Appropriation Act 1908
Appropriation Act 1908
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Appropriation Act 1908
Appropriation Act 1908
Public Act |
1908 No 258 |
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Date of assent |
10 October 1908 |
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Contents
An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the 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 nine, 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 the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1908.
2 Grant of £2,397,922, 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 day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of two million three hundred and ninety-seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-two pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.
3 Appropriation of £5,668,003, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the Consolidated Fund by this Act, together with the sums granted out of that fund by the other Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, amounting in the whole to five million six hundred and sixty-eight thousand and three pounds, as appears by the said Schedule, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorised to retain the same in lieu of salary, are hereby appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Abstract in the said First Schedule.
4 Grant of £1,385,040 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 as aforesaid, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of one million three hundred and eighty-five thousand and forty pounds.
5 Appropriation of £2,597,506 out of Public Works Fund.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the Public Works Fund by this Act, together with the sums granted out of that fund by the other Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, amounting in the whole to two million five hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred and six pounds, as appears by the said Second Schedule, are hereby appropriated for the several works and services expressed in the several votes specified in the Abstract in the said Second Schedule.
6 Grant of £466,061 out of separate accounts.
Out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Abstract in the Third Schedule hereto the Minister of Finance may issue and apply, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services of the year ending as aforesaid, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of four hundred and sixty-six thousand and sixty-one pounds.
7 Appropriation of £994,360 out of separate accounts.
All sums granted as aforesaid out of the said respective accounts by this Act, together with the sums granted out of those accounts by the other Acts mentioned in the said Third Schedule hereto, amounting in the whole to nine hundred and ninety-four thousand three hundred and sixty pounds, as appears by the said Schedule, are hereby appropriated for the respective services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Abstract in the said Third Schedule.
8 Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £122,446 4s. 5d., and debts irrecoverable, £2,888 10s. 9d.
Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of section forty-seven of the Public Revenues Act, 1891, issued, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, 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 twenty-two thousand four hundred and forty-six pounds four shillings and fivepence, and has also discharged from the Public Account the sum of two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight pounds ten shillings and ninepence, mentioned in the said Schedule as being due to but irrecoverable by the Crown, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Fifth Schedule: 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 (exclusive of rates payable by Natives) levied for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, 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.
(2.)
Upon the application of any local authority as aforesaid, setting forth the amount of general rates collectible 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 hereof 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 Authority to make temporary advances to local bodies.
(1.)
The Minister of Finance is hereby authorised to issue and pay out of the Consolidated Fund, by way of temporary advance, any sum or sums, not exceeding in the whole the sum of one thousand pounds, for the purpose of defraying any charges or expenses incurred by or on behalf of any local body.
(2.)
All such advances shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund out of the first moneys thereafter accruing to such local body, and may be deducted or recovered by the Minister of Finance accordingly.
(3.)
For the purposes of this section the expression “local body”
means a County Council, Borough Council, Town Board, Road Board, River Board, Harbour Board, or Education Board; and includes any other body or persons, however designated, to whom any moneys are payable out of the Consolidated Fund.
11 Power to pay money in excess of appropriation out of certain accounts.
(1.)
Whenever it becomes necessary that money should be expended on account of the Government Insurance Department, the Government Accident Insurance Department, the Public Trust Office, the Government Advances to Settlers Office, the Government Advances to Workers Office, or the State Fire Insurance Department, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the Government Insurance Commissioner, the Public Trustee, the Superintendent, or the General Manager, as the case may be, may, with the sanction of the Minister of Finance, but not otherwise, pay such money in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament.
(2.)
All such expenditure shall be charged to the Unauthorised Expenditure Account.
12 Purchase of silver and bronze coin.
The Minister of Finance is hereby authorised to agree with any or all of the banking institutions doing business in New Zealand for the purchase on their behalf of silver and bronze coin from the Royal Mint in London, or from any branch thereof in Australia, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds (including the expenses incidental to such purchase), and all moneys so expended shall be paid without further appropriation than this Act.
13 Power to transfer £800,000 from Consolidated Fund to Public Works Fund.
The Minister of Finance may transfer any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole eight hundred 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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 thereon 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 for Accidents 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.
17 Advances under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, authorised.
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 Glass XXXIX, Public Works Fund, for improved-farm settlements.
18 Public Trustee may purchase new premises.
The Public Trustee, with the sanction of the Public Trust Office Board, may, notwithstanding anything contained in section forty of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, or in any other Act, out of any balance to the credit of the Profit and Loss Account, apply any sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand pounds in the purchase of land with buildings thereon, and in any alterations thereto, or in the purchase of land and the erection of buildings thereon, in the City of Wellington or the City of Christchurch, and in providing office accommodation and furniture for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Public Trust Office.
19 Money appropriated for irrigation and water-supply defined.
Out of the vote for Irrigation and Water-supply, in Class XXXIX, Public Works Fund, the Minister of Lands may from time to time, as he thinks fit,—
(a.)
Construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire water-races, water rights, and other works for irrigation and water-supply in connection with or in aid of the mining and agricultural industries:
(b.)
