Preamble reciting New Zealand Constitution Act.

The sum of £36,497 7s. to be paid out of Land and General Revenue for support of Civil Establishments, &c. of the General Government.

To be paid by Treasurer under Governor’s Warrant.

The surplus of said Revenues to be divided among the Provinces.

Treasurer to be allowed credit for all sums so paid.

Short title.

Details

Extract

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Appropriation Act 1854

Public Act		1854 No 11
Date of assent		16 September 1854

	Title
	Preamble reciting New Zealand Constitution Act.
1	The sum of £36,497 7s. to be paid out of Land and General Revenue for support of Civil Establishments, &c. of the General Government.
2	To be paid by Treasurer under Governor’s Warrant.
3	The surplus of said Revenues to be divided among the Provinces.
4	Treasurer to be allowed credit for all sums so paid.
5	Short title.

An Act to provide for the Appropriation of the Public Revenues of New Zealand.

Preamble reciting New Zealand Constitution Act.

Whereas by an Act made and enacted in the Parliament holden in the 15th and 16th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria intituled “An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand,” it is amongst other things enacted, that after and subject to the payments to be made under the provisions therein contained, all the Revenues arising from taxes, duties, rates, and imposts, levied in virtue of any Act of the General Assembly, and from the disposal of Waste Lands of the Crown, shall be subject to be appropriated to such specific purposes as by any Act of the said General Assembly shall be prescribed in that behalf, and that the surplus of such Revenue which shall not be appropriated as aforesaid, shall be divided among the several Provinces in the like proportions, as the gross proceeds of the said Revenue shall have arisen therein respectively, but no specific provision has been made by the said recited Act, for the appropriation of Her Majesty’s Revenue levied under and by virtue of Ordinances made and enacted by the Legislative Council of New Zealand, before the passing of the said recite Act. And whereas it is expedient that the Revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown, and from such Revenues as aforesaid, should be appropriated in manner hereinafter mentioned.

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly as follows—

1 The sum of £36,497 7s. to be paid out of Land and General Revenue for support of Civil Establishments, &c. of the General Government.

Out of Her Majesty’s Revenue arising from the Post Office, Duties of Customs, and Fees and Fines of the Supreme Court, now levied within the Colony, and out of the Revenue arising from the disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown, after and subject to the payments to be made under the provisions of the said recited Act, there may be issued and applied in manner and as hereinafter particularly mentioned, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding thirty-six thousand four hundred and ninety-seven pounds and seven shillings, to defray the salaries, allowances, and contingencies of the Civil Establishments of the General Government of New Zealand, unprovided for by the said recited Act, for the period commencing on the 1st day of July 1854, and ending on the 30th day of June 1855, (that is to say),

Land Purchase Department	2373	15
Post-office	4076	0
Interest on Debentures	2225	17
Pensions	250	0
Governor’s Establishment	643	16
General Assembly, building &c.	8995	0
Colonial Secretary’s Department, Colonial Treasury, and Bank of Issue	565	0
Supreme Court	1590	0
Native Secretary’s Department, Auckland. Native Assessors and Policemen at New Plymouth	1037	0
Hospitals	2070	0
Miscellaneous	4170	19
Schools—Church of Rome	600	0
Wesleyan body	700	0
Service, Chatham Islands	500	0
Vaccination	500	0
Donation to family of the late Mr. Coates, late Clerk to the House of Representatives	200	0
Inter-Provincial Postal Communication by steam	6000	0
Total	36,497	7

2 To be paid by Treasurer under Governor’s Warrant.

The Public Treasurer of New Zealand shall issue and pay the said several sums, to such persons for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, upon such days and in such proportions as the Governor, or the Officer Administrating the Government for the time being, by any Warrant to be signed by him, shall from time to time order and direct, and the payment so to be made shall be charged upon, and payable out of such Revenues as aforesaid.

3 The surplus of said Revenues to be divided among the Provinces.

The surplus of the said Revenues shall be divided among the several Provinces established in New Zealand, in the like proportions as the gross proceeds of the said Revenues shall have arisen therein respectively, and shall be paid over to the respective Treasurers of such Provinces, by the Treasurer of the Colony, in pursuance of Warrants under the hand of the said Governor, or Officer Administrating the Government, direct to him in that behalf.

4 Treasurer to be allowed credit for all sums so paid.

The said Treasurer shall in his accounts from time to time be allowed credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pursuance of any such Warrant as aforesaid, and the receipt or receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid, shall be a full and valid discharge to the said Treasurer in passing his said Accounts, for any such sum or sums as shall be therein mentioned.

5 Short title.

This Act shall be called and may be cited as “The Appropriation Act 1854.”

In the name of Her Majesty I assent to this Act.

R. H. Wynyard,
Officer administering the Government.

Auckland, 16th September, 1956.

Details

Of the sums voted to be appropriated for the Civil Establishments of the General Government, for the period from the 1st July, 1854, to the 30th June, 1855.

Extract

From the Minutes of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives.

