The Patea Mail. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 82, 26 January 1876, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1876.

Th;-; Provincial Council of Taranaki, hut Ihr the Abolition Act, which prohibits iheir meeting again, would have .is-;, miik-i, v.v. b.Tieve, in March, and would in. n have disposed of the ProvdmPl Estimate:’, for the following year.

•a lb,, presence of the veto, the Estimates, are. prepared by the Bnperinlei'.d'mts and Executives of the various or-.vincus, for submission to the General (b.-eenim"nt, to be provided for in Hio (.'ohmial Estimates. We have been favored with a. copy of the Taranaki E-tiinat’-s, lV*>:n which we extract the following. The estimated revenue for ihe nine mot.lie, commencing January Ist, and ending September 30th, is £:-d.225 15s. This is made up as follows ; Balance of the Immigrant Location Grant, £3,500; advance for iin (ailing South Load, £2,500 ; in hank in credit of Loan account, £1,376; Land iluvsime, £ 15,525; Capitation f J rant, £2,432 ss; special allowance, e ;*;7 BE; miscellaneous, £1,575; casli In hand, £ 1,200. Happy Proving. d Treasury to be in possession of the latter it-'-m ! The miscellaneous, wo uresume, means licenser’, Ac., and, though we do not believe it, it is : -u"’g l ',-d r ’i] that tin’ “ special allowance” is a thank off-ring, in recognition of if.mm;; ha ring returned Major Atkin- ;;;■ if niay, a. very respcct- ; a j; Is (o Be; credit of Tara--I!;i|E. and th's is hm.v the Provincial Ex.-eiiti re orooiis. s to d-a! with it. The .ii- I ri.*s i i' ihe Superintendent and Executive, including, under that head, the ;g,E.rv of Waste Lauds, clerk, and contingencies, are v<’i'V moderate, £766. Tnc iTnviii-iai Council and Treasury’s s*i 1 at’i* s unitedly am only £361 ss, but Eli. Waste Lauds and Survey mount up ~, j gen;. 'This, however, when the that has to be doin', is taken into consideration, is very reasonable, and by ao means out of proportion to the services v ndered. The Harbor departip js cstimalod to cost £574. The Police dcoarhnent, consisting ot a s<*r..,.l, ..i; 1 ,i l l - fill! privates, one of the latß r being stationed at Waitara, will co-.l TfeJ Us. (The Armed Constabulary. who do duty as police in this Mart of the province, arc not a ProvimP.l charge, and an; not included in li,. .. . csiiiaal'.-s.) Tiio Gaol cost is t'-.g I E, ami Cat l ie and Sheep snpervisim; TINT i ■ s. In Education, the ond provision is Isheraf, viz., New Plymouth Hoard of Education, £1,200, : i,‘l the Li; a Hoard, £SOO for the year, (he proportion of the two for the nine mon th s being £1,275. Under the iji'jti.ieg of Hoads and Public Works, rpm'.; !-. set* down tor surveys, and j,-[..as small amounts for various works, the only item of .special interest to this district being £2,500 tor public works in the Pa tea district. Employment for immigrants on new blocks of land, felling bush, &C., Ac., will be provided for by £5,000. Under the head of “ Miscellaneous,” charitable aid, lunatics, Taranaki and Patea Agricultural Societies, a tug for 'Waitara vi £2o«> subsidy, and one for Pa tea at r;; i .|i. t'2oe! for Public Libraries, Acclimatisation. advances Br iunyigrants •md other tilings are classed. Amongst them L <-m* item, purchase of laud for

Saw-mill Company” which we certainly do n 11 (. understand, hut, very likely it. is all right. Our readers will remember that, with (lie exception of “ Hoads and Public Works” and “Miscellaneous,” all the items are calculated for the nine months; the hitter are for the twelye months, being, for the nine months, respectively £17,410 and £3,731 ss. The total expenditure*proposed therefore will be £27,315 15s; the estimated income for the term stated £28,825 15s, a very good balance sheet indeed. Taranaki will have nothing to be ashamed of when she is received into the capacious Colonial bosom, and if the New Zealand parent had no greater trouble when adopting her nine bantlings, than she will have with this province her future cares would be considerably lightened.