Appropriation Act 1914
Appropriation Act 1914
Appropriation Act 1914
Appropriation Act 1914
Public Act |
1914 No 76 |
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Date of assent |
5 November 1914 |
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Contents
An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out ofthe Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and fifteen, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,— We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums hereinafter mentioned, and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by theauthority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1914.
2 Grant of £3,210,877, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Consolidated Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services of the year ending on the thirty-first dayof March, nineteen hundred and fifteen, any sums not exceedingin the whole the sum of three million two hundred and ten thou-sand eight hundred and seventy-seven pounds, together with theamount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.
3 Appropriation of £8,080,225, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the Consolidated Fundby this Act, together with the sums granted out of that fund by the other Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, amountingin the whole to eight million and eighty thousand two hundredand twenty-five pounds, as appears by the said Schedule, togetherwith the fees collected by such public officers as are authorizedto retain the same in lieu of salary, are hereby appropriated forthe several services and purposes expressed in the several votesspecified in the Abstract in the said First Schedule.
4 Grant of £2,050,517 out of Public Works Fund.
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Public Works Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the works and services of the year ending asaforesaid, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of twomillion and fifty thousand five hundred and seventeen pounds.
5 Appropriation of £3,492,194 out of Public Works Fund.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the Public Works Fundby this Act, together with the sums granted out of that fund by theother Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, amounting inthe whole to three million four hundred and ninety-two thousandone hundred and ninety-four pounds, as appears by the said Second Schedule, are hereby appropriated for the several works and servicesexpressed in the several votes specified in the Abstract in the said Second Schedule.
6 Grant of £900,485 out of separate accounts.
Out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Abstract inthe Third Schedule hereto the Minister of Finance may issue andapply, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majestyfor the services of the year ending as aforesaid, any sums notexceeding in the whole the sum of nine hundred thousand fourhundred and eighty-five pounds.
7 Appropriation of £1,436,197 out of separate accounts.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the said respectiveaccounts by this Act, together with the sums granted out of thoseaccounts, by the other Acts mentioned in the said Third Schedulehereto, amounting in the whole to one million four hundred andthirty-six thousand one hundred and ninety-seven pounds, asappears by the said Schedule, are hereby appropriated for therespective services and purposes expressed in the several votesspecified in the Abstract in the said Third Schedule.
8 Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £101,767 15s. 6d., and debts irrecoverable, £12,792 15s. l0d.
Whereas the Minister, of Finance has, under the authorityof section fifty-four of the Public Revenues Act, 1910, issued, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fourteen, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Fifth Schedule hereto, out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of one hundred and one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven pounds fifteen shillings and sixpence, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Fifth Schedule, and has also discharged from the Public Account the sum of twelve thousand seven hundred and ninety-two pounds fifteen shillings and tenpence, mentioned in the said Schedule as being due to but irrecoverable by the Crown: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums are hereby sanctioned.
9 Subsidies to be paid to local authorities.
(1.)
There shall be issued and paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Fund to the local authority of each county, road district, and town district, in respect of the general rates levied for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and actually collected on or before the thirtieth day of June ensuing next after the expiry of that year, the amounts to which each such local authority is entitled under the scheme of distribution set forth in the Sixth Schedule hereto. The term “town district”
in this section shall be. deemed to include Native townships as defined in the Native Townships Act, 1910.
(2.)
Upon the application of any local authority as aforesaid, setting forth the amount of general rates collectable for the year ending as aforesaid, and showing separately how much thereof is payable by Natives, seventy-five per centum of the amount which, in accordance with the estimate of the Valuer-General, may become payable to that local authority for rates other than rates payable by Natives may be advanced to that local authority within that year.
(3.)
On receipt by the Valuer-General of returns, duly verified by the declaration of the Chairman or Treasurer of a local authority, showing the amount of the rates aforesaid actually collected to the said thirtieth day of June, the amount of subsidy found to be payable in respect of such rates, less the amount (if any) advanced as aforesaid, shall be paid to that local authority; and any sum advanced in excess of the amount so found to be payable shall be repaid by the local authority to the Public Account, or be recovered by the Minister of Finance out of any moneys payable to that local authority.
(4.)
Where a local authority has adopted the system of rating on capital value or unimproved value, no subsidy shall be payable on any amount exceeding the sum which would be recoverable on a rate of three-farthings in the pound on the capital value of the rateable property in its district.
(5.)
Where a local authority has adopted the system of rating on annual value, no subsidy shall be payable on any amount exceeding the sum which would be recoverable on a rate of one shilling in the pound on the annual value of the rateable property in its district.
(6.)
The provisions of the two last preceding subsections shall apply to subsidies payable to Borough Councils under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.
(7.)
In case any doubt arises as to the several payments to be made under this section, or as to payments to be made in respect of newly formed districts wherein the local authority has not had sufficient time to levy and collect rates, the Governor in Council may decide the amounts of such payments, and his decision shall be final.
10 Power to transfer £350,000 from Consolidated Fund to Public Works Fund.
The Minister of Finance may transfer any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole three hundred and fifty thousand pounds from the Consolidated Fund to the Public Works Fund, to be issued and applied to the purposes and services provided for in this Act.
11 Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to enter into any contracts, or to incur any liabilities, for carrying on the works and services for which money is appropriated by this Act:
Provided that in the case of the works and services specified in the Fourth Schedule hereto the amount of liability thereby incurred shall not, together with the sum appropriated therefor, exceed the sum set down in the ninth column in that Schedule opposite to each such work or service.