Maintain, carry on, and utilise such works:
(c.)
Enter into contracts, execute instruments, incur liabilities, and generally do whatever he deems necessary in order to give full effect to this section.
20 £100,000 may be raised for promoting settlement in arid territory.
(1.)
For the purpose of assisting in opening up and developing lands for settlement in arid territory, the Minister of Finance is empowered to raise, on the security of and charged upon the revenues of New Zealand, such sums of money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of one hundred thousand pounds, as he thinks fit.
(2.)
The sum so raised shall bear interest at such rate, not exceeding four and a half per centum per annum, as the Minister of Finance prescribes.
(3.)
This Act shall be deemed to be an authorising Act within the meaning of the New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, and the moneys herein authorised to be raised shall be raised under and subject to the provisions of that Act accordingly.
(4.)
All moneys raised under the authority of this section shall, as and when raised, be paid into the Public Account to the credit of the Public Works Fund, and shall from time to time, without further appropriation than this Act, be applied by the Minister of Lands for the purposes mentioned in the last preceding section hereof in addition to any sums expended out of the vote referred to in that section.
21 Appropriation under the Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.
All moneys payable in respect of the acquisition of lands under section twenty of the Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905, and in respect of advances under section twenty-four thereof, shall, without further appropriation than that Act, be payable out of moneys raised under section twenty-three thereof or under section two of the Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1907; and those Acts shall be, and as from the coming into operation thereof shall be deemed to have been, a sufficient appropriation accordingly.
22 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.
23 Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, amended.
(1.)
Section forty-eight of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection two thereof the words “not exceeding in the whole one hundred and fifty thousand pounds in each financial year,”
and substituting therefor the words “not exceeding in any financial year one hundred thousand pounds for services in connection with working railways under the control of the Government Railways Department, and one hundred and fifty thousand pounds for all other services.”
(2.)
This section shall remain in operation until repealed by any Act hereafter to be passed.
24 How transfers to Foreign Imprest Account to be charged.
(1.)
Moneys required to be transferred to the Foreign Imprest Account shall, in the case of permanent appropriations, be charged in the voucher and requisition against the Act or other authority for the service for which such imprest is required, and in all other cases shall be charged in the voucher and requisition against an account to be called “General Services.”
(2.)
Moneys so imprested on a charge to “General Services”
shall in due course be transferred to the several votes or authorities for the purposes whereof the moneys are expended, and the amounts so transferred shall be credited to “General Services.”
Repeal.
(3.)
Section sixty-three of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, is hereby repealed, and this section is substituted therefor, and shall have effect accordingly until repealed by any Act hereafter to be passed.
25 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.
26 Postmasters may be authorised 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 authorises 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.
27 Disqualification Act not to apply to Native Land Commission
The provisions of the Legislature Act, 1908, shall not apply to any payments which, under the authority of any appropriation now or hereafter made by Parliament, are received by any member of the House of Representatives by way of remuneration for services rendered by him as a member of the Commission referred to in the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, or otherwise rendered by him in respect of the work of that Commission.
SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
(1.) Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1896 | 1,470,081 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 | 450,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 2) | 450,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 3) | 450,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 4) | 450,000 |
| Under this Act | 2,397,922 |
| Total Grants | £5,668,003 |
(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, 1909.
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Totals. | £ | £ |
| Class I.—Legislative Departments | 32,341 | |
| „ II.—Department of Minister of Finance | 61,260 | |
| „ III.—Post and Telegraph Department | 810,668 | |
| „ IV.—Industries and Tourist Departments | 73,989 | |
| „ V.—Old-age Pensions Department | 9,543 | |
| „ VI.—Working Railways Department | 2,062,209 | |
| „ VII.—Public Buildings and Domains | 65,690 | |
| „ VIII.—Maintenance of Roads | 25,000 | |
| „ IX.—Printing and Stationery Department | 50,511 | |
| „ X.—Stamp and Deeds Department | 40,246 | |
| „ XI.—Native Department | 37,279 | |
| „ XII.—Justice Department | 155,705 | |
