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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1905-1906

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

s. £ s. d. £ s. d. 77,329 18 1 Brought forward ILASS XVIII.—MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE—continued. Vote No. 70—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 78 —Contingencies— Advertising Branding-fluid Cab-hire, agricultural delegates, Cape Colony Care of Godlin moth larvae on voyage to America Design of trap nest for use of poultry-keepers Extra clerical assistance Fidelity-guarantee premiums Foreign postages Freight Hire of chairs—examination of officers .. .. Humble bees and expenses, sent to A. and P. Association, Blayney, N.S.W. Investigation of bush sickness, clearing land Medical attendance Plans for Sterilising Works, Auckland Stationery Typing.. Valuation fees Wages of caretaker, Inangahua Dairy Sundries 1 16 0 34 4 6 6 14 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 410 2 4 12 5 6 21 3 5 4 5 6 13 0 12 10 0 87 0 0 3 7 6 31 10 0 3 6 0 5 17 3 5 11 0 36 0 10 23 14 0 707 11 4 Less recoveries on account of services rendered by the Department, charged above - Destruction of rabbits Experimental, stud, fruit, and poultry farms Expenses stud horses and cattle Grading of hemp .. Quarantine charges Sundry accounts 1,945 2 6 6,762 9 10 1,483 9 6 2,052 17 9 1,162 6 8 1,023 1 1 , 78,037 9 5 14,429 7 4 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 70 £63,608 2 1 ILASS XXI.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 77 —Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Payment for Section 30a, containing 6 acres and 24 perches, more or less, of the Barnego Estate, Balclutha, reserved under subsection (2) of Section 63 of " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," for the purpose of a rifle-range Item 2—Annual grant for rifle prizes for shooting, &c, open to public competition Item 3 —Compassionate allowance to the children of late Torpedoman Heighten, at the rate of £1 per week, 30th November, 1905, to 10th October, 1906 Item 4—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week, 30th January, 1906, to 19th November, 1906 Item 5 —Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 per week, 6th March, 1905, to 25th March, 1906 .. Item Q Compassionate allowance to the widow and three children of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 10s. per week, 6th March, 1905, to 11th March, 1906 Item 7—Compassionate allowance (7s. 6d. per week) to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, 13th March, 1905, to 11th March, 1906 Item 8—Compassionate allowance of 2s. 2d. per diem to James Hamblyn, injured in Maori war, 1st Maroh, 1905, to 31st January, 1906 .. .. • • • • • • Item 9—Compassionate allowance, at £2 per week, to C. C. Rookes, for services rendered during Maori war, 31st Maroh, 1905, to 15th February, 1906 Item 10—Compassionate allowance of £1 per week to Mrs. Clara Batty (and children), widow of the late Thomas Batty, killed while marking at rifle range, Blenheim, 30th March, 1905, to 22nd Maroh, 1906 Item 11 Compassionate allowance of £1 per week to the widow of the late Gunner Palmer, killed by gun-explosion at Fort Ballanoe, 2nd November, 1904, to 31st January, 1906 .. Item 12—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Gunner Palmer, killed by gun-explosion at Fort Ballance, 2nd November, 1904 Item 13—Compassionate allowanoe to gunners injured by the gun-explosion at Fort Ballance, 2nd November, 1904 Item 14—Compassionate allowance qf £1 per week to the widow of the late W. J. Cooper, killed while marking at Grassmere Rifle-range, 18th June, 1905 25 0 0 436 7 6 45 0 0 31 10 0 55 0 0 79 10 0 19 10 0 36 10 2 92 0 0 51 0 0 65 2 10 300 0 0 100 0 0 32 0 0 Carried forward 1,368 10 6