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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1905-1906.

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

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 205 1 11 Brought forward CLASS VII.—MINISTER OP JUSTICE— continued. VoTic No. 29 —Miscellaneous Sebvices — continued. Item 4—Compilation of Maori history (salary H. M. Stowell, 1st February, 1905, to 30th June, 1905) Item 5 —Expenses of winding up companies under " Companies Act, 1901" Item 6—Expenses "under Shorthand Reporters Act " : Salary of S. Spragg, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 7 —Expenses of Commission under " The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904 " — Honorarium of Commissioners Rent of halls Travelling-expenses 96 15 0 100 0 0 503 6 8 9 5 0 203 18 6 716 10 2 873 15 6 58 2 6 216 6 3 1,531 0 4 Item 8—Extra clerical assistance, copying, interpreting, &o. .. Item 9—Fees to Patent Office Agents Item 10—Fidelity-guarantee premiums Item 11—Fuel, light, water, and cleaning Item 12—Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island Item 13 —Payments to Printing Office for Patent Office Gazette Item 14—Payment to Survey Department for lithographing, preparation of plans, &c. Item 15—Purchase of fireproof safes for Courts Item 16 —Purchase of typewriters Item 17 —Refund of portion of fine inflicted on Wee Ken Lee for breach of Customs Laws Consolidation Act Item 18 —Refund of portion of fine inflicted on E. Mawhinney for breach of Stock Act Item 19—Statutes Revision Commission— Honoraria to Commissioners Clerical assistance .. 120 0 0 147 6 6 494 12 5 11 0 0 239 1 0 15 0 0 7 0 0 750 0 0 220 3 11 970 3 11 463 13 7 524 2 11 Item 20—Subscriptions to telephone exchanges Item 21—Travelling allowances and expenses Item 22—Contingencies— Advertising licensing laws, Bay of Plenty.. Brooms, dusters, &c. Burial expenses late convict Ellis Claims for loss caused by explosion at Murchison Courthouse Cleaning grounds, &c. .. Clooks, repairs, &o. i Copying-press Cyclostyle-paper Despatch-bags Filter Fountain-pens Freight, cartage Grass-seed, gravel Jury-lists, Copying Law-costs Lawn-mower repairs Meals supplied to jurors, District Courts Medical attendance Mimeograph Newspapers Painting and repairs, Chatham Islands Rent of postal boxes .. ; Salaries of bailiff, messengers, caretakers Towels Tumblers Typewriter requisites and repairs Sundries 9 9 5 3 17 7 3 12 0 24 17 0 9 15 0 6 9 0 3 0 0 2 11 0 6 0 6 2 7 6 3 19 0 10 13 2 5 4 6 6 6 0 159 8 7 19 0 7 6 6 12 12 0 4 18 6 16 0 8 2 6 2 10 0 34 6 3 2 4 0 1 16 9 41 12 11 38 16 8 414 11 4 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 29 £7,204 3 4 3LASS IX.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL :— Vote No. 40.—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advertising and printing Item 2—Allowances to tellers for calculation of Savings-Bank interest, to clerks in railway-travelling post-offices, house allowances, forage, &o. Item 3—Balance of money stolen by temporary overseer, telegraph construction (not otherwise recoverable) Item 4—Card-index cabinets for Savings-Bank declarations Item 5-—Carriage of private bags Item 6—Cash stolen at Raetihi Post-offide Item 7 —Cash lost in fire at Collingwood Post-office 188 0 9 3,544 3. 5 83 9 0 480 3 8 100 0 0 6 10 2 Carried forward 4,402 7 0