12 Payment to local authorities for construction of roads, &c.
Out of the moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction of public roads, and such other public works as are usually constructed by or are under the control of local authorities, sums may be paid over to such local authorities as the Minister in charge of the Department in connection with which such roads or works are constructed determines, to such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as such Minister prescribes, to be expended by such authorities upon any of the works or services for which the same are appropriated by this Act; and the Minister of Finance may make all such payments accordingly.
13 Money appropriated for roads, &c., defined.
(1.)
The moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction or improvement of railways, roads, bridges, buildings, and other public works shall be available for all or any of the following purposes:—
(a.)
The construction of railways, and the construction and repair of roads, drains, buildings, bridges, jetties, and wharves;
(b.)
The protection of rivers and lakes, and the improvement of the navigation thereof;
(c.)
The acquisition of land, and the payment of interest in respect thereof where necessary;
(d.)
The payment of salaries, allowances, and travelling-expenses, and the wages of workers;
(e.)
The purchase of material and provisions;
(f.)
The purchase of furniture and fittings for public buildings, and the payment of wages and purchase of furniture, provisions, and other necessaries for the maintenance of sanatoria and other establishments for which money is appropriated;
(g.)
The purchase of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, and other requisites connected with the employment of labour, whether or not the same are to be used for the benefit of or sold or lent to workers employed on public works;
(h.)
The payment of fares and freights by land or sea in respect of the carriage of such workers, their families and effects, to or from their work;
(i.)
The cost of any material or stores required for the effectual carrying-out of any of the aforesaid works or purposes;
(j.)
The payment of compensation and costs payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, in respect of injuries to workers employed on any of the aforesaid works; and
(k.)
The payment of damages, compensation, or costs in respect of any injury or damage arising out of the construction or improvement of any such railway, road, bridge, building, or other public work, or out of the taking or acquisition of land for the purposes thereof.
(2.)
The cost of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, or other requisites sold or lent to any worker as aforesaid may be deducted from time to time, in one or more sums of money, from the money earned, whether by day-labour or by co-operative contract, by the said worker.
14 Advances under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, authorized.
All advances made by the Minister of Finance under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, to settlers for improving their lands, and all expenses connected therewith, whether such advances are made directly to any member of an association or expended by or under the directions of the Minister of Lands, may be paid out of the vote taken in Class XXVI, Public Works Fund, for improved-farm settlements.
15 Purchase of lands to provide access to roads.
Whereas in laying out and forming roads in respect of lands subject to the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, it has been found necessary to acquire portions of adjoining lands for the purpose of providing road access: Be it therefore enacted that all moneys so expended shall be deemed to be moneys payable out of the Land for Settlements Account, and shall be payable accordingly under the appropriation contained in section eighty-two of that Act.
16 Payments for which no specific appropriation.
When any of the votes specified in the Schedules hereto contains an item under any title which does not specifically appropriate expenditure for any particular purpose, such item shall be deemed to be an appropriation for expenditure on purposes other than those of the other items of the vote.
17 Postmasters may be authorized to receive moneys for payment to Public Account.
Any moneys payable into the Public Account may, with the authority of the Minister of Finance, be lodged for credit of that account with such Postmasters as the Postmaster-General authorizes to receive such moneys; and the amount of such lodgments shall be paid into the Public Account by the Postmaster-General at such times as the Minister of Finance directs.
18 Authorizing payment of travelling-expenses to members of General Assembly.
Notwithstanding anything in section two hundred and forty-six of the Legislature Act, 1908, there may be paid to any member of the General Assembly the sum of one pound per diem in addition to expenses of locomotion in travelling to and returning from a meeting of the General Assembly. Such payment shall be in commutation of reasonable sums actually paid by him in so travelling.
19 Authorizing additional payments in respect of Government House and grounds at Wellington and Auckland.
Notwithstanding anything in the Civil List Act, 1908,—
(a.)
Payment of a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds may be made for the purchase and hire of furniture for or for use in connection with the occupation by the Governor of Government House at Auckland or at Wellington; also of a further sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty pounds for additions and improvements to the Government House at Auckland.
(b.)
The amount that may be expended during the current financial year on the cultivation and upkeep of the gardens and grounds of Government House at Wellington shall be the amount provided in that behalf on the annual estimates for that year.
20 Extending borrowing-powers in respect of State ooal-mines.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section one hundred and fourteen of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, the Minister of Finance, on being authorized by the Governor in Council so to do, may raise for the purposes of that section any sums which, together with all sums heretofore raised for such purposes, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
21 Authorizing advance out of Fruit-preserving Industry Account to Hawke’s Bay Fruit, Produce, and Cool Storage Company (Limited).
Whereas by the Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913, the Minister of Agriculture is authorized to make advances out of the Fruit-preserving Industry Advances Account for the purpose of establishing cold stores for fruit and certain other works: And whereas the Hawke’s Bay Fruit, Produce, and Cool Storage Company (Limited), after the passing of the said Act but before any moneys were available for the purpose of making advances there-under, applied for an advance for the purpose of establishing such stores, and afterwards completed the establishment of its stores before any moneys were available as aforesaid: And whereas Mr. F. Sisson, of Papanui, Canterbury, has applied for an advance under the said Act in respect of cold stores for fruit established by him before the passing of the said Act: And whereas there is no power to make advances in respect of works already established, and it is desired to grant the applications hereinbefore referred to: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—
(1.)
