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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1906-1907.

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

Brought forward £ s. d. £ e. d. £ s. d. 32,541 5 5 CLASS XX.—DEPARTMENT OP LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. Vote No. 67—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 143 —Uruti Domain improvement Item 144—Value of plantation taken out of Section 2, Block IX, Hawera Item 145—Value of improvements on small grazing-run, Seotions 15 to 19, Block V, &c, Mount Hyde, on expiry of license (in terms of clause 214 of " The Land Act, 1885 ") .. Item 146—Waikino Domain Board, improvement (£1 for £1).. Item 147 —Waiwera Domain, clearing, &c. Item 148 —Wanganui River (improvement) .. .. ... Item 149 —Water-supply reticulation to workers' dwellings at Ellerslie Item 150—West Tareri Cemetery, grant towards improvement Item 151—Wliangamomona Medical Sooiety, grant'for services of registered nurse (doctor not procurable) Item 152 —Wharenui Hamlet drains .. .. 156 8 10 2,250 0 0 ltiO 2 0 10 0 0 '.'. 3 10 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 67 .. £35,120 18 3 CLASS XXI.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE :— Vote No. 69 —Miscellaneous Services:— Hem 1—Advertising, printing, Ac. Item 2 —Amount payable to George Logan, Onewhero, in respect to cheque for compensation which went astray ItemS —Bicycles and repairs Item 4—Bonuses or advances to assist fruit-canning factories Item 5—Bonus for best means of destroying small birds Item 6—Bonus for discovery of mineral phosphates Item 7—Clerical assistance .. .. .. .. Item 8—Collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics — Collection and compilation of statistics Salaries (statistical clerks) Travelling-expenses Sundries :: 278 19 5 1 10 0 222 16 3 461 4 4 3,582 3 8 198 10 0 45 9 0 10 14 1 278 19 5 1 10 0 222 16 3 461 4 4 3,582 3 8 198 10 0 45 9 0 10 14 1 3,836 16 9 Item 9—Compassionate allowance to Catherine Munro, wife of Alexander Munro, late Rabbit Agent, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin Item 10—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Carewell Item 11—Compensation for loss through anthrax Item 12—Contribution towards printing report of Conference of National Dairy Association, Falmerston North Dairy industry— Item 13—Contribution towards cool-etorage for dairy-produce Item 14—Grading of dairy-produce— Butter-cloth Freight and cartage Glazing and frosting Offioe requisites Office furniture Salaries of Produce Graders Stencils and rubber stamps Sundries Travelling and removal expenses Typewriter repairs and requisites Wages and labour Weighing-scales 19 5 2 11 9 0 6 3 0 10 9 6 10 3 7 556 13 9 106 2 6 1 19 8 293 16 11 2 4 6 231 3 4 36 12 6 a,»ao it> a 50 0 0 25 0 0 9 8 9 20 0 0 107 18 0 19 5 2 11 9 0 6 3 0 10 9 6 10 3 7 556 13 9 106 2 6 1 19 8 293 16 11 2 4 6 231 3 4 36 12 6 I i asfi a s 50 0 0 25 0 0 9 8 9 20 0 0 107 18 0 1,296 3 5 Item 15—Purchase of dairy requisites and produce for experiments Item 16—Subsidy to National Dairy Association Item 17 —Establishment of dairy schools Destruction of rabbits on Crown lands: Contracts, labour, natural enemies, &c. — Item 18—Auckland District Item 19—Napier District Item 20—Wellington - West Coast Distriot Item 21—Marlborongh - Nelson - Westland District Item 22—Canterbury - Kaikoura District Item 23—Otago Distriot 3,008 19 1 1 11 9 568 10 10 65 17 10 441 16 1 2,837 15 6 1,286 3 5 167 2 11 200 0 0 3,908 19 1 1 11 <J 568 10 10 65 17 10 441 16 1 2,837 15 6 167 2 11 200 0 0 7,824 11 1 7,824 11 1 Experimental and stud and fruit farms : Working-expenses, ' buildings, purchase of stock, and entertainment of visitors — Item 24—Biokerstaffe Item 25—Weraroa Item 26—Momahaki Carried forward I i< 2,655 16 10 4,036 9 7 3,653 10 0 2,655 16 10 4,036 9 7 3,653 10 0 0,345 16 5 14,491 10 11 10,345 16 5 14,491 10 11