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Return showing the Amount contributed by each Provincial District to the Colonial Revenue from Stamps during the Financial Tear ended the 31st March, 1881:— £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... ... 20,876 11 4 Taranaki 2,116 9 1 Hawke'sßay ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,325 1 4 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... 25,472 1 2 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,074 10 0 Marlborough ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,011 1 6 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 40,703 16 10 Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... 33,966 0 9 Southland ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,916 6 5 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,b98 1 7 Total ... ... ... ... ... £142,360 0 0 R. C. Hamertok, Head Office, Stamp Department, Secretary for Stamps. Wellington, 15th September, 1881.

Memorandum for the Secretary to the Tbeasuey. Subjoined is a distribution of the amount collected during the financial year 1880-81 for Land- and Property-tax in the several provincial districts. This distribution is on the basis of the figures compiled for a return to a previous Order of the House of Representatives, which showed the contributions made by each provincial district in respect of land- and property-tax from the date of the imposition of eachtax to fhe 9th July last. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... ... 36,139 0 0 Hawke'B Bay ... ... ... ... ... ... 15,644 0 0 Taranaki ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,430 0 0 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... 42,194 0 0 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,309 0 0 Marlborough ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,455 0 0 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... 922 0 0 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 78,693 0 0 Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... 83,577 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... ...£276,363 0 0 -- - — i* J. Sperbey, Property-Tax Department, Commissioner. Wellington, 20th September, 1881.

Statement of the Territorial Revenue, divided into Provincial Districts, for the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1881.

J. B. Heywood, Treasury, 15th September, 1881. Accountant to the Treasury.

Authority : G\EOB»e Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.— lBBl.

Provincial District. Land Sales, Ordinary. Land Sales on Deferred Payments. Depasturing Licenses, Bents, &c. Miscellaneous. Total. Auckland ... Taranaki .. Wellington Hawke's Bay Nelson Maryborough Canterbury Westland ... Otago £ b. d. 17,977 13 5 93,796 5 8 15,991 12 3 20,710 3 3 1,598 3 0 1,234 8 2 35,381 11 2 1,049 13 10 87,389 13 8 £ s. d. 1,26.1 13 11 5,817 15 4. 1,948 1 0 304 1 2 £ s. d. 423 19 0 67 3 6 364. 14 7 10,652 13 5 5,167 2 5 52,422 18 8 1,663 6 0 55,321 12 10 £ s. d. 701 18 0 18 0 0 21 14 0 1,101 11 2 57 10 2 7 14 2 60 10 0 2,111 11 2 £ a. d. 20,365 4 4 99,699 4 6 17,939 13 S 21,466 19 C 13,352 7 7 6,567 4 S 89,346 13 2 2,925 18 6 157,667 12 10 108 4 0 1,534 9 2 152 8 10 12,844 15 2 Totals 275,135 4 5 24,031 14 7 126,083 10 5 4,080 8 8 429,330 18