B.—No. 9.

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON ACCOUNT OF LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS

STATEMENT showing the EXPENDITURE on ACCOUNT of the LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS as compared with the ESTIMATES for the Financial Year, 1871-72.

VOTE 5, ITEM 18, LEGISLATIVE GENERAL EXPENSES-CONTINGENCIES, ₤500.

Particulars. Estimate. Expenditure. Excess. Saving. Legislative Council, — Clerk Assistant Clerical assistance ... Messengers during Session ... £ s. d. 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 £ s. d. 300 0 0 99 0 0 150 14 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 50 14 0 r o o House of Representatives,— Clerk Assistant Second ditto Extra Clerks Sergeant-at-Arms, &c. Extra Messengers ... 50 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 409 4 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 350 0 0 456 0 0 409 16 0 257 12 0 156 0 0 0 12 0 42' 8 0 General Expenses,— Passages of Members Honoraria Clerk, Private Bills Office ... Library Attendants Reporters... Printing Hansard ... Library Contingencies (particulars subjoined) ... 1,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 1,692 5 0 9,753 12 3 50 0 0 150 0 0 1,456 14 1 2,375 4 6 311 17 0 4,234 4 11 692 5 0 1,753 12 3 256 14 1 1,375 4 6 11 17 0 3,734 4 11 14,109 4 0 22,096 19 9 8,031 3 9 43 8 0

1871. 8 July 22 „ 25 „ Gascoigne and Parsons, Repairs and alterations to furniture in Library W. L. Gallien, Repairing seats, furniture, &c. ... Levin and Co., Freight per " Edinburgh Castle " on 1 case books from London A. M. Smith, Copying papers, &c. £ s. d. 4 T8 9 91 17 0 110 £ s. d. £ s. d. 25 „ 9 11 6 107 8 3 1 Aug. 1 ., 1 ,, 2 „ 3 „ TT „ TT „ T2 „ T2 „ T2 „ 23 „ 28 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ 31 „ E. Stowe, Compiling Land Laws H. Otterson C. McLaren and another, 9 days' work in Houses of Parliament ... 4 D. T. Smith, Assistant in Library H. Otterson, Salary, extra clerk C. McLaren and another, Messenger ... A. C. Macdonald, Copying despatches A. M. Smith, Copying despatches M. Murphy, Washing Legislative Council Chamber offices, July ... W. Bishop, Passages of two reporters from Melbourne ... W. James, Matting, carpet, &c., for Legislative Council offices E. MeColl, Extra allowance ... D. T. Smith, Assistant in Library W. Bishop, Passage of Mr. Church from Melbourne W. Aitken, 1 cupboard, baize notice boards, &c. W. L. Gallien, Furniture for House of Representatives ... 20 0 0 13 0 0 2 14 0 14 0 3 18 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 7 6 0 8 15 3 14 0 24 0 0 16 4 9 4 10 0 12 18 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 164 1 4 2 12 0 3 12 0 4 0 0 5 0 7 0 9 0 5 4 10 4 19 0 30 0 0 18 6 5 2 3 1 12 6 6 12 0 3T2 9 4 1 Sept. 1 >, 5 „ 8 „ 9 „ H „ 12 „ 13 „ 13 „ T5 „ T8 „ T8 „ II. Owen, Towels and dusters, Legislative Council M. Cosgrove, Extra allowance H. Church, Passage, Hobart Town to Melbourne L. G. Reid, Salary ... W. P. James, Copying depositions in re Collinson v. Lemon Wellington Gas Company, Coke for warming apparatus ... C. Mudgway, 4 eords firewood G. Hall, Attending to hot-water apparatus R. Burrett, Lettering despatch boxes, &e. H. Owen, Towels, dusters, &c., House of Representatives J. A. Allen, Brushes, combs, &c. H. Reid, Coal scoops, brooms, &c. 70 12 8 Carried forward 490 10 3