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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1905-1906.

STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1906.

LASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETABY'S DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 13—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Aid to Acclimatisation Societies Item 2—Allowance for injuries received, Registrar of Electors, Patea Item 3 —Annuity to James Mackay, Ex-Warden, 1st April, 1905, to 31st January, 1906 .. .. .. Item 4—Art Galleries (subsidy £1 for £1) — Dunedin Wellington M s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 100 0 0 62 10 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 Item 5—Assistance to P. Foley to enable him to return to Ireland .. .. .. Item 6 — Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting at Dunedin, January, 1904 (including cos'. of printing transactions) Item 7—Battleship " New Zealand " Presentation Fund Committee —grant in lieu of authority to send telegrams and letters free of charge Item 8—Bonus to Taipo Explosives Syndicate Item 9—Bonus on acoount of manufacture of iron and steel from ironsand or ore Item 10—Captain Cook Memorial at Gisborne Item 11—Cleaning offices Item 12 —Clerical assistance and extra messengers Item 13 —Compassionate allowance to Amos Burr for services rendered, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 14—Compassionate allowance to Messenger Pennifold on retirement from Government service Item 15—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Murray, Auckland (husband accidentally killed at Penrose) Item 16 — Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Jessie Brown Item 17 — ContributioL to Brussels International Customs Bureau for publication of Customs tariffs.. Item 18—Contribution to Veterans' Home Fund (£1 for £1) .. Item 19 —Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 20—Acquiring land for roads under section 112 of " The Publio Works Act, 1894" Item 21—Revising and publishing " New Zealand Flora " Item 22—Passages of delegates attending the Labour Conference Item 23—Binding scientific publications in New Zealand Institute Library Item 24—Drafting Bills Item 25 —Expenses in connection with St. Louis Exposition— Exchange on drafts Freight and cartage Hire of deer heads Insurance Rent .. Bepairing pictures, &c. Rugs and blankets Silver plate for model of steamer Stationery and typing Travelling-expenses Sundries 18 0 0 375 0 0 25 0 0 1,93710 2 5,149 16 3 26 0 0 198 16 0 500 0 0 IT 6 6 500 0 0 26 15 7 5 15 3 272 19 6 6 10 0 1 13 9 30 15 2 28 7 7 49 6 1 4 19 0 17 16 6 188 0 7 6 16 10 302 10 0 Item 26—Expenses Boyal Commission on allegations made by Mr. F. M. B. Fisher, M.H.R.— Advertising Overtime paid Treasury officers Secretary, and reporting Sundries Travelling-expenses of witnesses Typing evidence 613 0 3 3 12 0 13 0 0 170 2 0 3 5 6 42 2 10 34 13 0 266 15 4 Item 27—Expenses under "The Fine Arts Copyright Aot, 1877": Fees retained by the Registrar .. Item 28—Expenses of Assessment Courts under "The Bating Act, 1894" Item 29—Fire-brigades attending annual conference (railwaypasses for) Item 30—Fire-brigades annual conference, Grant in aid of .. Item 31—Friendly Societies' Reserve, Dunedin, Rent of, 1st November, 1904, to 30th April, 1905 Item 32—For sums paid during the year 1904-5 to Alfred Andrews for services as temporary clerk, in excess of the limit fixed by " The Pensions Act, 1884 ".. Item 33—Gas and water for various Government buildings, &o. Item 34 —Grant to Atheneeum, Heriot Item 35 — Grant to Athenaeum, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island 32 1 8 183 2 8 400 0 0 12 10 0 27 IS 7 1,143 14 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 13,118 4 1