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STATEMENT in DETAIL of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1890.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1889-90.

£ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY:— Vote No. 15 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1 —General Contingencies,— Salaries, &c, — Hall-keeper, Nelson, 1 April, 1889, to 31 March, 1890 .. Allowance to Chief Messenger, Wellington, in addition to salary, from 1 April, 1889, to 31 March, 1890 Extra Messengers Extra Clerical Assistance 10 0 0 18 0 0 772 17 0 125 4 0 Travelling Expenses of Ministers and Officers on Public Service, — Ministers Officers of the Colonial Secretary's Department.. 926 1 0 Fuel and light Subscriptions to newspapers Advertising Expenses of Assessment Courts Freight and cartage Cleaning office.. Overtime, copying, &c. Telegrams outside the colony Travelling and other expenses in connection with Midland Railway Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, — Salaries and wages Travelling expenses Exhibits Fittings and furniture Freight, cartage, and insurance Advertising and newspapers Timber, packing cases, &c. Books and stationery Telegrams and postages Contingencies 1,500 2 6 494 16 9 1,994 19 3 478 1 11 118 4 6 27 0 0 105 18 9 272 16 2 715 9 7 25 8 3 1,098 11 1 47 6 4 263 8 1 49 16 9 10 1 4 G 0 4 230 6 5 20 8 3 33 17 10 14 16 6 1 11 3 2 15 2 Expenses and purchase of weights and measures Expenses in connection with the reception of His Excellency the Earl of Onslow Amount of official postages on books, &c, received from England Shipping charges, &c, on mail-boxes English publications, books, &c. Expenses of Government House Sanitary Inquiry.. Expenses of Onslow Borough Inquiry Rewards for arrest of deserters from Her Majesty's Navy .. Additional pay to messengers during session Cost of overcoats for messengers Preparation of the History of the Treaty of Waitangi Miscellaneous 633 1 11 123 13 10 58 12 6 262 1 4 53 5 5 138 5 6 90 0 0 32 18 0 50 0 0 104 12 0 28 19 0 20 0 0 86 18 7 Item 2—Rent of Government Offices, — Hospital Reserve, 1 year to 31st July, 1889 7,492 4 11 200 0 0 Item 3—Public Health Act,— Salaries Vaccination fees Registration fees Inspection of ships Contingencies .. ,. 167 5 8 1,177 5 4 489 12 6 296 2 0 160 1 8 Item 4—Fine Arts Copyright Act, — Fees, &c. Pensions granted by late Provincial Government, — Wellington,— Item 5—T. George, late turnkey, Wellington Gaol, 1 April, 1889, to 31 March, 1890 Nelson, — Item 6—Continuation to the Misses Robinson of pension granted to M. Robinson, widow of the late Superintendent, 1 January, 1889, to 31 December, 1889 Canterbury,— Item 7—T. Cass, late Chief Surveyor, 1 April, 1889, to 31 March, 1890 2,290 7 2 8 13 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 Otago,— Item 8 —J. Outram, late Sergeant, Dunedin Gaol, 1 April, 1889, to 31 March, 1890 .. .. 188 0 0 738 0 0 Carried forward 10,729 5 1