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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

DISBIJESEMENTS op the CONSOLIDATED .FUND m detaii— continued. UNAUTHORIZED EXP! 1NDITUKE. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. FINANCIAL TEAE 1870-71. Fob Services not pboyided eok : — "Bankruptcy Act, 1867," — Accountant in Bankruptcy, Salary, 1 July, 1870, to 30 June, 1871 Travelling Allowance and Expenses Contingenccs 600 0 0 115 8 0 12 9 6 727 17 6 Geological,— Glass Globes, Vases, Chemicals, &c, June, 1870 15 9 0 Defence, — Supplies for Guard, Chatham Islands, in March and April, 1860 Flour, &c, sent to Wairoa, 1 August, 1868 „ „ „ 4 January, 1869 Gratuity to Charlotte Schafer Pensions and Allowances to Widows and Children, 1 July, 1869, to 31. December, 1870 23 4 0 22 10 3 74 13 4 30 0 0 40 0 0 190 7 7 Miscellaneous, — Entertainment of H.R.II. the Duke of Edinburgh ... j Compensation for Losses by Wreck of s.s. " Lord Worsley " Compensation to W. lion wood for Losses at Taranaki Inquiry—C. Heaphy,— Travelling Expenses of A. Domett, October, 1870, to January, 1871 ... ... ... ... ... Education Bill, — Travelling Expenses of J. Hislop, June, 1871 ... Trust Estates Commission, — Clerical Assistance, &c. Expenses of Lighting Government Buildings with Gas, Gas Fittings, &e. 930 15 9 1,088 13 10 56 5 0 96 5 0 G4 10 6 G 10 0 700 0 0 2,943 0 1 Interest, — On Treasury Bill for £12,000, issued under "Treasury Bills Act, 1870," from 1 November, 1870, to 31 March, 1871 £302 0 0 On Remittances to London and Sydney 54 0 5 On Deficiency Bill for £60,000, from 30 September," 1870, to 31 March, 1871 897 10 8 On Overdrawn Accounts, from 30 Sept., 1870, to 31 March, 1871... ... 57 7 2 1,310 IS 3 I 4,253 18 4 Confiscated Lands, — Surveys at Poverty Bay, Tolago Bay, and Wairoa, 1867 ... Compensation for Claims to Kati Kati Block Proportion of Subsidy for Conveyance of Mails between Wanganili and New Plymouth, 1 Jan. to 30 June, 1871 55G 0 10 50 0 0 750 0 0 1,356 0 10 Native Lands Couet, — Adjustment of the Expenses of the Native Lands Court, under a Resolution of the House of Representatives, dated 26 July, 1870,— Salaries, — Chief Judge, 1 July, 1867, to 30 June, 1870 Clerk... 2,400 0 0 1,000 0 0 Surveys,— Chatham Islands, 1 July, 1867, to 30 June, 1870 1,305 2 7 4,705 2 7 Auckland Gold Fields, — Survey of Native Reserves at Te Puna, &c., May, 1869 Plan of Gold Eields Boundary and Native Reserves, May, 1870 Passages of Mr. Puckey on Gold Fields Business, November, 1869, to February, 1870 25 4 0 12 0 0 61 14 0 24 10 0 Expenses oe Commission to England,—■ (Transferred to Consolidated Loan by credit at page 14, part of £516 13s. 4d.) ... ... 500 0 0 Carried forward 11,810 9 10