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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1903-1904.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 67,956 12 11 £ s. d. Brought forward CLASS XVII.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE— continued. Vote No. 70 —Miscellaneous Services — continued. Viticulture : Establishing and maintaining vineyards,— Item 53—Te Mata, Hawke's Bay : Working-expenses (including salary of Manager) Item 54—Wairangi, Waikato: Working-expenses ana ereotion of buiiaings 726 12 6 327 12 3 1,054 4 9 Item 55—Contingencies— Adjustment of book-entries (transfers) Bonus to W. D. Snowball, for lectures delivered Entranoe fees, New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association .. Exhibitions Extra olerical assistance Expenses in connection with " bush sickness " Expenses in connection with dairy factory (recoverable) Expenses in connection with vine-cuttings Foreign postages, &c Grass-seed for distribution (recovered) Meat-stamping ink Railway pass, R. D. Jones, Chief Inspector of Stock, New South Wales Refund of amount received for condemned butter Sundries Sundry experiments Tea money 46 7 7 10 10 0 2 10 0 10 9 5 1,067 10 2 58 12 3 22 15 10 48 3 5 14 10 3 7 0 10 13 5 0 1 18 6 4 8 8 16 18 11 33 10 3 126 8 0 1,484 19 1 Less, — Purchase of dairy-produce for South Africa, provided for in previous year Credits under section 41 of the Public Revenues Act 70,495 16 9 215 3 3 856 5 7 1,071 8 10 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 70 £69,424 7 11 CLASS XX.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 79 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Allowance to members, Wellington Defence Force .. Item 2—Annual grant for rifle prizes for shooting, &c (open to the public) Item 3—Compassionate allowance to the children of late Torpedoman Heighton, from 1st October, 1902, to 29th November, 1903 Item 4—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at Shelly Bay explosion, from 2nd February, 1903, to 29th November, 1903 Item 5—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, from 9th March, 1903, to 24th January, 1904 Item 6—Compassionate allowance to the widow and three children of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion, from 9th February, 1903, to 14th February, 1904 .. .. .. • .. Item 7 —Compassionate allowance to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, from 2nd March, 1903, to 13th March, 1904 Item 8—Compassionate allowance to James Hamblyn, injured in Maori war, from 1st March, 1903, to 29th February, 1904 Item 9 —Compassionate allowance to C. C. Rookes, for services rendered during Maori war, from 21st Maroh, 1903, to 31st March, 1904 Item 10—Compassionate allowance to Richard Kenrioh, for services rendered during Maori war, from 27th July, 1903, to 7th February, 1904 Item 11—Compassionate allowance to widow of J.H. Jerred, Assistant Storekeeper Item 12—Compensation to officers and non - commissioned officers on retirement from servce Item 13—Compensation for use of and damage done to Newtown Park while occupied as a camp-ground for Volunteers and contingents Item 14—Compensation to Major Reid for loss of office as Adjutant, Auckland District Item 15—Construction of bridge to rifle-butts, Ashburton Item 16—Cost of compiling and writing the history of the several New Zealand Contingents in connection with the South African war Item 17—Cost of passages to England for Captain J. Falconer (late Inspeotor, Submarine-mining) and family 100 0 0 691 2 0 64 0 0 32 5 0 46 0 0 79 10 0 20 5 0 39 13 0 79 8 7 14 0 0 50 0 0 2,059 18 3 250 0 0 50 0 0 111 8 8 Carried forward 3,687 10 6