PUBLIC MONEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1932, 15 December 1913, Page 6

PUBLIC MONEY.

I ESTIMATES. |§f||ff ftTWQ BIG VOTES. ■ . /* |:■ STRIKE, £100,000 ; SMALLPOX, i^|ift;K-! :.: .;... .- Supplementary: Estimates pre-sentodvto-llie House of iiepresenUtivcs on-oiiturday had not Uicir usual interCivil' Service,, in tlinfc t-Ji«>v ciiel not \lirinsj first, nuws of increased saiary except in those branches not wi-lder-the. control of the Public Service , Commissioner. . The'.vote chargeabic to j tho ordinary revenue account was much '-larger than usual, containing as it did |tivo big votes for contingencies not foreseen: l-'or tlic strike £100,000, ami for tho smallpox epidemic £20,1)00. The total vote chargeable Jk<--enuo Account was £321,001, and to Public Works £51,306, and other votes made up_ the-total to £'102,412. .fallowing wore some of tlie more interesting .of the votes:— A Special Act, Increases to salaries of Magistrates under the Magistrates' Courts "Amendment Act, 1913, for six months, £1600. Legislative Departments. House m Representatives:— Bonus to Officers of the House on account of length of session, £50. Extra Clerks and extra Committee Keporters (additional), £200. Clerk, House Committee, £150, Extra Messengers and Custodian's Stall, Orderlies, and Police during session (additional), £1200. .Salary of Mr. A, J. Puthorford, Clerk Assistant, for throe months, from Juno t2 to September 21, 1913, in lieu of leave on retirement, £102. Acting Sergoani-at-Arms, allowance for session, £:jO. ' . General Exiic-iises:—

Library.—lncreases to salaries—Three, assistants in Library, two at £273. one at £200 (each £10), £30. Hansard Stuff and Keportors.—Salaries—lncreases to salaries: Seven reporters, four,at £365, three at £355 (each £1.0), £70. Committee reporter (£225), £15. Hansard-reporters; Bonus on account of length of session, 11 at £10, £110. Miscellaneous Salaries.—Extra messengers and iiightwatchmcn during recess (including guard in ground),' (additional), £.100. Gardener (£156), increase, £10. Three, gardeners at as. 4d. per diem, £438. Other charges.—Allowanco to acting, officer in charge during absence of officer in charge, £15. Allowance tor retired extra clerks and messengers (nine, months), .£IO4O. Bonus to 41 messengers on account of length of session, £205. Binding .books for library, £500. j Bellamy's staff: Bonus short-pa'id 1912, seven at £5, £35. Charwomen (additional), £300. Compassionate allowance ,to widow of H. Withington,messenger, £50. Printing of Hansard (additional), £1800. Post and Telegraph. Carriage of mails-by railway—Additional payment to Railway Department for haulage of mail vans. 1912-13. £6056. Maintenance of telegraph and telepnono lilies—Extra labour, £3000; travelling expenses of engineers and linesmen, £1000. Additional cash registers for counters, £1680. Purchase and hire of bicycles and motor cycles and allowances'to officers using their own machines (additional), Space for Departmental exhibit at Auckland Exhibition, £150. Railways. • Allowance to railway employees' to cover loss and damage to effects' through floods, £360, Auckland Exhibition, rent of space ami preparation of exhibits, £1515. Kew Zealand Railways Military Transport Corps—Pay and travelling expenses of instructors, and incidental expenses, i £1200. !

