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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-19 27.

DISBURSEMENTS and RECOVERIES under SPECIAL ACTS of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY—ctd.

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Gross Amount Net Amount Act. | charged to Recoveries. charged to Ordinary Revenue. Ordinary Revenue. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. 571,748 16 11 ! 8,064 11 1 563,684 5 10 Fire Brigades Act, 1908 :— j Section 21, — 2,001 6 10 Subsidies to Fire Boards Fire Brigades Act, 1926 :— Section 26 (1), — Subsidies to Fire Boards .. .. .. .. 714 15 6 j .. 2,716 2 4 Government Railways Amendment Act, 1925 : — Section 4, subsection (1) (d), — Transfer to the Working Railways Account in respect of losses on operation of branch lines and isolated sections of railways .. .. .. .. .. 176,560 12 11 .. 176,560 12 11 Government Railways Amendment Act, 1926 :— Section 37 (1) (b), — Transfer to the Working Railways Account in respect of losses on operation of branch lines and isolated sections of railways .. .. .. .. 252,507 9 8 .. 252,507 9 8 Greymouth Harboitr Board Amendment Act, 1920 Section 5, — Subsidy to the Greymouth Harbour Board .. .. 15,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1911 :— Section 4 (5), — Rates on unoccupied Crown lands subject to the above Act .. .. .. .. .. .. 917 9 9 .. 917 9 9 High Commissioner Act, 1908 :— Section 6, —■ Allen, Hon. Sir J., salary, 1 February, 1926, to 31 July, 1926 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Parr, Hon. Sir J., salary, 1 August, 1926, to 30 November, 1926 .. " .. ' .. .. .. i 866 13 4* | — .. 1,666 13 4 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and Amendment Acts, 1910, 1913, and 1923 : — Subsidies, — £ s. d. Hawke's Bay Children's Home .. 2,716 11 7 Mercury Bay Hospital .. .. 407 0 0 St. Andrew's Orphanage .. .. 64 6 7 Wellington Convalescent Home .. 91 10 6 Wellington Ladies'Christian Association 610 15 2 Wellington Society for Relief of Aged Needy .. .. .. .. 253 18 0 Hospital boards .. .. .. 388,596 7 3 Jubilee Institute for the Blind .. 4,933 0 5 397.673 9 6 Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926 : — Subsidies,— Wellington Ladies' Christian Association 282 17 2 Wellington Society for Relief of Aged . Needy .. .. .. .. 78 8 0 Hospital Boards .. .. .. 217,396 8 4 217,757 13 6 _ 615,431 3 0 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925 :— Section 64, — Judge of the Arbitration Court— Frazer, F. V., salary, 1 April, 1926, to 31 March, 1927 .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Section 73,— Members of the Arbitration Court — Scott, W., salary, 1 April, 1926, to 31 March, 1927 .. 750 0 0 Monteith, A. L., salary, 1 April, 1926, to 31 March, 1927 .. .. .. .. .. 750 0 0 1,500 0 0 .. ! 3,500 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,640,048 7 11 8,064 11 1 1,631,983 16 10 _l * Note —A further amount of £344 Is. 9d., representing salary from 30th May, 1926, to 31st July, 1926, at £2,000 per annum, was paid and charged to Vote " Internal Affairs," Item No. 208.