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

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1890-91.

CLASS IV.—MINISTER OP JUSTICE :— Vote No. 25—Miscellaneous :— Item 1—Purchase of reports and treatises for Crown Law Office Item 2—To meet estimated defalcations of P. Birrel, employed as bookkeeper by the late Deputy Assignee at Timaru Item'3 —Estreated recognisance of E. Smith to be paid to Mrs. Smith Item 4—Estreated recognisance of C. J. Nairn, to be paid to the Charitable Aid Board, Napier Item 5—Gratuity to widow of the late William Booney, Bailiff, Resident Magistrate's Court, Cromwell Item 6—Contingencies £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 40 i 6 155 12 2 10 0 0 75 0 0 2,287 16 2 CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH:— Vote No. 34.—Miscellaneous :—■ Item 1—Telegraph Inspectors' salaries Item 2—Sub-Telegraph Inspectors' salaries Item 3—Electrician's salary Item 4—Mechanician's salary (Auckland) Item 5—Mechanician's salary (Dunedin) Item 6—Cadet's salary (Dunedin) Item 7—Linemen's salaries Item 8 —Nightwatchmen's salaries (G.P.O.) Item 9—Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Item 10—Extra labour and material for repairs Item 11—Stationery .. .. .. Item 12—Amount stolen by W. E. Bannister ... Item 13—Stamps and cash destroyed at Albury Item 14—Office expenses, contingencies, &c, — Advertising and printing .. Cleaning and washing offices .. .. Fees paid to non-permanent officers Travelling-expenses of Post-office Inspectors Lighting and fuel Overtime and bonuses Parcel-post expenses .. Sundry expenditure Travelling-expenses of officers Letter-carriers' and messengers' uniforms Postal vans for railway travelling post-office Temporary officers Poundage paid £2,568 12 10 1,302 13 4 732 10 0 279 3 4 175 16 8 210 0 0 111 13 4 5,975 19 7 327 0 6 3,891 18 9 14,116 13 11 3,936 19 8 478 5 10 13 8 2 357 14 0 1,277 7 9 3,189 18 1 381 7 10 864 13 10 1,030 17 9 1,208 8 5 3,524 17 9 2,921 10 4 848 5 3 1,500 0 0 1,459 15 6 996 15 1 19,561 17 7 CLASS VI.—COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS :— Vote No. 36—Customs, Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Quarantine Keepers, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers Item 2—Quarantine contingencies.. Item 3—Bonus on exportation of canned and cured fish Item 4—Refund of duty on beer duty-stamps destroyed Item 5 —Refund of duty on goods exported and reimported .. Item 6—Refund of bonded-warehouse duty.. Item 7 —Refund of duty on tobacco wasted in process of manufacture Item 8—Duty on sundry articles remitted by order of Commissioner of Customs £51,114 0 8 49.5 0 0 89 13 1 781 3 9 85 0 0 596 0 0 81 17 7 Vote No. 38—Mabine, Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—"Hinemoa," s.s., working-expenses,— Wages Coal .. .... Provisions, &c . Repairs, stores, &o. £2,128 14 5 3,441 16 4 1,596 8 1 1,218 0 1 1,026 6 11 Less recoveries for rations, pB,ssage-money, and towage 7,282 11 5 206 19 8 Item 2—Expenses of s.s. " Stella," whilst laid up, — Wages Coal Repairs, &c. 7,075 11 9 183 2 2 60 0 0 160 6 7 403 8 9 Item 3—Guaranteed interest to Wellington Patent Slip Company to 31st March, 1890 Item 4—Hydrographic survey, Poverty Bay Item 5—Protection of fish and oysters Item 6 —Tendering s.s. " Hinemoa," at Napier 2,157 5 8 101 0 6 126 6 11 15 0 0 £9,878 13 7