Ohaknne Sawmill—Expenses of Greeting'sawmill, including royalties, salaries, wages, machinery, sidings, workers' compensation for accidents, and contingencies, £4500. Piha Sawmill—Value of log timber, working bullocks, and spare stores taken over under agreement with vendors, £13,380; assignment of cartage and haulage contracts to Minister of Railways, ami purchase of horses, working plant, and chattels in connection therewith, .€750; ex]»nses of working sawmill, including royalties, salaries, wages, supplies, repairs, workers' compensation for accidents, and contingencies, £18,400. Public Buildings. Government House, Auckland, £250. Government House, Wellington, £500. Government Buildings throughout the Dominion—Kents, £1500; Customhouses, £250; Post and Telegraph Offices, I £1000; Public Works workshops, £800. ! Departmental Buildings—Wellington Departmental Buildings (precautions against, lire), £2000. Courthouses—H.-iwcra, additional for repairs, £120; Motueka, additional for repairs and drainage, £140. Post Offices—Wellington, old Post Offbe, alterations,-etc. (additional), £600; Feildin.il (renovations), £300; Masterton (renovations). £700; Wakapuaka (painting, etc.), £300. Justice Department, Contribution towards cost of Judges' library, Wellington, £250, Expenses in connection with' proceedings under Commercial Trust Act, 1910, £1000. Gratuity to Thomas Gresliam for loss of office as coroner at Auckland, £200. ' Mines Department, . Expenses of conference of Schools of Mines' delegates, £100. . Contributions to building for Huntlv School of Mines, £300. Iron and Steel Industry Committee expenses, £400. Native Department, Increases tor salaries: Chief Judge (i'7so) (also Judge, Validation Court), £100. i Kisiht Judges: Three at £505 (each £13.3): one, at £400 (£110); one at £480 (£120); one at £450 (also President, Anlea Maori Land Board) (£100); one at £17.3 (also President, Tnirawhiti Maori Landlord, £100) (£125); one at £150 (also President, Wniaraki Maori Land Hoard, £400) (£SO), £000.

internal Affaire.' '■• '■' ■Bonus to ofl>rer„.for extra work in connection wiili the checking ami examination, of tenders, ok'., £.5. Expenses of Auckland Exhibition, £250. ' " ; Fuel, gas, etc. (additional), £300. Stores'(additional), £200.■'.Typo and printing material (additional), £-'50. ■ .Mental Hospital Buildings, including additions, improvements, repairs, and replacements (additional), £8000. Cost of Sunnyside Mental Hospital inquiry. .CGOO. Allowance, to Dr. Hftligiiiima for services rendered during the smallpox epidemic, £!.•!(). International Medical Congress, £(500.' Smallpox epidemic. Expenses in connect imi with, £LVi,OOO. Allowance, to officers of Public Service fm- k.tscs sustained by floods at Gore, Auckland Exhibition: Rent ef space charing, cleaning, oic, £I.ji). ' allowance to widow of ;'•'•• Corniack, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, £103. Compassionate allowance to daughter o late. H. -ones, messenger, Dominion Museum, £o[t

Compassionate allowance to widow of A. Hamilton, Director of Dominion Museum, £200. Compensation to A. Yuill;. formerly taxukTiiiisi at Dominion Museum, oil retirement, £150.

Contribution towards cost of revised Maori dictionary, £'JC. Contribution towards payment, of minimum am i additional retiring allowanro to messengers. £100. Cost of entertaining Visitors to tiro lAnmnmn ami of official functions (addihomij;, £350. Init'u' C £Too :aiaPOhia " K)imn,ellt at Wai - Cosfc of luncheon -given by Minister ol Customs to I'enoral Ministry, £33 .Expenditure incurred in connection £10(1000° Wat ° rSidG workors ' 6ti^c» Expenses in connection with illness and subsequent death of A. Hamilton, director Dominion Museum, £33. Expenses of Public Service Stores tender Board, £00. Grant to William Riley for extra Mnting Overseer in His Jjajesty s bao-1, its recommended, by Jl. to I Committee, £150. . Grunt towards cost of erecting memorial to veterans and pioneers In Wai> karalca Cemetery, £50, Grant to corer travelling allowance, and expenses of Minister of Customs wlsile visiting tho GnnvmoMvcalth, £131. Grant to cover travelling £ llowan.-o and expenses of secretary to Mmistei wealth'To! 1 " 1 ° visitill s' tl}e Common.

