PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7302, 5 December 1910, Page 8

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

TitE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 'v CORONATION AND CONFERENCE ; EXPENSES. ’ 1 : VThe i Supplementary: Estimatps, include ATOOO on account of Coronation oxpenbes in New Zealand,' -6100 .expenses in connection with the decease ot King Edward VJI. and* accession of Kins Gepi'S© > •> Xls-ClO as a grant’to the Pume Minister for expenses ; of attending, the, Cpronatien and Imperial iConference i and. dtjOO lor official entertainments in Rendon.. during :th© Coronation. ’. * ■ /, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S VOTES. ’

COMPENSATION PAYMENTS. . The Justice Derailment's votes include jeioou ’ for ‘ expenses of.- the . reformatory fawn at Tokanui, and compassionate; allowances as follows: — , , l . I , " .. Mary MoGu.ro, on account of. the deatn of' her late husband,. Sergeant John ito G uire, as recommended »y:: the Public . Petitions /Committee! (additional), ..£2-0. To children (JfoJO) and lunerai cxpenscs (A‘J4) ot late - Constable H. it. Eancox, accidentally drowned while on duty, J 1531. ’ , ‘‘ . To Michael Qnirke,>; for loss of t Ins son, who i was -snot-■whiles,' 1 assisting ; the pohde tat; Palmerston - North- (as recom- ■ mended .by tho Public Petitions Committee), v-tetk).';• '"-'W Compassionate allowance to widow, of ' late,. Sergeant Archibald - McPhee, : iICO. MARINE MATTERS. ’i- Wirelesh telegraphy.,, isto bo installed on i one' of the Government steamers at a cost ot jiiooo. V f O' . ; ; ■ Am additional:-£4OO was voted for the cost ef the AmoSura. /:■ . • ' One hundred pounds is set down ..for creation of a iignt on Dilfenbach Point, Queen: Charlotte .Sound. : ■ DEFENCE ITEMS. The Commandant of the New Zealand Deienco Forces will receive a. salary of -tIOUU - and house allowance -8200., He will; be provided with a stall officer at ..63/5. To clear of! liabilities of tho liorowhenuo.ii Mounted Rifle Corps, disbanded, a vote of -6128 was'included in the Deleuce Estimates. Expenses • of- military reviews during the : visit of Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener absorbed a vote of FT4OO, MEMBERS’ WIDOWS. ■ Gratuities to : widows of late members of the Legislature were adopted as follow! Mrs Baume -£3UO,' Mrs Trask -C3OO, Mrs- : Holmes --£3OO, Mrs Scotland .£3OO. The i daughters of the late Hon. K. 11. J. Reeves were granted-6300. .. INCOME TAX INQUIRY. TWO OFFICERS REWARDED. An allowance of .£l5O. to W. M. Tyers, Inspector ■ of Taxes, was included in the Income Tax Department’s vote. ■ This led to questions regarding-' the Land and Income Tax inquiry. The Prime Min-ister-stated-in-Parliament that both officers'Concerned in the inquiry received -D25 increases of salary, and Mr Tyers would receive the: allowance : in addition. No 'special amount :, had : been paid to anyone else except 1 the officer who for over five months had acted ms .superintendent of the department. The Supplementary Estimates also include .£U'OO for the cost of the departmental inquiry and .£2OO allowance to J. Hi Richardson, acting commissioner,

during: the suspension of the head of the department. NATIONAL BUILDINGS.

Government, :Housc, Auckland, is to come into use agim, lor refurnishing £ISOO is provided, and there is. also a .vote'‘of. £7oo ; for renovations, and' repairs. Alterations... to streets surrounding Parliament Building ore responsible for a vote of £2OOO on account, and £IOOO is set down, on account of purchasing Quinton’s corner. ; ■' EXHIBITIONS. The sum of £2500 is provided for Neif Zealand raperesentalion in the Festival of Empire in Loudon next year. Other, votes of similar nature include £750 fop' expenses, of Argentine Centennial Exhibition, £2OO on account of 1 expenses of British-Japan Exhibition, and .£2OO on account of £1250 for Ronbaix Exhibition, France/ ’ ' GENERAL ITEMS. For expenses of the Minister of Education visiting South Africa in connection with the opening of the Union Parliament £l5O is provided, with . £2OO for a secretary. (k./.vV. For free art galleries a vote of £2OOO is .'provided. To prospect the Botarake coalfield in the AVaimarino district £3OO is provided. The enlargement of Hansard " type involves an expenditure of: £250 on new typo moulds and matrices. : An additional grant of £2OOO for refuge work is included in the hospital and charitable aid votes. ■ Eleven Plunket nurses are to receiveigrants of £SO each, and a subsidy of £6OO to societies for the promotion of' health of women and children are. included. As announced in the <r New Zealand Times," the Government will pay £650 to the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive: Distributing Company as compensation on account of losses due to the operation of; the Wellington State coalyard.

.■ The 1 Tramway Commission expenses amounted to £515. • £IOOO was voted for renovation of old soldiers’ graves. . The Education Department’s votes include £575 for temperance . wall-sheets .for, use in the public schools. An additional £IOOO is provided for public libraries on the basis of voluntary'contributions.

To equip a safe-deposit system in the Public Trust, Office, Wellington, .£7OO i« provided. There; is also a vote of JE7OBI for new offices in Auckland.

To replace coin lost in the. Duoo. wUoIi foundered while on a,trip from Wellington to Chathnm > Islands, -£SO was voted. Experiments In connection with busk; sickness are to bo continued by the Agricultural Department, which has n further vote of -6100 for that purpose. To equip tho young men’s training quarters ■at Ruakura experimental farm -CISOO is pro. vided,’ and. there -is a vote of -6325 for 'guaranteeing an experimental - shipment: of apples. ' ROAD GRA.NTS, Additional local giants for road vorks include , the following .-—Murray’s. track (deviation); (Mataroa ■ Township), ■ Rangitikei, -£100; -Ross- track (continuation), (Mataroa. Township), .Rangitikei, -6250; .Tanakirn i block: (deviation),: Wanganui,--6500; Wanganui river rood (left bank), Wanganuj - and Waimarino, -6200; Ngahape road (-61 for -61), Waipukurnu .an4-,Patajijatß,—62oo:; Wnipawa rivet bridge (-61 for .AT), Waipawa, .6400: Waipnkurau; traffic: bridge .(repairs), (A 1 • for ,t£l), ,'oiri account, -.6258; Lagoon road .(north),.Kiwitea. .£100; , Mangarere, -6100; Akilio’- river bridge (-62 for. .61),' (on ac-'count-of X’SOO), A’2oo;- Makiiri to Ponga-> roa <AI for ’-£ll, -£200; Otawhao, Woodville, iJ2ooPahiatua: to Makuri (A’l for -fill," Pahiatua, -6200; Otangaue stream bridge (Faulty's); -6230; Craigiclea, Waii rarapa; South, .-eiOOjv.Kaiwfiata, .6150; Mangarai, Master.ton', ,-6150; Rimutaka ■ i Hill : fJ6150: ; AVaihonga - bridger. i(XI-::: for: -63); j ,r(on - account). Featherstoa, -££6o; .Wharau to Flat Point, 1 Wairarapa South, A1C0; Gladstone ioad. Horowhenua, JB100; Ngnrara .road,; Horowhenua, -2100; nOdlin's road,' 1 Hutt;: -6100;: Otaki. Gorge road (-£1 : r for All, Ilorowhenua, A 250; Phillipi :road, Ilutt. -6200; Shannon to Ekela/liima.r -E150; - Muugaroa - river': bridge -6300.