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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 24

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Financial Year. Expenditure out of Revenue. Expenditure out of Loan. Total. Native. Defence. Total. Native. Defence. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1853 .... 17,675 — 17,675 3,920 — 5,920 21,595 '53-54 42,301 — 42,301 1,941 — 1,941 44,242 '54-55 46,482 25 46,507 — 381 381 46,888 '55-56 21,039 — 21,039 707 — 707 21,746 '56-57 10,988 25 11,013 26,662 — 26,662 37,675 '57-58 11,225 3,085 14,310 48,069 — 48,069 62,379 '58-59 12,276 4,552 16,828 11,097 — 11,097 27,925 '59-60 7,641 7,855 15,496 10,473 21,299 31,772 47,208 1860-61 16,228 7,849 24,077 9,302 82,932 92,234 116,311 '61-62 25,315 7,080 32,395 16,015 46,698 62,713 95,108 '62-63 57,022 10,435 67,457 7,58o 193,247 200,827 268,284 '63-64 52,599 26,967 79,566 16,586 801,307 817,893 897,469 '64-65 60,291 29,094 89,385 600 803,701 804,301 893,686 '65-60 48,636 28,993 77,629 2,525 417,374 419,899 497,528 '66-67 34,132 114,390 148,522 645 235,997 236,642 385,164 '67-68 24,316 23,217 47,533 — 486,234 486,234 533,767 '68-69 38,124 227,417 265,541 — 80,967 80,967 346,508 '69-70 39,486 305,963 345,449 — 19,002 19,002 364,456 1870-71 51,659 88,684 140,343 230 173,098 173,328 313,671 '71-72 48,644 40,071 88,715 49,434 160,000 209,434 298,149 '72-73 54,581 36,558 91,139 60,667 161,650 222,317 313,156 73-71 53,17° 25,873 79,043 91,386 166,735 258,121 337,164 '74-75 42,117 65,000 107,117 114,254 81,936 196,240 303,357 '75-76 43,396 105,114 148,510 125,038 85,293 210,331 358,841 Totals 859,343 1,158,247 2,017,590 597,131 4,017,901 4,615,032 6,632,622

Table I.—Statement showing the Sums Expended out of Revenue and Loan respectively, during each Financial Year from 1852 to 1876, for Native and Defence Purposes.

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Act Authorising the Loan. Amount of Debentures in Circulation on 30th June, 1876. Sinking Fund Accrued to 30th June, 1876. Total Debt after Deducting Sinking Fund. Annual Charge. Interest. Sinking Fund. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ Ordinance of Legislative Council 311 — 311 — — — New Zealand Loan Act, 1856 500,000 270,522 229,478 20,000 10,000 30,000 New Zealand Loan Act, '60 93,100 42,552 50,548 5,586 1,862 7,448 New Zealand Loan Act, '63 1,519,400 269,531 1,249,869 76,284 20,508 96,792 New Zealand Debentures Act, 1864, and Amendment Act, 1865 50 — 50 — — — Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 4,660,100 232,875 45,831 278,706 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 3,195,400 545,100 8,060,400 151,432 21,000 172,432 Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 .... 750,000 36,875 6,000 42,875 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873 1,500,000 — 1,500,000 67,500 — 67,500 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1874 4,000,000 — 4,000,000 180,000 — 180,000 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 250,000 — 2 50,000 11,952 — 11,952 Treasury bills 572,000 — 572,000 29,359 — 29,359 Auckland Loan Act, 1863 ... 31,600 5,341 26,259 1,896 632 2,528 Wellington Loan Act, 1862 ... 2,000 2,000 — 160 80 240 Wellington Loan Act, '66.... 13,500 4,160 9,340 1,080 270 1,350 Wellington Debts Act, '71.... 75,000 — 75,000 3,750 — 3,750 Nelson Waterworks Loan Act, 1864 6,200 4,354 1,846 496 124 620 Lyttleton and Christchurch Railway Loan Act, 1860 77,700 28,324 49,376 4,662 1,554 6,216 Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 22,800 14,453 8,347 1,368 228 1,596 Westland Loan Act, 1873 .... 50,000 — 50,000 2,500 — 2,500 Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 116,700 19,990 96,710 7,002 1,167 8,169 North Otago District Public Works Loan Act, 1872 48,900 — 48,900 2,445 6,8 00 9,245 Total 17,484,761 1,206,327 16,278,434 837,222 116,056 953,278 Act 1870 and 1873, issued 8th July, 1876 1,250,000 — — — — 62,500 I8,734,761 1,206,327 16,278,434 837,222 116,056 1,015,778

