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Table E. STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND, for the FINANCIAL YEAR 1876-77.

FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR,— Legislative,— Cutlery, glassware, &c, for Bellamy's Legal services re Public Works Bill £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. 228 12 0 70 0 0 29S 12 0 Judicial, — Compensation to Warders, Dunedin Gaol, discharged on account of failing health 217 19 8 Postal, — Gratuity to Clerk in General' Post Office, ou retirement from the service ... 115 0 0 Telegraph,— Proportion payable by New Zealand of cost of charier of steamer for conveyance of telegraph mails during interruption of communication by Java Cable 720 15 0 Marine, — • Otago Graving Dock, — Interest on bonds to 1st May, 1877 ... £652 0 0 Salaries and wages ... ... 372 7 3 Coals ... ... „. 141 17 o Timber, tallow, &c. ... ... 65 10 0 1,231 14 9 Grahamstown Wharf, — Collector of Tolls, salary to 30th June, 1877 £30 0 0 Timber, &c. ... ... ... 9 8 8 39 8 8 Native, — Kaimai Gold Field, — Expenses of guides Advance to Natives on opening field for gold prospecting Food supplied to Natives Loan to Hone to One, to purchaso cutter " Echo " 1,271 3 5 8 15 0 100 0 0 8 7 2 100 O 0 217 2 2 Miscellaneous, — Interest on quarterly balances at credit of Wellington Reclaimed Land Act Account to 31st May, 1877 Defalcations of R. J. Debncy, lato clerk in Crown Lands Office, Auckland ... Advertising sittings of Assessment Courts, outlying districts Making rate lists, advertising boundaries and valuators ... Refund of fine for landing horses without certificate from port of shipment... Refund of estreated recognizance, Manager Union Bank of Australia, Gisborne Remuneration for acting as Cattlo Inspector, Nelson, one year, to 31st January, 1877 ... Clerk to Executive Officer, Wellington, salary, June quarter, 1877 ... Provincial Under Secretary, Otago, salary, May and June, 1877 ... Lithographer, work on Native Grasses, salary, April, 1877 Government Photographer, travelling expenses Expenses re flying survey of Clutha River 578 17 0 136 9 3 7 19 3 22 15 0 25 6 6 50 0 0 26 5 0 62 10 0 83 6 8 12 10 0 34 4 0 40 10 O 1,080 12 8 Subsidies to Counties and Road and River Boards, — County of Ashburton ... ... £412 18 1 County of Wairoa ... ... 271 6 2 684 4 3 Road Boards,— Ashburton ' ... ... ... £711 3 8 Greytown ... ... ... 87 2 10 Katikati ... ... ... 34 0 0 Kihikihi ... ... ... 22 13 3 Mount Somers ... ... ... 472 12 0 Norsewood ... ... ... 13 17 6 Okawa ... ... ... 103 15 6 Ormondvillc ... ... ... 97 10 O Raleigh (Town Board) ... ... 122 11 3 1,665 6 0 River Board, — Waiohine 88 7 6 Less chargeable to Land Fund ... 2,437 17 9 1,175 7 5 1,262 10 4 5,183 15 3 Carried forward 5,183 15 3