Appropriation (1858-1859) Act 1859 No 5a (NSW)

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No. XXVII.

An Act to appropriate and apply out of the Con­ solidated Revenue F u n d of New South Wales certain Sums to make good the Supplies granted for the Service of the Year 1858-9.

[9th April, 1859.]

WHEREAS we Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled have granted to Your Majesty the several

sums hereinafter mentioned for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine and for supplementing the Grants made by the present Parliament in its first Session for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight And whereas we desire to make good out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of New South Wales the several sums granted to Your Majesty as aforesaid Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative; Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That out of the said Consolidated Revenue Fund there shall and may be issued and applied

F O R T H E S E R V I C E O F T H E Y E A R 1 8 5 9 .

1. SCHEDULES :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding eight hundred and thirty-three pounds seven shillings and eight- pence to supplement the Schedules to Schedule (1) to the Act of the Imperial Parliament eighteenth and nineteenth Victoria chapter fifty-four as follows :—

S c h e d u l e A (Salaries) £ 1 0 0 0 0
S c h e d u l e 15 {Pensions) 7 3 3 6 8
S c h e d u l e C (Public Worship) 0 1 0
8 3 3 7 8
(Amount brought over £833 7 8)

2. EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty-four pounds to defray the Salaries and Contingencies of the Executive and Legislative Establishments following :—

The Governor General's Establishment £1,523 0 0
The Executive Council's Establishment 1,162 0 0
The Legislative Council's Establishment 5,450 0 0
The Legislative Assembly's Establishment 7,536 0 0
The Legislative Council and Assembly's Establishment 1,993 0 0

17,664 0 0

3 THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding

five hundred and fifty thousand and eighty-three pounds twelve shillings and one penny to defray the Salaries Contingencies and other Expenses of the Establish­ ments and Services following :—

The Principal Secretary's Establishment £4,903 0 0
The Establishment of the Government Resident at Moreton Bay 915 0 0
The Establishment of the Government Resident at Port Curtis ... 730 0 0
Registrar General's Establishment 6,775 0 0
Postal Establishment and Services being—
Post Office 2 4 , 6 0 0 0
Conveyance of Mails 51,050 0 0

Educational Establishments being—

National Schools £20,000 0 0
Denominational Schools 20,000 0 0
Protestant Orphan School 3,515 0 0
Roman Catholic Orphan School 3,138 0 0

46653 0 0

F o r 1859 £ 8 2 , 9 3 4 0 0
Immigration and Quarantine 87,888 14 0
For 1858 £ 4 , 9 5 4 14 0

Police Establishments and Services being—

Sydney Police—-Judicial:—

Central Police Office 2,890 0 0
Water Police and Shipping Masters 2,363 0 0

Sydney Police—Executive :—

Inspector General and Metropolitan Polite ... 22,140 0 0 Water Police 2,442 0 0

Horse Patrol 3,440 0 0

Police Country Districts—Judicial:—

Police Magistrates 5,005 0 0
Police Magistrates acting as Clerks of Petty
Sessions 3,575 0 0
Clerks of Petty Sessions 12,600 0 0
General Contingencies 2,194 0 0
Police Country Districts—Executive : —
First-class Chief Constables 5,600 0 0
Second-class Chief Constables 4,920 0 0
District Constables 5,928 0 0
Ordinary Constables 40,757 0 0
General Contingencies 9,990 0 0
Detective Police throughout the Colony ... 1,123 0 0
Horse Patrol and Gold Police 32,374 0 0
Gold Contingent 1,250 0 0
Police—General Service 2,500 0 0
Native Police 13,574 0 0

174,065 0 0

Gaol and Penal Establishments being-

F o r 1859 £ 7 , 1 5 5 0 0 7,863 14 9
F o r 1658 £ 7 0 8 14 9

Sydney

Parramatta 4,224 0 0
Bathurst 2,890 0 0
Maitland 2.636 0 0
F o r 1859 £ 1 , 7 1 1 0 0
Goulburn F o r 1858 £ 9 8 3 10 1.809 3 10
Brisbane 2,119 0 0
Cockatoo Island 10,245 0 0 31,786 18 7
Carried over £429,976 12 7
(Amount carried over ... £18,497 7 8)
{Amount brought over £ 1 8 , 4 9 7 7 8 )

THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY—continued.

