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

50

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1901-1902.

£ s. d. a s. a. £ s. a. 2,755 16 3 Brought forward CLASS XI.—MINISTER OP MINES— continued. Vote No. 63.—Miscellaneous Sebvices — continued. Item 8 —Expenses, Royal Commission on Rivers, — Advertising Buggy-hire, &o. Board, Seoretary Pees, &c, Secretary Pees, &c, Chairman Passages Sundries Travelling-expenses 9 0 3 130 2 0 37 17 0 159 12 4 490 5 1 4 5 0 12 6 270 15 0 Item 9—Extinguishing fire, Cardiff Coal-mine Item 10—Field surveys and expenses, geological surveys and explorations Item 11 —Inspection of timber areas Item 12—Legal expenses Maintenance and management of water-raoes, — Item 13—Waimea-Kumara Item 14—Mount Ida .. 1,102 19 2 33 11 8 236 12 2 63 7 0 151 7 8 3,023 16 2 1,513 19 3 4,537 15 5 34 0 0 4 4 0 322 15 5 17 19 6 « Item 15—Office-rents Item 16 —Petrological examinations in London Item 17—Refunds of rent, section 127, " Mining Act, 1898 " .. Item 18 —Reports on aocidents Item 19 —Schools of Mines, — Salaries Subsidies, — Coromandel .. Karangahake Otago University Reefton Thames Waihi Westport 236 1 9 214 18 6 500 0 0 130 18 6 198 15 0 334 18 6 40 0 0 50 18 4 Chemicals, &o. Examination fees Scholarships 63 5 1 18 18 0 49 0 0 1,655 12 3 131 3 1 Item 20—School of Mines, Otago University Item 21—Subscriptions to newspapers, and advertising Item 22—Travelling allowance and expenses Item 23 —Contingencies, — Allowanoe Binding books .. .. .. Books and stationery Compasses, &c. Drugs, &c. Freight Foreign postage Ironsand, refund of expenditure Models Photographs, Mines Record Repairs to typewriter Preparation of plans Subscription, Post and Telegraph Sundries Travelling-expenses 12 14 0 2 11 0 34 2 11 9 9 0 18 3 4 9 14 5 10 11 6 8 0 0 2 17 6 10 2 6 17 6 2 14 0 29 0 0 36 16 7 9 7 8 1,837 13 8 250 0 0 63 0 6 1,705 9 7 197 11 11 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 63 £13,314 3 11 CLASS XII.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE :— Vote No. 65—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Allowance for special services Item 2—Expenses, inspection of fruit Item 3—Collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics Item 4—Compassionate allowance, widow of late G. J. Hull, Inspector of Stock Item 5—Compassionate allowance to widow of late F. Marshal Item 6—Compassionate allowance to parents of the late H. T. Burton, rabbit agent Item 7—Compensation for loss of cattle by anthrax Item 8—Cool storage for dairy produce : Freezing and storing Item 9—Costs incurred in Great Britain: Prosecution for selling River Plate mutton as New Zealand 500 0 0 65 0 0 3,878 8 7 250 0 0 7 16 0 22 10 0 20 0 0 6,432 9 0 168 1 8 Carried forward 11,344 5 3