THE ESTIMATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6423, 19 June 1882, Page 5

THE ESTIMATES.

Try telegraph.—own correspondent.] Wellington, Sunday. AUCKLAND. Registrar of Births, ftc, (also Vaccimtion Inspector, paid by fees), £325; cade;, £40; lunatic asylum, increased £570, diitributed over various expenses; the Readout Magistrates at Mercer and Whangard, each increased £50 ; small increase in sorro postal and telegraphic salaries; convejance of inland mails, increased £250; salary of tho Collector of Customs, iicreased £50, and other small increase in the Customs; additional clerk h the stamps at £90; salaries in the Howistrcct Industrial School set down at £30Cj; Kohimarama, £550 : rent, insurance, &o, for tho latter, £140 ; Auckland University College, £3000; Girls' High School, £100(; liabilities of Training School, Kohimarami, £500 ; Native Agent, Auckland, Waikab, reduced £65 ; expenses of the removal of tie head office of tho Native Land Court :o Wellington, £500 ; repairs to Governmeit House, £200; repairing roads, Aucklanl, £1564 ; one drill instructor, £110; laid transfer, Auckland office, £50. These ire the principal changes that I can find, aid they a.re, as will be seen, very triflingin amount. GENERAL ESTIMATES FOR 1882-SJ. The following are the general estimates ;or tho year ISB2-3 : —Receipts : Custons, £1,500,000; stamps, £190,000; beer duiy,. £60,000; property tax, £150,000; railwiy, £940,000 ; postal, £160,000 ; telegraplic, £55,000 ; judicial, £42,000 ; land transfer and deeds registry, £42,000 ; registration ind other fees, £36,000; marine, £15,000; niscellaneous, £45,000 ; depasturing licenies, rents, &c, £128,500; credit balance on the 31st March, £203,683 : total, £3,597,183. Expenditure : Ordinary revenue accouit, permanent appropriations, £1,627,512, viz., civil list, £29,740 ; intorcst and sinkng fund, £1,554,848; under special Acts £42,0(4. Annual appropriations £1,851,127, viz., Legislature, £39,748 ; Colonial Secretary's 'Department, £188,301; Treasury, £40,2/2; post and telegraphs, £237,341 ; Custons, £75.245 ; stamps, £24,385 ; education, £255,970; native affairs, £21,763; mims, £26,487 ; public works, £583,957 ; deferbe, £214,000 : total, £3,478,739. Land Fund Account: Receipts from hnd sales, £354,000; credit balance 31st Match, £11,360 : total, £365,360. Expenditure, permanent appropriations, under Bpecial A<ts, £41,500; annual appropriations, Ministers of Lands and Mines, £153,810 : total, £195,310 ; also for services chargeable as follows :—On tho public trust office expeises account, £2SOO ; on the native reserves account, £1273 ; on tho Government Insurance account, £25,410. DEPARTMENTAL ESTIMATES. The departmental estimates include the following alterations : Rewards for seizures and conviction under the Customs Act, increased £200; military pensions and allowances, increased £500; civil service pensions and gratuities, increased by £1000 ; military pensions and allowances, decreased £300; Supreme Court Judges superannuation, decreased £500; Ellesmcro, etc., trust under the Railways Construction Act, IS7B, increased £550 ; rewards, convictions, etc., under the Beer Duty Act, £50 ; preparing jury list, increased £50. Legislative Council : Chairman of Committees, increase £99 ; clerk, increase £52; clerk assistant, increase £63; second ditto, increase £30; interpreter, increase £30 ; messenger, increase £14 ; total increase for Legislative Council, £259. House of Representatives : Chairman of public petitions and native affairs committee, each £100 (last year nil) ; no other increases. General Legislative, binding and printing, decrease, £100; night watchman, increase, £10. The following expenses of last year re-appear : —Bonus to messenger, £20 ; bonus to Hansard staff, £150; repairs, kitchen bell, &c, £138; gratuity to widow of late librarian, £200; fencing tennis ground, £30 ; fencing Parliamentary grounds, £200; matting and linoleum, £120 : net increase of Legislative Department, £902, 'isiU'Tata r——m COMPARATIVE _ Comparative estimates for the various departments, as with last year, are as follow:— COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT. 1832-83. 18S1-82 Premier's offlco £450 £439 Colonial Secretary .. .. 1,895 1,775 Messengers and ofllco-keepers 3.4C9 3,513 Electoral 2,035 8,-404 Audit 8,732 8,443 Government Statist .. .. 8,505 18,310 Geological and meteorological 3,050 3,403 Agent-General 3,500 3,500 Charitable 40,000 40,200 Lunatic asylums (Inspector increased Irom £SOO to £1000) 41.165 30,924 Printing and stationery .. 22.252 21.537 Stock branch 24,880 11,227 Compensation .. .. .. nil. 1,00 Miscellaneous services .. 20,724 26,905 Totals .. • .. .. £183,301 £153,735 TREASURY. •ISS2-83. IS3I-82. Treasury Department .. £8,047 £7,864 Property Tax Department .. 5,065 10,247 Miscellaneous sen-ices .. 27,100 13,202 Totals £40,212 £31,273 JUSTICE. IBS2-S3. ISSIS2. Department of Justice .. £675 £1,389 Crown Law office .. .. 2,275 2,209 Supremo Court 7,215 7,053 District Courts 4.763 5,188 Resident Magistrates' and Wardens' Courts .. .. 43,250 42,843 Criminal prosecutions .. 10,200 10,500 Coroners 2,500 2,000 Contingencies 3,200 3.500 Prisons 38,930 37,251 Miscellaneous services .. 701 1,077 Totals £113,709 £113,010 POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHIC. 1852-83. 1881-82. General Po3t-offloo .. .. £7,275 £0,703 Chief ofllcos and sub-omccs.. 107,116 101,443 Maintenance, repairs, and miscellaneous .. .. 32,970 33,111 Telegraph cable subsidies .. 5,350 6,350 Conveyance of mails by sea.. 38,600 50,910 Conveyance of inward mails 25.0G0 24 695 Carriage of mails by railway 750 500 Total £237,311 £228,750 CUSTOMS. 1882-83. 1831-82. Customs £41,084 £37,820 Miscellaneous services .. 250 301 Marine and Harbours .. 33,011 32.822 Total £70,045 £70,953 STAMPS. 1832-3. 1881-2. Stamps Department .. .. £5,730 £5,301 Land and Deeds Registry .. 17,810 17,072 Miscellaneous sorviccs .. 1,075 25 Total £24,385 £22,447 EDUCATION. 1832-3. 1831-2. Education £250,513 £240.604 Native Schools 14.920 14,789 Industrial Schools .. .. 10,170 0,273 Naval Training Schools, Kohimaramara Nil. 2,231 Deaf and Dumb Institution.. 2,257 2,203 Miscellaneous services .. 8,010 10,456 Total £285,070 £280,010 NATIVE AFFAIRS. 1882-3. 1831-2. Salaries and contingencies .. .£7,735 £8,103 Miscellaneous services .. 1,119 7,910 Native Land Court . .. 12,425 10,743 Native Lands Frauds Prevention Aot, 1331 .. .. 484 472 Total £21,703 £27,293 MINES. ISS2-.1. 1831-2. Mines £16,457 £11,834 Miscellaneous 10,000 15,539 Total £20,137 £271373 PUBLIC WOKK3 DEPARTMENT. 1882-83. 153182. Working railways .. ..£547,500 £545,250 Architect's ofllco .. .. 1,060 1,457 Government Domains .. 1,191 1,102 Public buildings .. .. 25,670 22,734 Misc llaneous services .. 8,936 14,035 Total £583,957 £554,641 DEFENCE. 1832-83. 1831-82. Militia and voluntoors .. £18,339 £33,593 Poliuo and A. Constabulary 195,533 105,000 Miscellaneous sorvlces .. 137 2,817 Total £211,000 .£142,015

