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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1885-86.

CLASS VII.—COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS:— Vote No. 41—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Collection of Native Land Duties under section 142 of " The Stamp Act, 1832,"— Commission Law costs and stamps Travelling allowance Railway fares £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. 133 15 0 02 19 10 207 0 0 8 0 9 Item 2—Contingencies, " The Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1860," and " The Building Societies Act, 1876 " 470 15 7 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 41 £470 15 7 CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION :— Vote No. 48—Miscellaneous Services: — Item 1 —Subsidies to public libraries, including liabilities .. 3,952 0 9 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 48 £3,952 0 9 CLASS IX.—MINISTER OF NATIVE AFFAIRS :— Vote No. 51 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Chairmen of District Committees under " The Native Committees Act, 1S83 " .. Item 2—Payment to late Mr. J. Sheehan's executors, to cover balance of his official accounts at the Bank at Napier, in terms of arbitration award of the 12th August, 18S5 487 10 0 277 6 1 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 51 £764 16 1 CLASS X.—MINISTER OF MINES :— Vote No. 53—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Assistance towards prospecting by the purchase of diamond drills, upon a subscription of one-third or more being contributed for their use Item 2—Local Museum of Specimens Item 3—Rewards for discovery of new goldfields Maintenance and management of water-races, — Item 4—Nelson Creek Item 5 — Waimea-Kumara Item 0—Maintenance and raising sluice, Kumara Sludgechannel Item 7 —Argylc-Charleston 45* 5 11 1,022 18 10 2,440 10 4 6,424 1 9 417 IS 0 10,305 14 11 300 0 0 349 18 0 Item 8—Mount Ida Water-race Item 9—Rent of Tokatea Block to 23rd December, 1885 .. Item 10—To defray cost of lectures by Professor Black and others in the principal mining centres— Payment to Professor Black for delivering a course of lectures Travelling expenses Salaries Advertising Teaching assaying Rent of hall Chemicals, etc Contingencies 415 19 10 156 12 7 258 5 G 15 12 0 30 0 0 32 15 0 342 12 3 9 12 5 Item 11—Subsidy of £1 for £1 on moneys subscribed for prospecting for gold at deep levels— Queen of Beauty Gold-mining Company Red Hill Gold-mining Company Caledonian Low Level Gold-mining Company Little Boatman's Low Level Tunnel Company Cromwell Prospecting Association Cardrona Prospecting Association 1,201 9 7 75 0 0 300 0 0 75 0 0 123 1 3 127 2 6 23 2 6 Item 12—Refund of deposit for survey of agricultural lease, Queenstown, W. S. Trotter Item 13 —Refund of deposit on contract 11-1 and 11-2, Mikonui Water-race, J. Heron Item 14—Compensation to Messrs. Laidlaw and Crawford for freehold, Spottis Creek Item 15 —Subsidy towards purchase of J. Costello's leasehold, Totara River, of £2 for every £1 contributed by the County of Buller, not exceeding £500 Item 10—Purchase of S. Inder's interest in Sections 8 and 10, Block III., Blackstone, claimed by W. Agnew Item 17—Expenses of Commission, Block XXVII., Thames Item 18—Bonus, La Monte's gold-saving process Item 19 —Kumara Water-race, altering tunnel « .. 723 6 3 27 0 0 20 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 lof 5 4 7713 0 Carried forwara 14,017 13 0