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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1904-1905.

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

Brought forward £ 8. d. £ s. d. 63,297 7 4 £ 8. d. Class XVII.-MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE— continued. Vote No. 70—Miscellaneous Sebvices- continued. Item 56—Refund to R. Corbett, penalty on sheep-rate Item 57—Removal-expenses of officers of Departments Item 58—Rents, fuel, lighting, and cleaning offices, furniture, insurance, &o. Item 59—Seeds, plants, &c, for distribution Item 60 —Subsidies to local bodies for destruction of the kea .. Item 61—Subscriptions to telephones Item 62-Sterilising bones: Working-expenses Item 63—Testing of stock Travelling-expenses — Item 64—Head offioe Auckland „ Napier Wellington „ Nelson Canterbury-Kaikoura Otago 1 15 0 891 19 0 1,018 14 7 17 7 23 1 6 243 7 3 874 2 3 68 13 11 6,486 9 0 1,451 5 2 682 0 9 1,562 19 5 383 15 9 751 2 5 1,955 7 8 Item 65—Travelling-expenses of W.Johns obtaining informa tion for report on culture and canning of fruit in California Item 66—Contingencies— Bees for Department of Agriculture, New South Wales Branding-fluid for meat stamping Contributions towards experiments with Beptic tank at dair* factory Cost of exhibiting at shows in the colony Expenses attending the death of D. Ross, late Stock Inspector Expenses trial shipment of oranges to London Extra clerical assistance Expenses in connection with dairy factory (recoverable) Foreign postages Gratuity to messenger Railway pass, Victorian Dairy Expert Typing.. Valuation fees Sundries 13,273 0 2 48 0 0 8 10 0 15 4 7 25 0 0 19 0 2 5 2 6 4 10 6 378 5 4 56 13 6 17 6 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 15 11 3 3 0 16 10 9 562 2 4 Less recoveries on acoount of servioes rendered by the Department, oharged above 80,303 10 11 16,612 16 8 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 70 £63,690 14 3 3LASS XX.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 78 —Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Additional payment to John Stephenson, late armscleaner, Auckland, equal to three months' salary at £130, on retiring from the service Item 2 —Annual grant for rifle prizes for shooting, &o. Item 3 —Compassionate allowance to the children of late Torpedoman Heighton, at the rate of £1 per week, from 23rd December, 1903, to 29th November, 1904 Item 4—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week, from 30th November, 1903, to 29th January, 1905 .. Item 5 —Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bav explosion, at the rate of £1 per week, from 25th January, 1904, to 5th March, 1905 .. Item 6 —Compassionate allowance to the widow and three children of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £l 10s. per week, from 15th February, 1904, to 5th March, 1905 Item 7 —Compassionate allowance (7s. 6d. per week) to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, from 14th March, 1904, to 12th March, 1905 Item 8—Compassionate allowance of 2s. 2d. per diem to James Hamblyn, injured in Maori war, from 1st March, 1904, to 28th February, 1905 Item 9—Compassionate allowance, at £2 per week, to 0. 0. Rookes. for services rendered during Maori war, from 1st April, 1904, to 30th March, 1905 Item 10—Compassionate allowance of £1 per week to widow and children of the late Thomas Batty, killed while marking at rifle range, Blenheim, from 1st April, 1904, to 30th Maroh, 1905 32 10 0 478 16 6 49 0 0 45 15 0 58 0 0 82 10 0 19 10 0 39 10 10 104 0 0 52 0 0 Carried forward 961 12 4