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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 936-1 937.

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT—continued.

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CONSOLIDATED FCJND —continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ordinary Revenue Account —continued. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR—continued. Brought forward .. .. .. .. 14,757 5 3 Printing and Stationery Department:— Payment to officers, proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year, of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. .. 11 10 0 Department of Labour :— Fees and incidental expenses of delegates to the conference of representatives of the freezing industry .. .. 203 Oil Valuation Department:— Allowances of £25 each to M. H. Rogers, Assistant Valuer, Dunedin, and F. J. W. Billings, Assistant Valuer, Christchurch, for the performance of higher duties .. .. 50 0 0 Census and Statistics Office : — Grant to W. T. Doig, for conducting an investigation into the standard of life in New Zealand .. .. .. 50 0 0 Department of Justice and Prisons :— Compassionate grant to the widow of the late W. R. Childs, Principal Warder, Auckland .. .. 73 10 4 Extra allowance over and above scale rates to Dr. J. P. Lynch for expert medical opinion in criminal cases .. 40 4 0 Compensation to C. Hillhouse for loss of personal effects which were stolen by escapee from Waikeria Reformatory .. • ■ ■• ■ ■ • • 10 0 0 Payment to prison officers for hours worked in excess of forty-two per week, during the period 1st September to 30th November, 1936 .. .. .. .. 3,302 7 7 Payment to officer, proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year, of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. 7 3 0 3,433 4 11 Police Department:—• Legal costs incurred in connection with proceedings against William Campbell and Madge Munro, taken under the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 . . .. 325 17 0 Allowance to R. F. Madden, Secretary, Police Department, for the performance of higher duties .. 100 0 0 Legal expenses incurred by Constable D. Sterritt, in action for damages .. .. . . .. 23 3 6 Pay and house allowance due to Constable L. Studholme for the period 1st September, 1935, to 31st January, 1937 .. .. ■ • • • • • • • 483 4 0 Grants to the widows of deceased officers — £ s. d. To the widow of the late Sergeant J. R. Hodgson .. .. •. .. 48 0 0 To the widow of the late Constable L. H. Sehrafit .. .. ■. .. 32 10 10 To the widow of the late Constable E. T. Berry .. .. .. .. 24 9 11 105 0 9 Compassionate grant to ex-Constable S. Small .. 57 15 0 1,095 0 3 Naval Defence Department:— Ex gratia payment to ex-Able Seaman W. E. Reed, equivalent to Naval deferred pay forfeited on desertion from the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy .. .. 147 8 8 Defence Department:—Passages of Acting Group Captain the Hon. R. A. Cochrane, A.F.C., and family from England to New Zealand, and freight charges, &c., on his furniture .. 337 18 8 Grant to Major-General Sir W. L. H. Sinclair-Burgess, equivalent to three months' salary in lieu of leave on retirement .. .. .. • • • • 300 0 0 637 18 8 Department of Lands and Survey :—- Grant towards cost of transport of invalid discharged soldier and his family, removing from property formerly leased from the Crown under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1920 .. .. • • 10 0 0 Compassionate grant to the widow of the late J. A. Godfrey, draughtsman, Auckland .. .. ■. 125 0 0 Payment to officer, proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year, of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. •• 11176 s J 146 17 6 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 20,532 6 2