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Ist August to 31st January 1861 - - 94,500 0 0 Ist September " 28th February " - 119,500 0 0 Ist October " 31st March " - - 127,500 0 0 Ist November " 30th April " - - 143,000 0 0 Ist December " 31st May " - - 143,000 0 0 Ist January, 1861, " 30th June " - - 146,000 0 0 Ist February " "31st July " - - 118,000 0 0 Ist March " " 31st August " - - 115,000 0 0 Ist April " " 30th September " ] Ist May " " 31st October " I . . None sent. Ist June " " 30th November " ) Ist July " " 31st December " - - 261,000 0 0 Ist August " " 3ist January, 1862 - - 260,000 0 0 H. Stanley Jones, Deputy Commissary General. 19th October, 1861. [This includes Militia expenditure.—D. A. C] Enclosure 3 in No. 4. ESTIMATE OP PRESENT ANNUAL MILITARY EXPENDITURE PROPOSED BY THE HOME GOVERNMENT TO BE CHARGED AGAINST THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. Militia Extra Expenditure £14,000 Colonial Contribution to Troops 35,000 General Military Charges 20,000 £69,000 Note.—The Militia Expenditure at present going on is stated by the Ministers to be £48,000 a year. The Estimate made by the Lieutenant-General for this head of service is only £34,000. The difference'to be provided for is £14,000. ■ # Enclosure 4 in No. 4. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ON ACCOUNT OF TAISANAKI REFUGEES TO OCTOBER 29TH, 1861. £ S. d. £ s. d. Passages by Steamers, &c 5,697 12 1 Rationing and Allowances— Auckland 493 17 11 New Plymouth 3,608 4 2 Nelson 12,665 0 0 16,767 2 1 Buildings— Taranaki 4,000 0 0 Nelson 1,579 11 0 5,579 11 0 Miscellaneous Expenditure 1,141 8 7 . £ 29,185 13 9 R. F. Porter, Treasury, Auckland, Assistant Treasurer. 28th October, 1861. The rate at which this expenditure is going,on at present (estimated) is about £10,000 per annum. Enclosure 5 in No. 4. ESTIMATE OF LOSSES OF SETTLERS AT TARANAKI FROM THE LATE WAR. The total amount of claims put iv before me, aa Commissioner for distributing the Taranaki Relief Fund, is £181,693, for actual losses of propeity sustained by settlers. lam now engaged in settling lie claims, and I estimate the reduction which I shall make in the claims at about £25,000

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DESPATCHES FROM GOVERNOR SIR G. GREY