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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIII.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Item. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. 1918-19. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 VOTE No. 56— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties .... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Contribution to other Votes — Marine Police Post and Telegraph ... .... Working Railways Cost of instruments, books, periodicals, and uniform trimmings Expenses connected with prosecutions and seizures under the Customs Acts, and legal expenses Expenses of Head Office and local offices Extra assistance (clerical and other) Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and detection of offences under the Customs Acts .... Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... Travelling allowances and expenses, including transfer and relieving expenses Travelling allowance and expenses of Inquiry Agent and Commercial Expert — Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand Travelling and general expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 50 600 260 20 1,900 30 150 150 2,000 3,000 800 1,000 15 16 800 500 800 17 18 L9 104 300 100 Total —Vote No. 56 .. 12,564 61,514 "W* CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOTE No. 57. Charges for and incidental to — Addicional retiring-allowance to H. A. Day, late Watchman, Customs Department Additional retiring-allowance to J. Madden, late Watchman, Customs Department ... Additional retiring-allowance to G. Rowe, late Watchman, Customs Department ... Amount of pensions short-paid to retired officers Contributions to other Votes — Tourists Department: Part salary of New Zealand Government Agent, Sydney Duty shortpaid (through misinterpretation of law at change of tariff) on goods found to be costed and sold before error discovered ... Excise duty of Is. per lb. payable on imported manufactured tobacco cut up and packed in imported tins, New-Zealand-made tins being unprocurable Expenses incurred in obtaining confidential information from United States and Canada concerning . the value and origin of goods Expenses under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908 Expenses of Customs Buildings, Wellington Grant to Cook and Niue Island s Governments of an amount equivalent to the Customs duties collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to those Islands Refund of duty on— Aeroplanes and spares (for training men for Imperial service) 63 20 9 111 50 400 850 9 10 11 500 50 340 2,000 12