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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1898-99.

£ s. a. £ s. d. 499 6 2 £ s. d. 256 11 6 Brought forward CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER— continued. Vote No. 18—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 2—Exchange and commission— continued. Commission on payment of dividends, — Bank of New Zealand Crown Agents '23 4 11 110 16 2 Commission on money-orders Exchange on drafts and cheques 134 1 1 4 18 0 2,321 17 0 Less amount refunded by departments 2,960 2 3 528 7 0 Item 3—Pee to Sir Julius Vogel, as Trustee of the Sinking Fund of the Loan of 1863, and Agent under " The Lost Debentures Aot, 1886," 1st February, 1898, to 31st January, 1899 Item 4—Discount and stamp duty on drafts remitted from the colony to replenish the New Zealand Public Account in London— Discount Stamp duty 2,431 15 3 300 0 0 5,547 0 6 677 10 0 6,224 10 6 Administration of " The New Zealand Consols Act, 1894,"— Item 5—Salary of Registrar of Consols, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Item 6—Other expenses 50 0 0 50 0 0 Administration of " The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898," — Item 7 —Salary of Registrar Item 8—Other expenses,— Deputy Registrars Clerical assistane Travelling allowances and expenses Sundries .*.. 40 3 10 247 18 0 76 2 2 46 3 0 100 1 1 410 7 0 Item 9—Refund of amount paid to Consolidated Fund for maintenance of Jane Ramsay (a lunatic), and applied to benefit of her husband Item 10—Refund of moneys paid into the Consolidated Fund on account of " The Rating Act, 1882," claimed by owner of property Refund to the Public Trustee for payment to next-of-kin of amounts paid into the Consolidated Fund in respect of intestate estates, — Item 11—William McLean Item 12—Archibald Brown Item 13—John Mclvor .. .. ., .. \\ Item 14—Catherine Knowles 510 8 1 26 2 2 48 7 5 363 0 9 19 7 9 19 11 6 46 14 4 Item 15—Preparation of new Government code, — Clerical assistance Item 16—Contingencies,— Annual allowance to Treasury messenger Books and publications Extra clerical assistance Expenses connected with importation of bronze coin Loss on sale of 3-per-cent. stock held as an investment by the Consolidated Fund Salary of Secretary to Government Officers' Guarantee Board, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Salary of temporary assistant binder, 1st April, 1898, to 31st March, 1899 Stamp duty on cheques.. .. .. .. \\ Sundries Subscriptions to Telephone Exchange .. .. .. Telegrams Travelling-expenses of officers of the department .. .. 448 14 4 156 10 0 20 0 0 29 7 11 513 0 0 39 11 11 211 15 2 50 0 0 156 10 0 20 16 8 57 3 5 19 0 0 4 7 10 14 17 4 1,136 10 3 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 18 £11,589 9 6 )LASS IV.-MINISTER OF JUSTICE:— Vote No. 30 —Miscellaneous Sebvices :— Item 1—Purchase of reports and treatises for Crown Law Office Item 2—Payment to Survey Department for lithographing, preparation of plans, &c. 69 14 5 727 19 0 Carried forward 797 13 5