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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1895-96.
: s. £ s. a. £ s. a. 9,122 14 1 Brought forward JLASS IX.—MINISTEE OP MINES— continued. Vote No. 56 —Miscellaneous Sebvices — continued. Item 12—Field surveys ana expenses, geological surveys and explorations Item 13—Contingencies, ana Mining Inspectors' travellingexpenses,— Aavertising, books, ana stationery Cartage and freight Extra clerical assistance ana wages Inspecting and reporting on mines Law-costs Maps Mimeograph and requisites for typewriter Miscellaneous Office rent and cleaning Postages on reports Subscriptions to newspapers Subscription to Telephone Exchange Transfer of section in Eoss District for tailings-site Travelling-expenses Treatment of ores 19 12 2 14 5 8 73 4 8 78 0 0 8 19 6 89 15 0 7 13 3 35 1 2 21 10 0 5 15 6 13 5 0 12 0 0 104 0 6 908 9 9 72 19 3 156 0 1 1,464 11 5 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 56 £10,743 5 7 SLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 66—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Fora, 1st April, 1895, to 31st March, 1896 Item 2 —Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continuea to his widow, 1st April, 1895, to 31st March, 1896 Item 3— Pension of late Mrs. Passmore, continued to her sisters, 1st April, 1895, to 31st March, 1896 Item 4—Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi, for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government, 1st January, 1895, to 31st December, 1895 Item 5—Pensions to recipients of New Zealand Cross, to 31st December, 1895 Item 6—Purchase of long-service medals Item 7—Purchase of Martini rifles and fittings Item 8—Purchase of Martini-Henry ammunition Item 9—Repairs, &o., to military graveyards Item 10—Repairs to machinery and hulls of steam-launches " Lyttelton," " Gordon," " Isabel," and " Ellen Ballance ".. Item 11—Repairs to jotty at Shelly Bay Item 12—Special allowance to ex-Constable Packer, for serious permanent injuries received in the service, 1st April, 1895, to 31st March' 1896 Item 13—Special allowance to ex-Constable Miles Leighton, for serious permanent injuries received in the service, 1st January, 1895, to 31st December, 1895 Item 14—Compassionate allowance to the children of the late Torpedoman Heighton, at the rate of £1 per week, 27th March, 1895, to 18th February, 1896 Item 15—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall, for injuries received at the Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week, 27th January, 1895, to 4th January, 1896 Item 16 —Compensation to Gunner J. McEvoy on retirement, medically unfit for further service Item 17 —Proportion of salary of Imperial officer in London as Inspector of Warlike Stores Item 18—Ordnanoe and other warlike stores, — Ammunition Clothing Chase-hooping guns Freight Gunpowder Martini-Henry rifles Mine-cases Miscellaneous stores Morris-tube cartridges Shipping charges, insurance, &c. Travelling-expenses 46 0 0 45 0 0 47 0 0 10 0 0 210 0 0 2 3 0 1,085 18 9 3,712 12 2 3 0 0 68 1 7 39 13 0 30 0 0 47 0 0 36 15 0 54 15 0 177 15 2 1,596 6 3 440 3 4 1,200 0 0 503 17 0 543 19 10 3,168 12 2 222 0 0 889 2 9 91 5 6 196 12 1 163 7 6 9,015 6 5 225 0 0 Item 19—For privilege of using Mount Eden rifle-range Item 20—New boiler for steam-launch " Gordon " .. Item 21—Expenses in connection with the meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association at Oamaru Item 22—Passages of Instructor Hill and his family to England at the expiration of his engagement Item 23—Moiety of expenses towards rebuilding the sea-wall of the military cemetery at Tauranga Item 24—Amount lost by default of late magazine-keeper, Mount Eden Item 25—Volunteer oamps of instruction, Expenses attending 312 10 0 173 5 0 4 18 6 561 0 0 1,452 16 4 £17,360 9 11 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 66