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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1902-1903.

CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION :— Vote No. 58.—Education, Miscellaneous :— Item 1—Commission of Inquiry into Management of Jubilee Institute for Blind, Auckland Item 2—Flags for public schools Item 3—Grants in aid of libraries Item 4—Milne seismograph, No. 20 (Wellington), maintenance and buildings Item 5—" Sir G. Grey " scholarships, one to each university college (science) Item 6—Subsidies to public libraries, on basis of voluntary contributions Item 7—Victoria College — Continuance of lapsed Queen's Scholarships £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 10 0 201 5 2 350 0 0 18 0 6 100 0 0 3,000 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 58 £3,669 15 8 CLASS XL—MINISTER OF MINES:— Vote No. 65. —Mines, Miscellaneous :— Item 1—Bonus for recovery of gold from auriferous black sand Item 2—Chemicals & general expenses of colonial laboratories, &c .. Item 3—Clerical assistance, wages, &c Item 4—Contribution, Thames High School Item 5—Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Item 6—Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 7 —Expenses of Board of Examiners for mine-managers' certificates Item 8—Field-surveys and expenses, geological surveys and explorations Item 9—Grant-in-aid, Coromandel Gold Jubilee Exhibition .. Item 10 —Grant-in-aid, Otago University Item 11—Grant to lessees for development of Mokihinui Coalmine Item 12—Inspecting timber areas Item 13 —Legal expenses Maintenance and management of water-races, — Item 14—Waimea-Kumara - .. Item 15—Mount Ida 107 5 5 436 3 6 1,000 0 0 14 15 0 336 16 10 112 5 2 19 10 10 25o' 0 0 42* 3 0 133 19 1 3,453 4 10 1,691 19 5 5,145 4 3 50 3 0 399 15 5 203 17 3 7 18 0 Item 16—Office-rents Item 17 —Petrological examinations in London Item 18—Refund of rents, seotion 127, " The Mining Act, 1898" Item 19—Reports on acoidents Item 20—Schools of Mines, — Salaries Subsidies, — Coromandel Karangahake Otago University Reefton Thames Waihi 92 0 0 229 11 6 169 19 0 500 0 0 152 8 0 550 0 0 303 5 0 Books, &c Chemicals, &c. Examination expenses Instruments Scholarships 1,905 3 6 20 0 0 6 4 0 66 0 0 36 0 0 158 6 8 Item 21—Subscriptions to newspapers, and advertising Item 22—Travelling allowance and expenses Item 23—Contingencies,— Dictionary Editing Scales, &c Parallel ruler Aneroid barometer Photographic plates, &c Shipping charges, &c. Cartage Binding Sundries Books, &c Timber Stamps Chair Sacks.. Typewriter Train fares .. .. .. Telephone subscription Fuel .. 2,283 14 2 56 1 0 1,688 16 3 3 3 0 38 19 0 0 14 6 4 2 6 2 7 6 2 15 0 6 7 8 1 13 3 3 5 0 8 18 1 7 18 0 5 4 0 14 11 3 1 17 6 3 11 10 25 12 6 1 11 6 36 0 0 18 3 170 0 4 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 65 £12,458 8 6 CLASS XII.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE :— Vote No. 67 —Agriculture, Miscellaneous :— Item 1—Advertising and printing Item 2—Bicycles and repairs Item 3—Collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics 191 15 5 162 13 6 3,730 13 1 Carried forward 4,085 2 0