The Minister of Agriculture may, out of the Fruit-preserving Industry Advances Account, advance to the Hawke’s Bay Fruit, Produce, and Cool Storage Company (Limited) a sum not exceeding six thousand pounds, and to Mr. F. Sisson, of Papanui, a sum not exceeding four thousand pounds, in respect of the cold stores and other works established respectively by the said company and by the said Mr. F. Sisson.
(2.)
The provisions of the Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913, relating to the repayment of advances, the security to be given therefor, and the rate of interest payable in respect thereof shall apply to the advances made under this section in the same manner in all respects as if those advances were advances under the said Act.
22 Extending operation of subsection (1), section 49, Public Service Act, 1912.
The period of twelve months referred to. in subsection one of section forty-nine of the Public Service Act, 1912, is hereby extended to the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
23 Section 3 of Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1912, extended.
Section three of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1912, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection two the words “nineteen hundred and fifteen,”
’ and substituting the words “nineteen hundred and sixteen.”
24 Authorizing the dosing of Opening up Crown Lands for Settlement Account.
The separate account called “the Opening up Crown Lands for Settlement Account”
is hereby abolished, and the balance standing to the credit of the said account on the passing of this Act shall be forthwith paid to the Land for Settlements Account.
25 Authorizing payment of £20,000 for relief of Belgian distress.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained insection eight of the Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, the Minister of Finance is hereby authorized to pay out of the War Expenses Account a sum of twenty thousand pounds towards therelief of Belgian distress caused by the war.
26 Authorizing payment of advances not exceeding £9,000 for encouragement of oil industry.
For the purposes of encouraging the production and refine-ment of mineral oil in New Zealand the Minister of Finance is herebyauthorized to pay out of the Consolidated Fund, by way of loan, withsuch security and on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, anysum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of nine thousandpounds.
27 Authorizing payments to be made to officers of certain Departments by way of commission bonus.
Notwithstanding anything in the Public Service Act, 1912, payments may lawfully be made to any officers of the Government Life Insurance Department, the State Fire Insurance Office, or the National Provident Fund Office of any sums by way of commissionor bonus which have been provided for in the estimates as passed bythe House of Representatives.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
| £ | |
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 2,019,348 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 | 700,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 2) | 700,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 3) | 700,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 4) | 600,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 5) | 150,000 |
| Under this Act | 3,210,877 |
| Total Grants | £8,080,225 |
(2.) Abstract
Abstract of Sums granted to defray the Charges on the Consolidated Fund for the several Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1915.
| £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | ||
| Totals. | ||
| Class I.—Legislative Departments | 40,757 | |
| Class II.—Department of Finance | 201,851 | |
| Class III.—Post and Telegraph Department | 1,240,634 | |
| Class IV.—Working Railways Department | 3,031,504 | |
| Class V.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads | 122,360 | |
| Class VI.—Native Department | 25,241 | |
| Class VII.—Justice Department | 451,206 | |
| Class VIII.—Mines Department | 36,468 | |
| Class IX.—Department of Internal Affairs | 486,624 | |
| Class X.—Defence Department | 512,328 | |
| Class XI.—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments | 172,277 | |
| Class XII.—Department of Labour | 28,878 | |
| Class XIII.—Department of Lands and Survey | 254,124 | |
| Class XIV.—Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce | 220,102 | |
| Class XV.—Education Department | 1,255,871 | |
| Total | £8,080,225 |
| Vote. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Details. | |||
| CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 1 | Legislative Council | 1,800 | |
| 2 | House of Representatives | 10,333 | |
| 3 | General Expenses | 28,624 | |
| Total Class I | 40,757 | ||
| CLASS II.— DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. | |||
| 4 | Treasury Department | 11,874 | |
| 5 | National Provident and Friendly Societies Office | 8,430 | |
| 6 | Rates on Crown Lands | 250 | |
| 7 | Rates on Native Lands | 25 | |
| 8 | Land and Income Tax Department | 29,467 | |
| 9 | Pensions Department | 10,441 | |
| 10 | Naval Defence | 100,000 | |
| 11 | Treasury: Miscellaneous Services | 41,364 | |
