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POLICE. £ s. d. Cost of police for year ended 31st March, 1889 ... ... ... 94,482 0 0 Cost of building police-stations ditto ... ... £10.786 6 4 Cost of repairing police-stations, &c, ditto ... ... 5,277 1 4 16,063 7 8

PRISONERS AND PRISONS. £ S. d. Cost of prisoners (approximate) ... ... ... ... ... 30,000 0 0 Cost of repairs to buildings and contingencies (approximate) ... ... 6,000 0 0 The cost of maintaining prisoners and prisons for some years to come should not exeged £35,000 per annum, unless there is a considerable increase in population and criminals.—A. Hume, Inspector of Prisons.

STOCK DEPARTMENT. £ s. d. Salaries (of Inspectors) ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,628 6 8 Bailway-passes (about 21) ... ... ... ... ... 320 0 0 Destruction of scabby sheep ... ... ... ... ... 1,602 9 7 Bemission of rent ... ... ... ... ... ... 122 14 2 Erection of South Canterbury rabbit-fence ... ... ... ... 7,585 4 7 '^Contingencies, general expenses ... ... ... ... ... 22,751 1 1 41,009 16 1 Less amounts recovered ... ... ... 917 10 1 £40,092 6 0

* This item, £22,751, is made up of following expenses : — Payment of wages to rabbit-agents, say .. .. .. .. .. .. £4,700 „ to Inspectors as travelling allowance, say .. .. .. .. 3,000 „ to contractors and rabbiters for destroying rabbits upon Crown lands, say .. 7,000 „ for stoats and weasels imported, say .. .. .. .. .. 1,600 for ferrets purchased, say .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 „ for rabbit-skins in Waikato, say .. .. .. .. .. 800 Transfer of Inspectors (reorganization), say .. .. .. .. .. 300 Cost of New Zealand Representatives at Sydney Rabbit Commission, say .. .. 400 Loss of Court case, Brunter's Ferret-breeding Contract, say .. .. .. 500 Small contingent expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,951 £22,751

Payments made to Local Bodies out of the Consolidated Fund during 1888-89. Estimates, 1889-90, Page £ Subsidies (ss. to 20s. in the pound) under the Local Bodies' Finance and Powers Act ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28,630 7 Hospitals and Charitable Aid Act ... ... ... ... ... 65,332 7 Babbit Nuisance Act, 1886 ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,678 7 Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards (railway revenue refunded) ... 27,961 7 and 82 New Plymouth Harbour Board, 25 per cent, of lands sold or leased ... ... 3,330 8 and 82 Payments of thirds and fourths of lands sold or leased (exclusive of Deposit Account moneys) ... ... ... ... ... ... 17,951 86 Bates on Crown lands... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15,497 14 Grant in aid to Dunedin Hospital Trustees ... ... ... ... 400 59 Education ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 377,858 67 Stock Branch Vote ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40,092 81 Police ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94,482 67 Thames and Beefton Schools of Mines ... ... ... ... ... 1,238 67 School of Mines, Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... 500 85 Fees to Members of Waste Lands Boards ... ... ... ... 675 Financial Statement Tables, 8.-6, Page £ £ 5 Fees, fines, &c, collected in stamps ... ... ... ... 2,074 Endowments, principally Grey and Westport Harbours ... ... 9,309 Goldfields revenue ... ... ... ... ... ... 20,218 Gold duty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21,092 Boad Boards where Counties Act is not in full operation ... ... 1,241 53,934 From Government Loans to Local Bodies Account. Counties ... %... ... ... ... ... ... 39,085 Boadßoards... ... ... ... ... 38,260 Boroughs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 800 Town Boards ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 Biver Boards ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,730 83,475