49

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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1884.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1883-84.

Consolidated Fund. & s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. FOE SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Obdinaey Revenue Account : — Treasury:— Amount paid to Sir P. G. Julyan for services as financial adviser to Agent-General during 1883, one-third of £2,000 Prisons:— Gratuity paid to J. Caldwell, late Gaoler, Dunedin .. Gratuity paid to J. Young, late Warder at Auckland Gaol Custorns: — Bill of costs, R. Hudson v. Hackworth: Appeal to Supreme Court, Dunedin, against Commissioner's decision in the matter of " Dry-drained peel " Marine:—■ Bill of costs, Williams v. Queen: Recovery of damages sustained by s.s. "Westport," snagged in Westport River Otago Dock Trust, — Salary of Secretary .. .. £80 16 3 Expenses reporting on site, &c. .. 5 5 0 Use of committee-room .. .. 6 13 6 221 6 4 62 10 0 666 13 4 283 16 4 * > 21 6 4 567 9 1 92 14 9 Stamps:— Amount required to make good deficiency in the accounts of late Clerk, Stamp Office, Hokitika Education: — Bill of costs, Arnott and Seabrook v. Westland Education Board Native :— Salary of S. C. G. Vickers, Clerk, Native Department, Wellington, for March, 1884 Railways:— Kawakawa Section, Working expenses of— Wages .. .. .. .. £250 17 9 Passages and travelling expenses .. 84 3 7 Stores and contingencies .. .. 314 8 7 660 3 10 45 0 8 209 14 0 8 6 8 649 9 11 Gratuity to widow of W. Jones, late fireman, Westport Section Gratuity to widow of J. Henderson, late fireman, Invercargill Gratuity to widow of J. Williams, late driver, Invercargill Gratuity to widow of W. Drinkwell, late labourer, Ox-ford-Springfield Briuioh.. Gratuity to widow of W. Ennis, late Inspector, Huru-mii-Blufi Section Preparation of return to the order of the House of Representatives on the motion of E. G. Wright, Esq., M.H.R. .. Payment of claims for goods destroyed by fire at Dunedin Goods-shed on 12th June, 1883 Compensation to H. Walden, for goods wrongly delivered 74 6 9 117 7 6 101 14 6 60 0 0 58 13 9 442 16 0 3,633 4 3 16 IS 6 Public Works :— Inspection of works done by local bodies in Wellington and Otago under Roads and Bridges Construction Act .. Miscellaneous: — Amount paid to Commissioners of Public Debts Sinking Fund as interest on debentures of loan to the Borough of Hamilton for bridge-construction, £6,900, at 6 per cent., from 5th January to 19th April, 1883 Compensation to H. Budden, Nelson, for loss sustained through destruction, by order of the Commissioner of Customs, of grape-vines imported from England Expenses incurred in connection with Tararua Cemetery, Waipapapa Poirn^ Otago Bedding, furniture, &c, for use at Government House, Auckland 5,146 8 2 3 4 6 115 12 9 7 9 11 35 0 0 63 1 3 =5 221 3 11 Carried forward .. 7,265 17 9