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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

DISBURSEMENTS or the CONSOLIDATED FUND in detail— cont Inued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. APPBOPEIATIONS. Postal — continued. 2,403 2 2 11 5 3 12,162 5 8 Brought forward COLONIAL GIIA'Ra'ES—continued. Vote No. 1—Item 32,— Telegraph Depaetment, Tatteo Line, — Salaries of Inspector, Surveyor, and others £492 0 0 Travelling and Field Allowances and Expenses ... ... ... 270 6 7 Contract for Erection of Line ... 2,006 0 0 Labour ... ... ... ... 1,072 4 10 Carriage and Freight ... ... 512 16 2 Provisions, Forage, &c. ... ... 778 12 4 New Offices and Fittings ... ... 270 14 10 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 100 5 5 5,503 0 2 PROVINCIAL CHARG-ES :— Vote No. 1 —Item 28, — Postal, Auckland, — Salaries, to 30 June ... ... £12 16 4 Bent, 1 January to June ... ... 5000 Contingencies ... ... ... 124 3 6 Vote No. 1 —Item 29, — Postal, Takanaki, — Salaries, 1 Oct. to 31 Dec, 1869 ... £3 15 0 Bent, 1 April to 30 June, 1870 ... 10 0 0 Contingencies ... ... ... 6 19 5 186 19 10 20 14 5 Vote No. 1—Item 30, — Postal, Wellington,— Salaries, 1 April to 30 June ... £105 15 0 Conveyance of Mails ... ... 576 5 10 New Post Office, Wanganui ... Ill 18 7 Contingencies ... ... ... 39 9 9 833 9 2 Vote No. 1—Item 33,— Telegraph,— Auckland, — Salary, 1 to 30 May ... £10 1 7 Travelling Expenses ... 118 10 2 Labour and Material, &c. 41 7 10 Office Bent and Contingencies ... ... 146 10 11 316 10 6 Taeanaki, — Salary, 26 April to 30 June £14 6 0 Travelling Expenses ... 3 14 3 Office Rent and Contingencies ... ... 14 15 6 32 15 9 Wellington,— Salary, arrears ... ... £1 13 4 Travelling Expenses ... 86 10 6 Labour and Material ... 24 3 2 Office Bent and Contingencies ... ... 119 18 7 232 5 7 Hawke's Bay,— Travelling Expenses ... £5 3 0 Contingencies ... ... 0 13 6 5 16 6 Nelson, — Travelling Expenses ... £16 9 9 Labour ... ... 4 2 6 Contingencies ... ... 46 10 0 67 2 3 Maelboeougti,— Travelling Expenses, &c. £12 15 3 Labour and Material ... 7 16 Contingencies ... ... 26 9 9 46 6 6 Canterbury,— Travelling Expenses ... £49 7 4 Labour and Material ... 55 19 7 Office Bent and Contingencies ... ... 88 13 0 193 19 11 Carried forward ... £894 17 0 8,947 5 9 11 5 3 12,162 5 8