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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1897-9 8.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward 12,381 9 11 CLASS II.—COLONIAL SEOBETABY— emttmed, Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 6—Analysts' salaries under the Adulteration Prevention Acts, 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898.. Item 7—Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 Item 8—House-allowance to Hon. Mr. Carroll, 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 Item 9— Pension of the late Provincial Government, Nelson, — Three daughters of the late Superintendent, Mr. J. Robinson, 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 Item 10 —Grant to the New Zealand Institute Item 11—Grant to the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition Item 12—Grant to the Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition .. Item 13—Imperial Institute expenses, 1896 .. Item 14—Grant-in-aid to the Royal Humane Society of Australasia Item 15— Queensland Exhibition— Salary Travelling-allowance of Commissioner Travelling-expenses Exhibition space Freight Historical pictures and picture-frames Sundry payments 300 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 500' 0 0 269 6 1 100 0 0 115 0 0 126 0 0 37 19 7 400 0 0 86 19 3 141 16 11 99 15 10 Item 16—Grant in aid of fire brigades' annual demonstration Item 17—Railway-passes for fire brigade delegates to meeting in March, 1897.. Item 18—Contribution to Brussels International Customs Bureau, for publication of Customs tariffs Item 19—Rent of Friendly Societies' Reserve, Dunedin, 1st November, 1896, to 31st October, 1897 Item 20 —Gas and water for various Government buildings .. Item 21—Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 22—Cost of licensing poll under " The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1895 "— Advertising and printing Returning Officer and poll-clerks Ballot-boxes Cartage Travelling-expenses Labour Sundry payments 1,007 11 7 250 0 0 193 16 0 25 0 0 725 4 1 37 11 1 46 0 3 201 14 5 37 10 4 34 3 9 47 18 4 33 0 11 74 11 9 Item 23 —Bonus for discovery of coprolites Item 24—Bonus for felt industry .. Item 25—Bonus to aid flax industry Item 26—Compassionate allowance to widow of M. Corliss, late Keeper, Quarantine Station, Wellington, 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 Item 27—Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Vitaglich, widow of Simeon Vitaglich Item 28—Hawke's Bay floods : half-cost of burial of drowned animals Item 29—Relief to sufferers, Hawke's Bay floods (provisions and blankets) Item 30—Introduction of salmon-ova Item 31—Introduction of Rocky Mountain sheep Item 32—Subsidy of £1 for £1 towards expenses of sending an expert to America and Great Britain to investigate and report on markets for New Zealand hemp Item 33- Subsidy in aid of Observation Point memorial, Akaroa Item 34—Payment to Keuter's Telegram Company for special telegrams Item 35—New Zealand Flora .. ■' Item 36—Retiring-allowance granted to J. W. Henley, late senior Reader, Government I vinting Office Item 37 —Premiers' Conference at Hobart .. Sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession, Item 38—Allowance to Agent General, for enterlaining Item 39—Cost of illuminations in the colony Item 40—Cost of illuminations in London Item 41—Grant to the Premier to defray the expenses of his visit to London 474 19 9 25 0 0 100 0 0 43 8 0 110 5 8 26 19 5 300 0 0 50 0 0 41 12 0 337 19 0 56 5 0 510 6 6 250 0 0 650 9 8 82 8 4 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 1,750 0 0 £21 , 799 12 1