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

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1899-1900.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 87 4 9 £ s. d. 10,289 4 3 Brought forward CLASS IX.—MINISTER OF MINES— continued. _ Vote No. 59.—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 20—Contingencies— continued. Stamps for foreign postage .. .. • • Stationery, books, &c. .. Subscription to Telephone Exchange Survey-fees Typewriter and requisites Wages 4 19 5 6 5 6 12 0 0 9 7 0 15 7 0 16 6 8 151 10 4 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 59 .: £10,440 14 7 CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT :— Vote No. 69 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Boring cylinders for H.P. mountings, B.L. guns Item 2—Compassionate allowance to the children of the late Torpedoman Heighton, 22nd March, 1899, to 20th March, 1900 .. Item 3—Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall, 26th February, 1899, to 17th February, 1900.. Item 4—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, 7th August, 1899, to 25th March, 1900 .. Item 5—Compassionate allowance to the widow and children of the late Corporal H. Blick, 7th August, 1899, to 25th March, 1900 Item 6—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sapper W. A. Teague Item 7 —Compassionate allowance for the child of the late Sapper W. A. Teague, 7th August, 1899, to 25th March, 1900 Item 8—Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Corporal John Gauntlet (additional) Item 9—Compensation to Sergeant major J. R. Wardell on retirement from service Item 10—Expenses in connection with "The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897 Salary and allowances of Inspector of Explosives Item 11—Rifle shooting competition— Cartage Rail-fares 1 17 0 52 0 0 38 5 0 30 5 0 55 0 0 300 0 0 12 7 6 68 8 9 155 2 6 155 18 11 14 0 6 5 0 7 9 0 Item 12—Expenses in connection with the gun-cotton explosion at Mahanga Bay,— Expenses of funerals Fee to surgeon.. .. .. Temporary assistance to widows of victims Contingencies 34 0 0 21 0 0 30 0 0 6 14 0 91 14 0 Item 13—Expenses towards rebuilding the sea-wall of the military cemetery at Tauranga Item 14—Gymnasiums for Volunteers Item 15—Headstones for graves of men killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion Item'16—Passages and expenses of two military cadets sent to England for instruction.. Item 17—Passages from England of officers and non-commis-sioned officers engaged as drill-instructors Item 18—Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, 1st April, 1899, to 31st March, 1900 Item 19—Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his widow, 1st April, 1899, to 31st March, 1900 Item 20—Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi, 1st April, 1899, to 31st December, 1899 Item 21 —Pensions to recipients of New Zealand Cross Item 22—Proportion of salaries of two Inspectors of Explosives paid to Custom's Department Item 23—Proportion of salary and expenses of Imperial officer in London as Inspector of Warlike Stores Item 24—Purchase of vessel for submarine mining Item 25 —Purchase of medals Item 26—Purchase of small-arms ammunition Item 27—Repairs, &c, to military graveyards Item 28—Repairs to machinery and hulls of steam-launches— S.s. " Ballance " S.s. " Gordon " Torpedo-boat, Wellington 50 0 0 369 12 9 402 5 0 46 0 0 45 0 0 7 10 0 140 0 0 108 6 8 152 0 6 121 12 7 4,588 17 9 32 5 9 542 4 1 12 3 4 13 15 6 568 2 11 Item 29—Repairs to jetty, Shelly Bay Carried forward 7,600 1 7