The Supplementary Estimates.

Hastings Standard, Issue 147, 16 October 1896, Page 2

The Supplementary Estimates.

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The following items are contained in the Supplementary Estimates; — Hansard .supervisor, £IOO ; printing Banking Committee's report and evidence, ±240; ditto Legislative Council, ±•200; reporting the Hanking Committee of the House, ±"550 ; compensation to Mr Barron, late chief reporter of Hansard, £ISOO ; expenses representation Commission, £700; new printing machine for more rapidly printing Hansard, ±SOO ; introduction of Rocky Mountain sheep, ±BOO ; cost of licensing poll, £3OOO ; grant in aid of fire brigades' annual demonstration, £250; railway passes to members attending same, £250 ; subsidy towards sending a ilax expert to America and Creat Britain, ±250; preliminary expenses in connection with the Government Valuation of Land Act, ±2OOO ; refund on the memorial to the late J)r Stuart, ±2OO , balance of cost_ of cable steamer Tutaneakai and bringing her out, ±28,500 : subsidy Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society towards erection of Agricultural Hall, £SOO ; compensation cattle destroyed for tuberculosis and other diseases under tke Stock Act, ±IOOO ; purchase of Martini-Henri ammunition, additional ±1000; expenses at the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting, £.500; reward for arrest of ex-Detec-tive Kirby, ±250; J. J. Meikle, of Southland, in full satisfaction of all claims, £SOO.