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EINANCIAL YEAR 1870-71.

DISBURSEMENTS of the CONSOLIDATED FUND in detail— cont, inued. APPROPEIATIOMS. £ a. a. £ s. d. £ a. d. Postal — continued. 8,947 5 9 11 5 3 12,162 5 8 Brought forward ... £894 17 0 PROVINCIAL OHAEGKES— continued. Vote No. 1 —Item 33— continued. Telegraph— continued. Westland, — Salaries, 1 to 81 May ... £12 10 0 Contingencies ... ... 6 0 9 . 18 10 9 Otaqo,— Travelling Expenses ... £36 12 5 Labour and Material, &o. 211 2 2 Contingencies ... ... 77 14 5 . 325 9 0 Southland, — Travelling Expenses ... £2 6 6 Labour and Material, &c. 54 19 4 Contingencies ... ... 10 7 0 . 67 12 10 1,306 9 7 Total Liabilities and Engagements 10,253 15 4 10,265 0 7 FOR CURRENT SERVICES. COLONIAL CHARGES:— General Post Office, — Vote No. 26 — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 Commission on Money Orders due to Foreign Offices Contingencies ... 2,991 6 0 447 8 0 159 3 9 3,597 17 9 Vote No. 27,— Conveyance of Mails by Sea, — Contribution to Suez Line Mail Agents' Salaries and Travelling Allowances Inter-Provincial Mail Services, — Contract Services, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 ... Demurrage Contingencies, — Gratuities and Bonuses ... £212 5 0 Exchange on Monev Order Remittances ... * ... ... 1,157 0 8 Landing, Shipping, and Conveying Mails 507 18 6 Passages of Mail Agents ... 382 4 0 Travelling Allowances and Expenses 505 0 6 Legal Services in connection with San Francisco Mail Contract... 273 4 10 Miscellaneous ... ... 230 1 6 5,000 0 0 826 13 2 7,075 0 0 1,276 0 0 San Francisco Service, — Contract with Mr. H. H. Hall ... £13,665 16 6 Contract with Messrs. Webb and Holladay ... ... .... 6,153 16 10 3,267 15 0 19,819 13 4 1,348 2 2 Service to Melbourne 38,613 3 8 PROVINCIAL CHARGES :— Vote No. 28,— Auckland, — Auckland, — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 £2,860 5 10 Shortland, — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 1,090 0 0 Country Postmasters, — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 880 6 0 Conveyance of Mails Rent, Auckland ... Gratuities, Contingencies, &c. 4,830 11 10 3,425 6 9 55 15 2 787 17 11 9,099 11 8 Vote No. 29,— Taeanaki, — New Plymouth, — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 £315 0 0 Country Postmasters, — Salaries, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 19 15 6 334 15 6 Carried forward 22,427 6 3 334 15 6 51,310 13 1