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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.
* Charged to unauthorised.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1890-91.
CLASS VII.—COMMISSIONER OP STAMPS :— Vote No. 41. —Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Compensation for loss of office to F. C. R. Evans, late Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Stamp Clerk, Invercargill .. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £193 6 3 CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION:— Vote No. 47 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Grant towards the foundation of a Working-men's College and Technical Institute, at Dunedin £50 0 0 CLASS IX.—MINISTER OF NATIVE AFFAIRS :— Vote No. 52—Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Expenses of Commission under " The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889 " Item 2—Purchase of Horomona Paatu's sections at Riverton.. Item 3 —In full satisfaction of the claims of the descendants of Iwa and others Item 4— J. A. Connell, valuation report of lands of the East Coast Native Lands Settlement Company Item 5—Advance payment on account of security for costs on appeal to Privy Council in re Poaka and others t>. Ward and others* Y69 8 7 235 12 8 350 0 0 150 0 0 CLASS X.—MINISTER OF LANDS :— Vote No. Services :— Maintenance and management of water-races, — Item 1—Nelson Creek .. Item 2—Waimea-Kumara Item 3 —Kumara Sludge-channel Item 4—Argyle-Charleston £1,505 1 3 936 9 4 2,868 7 11 1,605 14 9 645 18 6 Item 5—Thames and Reef ton Schools of Mines, — Salaries Travelling-expenses Grant to Thames School of Mines Grant to cover liabilities in connection with rebuilding and refitting school at Thames after the fire Erecting fence, Thames.. Painting building, Thames ... .. ' Chemicals and freight 545 16 8 74 15 7 100 0 0 6,056 10 6 66 12 6 33 9 0 17 5 0 54 5 6 892 4 3 500 0 0 Item C —School of Mines, Otago University Item 7 —Special representation of mining exhibits at Dunedin and Paris Exhibitions Item 8 —Compensation and expenses in connection with Proclamation of Arahura and Teremakau Rivers as tailings channels Item 9—Contribution to Assay and Metallurgy Instructor, Dunedin University Item 10 —Expenses in connection with. Kumara Sludge-channel inquiry Item 11 —Kumara Sludge-channel deviation Item 12—To defray liabilities on claims for damage in connection with Kumara Sludge-channel Item 13—Mail service, Coal Island Item 14—Road to open up Puhipuhi Field Item 15—Reward for discovery Mahakipawa Goldfield Item 16—Contingencies and Mining Inspectors' travelling180 7 4 3,576 16 3 256 3 6 600 0 0 expenses,— Contribution to New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition .. Travelling-expenses Advertising, printing, and stationery Grant to Trustees, No. 2 Sludge-channel, Kumara Bonus to H. Skey, Meteorological Observer, Dunedin. Bonus to T. S. M. Cowio, Clerk, Mines Department, Wellington Reporting and printing report of Mining Conference Refund of deposit to W. Brandon and others, Mokihinui Clerical assistance Law-costs Interpreting deeds, &c. .. Half-cost of boat lost by Richardson's party Assistance for testing minerals Miscellaneous 200 0 0 918 2 4 144 1 7 50 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 19 0 912 G 3 250 0 0 20 0 0 22 10 0 14 4 6 36 5 0 33 10 0 14 14 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 45 8 5 1,553 15 10 Less— Half-cost of Professor Austen's Report on Refractory Ores, contributed by Government of New South Wales Refund on account of safes Solicitor's fee and witnesses' expenses in re Wilson v. Kay and McClellan, breach of "The Coal Mines Act, 1886" 75 14 1 9 7 6 15,279 12 11 32 8 2 117 9 9 £15,162 3 2