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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. 7,072 3 0 Brought forward CLASS XIX.—MINISTER OF MARINE- continued. Vote No. 67 —Miscellaneous Services —continued. Item 47—Removal of bank, Waitapu Harbour (subsidy, £1 for£l) Item 48 —Repairs to Little Wanganui Wharf Item 49 — Searching for barque " Constance Craig " .. Item 50—Signalman's cottage at Karamea Item 51—Snagging the Mokau River Item 52—Survey of Whangarei foreshore Item 53—Wharf at Katikati (subsidy, £1 for £1) Item 54—Wharf at Little Shag Creek, Tokatoka Item 55—Waikawa Wharf repairs Item 56—Wairoa South : Clearing river of willows Item 57 —Contingencies— Cleaning, washing, &c. Expenses re Piako River obstruction Expenses docking s.s. " Akaroa " Expenses removing Mercantile Marine Offices, Dunedin Expenses taking tidal observations at Picton Extra clerical assistance Fees and expenses re surveys of ships Freight and cartage Fuel and light Goods for Kermadec Islands expedition Hire of steamers searching for lost vessels Law costs Lithographing forms Newspaper subscriptions Office furniture Rent of offices, Mercantile Marine,'&c Repairs to offices Rent of letter-box Sign board, Mercantile Marine Office, Dunedin Stationery Telephones Travelling-expenses Typewriter and repairs, &c Sundries 25 5 8 13 6 0 5 0 0 35 18 4 8 15 0 167 10 0 12 19 9 .1.0 14 1 3 14 8 8 2 0 11 0 0 51 10 0 31 17 0 2 5 6 44 14 11 94 9 9 1 17 6 1 8 4 6 10 0 11 16 11 91 15 3 136 13 5 28 7 7 8 12 11 39 17 6 17 0 0 30 0 0 389 15 8 58 16 0 200 0 0 15 0 0 Less recoveries 814 4 7 114 8 1 699 16 6 £8,522 8 8 CLASS XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY :— Vote No. 71—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advance and interest on Section 47, Block XV, Mokihinui, omitted to be indorsed on lease when transferred from original holder Item 2—Allowance to M. Boyd for buildings and fittings included in error as improvements on Section 23, Block VIII, Huinga .. .. .. .. Item 3—Apiti Domain improvement (subsidy, £1 for £1) Item 4—Arrears of rates due by Crown tenants (section 124, "Land Act, 1892") .. v .. Item 5—Board of Examiners of Surveyors Item surveys of New Zealand forests Item 7—Buffalo Domain (fencing) Item 8—Building retaining-wall to preserve pohutukawa-trees at Kawhia Beach Item 9—Capital value of part Section 2, Block IX, Hawera (to be made plantation reserve) Item 10—Caretaker and expenses in connection with preservation of scenery, Ship Cove Reserve (including clearing of a fire-belt) Item 11—Cave Domain, fencing, &c Item 12—Clearing Myross School Reserve Item 13—Compassionate allowance to widow of late W. J. Pearce, temporary lithographic printer .. Item 14—Compensation for improvements and removal of hut through error in survey, Section 117, Matiri Block Item 15—Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, medical and other attendance during illness, and contingent expenses in connection with same— Compensation .. .. .. .. .. Medical fees Funeral expenses of the late T. M. Grant.. Travelling-expenses 10 15 0 7 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 379 3 7 49 19 0 26 2 7 25 0 0 20 0 0 112 6 0 6 0 0 32 1 9 ■ 11 16 6 37 0 0 48 13 3 Item 16 —Compensation for land for deviation, Brooklyn Valley Road, Nelson 129 11 6 70 1 0 Carried forward 1,085 18 8