Table II.—Statement showing the Debentures and Treasury Bills in Circulation under the several Loam of the Colonial and Provincial Governments of New Zealand, the Amount of Sinking Fund Accrued, the Balance of Indebtedness, and the Amount of the Annual Charge for Interest and Sinking Fund.

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s d. s. d Bakers, butchers, and brewers 7 6 to 8 6 per day. Blacksmiths 8 - to 9 - per day. Carpenters and coach builders 8 6 to 10 6 per day. Coopers, working engineers, stone masons, millers, and millwrights 8 - to 9 - per day. Plumbers and painters 7 - to 7 6 per day. Plasterers 9 - to 10 6 per day. Ropemakers 6 - to 7 - per day. Saddlers, shoemakers, and tailors 8 - to 9 - per day. Ordinary labourers 6 — to 7 - per day. Ploughmen, gardeners, and farm labourers, with house accommodation and partial supplies 12 6 to 22 6 per week. Female servants, with board 6 - to 12 - per week. Cooks and laundresses, with board 8 — to 12 — per week.

Table III.—Wages.

The following are the rates prevailing at Auckland in June and July, 1876, according to the last reports from the immigration officers:—

s. d. Meat—Beef per 1b. - 4½ Mutton per 1b. - 3 Pork per 1b. - 5½ Bread—Wheaten per 1b. - 2¼ Butter—Fresh per 1b. 1 2 Salt per 1b. - 10 Milk per quart - 4 Flour per 196 1b. 32 - Grain—Wheat per bshl. 6 - Tea per lb. 3 - Coffee per 1b. 1 8 Sugar per 1b. - 5½ Beer per hd. 100 - Brandy per gal. 22 - Wine per gal. 15 -

Table III Contd.—Prices of Provisions in 1873, from Official Handbook.

Table IV.—Ordinary Revenue for the Year ending 30th June, 1876.
£
Customs, duties, rents, seizures, &c 1,225,747
Customs, bonded stores 5,280
Customs, fees 16,417
Stamp duties 112,388
Postal 93,162
Telegraphic 63,038
Judicial fees and fines 37,993
Registration of land 12,184
Registration of deeds 15,453
Registration of births, deaths, and marriages 5,231
Fees on issue of crown grants 4,410
Miscellaneous 2,397
Incidental receipts 52,056
Railways 57,459
1,703,215
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Comparing the First Five Years with the Last Five Years of the Decade. Comparing the First Two Years with the Last Two Years of the Decade. Increase per Head, 1871-75 on 1866-70. Per cnt. Per cnt. £ s.d. Population increase 38 increase 70 — Revenue— Ordinary increase 34 increase 70 5 18 - Territorial increase 66 increase 38 5 4 5 Expenditure— Charges on consolidated fund increase 10 increase 38 1 2 8 Wool— Weight increase 55 increase 103 — Value increase 73 increase 112 — Imporsts increase 23 increase 44 — Exports— Gold decrease 25 decrease 47 Other produce increase 84 increase 132 14 15 2* Gold and other produce increase 21 increase 20 Live Stocky comparing 1867 with 1874— Horses, valued at £10 - - increase 51 per cnt. Cattle valued at 4 - - increase 58 per cnt. 6 8 6* Sheep valued at - 4 - increase 39 per cnt. Pigs valued at - 2 6 increase 8 per cnt. Lands under Cultivation, 1868 to 1875— Comparing first four years with last... increase 78 per cnt. 33 15 6* Comparing first two years with last... increase 143 per cnt. — Colonial Debt— Comparing June, 1870, with June, 1867 increase per head 59 per cnt. — Annual charge increase per head 34 per cnt. - 13 4 * From these items must be deducted interest on the increase of capital borrowed by individuals from creditors beyond the colony, since 1870; to be perfectly safe, say 1,000,000l. per annum at 6 per cent., or upon the mean population equal to 3s. 10d. per head per annum.

