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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1905-1906

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

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,337 16 1 Brought forward ILASS XVII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 68.—Miscellaneous Servichs — continued. Item 9—Expenses of Board of Examiners for mine-managers' certificates — Advertising Allowances, &o. Fees Travelling-expenses Sundries Setting examination-papers 82 19 2 12 17 2 2 2 0 11 0 10 1 11 7 65 19 3 Item 10—Expenses of Conference of Wardens and Inspectors of Mines — Allowances Reporting and typewriting Travelling expenses 176 10 0 55 16 4 37 16 0 61 13 9 155 6 1 Item 11—Grants to libraries in mining townships Item 12—Inspection of timber areas Item 13 —Legal expenses' Item 14"—Mail-service, Cromarty (half cost) Maintenance and management of water-races, — Item 15 —Waimea-Kumara — Aneroid barometer Audit fees Cartage Candles Pipes Mining dial, &c. Salaries and wages Timber, iron, &o. Travelling-expenses Sundries 5 0 0 12 12 0 25 14 6 49 17 2 124 16 0 20 7 6 2,789 11 6 237 19 11 86 17 0 27 10 4 19 17 0 87 2 5 150 0 0 3,380 5 11 Item 16—Mount Ida— Advertising Cartage Coal, &o. Compensation for horse killed when at work on the race .. Compensation to workmen for loes of effects by fire Rent Salary of Manager Subsidy to Home Channel construction Wages Timber, ironwork, &c. Travelling allowances and expenses Sundries 1 10 0 22 5 6 6 16 35 0 0 51 11 0 26 0 0 250 0 0 18 17 0 1,392 2 6 102 11 1 11 5 0 3 14 0 Item 17 —Office-rents Item 18—Otago University School of Mines Item 19—Printing and publishing report on the geology of the Cape Colville Peninsula .. .. .. Item 20—Purchase of Native rights (Stewart and others, Thames) Item 21—Refunds of rents, section 127, " Mining Act, 1898 " .. Item 22—Reports on acoidents Item 23—Schools of Mines— Apparatus Blow-pipes Subsidies — Coromandel Karamea Reefton Waihi Westport Thames 1,920 17 7 67 10 0 450 0 0 30 7 8 6 15 0 58 16 11 28 5 2 285 5 0 327 5 7 150 14 0 503 14 7 140 0 3 150 0 0 Grants, Otago University Scholarships Salaries Setting examination-papers Travelling allowances and expenses 1,556 19 5 750 0 0 49 0 0 335 6 8 32 8 5 72 14 3 Item 24 —Travelling allowances and expenses of Inspectors of Mines and others 2,883 10 10 1,651 17 3 Item 25—Contingencies— Aneroid barometer Articles contributed to New Zealand Mines Record Binding for Warden's office .. .. .. 5 0 0 18 15 0 1 10 6 Carried forward 25 5 6 12,317 15 10