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1893. NEW ZEALAND.

LIEUT.-COLONEL FOX (RETURN OF PARTICULARS AS TO ENGAGEMENT OF, COST OF REPORT BY, ETC.).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated sth July, 1893. Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing—(l) The length of time Lieut.-Colonel Fox was in the service of the colony before he completed his report on the defences ; (2) the amount of his salary, travelling-expenses, and allowances during that time ; (3) what the report mentioned has cost the colony to have produced ; (4) the terms of any agreement that has been entered into with Lieut.-Colonel Fox."—(Mr. Palmeb.)

Bettjen showing Paeticulabs as to Engagement of Colonel Fox. Arrived in colony: 3rd May, 1892. Travelling-expenses : £318 12s. Bd. Date of completion of report: 12th June, 1893. House allowance : £111 13s. 4d. Service : 1 year 2 months 12 days. Cost of report: £87 10s. Amount of salary, &c. : £781 13s. 4d. Terms of agreement: Salary, £700 per annum ; quarters, £100 per annum; £1 per diem when travelling; engagement, five years from Ist January, 1892. E. J. Seddon, Defence Office, Wellington, 14th July, 1893. Minister of Defence. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,250 copies), 14s.

By Authority: Samuel Costam,, Government Printer, Wellington.—lS93.

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