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AND TEREMAE_AU PETITION COMMITTEE.

C. DEPARTMENTS of the General Government Provincially charged against the County of Westland.

D. APPROXIMATE Estimate of Expenditure in the District north of the Teremakau from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1870; showing also what Seductions may bo made if the District be annexed to the Province of Nelson, and what Balance would be available for Public Works.

£ s. d. £ s. d, iVaste Lands Department —- Commissioner of Crown Lands treasury Department — Beceiver of Bevenue Itamp Department— Deputy Commissioner Clerk 500 0 C 400 0 C 50 100 0 0 0 0 150 0 C Sectoral— Begistration Officer and Beturning Officer Supreme Court — Begistrar Clerk and Deputy Begistrar ... 250 180 0 0 0 0 50 0 C 430 0 C District Court — Judge jands and Deeds Begistry — Begistrar of Deeds Clerk 250 125 0 0 0 0 600 0 C 375 0 C Defence— Adjutant Capitation Grant 300 614 0 5 0 0 914 5 C 280 15 C Contingencies —about £3,700 0

Present Expenditure. Proposed Expenditure. Salaries of County officials Ditto General Government, one-half to Nelson Ditto Post Office ... Volunteers, one-third Telegraph Department District Judge, Witnesses, Beturning Officer, &c. County Chairman's Department, one-third ... Ditto Treasurer's ditto, one-third Ditto Council ditto, one-third ... Contingent expenses, Bolice, one-third Gaol salaries, one-third Ditto contingencies, rations, &c, one-third Waste Lands Board, one-third ... Survey Department, one-third ... Engineer's Department, one-third Weights and Measures, one-third Maintenance of Lunatic Asylum, one-third Education, one-third County Departments, Solicitor, Surgeon, &c, one-third Ditto subsidy to Greymouth Hospital ... ... Greymouth and Pounamu Court Houses ... Protective works, Greymouth ... Boads to Arnold, &c. Maintenance of road to Christchurch, one-third Fuel, light, printing, and other contingencies £ s. d. 3,884 10 0 798 5 0 1,152 10 10 350 0 0 210 0 0 1,039 13 4 400 0 0 241 13 4 350 0 0 441 13 4 739 18 0 560 0 0 116 13 4 813 3 4 483 3 _ 133 3 4 633 3 4 716 13 4 368 13 4 1,400 0 0 880 0 0 2,510 0 0 1,850 0 0 1,550 0 0 1,250 0 0 £ s. d. 3,884 10 0 798 5 0 1,152 10 10 350 0 0 210 0 0 475 13 4 441 13 4 200 0 0 150 0 0 550 0 0 716 13 4 1,400 0 0 1,550 0 0 1,250 0 0 9,742 11 4 Balance Total proposed Expenditure £22,872 17 2 £22,872 17 2 £13,130 5 10