THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13907, 5 December 1910, Page 8

THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

THE PRINCIPAL ITEMS.

(SPECIAL 1O "THK TZZS3."i WELLIJfGTON', December 3. The following lire the principal items on the euppleinentary estimates: — £ Additional vote far maintenance of Bellamy's staff .. . .- •- 290 Hinc enquiry—Reporting, printing, pa*sjges, istrco and expenses of witnesses ■. - - • • • • I,«>W Photcgraphe of Speakers and Members of Legislative Council .. •• & San Francisco mail service .. -• Kural telephones, assistance to settlers 2,000 Plant for Wellington City mail service 535 Plant for new sawmill, Kakahi .. 3,000 Government Hoose, Wellington .. '200 Temporary residence for his Excellency the Governor and etaff, making transport (additional) .. •• 15* Expenss-s connected with Reformatory j Farm, Tokanui .. .. •• 1,000 | Compensation to the widow of tbe l»t« Mergt. McGuire .. .. •• 250 Compassionate allowance to Micli&el for loss of his ecm, shot while assisting in the search for Powelka 200 Prospecting Itetaniko coalfield .. -100 Grant to Karitane Home, Dunedin ..■ 500 Plunket nurses, eleven at £30 each .. 550 Subsidies to Societies for the promotion of health of women and children .. 600 Compensation to J. J. Meiklo in full and final payment for wrongful imprisonment .. •• •• 5,000 Contribution towards Antarctic expedition, Capt. Scott .. •• 1.000 Coronation expenses in New Zealand 1,000 Departmental Enquiry Taxes and Valuation Department .. ■• 1,000 Expenses in connection with decease of King Ed-ward VUL and Accession of King George V. .••..•• 4I)O Expenses in connection with military roviews, etc., durinp Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's visit .. .. 7.400 Festival of Empire London .. .. 2,600 Grant to Prime Minister for expenses of attending the Imperial Conference and Coronation of the King 1,500 Grant to Minister of Education towards ejqpens«e 'in connection with the representation of the Dominion at the opening of the South Africa Union Parliament .. -. 450 Grant to Private Secretary of Minieter of Education .. ... ■• 200 Grant to Swimming Associations for encouragement of swimming .. 100 Grant in aid of free art galleries .. 2,000 Gratuities to widows of late member* of tno Legislature— Mrs Baume .. .. .. 800 Mrs Trask .. .. .. 300 Mrs Holme 3.. .. •• 300 Mrs Scotland .. -. .. 300 Gratuity to daughters of the lato Hon. R. H. J. Reevea 800 Official entertainments in London during' Coronation .. .. 500 Payment to medical officer, London .. 1,000 Seddon memorial, cost of grave and monuments (additional on account of £3000) .. .. .. ..500 Vieit of cadet representatives to England and Canada .. •• ••. 110 Passages and expenses of cadets attending Australian military colleges 250 Com passionate allowance to Mrs Thomas Redmond on account of fatal accident to her eon, an officer in the Customs Department .. 100 Refund of Chinese poll tax on Chine-co students and visit-ore temporarily resident in tlio Dominion .. .. 1,000 Installation of wireless telegraph apparatus on one Government steamer 1,000 Repairing old soldiers' graves throughout the Dominion .. .. 1,000 Completion of report on sand drift .. 100 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late District Valuer at Gisborne .. .. «•. ■• 500 Compassionate allowance to tno mother of the late District Valuer at Dunedm .. .. •• ..235 Experiments in connection with "bush" sickness .. .. -. 200 Equipment of young men'e training quarters at Ruakuru experimental farm .. •- •• •• 1.500 Guarantee on experimental shipment of apples .. •• v 305 Expenses Argentine Centennial Exhibition .. .. ... •• 750 British-Japan Exhibition .. ' *• 200 Roubaix Exhibition (on acconnt of I JKKSO) •• 200 Subsidy etcem service Isew Zealand to San Francieco 3,666 Temperance wall eheete for use m public schools . - • • • • 575 Establishing cafe deposit system at Public Trust Office, Wellington .. 700 New Public Tmurt Premieee, Auckland 7,000 New Public Trust premises, Greymouth 1.500 Expenses tramways' brakes commission 515 Government House, Auckland, repair* and furnishing .. .. 2,200 Parliamentary buildings, "Wellington, alterations, and to atreeU and purchase of land (on neconnt) -. 3,000 Maintenance end additions to echool buildings .. •• •• 33,000 Workers dwellings, alterations, and enlargement* .. .. .. 15,000 Erection light at Diffinbach Point .. 100 Comoeseionate ' allowances, Mrs Helen Mclntyro .. •• • 100 Expenses Commiiwion of Enquiry into Working Land and Income Tax Department .'.' •• •■ 35 Allowance to W. Dinnie, Ex-Comtnie-ekmer of Police, equal to six months' salary ■in lieu of notice .. 313 Reward for discovery of Blackwater goldfield, Mangahna .. .. 500 Conway river road to Waiau river .. 100 Birdling Flat road (£1 for £1) .. 150 Burko's drain (£1 for £1) .. .. 200 Ruapunfi. Sei,tlemen\ (Moorhouse rond)' (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 135 Hooker river bridge .. .. .. 1,000 Pareora river bridge (£1 for £1) .. 250