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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1892.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1891-92.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Consolidated Fund. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Ordinary Revenue Account :— Legislative Departments: — Cost of electric lamps, Parliamentary Buildings 61 18 11 Colonial Secretary's Department: — Honorarium to members of Representation Commission appointed under " The Representation Act, 1887," — E. Dobson .. .. .. £150 0 0 J. Hislop .. .. .. 150 0 0 T. M. Haultain .. .. 150 0 0 Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of " The Factories Act, 1891," — Salaries .. .. .. £139 2 2 Advertising .. .. .. 31 0 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. 5 5 0 450 0 0 175 7 9 Treasury Department: — Refund of amounts in under-mentioned estates claimed by next-of-kin, after lapse of ten years,— T. Kelly R. M. Palmer James Walker 625 7 9 3 0 11 22 8 7 521 15 5 547 4 11 Justice Department: — Salary of G. W. Prictor, Warder, Wellington Gaol, for month of April, on retirement Postal and Telegraph Department: — Gratuity to widow of W. F. Kruse, accidentally killed by telegraph-wire .. .. .. Working Railways Department: — Cash burned in fire at Sefton Railway-station, being receipts on account of property-tax Stock Department: — Refund of Customs duty on rabbit-fence-making machinery 15 0 0 100 0 0 7 15 3 69 4 0 Defence Department: — Compensation for loss of office, — C. Browning, Magazine-keeper, Lyttelton £103 1 9 J. Bezar, Drill-instructor, Masterton .. 249 6 8 J. Hyde, Drill-instructor, Wellington .. 169 9 9 H. McQuarters, Torpedo Corps, Auckland 36 6 0 558 4 2 8 0 0 Expenses of printing the New Zealand Army List Compassionate-allowance to A. Willis, widow of the late Constable Willis, Dunedin Further compensation for loss of office granted to C. T. Browne, Chief Detective 164 5 0 75 1 6 805 10 8 Land Fund Account :— Lands and Survey Department: — Payments in lieu of remission certificates under "The Naval and Military Settlers' Land Act, 1891" 2,231 16 6 2,315 0 0 Accounts of Local Bodies:— Advances Account: — Waitaki County,— Compensation for loss sustained or damage done in connection with the Proclamation of the Marewhenua River as a sludge-channel for deposit of tailings under " The Mining Act, 1886 " .. Less amount recovered 1,610 0 0 210 2 0 1,399 18 0 Total for services not provided for .. 5,946 14 6 Carried forward 5,946 14 6