QUARTERLY REVENUE RETERNS.

West Coast Times, Issue 4685, 4 August 1884, Page 2

QUARTERLY REVENUE RETERNS.

Wellington, August 3. The following are the revenue returns for the quarter ended 30th June :—: —

Ordinary revenue account, receipts.— Balance on 31st March, 1884, cash in the public account, £203,447 4s 5d ; advances in the hands of officers of the Government in the colony, £14,249 18s 8d ; in London, £28,190 18s 4d ; total, £42,440 17s ; grand total, £245,881 Is sd. Ordinary revenue. — Customs, £299,175 5s lOd ; etamps (including postal cash receipts), £97.308 9s 6d ; property tax, £7,662 15s lOd ; beer duty, £12,227 9s 2d; railways, £271,116 4s Id ; Telegraph^ £22,548 18s 9d ; registration and other fees, £3,826 10s lOd ; marine, £3,071 15s lOd ; miscellaneous, £5,728 13s 4d ; total, £722,665 13s 2d.

Territorial Revenue. — Depasturing licenses, rents, etc., £57,147 18s ; miscellaneous, £1,775 0s 6d ; total, £58,922 8s 6d ; grand total, £781,588 Usßd.

Deficiency bills issued under the Public Revenues Ac f , 1878, £2CO0; under the Public Revenues Act, 1884, £65,000; total, £67,000 ; grand tota\ 1.094,476 13s Id.

Expenditure. — Permanent appropriations civil list, £7170 11s 9 1 ; interest and s'mking fund, £416,033 3< 2d ; under special Acts of the Legislature, £13,730 16s 2d ; total, £436,934 11s Id.

Annu il Appropriations. — Legislative, £2651 9s 91 ; Oobnial Secretary, £63,095 11s lid; Colonial Treasurer, £10,745 17s 10] ; Minister of Jus'ice, £29,687 17s 2d ; Pjatmaster-General, £63,178 17s 7d ; Commissioner of Custom?, £19,219 11s Id; Commissioner of Stamps, £6073 23 10J ; Minister of Education, £82,733 9s 7d ; Minister of Native Affairs, £4206 6s lOd ; Minister of Mme c , £3045 2s 9d ; Minister for Public Works, £137,177 Is ; Minister., of Defence, £23,853 169 2.1; .total, £445,668 4a 6d ; services not provided for, £560057 d.

Balance on 30th Jane, 1884.— Cash in the public account, £3522 17s lid; advances iv the hands of oncers of ibe Government in the colony, £185,431 0a Id ; in London, £22,359 18 i lid ; total, £207,790 193.

The Land Fund Account was as follows : Receipts.— Balance on the 31st March, 1884 ; cash in the Public Accouur, £75,157 8a 3d ; advances in the hands of officers of the Government in the colony, £5212 8s; in LonJon, £77 1110 1 3d ; total, £5289 18s 3d ; Grand total, £80,447 6s 6d. Land sales.— For cash, £19,587 4s 8d ; on deferred payments, £8523 2s lid; total, £28,109 7a 7d ; grand total, £108,556 14) Id.

Expenditure. — Permanent appropriations, one-third of the proceeds of land sold on deferred payments paid to local bodies, £4,320 13s 6d ; annual appropriation?, class 13, Minister of Lands, £39,965 14s 9d ; class 14, rates on Crown lands, £3,674 ; total, £43,639 143 9d ; grand total, £47,960 8a 3d. Balance on 30th June, 1884, cash in the Public Account, £47,379 15s 9d ; advances in the hands of officers of the Government in the colony, £13,216 10j Id; total, £60,596 5s lOd ; grand total, £108,556 14s Id.

The Ordinary Loan Account is as follows : — Receipts. — Balance on the 31st IVlarch, 1884, cash iv tbe Public Works Account, £142,423 8s 5d ; advances in the hands of officers of the Government in the colony, £45,940 14s 7d ; in London, £[56,543 8s 10J 5 total, £202,484 3a fidInvestments, £144,000; total, £488,912 11s lOd. New Zealand Loan Account, further instalments on account of second million loan, £310,000; grand total, £798,912 Us lOd.

Expenditure. — Annual appropriations : Immigration, £24,956 5s lid; Public Works Department, £2864 33 3d ; railways, £135,000 Is 2>J; survey of new lines of railway, £3095 18s 7d ; roads, £76,861 Os lid; land purchases, £44,435 14s 9d; goldfield* 1 roads, £49il 12* sd; waterworks on goldfields, £944 7s 10d>

telegraph extension, £7429 7s 3d ; public buildings, £19,855 14? 7d ; Ha;hthouse3 and harbor works, £1C,123 15s; charges and expenses of laising lrJ4n°, £141 0s lOd ; total, £330,649 24 6d ; services not provided for, £26, 19s 9 ; total, £330,674 2s 3d. Transfers under sec 'ions 3 and 21 of the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 3882: To main roads account £10,503,

12s 4d; to district roads and rivers account, £9,34,6 19s 3d ; total, £19,850 Us 7d ; grand total, £350,526 13s lOd. Balance on 40th June, 1884, cash in the public account, £10,475 8s 7d ; advances in the

hands of officers of the Government in the colony, £10,138 8s 7d ; London, £170,052 18s 4d ; total, £280,191 6s lid, Investments, £157,719 2s 6d ; total, £488,385 18s ; grand total, £798,912 11s lOd.