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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1896-97.

s. £ s. d. £ s. a. 14,357 3 6 Brought forward LASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued. Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 15—House-allowance to Hon. Mr. Carroll, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 16—New Zealand Flora, — Payment to T. Kirk Printing plates 100 0 0 100 0 0 6 10 6 106 10 6 Item 17 —Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 18—Bonus to aid flax industry Item 19 —Bonus for the best means of destroying or eradicating rabbits Item 20 —Bonus for discovery of coprolites Item 21—Introduction of salmon-ova Item 22—Introduction of Rocky Mountain sheep Item 23 —Cost of Government Printing Office Inquiry,— Commissioners' allowance and expenses Secretary Reporting and type-writing evidence Expenses of witnesses .. Item 24—Cost of licensing poll under " The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1895 " Item 25—Imperial Institute expenses Item 26—Wellington Industrial Exhibition, grant Item 27—Grant in aid of fire brigades' annual demonstration Item 28—Subsidy of £1 for £1 towards expenses of sending an expert to America and Great Britain to investigate and report on markets for New Zealand hemp Item 29—Compassionate allowance to widow of Charles Hook, drowned from the " Ellen Ballance " Item 30—Refund of fine inflicted on the Otaki Knights of Labour 204 5 2 10 10 0 78 6 8 36 16 0 500 0 0 288* 4 3 329 17 10 5,538 19 11 183 19 9 500 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 £22,039 15 9 LASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER:— Vote No. 18—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Expenses attending the annual drawings of debentures under " The Consolidated Loan Act, 1867," — Crown Agents' commission, at 4 per cent., on redemption of £42,600 5-per-cent. consolidated debentures Notarial charges Advertising, printing, &c Item 2—Exchange and commission, — Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by telegraph in the colony Commission on payment of dividends, — Bank of New Zealand Union Bank Crown Agents 213 0 0 17 17 0 25 15 3 256 12 3 23 8 10 104 1 11 100 18 8 513 4 4 Commission on money-orders and letters of credit.. Exchange on drafts and cheques 228 9 5 4 5 0 5 0 4 Less amounts refunded by Departments 750 19 1 244 8 0 Item 3—Fee to Sir P. G. Julyan, as Financial Adviser to the Government, from the 5th February, 1896, to the 4th August, 1896 .. Item 4—Fee to Sir Julius Vogel, as Trustee of the Sinking Fund of the Loan of 1863, and Agent under " The Lost Debentures Act, 1886," 1st June, 1896, to 31st January, 1897 .. Item 5—Discount and stamp duty on drafts remitted from the colony to replenish the New Zealand Public Account in LondonDiscount Stamp duty Administration of "The New Zealand Consols Act, 1894," — Item 6 —Salary of Registrar of Consols, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 7—Other expenses,— Advertising Subsidies paid to Counties on " separate rates " collected for 1895 and 1896,— Item 8 —Waitaki County Item 9 —Wallace County 506 11 1 200 0 0 200 0 0 4,757 3 3 547 10 0 5,304 13 3 50 0 0 19 2 0 69 2 0 1,431 14 4 889 14 0 2,321 8 4 8,858 6 11 Carried forward