LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (RETURN SHOWING AMOUNTS PAID TO OR RAISED BY, IN EACH YEAR SINCE ABOLITION OF PROVINCES).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, B-14b

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (RETURN SHOWING AMOUNTS PAID TO OR RAISED BY, IN EACH YEAR SINCE ABOLITION OF PROVINCES).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 14th October, 1887. Ordered, " That a return be laid before tins House showing the total amounts paid over to local governing bodies out of the Consolidated and Public Works Funds in each year since the abolition of the provinces; also, the total amounts raised or levied by such local bodies during the same period, such payments to be classified under the following headings: Consolidated Fund —(1) Appropriations to municipalities and Road Boards; (2) Endowments and lands made over; (3) Subsidies from various accounts and under different Acts ; (4) 20 per cent, of Land Revenue, paid up to the year 1881; (5) One-third proceeds of land sold on deferred payments; (6) One-quarter rents of perpetual leases under the Land Act of 1885; (7) Fees, fines, licenses, &0., payable to local bodies; (8) Gold revenue; (9) Gold duty; (10) Payments under Counties' Separate Account; (11) Rates paid for Crown and Native lands; (12) Miscellaneous payments, not admitting of classification. Public Works Fund —(13) Payments to local bodies out of Public Works Fund under Roads and Bridges Construction and Government Loan's to Local Bodies Acts. (14) Total rates raised by local bodies in each year."—(Mr. M. J. S. Mackenzie.)

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Return showing the Total Amounts paid over to Local Governing Bodies out of the Consolidated and Public Works Funds in each Year since the Abolition of the Provinces; also, the Total Amounts raised or levied by such Local Bodies during the same Period.

The Treasury, 10th July, 1888 James B. Heywood, Accountant to the Treasury.

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1876-77. I 1877-78. 1879-80. 1880-81. 188-2-83. I 1883-84. I 1884-85. 1 1885-86. 1886-87. 1878-79. 1881-82. Total. Consolidated Fund — £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s., d. 1. Appropriations to municipalities and Road Boards 2. Endowments and lands made £ s. a. £ s. a. £ S. d. £ s. d.j £ s. a. £ S. d.l £ s. a. 42,393 1 7 •" 42,393 1 7 over 3. Subsidies from various accounts and under different Acts 4. 20 per cent, of land revenue paid up to the year 1881 5. One-third proceeds of land sales on deferred payments 6. One-quarter rent of perpetual leases under the Land Act of 1885 7. Fees, fines, licenses, &c, payable to local bodies 8. Gold revenue 9. Gold duty 10. Payments under Counties' Separate Account (included above) 11. Rates paid for Crown lands .. 12. Miscellaneous payments not admitting of classification 35,570 12 9 97,516 8 10 33,868 4 3 10,283 4 11 17,539 10 4 304,767 17 8116,122 12 1 . i 52,771 9 10 27,230 10 i\ 12,416 5 10 10,448 19 4 40,215 14 6 33,514 0 0 335, S04 8 2 205,823 8 8 220,777 15 7 137,638 3 5 926 18 4J 6,644 9 7 3,970 18 1 75,616 3 5 107,494 7 9 1,215,353 7 4 42,175 15 5 229,648 9 6 45,116 6 5 32,672 5 2 ■ 55 0 6 I 349,667 17 0 123 15 6 2,713 9 8 5,252 1 4 10,817 8 2 11,759 10 2 15,432 9 11 23,358 11 8 18,852 12 3 14,521 8 5 14,56S 4 2 117,399 11 3 39 7 0 284 19 3 324 6 3 34,577 5 7 5,601 0 0 13,911 6 8 66,209 13 6 19,691 5 2 38,899 4 3 51,983 5 8 13,840 13 4 27,055 18 0 15,052 18 3 47,119 17 4 9,250 13 9 15,838 15 2 21,971 19 2 29,794 18 2 47,709 13 7 16,594 12 0 28,345 10 3 5,836 13 1 19,517 7 7 25,847 13 11 3,582 7 2 23,382 4 5 23,601 14 0 3,223 18 8 14,960 6 2 24,921 0 0 2,376 17 0 13,194 14 5 21,976 9 8 2,363 1 0 11,773 12 4 23,104 0 1 280,035 10 10 163,645 4 4 279,430 0 2 - • 1,160 0 01 50,892 8 2 24,950 12 0 34,524 1 7 36,156 0 6 147.683 2 3 6,978 12 1 124 2 7 601 1 7 1,064 13 7 282 0 0 1,274 10 4, 800 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,131 5 0| 3,939 10 10 2,959 14 2 20,205 10 2 Public Wobks Fund — 13. Payments to local bodies out of Public Works Fund under Roads and Bridges Construction, Crown and Native Lands Rating, and Government Loans to Local Bodies Acts 106,398 10 1 168,960 1 1 116,607 4 7 42,071 2 3 434,036 18 Totals 139,031 18 8 470,563 13 llj 580,488 17 7 412,759 15 1 '270,187 6 5 296,093 9 t 96^806 13 8 1251,326 10 11 271,419 12 7 323,011 11 5 1 274,289 7 6J 3,385,97S 17 14. Total rates raised by local bodies in each year .. 1210,916 0 0 234,988 0 0 266,937 0 0! '249,087 0 0 297,327 0 0,327,128 0 0 1398,659 0 0 401,392 0 0] 1410,638 0 0; 434,236 0 0 3,231,308 0