THE ESTIMATES.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 17 August 1881, Page 2

THE ESTIMATES.

(Wellington'correspondent'lChristchurch Press.) 1/V ELLINGTON, AngUSt 2. The following is a /ummary of the revised estimates for the current financial year, as'compared, with those for last year :— OBDINABY BEVENUE ACCOUNT. 1881-2. 1880-1. £ £ Civil list 29,750 29,750 Interest and sinking fund 1,499,318 1,453,161 Under sppcial Acts of Legislature ... 35,400 35,000 Colonial Secretary's Department ... 162,777 191,977 Treasurer ... 28947 50,430 Justice 112.751 122.796 Post and lelegragh 227,650 261.257 Customs 69,820 88 622 Stamps 23395 23.897 Education ... 277,416 278,684 Native affairs ... 19.084 26088 Mines 21.033 22,850 Public Works ... 593,090 602 546 Defence £204,245, less recoverable fromloan.£7s,ooo 129,245 163,446 LAND FUND ACCOUNT. Permanent appropriations ... 84967 133,717 Annual appropriations 134.584 128.575 For services chargeable on surplus land fund ac« count 9,080 20,500 On Public Trust Office account ... 1,640 1,280 On Native Reserves account 1,272 1,355 On Government Insurance account 20,231 22,537 Under the head Legislative the only increase is Sergeant-at»Arms, £50. The passages of members, £100, are reduced, and the planting parliamentary grounds, £60, is cot proposed this year, leaving a net decrease on Legislative of £100. In the Colonial Secretary's Department graints in aid to hospitals are put down at £24.000, to charitable institutions £16,000. In the Property Tax Department the chief commissioner gets £150 instead of £700, but receivas £250 as secretary for stamps and land and deeds. Ihe expenses of the properly tax are estimated at £8493, as against £25,418 last year. Militia and Volunteersjshow a decrease of £600. Police and Armed Constabulary are set down at £97,649, as compared with £132,213 last year, Under permanent charges the following changes

appear — One-third proceeds of the land? sold on deferred payments are payable to local bodies, amounting to £30,600, as against £16,000 last year. The Xew Pivmouth Harbor Board endowment is £33,000, against £3000. Ellesmere Re* clamation and Akaroa Eailway Trust, &c, at £"31 266. against nil. Subsidies to local bodies in arrears, £100, against £103,296. Twen'y per cent of land sales paid to counties, nil, against £11,421. Special snrreys, £13,600, against nil. Survey Department £91.278, against £88 436. The 10 per cent, deduct iou is only applied to the first three months of the year, Uint is to June 30th.