THE MINISTERIAL RESIDENCES.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 8 December 1887, Page 3

THE MINISTERIAL RESIDENCES.

AN INTERESTING RETURN. A return was laid before the Flouso on Tuesday showing the amounts expended upon the MiD’sterial residencies during April, May, June, July, August and September last. The various items are as follows :

Bowen-street Residence —Repairs to verandah floor, 4s Gd ; 2 main clocks, 2 sockets, ss; 2 circles, 14s; gravel, £1 7s; coi.-ugated iron, £5 12s ; frosting window, Is; sash fasteners, 12s; paint'-ig residence, £4l 5s ; bo ll , carriages, 7s ; cleaning and lacquering hall lamp, £2 ; h-'re of piano, £7 10s; one dozen tumblers, 12s; watering can, bucket, scythe stones, and sardine opener, 9s ; covers for seats in ball room, £5 12s 6d ; book shelves, £1 5s ; one dozen knives and bung for filtre, £2 12s 6d ; ono dozen cups and saucers, 12s ; wire door mat, £1 7s Gd ; boot rack, 15s; hand painted toilet set, £2 ss; twc-lvo cups and saucers, £1 Gd ; two doz. tumblers and plnti s, £1 l ls; ptiddrig bowls and d'sh, 7s 9d; repp’ring clock, 7s Gd; false botton for range, 5s Gd. Total, £79 7s 9d.

Tinakoil-road AVest Residence.—Pr‘ lting end papering rooms, £ls 18s Gd ; gas and water fit 1 ’-igs, £2 Gs 7d ; paper nil distempering walls, 15s; repairs to ra-ige, 18s; grazing greenhouse, 13s 6d ; alterations to lift £ll lGs 8d; gas Strings for theatrical stage, £2 9s lid ; taking down chiivney piece, 16s 6d ; thr i gas f-es, L 9 ; laying gas from motors to fl-es, Ll Gs oil; adjust : ng electric beFs, 10s ; bricklayer and laborer, 13s; gravel, LlO 18s 6d ; fx'-ig gas stove, L2 15s 3d ; repair' ig burner, 12s ; repaY ig water meter, £2 Is ; alter-ig chimney pot caps, 16s; stove pipe anil elbows, 8s 2d ; 3 koys, 3s ; glazing window, 5s Gd ; 1 square glass, 3s Gd ; li'-c of piano, tr mg, etc., £lO 4s ; pirk and gold breakfast set, £3 ; 12 d'r’ng-room chip -s, £36 ; spring lounge, £lO ; caso for leather pillow, 2s Gd ; r-'ckel-p’ntcd gas stove, £2 10s ; gas brackets and r : ons, £1 14s Gd ; 2 to"et cans and receivers, £1 18s; re-tinn-'ng ten pudding mouhls, £1 103 hire of piano, £7 10s ; 1 'p basins, bread pans, otc., £2 Gs 2d ; bracket book, coal, etc., 15s ; total, £lB7 17s Bd. Molosworth-street residence. —Paint'ng and varD’sl'ng, scu’leries, L 6 10s ; glazing greenhouse roof, £1 9s Gd ; la. 'ng on gaspipes, fittings, etc., L-3 Gs 2d; stench trap, L2 ss; repairs for chimney-price, 13s; gas stove and fittmgs, L 3 Ss Gd ; seven squares of glass anil glazing three windows, Ll 15s Gil ; re-coveiing suite ; n plush, L 35; upholsto.'ng couch and chairs, L 7 10 ; repairing chirr, one cha'log and one wool mat, 18s 2d ; re-covering gipsy tables in velvet, 17s Gd; 1. We-clean-ing nr iclr'ne, L 4 10s; l-'~e of piano, R 3 0s Gd ; teapots, jug and rat-cage, IQs Gd ; hr.' - mattri is, L 3 6s 3d; h're of piano, repairs, etc., L 3 ss; halves and forks Ll 10s; cost of picture fr.- ne, Ll 2s Gd ; ba. ig d'shes, 2s 6d ; or np bedstead, 18s Gd ; freight pi. i from Cb"’st-chu-ch to We" : ng;on, 9s 8d ; gaspipe, globes, &e., £1 7s 8d ; gas f -es, £9 ; packing of pirno, £1 10s; tu nblers and teapots, 13s ; sci m, £2 7s Gd ; kettle and moulds, £1 Is 3d ; dinner service, £l4 ISs ; tuning piano, 15s ; cups and saucers, 8s 9d ; garden hose and fittings, £4 Is Bd. Total, £124 7s 3d. Tinakoii E jad East Residence —Gas and water fittings, £7 16s 3d ; doa.i pipe and glaz-ng sky’-'ght, 18s 9d ; re-covciing ear,y chair £1 10s ; re-laying ciupet, £4 7s lid ; repairing couch, £1 18s Gd; card table, £5 ; seltzogenes, £5 2s ; flower pots and irons, £1 4s Gd ; toilet set and tea pot, Ll 9s Gil; bath squares, 13s; Queen An- : e table, Ll 2s Gd ; hair mat -ess, L 6 5b ; couch in sat'-i cloth, L 7 7s; 1 set bed hangings and civtams, L 9 ; 2 placque frames, Ll 10s ; stair rod eyes, 7s 6d ; child’s bath and rat cage, Ll 4s 6d; mangle, L 8 10s ; saucepans and biash, 7s .°d ; 3 pairs curtains, L 5 12s Gd ; cups, saucers, glasses and jugs, LG 18s ; egg cups and bucket, 9s; repairing cu-tams, 3s Gd ; rqse for director, 2s. Total, 878 9s 2d,

During the six months n question, x ho Hons. J. Ballance, P. Buckley, and W. J. M. Lariiarii each drew L 77 8s 4d as houm allowances,