| Total Class II | 201,851 | ||
| CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 12 | Postal and Telegraph Salaries | 754,691 | |
| 13 | Conveyance of Mails by Sea | 81,845 | |
| 14 | Conveyance of Inland Mails | 90,260 | |
| 15 | Carriage of Mails by Railway | 70,424 | |
| 16 | Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 87,950 | |
| 17 | Miscellaneous Services | 155,464 | |
| Total Class III | 1,240,634 | ||
| CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 18 | Working Railways | 3,031,504 | |
| Total Class IV | 3,031,504 | ||
| CLASS V.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS. | |||
| 19 | Public Buildings | 74,310 | |
| 20 | Government Domains | 3,050 | |
| 21 | Maintenance and Improvement of Roads | 45,000 | |
| Total Class V | 122,360 | ||
| CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 22 | Native Department | 23,753 | |
| 23 | Miscellaneous Services | 1,488 | |
| Total Class VI | 25,241 | ||
| CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 24 | Department of Justice | 3,191 | |
| 25 | Crown Law Office | 6,030 | |
| 26 | Patent Office | 2,032 | |
| 27 | Supreme Court | 10,073 | |
| 28 | Bankruptcy | 3,232 | |
| 29 | Magistrates’ and Wardens’ Courts | 49,617 | |
| 30 | Criminal Prosecutions | 10,300 | |
| 31 | Coroners | 4,500 | |
| 32 | Justice: Miscellaneous Services | 14,991 | |
| 33 | Prisons | 49,633 | |
| 34 | Police Department | 245,952 | |
| 35 | Police: Miscellaneous Services | 751 | |
| 36 | Stamp Department | 16,328 | |
| 37 | Land and Deeds Registry | 34,576 | |
| Total Class VII | 451,206 | ||
| CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 38 | Mines Department | 10,058 | |
| 39 | Geological Survey Branch | 4,855 | |
| 40 | Miscellaneous Services | 21,555 | |
| Total Class VIII | 36,468 | ||
| CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. | |||
| 41 | Clerk of Executive Council | 50 | |
| 42 | Department of Internal Affairs (Head Office) | 33,768 | |
| 43 | Ministers’ Secretaries | 1,465 | |
| 44 | Messengers, Office-keepers, and Charwomen | 24,811 | |
| 45 | Audit Department | 10,596 | |
| 46 | Registrar-General’s Office | 15,710 | |
| 47 | Electoral | 65,088 | |
| 48 | High Commissioner’s Office | 9,272 | |
| 49 | Museum | 4,054 | |
| 50 | Dominion Laboratory | 5,576 | |
| 51 | Printing and Stationery | 19,392 | |
| 52 | Mental Hospitals | 119,247 | |
| 53 | Home for Defectives | 1,298 | |
| 54 | Tourists | 54,040 | |
| 55 | Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 7,620 | |
| 56 | Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid | 60,814 | |
| 57 | Cook Islands Administration | 7,034 | |
| 58 | Miscellaneous Services | 46,789 | |
| Total Class IX | 486,624 | ||
| CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 59 | Adjutant-General’s Branch | 195,253 | |
| 60 | General Staff Branch | 10,570 | |
| 61 | Quartermaster-General’s Branch | 306,505 | |
| Total Class X | 512,328 | ||
| CLASS XI.— CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 62 | Customs Offices and Services | 63,270 | |
| 63 | Customs: Miscellaneous Services | 8,993 | |
| 64 | Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery | 58,410 | |
| 65 | Government Steamers | 28,500 | |
| 66 | Marine: Miscellaneous Services | 13,104 | |
| Total Class XI | 172,277 | ||
| CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. | |||
| 67 | Department of Labour | 28,878 | |
| Total Class XII | 28,878 | ||
| CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. | |||
| 68 | Department of Lands and Survey | 168,046 | |
| 69 | Miscellaneous Services | 52,683 | |
| 70 | Valuation | 33,395 | |
| Total Class XIII | 254,124 | ||
| CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE. | |||
| 71 | Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce | 220,102 | |
| Total Class XIV | 220,102 | ||
| CLASS XV.—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 72 | Head Office | 14,081 | |
| 73 | Elementary Education | 779,965 | |
| 74 | Secondary and Higher Education | 100,550 | |
| 75 | Manual and Technical Instruction | 81,665 | |
| 76 | Training Colleges and Training of Teachers | 43,745 | |
| 77 | Native Schools | 33,098 | |
| 78 | Infant Life Protection | 1,541 | |
| Special Schools— | |||
| 79 | School for the Deaf | 3,674 | |
| 80 | Education of the Blind | 168 | |
| 81 | Otekaike Home | 5,178 | |
| 82 | Special Schools for Girls | 550 | |
| 83 | Industrial Schools | 42,400 | |
| 84 | Physical Training and Junior Cadets | 9,988 | |
| 85 | School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites | 122,656 | |
| 86 | Miscellaneous Services | 16,612 | |
| Total Class XV | 1,255,871 | ||
| Total | £8,080,225 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the Public Works Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 591,677 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 2) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 3) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 4) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 5) | 50,000 |
| Under this Act | 2,050,517 |
| Total Grants | £3,492,194 |
(2.) Abstract
Abstract of Sums appropriated out of the Public Works Fund to defray the Charges of Public Works and other Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1915.
