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ESTIMdVTED EXPENDITURE FOB PROVINCId^L SERVICES, PEOVINCE OF WELL! GTON — continued. Item Brought forward £ 3, 635 s. 3 d. 0 £ 20,369 s. d. 3 0 £ s. d. OEDINAEY EXPENDITUEE— continued. Poets, Haeboues, &c. — continued. Lighthouses — / Keeper and Assistant ... £268 19 0 Oil and Store 92 0 0 360 19 0 3,996 2 0 Miscellaneous— 2 Messengers Fuel Printing and Stationery Allowances to Betired Officers, &c ... Miscellaneous Contingencies Sheep Inspection ... Time Ball 402 18 150 0 1,550 0 290 0 1,800 0 1,484 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30,052 13 0 5,687 8 0 Estimated provision required for 8 months, from lst November, 1875, to 30th June, 1876 20,035 2 0 EXPENDITUEE CHAEGEABLE ON LAND FUND. Lands— Purchase of Land — From Natives ... ... £2,652 0 0 From E. Bright 30 0 0 Reclamation of Land — Wellington Harbour Surveys — Contract Surveys ... 2,682 0 0 75,000 0 0 600 0 0 78,282 0 0 Depaetmental iExpenditube— Waste Lands Department — 3 Clerks... ... ... £800 0 0 Valuator ... ... 70 0 0 Parchment ... ... 50 0 0 Commissioner, New Zealand Company's Land Claims ... 400 0 0 Contingencies, &c. ... 150 0 0 Members Waste Lands Board 20 0 0 Clerical Assistance ... 185 0 0 1,675 0 0 Survey Department — Chief Surveyor ... ... £654 15 0 8 District Surveyors ... 2,950 0 0 1 Trigonometrical Surveyor... 350 0 0 12 Assistant Surveyors ... 3,400 O 0 2 Cadets 110 0 0 6 Draftsmen ... ... 1,400 0 0 Labour ... ... 4,050 0 0 Clerical Assistance ... 2500 Travelling Expenses ... 270 0 0 Lithographer .... ... 375 0 0 Tents ... ... H5 0 0 Survey Blocks ... ... 150 0 0 Contingencies ... ... 1,175 0 0 15,024 15 0 10,699 15 0 ■ Carried forward 94,9S1 15 0