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Expenditure. £ s. d. Halls—Town Hall, £13 ; Aro Street, £1 Is. ; Druids, £1 ss. ; St. Peter's, £2 ss. ; Alexandra, £1 10s. .. .. .. .. '.. 19 1 0. . Printing and advertising —Trades and Labour Printing Company, £5 3s. ; . . :..: Dominion, £12 7s. 6d. ; New Zealand Times, £1 2s. 6d. ; Post, £2 2s. 6d.; Re veil, £1 10s.; Lewis and Deslandes, £4 155.; C. M. Banks, 12s. 3d. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 12 9 Rolls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..310 Motors and cabs .. .. .. .. .. ..050 Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February, 1912. £49 19 9 P. M. B. Fisher.

Rbtuen or Expenses, Second Ballot, 1911. I, Robert Fletcher, a candidate at the election for the Electoral District of Wellington Central, held in the month of December last past, hereby make the following return respecting election expenses incurred by me or on my behalf at the election :— Receipts. Nil. Expenditure. t s. d. Advertising — Free Lance, £9 ; Maoriland Worker, £1 45.; Weekly Herald, £5 ; Dominion, £5 ss. ; New Zealand Times, £6 19s. ; Evening Post, £10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 8 0 Rent—Druids' Hall, £2; Aro Street, £2 25.; Concert Hall, £3 35.; commercial room, £1 .. .. .. .. .. ..850"'' Various —Sundries .. .. .. .. .. ..456 Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of February, 1912. £49 18 6 R. Fletcher.

Return of Expenses, Second Ballot, 1911. 1, Alfred Kingcome Newman, a candidate at the election for the Electoral District of Wellington East, held in the month of December last past, hereby make the following return respecting election expenses incurred by me or on my behalf at the election : — Receipts. Nil. Expenditure. Persons employed for payment — , £ s. d. £ s. d. J. H. Scott, messenger at committee-room, Kent Terrace .. 3 0 0 Printing — Wellington Publishing Company —Printing reprints . . 4 2 6 Deslandes and Lewis, printers—Posters . . .. 010 6 4 13 0 Advertising — Maoriland Worker .. .. .. .. ..140 Wellington Publishing Company — Dominion . . ..976 Blundell Bros.— Evening Post ... .. .. 9 12 6 New Zealand Times Company .. .. 113 3 John Norton— Truth .. .. .. ..1126 H. G. Geddes and Oo.—tree Lance .. .. ..200 25 9 9 Hire of rooms— Roseneath School Committee —Lighting and cleaning up of room at Roseneath .. .. .. .. 0 10 6 Hataitai Bowling Clvb —Hire of hall at Hataitai .. 015 0 Clyde Quay School Committee—Lighting and cleaning up of room at Clyde Quay .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 St. Mark's Parish —Hire of schoolroom, Sussex Square .. 110 Mrs. Foley— Victoria Hall . . .. . . ..220 5 3 6 Expenses of committee-room, Kent Terrace — Harcourt and Co., auctioneers —Rent of committee-room 2 10 0 R. and E. Tingey and Co.—Rehanging sign at committeeroom .. .. .. .. .. ..110 3 11 o Miscellaneous —Electoral rolls .. .. .. . . . . 010 0 £42 7 3 Dated at Wellington' this 10th day of February. 1912. Alfred Kingcome Newman.