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vote for salaries) for which it may be found that sufficient provision has not been made in the said Schedule. Also, that a statement of transfers so made shall be laid before Parliament at the next session. 3. That every account against the Government shall, before it is sent to the Auditor, be certified by the British Resident, or by persons appointed for each department or service by the Chief of the Government with the approval of the British Resident; such certificate shall state that the services therein named have been properly performed, or that the articles charged have been duly supplied, and that the prices are fair and reasonable. 4. That the various sums in Schedule B of this Act which have been paid under the authority of Act 4, 1892 (unauthorised expenditure) shall be charged to the purposes named in the said Schedule, to the amount of one hundred and twenty pounds. 5. That no money shall be paid except on cheques signed by the Paymaster and countersigned by the Auditor. Dated at Rarotonga, this 10th day of August, 1895. Approved. To go into operation forthwith. Feedeeick J. Moss, British Resident.—llth August, 1896.

Schedule A.

Schedule B. Hospital—Expenditure during 1895-96 under " Unauthorised " ... £120 0 0

Enclosure No. 8. Message No. 3.—Fbom the Goveenment to the Paeliament. We send you the result of the returns received to date from the officers appointed to keep a record of the births and deaths in the several islands. No returns were sent in for the year

'ote. Service. Amount. Total. Fixed appropriations— Payment of members... Subsidies to island Councils £ 54 180 s. d. 0 0 0 0 £ s. d. 2 3 4 Collection of revenue Federal Court ... Post Office salaries, rent, and expenses Three years' carriage of ocean mails, due in 1897 234 0 0 55 10 0 18 0 0 59"'o 0 30 0 0 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shipping-master Paymaster and Clerk to Parliament and Government Auditor Expenses, Chief of the Government Interpreting and clerical assistance General contingencies Liabilities from 1895-96 89 0 0 12 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 45 0 0 90 "O 0 25 2 0 Ngatipa Printing, stationery, &c. ... Liabilities from 1895-96 Compiling and printing the laws of Federation and various islands Passages of members Expenses of Parliament ... Maintenance of children at Tereora School... Subsidies in aid of Arikis' Courts and Police Printing-paper and material for printing laws Care of the insane Hospital Liability for 1895-96... 115 2 0 22 10 0 11 12 90 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 165 0 0 13 10 0 20 0 0 125 0 0 129 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 190 0 0 25 0 0 School fittings and furniture— Liability for 1895-96... For new schools 215 0 0 20 162 0 0 60 0 0 Subsidy to proposed wharf and shed Post Office —Rent due, three years Road from Avarua Settlement to back road at Ngatipa 222 0 0 50 0 0 27 0 0 40 0 0 21 22 23 1,742 12 0