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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1907-1908.

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

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£ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. CLASS XII.—MINISTER OF JUSTICE :— Vote No. 38 —Miscellaneous Services :—. Item 1—Aavertising, purchase of books, &c Item 2—Gratuity to J. McDonald, crier and messenger, Hokitika, on retirement .. .... Item 3 —Expenses of winding up companies under " Companies Act, 1891" Item 4—Expenses of Meikle Commission — Law-costs Witnesses'expenses Cables, telegrams, &c. .. Travelling-expenses 95 15 10 200 0 0 486 0 0 154 2 4 9 7 9 25 11 6 675 1 7 Item 5—Expenses under Shorthand Reporters Act— Salary of S. Spragg, 1st April, 1907, to 31st March, 1908 .. Item 6 —Expenses under Habitual Drunkards Act— Maintenance of inmates of retreats .. ■ Travelling-expenses Item 7—Expenses incurred by Sheriff in connection with the execution of a writ of possession in Waiohau No. 1b Block — Remuneration of sheriff Expenses of bailiffs .. 73 15 0 37 18 9 100 0 0 111 13 9 42 10 0 174 15 6 217 5 6 953 14 9 67 17 6 230 15 0 1,536 5 0 Item 8—Extra clerical assistance, copying, interpreting, &c. .. Item 9—Fees to Patent Office Agents Item 10—Fidelity-guarantee premiums Item 11—Fuel, light, water, and cleaning Item 12—Giatuity to widow of the late W. Kilgour, bailiff at Greymouth Item 13 —Compensation to R. A. Hould for loss of office as clerk to the Official Assignee, Auckland Item 14—Pavment of jurors under "Payment of Jurors Aot, 1906," £185 12s.; recovered £256 2s. Item 15—Payments to Printing Office for Patent Office Gazette Item 16—Postage and telegrams Item 17 —Purchase and repairs of typewriters Item 18 —Purchase of safes for Courts Item 19—Reprint of New Zealand Law Reports Item 20—Statutes Revision Commission— Honoraria of Commissioners Clerical assistance 150 0 0 439 0 0 Cr. 70 10 0 177 12 6 1,323 14 11 194 5 11 I | ■ 750 0 0 284 0 0 Item 21—Subscriptions to telephone exchanges Item 22—Travelling allowances and expenses Item 23—Contingencies— Administering licensing laws, Bay of Plenty and Wallaoe .. Cleaning Court grounds.. Clocks and repairs Cyclostyle and copying requisites, paper, &c Despatch-bags Expenses of inquiry into complaints of C. H. Greenhead .. Freight and cartage .. .. .. .. ■'■ Garden tools, brushes, &c. Labour, removing and sorting records Law-costs .. .. Messengers, &c. Refreshments for jurors, District Courts Typewriter requisites and repairs Sunaries 1,034 0 0 484 14 2 166 7 1 12 10 1 64 16 6 10 13 0 15 19 7 12 8 3 61 2 6 14 6 9 22 18 1 10 8 0 69 6 0 30 10 6 6 3 0 4 16 8 36 19 8 372 18 7 Total net expenaiture, Vote No. 38 £8,460 12 1 CLASS XIII.—POLICE DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 41—Miscellaneous Services:— Item 1 —Compensation to Joseph Thomson for arrest on mistaken identity Item 2—Compensation to James Carter for loss of fishing-nets when assisting the police Item 3 Compensation to Isaac Taylor for wrongful arrest and imprisonment .. .. ...... Item 4—Expenses attending the extradition of D. C Mclntyre Item 5 —Expenses attending the suppression of sly-grog sellers— Law-costs Travelling and witnesses'expenses .. .. Sundries 30 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 314 16 9 146 18 8 305 4 8 4 7 9 456 11 1 Item 6—Rewards for convictions in cases of sly-grog selling or introducing liquor into prohibited districts Item 7—Special allowance to ex-Constable Stewart for serious permanent injuries received in the service 323 10 0 39 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 41 £1,245 17 10