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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 189 4-9 5

£ s. & s. d. £ s. d. 2,846 16 7 Brought forward CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURES— continued. Vote No. 19—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 8—Amount required to make good defalcations of— B. D. O'Halloran, late Postmaster, Whangarei W. A. Comerford, late Postmaster, Naseby P. A. Gould, late Postmaster, Dargaville .. T. E. Waugh, late Clerk, Post-office, Dunedin 221 11 0 280 0 6 92 15 0 320 19 6 Item 9—Expenses connected with the administration of " The New Zealand Consols Act, 1894 " Item 10—Expenses connected with the administration of " The Advances to Settlers Act, 1894 ".. Item 11—Contingencies,— Annual allowance to Treasury messenger Books and publications .. Extra clerical assistance Stamps on Agent-General's cheques Subscription to Telephone Exchange, one year, to 31st December, 1895 Sundries Travelling-expenses of Private Secretary, Shorthand-writer, &c. Typewriters, and requisites for same .. Wages of office-cleaner, Imperial Pensions Office, Auckland 915 6 0 145 0 6 975 11 9 20 0 0 27 0 8 420 0 0 12 10 0 10 0 0 176 9 6 107 6 6 36 9 11 10 0 0 819 16 7 Less — Commission paid to Crown Agents on paying ofi £64,000 4J-per-cent. 5-30 Debentures recovered from Conversion Account 5,702 11 5 322 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 19 £5,380 11 5 CLASS IV.-MINISTER OP JUSTICE:— Vote No. 30 —Miscellaneous Seevices: — Item 1—Purchase of reports and treatises for Crown Law Office Item 2—Payment to Survey Department for lithographing and preparing plans Item 3—Purchase of site for Courthouse at Otaki Item 4—Expenses of Royal Commission re Kaitangiwhenua Block Item 5 —Salary of Acting Law Adviser and Draftsman from 3 July, 1894, to 31 March, 1895 Item 6 —New edition " New Zealand Justice of the Peace " .. Item 7 —Contingencies 38 10 0 1,003 9 8 169 1 6 115 8 1 521 4 8 315 0 0 2,991 9 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 30 £5,154 2 11 CLASS V.—POST AND TELEGRAPH :— Vote No. 36—Miscellaneous Seevices :— Item 1—Travelling-expenses of Inspectors and Linemen Item 2—Labour and material for repairs Item 3 —Stationery, &o. Item 4 — Special allowance to Telegraph messengers during their first year's service Item 5 —Gas and water Item 6—Telephone fees to non-permanent postmasters and telephonists Item 7 —Expenses of Postal Conference Item 8—Contribution towards scientific and technical instruction of officers Item 9 —Amount lost at Kaikora North through destruction of Post-office by fire Item 10—Office expenses, fuel, travelling-expenses, &c.:— Advertising and printing Allowances (Railway Travelling Post-office, shipping, Tellers, house, &c.) Carriage of private bags.. Cleaning and scavenging Lighting and fuel (gas exeepted) Money-order and Savings-bank fees Overtime Parcels-post expenses Postal Inspectors' travelling-expenses Poundage paid.. Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. Sundries Temporary officers (excluding lineman) Travelling- and relieving-expenses .. .. , Uniforms for officers 479 1 7 4,505 16 8 11,718 9 9 2,073 15 6 250 0 0 2,897 5 6 4,322 18 3 919 5 10 14 2 9 2,515 5 7 200 2 4 1,707 3 2 1,027 7 7 260 0 10 1,065 12 3 1,645 7 4 828 11 7 1,309 2 6 2,704 5 1 2,512 18 4 1,433 12 5 3,081 14 4 629 0 6 21,399 5 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 36 £48,100 19