ESTIMATES, 1875-76.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2337, 1 September 1875, Page 3

ESTIMATES, 1875-76.

The following is a summary of the estimated expenditure for the General Government service for the year ending 30th June, 1876:—

A Cbuel Hoax.— The Auckland Star says — We are most happy to record that the rumour respecting the death of Captain Casey was wholly unfounded, the captain being rapidly recovering his wonted health. But there is a little characteristic incident in connection with the affair that is too good to be lost. It appears some fifty people had called during the day anxiously enquiring respecting the health of the invalid. In the evening he was sitting up in company with Mr. Lewisson, muffled up indeed, but cosily enjoying a good tumbler of toddy, and rubbing up a pipeful of tobacco, preparatory to a comfortable smoke, when tap ! tap .' tap ! came another caller — Mr. Dixon. One of the young ladies met the visitor, received his name, and announced him. " What Mr. Dixon ?" inquired the captain. The young lady went out, and obtained the requisite information : " Mr. Dixon, the undertaker." " Umph !" replied the worthy captain: "Tell him I'm not ready yet. I'm having a glass of punch." The Perils of Teaching Gramsiab.— The following has been ' going the rounds- of late.' We give it in our turn ; — ' I have been Bendin my darter Nancy to skool to a skoolmaster in this neighborhood. Last Friday I went over to the skool to see how -Nancy was gettin along, and I seed things I didn't like by no means. The ekoolmaster was larnin her things entirely out of the line of eddycation, and, as I think, improper. I sot a while in the skool-house, and beered one class say their lesson. They was a spellin, and I thought spelled quite exceedingly. Then cum Nancy's turn to say her lesson. She said it very spry. I was shok't, and determined she should leave the skool. I heered that grammer was an uncommon fine study, ' but I don't want any more grammer about my house. The lesson that Nancy sed was nuthin but the foolshest kind of talk; the rediclist word she said was, "I love." I looked right at her hard for being so improper, but she went right on and sed, "thou lovest and he loves." And I reckon you never heard such rigermarolo in your lifo — love, Jovo, love, lovo, love, and nuthin but love. . She sed one time, " I did love." Sez I, " Who did you love 1" Tho scholars laffed ; but I wasn't to be put off, and sed, " Who did you love, Nancy 7" Tho skool-master, Mr. M'QuiHister, put in, he said he would explain when Nancy finished the lesson. This sorter pacified me, aud Nancy went on with her awful love talk. It got wus and wus every word. She sed, " I might, could, or would love." I stopped her again, and said I reckon'd I would see about that, and told her to walk out ef that house. Tho skool-master tried to interfere but I would not let him say a word. He said I was a fool and I nok't him down, and made him holler in short order. I talkt the strate thing to him. I told him I'd show how hedo learn my darter grammer. I got tho nabors together, and wo sent Mr, M'QuiHister off in a hurry, and I reckon tharl be no more grammer tctcbin in these parts soon. If you know of any other I oldish man in your region that don't tciisli I grammer, we would be glad if you would send him up. But in future wo will bo kecrful how wo employ mon. Young skool-masters won't do, especially if tboy teach grammer. It is a bad thing for morals,'

