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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1882.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1881-82.

£ i. A. £ s. d. £ .. d. Consolidated Fund. ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT. Foe Sbbtices Not Pbovided pob : — Railways:— AmountB written off, —■ Railway-Btation accounts for deficiencies, bad debts, &c. ... ... £241 8 9 Surcharges for carriage of materials, &e. 600 0 1 Amount of deposit cheque returned to Mr. Hastie instead of being paid to Public Account ... Carriage of body of late Captain Garrard to Christchurch Gratuity to widow of late M. Howard, killed on 1st September Gratuity to J. Lyons of one year's pay on leaTing Working Railways Department... Gratuity to mother of late fireman Woodcock, killed at •Kaihiku Gratuity to W. Higgin of one month's pay on leaving service as stationmaster, Otahuhu Gratuity of two months' pay to widow of E. Stubley, late porter at Te Aute Station ... Compensation to A. Erew for loss of office aB gatekeeper on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway ... 841 8 10 25 0 0 17 6 0 66 10 3 127 2 6 66 10 3 9 12 0 19 4 0 21 12 0 1,194 5 10 Fees, Eines, and Duties I — Duty paid by executor of estate of the late Captain Garrard refunded on a redistribution of the property being made Fine paid by J. A. Subritzky remitted Refund of fine paid on deed of transfer, Aperahama and others to A. Mason, incurred through the detention of the deed Refund of fine incurred on Native leases, Utika, Potaka, and others to J. Duncan, through the detention of the deeds in the Trust Commissioner's office Travelling allowance and commission paid W. H. Warren as agent for collection of Native land duties 46 10 0 20 0 0 6 18 3 112 19 5 71 11 0 Defalcation: — Amounts required to make good defalcations of E. C. Wilkinson, late Receiver of Land Revenue, &c, Hawera, — As Receiver of Land Revenue ... As Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages As Clerk to Resident Magistrate's Court ... 257 18 8 492 13 5 11 0 0 11 3 5 514 16 10 Seal Fisheries Protection : — Wages of seamen Provisions, rope, oil, coals, &c. Towage to slip ... Travelling expenses of Captain Greig Linoleum Suit of sails Cab hire 15 6 5 46 1 1 15 0 11 3 0 18 6 50 12 0 0 12 6 126 8 6 Miscellaneous : — Cutlery and electro-plate for Bellamy's Amount of deposit received at Collingwood in October, 1871, from J. Brewer, and transferred to Public Account in March, 1880 Translating Rabbit Act, Brands Act, &c, into Maori... Preparation of return for Legislature of all payments to newspapers Cost of telegram from Crown Agents Refund of duty paid a second time on oil-painting Amount overpaid by late Receiver of Gold Revenue, Collingwood, in respect of deposit by J. Miles Refund of duty paid by the Dunedin Corporation on public clock ... 98 3 8 10 0 0 20 0 0 36 15 3 34 18 2 2 9 6 0 18 0 156 1 7 Carried forward 359 6 2 2,093 9 10