'£250 alit t0 NGW alaJld Institute, Grant to lato Quartormast«u%Swg<sant Artiiiner in Permanent Force, James Charlton, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee, £200. Grant- to_ defray expenses of visit to the Dominion of members of British Association (mi account of £2000), £200. Grant to P. Laivry, e-s-M.P., £150. Gratuity to widow of late member of the- Legislature—Mrs. Lanronson," £300 Pension for Mrs. M. K, Dickinson, Special allowance to J. W. Salmon tor services rendered as Acting Deputv Electoral Officer, £25. Special allowance to shorthand writers ana typistes employed in MsmsteiV offices—ten at £15, £150. Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of memorial to coninwraiorato the discovery of. gold on tho West Coast, £200. Travelling allowance and expenses of members of Public Buildings Board, £50. for winner of Cross-country 1 lying Handicap at Hindon Aerodrome, Defence Department. Wellington Headquarters - District Staff,—lncreaso of salaries: Clerk t£2oo), £10; typist* (£115), £5: messenger (£135), £5. Territorial Force-:— Kations (additional), £500. Eorago and grooming allowance (additional), £300, M-e-ssing allowance- to officers of 4s. a 'day instead of free rations (additional). £I'oo._ ' " Maintenance- and- repairs to drilJshcds aiw nflo ranges (including rent, eare-ta-king. etc., also liiro of buildings and llM) parados ' eto -)> (additional),

Central school of instruction for per. manent and territorial officers (addi. tional). £1700. -, Annual grant for rifle-shooting prizes (territorials only), (additional), £450. Erection of stoi-c. and orderly room at victoria College, Wellington, for uso 0 f Ii Company, otli (Wellington) Regiment, £.50. Purchase, and upkeep of horses and mules (including medicines, clipping, etc., also upkeep of bicycles), (additional)-, £1000. Stores, etc., Wellington; increases of salaries:— ,» , ?i l^ ctor °f Equipment and Stores (£4(5), £23. Assistant Director of Equipment and Stores (£230), £30. Pour clerks: Ons at £220, <xm at £105 (each £15), one at £200 (£10), one at £150 (£l2), £52. - Storetnan (£200), £10. Carpenter (£175), £5. Two" arms cleaners: Gno at £14? (£10),-diio at £140 (£5), £15. Two magaz.inc-kee.pore': One-at £185, olio at iSICO (each £5), £10. Customs, Refund of duty on:— Challenge- cups and -medals to bo pro. sonted for shooting competitions among cadet corps, £450. Cups presented . for competition among members of Manaw*tu and AVesfc C&ifffc Agrioulksral and Pastoral Association, £45. . Flags for 16th Regiment, Waikato, £15. Flying-machines, imported] £-62. Instruments for band of 10th R«ginicnt, Oaniaru, £08. , Instruments for band of 2nd (Queen Alexandra's) Mounted Rifles Regiment, Wanganui, £Sl,

I Invalid chairs and olotliiiig for cripples who are nimble to pay dntv, ! £3. Machinery and plant for manufacture; of sugar of milk, £1000. Manglo imported for use in The Good Shepherd Institute, Mount Magdok, Christchivrch, £103, Tobacco and cigarettes distributed free of charge among mounted special constables, Wellington, £27, Wireless telegraph Apparatus for s.b. Maori, £60. Marine, Defa'cations of lato C. B. Jarmnn, clerk in Mercantile Marine Office, Dunedin, £263. Departmental Counsel on We.s'{x>rfc Harbour Royal Commission, £100. Expenses in connection with tho visit of Professor Prince to report on Sow Zealand fisheries, £350, Labour, Allowance to International Association for Labour legislation, Basle, towards cost of collecting and publishing information' respecting the labour laws of various countries, £23. Allowance to Messrs. Vc-itch, M.P., and Bobcrtsou, M.P., for services ns members of Hie Cost of Living Commission, £213. Departmental exhibit at Auckland Exhibition, £350. Printing and stationery (additional), £700. Special allowance to officer conducting inquiry into alleged shortage of labour in New Zealand" mannfaetufin;: industries, £10. Workers' dwellings: Advance to Gojiviilo Town Board to defray -cost ojMiighprcssure water supply, Kallanee Sell lenient, Gonvillc, £341. Lands. Road access to Crown lands on North Raufio Road, Akitio County,.Wellington Land District (on account), .£1.00.. South Wosiland mail steamer (additional subsidy), £250, Tongariro National Park, huts, tracts, and expenses of board (additional)! . £100,

