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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1926-1927

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT—continued.

95

CONSOLIDATED FUND —continued. Ordinary Revenue Account— continued. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR —continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward.. .. .. .. 17,610 0 4 Pensions Department— Payment to widow of J. A. Spiers, being pension accrued to date of his death (miner's pension No. 1101) .. 4 3 2 Compassionate allowance to Frank Kow Kee in lieu of old-age pension .. .. .. . . 22 15 0 Instalment of compassionate allowance of £1 per week, granted to W. P. Newman for disabilities arising out of war service .. .. .. .. .. 468 31 4 10 Mines Department— Cost of removing offices, bells, &c., from Maritime Buildings to Public Works old workshop buildings . . 75 6 5 Grant towards cost of enabling old miners to attend the Buller Diamond Jubilee .. . . .. .. 100 0 0 175 6 5 Internal Affairs Department— Compassionate allowance to widow of the late S. J. Jones, late messenger, Internal Affairs Department .. 62 10 0 Expenses in connection with the visit of the Hon. the Minister of Customs to America .. .. .. 128 6 10 Expenses in connection with town-planning legislation.. 544 8 11 Grant towards cost of returning the Maori football team to New Zealand via Canada .. .. ■ ■ 1,000 0 0 Grant to the New Zealand Astronomical Society to subsidize a similar amount voted by that society for observations at Russell of the eclipse of the sun, 4th January, 1927 .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Payment to the Public Trustee for payment to the widow of the late L. A. Tall, chimney-sweep and labourer, in accordance with section 38 of the Workers' Compensation Act, 1922 .. .. .. .. 720 0 0 Payments to the Board of Maori Arts under Maori Arts and Crafts Act, 1926, section 7(a).. .. .. 300 0 0 Travelling-expenses in connection with conference of Museums representatives .. .. .. 39 10 9 2,804 16 6 Printing and Stationery Department — Grant to W. Sutherland, equivalent to three months' salary, in lieu of leave of absence on retirement in terms of Public Service Regulations .. .. ! 06 5 0 Salary of A. Osborne while on leave of absence from 1st April to 14th June, 1927 .. .. .. 60 0 0 166 5 0 Mental Hospitals Department— Compassionate allowance, salary, and expenses of illness whilst on duty, granted to Miss M. Doyle, ex-nurse, Hokitika Mental Hospital .. .. .. 162 0 6 Compassionate allowance to widow of the late William Suttie, bricklayer, Christchurch Mental Hospital .. 65 0 0 Compensation in respect of pigs sold by Porirua Mental Hospital .. .. .. .. . • 16 16 0 Expenses of Dr. T. G. Gray, Deputy Inspector-General, in connection with visit abroad .. .. .. 222 19 2 Grant to Dr. R. M. Beattie, Medical Superintendent of Takanui Mental Hospital, equivalent to one year's salary, on retirement .. .. .. .. 1,001 0 0 Payment to executor in estate of R. M. Brown, late attendant, Hokitika Mental Hospital, being salary in lieu of leave due to the deceased .. .. .. 14 2 8 1,481 18 4 Health Department— Compassionate allowance to widow of the late P. Larsen, chef, King George V Hospital, Rotorua .. .. 75 0 0 Cost of purchasing two first-class railway tourist tickets for two Sisters from the Makogai Leper Station on leave in New Zealand .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Expenses of Dr. M. H. Watt, Deputy Director-General of Health, in attending Medical Conference, Melbourne . . 75 12 11 Expenses of Misc J. B. N. Paterson investigating maternity and child-welfare methods in Denmark, Holland, and Great Britain .. .. . . 294 19 8 Expenses of Dr. Helen Bakewell in connection with attending the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Bristol, May, 1926 .. .. . . 8 2-6 Grant to Auckland Hospital Board on account of special unemployment relief .. .. .. .. 1,908 3 1 Carried forward .. .. .. 2,381 18 2 22,269 11 5 j