B.—l.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1909-1910.

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

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Brought forward CLASS XI—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,158 11 11 Vote No. 70 —Marine, Miscellaneous Servicis— continued. Item 14—Extra clerical assistance.. Item 15—Estate of deceased sexman, A. E. Taylor, paid to his brother Item 16—Fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance Item 17—Gas and fuel for offices Grants— Item 18—For Matakohe Wharf repairs Item 19—For repairing and improving the Waipipi Wharf, Manukau Item 20—Towards oost of repairing wharf, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island Item 21 —Harbourmaster's office, Picton Item 22—Improving entrance, Kaituna River .. Item 23—Instruments for preparation of tide-tables.. Item 24—Jetty and shed, north bank, Okuru Item 25—Lithographing forms Item 26— Maintenance of Anglem Point Light Item 27—Morse signals at lighthouses Item 28—New Zealand Nautical Almanac Item 29—Office equipment Item 30—Port Waikato Wharf .. .. '.. Item 31—Preparation of tide-tables Item 32—Printing and binding ABC Azimuth Tables and charts Item 33—Prosecutions under the Shipping and Seamen, Harbours, and Fisheries Acts Item 34—Postages and telegrams and rent of boxes Item 35—Railway fares of Royal Naval Registrar Item 36—Relief of distressed seamen Item 37—Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in the United Kingdom Item 38—Removal of rocks from harbour at Port Chalmers .. Item 39 —Rent and expenses connected with examinations .. Item 40—Repairs to Whangaroa Wharf (subsidy, £1 for £1) .. Item 41 —Snagging the Mokau River Subsidies for— Item 42—Erection of new wharf, Wairoa South River (£2 for£l) Item 43—Matakohe Wharf repairs (£1 for £1) Item 44—Removal of bank, Waitapu Harbour (£1 for £1) .. Item 45—Repair of Ti Point Wharf, Whangateau Harbour (£1 for £1) .. Item 46—Reconstruction of Waipipi Wharf (£1 for £1) Item 47- Wharf at Katikati (£1 for £1) .. Item 48—Survey of Cook's Rock, Cook Strait Item 49—Survey of unseaworthy ships Item 50—Survey of Whangarei foreshore Item 51—Telephones .. .. .. .. Item 52—Travelling expenses and allowances Item 53—Contingencies— Compensation for land taken for lighthouse at Stephens Island (outstanding) Engraving new seal of Department .. .. Flag for use in signalling Government vessels at Wellington Making number-plates for fixing to rafts Rebinding books Reporting on merits of apparatus for dispersing fog Sunaries .. .. .. .. .. \ 92 10 0 2 16 4 329 18 8 10 11 5 200 0 0 101 17 6 23 7 6 33 15 7 249 8 6 62 18 2 4 7 0 28 8 6 61 19 10 505 5 8 3 18 1 77 19 11 '.'. 43'l6 7 46 4 3 196 1 0 50 0 0 23 18 6 53 16 9 41 12 6 1 19 0 ■ 1 5 0 15 0 9 0 0 1 10 0 2 2 0 1 15 8 18 16 8 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 70 £3,422 0 10 CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY :— Vote No. 74—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1 — Assistance towards making a sheep-dip at Te Rau-amoa Item 2—Barry, P.: Refund of forfeited deposit on Section 10, Block XV, Tutamoe Item 3 — Big River encroaohment : Protective works, Sections 14 and 15, Block XVI, Waiwhero (subsidy, £1 for £1 towards) 16 7 10 Carried forward .. .. 16 7 10 16 7 10