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

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CLASS XIV.—MINES DEPARTMENT:— Vote No. 46.—Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Item 2—Buffalo Domain, Coromandel Item 3 —Contribution towards expenses of Miners' Union in connection with Nightcaps Royal Commission Item 4—Contribution towards expenses of Nightcaps Coal Company in connection with Nightcaps Royal Commission Item 5—Cost of work done and material supplied by other Departments Item 6—Cost of collecting goldfields revenue—Court fees, &c.. Item 7—Expenses of Boards of Examiners under Mining and Coal-mines Aots— Advertising Fees as members of Examiners Board Mathematical tables Setting examination-papers Sundries Travelling-expenses 118 0 4 150 0 0 150 0 0 351 9 1 26 19 9 118 7 4 21 6 6 14 0 10 69 6 0 2 8 1 5 0 10 Item 8 —Expenses of Inspecting Engineer reporting on electri-cal-mining installations in Australia Item 9 —Extinguishing burning coal-seams Item 10—Extra clerical assistance, wages, &o. Item 11—Field surveys and expenses Item 12—Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage Item 13 —Grants to libraries in mining townships Item 14—Inspecting timber areas Item 15—Instruments and apparatus Item 16 —Legal expenses .Item 17 —Lodging-allowances of cadets Item 18 —Mail-service, Cromarty (half-cost) Maintenance and management of water-races— Item 19 —Waimea-Kumara — Candles, coal, and kerosene Cartage Ironmongery and tools Painting Repairs and extensions to raoe.. Salaries and wages Subsidies — T. McGrath and Co. H. Linklater 230 9 7 53 6 9 400 11 10 18 0 5 40 8 10 90 0 0 90 15 6 120 4 2 62 10 0 148 19 2 21 12 10 1 19 6 27 19 9 30 0 0 313 0 0 1,681 17 0 139 5 7 109 1 8 248 7 3 11 1 3 6 17 6 1 11 9 169 10 7 48 10 0 Sundries Tank .. Tent .. Timber Travelling-expenses Item 20 —Alexandra— Travelling allowances and expenses Wages 2,562 7 5 12 10 0 421 4 0 433 14 ' 0 Item 21 —Mount Ida — Cartage Coal, kerosene, &c. Packing, &o. Rent of letter-box Rent of offioe Salaries and wages .. .. Sundries .. .. Timber Tools and repairs to same Travelling allowances and expenses 5 8 6 6 7 0 1 10 10 10 0 26 0 0 2,049 9 4 0 14 7 21 14 0 2 12 8 13 1 0 Item 22—Office rents, equipment, and cleaning Item 23 —Payment and expenses under "The Workers' Compensation for Acoidents Act, 1908 " Item 24—Postage, telegrams, and rent of letter-boxes Item 25—Purchase of mineral specimens Item 26—Purchase of typewriters, supplies, and repairs Item 27 —Purging mining-registers of obsolete titles Item 28—Refunds of rent, seotion 154, " Mining Act, 1908 " .. Item 29—Reports on aooidents Item 30 —Sohools of Mines— Advertising Apparatus, &c Books SalarieB Scholarships Setting examination-paperB 2,127 17 11 249 14 11 346' 5 8 73 12 1 20 6 0 75 9 6 5 12 0 20 14 3 89 19 6 513 13 4 100 0 0 35 14 0 Carried forward 765 13 1 7,941 2 11