Resolved that the several sums hereinafter mentioned, amounting in the whole to to the sum of thirty six thousand four hundred and ninety-seven pounds and seven shillings be appropriated, out of the Revenue of her Majesty, to the payment of the salaries, allowances, and contingencies of the Departments hereinafter named, and the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

Land Purchase Department.
Principal Commissioner	500	0	0
Travelling expenses	100	0	0
Native Secretary attached to the Department	300	0	0
Two District Commissioners	600	0	0
Two Clerks, at 8s. and 7s. per diem	273	15	0
Contingencies	200	0	0
Presents to native chiefs	300	0	0
Survey branch	100	0	0
				2373	15	0
Post Office.
Auckland—Postmaster	300	0	0
Chief Clerk	200	0	0
Second Clerk & Messenger	150	0	0
Village Postmasters and Letter Carriers	150	0	0
Repairs, &c., alteration of Post Office	300	0	0
Contingencies, including gratuities to masters of vessels, bags, stationery, etc.	200	0	0	1300	0	0
Wellington—Postmaster	300	0	0
Clerk	100	0	0
District Postmasters and Letter Carriers, including £20 extra to the Postmaster at the Hutt	70	0	0
Contingencies and gratuities	100	0	0
Rent	35	0	0	605	0	0
Whanganui or Petre—Postmaster	60	0	0
Contingencies	20	0	0	80	0	0
New Plymouth—Postmaster	100	0	0
Two District Postmasters	50	0	0
Contingencies	36	0	0
				186	0	0
Carried forward				£4,544	15	0
Brought forward				£4,544	15	0
Nelson—Postmaster	250	0	0
Contingencies, including building of Office and Gratuities	220	0	0
Inter-provincial communication between Nelson, Wairau, and Wellington	200	0	0
Nelson and Motueka	50	0	0	720	0	0
Canterbury—Postmaster	200	0	0
Subposts, Christchurch	100	0	0
Akaroa	100	0	0
Kaiapoi	50	0	0
Contingencies & Gratuities	0	0	0	530	0	0
Otago—Postmaster (also Collector of Customs)		Nil.
Clerk	75	0	0
Subpost at Dunedin	30	0	0
Contengencies	50	0	0	155	0	0
Postal Inter-provincial—
Overland between Auckland, New Plymouth, and Wellington				500	0	0
Postal Communication between the Provinces by steam				6,000	0	0
Interest on Debentures.
Interest on 8 per cent Debentures—
Principal £27,253 11s. 10d.	2180	6	0
Interest on 5 per cent Land Debenture—
Principal issued at Auckland £911 8s. 9d.	45	11	0	2,225	17	0
Pensions.
One Pensioner	25	0	0
Walker Nene’s Ordinance—
Walker Nene’s Annuity	100	0	0
Gratuities to Chiefs	100	0	0	225	0	0

Department of the General Government not provided for on the Civil List.
Governor’s Establishment.
Allowance to Governor in lieu of Government house and Office rent	400	0	0
Allowance for three horses	163	16	0
Messenger	80	0	0	643	16	0
General Assembly.
Legislative Council—
Clerk	200	0	0
Messenger, 6s. per diem when employed	75	0	0	275	0	0
Carried forward				£15,819	8	0
Brought forward				£15,819	8	0
House of Representatives—
Speaker	400	0	0
Clerk	250	0	0
Assistant Clerk	200	0	0
Chairman of Committees	100	0	0
Sergeant-at-Arms	150	0	0
Messengers, at 10s. per diem while employed	120	0	0
Expenses of Members, exclusive of Speaker	2800	0	0
Passages for Members of both Houses	600	0	0
Printing, Stationery and Contingencies	1000	0	0
Building and Furniture	3100	0	0	8720	0	0
Colonial Secretary’s Department.
Messenger	90	0	0	90	0	0
Bank of Issue.
Auckland—Manager	150	0	0
Wellington—Manager	150	0	0
Clerk	175	0	0	475
Supreme Court.
Travelling Expenses of Judges on Circuit				300	0	0
Provincial Establishments,—
Auckland—Registrar, to be also Registrar of Deeds	400	0	0
Crier	90	0	0
Contingencies	50	0	0
Wellington—Registrar, also Registrar of Deeds	400	0	0
Crier	90	0	0
Contingencies	50	0	0
Nelson—Deputy Registrar	50	0	0
Contingencies	20	0	0
New Plymouth—Deputy Registrar	25	0	0
Contingencies	10	0	0
Canterbury—Deputy Registrar	50	0	0
Contingencies	10	0	0
Otago—Deputy Registrar	25	0	0
Contingencies	10	0	0	1290	0
Native Secretary’s Department				650	0	0
New Plymouth—Nine Native Assessors	210	0	0
3 Native Policemen at £4 1s. 4d. per month	177	0	0	387	0	0
Hospitals.
Grants in aid of Hospitals to defray the expenses of treating Native Patients—
Auckland	650	0	0
Wellington	550	0	0
Wanganui	420	0	0	1620	0	0
Carried forward				£29,351	8	0
Brought forward				£29,351	8	0
New Plymouth	250	0	0
Otago	50	0	0
Canterbury	50	0	0
Nelson	100	0	0	450	0	0
Miscellaneous
Government Domain at Auckland—
Gardener	100	0	0
Native Labourer	54	12	0
Ranger	72	0	0
Keeper of Government Grounds	15	12	0	242	4	0
Government House and Domain, at Wellington—
Gardener and Housekeeper	120	0	0
Contingencies	25	0	0	145	0	0
Printing and Stationery	700	0	0
Firewood	200	0	0
Travelling Expenses	600	0	0
Presents to Natives	300	0	0
Miscellaneous	1800	0	0	3600	0	0
Interest on Debentures.
Principal issued at Wellington £3,675 16s.				183	15	0
Supplementary Estimates.
Schools under the management of the Church of Rome	600	0	0
Ditto ditto Wesleyan Society	700	0	0	1300	0	0
Chatham Islands.
Collector of Customs, acting also as Resident Magistrate	300	0	0
Contingencies, including instruments, stationery, boat, office, &c.	200	0	0	500	0	0
Vaccination—To defray expenses of carrying out a system of vaccination amongst the natives	500	0	0
Pension to Bernard Gapper	25	0	0
Donation to Widow and Children of the late Mr. James Coates	200	0	0	725	0	0
Total				£36,497	7	0

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