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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1878-79.

STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL TEAR ended 30th JUNE, 1879.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR :— Revenue Account, — Advance to County of Westland in respect of revenue to accrue under section 6 of " The Financial Arrangements Act, 1877" Less, recovered 1,000 0 0 398 18 5 601 1 7 Compensation and Gratuities, — W. R. Townsend, for injuries while marking at District Prize Firing, New Plymouth M. P. McDermott, for injuries received at review held in Auckland, May, 1869... R. Muir, for road taken through freehold land at Lyell National Bank of New Zealand, for land taken for site of Resident Magistrate's Court, Tapanui M.UM.O.O.F., Otago District, for loss caused by the issue of a lease of acre of land at Sawyer's Bay, belonging to Friendly Societies F. E. Rawson, on his relinquishing his duties as Natite Medical Officer and Hospital Surgeon, New Plymouth J. Miller, late Warder, Dunedin Gaol Gratuity to widow of G. Cox, accidentally killed at Waipapa, Kaipara Railway Gratuity to widow of J. Bcith, accidentally killed on the Riverhead Railway 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 400 0 0 180 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 54 19 0 72 0 0 Amounts written off, — Balance of Imprest Account of E. L. Green Balance of Imprest Account of J. Morrison Balance of Imprest Account of J. B. Hunter ... Loan obtained in 1875 by Wi Patene Rent of Coal Site at Ashburton Railway Station, not recoverable ... 5 19 4 86 7 3 57 11 10 100 0 0 1,030 19 0 2 10 0 252 8 5 Revenue restored in respect of defalcations, — Late Receiver of Gold Revenue, Thames Late Clerk, Timaru Railway Station Late Railway Stationmaster, Chertsey 278 7 6 13 4 0 6 6 279 17 4 Passage-money to England of L. Oxley, Railway Draughtsman Bonus to Registrar-General Drawback of duty on case of boots from Hobart Town Extra clerical assistance in Audit of Government Insurance Account Expenses connected with exhibits, Sydney Exhibition Expenses connected with shipping of Canterbury broad-gnage railway plant to South Australia Ale lost in transit on Dunedin Railway, at Henley Flag Station Portobello Cemetery Trustees Extra expenses connected with survey of Milford Harbour by Sir John Coode Bank of New Zealand, interest on overdrawn Imprest Accounts of Railway Cashiers, &c Carriage of goods on railway for " Carnival Committee" at Dunedin, on occasion of opening through line, Christchurch to Dunedin ... Bay of Islands Electoral Roll, expenses of Royal Commission R. Graham, for miners' rights, to 30th September, 1878, for lands at Grahamstown ... 105 0 0 50 0 0 2 14 5 66 3 0 190 5 9 1,344 19 9 22 10 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 52 10 8 4 12 3 348 8 6 740 6 6 Provincial Liabilities, — Amount in full for extras on the Waikouaiti Road Bridge contract ... Refund of duty on Land Court and survey fees of Whakatete No. 1 Block, paid twice in error ... 5,397 17 2 300 0 0 310 18 7 10 18 7 Local Bodies Advance Account, — Balances recoverable from Counties, — Ashburton Manawatu Selwyn Thames ... Wairarapa West Waitemata Borough of Dunedin Waiohine River Board ... 3,516 3 8 45 16 9 79 6 3 0 12 3 45 9 9 37 14 0 13 12 0 200 0 0 3,938 14 8 Total fob services not provided for 9,647 10 5 Carried forward 9,647 10 5