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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1905-1906.

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

s. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4,402 7 0 • Brought forward 3LASS IX.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL— continued. Vote No. 40—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 8—Cleaning and scavenging Item 9—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. M. E. Coney, widow of late Chief Postmaster, Thames Item 10—Compensation to J. F. Martin, clerk and telegraphist, Gisborne, on retirement Item 11—Light, fuel, and water Item 12—Lodging-allowances to oadets Item 13 —Office-expenses Item 14—Overtime Item 15—Parcel-post expenses .. .. Item 16—Postal Inspectors' travelling-expenses Item 17—Purchase and hire of bicycles, and allowances to lettercarriers, &c, using their own machines Item 18—Remittance from Waihopo to Auckland, stolen in transit Item 19—Rent of premises for Post-Office Savinga-Bank, Wellington Item 20 —Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &a. Item 21—Special allowance to telegraph messengers during their first year's service Item 22—Stationery, &c. Item 23—Temporary letter-carriers and messengers Item 24—Travelling, removal, and relieving expenses .. Item 25—Uniform clothing, &c. 2,996 4 2 100 0 0 630 2 9 7,160 17 11 1,884 16 8 2,824 19 8 3,272 1 11 4,277 12 8 1,220 18 1 1,479 15 9 26 2 0 3,201 4 6 945 0 0 10,625 3 10 4,692 4 0 5,450 17 7 2,378 0 1 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 40 £57,568 .8 7 CLASS X.—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 42—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Bonus en exportation of canned and cured fish Item 2—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Annie Day on account of services rendered by her late husband in the Department Item 3—Expenses under "The Immigration Restriction Aot, 1899 " (travelling-expenses, notice-forms, &c.) Item 4—Expenses of new Customhouse— Salaries and wages Cleaning Lighting and heating Contingencies 47 17 6 100 0 0 18 4 0 666 16 6 287 9 11 64 16 4 116 15 9 Item 5—Expenses connected with Cook and other Islands .. Item 6—Salary to Resident Commissioner, Cook and other Islands, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 7 —Salary of Postmaster, Raratonga, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 8—Salary of Collector of Customs, Raratonga, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 9—Cost of erecting accommodation-bouse at Raratonga .. Item 10 —Salary and allowances of Resident Agent at Niue, 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906 Item 11—Refund of duty on machinery for Calliope Dock, Auckland Item 12—Refund of duty on memorial to deceased troopers and in commemoration of the coronation of His Majesty the King Item 13 —Refund of duty on statue of Sir George Grey to be erected at Auckland Item 14—Refund of duty paid on a statue in honour of Sir John Logan Campbell Item 15—Refund of duty under " Tbe Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903," on artificial limbs imported Item 16 —Refund of duty on iron gates and standards, Cornwall Park, Auckland Item 17 —Refund of duty on trophy presented to the Egmont Agricultural and Pastoral Association Item 18—Refund of duty on statue of Her late Majesty Queen Viotoria at Dunedin Item 19—Refund of duty on statue of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (Wellington) Item 20-Refund of duty on memorial windows to early colonists, Canterbury Item 21—Refund of duty on memorial fountain to late Mr. Blytbe, Napier .. .. .. .. ., | Item 22—Refund of duty on bells for Catholic Cathedral, i Caristchurch .. .. .. .. .. Item 23 —Refund of bonded warehouse duty, Wellington and Timaru Item 24—Refund of duty on statue to th'e memory of A. A. i Pantham to be erected at Hawera 1,135 18 6 242 1 9 500 0 0 55 10 2 193 12 1 1,114 18 4 250 0 0 134 0 0 12 7 6 300 0 0 79 7 6 57 0 0 484 0 0 330 0 0 37 12 0 19 4 0 95 16 0 53 2 11 Carried forward 5,260 12 3