| Amount appropriated for Expenditure. | |
|---|---|
| Totals. | £ |
| Class XVI.—Public Works, Departmental | 96,525 |
| Class XVII.—Railways | 1,460,000 |
| Class XVIII.—Public Buildings | 551,175 |
| Class XIX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences | 26,258 |
| Class XX.—Tourist and Health Resorts | 22,246 |
| Class XXI.—Immigration | 36,000 |
| Class XXII.—Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works | 812,000 |
| Class XXIII.—Development of Goldfields | 4,600 |
| Class XXIV.—Telegraph Extension | 410,000 |
| Class XXV.—Contingent Defence | 50,000 |
| Class XXVI.—Lands Improvement | 23,390 |
| Total | £3,492,194 |
| Vote. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Details. | |||
| CLASS XVI. —PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL. | |||
| 87 | Public Works, Departmental | 96,525 | |
| Total Class XVI | 96,525 | ||
| CLASS XVII.—RAILWAYS. | |||
| 88 | Railway Construction | 960,000 | |
| 89 | Additions to Open Lines | 500,000 | |
| Total Class XVII | 1,460,000 | ||
| CLASS XVIII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS (including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 90 | General | 105,500 | |
| 91 | Judicial | 47,350 | |
| 92 | Postal and Telegraph | 116,325 | |
| 93 | Agricultural | 5,000 | |
| 94 | Mental Hospitals | 50,000 | |
| 95 | Hospitals and Charitable Institutions | 6,000 | |
| 96 | School Buildings | 129,000 | |
| 97 | Workers’ Dwellings | 92,000 | |
| Total Class XVIII | 551,175 | ||
| CLASS XIX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. | |||
| 98 | Lighthouses | 4,758 | |
| 99 | Harbour Works | 20,500 | |
| 100 | Harbour Defences | 1,000 | |
| Total Class XIX | 26,258 | ||
| CLASS XX.— TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS (including Sit s, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 101 | Tourist and Health Resorts | 22,246 | |
| Total Class XX | 22,246 | ||
| CLASS XXI.—IMMIGRATION. | |||
| 102 | Department of Immigration | 36,000 | |
| Total Class XXI | 36,000 | ||
| CLASS XXII. — CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. | |||
| 103 | Roads, &c. | 557,700 | |
| 104 | Backblock Roads, &c. | 201,000 | |
| 105 | Roads and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands | 53,300 | |
| Total Class XXII | 812,000 | ||
| CLASS XXIII.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. | |||
| 106 | Development of Goldfields | 4,600 | |
| Total Class XXIII | 4,600 | ||
| CLASS XXIV.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. | |||
| 107 | Telegraph Extension | 410,000 | |
| Total Class XXIV | 410,000 | ||
| CLASS XXV. — CONTINGENT DEFENCE. | |||
| 108 | Contingent Defence | 50,000 | |
| Total Class XXV | 50,000 | ||
| CLASS XXVI.—LANDS IMPROVEMENT. | |||
| 109 | Improved-farm Settlements | 16,000 | |
| 110 | Lands: Miscellaneous | 7,390 | |
| Total Class XXVI | 23,390 | ||
| Total | £3,492,194 |
THIRD SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in this Schedule
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 202,312 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 | 74,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 2) | 76,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 3) | 79,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 4) | 97,300 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 5) | 7,100 |
| Under this Act | 900,485 |
| Total Grants | £1,436,197 |
(2.) Abstract
Abstract of Sums appropriated to defray the Charges out of the respective Accounts hereinafter mentioned for the respective Services particularly specified which will come in Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1915.
| Vote. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT (Under the State Forests Act, 1908). | |||
| 111 | State Forests Branch of the Lands Survey Department | 31,609 | |
| 31,609 | |||
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT (Under the Coal-Mines Act,1908). | |||
| 112 | State coal-mines | 268,810 | 268,810 |
| 268,810 | |||
| SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT (Under the Scenery Preservation Act,1908) | |||
| 113 | Scenery Preservation | 11,163 | |
| 11,163 | |||
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT (Under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Workers’ Dwellings Act,1910). | |||
| 114 | Land for Settlements Expenses | 12,437 | |
| 115 | Roads to open up Land for Settlements | 173,300 | |
| Total | 185,737 | ||
| RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT (Under the Government Railways Acts, 1908 and 1910). | |||
| 116 | Railway Improvements | 10,000 | |
| 10,000 | |||
| AID TO WATER-POWER WORKS ACCOUNT (Under the Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910) | |||
| 117 | Development of Water-power | 100,000 | |
| 100,000 | |||
| IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY ACCOUNT | |||
| 118 | Irrigation and Water-supply | 40,000 | |
| 40,000 | |||
| WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT (Under the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910). | |||
| 119 | Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement | 20,000 | |
| 20,000 | |||
| NATIONAL ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 120 | Roads to open up National Endowment Lands | 40,000 | |
| 40,000 | |||
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT (Under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908). | |||
| 121 | Salaries | 38,299 | |
| Other Charges | 4,630 | ||
| Total | 42,929 | ||
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 122 | Salaries | 31,442 | |
| Other Charges | 41,877 | ||
| Total | 73,319 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908) | |||
| 123 | Salaries | ||
| Other Charges | 7,585 | ||
| Total | 7,585 | ||
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 124 | Salaries | 9,416 | |
| Other Charges | 13,665 | ||
| Total | 23,081 | ||
| STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT. | |||
| Advances to Settlers Branch. | |||
| 125 | Salaries | 9,509 | |
| Other Charges | 335,520 | ||
| Total | 345,029 | ||
| Advances to Workers Branch. | |||
| 126 | Salaries | 1,870 | |
| Other Charges | 117,650 | ||
| Total | 119,520 | ||
| Advances to Local Authorities Branch. | |||
| 127 | Salaries | 300 | |
| Other Charges | 115,450 | ||
| Total | 115,750 | ||
| NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 128 | Native Land Purchase Expenses—Salaries | 1,115 | |
| Other Charges | 550 | ||
| Total | 1,665 | ||
| Total Third Schedule | £1,436,197 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Schedule showing the Railways and some of the Public Buildings on which Expenditure is authorized by this Act; the Sections thereof on which the Expenditure is to be incurred; the Definition and Length of such Sections; the Estimated Expenditure required to render the same available for Use; the Amounts authorized for the Year ending 31st March, 1915; the Balances for Future Authorization; and the amount to which Liabilities may be incurred under this Act.
