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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 189 8-9 9

Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4,864 2 3 3LASS IX.—MINISTER OF MINES— continued. Vote No. 58.—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 3 —Schools of Mines, — Salaries Travelling-expenses Subsiaies, — Coromanael Miller's Flat.. Otago Thames Waihi Westport 129 0 0 109 13 0 553 6 2 150 0 0 331 2 2 50 0 0 61 6 8 3 16 Aavertising Scholarships Contingencies 1,323 1 4 7 10 4 50 0 0 5 15 4 Item 4—Expenses of Board of Examiners for mine-managers' certificates Item 5 —Cyanide patent—Law oosts Item 6—Mining exhibits, Auckland Industrial Exhibition — Subsidy for fitting up Mining Court Item 7—Field surveys and expenses, geological surveys and explorations,— Travelling allowances and expenses Instruments Sundries 1,450 15 2 200 16 11 27 10 0 250 0 0 307 14 6 3 5 0 20 3 5 331 2 11 Item 8—Cost of collecting goldfields revenue — Advertising, bailiffs' fees, &o. Item 9—Refund of deposits made by applicants for special claims at the Thames .. Item 10—Refund to the Kauri Timber Company, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent., of amount paid for purchase on 1st September, 1888, of the lease of the Kuaotunu No. 3 Block, Coromandel Distriot Item 11—Refund of amount overpaid as rent on Guiding Star Special Claim, at the Thames Item 12 —Rebate of duty on cyanide of sodium imported for mining purposes only Item 13—Special exhibit of the thermal springs at the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition—subsidy, £1 for £1 Item 14—Contingencies, ana Mining Inspectors' travellingexpenses,— Advertising and printing Cleaning offices, fuel, &o. Clerical assistance, wages, &c Freight and cartage Inspection fees and reports Instruments Law-costs Miscellaneous Payment for extinguishing fire in coal-seam at Reefton Rent of offices Stationery, books, &c .. Subscriptions to newspapers Subscription to Telephone Exchange Timber for show-cases, exhibits, &c Tracings for plans Travelling-expenses 59 8 6 4 1 10 277 10 0 3 0 0 87 18 0 37 13 2 79 2 7 46 4 10 100 0 0 37 0 0 49 18 1 26 7 9 12 0 0 32 10 8 15 13 0 1,552 10 9 199 7 4 107 18 3 1,125 0 0 21 0 0 60 0 0 2,420 19 2 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 58 £11,058 12 0 CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 67 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 .. Item 2—Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his widow, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 3 —Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi, 1st January, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 4—Pensions to recipients of New Zealand Cross Item 5—Special allowance to ex-Constable Packer, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 6—Special allowance to ex-Constable Miles Leighton, 23rd March, 1898, to 22nd March, 1899 • 46 0 0 45 0 0 12 10 0 170 0 0 39 10 10 30 0 0 Carried forward 343 0 10