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STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1899.

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£ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY :— Vote No. 14 —Miscellaneous Seevices :— Item 1—General Contingencies,— Salaries and Allowances, — Hall-keeper, Nelson, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Night-watchmen and extra messengers Extra clerical assistance Sessional allowance to two Private Secretaries Cleaning offices .. .. ... 10 0 0 1,270 11 6 1,128 12 0 50 0 0 1,116 13 3 Travelling allowances and expenses of Ministers on public service— Travelling-allowance of Ministers Travelling-expenses of Ministers 3,575 16 9 988 10 0 942 17 6 1,931 7 6 Travelling-allowances and expenses of officers of the Colonial Secretary's Department Advertising Art-album of New Zealand Flora Books and publications Directories for departmental offices, &c Expenses in connection with funeral of Sir George Grey .. Freight and cartage Fuel and light Inspection of weights and measures, Expenses in connection with Law-costs Opossums for acclimatisation Overcoats for messengers Official railway-ticket for officer preparing book on troutfishing, cfec Passages of labour delegates Postages (official) for Agent-General's Department Rewards for arrest of deserters Subscriptions to newspapers Subscriptions to Telephone Exchange Sundries Telegrams and cablegrams .. .. ... Travelling-expenses of Agent-General attending Conference of Hydrology at Liege 78 18 8 18 13 4 7 16 0 33 9 1 79 17 6 19 14 0 392 9 5 342 10 5 43 16 8 177 18 0 102 17 4 8 4 0 30 0 0 30 6 0 260 19 8 35 0 0 104 15 0 145 0 7 126 3 7 2,651 13 0 18 10 0 Item 2—Rent of old Printing Office site, Wellington (final payment) Item 3—" The Public Health Act, 1876,"— Salaries Vaccination fees Registration fees Inspection of ships Contingencies 10,215 16 6 495 0 0 920 12 0 557 9 6 44 2 0 253 10 4 100 0 0 2,270 18 10 7 0 0 Item 4—Expenses under " The Fine Arts Copyright Act, 1877 " Item 5 —Expenses of Assessment Courts under " The Rating Act, 1894 " Item 6—Analysts' salaries under the Adulteration Prevention Acts, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899.. Item 7—Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Cook Islands— 1st April to 11th September, 1898 12th September, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 9 3 3 300 0 0 223 12 2 276 7 10 500 0 0 Item 8—Salary of the late Resident at Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from 12th September, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 9 —Travelling-expenses of the late Resident to and from Rarotonga Item 10—Expenses connected with the Residency, Rarotonga Item 11—House-allowance to Hon. J. Carroll, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 12—Pension of the late Provincial Government, Nelson, — Three daughters of the late Superintendent, Mr. J. Robinson, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 13—Grant to the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition, 1898-99 Item 14—Grant to the New Zealand Institute Item 15—Imperial Institute expenses, Proportion of cost of eleaning, &o. .. Item 16—Grant-in-aid to the Royal Humane Society of Australasia 276 7 10 75 12 0 32 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 237 14 8 100 0 0 Carried forwara 15,324 17