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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1900-1901

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER:— Vote No. 19—Miscellaneous Services:— Item 1—Salary of Registrar of Consols, 1st April, 1900, to 31st March, 1901 .. Item 2—Discount and stamp duty on remittances to London .. Item 3—Discount on sale of 3-per-cent. inscribed stock held by Consolidated Fund Investment Account Item 4—Expenses attending the annual " drawing" of debentures issued under "The Consolidated Loan Act, 1867," — Advertising, printing, &c Crown Agent's commission, at J per cent., on redemption of £50,400 5-per-cent. consolidated debentures Notarial charges 50 0 0 466 12 4 2,125 12 6 29 19 11 252 0 0 19 19 0 301 18 11 Item 5—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 Crown Agents 814 12 6 68 6 2 98 16 8 167 2 10 7 12 0 25 18 9 2,125 0 0 Commission on money-orders and letters of credit.. Exchange on drafts and cheques Exchange on remittances to London Less amounts refunded by departments for exchange 3,140 6 1 342 4 2 2,798 1 11 833 0 0 Item 6—Extra clerical assistance Item 7—Refund of amount paid to Consolidated Fund for maintenance of Jane Ramsay (a lunatic), and applied to benefit of her husband Item 8—Refund of amount paid Consolidated Fund, being surplus cash on sale of land now claimed by relatives of owner Item 9—Refund of amount paid Consolidated Fund as unclaimed deposit Item 10—Salary of Secretary, Civil Service Officers' Guarantee Board, 1st April, 1900, to 31st March, 1901 Item 11 —Subsidies on separate rates— Ashburton County Waikato County Whangamarino Road Board 42 4 9 50 0 0 250 0 0 14 18 2 49 14 2 314 12 4 220 10 0 Item 12—Wages of assistant binders Item 13 —Contingencies,— Assistant binders, wages Allowance to Treasury messenger Books and publications Cloth baths for copying-press Deduction made from salary of clerk for absence refunded Expenses of moving old volumes of vouchers, &c. Expenses in connection with importation of silver and bronze coinage Interest on drafts drawn by Grain-brokers' Association Official postages Subscriptions to newspapers Subscriptions to telephones, &c .. Stamp duty on cheques (Agent-General) .. Sundries Travelling-expenses of officers of department Typewriters, &c 188 0 0 20 0 0 14 8 2 6 13 0 28 13 10 37 14 0 671 15 5 14 19 3 2 14 3 8 15 0 28 0 6 6 5 0 34 11 8 11 1 6 25 17 6 1,099 9 1 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 19 £8,302 1 10 CLASS IV.-MINISTER OF JUSTICE:— Vote No. 29—Miscellaneous Services: — Item 1—Advertising, purchase of books, &c. Item 2—Amount deducted from salary of Warden, Thames, 1883, in error Item 3—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Clendon, recommended by Public Petitions Committee (six months' pay) .. Item 4—Compilation of Maori history Item 5—Expenses of Urewera Commission 113 8 4 42 12 0 200 0 0 581 5 5 Carried forward 937 5 9