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STATEMENT of the UNAUTHORISED EXPENDITURE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1893.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1892-93

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Consolidated Fund. FOE SEEVICES NOT PEOVIDED FOB. Ordinary Bevenue Account :— Legislative Department: — Bonus to messengers employed during the session 1892 .. 40 0 0 Colonial Secretary's Department: — Salary of the Hon. J. Carroll as member of the Executive Council, from 22nd February to 31st March, 1892 House allowance of the Hon. J. Carroll as member of the Executive Council, from 22nd February to 30th November, 1892 Travelling-allowance to Ministers .. £1,349 10 0 Less charged under " The Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1887 " 1,000 0 0 42 10 6 154 11 11 349 10 0 Special train to Longburn for His Excellency the Governor, the Earl of Glasgow, and suite, October, 1892 31 10 0 Treasury Department: — Befund of amounts in the under-mentioned estates claimed by next of kin after lapse of ten years,— J. Brown J. Kellovan Salary of W. T. Thane, cashier, Treasury, for the month of April, granted leave of absence on being retired 578 2 5 4 0 1 27 18 0 58 19 9 27 1 8 Land- and Income-tax Department: — Salary of A. Fowler, clerk, Land- and Income-tax Department, from 1st to 12th April, on retirement 4 10 0 Justice Department: — Befund to L. Jackson of part of recognizance in Eegina v. Dean, estreated by Eesident Magistrate at Thames 50 0 0 Postal Department: — Compensation to T. J. Clapham, clerk, General Post Office, resigned on account of his wife's ill-health 296 9 0 Marine Department: — Amount expended in repairs to bath walls, Moeraki 20 10 0 Stamp Department: — Salary of C. J. Sisson, clerk, Stamp Office, Wellington, for month of April, on being retired Salary of E. Orbell, clerk, Stamp Office, Napier, for April and May, on retirement 12 10 0 32 10 0 20 0 0 Education Department :— Salary of Mrs. E. Green, correspondent of boarding-out system, Auckland, for April, on being retired 6 5 0 Mines Department: — Expenses of party searching for Quinton McKinnon, lost in the Lakes district, Otago 49 9 6 Working Bailways: — Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Skeffington, whose husband was killed while in the service of the Railway Commissioners 50 0 0 Public Works Department : —■ Compensation for land taken for purposes of the Grey-mouth-Brunner Bailway .. 40 0 0 Defence Department :— Compassionate allowance to widow of W. Wilson, Inspector, Defence Works, Lyttelton Six months' salary of A. W. D. Bell, Engineer for Defence, on his retirement, April to September, 1893 110 0 0 410 0 0 300 0 0 Lands and Survey Department: — Expenses connected with the preservation of New Zealand fauna, Little Barrier Island, — . Salary of custodian .. .. £12 15 0 Bush-felling .. .. .. 12 4 11 24 19 11 Carried forward 24 19 11 1,636 15 8