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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 190 8-190 9.

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

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15,283 10 0 Brought forward CLASS XVII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued. Vote No. 63 —Miscellaneous Sebvices — continued. Item 32—Freight and other charges on furniture and personal effects from England, Major Head Item 33—Expenses in connection with Defence Court at New Zealand International Exhibition Item 34—Expenses in connection with Courts of inquiry Item 35—Fidelity guarantee premiums Item 36—Funeral expenses of veterans Item 37—Grant to recipients of New Zealand Cross (£10 per annum) Item 38—Grants to Volunteer library funds Item 39—Insurance premiums on Defence buildings Item 40—Interchange of officers between the Dominion and other parts of the Empire Item 41 —Maintenance of existing arms and equipment, including mineral jelly and rifle-oil Item 42—Medical fees, under sections 3 and 4 of " The Military Pensions Act, 1908," for examination of members of oontingents for pensions Item 43—Medical stores Item 44—Ordnance ammunition Item 45—Ordnance and other warlike stores Item 46—Passages and expenses of military officers and noncommissioned offioers sent to England for instruction, and allowance while attending instruction Item 47 —Passages from and return to England of officers and non-commissioned officers Item 48—Passages to England of New-Zealanders seleoted for higher training in the British Navy Item 49—Passage from England of nurse accompanying Mrs. Tuson and family to New Zealand Item 50—Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, 1st April, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 Item 51—Pension of late F. G. Rawson continued to his widow, 1st April, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 Item 52—Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government, 1st January, 1908, to 31st Maroh, 1909 Item 53—Postage, telegrams, and letter-boxes Item 54—Proportion of salary and expenses of Imperial officer in London as Inspector of Warlike Stores Item 55—Purchase and engraving of medais Item 56 —Refund to Colonial Ammunition Company of Customs duty paid on machinery and stores used for manufacture of ammunition for New Zealand Government Item 57 —Renovation of military graveyards and headstones .. Item 58—Rifle-shooting expenses (New Zealand Defence Force Rifle Association) Item 59—Small-arms ammunition and cordite Item 60- Special allowance te ex-Constable Packer for serious permanent injuries received in the service, 1st April, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 Item 61—Special allowanoe to ex-Constable Miles Leighton for serious permanent injuries received in the service, 1st March, 1908, to 28th February,.1909 Item 62—Subsidy, £1 for £1, oost of ereotion, Marsland Hill Memorial .. .. .. ... Item 63—Transport equipment Item 64—Contingencies— Compensation to J. Biddiok for loss of horse (entangled in wire stays at Orakei) Fee to J. Wilson for safe custody of the N.Z. Cross dies, delivered by him to the High Commissioner's Office 118 15 4 37 17 6 109 16 1 37 3 9 36 12 3 120 0 0 55 0 0 14 13 4 121 19 0 37 16 0 7,998' 2 8 995 6 2 616 17 6 578 9 0 .85 12 9 52 9 5 46 0 0 45 0 0 12 10 0 1,102 8 1 213 14 2 106 13 0 9 2 6 81 4 2 826 4 8 14,815 3 7 39 10 10 40 0 0 352' i 0 26 1 0 110 27 2 0 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 63.. £44,016 17 9