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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909.

STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the CONSOLIDATED FUND (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1909.

CLASS II.—DEPARTMENT OF MINISTER OF FINANCE : — Vote No. 8—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Books, newspapers, and other publications Item 2—Disoouut and stamp duty on remittances to London.. Item 3 —Exchange and commission— Commission paid Bank of New Zealand on remittances by telegraph in the Dominion Commission on payment of dividends Commission on money-orders Commission paid to Crown Agents Exchange on interest coupons paid Exchange on drafts and cheques £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 13 4 3 303 17 9 1,381 14 9 26 12 10 12 2 10 1,000 0 0 398 0 3 89 4 2 Less amounts refunded by Departments for exchange .. 2,907 14 10 300 16 0 Item 4—Extra clerical assistance Item 5—Financial adviser to the Government, London Item 6 - Office requisites Item 7—Payments under " The Unolaimed Moneys Act, 1908 " Item 8—Postages and telegrams Item 9 —Refund of deposits paid into the Consolidated Fund as unolaimed, now claimed by next of kin and refunded as an act of grace— James Branks William Kirk 2,606 18 10 173 13 0 19 2 8 46 14 6 1,365 17 3 136 9 11 2 10 9 139 0 8 Item 10—Remuneration to Postal Department for paying Imperial pensions Item 11—Stamp duty on cheques and documents Item 12—Telephone subscriptions and repairs Item 13 —Travelling-expenses, including cab-hire and tramfares Item 14—Contingencies— Cables io London Law-costs in connection with transfer of stock Printing debenture bonds Removing bojks to cellars, cleaning cupboards, &c Typewriter and repairs Sundries 12 18 0 5 10 9 13 81 13 4 29 12 6 5 13 9 150 0 0 39'18 11 6 2 7 93 19 10 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 8 £4,958 10 3 CLASS HI.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 14.—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advertising and printing Item 2—Allowances to tellers for calculation of Savings-bank interest, to clerks in railway travelling post-offices, house allowances, forage, &c Item 3 —Allowances under section 197 of " The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908":— Allowance to married officers in receipt of salary less* than £130 per annum Allowance to married officers in receipt of salary less than £150 per annum Allowance to officers twenty-two years of age and upwards Good-conduct allowances to certain officers at the rate of 6d. per day / Item 4—Allowance to Mr. D. Macdonald for acting as officer in charge at Wakapuaka Item 5 —Allowance to Mrs. Malloy towards expenses in connection with the death and burial of her son, Cadet Thomas J. Malloy Item 6—Allowance to Mrs. M. A. Waite, Postmistress, Morrison's Bush, on retirement Item 7 —Allowance to members of Board appointed under Public Servioe Acts Item 8—Amount obtained by issue of fraudulent money-order telegram Items 9 and 10 — Amounts fraudulently withdrawn from Savings-bank account 334 3 11 5,696 10 11 2,137 0 1 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 6 6 0 18 0 0 25 10 0 Carried forward 8,282 10 11