LAND ACCOUNT. Permanent charge ono-thlrd of proceeds of lands sold on deferred paynionts payablo to local bodies : 1832-83, £20,000; 1831-2, votod £30,000, expended £11,700. Now Plymouth Harbour Board ondowmont: 1832-83, £20,000 ; 1831-82, voted £33,000, oxponded £30,007. KHcsmcrc and Forsyth reclamation and Akaroa railway trust: 1832-83, £1000 ; 1881-82, votod £21,200, oxpcndod £14,670. Subsidies to local bodlos : 1832-83, £41,G00 ; 1831-82, voted £34,900, expended £199,950. ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. 18S2-SS. ISBI-82. Crown Lands Department .. £20,009 £20,405 Crown lands, miscellaneous.. 10,60-1 26,809 Coalfields .. .. .. 225 221 SURVEY DEPARTMENT. Special surveys, photograph, and lithographic printing, 1882-83- 1881-82. Mines, Sc £153,810 £154,510 PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. 1882-83. 1881-82. Total expanses £2,800 £1,040 NATIVE RESERVES ACCOUNT. 1882-83. ISBI-82. Total charges £1,273 £1,272 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. 1832-83. 1881-82. Total expenses.. ~ .. £25,410 £22,952 The above comprise the full departmental l stimates.

[The following items among the details arc worthy of note :—Expenses of West Coast Royal ' Commission, £4000; bonuses of encouragement of local industries, £1000 ; expenses connected with observations of Transit of Venus, £500 ; land for lunatic asylums, Auckland, £600; purchase of laud adjoining Ministerial residence, Tinakoriroad, Wellington, £1000; repairs to Parliamentary Buildings, £2500. The local details comprise very few changes, and these mostly of a very small extent, as may lie seen from the close similarity between this year's estimates and last year's votes.