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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1906-1907.

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

Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 14,006 3 8 CLASS XVIII.—MINISTER OP MARINE- continued. Vote No. 64 —Miscellaneous Services —continued. Item 47 —Contingencies— Advertising Cement, Stoney Point Beacon Charts for Marine Report Cleaning, washing, &o. Coroner's fees, Shipping and Seamen Act Expenses re derelict schooner " Ronga " .. Extra clerical assistance, Head Office, &c. Freight and oartage Labour, repairing coastal buoys Lithographing certificates Office requisites Postage Preparing report on deckloads and freeboard of seo» e Rent of offices Salaries of Inspectors and Examiners of Load-lines Salary, light attendant, Tongaporutu Hire of steamers searching for distressed seamen Sundries Taking meteorological observations at Hokitika Telephone subscriptions Towing Milford Sound buoy to place of safety Travelling-expenses of officers of the Department Typewriter, repairs, and stationery Witnesses' fees and expenses on inquiries 21 3 3 4 10 6 15 10 6 20 6 6 2 0 4 4 15 0 139 17 0 7 3 6 11 2 0 86 10 0 4 4 3 2 5 8 10 0 0 72 9 4 87 10 0 5 0 0 19 0 0 23 6 11 10 0 60 0 0 10 0 68 14 4 31 11 8 4 6 6 648 7 3 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 64 £14,654 10 11 CLASS XX.—DEPARTMENT OP LANDS AND SURVEY :— Vote No. 67—Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1 -Apiti Domain improvement (subsidy, £1 for £1) Item 2—Arrears of rates due by Crown tenants (Section 124, " Land Act, 1892 ") Item 3 — Baok-peggirig sections in Wellington District Item 4—Board of Examiners of Surveyors— Contribution towards funds of Board Item 5 —Caretaker, and expenses in connection with preservation of soenery, Ship Cove Reserve Item 6—Cave Domain : Fencing, &c. Item 7 —Claims under Naval and Military Settlers Act— W. H. Clarke J. Mclnnes W. Lodder 200 0 0 10 8 4 30 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 64 0 0 Item 8 —Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, medical and other attendance during illness, and contingent expenses in conneotion with same— Compensation Medioal fees Travelling-expenses 234 17 1 163 4 1 62 7 0 9 6 0 Item 9 —Compensation to John Cheyne for non-use of road shown on his title in error, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee Item 10—Compensation for land : J. Nodder Item 11—Compensation for road taken to give access to sections on Waitahaia Blook Item 12—Compensation to Native owners for Section 33, Te Araroa Native Township, now a recreation reserve Item 13—Compensation to J. Frear to recoup costs in defending action for trespass on a surveyed road Item 14 —Compensation to W. Berry for shortage of area in 8eotion 2, Block IV, Pirongia Item 15 — Compensation to Major te Wheoro for short area in land Item 16—Compensation for improvements and leasehold interest in Section 157, Matata, required for road access to lianawatu Block Item 17 —Compensation for part road formed through S.G.R. 41, Hangaroa, by the licensee, and taken by proclamation for public road Item 18 —Compensation to A. Ormsby for fencing road taken through Waiwhakaata Block Item 19 —Contribution towards establishing a comparateur for surveyors' five-chain bands for use by the various Survey Departments in the British Empire 75 0 0 20 0 0 37 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 1,011 5 5