| Railway or other Work. | The Railway or Sections thereof for which Provision is made in this Act. | 6. Estimated Expenditure required on the Length stated in Column 5. | 7. Amount authorized during the Year ending 31st March, 1915. | 8. Balance for Future Appropriation. | 9. Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Name. | 2. Estimated Length of the Whole Line. | 3. From | 4. To | 5. Estimated Length of Section. | ||||||
| Railways. | M. | ch. | M. | ch. | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Kaihu Valley | 24 | 18 | Kaihu | Donnelly’s Crossing | 7 | 2 | 36,000 | 10,000 | 26,000 | 15,000 |
| Kawakawa–Hokianga | 34 | 12 | Kawakawa | Horeke | 34 | 12 | 191,000 | 25,000 | 166,000 | 40,000 |
| Whangarei–North Auckland Main Trunk | 25 | 0 | Whangarei | Junction with North Auckland Main Trunk Line | 25 | 0 | 298,000 | 35,000 | 263,000 | 60,000 |
| North Auckland | 122 | 0 | Kaiwaka | Wairoa River | 40 | 0 | 522,000 | 75,000 | 447,000 | 100,000 |
| Waiuku Branch | 12 | 5 | Paerata | Waiuku | 12 | 5 | 160,000 | 25,000 | 135,000 | 40,000 |
| Huntly–Awaroa | 7 | 34 | Huntly | Pepepe | 7 | 34 | 60,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 |
| Raetihi – Main Trunk | 8 | 40 | Ohakune | Raetihi | 8 | 40 | 60,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 |
| East Coast Main Trunk | 344 | 0 | Waihi | Athenree | 9 | 0 | 65,000 | 25,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Tauranga | Taneatua | 59 | 0 | 370,000 | 50,000 | 320,000 | 70,000 | |||
| Te Maunga | Wairoa River | 8 | 0 | 96,000 | 20,000 | 76,000 | 50,000 | |||
| Otoko | Motu | 20 | 45 | 86,000 | 30,000 | 56,000 | 45,000 | |||
| Gisborne | Waikura | 18 | 0 | 290,000 | 45,000 | 245,000 | 70,000 | |||
| Napier | Petane | 10 | 0 | 122,000 | 20,000 | 102,000 | 50,000 | |||
| Mount Egmont Branch | 8 | 76 | Waipuku | Waingongoro | 8 | 76 | 15,000 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 15,000 |
| Stratford – Main Trunk | 95 | 0 | Okahukara | Matiere | 10 | 23 | 204,000 | 100,000 | 237,000 | 140,000 |
| Pohokura | Tangarakau River | 20 | 0 | 133,000 | ||||||
| Opunake Branch | 23 | 0 | Junction with Foxton–New Plymouth Line | Opunake | 23 | 0 | 275,000 | 40,000 | 235,000 | 60,000 |
| Stone Quarry Line, Rangitikei River | 4 | 0 | Main Line, near Kakariki | Rangitikei River | 4 | 0 | 20,000 | 7,500 | 12,500 | 20,000 |
| Featherston–Martin borough | 10 | 40 | Featherston | Martinborough | 10 | 40 | 100,000 | 15,000 | 85,000 | 25,000 |
| South Island Main Trunk | 173 | 23 | Ward | Kekerangu | 14 | 70 | 60,000 | 26,000 | 111,000 | 40,000 |
| Parnassus | Mendip Hills | 7 | 0 | 77,000 | ||||||
| Midland | 244 | 0 | Glenhope | Kawatiri | 5 | 0 | 46,000 | 20,000 | 26,000 | 30,000 |
| Otira | Bealey | 9 | 0 | 382,000 | 70,000 | 312,000 | 100,000 | |||
| Westport–Inangahua | 26 | 0 | Te Kuha | Buller River | 6 | 0 | 85,000 | 18,000 | 67,000 | 30,000 |
| Greymouth – Point Elizabeth | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Culverden–Waiau | 14 | 0 | Culverden | Waiau | 14 | 0 | 90,000 | 25,000 | 65,000 | 40,000 |
| Waimate Branch Extension | 7 | 40 | Waihao Downs | Kelcher’s Corner | 4 | 0 | 35,000 | 15,000 | 20,000 | 25,000 |
| Lawrence–Roxburgh | 38 | 25 | Big Hill | Beaumont | 6 | 47 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
| Otago Central | 182 | 56 | Clyde | Cromwell | 13 | 40 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 |
| Balclutha – Tuapeka Mouth | 23 | 0 | Balclutha | Tuapeka Mouth | 23 | 0 | 150,000 | 10,000 | 140,000 | 15,000 |
| Catlin’s–Waimahaka | 58 | 0 | Houipapa | Tahakopa | 17 | 50 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Winton – Heddon Bush | 13 | 0 | Winton | Heddon Bush | 13 | 0 | 50,000 | 8,000 | 42,000 | 15,000 |
| Orepuki–Waiau | 32 | 15 | Tuatapere | Wairaki River | 19 | 40 | 180,000 | 10,000 | 170,000 | 15,000 |
| Permanent–way material required on account of sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5 | 200,000 | 90,000 | 110,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
| Public Buildings. | ||||||||||
| Departmental Buildings, Wellington | 80,000 | 5,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
| Police–station, Wellington | 36,000 | 10,000 | 26,000 | 36,000 | ||||||
Note.—In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made under the Railway class for Midland, Reefton End, £4,000; Cass–Bealey, £10,000; Greymouth–Point Elizabeth, £3,000; additions to open lines, £500,000; and other services, £6,000.
FIFTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account of the Year 1913–14
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Consolidated Fund. | |||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | |||||||||||||||
| Legislative Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Bonus to Staff, night-watchmen, and attendants in Bellamy’s | 211 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Bonus to Hansard Supervisor and Assistants | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Bonus to Acting Serjeant-at-Arms | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 261 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Department of Finance:— | |||||||||||||||
| Salary of D. J. Henderson, Binder, Treasury Department, from 1st April to 11th May, 1914, on leave of absence on half-pay | 11 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of J. M. King, Commissioner of Taxes, from 1st to 26th April, 1914, on leave of absence | 48 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 60 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Additional compensation granted to H. A. Giller, late Assistant-Postmaster, Christchurch, on his retirement from the Service | 300 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Native Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Costs of C. B. Morrison in connection with—(1) Drafting of the Native Land Amendment Bill; (2) the perusing of the Rating Act Amendment Bill, 1913; (3) revision of the West Coast Settlement Bill, 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| 525 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Justice Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Gratuity to Mrs. F. McArthur on account of the death of her husband, Dr. A. McArthur, late Stipendiary Magistrate of Wellington | |||||||||||||||
| 400 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Police Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Increase of salary, J. Cullen, Commissioner of Police, 1st April, 1913, to 31st March, 1914, in excess of appropriation | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Mines Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Refund of royalty paid by Puponga Coal Company on coallease at Puponga | 651 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | |||||||||||||||
| Additional retiring-allowance to G. A. Birch, Clerk, Public Health Department, Dunedin, from 1st September, 1913, to 31st March, 1914 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Allowance in lieu of additional leave of absence on retirement to A. M. Smith, late Secretary, Public Service Superannuation Board | 54 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Amount expended | £37,686 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Amount received on sale of coal purchased by the High Commissioner | 37,686 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Philip Eva, of New Plymouth, for services as militiaman, now blind | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Grant to Mrs. A. E. Rees, widow of the late W. L. Rees, M.H.R. | 250 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Long-service increments to messengers as provided for under Public Service Regulation No. 208 | 80 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of T. Lynch, Messenger, for month of April, 1914, on leave of absence | 13 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of H. Eastgate, Clerk,-Audit Department, from 1st April to 30th June, 1914, on leave of absence | 72 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of Miss J. Bicknell, Assistant-Inspector of Hospitals, from 1st April to 31st May, 1914, on leave of absence | 38 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Special allowance to Mr. E. Best to meet expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of ancient Maori history | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 585 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Defence Department:— | |||||||||||||||
| Maintenance and attendance of Sergeant W. R. Lawrence in private hospital and convalescent home, who was injured on duty, from 16th July to 21st September, 1912 | 41 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Customs Department: — | |||||||||||||||
| Grant on account of Customs duty paid on tobacco destroyed by floods at Gore | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Long-service pay of P. McCallion, Messenger, Customs Department, Dunedin, retired on superannuation, from 1st April, 1914. | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of L. J. Thompson, Examiner, H.M. Customs, Auckland, on leave of absence from 1st to 28th February, 1914 | 20 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Salaries on retirement, being three months’ leave on full pay, from 1st January to 31st March, 1914— | |||||||||||||||
| C. G. R, Gore, Collector of Customs, Blenheim | 78 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| G. Prain, Clerk, Customs Department, Dunedin | 86 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| P. McCallion, Messenger, Customs Department, Dunedin | 42 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 260 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Department of Labour:— | |||||||||||||||
| Increase in salary of F. W. Rowley, Secretary of Labour, from 1st January to 31st March, 1914, in excess of appropriation | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Department of Lands and Survey: — | |||||||||||||||
| Amount overpaid to David Maxwell when refunding amount of rent deposited by him on Tututawa Domain, Section 43, Mangaehu Village | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of W. F. Gordon, Draughtsman, New Plymouth, on retirement from 1st April to 31st May, 1914 | 48 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 50 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Department of Agriculture:— | |||||||||||||||
| Transit and incidental expenses of E. Clifton and family from New Zealand to San Francisco in connection with the Panama Pacific Exhibition | 188 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous expenditure in connection with the Panama Pacific Exhibition | 24 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Increase of salary, E. Clifton, Director, Fields and Experimental Farms Division, 1st January to 31st March, 1914, in excess of appropriation | 37 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Advances outstanding | 1,295 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Total services not provided for | 4,730 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | |||||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Class I. Legislative Departments,— | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||
| Vote 1—Legislative Council | 52 | 17 | 7 | 52 | 17 | 7 | |||||||||
| Vote 2—House of Representatives | 1,334 | 11 | 7 | 1,334 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||
| Class II. Department of Finance,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 10—Treasury Miscellaneous Services | 1,284 | 9 | 8 | 1,284 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| Class III. Post and Telegraph Department,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 13—Conveyance of Inland Mails | 1,727 | 17 | 2 | 1,727 | 17 | 2 | |||||||||
| Vote 15—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 11,097 | 19 | 5 | 11,097 | 19 | 5 | |||||||||
| Vote 16—Miscellaneous Services | 703 | 3 | 9 | 703 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| Class IV. Working Railways Department,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 17—Working Railways | 45,886 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 45,934 | 19 | 9 | ||||||
| Class VII. Justice Department,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 29—Supreme Court | 160 | 19 | 0 | 224 | 1 | 3 | 385 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Vote 30—Bankruptcy | 254 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 281 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| Vote 34—Miscellaneous Services | 1,731 | 15 | 2 | 1,731 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||
