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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1900-1901.

Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 33,040 12 8 CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued. Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 42—Grant to H. C. Pilcher for services rendered to New Zealand Contingents at Capetown Item 43—House-allowance to Hon. Mr. Carroll (six months) .. Item 44—Imperial Institute expenses Item 45—Importation of moose from Canada, balance of expenses .. ■ • Item 46 —Legal expenses in connection with the Porirua School grant Item 47—" New Zealand Flora " .. Item 48—New Zealand Institute, Grant to .. Item 49—Pension of late Provincial Government, NelsonMrs. Robinson's three daughters.. Item 50—Payment to Router's Telegram Company for special telegrams .. •• •• •• ■• " Item 51—Public Health Department, under "The Public Health Act, 1900," salaries and expenses Item 52-Representing colony at inauguration of Commonwealth of Australia (also see " Unauthorised") — Travelling-allowances and expenses of Ministerial party .. Item 53— Royal Humane Society of New Zealand— Grant-in-aid Item 54—Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1st April, 1900, to 31st March, 1901 Item 55—Sir George Grey's statue Item 56—Sir George Grey's Scholarship to each university (subjeots-physics, astronomy, and geology) Item 57—Special allowance to Premier's Private Secretary .. Item 58—Telegrams beyond the colony Item 59—Additional travelling-allowance in excess of amount provided under " The Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1887 " .. Item 60—General Contingencies,— Advertising .. .. • ■ • ■ . • • • ■ Allowance in lieu of free quarters and lighting to caretaker, Government Buildings, New Plymouth Allowance to Acting Private Secretary to Minister of Lands Books and publications Cost of photographs, &c, of South Sea Islands Cost of taking evidence and reporting as to charges by Southerly against the Public Trust Office Carriage of telegrams .. .. • • Cost of procuring deer (or Government of Queensland Directories for public departments Freight and cartage Fuel and light Grant to 'Greytown Fire Brigade Inspection of weights and measures Law-costs Newspapers Official postages (Agent-General) .. ••,..•• Payment to G. D. Hamilton for compiling handbook on trout in New Zealand Rewards for arrest of deserters Removing books from Parliamentary Library Sessional allowance to private secretaries toNative Minister Minister of Justice Premier 250 0 0 50 0 0 119 15 2 6 10 10 144 0 10 311 17 6 500 0 0 100 0 0 587 4 6 511 3 9 389 1 2 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 15 0 0 9,749 14 9 500 0 0 210 7 0 22 18 8 10 0 0 156 19 11 161 7 0 44 12 0 38 1 9 12 2 6 165 1 0 480 6 7 296 0 10 25 0 0 22 4 8 157 10 0 118 15 10 296 0 2 12 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 210 4 0 300 14 0 129 6 5 Sessional allowance to messengers Subscriptions to telephones, &c. .. Sundries .. • ■ • ■ Travelling-allowances of Ministers (see also Item 59) Travelling-expenses of Ministers 999 5 0 1,456 19 9 2,456 4 9 Travelling-expenses of officers of Colonial Secretary's Department .. .. ■• •■ ••. ■• Travelling-expenses of Registrar-General, attending Uinference of Statists in Sydney Travelling expenses of labour delegates .. Typewriters and accessories Uniforms and overcoats for messengers 69 12 9 68 8 6 34 2 11 149 1 6 136 3 9 5,948 6 6 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 £53,023 7 8