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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

DISBURSEMENTS of the CONSOLIDATED FTJND ra detail— continued. APPEGPEIATIONS. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Postcll — continued. 373 7 6 Brought forward £725 0 0 COLONIAL OHABGKES— continued. Vote No. 143— continued. Conveyance op Mails by Sea — continued. Mail Agents' Salaries, May and June 81 8 4 ,, Passages, April and June 200 0 0 Conveyance of Suez Mails from Australia 178 4 8 Demurrage ... ... ... 58 0 0 Advertising and Contingencies ... 125 15 0 £1,366 8 0 UnexpcndedBalance returned to Revenue 6,995 15 6 Vote No. 154, — Telegraph Contingencies,— Provisions, &c, supplied to Men on Works 8,362 3 6 123 4 6 Tote No. 156, — Marine Department,— Salary, Acting Engineer, March, 1870 £11 0 7 Lighthouses, Salaries of Keepers, — Mana, 1 to 30 June, 1870 £28 6 8 Pencarrow, 1 to 30 June, 1870 ... ... 28 6 8 Dog Island, 3 to 15 Dec, 1869 ... ... 3 9 10 Farewell Spit, 1 May to 30 June, 1870 ... 23 6 8 Cape Campbell, 1 to 30 June, 1870 ... ... 11 13 4 Nugget Point, 24 to 30 June, 1870 ... ... 2 18 4 98 1 6 Oil and Stores, &c. ... ... 68 4 4 Travelling Expenses ... ... 79 9 6 Steamer " Sturt," — Wages ... ... £11 13 4 Stores ... ... 52 13 9 i 64 7 1 Steamer "St. Kilda,"— Wages ... ... £11 11 4 Stores ... ... 71 7 7 ■ 82 18 11 Contingencies ... ... ... 47 5 8 Marine Surveys, — Travelling Expenses and Contingencies ... £44 0 5 Stores, &c, Schooner "Edith" ... ... 55 11 1 ■ 99 11 6 £550 19 1 | Unexpended Balance returned toKevenue 449 0 11 ! PROVINCIAL CHARGES :— Vote No. 147,— Postal, Wellington,— Conveyance of Mails ... ... £22 8 9 Part Cost of Office, Wanganui ... 151 1 5 1,000 0 0 173 10 2 Vote No. 146,— Postal, Hawks's Bay,— Country Postmasters, 1 April to 30 June, 1870 ... ... ... £44 8 4 Conveyance of Mails ... ... 129 10 0 Contingencies ... ... ... 6 1 11 £180 0 3 Unexpended Balance repaid to Provincial Account ... ... ... 19 19 9 200 0 0 Vote No. 148.— Postal, Nelson, — Salary, 25 to 30 June ... ... £4 3 4 Salary, Country Postmasters, 1 January to 80 June, 1870 ... ... 12 3 0 Conveyance of Mails ... ... 58 9 5 Contingencies ... ... ... 25 4 3 100 0 0 Carried forward 9,958 18 2 373 7 6