Agriculture.and Cmnmfireo, Advertising, printing, stationery, and photographs (additional), £<Mp. , Auckland Exhibition (additional), £)000. Pavment to E. Halt for services on Hoard of Agriculture, £25. Promotion of safe of New_ Zealand produce in outside markets (additional), Suhsidv (part) Aucldaiid-Ifcirotojigr.. Till Hi steamer service. £600. Subsidy (part) AueJ;law.i-L'i.)i steamor service, i'SM. . ~..._. Expenses «f visit of Assistant Director to India, £V 25Experiment Fnrm.Sranakn: Erection and repairs of buildings, purchase, of sto'-k, provision for visitors, and genomi working (additional), £15(10. Inoculation of ealv«s .'or ''bl«ck-loft*' (additional), £100. ynavnntiiie Stations:. Auckland, Wol* lint;lon, and Lvltclkm (additional), *e.£).

Defalcations of lato farm manager, Arataki Experiment Farm, £45! Destruction of rabbits on Crown lands —East Coast district (additional), £250. Destruction of rabbits on Crown lands —Marlborough-Nelson-Wcstland district ■(additional), £400. Experiments in cultivating North 'Auckland gum lands (additional), £200. .•Experiments on Crown lands, Westland (additional), £150.' Experiment Farms and Farms of Instruction: Erection and repairs of buildings, purchaso of stock, provision for visitors, general Working, salaries of learners, special instructors, matrons, and domestic assistants —Moumalinki (additional), £!to0; Huakura 'additional), £500; Weroroa. (additional), £250. •: Investigation of piiormium pests, £50. Education. Teachers' salaries, including pupilteachers' and probationers' ■ allowances (additional). £0000. Grants to University Colleges.— Otago TJnivorsity (additional), £300; Auckland University College (additional), £1500; Victoria Collego (additional), £500; University Colleges, subsidies on basis of £1 for £1 on voluntary contributions, £100; University Colleges, bursaries (additional), £500. Allowance to Messrs. Poland and Thomson, M.P.'s, for services as members of the/ Education Commission, £102. ■Auckland Exhibition—exhibits, labour, frciglit, etc., £750. ••."'.'Stato Forests. Fencing, Buildings, . Planting, Material, etc.: Plantations —Haiimer Springs (additional), £850; Kaiangaroa, £1500; Whakarowarowa (additional), £1000. Lands for Settlement. Waimana Settlement: Protective works to prevent encroachment of river (additional), £1000. i Wilford.Settlement: Roading, streets, etc., £1040. ~ Public Trust. Expenses of Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon tho working of the Public Trust Office, £527. Sfato Fire. Commission (additional), £400. Commission on profits to administrative and other officers, £350-. Contributions to Firo Boards under tho Fire-Brigades Act, 1908 (additional), £•250.. • ■-.-.. Public Works. Railways: '"East Coast Main Trunk To Mauiiga northwards (additional), £3000; constructional' tramway, Windy Point to Karekare, £3600.- ■ * Wellington Gaol, new building (on account), £1000. ,

