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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 18 959-19 00.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 378 8 2 Brought forward 3LASS VI.—COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS— continued. Vote No. 40—Customs, Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 3 —Further compassionate allowance to the widow of the late D. Logan, writer, Dunedin Item 4—Bonus on exportation of canned and cured fish Item 5—Refund of Customs duty on monument to the victims of the Brunner Coal-mine disaster, Stillwater Item 6—Refund of Customs duty on private supplies imported by His Excellency the Governor Item 7 —Refund of duty on trophy presented to the Taranaki Agricultural Society Item 8 —Refund of duty on machinery for the Calliope Dock, Auckland Item 9—Refund of duty on maohinery for New Zealand Waxvesta Company, Dunedin Item 10 —Refund of duty on headstone for grave of the late A. S. Paterson Item 11—Refund of duty on cabinet for Chamber of Commerce, Wellington Item 12—Refund of duty on machinery for Riverhead Papermills, Auckland Item 13 —Refund of bonded warehouse duty, appointment of warehouse having been revoked » 50 0 0 1,043 15 8 350 0 0 20 0 0 679 14 0 38 12 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 378 12 0 36 1 1 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 40 £2,983 2 11 Vote No. 42—Marine, Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Working-expenses of Government steamers, — S.S. " Tutanekai "— Provisions .. .. .. .. .. Coal Wages of crew Stores Repairs, &c. Extra labour loading and unloading cargo Washing of ship's linen Railway charges and freight on stores Expenses of putting vessel on slip Maintenance of crew injured on vessel Medical attendance on crew .. Medicines .. .. .. .. .. Adjustment of compasses Sundries 1,325 8 7 1,432 5 1 3,774 9 8 1,136 14 8 249 13 4 232 14 10 62 1 3 13 16 10 133 2 4 37 16 0 8 6 6 8 9 3 7 7 0 28 0 2 8,450 5 6 S.S. " Hinemoa " — Provisions Coal .. Wages Stores ,. .. Repairs, &c. Cost of oil-engine launoh Extra labour loading and unloading cargo Expenses of putting vessel on slip Repairs to boats, &c Washing of linen Burial expenses of late Chief Officer Brown, drowned at East Cape .. .. .. .. Towage of vessel to and from slip Medicines Medical attendance on crew.. Railway charges, &c, on stores Headstone for grave of seamen drowned at East Cape .. Maintenance of injured seamen in hospital Sundries 1,032 15 9 1,021 19 7 3,589 18 10 845 8 0 602 8 4 242 10 0 114 14 2 94 3 9 40 13 6 14 3 6 23 0 0 7 0 0 4 11 11 8 18 0 9 15 9 16 12 11 7 13 0 11 15 6 7,688 2 6 Less recoveries 16,138 8 0 5,424 18 6 10,713 9 6 Item 2—Expenses of s.s. " Tutanekai " while making two trips to Samoa — Wages of crew Coal Provisions Stores Allowance to Captain Post for expenses during trips .. Washing of ship's linen Funeral expenses of Seaman Sullivan, who died at Samoa Sundries 500 1 3 497 10 6 208 11 0 68 6 0 30 0 0 3 2 5 6 10 0 15 0 Item 3 —Compassionate allowance to son of late W. Brown, chief offioer of the " Hinemoa ".. 1,314 7 2 180 0 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 42 £12,207 16 8