B r o u g h t ove r £ 4 2 9 , 9 7 6 1 2 7
T h e P r i n t i n g P o s t a g e S t a m p s L i t h o g r a p h i n g a n d B o o k b i n d i n g
/For 1859 £14,059 0 0)
D e p a r t m e n t (For 1858 £1,823 8 11 1 5 , 8 8 1 8 1
obse rva to ry ( for 1859 £2 ,309 0 8 2 , 3 5 7 3 2
(for 1858 £48 2 6
Health officers and Medical .Board 724 0 0
V a c c i n e 4 8 0 0 0
L u n a t i c A s y l u m s 1 8 , 1 7 8 0 0
N a v a l A l l o w a n c e 5 , 0 0 0 0 0
M i l i t a r y A l l o w a n c e 8 , 1 7 9 0 0
R o y a l A r t i l l e r y 7 , 3 9 8 0 0
C h a r i t a b l e A l l o w a n c e s 1 7 , 8 4 5 1 9 4
Gran ts in aid of -PubiC ins t i tut ions 16,100 0 0

/For 1859 £200 0 0)

Aborigines (.For 1858 £255 2 3) 4 5 5 2 3

miscellaneous—

M u n i c i p a l C o u n c i l S y d n e y i n a id of t h e C i t y
F n n d s £ 1 0 , 0 0 0 0 0
E x p e n s e s a t t e n d i n g t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of t h e
E l e c t o r a l L i s t s 5 , 0 0 0 0 0
E r e c t i n g P o u n d s a n d A l l o w a n c e s t o P o u n d -
k e e p e r s 1 0 0 0 0
C o m p e n s a t i o n for t h e loss of t h e a d d i t i o n t o
t h e S t i p e n d s of t h e M i n i s t e r s of R e l i g i o n
p r o v i d e d for u n d e r s a i d S c h e d u l e C . . . 5 , 6 5 8 6 8
C o m p e n s a t i o n for t h e loss of S t i p e n d s t o t h e
M i n i s t e r s of R e l i g i o n n o t p r o v i d e d for
u n d e r sa id S c h e d u l e C 3 , 6 5 0 0 0
F o r t h e p u r c h a s e of S p e c i m e n s of S i l v e r O r e s
for t h e A u s t r a l i a n M u s e u m 1 0 0 0 0
S a l a r y a n d A l l o w a n c e of t h e A g e n t of t h e
G o v e r n m e n t of N e w S o u t h W a l e s i n
E n g l a n d for n e g o t i a t i n g a S t e a m P o s t a l
Se rv i ce via P a n a m a v i z . : - —
S a l a r y a t £ 6 0 0
p e r a n n u m P a s s a g e
M o n e y a n d T r a v e l l i n g E x p e n s e s . . . 1 ,000 0 0
T o m e e t u n f o r e s e e n e x p e n s e s t o b e h e r e a f t e r
a c c o u n t e d for 2 , 0 0 0 0 0
2 7 , 5 0 8 6 8
5 5 0 , 0 8 3 1 2 1

4. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding fifty thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven pounds to defray the Salaries and Contingencies of the Establishments following :—

L a w Officers £ 5 , 1 0 7 0 0
S u p r e m e a n d C i r c u i t C o u r t s 8 , 4 9 7 0 0
M o r e t o n B a y C o u r t 3 , 5 7 5 0 0
D i s t r i c t C o u r t s 1 4 , 1 2 5 0 0
Sher i f f 6 , 2 2 2 0 0
I n s o l v e n t C o u r t 1 , 2 8 3 0 0
Q u a r t e r Sess ions 8 , 1 2 4 0 0
C o u r t s of R e q u e s t s 2 6 0 0 0
C o r o n e r s 3 , 1 8 9 0 0
C o u r t of C l a i m s 2 9 5 0 0

M i s c e l l a n e o u s —

A l l o w a n c e t o C h i n e s e I n t e r p r e t e r for t h e v a r i o u s C o u r t s of
J u s t i c e 1 5 0 0 0
5 0 , 8 8 7 0 0

5. TREASURER AND SECRETARY FOR FINANCE AND TRADE :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding one hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and three pounds four shillings to defray the Salaries Contingencies and other Expenses of the Establishments and Services following :-

T r e a s u r y .
£ 6 , 3 0 2 0 0
C u s t o m s 2 4 , 6 6 9 4 0
D r a w b a c k s a n d R e f u n d of D u t i e s 2 0 , 0 0 0 0 0
C o l o n i a l D i s t i l l e r i e s 3 , 5 7 9 0 0
(Amount brought over . . . . . . £ 0 1 9 , 4 0 7 1 9 9 )

TREASURER AND SECRETARY FOR FINANCE AND TRADE—continued.

