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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1928- 1 9 2 9

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1929.

T . , _ (Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND. Ordinary Revenue Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. ; Treasury Department— Additional grant to cover expenses of the Secretary to j ! the Treasury, visiting Great Britain on official business 250 0 0 Expenses of A. D. Park, Assistant Secretary, returning to New Zealand from Samoa via Sydney on departmental business .. .. .. .. 7803 328 0 3 Stamp Duties Department— Grant to the widow of the late F. D. Morris, being equivalent of six weeks' leave due .. .. 49 0 9 Refund of stamp duty paid on Agreement of Sale, D. and J. Brown to J. Thompson and another, application for refund not having been made within twelve months as required by statute .. .. 12 10 0 ; 61 10 9 Native Department— Cost of engineering survey of road through Whakarewarewa Village and foot of hills at back, with plan and section of same .. .. .. .. .. 58 18 6 External Affairs Department— Payment to Messrs. Mackrell, Maton, Godlee, and Quincey, solicitors, London, for professional services rendered in connection with the application of 0. F. Nelson to the Privy Council for leave of appeal against his deportation from Western Samoa .. .. .. 400 9 2 Industries ami Commerce Department— | Travelling-expenses and allowance of L. J. Schmitt whilst on special inspection work in Australia .. .. j .. 79 10 6 I Justice Department— Compassionate grant to the widow of the late W. Heaps, Sheriff, Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Salary of Michael Foley, Clerk of Court, Christchurch, from 1st April, 1929, to 31st July, 1929, leave on retirement .. .. .. .. .. 171 13 4 Salary of G. Cruickshank, S.M., Invercargill, from 1st April, 1929, to 31st May, 1929, granted three months' leave of absence on retirement .. .. .. 150 0 0 . ! —. 521 13 4 ! Prisons Department— Grant to widow of the late John Smyth, Secretary of Prisons Board, equivalent to leave due .. .. .. 43 17 2 Pensions Department— Special annuities— Laura Hood, 1st August, 1928, to 31st March, 1929 64 18 8 Dorothy Moncrieff, 1st August, 1928, to 26th September, 1928.. .. .. .. .. 13 2 7 W. C. Smith, 25th May, 1923, to 28th February, 1929 j 74 19 11 John Shortt, 1st January to 31st December, 1928 .. 10 0 0 Mysie McDonnell, 26th December, 1928, to 29th •January, 1929 .. .. .. .. 12 10 0 Professor A. W. Bickerton, 1st October, 1928, to 31st January, 1929 .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 Salary of Miss A. Wilkins, for period 1st to 19th April, 1929 (officer leaving New Zealand for England) .. 9 15 4 225 6 6 Internal Affairs Department— Salary of -T. W. Mawson, Director of Town-planning, for period 1st October, 1928, to 31st March, 1929 ' .. 100 0 0 Grant to R. B. Hammond, Director of Town-planning, for services rendered .. .. .. .. 100 o 0 Payment to State Advances Office of interest and principal on loan due by W. J. Mather, who was injured while in the employ of the State .. .. .. 24 5 0 Payment to Mr. Hurst Seager for services rendered in connection with the Wellington Citizens'War Memorial 250 0 0 Ex gratia payment to Mrs. Moncrieff, mother of Lieui tenant Moncrieff, victim of attempted Tasman flight.. 200 0 0 i Grant to J. W. Black, Private Secretary, equivalent to six months' salary in lieu of leave on retirement .. 307 10 0 Railway passes to veterans attending annual conference of His Majesty's veterans of the Maori War .. 23 11 4 Travelling-expenses of delegates to Paris in connection with the signing of the Kellogg Peace Pact .. 74 11 5 Railway passes for members of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind Band.. .. _ 32 16 5 1,112 14 2 Carried forward .. .. ., j ,. 2,832 0 4