Table V.—Summary of Percentage Increase during the last Eight or Ten Years ending December, 1875.

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Total Under Five Years. Total Over Five Years. Total from Specific Cause. Percentage of Deaths, all Causes. Percentage of Deaths, all Causes England, 1861-70. Class I. Zymotic Diseases. Smallpox — — — — 0.8 Measles 114 29 143 4.3 1.9 Scarlatina 7 10 17 0.5 4.3 Diphtheria 27 19 46 1.4 0.8 Typhus and typhoid 28 167 195 5.7 3.8 Whooping cough 7 — 7 0.2 2.0 Diarrhoea and dysentery 239 25 264 7.8 4.4 Other zymotic diseases 115 99 214 6.4 2.8 Total Class I 537 349 886 26.3 20.8 Class II. Constitutional Diseases. Phthisis 13 207 220 6.5 10.5 Other constitutional diseases 84 105 189 5.7 4.8 Total Class II 97 312 409 12.2 15.3 Class III. Local Diseases. Nervous system 150 195 345 10.2 13°0 Organs of circulation 10 180 190 5.6 5.5 Organs of respiration 232 223 455 13.5 15.7 Organs of digestion 84 126 210 6.3 4.2 Other local diseases 7 57 64 1.9 2.5 Total Class III 483 781 1,264 37.5 40.9 Class IV. Developmental Diseases 342 57 399 11.8 18.0* Class V. Violence 36 325 361 10.7 5°0 Cause not defined 19 38 57 1.5 — General total 1,514 1,862 3,376 100.0 100.0 * This includes "causes not defined" and all causes not included in oter four classes.

Table VI.—New Zealand. Deaths, 1875, Males.

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Total Under Five Years. Total Over Five Years. Total from Specific Cause. Percentage of Deaths, all Causes. Percentage of Deaths, all Causes England, 1801-70. Class I. Zymotic Diseases. Smallpox — — — — 0.7 Measles 110 30 146 6.3 1.7 Scarlatina 12 7 19 0.8 4.4 Diphtheria 29 31 60 2.6 1.0 Typhus and typhoid 24 121 145 6.2 4.2 Whooping cough 7 — 7 0.3 2.7 Diarrhoea and dysentery 219 27 246 10.4 4.3 Other zymotic diseases 114 93 207 8.9 2.7 Total Class I 5*5 315 830 35.5 21.7 Class II. Constitutional Diseases. Phthisis 9 110 119 5.1 11.7 Other constitutional diseases 79 90 169 7.2 5.7 Total Class II 88 200 288 12.3 17.4 Class III. Local Diseases. Nervous system 113 91 204 8.7 11.8 Organs of circulation 4 82 86 3.7 4.6 Organs of respiration 161 119 280 12.0 — Organs of digestion 57 88 145 6.2 — Other local diseases 6 20 26 1.1 — Total Class III 341 400 741 31.7 16.4 Class IV. Developmental Diseases 257 112 369 15.9 —* Class V. Violence 50 36 86 3.7 — Causes not defined 12 10 22 0.9 — General total 1,263 1,073 2,336 100.0 55.5 * This includes "causes not defined" and all causes not included in other four classes.

Table VII.—Deaths, 1875, Females.