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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 936-1 937.

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT—continued.

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SEPARATE ACCOUNTS —continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. .. .. .. 152,626 10 7 Silver and Bronze Coin Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Imperial bronze coin imported from Royal Mint .. .. .. 8,500 0 0 Less receipts applied in reduction of unauthorized expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8;600 0 0 State Forests Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Grant to cover expenses of N. J. Dolamore, Conservator of Forests, Invercargill, while investigating operations of sawmilling and boxmaking plants in Australia 30 0 0 Working Railways Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Cost of construction of gold dredges .. 641 8 3 ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. Post Office Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Expenses of telegraph engineers visiting Australia for the purpose of studying telegraph and telephone transmitting problems:— Expenses of F. C. Gentry .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Expenses of R. G. A. Bourne .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 — 200 0 0 Compassionate grant to the widow of the late E. E. Coghlan, Telegraph Engineer .. .. .. .. .. .. 218 9 0 Expenses of G. McNamara, Director-General, Post and Telegraph Department, attending the Imperial Conference and the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI (ineluding exchange £269 10s.) .. .. .. .. .. 1,369 10 0 — — 1,787 19 0 Public Trust Office Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Amount required to make good to the estates and beneficiaries concerned loss sustained through defalcation of an officer of the Public Trust Office .. .. 375 8 8 Less amounts recovered applied in reduction of unauthorized expenditure .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 360 8 8 Payment to officer proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 15 0 _____ __ 404 3 8 FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE. Vote 66—Public Trust Office .. .. .. .. .. 7,529 9 7 7,933 13 3 Dairy Industry Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Purchase as going concerns of Messrs. Picot Bros., Ltd., Wellington, and Picot Bros. (Palmerston North), Ltd. .. .. .. 66,059 1 3 Portion of maintenance and running-ex-penses of the above concerns from date £ s. d. of purchase, 1st February, 1937, to 31st March, 1937 .. .. .. 5,927 16 5 Less receipts applied in reduction of unauthorized expenditure .. .. 13,381 4 10 .. .. Cr. 7,453 8 5 Local exchange and telegrams on remittances to dairy companies .. . . . . .. .. • • 8,096. 3 9 Less receipts applied in reduction of unauthorized expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 14 8 — 8,090 9 1 66,696 1 11 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. .. 229,715 13 0