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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1896-97.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 1. £ s. d. 10,162 11 3 Brought forward CLASS IX.—MINISTER OF MINES— continued. Vote No. 57—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 10—Field surveys and expenses, geological surveys and explorations,— Travelling-allowance and expenses Salaries Instruments Sundries 324 12 0 38 5 0 9 6 0 1 19 8 374 2 8 I lem u—Expenses in connection with the Brunner Mine disaster, — Commissioners' fees Reporting Secretary's expenses Passages Surveyor's fees Solicitor's costs Inspection fees and report Board, &c, of rescue parties .. Sundries 303 1 2 27 19 0 117 2 8 34 9 0 113 4 6 144 13 11 124 17 8 89 3 0 25 6 0 979 16 11 Item 12—Electric power, engineering and report Item 13—Contingencies, and Mining Inspectors' travellingexpenses, — Advertising, &c Clerical assistance, wages, &c Inspecting and reporting on mines Instruments Law-costs Miscellaneous Subscriptions to newspapers .. .. Subscriptions to Telephone Exchange Travelling allowance and -expenses Typewriter and requisites for same 185 6 6 201 7 3 22 17 0 19 14 2 52 15 10 113 13 9 20 6 10 12 0 0 1,038 14 2 30 9 0 1,697 4 6 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 57 £13,213 15 4 CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 67 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 2—Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his widow, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 3—Pension of late Mrs. Passmore, continued to her sisters Item 4 —Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi, for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government, 1st January, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 .. Item 5—Pensions to recipients of New Zealand Cross Item 6 —Purchase of long-service medals Item 7 —Purchase of Martini-Henry ammunition Item 8 —Repairs to military graveyards Item 9—Repairs to machinery and hulls of steam-launches .. Item 10—Repairs to jetty at Shelly Bay Item 11—Special allowance to ex-Constable Packer, 1st April, 1896, to 31st March, 1897 Item 12—Special allowance to ex-Constable Miles Leighton, 23rd December, 1895, to 22nd March, 1897 Item 13—Compassionate allowance to the children of the late Torpedoman Heighton, at the rate of £1 perweek, 19th February, 1896, to 9th March, 1897 Item 14—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall, 5th January, 1896, to 6th March, 1897 Item 15—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Gunner J. Smith Item 16—Compensation to Gunner S. Bannon Item 17—Arrears of pension granted to G. H. Dore, from July, 1870, to May, 1872 Item 18 —Cost of targets for testing ammunition at Auckland Item 19—Repairs to torpedo-boat, Auckland Item 20—Proportion of salary of Imperial officer in London as Inspector of Warlike Stores, 1st January, 1896, to 31st December, 1896 Item 21—For privilege of using Mount Eden rifle-range, 1st March, 1896, to 28th February, 1897 Item 22—New boiler for steam-launch " Gordon " .. Item 23—Final expenses in connection with the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association, 1896 Item 24—Expenses, New Zealand Rifle Association meeting, 1897 .. Item 25—Moiety of expenses towards rebuilding the sea-wall of the military cemetery at Tauranga Item 26—Volunteer camps of instruction Item 27 —Advance of passage-money to Lieutenant J. Waddell, proceeding to Natal to join his regiment 46 0 0 45 0 0 12 10 0 190 0 0 6 11 6 5,819 10 9 8 0 0 100 4 4 39 10 10 37 10 0 55 0 0 45 15 0 41 1 3 127 15 0 68 14 0 154 18 0 177 3 3 168 15 0 330 0 0 127 13 6 3 0 8 1,055 13 5 48 5 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 67 £9,308 11 6