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Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1918—continued.

Details of Vote. 28, High Court Contingent Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. Travelling-allowances, police .. ~ 37 1 0 Brought forward .. .. 169 8 8 Pood, prisoners .. .. .. 24 5 0 Interpreter, Aitutaki .. .. .. 12 0 0 Meals, police .. .. .. .. 11 8 0 Lighting .. .. .. .. 011 6 Horse-feed .. .. .. .. 14 Hi o Furniture, Sergeant's residence .. .. 11l 17 0 Shoeing .. .. .. .. ISO Transfer expenses, Sergeant Atkinson and Mileages .. .. .. 16 14 9 family . . .. .. 35 14 8 Rewards, police .. .. .. 20 18 0 Passage in Group, Sergeant .. .. 7 2 (i Office overtime .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 „ Sergeant Holmes to Auckland .. 10 10 0 Passages, prisoners .. .. .. 4 (i 0 „ Judge and Interpreter .. .. 15 0 0 Witnesses' expenses .. .. .. I is o Freight on Sergeant's bloyole from Wellington 011 0 Passages, Mauke constables .. .. 4 0 0 Labour .. .. .. .. 01 I 0 Acting-gaoler .. .. .. 11 0 0 Cheque exchanges .. .. .. (IS!) Uniforms, police .. .. .. 14 18 II Miscellaneous material .. .. .. 8 .'1 (I Interpreter, Atiu .. .. .. 4 0 0 Salary constable, Atiu .. .. .. '15 0 Mauke .. .. .. 0 15 0 Total .. .. .. £293 3 1 Carried forward .. ..£169 8 8 V Details of Vote 29, General Contingent Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salary, assistant in printing-office .. 40 2 fl Brought forward .. .. 3. r >f> Ifl 10 Bicycle allowance, Resident Ag°nt> Atiu .. 3 0 0 Seeds purchased .. .. .. 0 3!) „ „ Mangaia 3'o 0 New flagstaff, Rarotonga .. .. 13 19. 11 Clerical assistance, Commissioner's office .. 7 0 0 Overtime, Post-office .. .. .. 7 4 li Travelling-expenses, Resident Agent, Mauke fl!) fl 3 Alterations and fittings, Post-office, RaroPurchase of mynahs for Mauke .. .. 0 5 6 tonga .. .. .. 21 15 5 Customs Tidewaitor .. .. .. 1(5 4 0 Boat-hire, Manihiki .. . . ~ 2 2 0 Passage, interpreter, to New Zealand .. 19 10 0 Furniture, Commissioner's office .. .. I 14 0 Boatman, Rarotonga .. .. .. 24 7 0 Tools, Mauke . . .. . . .. 5 7!) Rewards, detection of smuggling .. .. 5 5 0 „ Rarotonga .. .. .. 512 2 Overtime, Printer .. .. .. 610 0 Freight banana-plants, Manihiki .. .. 418 (i Rat virus .. .. .. .. 5 14 Furniture and fittings, Registrar's office .. fl 9 0 Collection of plants, Professor MacMillan „ Mauke offices .. 3 10 4 Brown .. .. .. .. 10 0 Repairs, conveniences, Rarotonga .. 0 10 0 Freight, &■_., rifles .. . . .. 12 2 Boat-repairs, Rarotonga .. .. 0 4 8 Car-hire .. .. .. .. 5 fl (i Furniture and fittings, Ngatipa .. .. 12 10 8 Travelling grant, Resident Agent, Pukapuka 15 0 0 Clearing Government grounds .. .. 16 14 3 Passages, prisoners of war .. .. 25 5 0 Travelling-allowance, Resident Commissioner 11 0 0 Collector Customs residence, fence repairs .. I 17 8 ~ Interpreter .. .. 110 0 Passage, soldier, to Aitutaki . . .. 15 0 Travelling-expenses, Resident Commissioner 2 0 0 „ „ Atiu.. .. .. 0 10 0 „ Interpreter .. .. 0 12 0 Passage Resident Agent, Pukapuka .. Ifl 18 0 Passage Interpreter and Resident CommisPukapuka offices, fittings .. .. 3 111 sioncr .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Mangaia offices, clock .. .. .. 510 0 Repairs, Government offices, Aitutaki .. 2 7 fl Bibles, 3rd Rarotonga Contingent .. 19 15 0 Clearing land occupied, by Pukapuka Natives 012 0 Travelling-expenses, members Island Council 45 0 0 Stationery .. .. .. .. 123 1 4 Audit expenses .. .. .. 14 14 0 Total ... .. . . £024 fl 7 Carried forward .. ..£355 Ifl 10 , —

Service. Voted. Expended Land-resumption Land-drainage Printing-press Telephone Post-card Account Dr. Aitutaki beacons ,, Wharf repairs ,, Courthouse repairs Titekaveka house Salary, Sergeant of Police ,, late Resident Agent, Atiu Expenses returning Natives to Pukapuka £ s. d. 108 18 7 5 3 4 155 16 7 56 5 0 7 6 0 22 4 0 57 1.4 7 43 4 11 23 13 I 30 15 9 18 7 2 42 0 0 Totals Balance, including investments .. 11 11,015 15 0 1,( 015 15 0 12,614 13 6 1,262 1 8 11,015 1.5 0 13,876 15 2