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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909'.

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

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£ s. d. £ s. d. 765 13 1 £ s. d. 7,941 2 11 Brought forward CLASS XIV.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 46. —Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 30—Schools of Mines — continued. Subsidies— Coromandel School of Mines Karangahake School of Mines Otago School of Mines Reefton School of Mines Thames School of Mines .. Waihi School of Mines Westport School of Mines 115 4 0 577 19 8 9 10 0 205 16 9 750 0 0 1,088 18 2 209 12 3 Sundries Supervising examinations Travelling-expenses 2,957 0 10 4 17 3 17 14 6 64 4 0 Item 31 —Stationery and office requisites and fittings Item 32 —Telephone subscriptions and expenses Item 33—Travelling allowances and expenses of officers of Department, including Inspectors of Mines .. Item 34—Contingencies— Medical report on case of Alex. Robertson (miner), Kaitangata Testing sample bricks manufactured from tailings.. 3,809 9 8 40' 2 1 1,687 7 6 0 10 6 4 4 0 4 14 6 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 46 £13,482 16 8 CLASS XV.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS:— Vote No. 56 —Miscellaneous Services :— Item 1—Advertising and printing Item 2—Annuity to James MacKay, ex-Warden, 1st April, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 Item 3 —Art Galleries (subsidies £1 for £1) Item 4—Assessment Courts under " The Rating Act, 1908 " .. Item 5—Bonus for mineral oil Item 6 —Cleaning offices Item 7 —Commissions of inquiry Item 8—Compassionate allowance to the widow of late Messenger E. A. Drury Item 9—Compensation to J. J. Meikle in full and final payment for wrongful imprisonment Item 10—Contribution to Brussels International Customs Bureau for publication of Customs tariffs Item 11—Contribution to Government Life Insurance Department for actuarial services Item 12 —Contribution towards the cost of obtaining on loan national pictures for exhibition throughout the Dominion .. Item 13—Contribution towards cost of revised Maori Dictionary Item 14—Contribution to Veterans' Home, Auckland Item 15—Cost of work done by Surveyor-General's Department Item 16—Cost of acquiring land for roads under section 115 of " The Publio Works Act, 1908 ".. Item 17 —Cost of passages of delegates attending Labour Conference Item 18—Cost of preparing illustrations for "New Zealand Flora" Item 19—Cost of preparing and printing official history of the New Zealand International Exhibition Item 20—Cost of obtaining bird-skins for British Museum Item 21—Cost of transferring huia birds Item 22—Cost of making two specimen voting-machines Item 23 —Cost of artificial limb for P. E. Nolan Item 24—Cost of obtaining old historical records of New Zealand Item 25—Cartage, &c, of material for late Premier's vault .. Item 26—Balanoe due on account of the New Zealand International Exhibition Item 27—Extra clerical assistance and extra messengers— Clerical assistance Messengers 76 14 0 75 0 0 6 11 0 1,880' 2 11 100 0 0 98 4 5 326 17 9 26' 0 0 500 0 0 58 19 4 304 10 5 0 9 6 53 1 7 36 9 9 20 0 0 15 0 16 18 6 113 594 18 0 1,065 6. 8 1,660 4 8 Carried forward 5,230 10 1