Sbss. 11.—1879. NEW ZEALAND.

TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES, ETC., OF MINISTERS. (RETURN OF ALL SUMS PAID TO MINISTERS FOR HOUSE ALLOWANCE, TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, OR ANY OTHER PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF SALARY, SINCE 1ST JULY, 1878.)

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives, with the leave of the House.

RETURN of all Sums paid to Ministers for House Allowance, Travelling Allowance, or any other Payments in Excess of Salary, from 1st July, 1878, to 31st October, 1879.

* In this amount is included hiro of carriages, conveying Secretaries and Natives in attendance upon the Hon. the Native Minister. In many cases the eeparate cost is not ascertainabie. Jas. B. Hetwood, Treasury, 11th November, 1879. Accountant to the Treasury.

By Authority i Geobge Didmuet, Government Printer, Wellington. —1879. Prico 3d.]

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Name of Minister. House Allowance. Travelling Allowance. Carriage Hire. Total. £ s. d. £ b. d. 140 14 0 149 2 0 522 18 0 83 2 0 48 6 0 69 6 0 105 18 0 23 2 0 192 0 0 £ s. d. 0 16 0 2 0 0 491 16 0* £ s. 141 10 151 2 1,014 14 245 12 19t5 4 69 6 105 18 23 2 192 0 34 13 d. 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 [on. Sir. G. Grey, K.C.B. ion. G. S. Whitmore, C.M.G. [on. J. Sheehan .on. J. Macandrew ... on. E. Stout [on. J. Ballance [on. J. T. Fisher .on. TV. Gisborne [on. Hoani Nate [on. J. TV. Thomson... 162 10 147 18 0 4 34 13 6 345 1 10 1,394 8 0 494 12 0 2,234 1 10