Turakina,. new post office (on account), £50. Tho following votes are for tourist resorts:— ■ • ■ Mount Hector: Huts, £50. Mount Cook Hermitage: New hostel, etc. (additional amount), '£2000. Okero Falls: Re-erection of engineer's house (destroyed by fire), £800. To Aroha: New buildings, improvements,, etc. (additional), £200. •North Eg'mont: Mountain houso, improvements, £100. ■' Roads and Bridges: Road at Tuhoo (Rangitikei),' ■£1 : for. £1, £200; Rangitikei' 1 ; Rivei'- Bridge (Oneptihi), .'on 'account ' £1000, £100; Karetu Road (North), Rangitikei, £75; Mangaonukii River Bridge (on account of £725), £1 for .£l, £200; Burnett Road, Pahiatua, £75; Pongaroa Cemetery Road, Akitio, £75; Otaki to Greytown via Mount Hector, Fea'therston nnd Horowhenua, £200; Mangapakeha Stream Bridge, Castlonoint, £400; Fastbourne to New Road from Jackson Street, Hutt, £250; Rangitane, Rangitikei and Kiwitea, £125; Kahumingi and Porokoko Bridges (£1 for,;£ 2), Mastcrton, £500; Pahautatiim to- Upper Hutt, Hutt, £100; Waimea Creek Bridge (£1 for £1), .Buller, £75; Mitchell's to lnchboniiio,CJroy, £100... .. Unauthorised Expenditure, Legislative Department—Salary of C. Robinson, officer jn charge of Parliament Buildings, April and May, 1013, on leave of absence, £75; bonuses to extra messengers, orderlies, and assistants at Bellamy's, £357 10s. Department, of Finance—Bonus to A. .T. Traversi for compiling graphs ro rates of interest, £10.

Post and Telegraph Department— Compassionate allbwaheo granted to widow of tho. late T. W. M'Guiro, teleChristclmrdi, £150. Justice Department—lncrease of £25 to salary of O. E. Matthews as Deputy Inspector of 'Prisons and Chief Clerk, from Novoinber, - 1912, to March 31, 1923, in excess of appropriation, £9 17s. Miues_ " Department—Payment of claims in connection with miners' disease, £261 Is.; increase salary, H. E. Raticliffo, Chief Clerk, April 1, 1912, to March'3l, in excess.of appropriation, £25. '

; Department of Internal Affairs—Official .Royal pictures of tlio Coronation coremony of His Most Gracious Majesty King Oeorgo V, £140 18s.; salary, Dr. Wohimann, Balncologist, Botorua, on leave of absence, from April 1 to May 17, 1913, £61 10s. 4d.; compensation paid to J. E. Kclsall for buildings destroyed owing to insanitary condition, £100; salary of staff nurses at St. Helens Hospitals, Bunedin and Christclmrch,/ £22 Lis. lOd.; salary and increase' to salary of G. P. Newtown, Assistant Under-Secre-tary, from February 10 to March 31, 1013,' in excess of appropriation, £53 17s. Id.; balance of three months' salary on retirement of James Conlin, lithographic printer, Printing and Stationery Office, April 1 to May 31. 1013, £33 Cs. Bd.; compensation to Gunner Bartlett for injuries received while firing salute on Coronation. Day, £180; travelling espouses of Mr. F. W. Mansfield, Chief Electoral Officer, proceeding to Hobart to inquire into proportional representation, £17 4s. Gd.; expenses incurred in Australia by' Mr. I?. Triggs consequent on his appointment as Assistant Public Service Commissioner, £24 is.; salary of H. W. Norlhcroft as Resident Commissioner. Cook Islands, from January 1 to March 31, 1013. £100 additional in excess of appropriation, £16 13s. id.

Defence Department—-Refund to Lieutenant-Colonel. G. N. Johnston on account of passage, of mirsc accompanying Mrs. Johnston and family to New Zealand, £27; travelling allowances and expenses of General Officer Commanding and Staff while.' visiting Australia for the purpose of inspecting Royal Australian Military College, £49 Is'. Customs TJepaTtinent—Salary of R. Williams, Drapery Export, being three months' salary in lieu of notice on retirement. February 1, 1913, to April 30, 1913, £75.