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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1910-1911.

STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1911.

CLASS II.—DEPARTMENT OP MINISTER OF FINANCE :--■ Vote No. 9—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Binding material and requisites Item 2—Books, newspapers, and other publications Item 3—Discount, exchange, and stamp duty on remittances to London Item 4—Drafting Public Revenues Bill Item 5—Exchange and commission— Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by telegraph in the Dominion Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by post Commission on payment of dividends Commission on money-orders Exchange on interest coupons paid Exchange on drafts and cheques E k. a. [ t s. d. E e. d. 82 3 4 26 8 6 4,459 lti 9 81 17 6 1,872 9 9 3 13 3 33 5 8 4 6 3 461 0 8 122 1 2 Less amounts refunded by Departments for exchauge .. 1,996 16 9 487 4 4 Item 6—Extra clerical assistance Item 7 —Financial Adviser to the Government, London : Balance of salary, 1st February to 31st March, 1910 Item 8—Legal expenses Item 9-Office requisites .. Item 10—Payments under the Unclaimed Moneys Act, 1908 .. Item 11—Postage and telegrams Item 12—Refund to the Public Trustee of amounts paid into the Consolidated Fund in respect of intestate estates now claimed by next-of-kin— Peter Jamieson W. Hely R. Dickson 1,509 12 5 153 14 0 56 13 4 61 i! 8 41 0 4 4 5 4 1,017 16 5 •- 149 18 8 263 13 6 3 18 9 417 10 11 Item 13 —Remuneration to Postal Department for paying Imperial pensions .. .. *. Item 14—Stamp duty on cheques and documents Item 15—Telephones Item 16—Travelling allowances and expenses Item 17 —Contingencies, inoluding unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote— Allowances to officers for extra work iu connection with the custody and collection of Promissory notes for grass-seed supplied to sufferers by bush fires, 1907 — Chittey, C. E. Wilson, W. Ryan, W. .. 150 0 0 12 10 0 53 5 7 15 11 11 •20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 88 0 0 Allowance to Treasury messenger Cables in connection with remittances to London and Australia Cartage Designing and engraving Debenture borders for plates Refund of tea-money expended by officers when working overtime Salary of temporary typist, 12th December, 1910, to 14th January, 1911 Wages of men drying books damaged by influx of water into Treasury cellars Sundries •20 0 0 ■28 3 7 16 6 17 9 6 4 11 6 10 10 0 48 it 10 2 9 0 167 19 Jl Total net expenditure, Vote No. 9 £8,261 7 11 CLASS III.-POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 16.—Miscellaneous Services: — Item 1—Advertising Item 2—Allowances to Tellers fur calculation of Savings-bank interest Item 3 —Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Good-conduct allowances to certain officers at the rate of 6d. per day Item 4—Automatic fraukiug-maehine, refunds on spoiled impressions Item 5—Carriage of private bags 237 13 5 911 18 1 488 3 6 356 5 0 747 9 10 Carried forward 2,741 9 10