| Vote 35—Prisons | 179 | 17 | 7 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 230 | 7 | 11 | ||||||
| Class IX. Department of Internal Affairs,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 48—Registrar-General’s Office | 481 | 7 | 5 | 481 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Vote 49—Electoral | 275 | 12 | 7 | 275 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||
| Vote 57—Tourists | 296 | 19 | 8 | 296 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
| Class X. Defence Department,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 63—Territorial Force | 3,571 | 10 | 6 | 3,571 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vote 65—Stores and Magazines, &c. | 605 | 9 | 5 | 264 | 17 | 3 | 870 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Vote 66—Miscellaneous Services | 1,383 | 14 | 1 | 1,383 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
| Class XI. Customs, Marine and Harbours, &c.— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 71—Government Steamers | 1,932 | 2 | 8 | 1,932 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Class XV. Education Department,— | |||||||||||||||
| Vote 79—Head Offioe | 219 | 15 | 1 | 219 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
| Vote 81—Secondary and Higher Education | 564 | 17 | 9 | 564 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||
| 82—Manual and Technical Instruction | 3,518 | 17 | 5 | 3,518 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||
| Vote 83—Training Colleges and Training of | |||||||||||||||
| Teachers | 1,019 | 15 | 2 | 1,019 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||
| Vote 89—Industrial Schools | 1,241 | 19 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 1,329 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| £75,438 | 10 | 2 | £4,790 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Total services in excess of votes | 80,228 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Total Consolidated Fond | £84,959 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Public Works Fund. | |||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | |||||||||||||||
| Public Works Department: — | |||||||||||||||
| Additional salary of W. H. Gibbs, late Storekeeper, Christ-church, on retirement from 1st to 18th April, 1914 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Salary of Miss 0. Ellison, late Typist, Public Works Department, on retirement from 1st to 30th April, 1914 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | |||||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Class XXIV. Telegraph Extension,— | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||
| Vote 113—Telegraph Extension | 16,647 | 13 | 3 | 16,647 | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
| £16,647 | 13 | 3 | 16,647 | 13 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total Public Works Fund | £16,671 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Account. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE. | |||||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||||
| Vote 121—Hutt Railway and Road Improvement | 117 | 19 | 7 | 117 | 19 | 7 | |||||||||
| £117 | 19 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Total Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Account | £117 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Public Trustee’s Account. | |||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | |||||||||||||||
| Amount overpaid to beneficiary in Trust Fund | 11 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Penalty of 10 per cent, on income-tax paid after due date | 7 | 16 | 4 | £19 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Statement of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown required to be written off Departmental Accounts. | |||||||||||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Advertising in Railway Time-table: Unpaid accounts | 30 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Charges on unclaimed goods not covered by amount realized by auction sales | 905 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Freiguts unpaid | 8 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 944 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mines: | |||||||||||||||
| Amounts due for water supplied from the Waimea-Kumara Water-races | 32 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Amount due for water supplied from the Mount Ida Water-race | 2 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | |||||||||||||||
| Tourists— | |||||||||||||||
| Hermitage Hostel: Irrecoverable account | 35 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Te Aroha Domain: Medical fees irrecoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Rotorua: Electric-light charges irrecoverable | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid:— | |||||||||||||||
| Amount due to Sc. Helens Hospital, Dunedin | 92 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 92 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Marine Department:— | |||||||||||||||
Amount due for passage from Wellington to Chatham Island per s.s. “Hinemoa” |
3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Fee for survey and certificate, launch “Goldfinch” |
2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lands and Survey Department:— | |||||||||||||||
New Plymouth Harbour Board “fourths”of land revenue overpaid |
11,527 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 11,527 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| State Coal-mines Account:— | |||||||||||||||
| Amount due for coal supplied from State coal-mines | 144 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 144 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| £12,792 | 15 | 10 | |||||||||||||
SIXTH SCHEDULE Subsidies to Local Authorities
Counties
1.
To the Council of each county wherein there are no road districts,—
(a.)
When the general rates so collected by the County Council do not exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £500 nor greater sum than £2,500 shall be paid under this paragraph (b) to any such Council.
2.
In respect of counties when there are road districts,—
(c.)
To the Board of each road district in the county if the Counties Act is not in full force—if the Counties Act is in full force, then to each Road Board and the County Council in equal parts,—
(i.)
When the general rates actually collected by the Road Board in the road district do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(ii.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid under this sub-paragraph (ii) to any such Road Board:
Provided that if any road district does not collect rates, the county may claim the payment on behalf of that road district if the county collects rates within the road district:
(d.)
To the County Council,—
(iii.)
When the general rates actually collected by the County Council in the outlying districts of the county do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(iv.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid in any one year under this subparagraph (iv) to any such Council.
3.
Where a road district or part of a road district is merged in a county, and becomes a riding or part of a riding, the same rate of subsidy for the year during which, the merger occurs shall be paid to the County Council on account of such riding or part of a riding as would have been payable had such merger not occurred.
4.
No greater sum in all than £2,500 shall be paid in respect of any county and its road districts; and when the total amount of subsidy that would be payable in respect of the total amount of general rates collected as aforesaid exceeds £2,500, then the total amount of subsidy to be payable. to the Road Boards and County Council shall be apportioned pro rata according to the amount of general rates collected as aforesaid by such Road Boards and the County Council respectively.
Town Districts
To each Town Board,—
(a.)
When the general rates actually collected do not exceed a total sum of £750, a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £750, then a sum equal to 2s. 6d. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £187 10s. nor any greater sum than £450 shall be paid under this paragraph (b) to any Town Board.