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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1906-1907.

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

a s a. £ a. d. 579 5 11 £ s. d. 24,237 9 5 Brought forward CLASS XIV.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT—cW. Vote No. 53 —Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 43—General Contingencies— continued. Compo-rolls Carriage of mails to Hie Exoellency the Governor when travelling Expenses of Coronation Contingent, liability Expenses of obtaining copies and translations of records of Marion de Fresne's visit to the Bay of Islands in 1772 Expenses of Registrar-General attending Statistical Conference at Melbourne Expenses of collecting forest specimens Freight and cartage Fuel and light Furniture for offioe House allowance to messenger at New Plymouth, 1st April, 1906, to 31st Maroh, 1907 .. .. " .. Mail-bags Maps Newspapers .. .. - Overcoats and uniforms for messengers For services rendered to New-Zealanders after earthquake at San Franoisoo— G. A. Hodson H. S. Smith 3 18 6 20 8 4 33 13 2 40 7 6 50 8 1 3 14 0 564 8 9 346 6 7 27 10 0 48 0 0 3 12 0 10 0 0 151 6 7 160 5 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 125 0 0 Payment to estate of A. Pennifold, late messenger, of funeral expenses, &c. Payment to messengers for work, practising with fireapparatus Postages Photographs Rewards for arrest of deserters Stationery Searching English newspapers and cutting clippings in regard to colony Seals .. Sessional allowance to private secretary to Minister in charge of Cook Islands administration Sessional allowances to messengers in attendance on Ministers during session Towels, &c. Telephone subscriptions, removals, repairs, &c. Travelling-allowances of Ministers Travelling-expenses of Ministers Travelling-allowances and expenses of officers of Colonial Secretary's Department Travelling-bags Typing historical records of New Zealand, &c. Typewriters and requisites Washing towels Waimarama Land Commission, Expenses of interpreting, &o. .. Weights and measures, Inspection of Sundries 18 4 6 18 3 4 7 9 3 6 14 1 35 0 0 11 18 6 69 7 2 5 12 6 25 0 0 174 0 0 31 16 6 272 16 1 1,334 5 0 1,243 5 3 200 4 3 16 14 6 27 19 10 95 19 9 51 2 0 5 17 5 91 14 8 32 14 9 Item 44—Gratuity to Captain Jackson Barry, £1 per week Item 45—Payment to Government Life Insurance Department for actuarial services rendered .. ... Item 46—Imperial Institute expenses, oleaning, lighting, &c.. Item 47—" Manual of New Zealand Mollusca " Item 48 —National memorial to the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon (£1 for £1 subsidy, up to £15,000) Item 49—New Zealand International Exhibition— Grant for expenses Less amount repaid 5,944 3 9 8 0 0 200 0 0 134 11 8 100 0 0 64,500 0 0 15,000 0 0 49,500 0 0 Amount paid for insurance Deposit from Exhibition Account 3,801 0 6 4,000 0 0 198 19 6 49,301 0 6 Item 50 —Pacific cable : New Zealand's portion of estimated deficiency .. Item 51—Payment to Router's Telegram Company for special telegrams Item 52—Pension of late Provincial Government, Nelson : Mrs. Robinson's two daughters, 1st April, 1906, to 31st March, 1907 Item 53—Postage and telegrams for three months ending 31st March, 1907 .. .... Item 51—Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, Grant in aid of .. 8,061 15 9 12 16 0 100 0 0 30 17 10 150 0 0 Carried forward 88,280 14 11