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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1907-1908.

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

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Brought forward £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,078 8 10 £ s. d. 3,964 2 0 CLASS XIV.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 45. —Miscellaneous Services— continued. Maintenance and management of water-races— continued Item 19—Waimea-Kumara— continued. Subsidy. No. 3 channel deviation contract, Shannon and Murdoch Sundries Timber Travelling-expenses 152 13 4 1 12 6 114 5 9 20 2 0 2,367 2 5 Item 20—Alexandra— Cartage Erection of cottage Ironmongery Travelling-expenses Wages 1 10 0 59 1 0 3 19 19 19 6 451 14 0 Item 21—Mount IdaCartage Coal and kerosene Ironmongery Rent of office Rent of letter-box .. .. Salaries and wages Timber Travelling-expenses 535 6 3 9 2 6 7 16 3 8 11 5 26 0 0 10 0 2,439 17 6 16 8 6 16 2 4 2,524 18 6 86 10 0 250 0 0 Item 22—Office-rents Item 23—Otago University Sohool of Mines: final grant Item 24—Payments under "The Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900," and amendments Item 25— Postage and telegrams Item 26—Purging mining-registers of obsolete titles Item 27 —Refund to Lands and Survey Department of purchasemoney for T. Gavin's land, Te Aroha Township Item 28 —Refunds of rent, section 154, " Mining Act, 1905 " .. Item 29—Remission of fine, V. M. Allen Item 30—Reports on accidents Item 31—Schools of Mines— Apparatus Cartage and freight Grant, Otago University Printing examination papers Repairs, Kumara School of Mines Salaries Scholarships Setting examination papers Subsidies— Coromandel School of Mines Karangabake School of Mines Paeroa School of Mines Reefton School of Mines Thames School of Mines Waihi School of Mines Westport School of Mines .. 22 14 7 3 6 4 500 0 0 12 6 0 25 0 0 203 7 2 150 0 0 6 6 0 135 6 6 371 8 6 1,200 0 0 86 18 11 25 0 0 1 1 0 238 5 6 306 9 0 216 17 6 250 17 7 195 16 0 584 8 0 180 1 8 Supervising examinations Travelling-expenses 1,972 15 3 55 12 0 67 14 0 3,019 1 4 1,928 18 5 Item 32—Travelling allowances and expenses Item 33—Contingencies— Books, periodicals, and publications Copying testimonials Cleaning offices Despatch-bags, deed-boxes, &c. Framing certificates of awards Freight and cartage Fuel and light Instruments, tools, and repairs Ironsand, expenses of shipping Kaitangata Conference, expenses of Lodging-allowances of cadets Maps, and mounting same Medical attendance, Coal-miners' Relief Fund Office furniture and requisites Paoking-material Padlocks Photographs and material Rent of Post-office boxes Reporting on case of W. Bain, miner, re compensation 24 2 4 14 9 6 11 4 11 17 3 1 5 0 30 6 4 8 3 10 68 19 0 6 6 3 13 12 3 89 3 7 6 0 6 5 5 0 25 2 8 . 8 17 9 2 7 10 3 17 5 3 0 0 110 Carried forward 317 4 1 16,495 13 10