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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1899-1900

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,191 6 5 Brought forward CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued. Vote No. 14—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 31 —Imperial Institute— Cost of cleaning, attendance, and lighting for six months ended 30th June, 1899 Labour, &c. .. .. .. .. Subscription, Fellowship ticket .. 70 18 0 0 8 8 2 0 0 Item 32—Index Kewensis: New Zealand Synopsis Item 33—Investigation of accounts of Cook Islands by Audit officer, salary and travelling-expenses Item 34 —Legal expenses in connection with the Porirua School grant Item 35 —New Zealand Flora, work done by Survey Department Item 36—New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, Hudson's work (100 copies) Item 37 —New Zealand Institute, Grant to.. Item 38 —Obtaining, preparing, and forwarding to England samples of New Zealand timber for interior fittings of the new Royal Yacht Item 39 —Pension of the late Provincial Government, Nelson, — Three daughters of the late Superintendent, Mr. J. Robinson, 1st April, 1899, to 31st March, 1900 Item 40 —Payment to Reuter's Telegram Company for special telegrams Item 41—Retiring allowance to J. C. Jackell, bookbinder, Government Printing Office Item 42—Retiring allowance, J. R. Henderson, caretaker Government House, Auckland Item 43 —Salary of Resident, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1st April, 1899, to 31st March, 1900 Item 44 —Subsidy, £1 for £1, on amount subscribed by acclimatisation societies for the introduction of Virginian quail, &c Item 45—Sir George Grey's statue Item 46 —Sir George Grey's Scholarship Item 47 —Travelling-expenses of His Excellenoy Lord Glasgow in Urewera country Item 48—Telegrams beyond the oolony Item 49—General Contingencies,— . Travelling-allowances of Ministers Travelling-expenses of Ministers 73 6 8 25 0 0 75 0 0 70 8 10 12 2 100 0 0 500 0 0 17 4 11 100 0 0 271 19 0 289 0 6 100 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 7 2 0 2,147 9 2 997 10 0 1,014 6 1 2,011 16 1 28 14 4 337 1 2 361 1 10 22 17 11 313 7 7 23 14 10 38 12 2 49 4 7 Advertising Freight and cartage Fuel and light Inspection of weights and measures Books and publications.. Carriage of deer, and expenses Cleaning materials, towels, washing, &c. Clerical assistance and temporary wages.. Expenses of Delegates, Labour Conference, — Passages Refreshments .. .. .. 78 14 7 20 8 6 99 3 1 Fee for purchase of oopyright index to Commonwealth Bill of Australia Law-costs Meals supplied to persons searching for John Smith, lost in the bush Newspapers .. .. .. .. .. ■ .. Official postages Overcoats and uniforms for messengers Portrait of Sir George Grey Repairs to typewriters, &o. Rewards for arrest of deserters Samples of timber for Boyal yacht Sessional allowance to messenger Sundries Telephone subscriptions .. .. 5 0 0 4 19 1 10 0 0 141 8 0 250 3 0 16 13 0 40 0 0 12 16 6 75 0 0 2 2 0 24 16 0 55 8 5 195 13 8 Less recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years 4,119 13 3 14 13 3 4,105 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 14 £17,823 19 8