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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1895-96

Brought forward £ s. ( a. £ s. d. 546 18 5 £ s. d. 5,284 14 8 CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER— continued. Vote No. 19—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 10—Contingencies— continued. Salary of Secretary to Government Officers' Guarantee Board, 25th March, 1895, to 31st March, 1896 Stamps on Agent-General's cheques Subscriptions to Telephone Exchange ■ Telegrams Travelling-allowances and -expenses of Private Secretary, Shorthand-writer, &c, to Hon. Colonial Treasurer Typewriter, and requisites for same Sundries 50 19 5 18 15 0 23 10 0 259 19 9 254 13 4 32 2 1 150 18 6 Less — Amount recovered in respect of expenses connected with the administration of "The Advances to Settlers Act, 1894," charged in last year's accounts 1,337 16 6 6,622 11 2 975 11 9 *n t * ■■ ■ i> ■ » T- * . . Total net expenditure, Vote No. 19 £5,646 19 5 '; CLASS IV.-MINISTER OF JUSTICE:— Vote No. 30 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Purchase of reports and treatises for Crown Law Office Item 2—Payment to Survey Department for lithographing and preparation of plans Item 3—In full settlement of all claims of G. W. Ell, in connection with his charges against the Official Assignee and the Registrar of the Supromo Court, Christchurch, and for the purpose of winding up his estate under " The G. W. Ell Empowering Act, 1892" Item 4—Contingencies 54 15 0 326 11 0 260 0 0 3,710 18 11 i Total net expenditure, Vote No. 30 I CLASS V.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL :— Vote No. 36—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Item 2—Extra labour and material for repairs Item 3 —Stationery, &c. Item 4—Special allowance to Telegraph Messengers during their first year's service.. Item 5—Gas and water .. .. .. .. Item 6 —Telephone-fees to non-permanent Postmasters and Telephonists .. .. Item 7 —Contribution towards scientific and technical instruction of officers Item 8—Compassionate allowance to Margaret Connolly, son drowned in execution of his duty Item 9—Prizes for designs of new issue of postage-stamps Item 10—To make good loss by burglary at Papakura Offioe .. Item 11—To make good loss by robbery of mail between Denniston and Westport Item 12—Office expenses, fuel, travelling-expenses of Telegraphists and Contingencies— Advertising and printing Carriage of private bags Cleaning and scavenging .. - -Money-order and Savings-bank fees Allowances (shipping, tellers, house, forage, &c.) Postal Inspectors, travelling-expenses Lighting and fuel (gas excepted) Overtime Parcels-post expenses Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. Sundries Travelling- and relieving-expenses Uniforms Temporary officers (excluding Linemen) Poundage paid £4,352 4 11 4,373 16 7 8,930 12 3 2,905 12 4 415 0 0 2,715 8 11 4,766 13 3 50 0 0 281 10 0 30 0 8 139 0 0 221 2 5 222 17 1 1,753 11 9 274 3 10 2,033 18 0 882 3 4 1,453 13 0 851 1 7 1,600 U 2 2,265 13 3 2,521 8 2 5,289 12 11 841 13 9 1,838 6 4 1,370 4 7 23,420 4 2 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 36 £48,027 18 2 CLASS VI.—COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS :— Vote No. 38 —Customs, Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1 —Quarantine-keepers, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers—Salaries, 1st April, 1895, to 31st March, 1896 Item 2—Quarantine Stations—Contingencies 339 12 0 105 14 0 ; 445 6 0 Carried forward