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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1900-1901

Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,615 14 4 £ s. d. 20,879 8 9 3LASS XIV.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 69.—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 39—Volunteer camps of instruction — continued. Powder Rail-fares, &c. .. Rents Steamer hire .. Sundries Timber, rope, &c. Travelling-expenses Water-supply 7 18 126 2 7 16 16 0 74 0 0 0 14 0 134 7 8 40 9 6 7 2 6 6,022 8 3 Item 40—Wairau massacre monument Item 41—Amount lost by default of late magazine-keeper, Mount Eden Less recovery, proceeds of sale of engines, &c, of the Lyttelton torpedo boat .. 26,901 17 0 124 18 6 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 69 £26,776 18 6 SLASS XV.—POLICE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 71 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Expenses attending the detection of sly-grog sellers .. Item 2—Further compensation to ex-Constable John Cummins for serious injuries received in the service Item 3 —Rewards for conviction in sly-grog cases Item 4—Special allowance to ex-Constable Stewart for serious permanent injuries received in the service 540 14 1 50 0 0 462 10 0 48 15 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 71 £1,101 19 1 SLASS XVI.—MINISTER OF LANDS :— Vote No. 73 —Miscellaneous Services: — Item 1—Accommodation-house, Clinton Item 2 —Accommodation-house, Conway Item 3 —Accommodation-house, Te Anau Item 4 —Accommodation-house, Waikaremoana Item 5—Arrears of rent remitted Item 6—Arrears of rates due by Crown tenants (section 124, " Land Act, 1892 ") Item 7—Amount embezzled by H. A. Eversleigh, temporary olerk Item 8—Amount lost by E. R. Webb, Road Surveyor, by upsetting of canoe Item 9—Assistance to invalids -Passages to hot springs Item 10—Assistance to maintain accommodation-house at Lake Manapouri Item 11—Balnealogist and expenses Item 12—Board of Examiners of SurveyorsSalary of Secretary Expenses 594 18 6 1317 6 412 11 7 114 0 8 3 13 1 62 10 0 50 0 0 1 13 6 51 13 6 Item 13—Bridgewater Recreation-ground Item 14—Cottage hospital, Tatakopa Item 15—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Charles Finnerty, Surveyor, Taranaki Item 16—Expenses in connection with injuries to employes while in discharge of their duties— Ambulance instruction, books, &c. Compensation for injuries Carriage-hire Funeral expenses Medical fees.. .. .. .. •• •• Pay during illness 75 1 4 20 0 0 4 2 0 2 6 0 8 15 0 2 14 0 72 9 3 Item 17—Compensation to M. Tansey for alteration of road through Section 10, Block IX., Hautapu Item 18—Compensation to Mrs. Hope for loss of boat Item 19—Compensation to R. G. Ellis for alleged deficiency in area of lands purchased in the Nelson Provincial District, between the years 1852 and 1877.. Item 20—Denniston Domain improvements Item 21—Expenses on inquiries, law-oosts 112 18 4 150 15 8 35 0 0 500 0 0 161 16 8 Carried forward 2,286 4 9