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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1894-95.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 12,690 13 6 CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECEETAEY— continued. Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Fire Brigades' Annual Demonstration, — Item 13—Grant-in-aid Item 14—Railway passes 250 0 0 604 6 1 854 6 1 50 0 0 80 12 7 Item 15—Bonus to aid flax industry Item 16—Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 17—Salary of Eesident, Earotonga, Cook Islands, 1st April, 1894, to 31st March, 1895 Item 18—Compassionate allowance to widow of late M. Corliss, late Keeper, Quarantine Station, Wellington Item 19—Compassionate allowance to widow of the late Hon. Vincent Pyke Item 20—Gratuity to acting Chief Messenger and Housekeeper Item 21—Compensation to Taylor and Squires, re Sydenham licenses, on petition Item 22—Additional grant to Mrs. Monk, widow of late L. Monk, injured at railway-workshops Item 23—Contribution to Brussels International Customs Bureau, for publication of Customs Tariffs (three years) Item 24—Contribution towards cost of licensing elections incurred by local bodies .. ... .. Item 25—Payment to John Hamil in full satisfaction of claim for wages in connection with Fernhill Eailway Item 26—House allowance to Hon. Mr. Carroll, from 1st April, 1894, to 31st March, 1895 Item 27—Expenses of delegate to Canadian Conference Item 28—Introduction of salmon ova 500 0 0 25 0 0 250 0 0 20 0 0 75 0 0 20 0 0 298 4 0 78 6 1 181 13 10 100 0 0 1,097 5 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 £16,321 1 1 CLASS III.—COLONIAL TEEASUREE:— Vote No. 19—Miscellaneous Sebvices: — Item 1—Expenses attending the annual drawings of debentures under " The Consolidated Loan Act, 1867," — Crown Agents' commission, at J per cent., on redemption of £33,300 Consols Notarial charges Advertising, printing, &o. Item 2—Exchange and commission,— Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by telegraph in the colony Commission on payment of dividends, — Bank of New Zealand Union Bank Crown Agents 166 10 0 15 15 0 25 14 3 24 2 1 I 101 16 0 184 2 5 363 3 11 207 19 3 310 0 6 11 13 0 Commission on money-orders and letters of credit.. Exchange on drafts Brokerage paid by Stock Agents in respect of the sale of £85,000 3J-per-cent. stock 82 7 8 779 17 1 213 14 0 Less amount received from Public Trust Office, Government Insurance Department, &c, in respect of exchange on moneys remitted 980 19 1 201 2 0 Item 3—Fee to Sir P. G. Julyan, as Financial Adviser to the Government, from the 5th November, 1893, to the 6th February, 1895 Item 4 —Discount and stamp duty on drafts remitted from the colony to replenish the New Zealand Public Account in London — Discount Stamp duty 500 0 0 647 15 7 635 0 0 1,282 15 7 Item 5—County of Westland, cost, at 2J per cent., of collecting goldfields revenue for half-year ended 30th September, 1893, refunded Refund of amounts paid to the Consolidated Fund in the estates of— Item 6—Jeremiah O'Callaghan, deceased Item 7—Thomas Birch, deceased 13 10 5 29 9 11 33 4 4 62 14 3 Carried forward 2,846 16 7