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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1909-1910.

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

67

£ s. a £ s. d. £ s. d. 349 13 10 Brought forward CLASS XI—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS -continued Vote No. 67 —Customs, Miscellaneous Services— continued. Expenses of new Customhouse— Item 4 —Salaries Item 5—Cartage Item 6—Cleaning and washing - .. Item 7 —Expenses of running the lift Item 8 —Extra assistance Item 9—Lighting, water, and heating Item 10 —Messengers' uniforms Item 11—Contingencies— Leather hand-bag Repairs to flags and halyards Sundries 1,136 2 6 44 16 7 445 0 7 23 5 6 100 14 6 155 8 10 25 g 6 15 0 1 18 6 0 19 9 4 3 3 Expenses under the Explosives Act — Item 12—Salaries Item 13 —Labour and upkeep at explosive-magazines Item 14—Telephone subscriptions Item 15—Travelling allowanoes and expenses Item 16—Contingencies— Books relating to explosive risks Sundries 1,934 16 3 488 6 8 21 6 0 11 10 0 105 17 2 2 8 0 0 4 0 2 7 0 Item 17—Light dues embezzled by H. P. Barry while temporary shipping clerk at Auckland Item 18—Refund of preferential duty, certificates produced after importation Item 19—Refund of fee paid on coil for condensing water for glass-silvering Refund of duty on— Item 20 —Marsland Hill Memorial, New Plymouth Item 21—Racing-boats ordered prior to the passing of the Tariff Act, but not entered till after the Act came into operation Item 22—Trophy presented by R. Hudson and Co. for competition among New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers Item 23—Refunds of Chinese poll-tax on former residents of the Dominion — Yip Fook Choi (Ip Tsoi) Cho Lum Chow Ngun 629 6 10 732 2 5 100 12 9 1 0 0 61 17 0 7 12 0 11 4 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Item 24 —Refund of Chinese poll-tax on Chun You Tsun, Chinese student who wishes to study at Boys' High School for five years 100 0 0 Less contribution from Police Department 4,291 5 7 50 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 67 £4,241 5 7 Vote No. 70—Marine, Miscellaneous Services:— Item 1—Administration of the Shipping and Seamen Aot, and inquiries into shipping casualties Beacons, buoys, and lights at— Item 2—Jackson's Head Item 3 —Kaipara Harbour Item 4—Waitapu, leading-lights Item 5 —West Wanganui Inlet Item 6—Cartage and freight Item 7—Castlepoint Wharf Item 8—Charts, books, and periodicals Item 9—Cheoking overcrowding of steamers Item 10 —Compensation to E. P. CoylB, on account of loss of cutter " Eleanor " Item 11—Contribution towards New Zealand Sailors' Room, England Item 12—Deepening onsek, Okarito Item 13—Ereotion of wharf-shed, Little Wanganui .. 341 9 9 69 5 2 50 0 0 51 2 0 63 IS 5 12710 s 354 19 11 100 0 0 Carried forward 1,158 11 11