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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES -contd.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1884-85.

£ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. 3,714 9 6 Brought forward CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREAS'UBEB— eorMmud. Vote No. 18—Miscellaneous— continued. Item 4—Exchange and commission on remittances and payments of dividends, — Commission on remittances by post and telegraph in the colony Commission on payment of interest, — Bank of New Zealand Union Bank of Australia .. .. Crown Agents Bank of England 3,829 13 9 35 1 2 124 1 6 2,041 15 2 92 10 0 Commission on money-orders .. Exchange on drafts, — On Australia .. .. .. ,. On London 2,293 7 10 56 12 6 78 2 2 80 0 6 158 2 8 Bank of New Zealand, for exchange at £2 per cent, on moneys provided in London to meet interest and sinking fund Less exchange charged on remittances through the AgentGeneral, &c. 29,721 13 5 36,059 10 2 35,945 15 10 113 14 4 Item 5 —Expenses attending the payment of Imperial pensions,— Salaries to 31 March, 1885 .. .. y Travelling allowance and expenses Advertising and subscriptions to newspapers - Miscellaneous 837 5 0 15 0 0 7 2 9 5 10 0 864 17 9 Item 6—Amount paid to Public Trustee as interest on £20,900, debentures of the General Purposes Loan, 1873.. 548 5 5 Item 7—Interest paid Government Insurance Department on £10,500, cash received in London 5 August, 1884, handed over to Department 30 September, 1884 77 17 3 Item 8—Contingencies,— Advertising and subscription to newspapers Travelling allowance and expenses of Private Secretary to Colonial Treasurer Postage and revenue stamps Stamp duty on cheque-books paid in London Income-tax in respect of Interest received in London Expenses in connection with silver and bronze coin Assistant binder, wages, 31 March, 1884, to 14 March, 1885 Miscellaneous 35 0 3 81 8 1 13 13 8 152 18 4. 484 12 4 8 17 5 137 10 0 57 6 6 971 6 7 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 18 £42,122 12 4 CLASS IV.—MINISTER OF JUSTICE :— Vote No. 28—Miscellaneous Seevices :— Item 1—Purchase of Law Eeports, &c. 66 8 9 Item 2—Remission of Fines, — Refund of fine for breach of Sheep Act Eefund of part fine for trespass on Barewood Station 100 0 0 4 16 0 104 16 0 Item 3—Subsidy towards publication of New Zealand Law Reports Item 4—Amount recommended to be refunded by Public Petitions Committee to J. Corley Item 5—Compensation to John Shearer for loss arising out of the wreck of the schooner " Boyd " in 1875 200 0 0 33 4 2 50 0 0 Item 6—Contingencies,— Head Office, Justice Department Official Assignees in Bankruptcy Supreme Court District and Resident Magistrates' Courts 265 7 1 895 15 9 743 5 0 1,602 14 9 3,507 2 7 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 28 .. £3,961 11 6