>n Consolidated Fund — * s. d. Civil List 29,750 0 Permanent charges ... 985,679 5 Public Department ... 74,459 11 Law and Justice 65,721 17 Postal and Telegraphic ... 222,509 0 Customs 57,292 14 Miscellaneous 43,89S 9 Native 36,191 3 Militia and Volunteers ... 22,885 0 Public Buildings, &c. ... 23,351 i Railways , ... 244,318 6 Armed Constabulary ... 91,000 0 Municipalities, Road Boards, &c -... 140,000 0 Provincial Service for eight months 230,322 5 0 6 9 0 0 6 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 6 £2,267,378 17 3 On Special Fund — Confiscated Land Department ... Defence Loan Publio Works Immigration' Telegraph Extension. Public Buildiugs Lighthouses General Purposes £ s. d. 54,008 6 6 65,000 0 0 77,134 14 6 392,348 15 8 29,700 0 0 75,779 10 9 91,700 0 0 80,000 0 0 £865,671 7 5 On Land Fund — • General Estimates Grant to Road Boards Provincial Services Looal Publio Works £ s. d. ... 24,726 13 4 ... 33,333 6 8 ... 262,178 1 8 ... 1,608,168 2 2 1,928,406 3 10 On Trust Fund— % £ s. d. Government Insurance ..'. 14,700 0 0 Native Reserves 1,835 0 0 £16,535 0 0 On Eeservo of Public Trust Office £1,125 0 0 — — — DEPARTMENTS IN TARANAEX The following are the several departments in this Province, and the salaries of the various officers : — Stamp Department— £ s. d. Deputy Commissioner (also Registrar of Deeds, £225; District Land Registrar, £75; Registrar of Marriages, £25 ; and Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, fees) 25 0 0 Clerk (also Clerk Land Transfer, £75 ; Deeds, £75) ... 20 0 0 Electoral Department— Returning and Registration Officer for Grey and Bell, New Plymouth, and Egmont (also District Court Judge, £325 ; Resident Magistrate, nil ; Registrar Supreme Court, £50; and Examiner of Titles, £100) 25 0 0 Revising Officer 50 0 0 Law and Justice— Registrar (with other offices as above) 50 0 0 Sheriff fees District Court— Judge (with other offices as above) ... 325 0 0 Clerk (also Resident Magistrate's Court* £210) 25 0 0 Clerk at Carlyle (also Clerk Resident Magistrate's Court, £120) 30 0 0 Resident Magistrate's Court — Clerk (with other offices as above) 210 0 0 Bailiff and Crier of Supreme Court 25 0 0 Land Transfer Department — District Land Registrar (and other offices as above) ... 75 0 0 Examiner of Titles (and other offices as above) 100 0 0 Clerk and Draftsman (with other offices as above) ... 75 0 0 Deeds Registry— Registrar of Deeds (and other offices as above) 225 0 0 Clerk (and other offices as above) 75 0 0 Cadet 40 0 0 Postal— Chief Postmaster (also Telegraphist, £25) 275 0 0 Assistant 130 0 0 Cadet 60 0 0 Eleven Country Postmasters... 65 0 0 Conveyance inland mails ... 770 0 0 Telegraphic — Telegraphist, New Plymouth (also Postmaster as above) ... 25 0 0 Assistant Telegraphist 150 0 0 Counter Clerk 100 0 0 Messenger 40 0 0 Telegraphist, Patea (ilso Postmaster, £40) 180 0 0 Cadet 100 „0 0 Telegraphist, Hawera (also Postmaster, £10) 100 0 0 Telegraphist, Opunake (also Postmaster, £5) 140 0 0 Telegraphist, Stony River ... 120 0 0 Completion of line ... .'.. 1500 0 0 Customs — Collector and Licensing Officer under the Arms Act (also Provincial Auditor, £50; and Auditor of Trust Account, nil 400 0 0 Clerk and locker (also telegraph, £10) 175 0 0 Coast-waiter, Waitara (also postmaster, £5) 25 0 0 Native Department — Clerk to Civil Commissioner ... 225 0 0 Interpreter 150 0 0 Assessors— l at £100, lat £60, 2at £50, and 2at £30 ... 320 0 0 Militia and Volunteers— Storo Department, Sub-store-keeper, Patea (also Public Works, £50; and Confiscated Lands, £220) 130 0 0j Officer commanding, also Adjutant, Taranaki 300 0 0 Forage 54 18 0 Bugler and messenger 91 10 0 Cavalry drill instructor 15 0 0. Rent Rifle Range 3 0 0 Officer commanding Patea (also Inspector of Armed Constabulary) ♦ ... 50 0 0 Two drill instructors (also Sergeant A.C. at 7s. 6df per diem), lat £20, 1 at £15 ... 35 0 0 CONFISCATED LANDS— Officer in charge (also Militia and Volunteers, £130; and Public Works, £50) 220 0 0 Clerk, Patea 150 0 0 Draftsman, Patea 150 0 0 Draftsman, Taranqki 130 0 0 Draftsman, Wellington (also Land Purchase Officer, £80) 50 0 0 Two surveyors, Patea — 1 at £350, 1 at £300 CSO 0 0 Native Agent, Hawera.,. -t. 204 fi 6 Surveys • 1000 0 0 Contingencies „. ... ... IDO 0 0 Public Works— Roads in NortJt, Island — Engineer in charge (New Plymouth to Patea) „, ... 450 0 0 Travelling allowance and exppnses 75 0 0 (Jarried forward ...* £10,423 14 0

