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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909.

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

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£ s. £ s. d. £ s. d. 19,752 3 2 Brought forward CLASS XV.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— ctd. Vote No. 56.—Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 51—Postage, telegrams, and rent of letter-boxes Item 52—Prizes for designs for Dominion coat-of-arms Item 53—Publications, including newspapers Item 54 —Purchase of figure-head of Captain Cook's vessel " Resolution " .. Item 55—Purchase of medals for school-children to commemorate Dominion Day, including expenses anniversary celebration Item 56—Subsidy paid Auokland Civio Reception Committee in connection with the reception of the American Fleet Item 57—Refund of moneys in respect of oonfirmed leases, West Coast, North Island : F. V. Lysaght and others Item 58—Rewards for arrest of naval deserters Item 59—Royal Humane Sooiety of New Zealand, grant in aid of .. Item 60 —Salary of Secretary Publio Servioe Superannuation Board and Classification Board Item 61—Salary and travelling allowances and expenses of Inspector of Fire Brigades Item 62—Seddon memorialsMonument Marble bust Saroophagus Other expenses.. 174 15 3 35 0 0 327 8 11 1,279 15 7 3.500 0 0 366 15 9 30 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 660 0 0 150 0 0 109 0 0 89 17 8 523 3 5 1,008 17 8 Item 63—Special allowance to messengers for attendance during 1908 session Item 64—Subsidies to medical associations and medical men— Collingwood Medical Association Great Barrier Island Medioal Association Karamea Medical Association Mokihinui Valley Medioal Association Murohison Medical Association Paparoa Medical Association Strath Taieri Medioal Association Te Puke Medical Association Te Kuiti Medioal Association .. .. ... 58 6 8 39 0 0 53 17 9 150 0 0 137 10 0 22 1 8 62 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 243 16 0 598 6 1 2,279 15 4 10 2 6 1,000 12 0 Item 65—Cost of telegrams beyond the Dominion Item 66—"The Copyright Aot, 1908": Fees retained Item 67 —Tercentenary memorials, Canada, contribution to .. Item 68—Travelling-allowance of Ministers, as authorised by " The Civil List Act, 1908 " Item 69—Travelling-expenses of Ministers Item 70 — Travelling allowances and expenses of Private Secretaries to Ministers Item 71 —Travelling allowances and expenses of officers of the Department Item 72—Uniforms and overooats for messengers Item 73—Visit of Amerioan Fleet, expenses in connection with — Accommodation for American officers and others Advertising and printing Album and address for President Roosevelt Annexe, Government House, timber, &o... Badges for Commissioners and staff Banquet to Admiral and officers Cartage, freight, and railage Casket and address to Admiral Sperry Cost of erection of dais on Queen Street Wharf and annexe to drill-hall Damage to grazing, hired furniture and tarpaulins Decorations, flags, and illuminations Guides' fees at Whakarewarewa Hire of cabs and brakes Hire of dynamos, gas plant and fittings, generator, and portable engines Loss on sale of bedding (procured for visit of American officers to Rotorua) Military review (including cost of transport, &c) Payment to Maori dancers at Rotorua Purchase of Maori curios Refreshments served to visitors Rent and office requisites Travelling allowances and expenses of Commissioners, &o. .. Wages, gratuities, &c. 263 16 9 61 0 9 122 0 0 194 19 11 10 15 0 994 19 6 133 4 3 66 0 0 1,493 5 0 2,224 7 5 1,614 0 8 188 19 5 170 1 0 349 15 5 26 6 6 488 2 10 12 0 0 457 8 6 237 1 5 24 4 6 1,094 17 2 50 0 0 42 0 0 119 19 0 166 0 6 385 16 2 460 0 0 5,760 8 2 90 10 1 Item 74—Weights and Measures Acts Total net expenditure, Vote No. 56 £43,222 3 5