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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1911-1912.

STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1912.

Consolidated Fund. £ s. d. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. £ . s. d. £ s. d. Department of Finance : — Interest on debenture issued under Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905, for one year, from date of maturity, 1st January, 1911, debenture not having been presented at due date .. .. .. .. 400 Refund to the Publio Trustee, as an act of grace of an amount paid to the Consolidated Fund on the 28th March, 1901, under sections 74 to 76 of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, being amount due to G. Schone under the Rating Aot .. .. .. .. 1 10 4 Working Railways Department: — Amount required in excess of Appropriation — To pay an allowance sufficient to give a minimum remuneration of 9s. per day from the 1st January, 1912, to members of the Second Division and casual employees of the Railway Department .. 8,185 18 11 To pay a relatively higher remuneration to members and casual employees already in receipt of a rate of pay in excess of that paid to those whose rates are now brought up to a minimum of 9s. per day 2,096 5 7 To pay a minimum salary or wage to all members of the Railway Department who are married, or who are widowers with children, of £133 per annum from the 1st November, 1911, and £140 17s. per annum from 1st January, 1912 .. 1,832 4 6 To pay an allowance to members of the Second Division who were in receipt of the maximum rates of pay under the Government Railways Act, 1908, to bring their rates of pay as from the 1st November, 1911, up to the maximum rates provided in the Schedule to the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1911, for the respective grades .. .. ■ ■ . ■ 3,702 9 2 Amount of travelling-allowance, train fares, and transfer expenses paid to J. Barbour, Workshop Foreman, travelling on public service in England .. .. I 183 16 11 tt I 5 10 4 i, i i -. i I Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Boads : — Survey of Judea Swamp in Tauranga district.. .. 38 19 0 Taking down and rebuilding two strong-room stacks in the Departmental Buildings, Wellington .. .. 10 10 0 16,000 15 1 6,001 )0 15 1 49 9 0 Justice Department: — £250 per annum additional salary to Solicitor-General as Supervisor of Crown Law Drafting and for special advocacy from 1st April, 1911 .. .. -. 250 0 0 Additional salary of £45 per annum to Mr. James Christie on appointment as assistant Law Draftsman, an office not hitherto provided for on the appropriations .. 26 5 0 Refund of part fine of £20 inflicted on H. L. Colledge for a breach of the Stamp Act, 1908 .. .. .. 10 0 0 Travelling-expenses of the Rev. J. L. Kayll, visiting Australia in connection with the Prison service.. .. 44 7 7 Salary of the late Henry Samuel Fitzherbert, late Stipendiary Magistrate at New Plymouth, for the period from 1st February to 30th April, 1912, paid to his | widow .. .. .. •• •■ 143 15 0 474 7 7 Department of Internal Affairs : — Additional salary of £25 per annum to officer in charge of Government Buildings, W. H. Hennah .. .. 25 0 0 Grant to cover expenses of trip to England of the Minister of Justice and private secretary in connection with the Imperial Conference, the Webster claim, and the Te Akau Native land case— Sir J. G. Findlay .. .. .. .. | 800 0 0 E. N. G. Poulton .. .. .. .. 301 10 0 Balance of three months' salary on retirement from the service of R. F. Lynch, Chief Clerk, Internal Affairs, from 1st April to 2nd May, 1912 .. .. _.. 35 9 8 Special allowances to Ministers' private secretaries during the Prime Minister's absence from the Dominion — Gordon, W. T. .. .. .. • • 25 0 0 Grocott, H. D. .. .. .. ■ - 20 0 0 Thomson, F. D. .. .. .. . . 20 0 0 Macalister, J. H. .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Black, J. W. .. .. . ■ ■ ■ 20 0 0 Johnson, L. .. .. .. ■ • 20 0 0 Crow, W. . . .. .. • • • • 20 0 0 Baineavis, H R. H.. . .. . . . . 20 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,326 19 8 1 16,530 2 0 16,53i 10 2 0