£ s. d. Brought forward ... 10,423 14 6 Assistant Surveyor, including allowances 225 0 0 Sub-storekeeper (also sergeant A.C., Now Plymouth) ... 18 C 0 Office rent, New Plymouth ... 25 0 0 Sub-paymaster and stovekeeper, Patea, (also other offices) 50 0 0 Railways — Resident Eugiueor, G months at £400 200 0 0 Travelling allowance 37 10 0 Cadet, G mouths at £92, 6 months at £120 106 0 0 Surveyor 400 0 0 Travelling allowance 50 0 0 Immigration— Immigration Officer 100 0 0 Depot, and advances for work in connection with location of settlers, including advances for cottages 10,000 0 0 Management of country depots 125 0 0 Land Fund— Commissioner of Crown Lands 300 0 0 Deputy Inspeotor of Surveys 150 0 0 £22,210 10 6 THE CARRYING ON" OF THE PROVINCIAL SERVICES. Ordinary Expenditure— «, Administrative — £ s. d. Clerk, £100; clerical assistance, £100 ; contingencies, £50 ... 250 0 0 Police — 1 sergeant, £120; 3 privates, £245; uniforms, £30; contingencies, £70 4G5 0 0 Gaol— Surgeon, £50 ; gaoler and matron, £130; warder, £90; rations and fuel, £200 ; contingencies, £100 ; maintenance in Wellington gaol, £S0 G^fc° ° BosintaU — Hospital Board, £500; ditto, Patea, £100 600 0 0 Charitable aid, £225; Lunatic Asylum, £400 625 0 0 Encouragement op Art and Industries, &c— Acclimatisation, £45; agriculture/ £80 125 0 0 Harbour, &c. — Harbour-maeter, £225 ; two assistant harbour-masters, £105; signal-men, £116; contingencies, '£2oo 766 0 0 Miscellaneous— Steam tug, Waitarn, £300; grant to Volunteers, £20; Inspector of Sheep and Brands, £225 ; priuting and stationery, £400; contingencies, £1000; allowance to retired officers, £250 2195 0 0 Expenditure chargeable on Land Fund — Cost of Commission to investigate Land Scrip Claims, £25 ; Harbour Board (share of proceeds of sales of land), £1000 1025 0 0 Surveys 3000 0 0 Waste Lands Board—' Commissioners, £250 ; clerk, £150 400 0 0 Chief surveyor, £200; three assistant surveyors,- £825 ; draftsman and cadet, £105 ... 1130 0 . 0 Printing, £400; contingencies, £200 600 0 0 Educational — New Plymouth Board, £500; Patea ditto, £200; librarian Institute, £25 725 0 0 Local Public Works— Roads, £11,199; bridle track, £100; bridges, £200 11,499 0 0 Survey and engineering assistance 250 0 0 Immigration — Agent's salary, £600; supplies to immigrants, £500 1100 0 0 Contingencies— Public works 1500 0 0 Public Buildings — Waste Lands and Survey Office 600 0 0 Lockups 300 0 0 Lunatic Asylum ... 500 0 0 Pilothouse, Patea 150 0 0 Repairs 200 0 0 £28,625 0 0