8.—6.

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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1884-85.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CLASS VI.—COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS :— Vote No. 38 —Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—s.s. "Hinemoa," — Wages Coal Provisions, &o. Boiler tubes, chain, rope, repairs, &c. 2,776 17 11 1,327 9 6 1,199 11 1 1,486 19 5 Less recoveries for rations, passage-money, and towage.. 6,790 17 11 149 18 0 Item 2—Amount of judgment and costs, Williams v. Queen, at Westport .. .. ... Item 3 —Refund of Bonded Warehouse Duty, New Plymouth 6,640 19 11 2,425 15 7 12 10 0 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 38 £9,079 5 6 CLASS VII.—COMMISSIONER OP STAMPS:— Vote No 41—Miscellaneous Seevices :— Item 1—Collection of Native Land Duties under section 142 of Stamp Act, 1882,— Commission Law costs Travelling allowance and expenses Railway fares 207 3 8 19 0 0 302 0 0 8 18 10 Item 2—Contingencies, Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1860, and Building Societies Act, 1876 Item 3 —Remission of fine on conveyance, Bloomfield to Nairn 537 2 6 10 9 5 0 0 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 41 £543 3 3 CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OP EDUCATION :— Vote No. 48—Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Subsidies to public libraries, including liabilities .. 3,970 18 1 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 48 £3,970 18 1 CLASS IX.—MINISTER OP NATIVE AFFAIRS :— Vote No. 51—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Law costs allowed by Supreme Court in case of Harding against Natives, Waipawa Land Dispute Item 2—Fees on Crown Grants issued under West Coast Settlements Acts 82 8 2 30 8 4 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 51 £112 16 6 CLASS X.—MINISTER OF MINES :— Vote No. 53 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Assistance towards prospecting by the purchase of diamond drills, upon a subscription of one-third being contributed Item 2—Local Museum of Specimens Item 3 —Rewards for discovery of Goldfields Maintenance and management of Water-races, — Item 4—Nelson Creek ItemS —Waimea-Kumara Item 6—Maintenance and raising sluice, Kumara Sludgechannel Item 7—Argyle-Charleston 8S5 0 5 2,962 18 3 6,871 4 8 432 18 9 11,102 2 1 Item 8—Mount Ida Water-race, for contingent requirements of trust, £500 and £250 for extension Item 9—Rent of Tokatea Block to 23rd December, 1884 Item 10—To defray cost of lectures by Professors Black and Ulrich in the principal mining centres Item 11—Subsidy of £1 for £1 on moneys subscribed for prospecting for gold at deep levels Item 12—Muddy Creek Channel, on condition of contribution of £1 for £1 .. Item 13 —Borough of Thames, in aid repairing flood damages 500 0 0 325 6 5 150 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 Carried forward 12,727 8 6