The following summary of the liabilities of the General Government outstanding on 31st March, 1881, was laid before the Legislative Council yesterday : CONSOLIDATED POND. Colonial Secretary’s Department ... £22,490 Colonial Treasurer ... ... ... 20,423 Property tax 1345 Minister of Justice ... ... ... 4507 Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs ... ... 8166 Commissioner of Customs, Marine, and Inspection Machinery ... 4109 Minister of Education ... ... 3800 Minister of Native Affairs ... ... 2445 Minister of Mines ... ... ... 7800 Minister of Public Works ... ... 69,000 Minister for Defence ... ... 22 971 Land Fund Account and Mines , 3144 Survey Department ... ... ... 6600 Miscellaneous Public Works ... 17,570 £203,894 PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Commissioner of Customs ... £IOO Minister of Education ... ... 3,7C0 Immigration ... 664 Departmental ... ... ... 647 Railways ... ... 428,687 Survey new lines ... 406 Roads ... ... ... ... 65,464 Waterworks ... 11,029 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 38,591 Public buildings ... ... ... 29,549 Roads ... ... 8,946 Land purchases .. 997,725 £1,585,512 Total ... £1,789,407 The shillings and pence are omitted from these sums, which will account for the variation manifest in the additions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6301, 22 June 1881, Page 2
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