B r o u g h t over , £ 5 4 , 5 5 0 4 0
M i n t 1 2 , 3 7 2 0 0
G o l d R e c e i v e r s 2 5 0 0 0
C o l o n i a l S t o r e k e e p e r 4 , 4 0 5 0 0
S t a t i o n e r y a n d S t o r e s 3 8 , 2 1 7 1 0 0
G u n p o w d e r M a g a z i n e 5 1 1 0 0
H a r b o u r s L i g h t - h o u s e s a n d P i l o t D e p a r t m e n t —
B o a r d s ( S y d n e y a n d B r i s b a n e ) a n d H a r b o u r
M a s t e r s £ 3 , 3 2 9 1 0 0
L i g h t - h o u s e s 4 , 0 4 1 0 0
S e a a n d R i v e r P i l o t s 7 , 9 7 4 0 0
B o a t m e n 6 , 9 0 8 0 0
C o n t i n g e n c i e s 8 5 5 0 0
S t e a m D r e d g e 4 , 6 0 0 0 0
2 7 , 7 6 7 1 0 0

Misce l l aneous—•

P r o v i s i o n s t o b e lef t a t B o o b y I s l a n d for t h e r e l i e f of s h i p ­
w r e c k e d p e r s o n s 3 0 0 0
1 3 8 , 1 0 3 4 0

(i. SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND PUBLIC WORKS :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding four hundred and forty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-four pounds two shillings and five-pence to defray the Salaries Contingencies and other Expenses of the Establishments and Services following :—

S e c r e t a r y for L a n d s a n d P u b l i c W o r k s £ 5 , 9 9 5 0 0
S u r v e y a n d M a n a g e m e n t of C r o w n L a n d s £ 7 2 , 1 7 7 0 0
C o m m i s s i o n on S a l e s of L a n d s a n d A d v e r t i s e m e n t s 8 , 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 , 1 7 7 0 0
G o l d F i e l d s 8 , 1 1 5 0 0
C o n t i n g e n t 1 ,250 0 0
9 , 3 6 5 0 0
B o t a n i c G a r d e n s —
S y d n e y 2 , 5 0 3 0 0
B r i s b a n e 550 0 0
3 , 0 5 3 0 0
G o v e r n m e n t D o m a i n s a n d H y d e P a r k 1 , 3 2 3 0 0)
E x a m i n e r of Coa l F i e l d s a n d Coal M i n e s . . 6 5 5 0 0
R a i l w a y s —
E s t a b l i s h m e n t 1 1 , 9 9 7 4 7
W o r k i n g E x p e n s e s of 5 4 m i l e s of R a i l w a y . . . 6 2 , 5 2 5 0 0
T r i a l S u r v e y s 1 2 , 8 1 0 0 0
B r i d g e H i g h - s t r e e t E a s t M a i t l a n d 1 ,000 0 0
S p e c i a l E x p e n s e s S u r v e y G r o s e V a l l e y 1 ,500 0 0
8 9 , 8 3 2 4 7

R o a d s -

S a l a r i e s a n d C o n t i n g e n c i e s 5 , 7 5 0 0 0
C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d M a i n t e n a n c e 1 1 7 , 4 0 0 3 5
S p e c i a l I m p r o v e m e n t s M a i n S o u t h e r n R o a d 1 5 , 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 8 , 2 1 0 3 5
E l e c t r i c T e l e g r a p h ~ 1 5 , 7 6 5 1 4 5
Co lon i a l A r c h i t e c t 5 , 1 2 4 0 0
P u b l i c W o r k s a n d B u i l d i n g s —
F o r o r d i n a r y r e p a i r s a l t e r a t i o n s a n d a d d i t i o n s
t o P u b l i c B u i l d i n g s g e n e r a l l y 1 0 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r r e p a i r s t o M i l i t a r y B a r r a c k s a n d o t h e r
B u i l d i n g s 1 ,500 0 0
F o r l i g h t i n g L a m p s a n d s w e e p i n g C h i m n e y s
V i c t o r i a B a r r a c k s 2 5 0 0 0
T o p r o v i d e F u r n i t u r e a n d F i t t i n g s for t h e
P u b l i c Offices g e n e r a l l y 3 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e r e c t i o n of a C o t t a g e for t h e S u p e r i n ­
t e n d e n t of t h e B o t a n i c G a r d e n B r i s b a n e 5 0 0 0 0
F o r p r o v i d i n g M a t e r i a l s a n d I m p l e m e n t s for
e m p l o y m e n t of P r i s o n e r s a t D a r l i n g h u r s t
G a o l 2 , 0 0 0 0 0
(Amount
brought over £ 7 5 7 , 5 7 1 3 9 )

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND PUBLIC WORKS—continued.

