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EXPENDITURE FOR COLONIAL DEFENCE.

STATEMENT Etc.-conti, \ued. Monthly Expenditure. Per Month. Per Annum. Brought forward Colonial Defence Department— Hon. Defence Minister Under Secretary Clerks Messenger £ s. d. £ s. d. 31,949 8 8 £ s. d. 383,393 4 0 83 6 8 50 0 0 116 13 4 8 6 8 258 6 8 3,100 0 0 Rations to Arawa Tribe ... 800 0 0 Special Service — Subsidy to New Zealand Steam Navigation Company 800 0 0 9,000 0 0 95 0 0 Contingencies ... i t I 95 0 0 1,655 0 0 1,140 0 0 19,860 0 0 •• 34,757 15 4 417,093 4 0 Liabilities for which payment must be provide Necessary Expenditure to 31st December, 186: 17,100 0 0 9,700 0 0 by 31st Dccei iber, 1865 ... Total Expenditure for purposes of Colonial Del fence to 30th Ji ie, 1866 443,893 4 0 LIABILITIES and Necessary Expenditure. Miscellaneous. Total Amount. Liabilities For which payment must be provided before the end of December, 1865 • Koaus —Auckland ... „ Taranaki Timber—Military Settlers in Waikato Passages—Families of Military Settlers Blockhouses—Auckland and Taranaki £ s. d. 2,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 10,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,100 0 0 Total ... 17,100 o o Nkcessaby Expenditure to 31st December, 1865: Blockhouses—Taranaki and Wellington Stores—At various places Transport—Troops, baggage, &c. ... Tents and camp equipage Clothing ... 3,500 0 0 500 0 0 3,000 0 0 700 0 0 2,000 0 0 Total ... £ 9,700 0 0 Total Miscellaneous £ 26,800 0 0 23rd October, 1886. T. M. Haultain