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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1891-92.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 12,613 13 5 Brought forward CLASS IL—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued. Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 11—Cost of work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 12—Grant in aid to the Royal Humane Society of Australasia Item 13—Expenses of West Coast Commission Fire Brigades Annual Demonstration, — Item 14—Grant-in-aid Item 15 —Railway-passes 100 0 0 250 0 0 514 8 5 764 8 5 Item 16—Compassionate allowance to M. Corliss, late keeper, quarantine-station, Wellington Item 17 —Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Hervey Islands Item 18—Expenses in connection with the Residency at Rarotonga Item 19—Expenses of the Federation Convention at Sydney .. Item 20—Cost of printing Proceedings of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Item 21—Mr. Tregear's Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Item 22—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late J. C. Brown, M.H.R. Item 23 —World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago .. Item 24—Expenses connected with Bureau of Industries Item 25—Bonus to encourage manufacture of iron Item 26 —Bonus to encourage manufacture of salt Compassionate allowances, — Item 27—Mrs. Calcott, mother of the late W. C. Calcott, Public Works Department Item 28—J. McMenamin, labourer, Wellington Item 29 —J. Leonard, labourer, Dunedin Item 30—J. Loader, horsedriver, Lyttelton Item 31—L. Monk, blacksmith, Westport Item 32—W. Page, ganger, Wellington Item 33—W. Bennett, labourer, Lyttelton Item 34- -T. Paterson, carter, Invercargill Item 35 —Widow of W. Bailey, storeman, Lyttelton Item 36 —Widow of W. Scott, shunter, Dunedin 25 0 0 147 11 7 402 4 5 600 7 11 200 0 0 120 15 0 250 0 0 56 0 2 1,857 0 1 275 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 £18,487 1 0 CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER:— Vote 18—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Expenses attending the annual drawings of debentures issued under " The Consolidated Loan Act, 1867," — Crown Agents' commission, at J per cent., on redemption of £54,500 Consols .. Notarial charges Advertising and printing 272 10 0 13 13 0 22 5 6 308 8 6 Item 2—Exchange and commission,— Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by post and telegraph in the colony Commission on payment of interest, — Bank of New Zealand Union Bank of Australia Crown Agents 34 3 7 23 6 2 296 19 3 3,398 2 9 Commission on money-orders Exchange on drafts, — On London On Ceylon On New Zealand On Australia.. 354 9 0 4 6 6 0 3 6 0 4 7 7 8 6 5 12 7 13 9 2 3,588 5 2 Less amount received from Public Trust and Government Insurance Departments 3,770 7 5 182 2 3 Item 3—Refund to Trustees for benefit of husband of Jane Ramsay, a lunatic Item 4 —Fee to Sir P. G. Julyan, as Financial Adviser to the Government, from the 5th February, 1891, to the 4th February, 1892 Item 5—Stamp duty and discount on drafts remitted from the colony to replenish the New Zealand Public Account 400 0 0 7,204 9 5 Carried forward 11,501 3 1