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

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1891-9 2.

£ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 11,501 3 1 CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER— continued. Vote 18—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 6—Amount advanced to provide for payment of New Plymouth Harbour Board coupons, due in London, 1st November, 1889 Item 7—Payment to Oamaru Harbour Board, being equivalent of wharfage dues collected and paid to Post Office in reduction of interest in arrear Item 8—Refund of amount paid to the Consolidated Fund in Estate of John Taylor Item 9—Contingencies,— Advertising and subscriptions to newspapers Advertising, carriage-hire, and wages of office-cleaner in connection with payment of Imperial pensions in Auckland .. Bonus to Treasury messenger Books, stationery, printing, &c. Extra clerical assistance Gratuity towards funeral-expenses of late C. Mitchell, cadet, Treasury Department.. .. .. ... Law-costs Postage- and revenue-stamps in London ... Preparation of returns Subscription to Telephone Exchange, 1 year to 31st December, 1892 Sundries Travelling-expenses of Private Secretary to the Colonial Treasurer 27 0 8 50 17 9 20 0 0 54 5 3 735 15 0 5,121 12 8 3 15 5 10 0 0 112 1 6 12 19 0 4 14 0 10 0 0 33 7 4 81 0 0 • 1,152 0 6 Total not expenditure, Vote No. 18 ;£17,778 11 8 CLASS IV.-MINISTER OF JUSTICE:— Vote No. 27 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Purchase of reports and treatises for Crown Law Office Item 2—Gratuity to widow of the late George Carruthers, Bailiff, Resident Magistrate's Court, Westport .. _ Item 3—Annual allowance to J. S. Hickson, late Resident Magistrate, Clyde Item 4—Gratuity to W. E. Shury, late Bailiff, Resident Magistrate's Court, Lawrence, on his services being dispensed with Item 5—Expenses connected with the case, Attorney-General v. W. B. Edwards Item 6—Expenses connected with the case, Yates v. Levin and Co., incurred through Clerk of Court neglecting to sign a summons Item 7—Defalcations of A. W. Croft, late Deputy Assignee at Gisborne Item 8—Compensation to Mrs. Janet McDonald for illegal sale of her land .. .. Item 9 —Contingencies 59 0 7 75 0 0 37 10 0 100 0 0 586 17 0 15 7 3 268 13 5 100 0 0 1,969 19 10 3,212 8 1 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 27 £3,212 8 1 CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH:— Vote No. 35—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Item 2—Extra labour and material for repairs Item 3 —Stationery, &c. Item 4—Allowance to Telegraph messengers Item 5 —Training cadets Item 6—Office expenses, contingencies, &c, — Advertising and printing Carriage of private bags.. Cleaning offices, removal of nightsoil, &c. Fees for telephone, money-order, and savings-bank work paid to non-permanent officers House and forage allowances Lighting and fuel Overtime, bonuses, &o. Parcel-post expenses .. .. .. ■ • • Poundage paid Sundry expenditure 188 8 8 182 12 5 1,492 16 11 3,854 11 4 12,331 13 4 7,214 16 4 228 0 0 3,571 17 2 512 5 9 886 6 8 2,153 17 3 2,032 10 0 1,011 1 6 1,240 19 0 Carried forward 13,272 15 10 23,629 1 0