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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1906-1907.

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

CLASS XIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT.— Vote No. 43.—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advertising and subscriptions to newspapers Item 2—Representation of Department at New Zealand International Exhibition — Erecting laboratory .. . Mines Court » model colliery model screening-plant Specimens Rent of space Wages and labour Timber Travelling expenses .. Freight and cartage Ironmongery Furniture, tools, and other supplies t s. d. £ s. d. 366 10 0 143 6 6 58 3 2 57 17 6 505 8 2 202 8 0 292 12 0 218 13 0 135 3 6 147 9 9 58 16 4 426 8 10 £ s. d. 211 5 4 2,612 16 9 Item 3 —Expenses of Board of Examiners for mine-managers' certificates — Advertising Examiner's fees for mine-managers' certificates and dredgemasters .. *.. .. .. Setting examination papers Sundries Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. 82 11 11 43 4 10 100 16 0 4 12 11 89 13 2 Item 4—Expert and temporary clerical assistance Item 5 —Compensation to Mitchell and Teague, loss sustained through water-tailings, Government water-race Item 6—Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Item 7—Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department and Government Printer Item 8—Editing, printing, and publishing a new edition of " Mining and Engineering " Item 9—Essays on mining Item 10—Grants to libraries in mining townships Item 11 —Inspecting timber areas Item 12—Legal expenses Item 13 —Mail service, Cromarty (half cost) Maintenance and management of water-raoes, — Item 14—Waimea-Kumara— Candles, coal, kerosene Cartage Compensation for damage to land through the overflow of the Waimea-Kumara water-race Contract cutting race Erection of fence Ironmongery Legal charges Making cradle Purchase of three huts Repairs to dam .. .. .. • .. Salaries and wages Subsidy No. 3 Channel deviation contract, Shannon and Murdoch Sundries Tent Timber Travelling-expenses 320 18 10 319 6 10 200 0 0 9 8 0 1,280 16 4 105 0 0 98 10 8 40 0 0 4 10 93 9 7 131 5 0 21 19 0 39 13 6 30 0 0 5 10 7 10 0 24 10 2 3 3 0 1 7 6 10 0 0 8 3 8 2,147 3 9 350 0 0 13 18 0 2 5 6 111 16 1 61 10 9 2,838 1 11 Item 15—Alexandra— Advertising Building hut Cartage Ironmongery Packing yarn and rings .. .. .. ., Shifting shed Tent Timber Travelling-expenses Wages 0 16 6 22 10 0 27 18 9 2 15 11 4 7 0 1 10 0 1 16 0 4 2 10 25 19 10 635 5 0 727 1 10 Item 16—Mount Ida — Barometer Cartage Coal Flanged pipes Level, compass, &o. Rent of office Salaries and wages Sundries .. .. . ■ Timber Travelling expenses 2 5 0 3 18 0 5 5 0 31 8 6 15 17 6 26 0 0 1,799 2 10 2 13 0 21 4 5 35 18 6 1,943 12 9 Carried forward 10,935 14 10