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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE— continued.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1920-1921.

Consolidated Fund— continued. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR— continued. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 320 0 0 100,130 7 1 Public Health Department —continued. Expenses of administering the Masseurs Registration Act, 1920 .. Additional maintenance grant towards Karitane Hospital, Dunedin, £500, and grant towards secretary's salary, £100 Additional grant in aid of Stewart Karitane Home, Wanganui (amount required to wipe off an overdraft, the original gra t of £500 being insufficient to meet the expenses of the institution) 66 3 9 000 0 0 250 0 0 1,236 3 9 Defence Department: — Compensation for loss of personal effects from Field Artillery Barracks, Palmerston North: — Captain T. Farr Bombardier J. B. Nolan Driver C. B. Ellis .. .. Salaries of the undernotod officers on their retirement from the New Zealand Military Forces :—- Lieut.-Colonel R. O. Chesney, lat April to 3lst July, 1921 .. .. .. .. ".. Lieut.-Colonel W. L. Robinson, 1st April to 31at July, 1921 Lieut.-Colonel J. E. Barton, 1st April to 31st July, 1921 Major H. McK. W. Richardson, 1st April to 31st July, 1921 Major D. A. Hickcy, 1st April to 31st August, 1921 Captain G. C. S. Dyer, 1st April to 31at Auguat, 1921 Captain F. Hudson, 1st April to Slat July, 1921 .. Captain C. N. Newman, lat April to 30th April, 1921 Lieutenant A. Austin, 1st May to 30th June, 1921. . Lieutenant E. O. Pleasants, 1st April to 31st May, 1921 Lieutenant J. T. Kibblcwbite, 1st April to 31st July, 1921 Lieutenant C. N. Rabone, 1st April to 31st July, 1921 Payment to W. A. D'Oridant to cover legal expenses incurred during court-martial, September, 1918 Grant for expenses of W. E. Leadloy and H. G. Knight as representatives of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association attending the Grand Council League of Comrades, South Africa Payment of amount mutually agreed upon in full and final settlement of all claims by Messra. Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited) as publishers of the Gallipoli volume of the " New Zealand History of the War," to cover extra cost of publishing due to the said volume containing more than the stipulated number of pagea, maps, &c. Salary of Sergeant-Major R. J. Crichton, retired aa medically unfit, 28th February, 1921, for portion of accrued leave, 1st April to 29th May, 1921, at £320 per annum Payment to Mrs. Lucy May Trendle on account of surety given by 39125, E. C. Trendle, soldier discharged in England against wife's wish, who has left her unprovided for; surety appears to be valueless 25 0 0 7 10 0 8 10 0 221 13 4 221 13 4 221 13 4 175 0 0 260 8 4 202 1 8 161 13 4 34 11 8 60 5 0 52 10 0 128 6 8 128 6 8 90 0 0 400 0 0 212 10 0 51 12 3 150 0 0 Marine Department: — Salary of W. Colley, Lightkeeper, Portland Island, 2nd April to 1st July, 1919, in lieu of leave to which he would have been entitled had he retired in the usual course. (Died, 1st April, 1919) 2,813 5 7 50 4 7 Land* and Survey Department: — Salary of A. Mackintosh, Clerk, Blenheim, for three months on retirement, 28th February, 1921, under Public Service Regulation 65 Installation of telephones for settlers in the Otamakapua Block .. Fees and expenses of members of the Royal Commission set up to inquire into the kauri-gum industry, kauri -gum lands and their various products Compassionate allowance to C. R. Rule, who, on account of war disabilities, found it necessary to transfer to F. H. Ward his section in Gladbrook Settlement 80 0 0 96 15 0 225 7 3 200 0 0 602 2 9 Carried forward 104,838 3 9