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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1894.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1894-95.

Consolidated Fund. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. FOR SEEVIOES NOT PROVIDED FOR. irdinary Revenue Account :— Legislative Department: — Salary, extra clerk assisting in the preparation of the General Assembly Library Catalogue 38 10 0 Colonial Secretary's Department: — Travelling-allowance to Ministers .. £1,213 10 0 Less charged under " The Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1887 " 1,000 0 0 213 10 0 Grant in aid of relief of the shipwrecked passengers and crew of the s.s. " Wairarapa " 100 0 0 Colonial Treasurer's Department: — Industries and Commerce Department,— Timber shipped to London, and insurance on same .. Freight on same 313 10 0 534 15 3 368 15 3 903 10 6 Justice Department: — Purchase-money of Courthouse site, Section 296, South j Rakaia Township 75 0 0 Postal and Telegraph Department: — Compensation for loss of office paid to J. Bagge, late Postmaster at Masterton Less amount charged to " Civil Service Act, 1866 " 817 18 11 464 10 5 353 8 6 Customs Department: — Expenses in connection with the Royal Commission on the Tariff,— Salary of Secretary, to 28th Feb., 1895 £13 10 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. 104 12 0 Reporters .. .. .. 26 19 6 Advertising .. .. .. 26 6 11 Messenger .. .. .. 3 0 0 Compensation for clothing destroyed during quarantining of the s.s. " Rimutaka " .. 174 8 5 19 10 0 Education Department: — Salary of R. T. Curtis, Teacher, Native School, Wairau (1st to 11th April, 1895), granted leave of absence on retirement 193 18 5 1 10 6 Lunacy Department: — Grant to the Thames and Coromandel United Charitable Aid Board 100 0 0 Police Department: — Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Constable Leahy, Stratford Expenses in connection with the wreck of the s.s. " Wairarapa,"— Charter of steamer .. .. £114 0 0 Expenses incurred by the police at the scene of the wreck.. .. 99 1 4 Payments made to Maoris and others 63 16 0 155 2 6 276 17 4 Survey Department, — Roading and other expenses in connection with the Cheviot Estate, — Salaries .. .. .. .. Wages Road contracts, travelling-expenses, and sundries Timber Freight and cartage Contribution under " The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,"for the year ended 31st March, 1895 .. Value of land severed from the Mount Palm Estate by rabbit-proof fence 147 11 0 4,856 7 4 1,620 3 7 141 9 0 289 15 9 431 19 10 144 4 2 147 14 10 Less amount recovered from the Cheviot Estate Account 7,347 5 8 874 0 4 6,473 5 4 Advances outstanding 8,884 13 1 100 10 6 8,985 3 7 Total for services not provided for .. Carried forward 8,985 3 7