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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1904-1905.

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

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 34,402 2 6 Brought forward CLASS IL—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued. Vote No. 13—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 55—Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, Grant in aid of .. Item 56 —Salary and allowance of Resident Agent of Niue, — Salary, 1st April 1904, to 31st Maroh, 1905 Travelling-expenses 150 0 0 250 0 0 126 16 0 376 16 0 Item 57—Salary of Resident Commissioner, Cook and other Islands, 1st April, 1904, to 31st Maroh, 1905 Item 58 - Sir George Grey's statute Item 59—Sir George Grey's grave .. Item 60— Society of Arts, Auckland, building subsidy Item 61—Subsidy to Auckland Institute for purohase of Maori antiquities Item 62—Survey of Bight and plan of cable-steamer wharf, Auftkland Item 63—Telegrams beyond the oolony 500 0 0 160 0 0 233 9 0 486 11 0 25 5 3 2,260 10 7 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 13 !£38,594 14 4 CLASS V.—COLONIAL TREASURER'S Department :— Vote No. 21—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1 —Disoount and stamp duty on remittances to London Item 2—Expenses attending the annual " drawing " of debentures issued under "The Consolidated Loan Aot, 1867",— Advertising and printing Crown Agents commission at J per cent, on redemption of £54,200, at 5 per cent., consolidated debentures.. Notarial charges 41 19 5 2,073 6 6 Item 3—Expenses in connection with the importation of silver and bronze coin.. Item 4—Exchange and commission,— Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by telegraph in the colony Commission on payment of dividends by Crown Agents Commission on money-orders Exchange on drafts and cheques Exchange on remittances to London Exchange on coupons and debentures paid in Australia 271 0 0 23 2 0 336 1 5 797 16 9 72 8 6 8 8 0 60 19 9 3,875 0 0 226 16 5 Less amounts refunded for exchange 4,826 17 1 1,722 4 0 5,041 9 5 214 12 4 Item 5—Extra clerical assistance Item 6—Interest on amount advanced in anticipation of issue of debentures Item 7—Refund to tbe Publio Trustee for payment to next of kin of amount paid into the Consolidated Fund in respeot of the intestate estate of John Burt Item 8—Refund to the Publio Trustee of amount to credit of the estate of John Owen, deceased Item 9 —Refund to the Public Trustee in respect of an amount paid into the Consolidated Fund on acoount of the Rating Aot .. Item 10—Salary of Registrar of Consols, 1st April, 1904, to 31st March, 1905 .. Item 11—Salary of Secretary, Civil Service Offioers' Guarantee Board, 1st April, 1904, to 31st Maroh, 1905 Item 12—Wages of two assistant binders, 10s. per diem eaoh, from 1st April, 1904, to 31st Maroh, 1905.. Item 13 —Contingencies,— Advertising Annual allowance to Treasury messenger .. Card cabinet Cleaning offices Directories and other publications Duplicator Freight Law costs Newspapers and finanoe journals Numbering-machine Postages (London) Rubber stamps.. Stamp duties on oheques (London) Stationery Sundries Travelling-expenses of offioers of Department Typewriter and requisites Telephone subscriptions Wages, labour, &c, 2 0 0 20 0 0 12 16 4 6 0 0 4 3 10 7 9 9 1 5 3 0 11 6 14 5 3 7 10 0 2 17 6 2 0 0 18 15 0 8 3 0 6 11 11 147 15 4 32 11 0 24 0 0 22 17 2 236 6 0 5 7 10 26 17 0 1 11 3 50 0 0 50 0 0 .313 0 0 341 12 10 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 21 £9,983 3 11