B r o u g h t o v e r £ 3 4 9 , 5 0 0 2 5
B r o u g h t ove r £ 1 7 , 2 5 0 0 0
P u b l i c W o r k s a n d B u i l d i n g s — c o n t i n u e d : —
F o r p r o v i d i n g M a t e r i a l s a n d I m p l e m e n t s for e m ­
p l o y m e n t of P r i s o n e r s a t P a r r a m a t t a G a o l . . . 1 , 500 0 0
F o r s a m e a t G o u l b u r n G a o l 5 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t M a i t l a n d G a o l 5 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t B a t h u r s t G a o l 5 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e r e c t i o n of a G a o l W o l l o n g o n g 2 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r a d d i t i o n s to t h e S u r v e y o r G e n e r a l ' s Office . . . 1 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r a d d i t i o n s a t P r o t e s t a n t O r p h a n Schoo l . . . 5 0 0 0 0
D o . a t R o m a n C a t h o l i c O r p h a n S c h o o l 1 ,500 0 0
F o r r e p a i r s a l t e r a t i o n s a n d a d d i t i o n s t o t h e L u ­
n a t i c A s y l u m T a r b a n C r e e k 6 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t L u n a t i c A s y l u m P a r r a m a t t a 1 , 000 0 0
T o c o m p l e t e t h e O b s e r v a t o r y 6 0 0 0 0
F o r r e p a i r s t o G o v e r n m e n t H o u s e a n d Out-offices 1 , 5 0 0 0 0
F o r e r e c t i o n of a R e g i s t r y Office S y d n e y 6 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r f enc ing in t h e N e c r o p o l i s S y d n e y 9 7 0 0 0
F o r e r e c t i o n of a C o u r t H o u s e a t A l b u r y 5 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t A r m i d a l e t h e f u r t h e r s u m of 4 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t T a m w o r t h 2 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t T e n t e r f i e l d 4 5 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t B u r r o w a 8 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t C a s i n o 5 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t R o c k h a m p t o n 8 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e r e c t i o n of a W a t c h H o u s e a t N e l l i g a n 4 5 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t C o o n a b a r a b r a n 4 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t L i t t l e I p s w i c h 4 5 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t t h e T h r e e R i v e r s 4 5 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t N o r t h G u n d a g a i 4 5 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t M u s w e l l b r o o k a f u r t h e r s u m 2 0 0 0 0
F o r s a m e a t R o c k h a m p t o n 5 0 0 0 0
F o r r e p a i r s to t h e r e s idence of t h e P o l i c e M a g i s ­
t r a t e M a i t l a n d 3 8 0 0 0
Q u a r t e r s a n d S t a b l e s for G o l d C o m m i s s i o n e r T u m u t 2 0 0 0 0
F o r f enc ing P o l i c e P a d d o c k D e n i l i q u i n 1 0 0 0 0
E r e c t i o n of a C o u r t H o u s e a t K i a m a i n s u b s t i t u ­
t i o n of p r e v i o u s v o t e of £ 8 0 0 2 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e r e c t i o n of C o u r t a n d W a t c h H o u s e a t
L a n g ' s Cros s ing -p l ace . . . 8 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e l i k e a t C a l l a n d o o n 8 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e r e c t i o n of a W a t c h H o u s e a t T o o w o o m b a 4 5 0 0 0
F o r p a i n t i n g t h e e x t e r i o r of t h e M a c q u a r i e
L i g h t - h o u s e S o u t h H e a d 1 2 5 0 0
F o r r e p a i r of t h e C i r c u l a r Q u a y S y d n e y 5 , 0 0 0 0 0
F o r t h e e m p l o y m e n t of P r i s o n e r s i n t h e S t r e e t s
of B r i s b a n e 1 0 0 0 0
N e w W h a r f N e w c a s t l e 5 , 2 5 0 0 0
R e m o v a l of S a n d b a n k a t t h e j u n c t i o n of " R i v e r s
B r i s b a n e a n d B r e m e r 5 0 0 0 0
R e p a y m e n t to M r O ' N e i l l B r e n a n of t h e p u r c h a s e
m o n e y for a Q u a r r y n e a r D a r l i n g h u r s t G a o l 2 , 2 0 0 0 0
P r e m i u m s for D e s i g n s for N e w H o u s e s of P a r l i a ­
m e n t a n d Offices for t h e G o v e r n m e n t D e p a r t ­
m e n t s g e n e r a l l y 1 , 000 0 0
7 6 , 6 7 5 0 0
H a r b o u r s a n d R i v e r N a v i g a t i o n 7 , 6 9 3 0 0

