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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909.

STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd

s. s. e. iLASS XVII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 63—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Accoutrements, mess tins, waterproof sheets, haversacks, water-bottles, and other equipment for mobile foroe .. Item 2 —Advances to new corps towards cost of uniforms, to be deducted from capitation Item 3—Amount required to pay contribution due by New Zealand towards liability of Imperial Government for pensions of Instructors while latter serving under engagement with the New Zealand Government Item 4—Annual grant for rifle prizes for shooting, &c, open to the public Item 5—Annual grant for rifle prizes for shooting, &c, open to Volunteers only Item 6—Arms and spare parts, - 303 short rifles, to complete equipment Item 7—Attendance at camp of Volunteer oorps for a period in exoess of the number of days authorised by regulations Item equipage, including tents, cooking-utensils and entrenohing-tools .. .. Item 9 — Challenge shield for competition by New Zealand Medical Corps Item 10—Compassionate allowance to the children of late Torpedoman Heighten Item 11—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at the Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week, 17th February, 1908, to 27th September, 1908 Item 12—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant 0. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 per week, 30th Maroh, 1908, to 17th January, 1909 .. Item 13 —Compassionate allowanoe to the widow and three ohildren of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 10s. per week, 27th January, 1908, to 28th February, 1909 Item 15 —Compassionate allowance (7s. 6d. per week) to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, 24th February, 1908, to 28th February, 1909 Item 15—Compassionate allowanoe of 2s. 2d. per diem to James Hamblyn, injured in Maori War, 1st March, 1908, to 31st January, 1909 Item 16—Compassionate allowance, at £2 per week, to 0. C. Rookes, for services rendered during Maori War, 28th February, 1908, to 25th February, 1909 Item 17—Compassionate allowance granted to the widow of the late First-class Sapper Thomas Doyle, killed through injuries accidentally reoeived by burns on 18th August, 1907, at Devonport, Auckland Item 18 —Compassionate allowance granted to the widow of the late T. Hall, killed at Mahanga Bay during camp of No. 5 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers Item 19—Compassionate allowance, at £1 per week, to widow of W. A. Richardson, on aocount of military services rendered by husband, 1st April, 1908, to 31st Maroh, 1909 .. Item 20—Compensation to officers and non-commissioned offioers and men on retirement from service Item 21—Compensation for injuries sustained on duty by members of the Permanent Foroe Item 22—Compensation to Maoris for mine-field line-marks on their property, Auokland Item 23—Compensation and medical expenses of members of Volunteer oorps injured while on duty, also compensation for injury to horses .. Item 24 —Compiling and writing the history of the several New Zealand Contingents in connection with the South African War .. Item 25—Cost of aotion Caversham Rifle Volunteers v. Dunedin City Corporation re Caversham Drill-shed Item 26—Cost of purchase drill-shed site, Hawtrey Settlement, Johnsonville Item 27 —" Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908'': Freight and lightering Item 28 —Expenses inourred sending Inspector-General to represent New Zealand at Commonwealth Easter manoeuvres, 1908 .. .. .. Item 29 —Expenses of members of New Zealand Contingents travelling for examination by Military Pensions Board Item 30 —Expenses and other claims in connection with New Zealand Contingents to South Africa Item 31—Expenses in connection with competition for Lord Roberts's trophy by cadets 2,361 0 2 489 4 0 100 8 0 356 7 6 32 11 0 8,303 19 5 147 17 6 1,473 19 6 21 0 0 24 0 0 42 0 0 76 15 0 19 17 6 36 8 0 104 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 52 0 0 305 13 9 147 10 8 97 19 3 150 0 0 42 10 9 59 16 6 22 16 6 15 15 0 Carried forward 15,283 10 0