergeant-Major, Bs, 6d. per diem -- -■ 175 0 0 Two Sergeants, 7s. 6d. " •• •• 273 15 0 Two Corporals, 6s. Od. " •• • • 237 5 0 Twenty Privates, (is. ” ■ • *-• 2,190 0 0 Four District Constables at £3O per annum 120 0 0 Occasional assistance at Russell and Mongonui 50 0 0 Rent, at Otahuhu, Papakura, and Mongonui 63 16 0 Rations (Prisoners in Auckland Lock-up, and Russell and Mongonui Gaols) •• •• 42 0 0 Boat hire •• •• •• •• •• 30 0 0 Stationery •• •• •• •• 10 0 0 Firewood, Oil, &c. •• •• •• 24 0 0 Travelling and Incidental Expenses • > • • 110 0 0 £3,615 16 0 “ Dog Nuisance Act” Expenses •• 30 0 0 Inspector of Weights and Measures •• •• 100 0 0 Contingencies •• •• •• •• •• 11 15 0 £l4l 15 0 8. Hospital— Provincial Surgeon • • •• •• •• 350 0 0 Nurse •• •• •• * * •• *• 100 0 0 Assistant Nurse 55 0 0 Matron •• •• •• •• 63 17 6 Cook •• •• •* ■* ** 55 0 0 Rations and Medical Comforts •• 1,000 0 0 Medicine for Hospital, Asylum, and Prisons 160 0 0 Firewood • • • • • • • • • • 120 0 0 Washing •• •• •• •• 60 0 0 Bedding and Clothing -. • • • • • • 150 0 0 Sundries •• •• •• •• 50 0 0 £2,163 17 6 9. Lunatic AsylumHead Keeper •• •• •• •• 100 0 0 Two Keepers at £55 each •• •• •• 110 0 0 Matron •• •• •• •• •• 63 17 6 Assistant to Matron •• • • •• •• 40 0 0 Cook •• •• •• •• 50 0 0 Rations and Medical Comforts •• •• 800 0 0 Firewood •• •• •• •• •• 60 0 O ' Bedding, Clothing, Washing, &c. •• •• 140 0 0 Sundries •• •• •• •• •• 5000

£1,413 17 C 10. —Provincial Solicitor • • • • • • • • 350 0 0 11. Prisons— Gaoler • • • • • • • • • • • • 250 0 0 Under-Gaoler (Mount Eden Gaol) •• 200 0 0 Visiting Justice • • Two Turnkeys at £ 120 each •• •• •• 240 0 0 Eight Overseers at £loo each-- •• •• 800 0 0 Matron • • • • • • • • • • • • 60 0 0 Bedding •• •• •• •• •• •• 160 0 0 Clothing • • •• •• •• •• 457 0 0 Rations and Medical Comforts • • • • 1,690 0 0 Firewood, Tools, and Repairs • • ■ ■ 220 0 0 £4,077 0 0 12. Sheep and Cattle DepartmentInspector of Sheep, (also Inspector under the Thistle Act,) including travelling expenses 275 0 0 Inspectors of Sheep and Thistles, and Registrars of Brands, at the Bay of Islands and Mongonui, £SO each •• •• •• 100 0 0 £375 0 0 13. —Miscellaneous. Interest on Debentures •• •• •• 6750 0 0 Board of Education •• •• •• •• 2300 0 0 Printing and Stationery >* - • «• 200 0 0 Crown Prosecutions •• •• •• • • 200 0 0 Relief of Sick and Destitute 800 0 0 Aid for Maintenance of Orphan and Destitute Children • • •• •• •» •• 200 0 0 North Shore Ferries •• •• .. 144 0 0 Panmure Ferry • • •• •• •* •• 250 0 0 Do. do. Repairs to approach • • 25 0 0 Wangarei Ferry** •• •• *• -• 30 O 0 Wainu Ferry, main branch •• •• •• 15 0 0 Ditto, East branch •• •• *. 10 0 0 Ditto, West branch •• •• •• •• 10 0 0 Mangawai Ferry* • •• •• -• •• 25 0 0 Arai Ferry, Bentley’s Point •• -. 10 0 0 Awitu Ferry •• •• •• •• . •• 13 0 0 Karaka Ferry •• •• •• •• •• 50 0 0 Onehunga and Mangaret Ferry * * . * 50 0 0 Orewa, Waiwera, Puhoi, and Mahurangi Ferries •• •• 75 0 0 ~ Kawai to Hay’s Point Ferry •* -- 12 0 0 Expenses under Thistle Act • • • • • • 200 0 0 Rent of Public Oflices** •• •• •• I7 n O o Repairs of Public Buildings -• •* -• 230 ft 0 (City Lighting and Cleansing -• •• -• 400 0 0 Rent of Water for Tank, in Official Bay •» 10 0 o Auckland Plsnensary U <1 o ' •• 0 6

Homoeopathic Hospital •• ’’ ’* Mair’s claim under "Diversion of Road. Waitemata Falls, Improvement of approaches 55 0 Compensation to J. Hardy (to be expended in purchase of cottage and acre) Water Tank at Russell (including cost of site for the same) ® Prize Essay on Management of Land-- - 5 u Design for Market Place 30 0 0 Design for a bridge over the Tamaki-• •• 50 0 0 Aid to Prospectors at Coromandel, Ac. •• 500 0 0 Hustings Road from Waipa to Raglan •• •• 500 0 0 Compiling return of traffic on toads • • - • 16 0 0 Mechanics’ Bay Wall •• 75 0 0 Mr. Russell’s claim for drawing Mortgage Deed on Harbour Lands 79 0 0 Auckland Volunteer Band Fund • • '• 100 0 0 £14,314 0 0 -Special. Surveys and opening blocks of land • • • • 5000 0 O Great North Road 2000 0 0 Do. do. Additional for branches to East Coast-• •• •• 500 0 0 Do. do. Between Arch Hill and Swanson’s Creek •• •• 318 0 0 Great South Road •• •• •• •• 0 0 Do. do. Contract not completed • • 450 0 0 Do. do. Award to Mr. McGuire •• 180 0 0 Do. do. do. Mr. J. Gallagher 15 0 0 Road Repairs • • • • • • • • ■ • 2500 0 0 City Main Sewer •• •• •• •• 2000 0 0 Bridge at Orutu-• •• •• •• •• 120 0 0 Opening Road from Awanui to Ahipara •• 100 0 0 Streets and Branch Roads, to meet assessments and local contributions •• •• 3000 0 0 Opening Road from Monganui to Wangaroa 75 0 0 Road from Wangaroa to Keri Keri •• •• 200 0 0 Bridge at Puketona, Waimate 300 0 0 Bridge at the Oruti, Russell 75 0 0 Bridge at Parahaki, Wangarei •• 20 0 0 Opening Road from Wangarei to Wairoa •• 250 0 0 Waipu Road and Bridges - • • • • * 200 0 0 Mangawai to Kaiwaka—Bridge •• •• 130 0 0 Bridge at Matakana •• •• •• •• 30 0 0 Bridge at Kaukapakapa 125 0 0 Bridges in the Whangaroa district 200 0 O Road from Flagstaff Hill to the CollegeNorth Shore •• •• •• •• •• 130 0 0 Buoying South Channel, Manukau •• Steam Communication • • •• •• •• 3000 0 0 Making addition to Queen-street Wharf Survey and Estimates—Drury Railway •• 500 0 0 Road Between South Head of Hokianga and Waima •• •• •• •• •• 250 0 0 £23,168 0 0 -Immigration •• •• 750 0 0 £58,629 18 0