Estimates. Estimates for 1842.

Wellington's share compared with Auckland.

Sub Collector Treasury Department, Wellington …. …. …. ….	£100
Sub Collector Treasury Department, and clerks, Auckland …. ….	£825
Customs Department, Wellington ….	£830
Customs Department, Auckland ….	£1470
Post Office Department, Wellington	£70
Post Office Department, Auckland ….	£335
Harbour Master's Dept., Wellington	Nil
Harbour Master's Dept., Auckland ….	£1016
Sheriff's Deputy, Wellington …. ….	£50
Sheriff's Clerk and Bailiff, Auckland ….	£202
Police Department, Wellington ….	£1325
Police Department, Visiting Magistrate, Cook Strait … …. …. ….	£750
Aborigines Department, Total ….	£2335
Aborigines Sub-Protector, Wellington	£230
Schoolmaster, Wellington …. ….	£40

A meeting was held in April, 1842; the people assembled were unanimous in agreeing to demand the application of the Municipal Corporation Bill to Wellington.

Mr. Murphy, Sub-Sheriff, stated that a rough census gave the population of the town as 2,600.