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Table I. STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 30th JUNE, 1878.

FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR :— Subsidies to Local Bodies : — Counties, — Buller ... ... ... £347 15 6 Hokianga ... ... ... 75 3 11 Lake ... ... ... 1,333 12 4 Maniototo ... ... ... 1,428 1 0 Tuapeka ... ... ... 1,479 11 4 Vincent ... ... ... 1,621 12 1 Waimate ... ... ... 3,962 13 4 Wairoa ... ... ... 549 19 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Road Boards, — Tuapeka ... ... ... 473 19 10 Waitahuna ... ... ... 162 16 4 10,798 9 2 636 16 2 65 9 10 Township of Inglewood Miscellaneous : — Running expenses of s.s. steamer " Ilinemoa " Inspection of New Zealand Harbours, — Payment to Sir J. Coode Travelling expenses Taking soundings, Westport Roadstead 11,500 15 2 3,464 3 6 1,000 0 0 37 13 3 40 0 0 Great South and other Roads in the Auckland District, repairs, collection of tolls, &c. ... Compensation for loss of office, — Goods Managers, Canterbury Railways Warders, Dunedin Gaol ... ... ..; Messenger, Government House... 1,077 13 3 54S 19 11 612 14 6 20 12 4 97 10 0 730 16 10 I i Platelayer, Foxton Railway, compensation for injuries received... Mrs. E. Deck, half-pension of her late husband, P. A. Deck, June quarter, 1878 ... Housekeeper, Parliament Buildings, salary from 4th December to 30th June, 1878 Grants in aid to St. Mary's School, Nelson ... Grant in aid to Board of Wardens, Waitahuna . Conveyance of Volunteers, &c, to Richmond ... Refund of fee on inspection of Steam Fire-engine, Christchurch ... Carriage of Deer by rail for the Acclimatization Society, Auckland Expenses of inquiry in connection with Volunteer Engineer Militia, Thames Payment to Ruihi and Aporo Hare, in settlement of all claims of the late Ilui Tc Miha to land in jthe Middle Island ... Lessee of Newmarket Slaughterhouse, compensation for infringement of lease ... Captain T. Logan, s.s. " Hero," compensation in connection with proceedings re breach of Passenger Act Lithofracteur for Martin's Bay Expenses connected with exhibits, Paris Exhibition Amounts written olf, — Balance of Imprest Account, E. n. Bold ... W. B. D. Mantell ,, Late J. G. Johnson Amount owing to Eailway Department by Dunedin Jockey Club Bank note lost by Railway Department in transmission from Auckland to Wellington Travelling expenses of Mr. H. T. Clarke, attending sitting of Supreme Court, Dunedin Extra mileage paid to witnesses attending sitting of Supreme Court, Nelson Rent of land leased under " The Sawyer's Bay Lands Leasing Ordinance, 1874," for thc use of Friendly Soeieties, half-year to 1st March, 1877 Payments to the Public Trustee, to satisfy claims on the under-mentioned intestate estates transferred to Re10 0 0 6 0 0 143 16 4 294 10 0 20 0 0 14 5 0 2 0 0 1 15 0 210 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 79 11 6 8 10 6 0 9 11 25 3 6 4 4 6 10 2 6 20 0 0 60 0 5 12 17 0 20 11 0 10 7 6 venue, — Estate of Guiseppo della Vedova ,, John Jones ,, John Lavcry 19 7 4 13 9 7 25 19 9 58 16 8 Carried forward 18,625 10 10