B.—l.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 19 0 7-1908.

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

66

Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,799 16 0 CLASS XVIII.—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 64.—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Expenses of new Customhouse — continued. Item 7—ContingenciesCartage Elecric current for lift Jeyes fluid Rope for electric lift .. .. .. .. Soap, soda, &c. .. .. .. .. Towels, bruahea, &c .. .. .. .. Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. Uniforms .. .. .. .. .. Wages, extra messengers .. .. .. . ! Washing towels .. .. .. .. .. j Water .. .. .. .. .. Sundries .. .. .. .. .. " 66 14 0 10 5 9 18 11 9 15 6 10 5 9 5 20 9 1 4 19 6 13 10 0 15 0 0 12 12 8 5 6 0 2 10 2 190 15 2 Expenses under Explosives Act— Item 8 —Salaries .. .. .. .. ... Item 9—Contingencies— Cost of erecting magazine, Greymouth (final payment) Fidelitv-guarantee premiums .. .. .. M9tal for magazine, Dunedin .. .. .. Travelling-expenses Wages Sundries 30 17 0 3 2 6 2 10 0 58 18 6 6 17 6 0 6 6 166 13 4 Item 10—Expenses New Zealand International Exhibition— Overtime, Customs officers .. .. .. .. Reward for services rendered as Revenue Officer Sundries Travelling-expenses Wages, messengers ... 102 12 0 86 7 0 50 0 0 4 19 181 2 3 24 17 C 346 8 0 Item 11 —Refund of duty under "The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903," on artificial limbs imported Item 12—Refund of duty on statue to the memory of A. A. Fantham, to be erected at Hawera Item 13—Refund of duty on cup presented to the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Auckland Item 14—Refund of duty on stained-glass window in memory of Hon. P. Dignan and others, Auckland Item 15 —Refund of duty on musical instruments for Garrison Band, Wellington Item 16 —Refund of duty on monument to Peeti Aweawe, at Palmerston North .. .. .. .. .. ! Item 17 —Refund of duty on Seddon memorials Item 18—Refund of preferential duty, certificates produced after importation Item 19—Refund of bonded-warehouse duty, Wellington Item 20—Refund of portion of license fee, tobacco-faotory, Auckland Item 21—Refund of duty on cups presented. to Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Item 22—Refund of duty on goods imported for Calliope Dock .. Item 23—Refund of bonded-warehouse duty, Auckland Iten 24—Refund of bonded-warehouse duty, Wanganui Item 25—Refund of Chinese poll-tax, Low Yee Lee, a former resident of the Dominion .. .. .. Item 26—Refund of Chinese poll-tax on Tso Wing, a former resident of the Dominion .. .. .. Item 27 —Refund of Chinese poll-tax on Joe Ching, a former resident of the Dominion Item 28—Refund Chinese poll-tax on Ad Ming, a former resident of the Dominion Item 29—Refund Chinese poll-tax on wife of Kwok Wah Lin Item 30—To cover cost of inquiry held at Christchurch under the Agricultural Implement Manufacture, Importation, and Sale Acts, 1905, 1906 .. .. .. i • • 12 12 0 6 4 0 43 4 0 53 8 0 36 0 0 67 3 6 55 5 0 6 14 3 41 13 4 7 4 0 102 0 0 47 8 6 41 1 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 139 6 0 Less cost of collecting Customs duties on account of Cook Islands recovered and credited hereto 3,765 9 0 20 11 9 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 64 £3,744 17 3