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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909.

STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE S—contd.

Brought forward £ s. d £ s. d. 4,149 5 6 s. CLASS XIX.—MINISTER OF MARINE— continued. Vote No. 68—Miscellaneous Services —continued. Item 38 —Repairs to Whangaroa Wharf Item 39 —Searching for bodies of persons drowned from scow " Surprise " .. Item 40—Signalman's cottage at Karamea Item 41—Snagging the Mokau River Item 42—Erection of new wharf at Wairoa South River (£2 for £1) Item 43—Matakohe Wharf repairs (£1 for £1) Item 44—Removal of bank, Waitapu Harbour (£1 for £1) Item 45—Wharf at Katikati (£1 for £1) Item 46—Survey of Cook's Rock, Cook Strait Item 47—Survey of unseaworthy ships Item 48—Survey of Whangarei foreshore Item 49—Telephones Item 50—Travelling expenses and allowances of officers Marine Department Item 51—Waikawa Wharf repairs Item 52—Contingencies— Benzine for launoh .. .. .. .. Cartage Expenses removing ships' articles from Customs cellars to marine store Launch-hire, searching for launch " Kia Ora " Subscriptions to newspapers Sundries Timber for cages for seals and penguins 5 0 0 20 0 0 144 8 9 35 - 9 8 4615 9 92 13 4 5 12 0 1 17 9 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 3 18 7 1 11 0 21 2 4 £4,514 15 4 CLASS XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY :— Vote No. 72 —Miscellaneous Seevices :— Item 1—Arrears of rates due by Crown tenants (section 143, " Land Act, 1908 ") Item 2 — Assistance towards making a sheep-dip at Te Rau-a-moa Item 3—Board of Examiners of Surveyors, grant to .. Item 4—Botanical surveys of New Zealand forests Item 5 —Buffalo Domain (fenoing) Item 6—Bunnythorpe Recreation-ground, purchase of land .. Item 7 —Caretaker and expenses in connection with preservation of scenery, Ship Cove and other reserves (including clearing of a fire-belt) Item 8 —Clarence River Protective Works, at Waipapa, S. G. R. No. 107 Item 9—Clearing Myross School Reserve Item 10—Compensation for improvements and removal of hut through error in survey, Section 117, Matiri Block Item 11—Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, medical and other attendance during illness, and contingent expenses in connection with same— Compensation .. .. .. ... Medioal fees Funeral expenses of the late T. M. Grant.. Travelling-expenses 15 0 0 200 0 0 324 19 5 100 0 0 89 11 8 15 0 0 112 3 5 9 5 0 9 9 6 2 10 0 Item 12—Compensation to Native owners for Section 33, Te Araroa Native Township Item 13—Compensation to Taihape Dairy Company for land included in their title for Section 3, Block VII, Taihape, but forming part of the public road Item 14—Compensation for improvements and leasehold interest in Section 157, Matata, required for road access to Manawahe Blook Item 15 —Compensation for fencing road taken through Ngarara West A Blook Item 16—Compensation for land for road aocess to the Tamaki Block (and fenoing) Item 17— Compensation for land resumed under " The Land Act, 1908," for scenery and other public purposes Item 18—Compensation for loss of area by original Native owners of Waikaka Reserve Item 19—Compensation for road-deviation, Block I, Rintoul Survey District (Richmond) 133 7 11 100 0 0 135 0 0 78 13 6 Carried forward 1,191 12 6