F i t z R o y M i s c e l l a n e o u s —

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0

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F o r f e n c i n g a F a r m in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e L u n a t i c
A s y l u m P a r r a m a t t a a n d t h e e r e c t i o n of
nece s sa ry b u i l d i n g s 3 0 0 0 0
T o r e m u n e r a t e C a p t . C a d e l l for e x p e n s e s i n c u r r e d
i n i n t r o d u c i n g S t e a m N a v i g a t i o n o n A u s t r a ­
l i a n R i v e r s 1 , 500 0 0
— 1 ,800 0 0
4 4 6 , 1 2 4 2 5
(Amount brought over £1,203,695 6 2 )

7. AUDITOR GENERAL :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding five

thousand and ninety-two pounds to defray the Salaries and Contingencies of the

Auditor General's Establishment £5,092 0 0
(TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1859... £1,208,787 0 2)

FOR THE SERVICE OP THE YEAR 1858.

8. SUPPLEMENTARY :—Any sum or sums of money not exceeding twelve thousand one hundred and sixteen pounds ten shillings and three-pence 1o defray the Supplementary Charges for the year 1858 of the Salaries Contingencies and other Expenses of the Establishments and Services following:—

Legislative Council and Assembly £37 15 9
Charitable Allowances—

To meet deficiency in amount voted for the support of Paupers

in the Colonial Hospitals for 1857 £255 1 1

In aid of the Hospital Bathurst on condition of an equal

amount bein<r raised by private contributions a further sum of 100 0 0

J 1

355 1 1

Grants in aid of Public Institutions—

To enable the Trustees of the Sydney Grammar School to pay the Debt incurred

by them in the erection of the Building 4,000 0 0

Miscellaneous—

Aid to the "Diggers' Employment Committee"' to enable them to remove unemployed Diggers to the interior on condition of their raising an equal amount

1,750 0 0

To restore to the individuals from whom it was taken that portion of the proceeds of the (Gold remaining in possession of the Government which had been seized on board the " Ethereal" and " Mary Nicholson" a further sum

575 16 8

Towards meeting expenses consequent upon the discovery of
Gold at the Fitz. Roy River a further sum of 4,000 0 0

0,325 16 8

Moreton Bay Court—

Rent of Crown Solicitor's Office from 1 April to 30 September

1857   20 0 0

Increase to the Salary of the Sheriffs Bailiff from £150 to £180 30 0 0

50 0 0

Tolls and Ferries—

Repairs to the Punts at Wiseman's Ferry on the Hawkesbury River 300 0 0
Floating Light Moreton Bay 47 10 9
Public Bui ld ings-

General alterations and repairs to the Court House Campbell- town in lieu of the like sum voted for the erection of a new Court House

800 0 0

For erection of Cottage Garden Island for Naval Working Parties 200 0 0
1,000 0 0
(TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1858 . . . 12,110 10 3)
(TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1859 . . 1,208,787 6 2)
(GROSS TOTAL £1,220,903 16 5)

9. The Treasurer of the said Colony shall issue and pay the said several sums to such persons for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned upon such days and in such proportions as the Governor by any warrant or order in writing under his hand and directed to the said Treasurer shall from time to time order and direct and the

payments so to be made shall be charged upon and payable out of the Consolidated
Revenue Fund of the said Colony.

10. The said Treasurer shall in his Accounts from time to time be allowed credit for any sum or sums of money paid by him in pursuance of such warrant or order in writing as aforesaid and the receipt or receipts of the respective persons to whom the same shall be so paid shall be a full and valid discharge to the said Treasurer in passing his said Accounts for any such sum or sums as shall be therein mentioned and he shall receive credit for the same accordingly.

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