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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1909-1910.

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

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£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. .. 7,725 17 7 CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 34 —Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 16 —Purchase of safes for Courts .. .. . • •. .. 27 0 0 Item 17—Refuna of fine inflicted on Mrs. Grierson for a : breach of the Rabbit Act .. .. .. .. ' .. 10 0 0 Item 18—Reprint of New Zealand Law Reports .. .. .. .. 2,000 2 0 Item 19—Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 661 10 1 Item 20—Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. .. 112 11 9 Item 21—Typewriters and requisites therefor .. .. .. .. 285 5 11 Item 22 —Contingencies— Allowance to Constable Ryan for acting as Returning Officer for election of Native Assessor .. .. 2 0 0 Allowance for extra duties performed by Registrar, Supreme Court, Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Wages of man watching fire next to Courthouse, Wairoa, when school burned down .. .. .. .. 150 | 53 5 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 34 .. .. .. £10,825 12 4 ' Vote No. 38—Police : Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Compassionate allowance to widow of Detective A. Henderson .. .. .. .. . - - - .. 273 15 0 Item 2—Compassionate allowanoe to widow of late ex-Con-stable J. A. Abrams, deoeased .. ■ ■ • • .. .. 173 7 6 Item 3—Compassionate allowance to widow of late ex-In-spector E. Macdonell, deoeased .. .. •• .. .. 410 0 0 Item 4—Compassionate allowance to widow of late Sergeant P. Gough, deceased .. .. .. .. •• .. 191 12 6 Item 5—Compensation to Mrs. F. B. Rolfe for assault committed by two constables, Wellington, as reoommended by the Publio Petitions Committee .. .. • • | .. .. 50 0 0 Item 6—Cost of Police Commission— Advertising .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • 20 5 8 Allowanoe to Royal Commissioner (H. W. Bishop) .. 117 12 0 Allowance to Secretary (J. Gray) .. .. .. .. 116 11 0 Hire of sitting-rooms, cleaning, and newspapers .. .. 19 8 1 Maps of Thames Police Distriot .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Postage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 10 0 Reporting— W. Leslie .. .... .. .. 45 3 0 H. M. Gore .. .. .. .. .. 36 15 0 W. H. Russell .. .. .. 22 1 0 W. Berry .. .. .. .. .. 22 1 0 , 126 0 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 386 Travelling allowance and expenses of— Royal Commissioner (H. W. Bishop).. .. 83 8 3 Police Commissioner (W. Dinnie) .. ... 80 0 6 Secretary to Commission (J. Gray) .. .. 69 6 9 Reporters— W. Leslie .. .. .. .. .. 59 8 3 H. M. Gore .. .. .. .. .. 30 14 1 W. H. Russell .. .. .. .. .. 39 4 0 W. Berry .. .. .. .. .. 38 6 0 P. W. Gough .. .. .. .. 24 3 0 Witnesses .. .. .. .. . 166 7 11 ■ 590 18 9 Typewriting .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 11 6 ■ 1,042 5 6 590 18 9 21 11 6 Item 7—Cost of prosecution of A. A. George for criminal libel by the late Inspector Maodonell .. .. .. .. .. 225 18 3 Item 8—Expenses incurred in recovering and burying bodies i of persons drowned in wreck of s.s. " Penguin".. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Item 9—Grant to Detective J. Cassells on Bpecial duty in England .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Item 10—Refund of £20 paid by Mrs. Laura Lambert for the bringing back of one F. H. Lambert, on charge of wife desertion, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Item 11—Special allowance to ex-Constable Stewart for serious permanent injuries received in the service .. .. I .. .. 29 5 0 1,042 5 6 225 18 3 200 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 29 5 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 38 .. .. £2,816 3 9 £2,816 3 9