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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1876-77. STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE—continued.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,183 15 3 Brought forward FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED VOW—continued. Recoverable, — Public Works Account, — Public Buildings, Blenheim, — Bayments on account of Contract Clerk of Works, Salary, 5th March to 30th June ... Advertising ... 1,180 17 3 102 0 0 35 0 2 1,317 17 5 Provincial Liabilities Account, — Taranaki, — Gravelling Mountain Road Wellington,— Expenditure repairing breach, South Spit, Wanganui River... Nelson, — Grant to County of Collingwood for Road Works, West Wanganui Gold Field Canterbury,— First Bayment, Extension of intermediate Wharf, Lyttelton Harbour ... ... £1,286 0 0 Expenses re Timaru Lighthouse ... 2 3 9 Compensation to Officers of Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works ... ... 398 15 11 712 2 6 1,547 13 7 500 0 0 1,686 19 8 County of Manawatn, — Repairs, Foxton Gorge Bridge County of Wairarapa West, — Advertising Tenders for Erection of Waipaoa Bridge Land Fund, — Preliminary Surrey of New Plymouth Harbour Grants to Counties and Road and River Boards 4,446 15 9 22 0 0 8 8 0 677 13 11 1,175 7 5 1,853 1 4 Trust Fund, — Amount advanced to pay cost of Elections, &c, under " Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Act, 1876" ... 100 0 0 Recovered, — Taranaki, — Grant in aid of Revenue 7,748 2 6 5,000 0 0 Total for Services not provided for ... 17,931 17 9 FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF APPROPRIATIONS :— Liabilities of 1875-76 1,074 11 1 Financial Year 1876-77,— Class II. —Law and Justice,— Vote No. 20—Contingencies ... ... £688 0 3 „ 24—Land Transfer Department ... 141 14 7 „ 25 —Deeds Registry Department... 371 1 2 Class VI. —Native, — Vote No. 34—Salaries and Contingencies ... £92 16 6 „ 35—Native Schools ... ... 2,838 4 9 „ 38 —Wairarapa 5 per cent. Land Purchase Account ... 13 3 3 1,200 16 0 Class VII. —Militia and Volunteers, Armed Constabulary, and Contingent Defence, — Vote No. 39 —Militia and Volunteers 2,944 4 6 2,790 9 2 8,028 8 6 Class VIII.—Public Domains and Buildings,— Vote No. 44—Office of Colonial Architect ... 18 7 9 Total foe Services in excess of Appropriations... 6,953 17 5 Total Unauthorized Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund £25,960 6 3