| „ XIII.—Police Department | 175,242 | |
| „ XIV.—Mines Department | 39,500 | |
| „ XV.—Department of Internal Affairs | 145,630 | |
| „ XVI.—Crown Law Department | 4,623 | |
| „ XVII.—Defence Department | 217,637 | |
| „ XVIII.—Customs Department | 57,468 | |
| „ XIX.—Marine and Harbours and Inspection of Machinery Departments | 90,342 | |
| „ XX.—Department of Labour | 30,888 | |
| „ XXI.—Department of Lands and Survey | 261,930 | |
| „ XXII.—Department of Agriculture | 159,817 | |
| „ XXIII.—Valuation Department | 36,943 | |
| „ XXIV.—Education Department | 871,970 | |
| „ XXV.—Public Health Department | 41,958 | |
| „ XXVI.—Mental Hospitals and Hospitals and Charitable Aid Departments | 109,614 | |
| Total | £5,668,003 |
| Vote. | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 1 | Legislative Council | 2,095 | |
| 2 | House of Representatives | 6,780 | |
| 3 | General Expenses | 23,466 | |
| Total Class I. | 32,341 | ||
| CLASS II.-DEPARTMENT OF MINISTER OF FINANCE. | |||
| 4 | Treasury Department | 12,598 | |
| 5 | Friendly Societies Department | 3,656 | |
| 6 | Land and Income Tax Department | 29,716 | |
| 7 | Rates on Crown Lands | 1,200 | |
| 8 | Treasury: Miscellaneous Services | 14,090 | |
| Total Class II. | 61,260 | ||
| CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 9 | Postal and Telegraph Salaries | 473,937 | |
| 10 | Conveyance of Mails by Sea | 68,963 | |
| 11 | Conveyance of Inland Mails | 63,751 | |
| 12 | Carriage of Mails by Railway | 57,964 | |
| 13 | Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 44,000 | |
| 14 | Miscellaneous Services | 102,053 | |
| Total Class III. | 810,668 | ||
| CLASS IV.—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE AND TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 15 | Office of Industries and Commerce | 20,372 | |
| 16 | Tourist and Health Resorts Department | 52,421 | |
| 17 | Advertising Department | 1,196 | |
| Total Class IV. | 73,989 | ||
| CLASS V.—OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 18 | Old-age Pensions Department | 9,543 | |
| Total Class V. | 9,543 | ||
| CLASS VI.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 19 | Working Railways | 2,062,209 | |
| Total Class VI. | 2,062,209 | ||
| CLASS VII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND DOMAINS. | |||
| 20 | Public Buildings | 64,440 | |
| 21 | Government Domains | 1,250 | |
| Total Class VII. | 65,690 | ||
| CLASS VIII.—MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS. | |||
| 22 | Maintenance and Improvement of Roads | 25,000 | |
| Total Class VIII. | 25,000 | ||
| CLASS IX.—PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 23 | Printing and Stationery Department | 50,511 | |
| Total Class IX. | 50,511 | ||
| CLASS X.—STAMP AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 24 | Stamp Department | 13,416 | |
| 25 | Land and Deeds Registry | 26,830 | |
| Total Class X. | 40,246 | ||
| CLASS XI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 26 | Native Department | 2,305 | |
| 27 | Native Land Court | 17,723 | |
| 28 | Maori Lands Administration | 3,642 | |
| 29 | Maori Councils | 890 | |
| 30 | Miscellaneous Services | 12,719 | |
| Total Class XI. | 37,279 | ||
| CLASS XII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 31 | Department of Justice | 2,255 | |
| 32 | Patent Office | 1,090 | |
| 33 | Supreme Court | 9,131 | |
| 34 | Bankruptcy | 4,231 | |
| 35 | District, Magistrates, and Wardens’ Courts | 58,205 | |
| 36 | Criminal Prosecutions | 13,500 | |
| 37 | Coroners | 5,700 | |
| 38 | Cook Islands Administration | 4,553 | |
| 39 | Miscellaneous Services | 10,808 | |
| 40 | Prisons | 46,232 | |
| Total Class XII. | 155,705 | ||
| CLASS XIII.—POLICE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 41 | Police Department | 174,187 | |
| 42 | Miscellaneous Services | 1,055 | |
| Total Class XIII. | 175,242 | ||
| CLASS XIV.—MINES DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 43 | Mines Department | 6,365 | |
| 44 | Dominion Analyst Branch | 2,925 | |
| 45 | Geological Survey Branch | 12,815 | |
| 46 | Miscellaneous Services | 17,395 | |
| Total Class XIV. | 39,500 | ||
| CLASS XV.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. | |||
| 47 | Clerk of Executive Council | 50 | |
| 48 | Office of Minister of Internal Affairs | 4,365 | |
| 49 | Minister’s Secretaries | 965 | |
| 50 | Messengers and Office-keepers | 8,658 | |
| 51 | Electoral Department | 55,744 | |
| 52 | Audit Office | 12,590 | |
| 53 | Registrar-General’s Department | 8,114 | |
| 54 | High Commissioner’s Department | 6,731 | |
| 55 | Museum Department | 3,532 | |
| 56 | Miscellaneous Services | 44,881 | |
| Total Class XV. | 145,630 | ||
| CLASS XVI.—CROWN LAW DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 57 | Crown Law Office | 2,653 | |
| 58 | Law Drafting Office | 1,970 | |
| Total Class XVI. | 4,623 | ||
| CLASS XVII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 59 | Defence Department | 10,357 | |
| 60 | Permanent Force | 60,750 | |
| 61 | Volunteer Force | 88,363 | |
| 62 | Stores and Magazines | 5,403 | |
| 63 | Miscellaneous Services | 52,764 | |
| Total Class XVII. | 217,637 | ||
| CLASS XVIII—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 64 | Customs Offices and Services | 50,860 | |
| 65 | Customs: Miscellaneous Services | 6,608 | |
| Total Class XVIII. | 57,468 | ||
| CLASS XIX.—MARINE AND HARBOURS AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 66 | Marine and Harbours | 45,499 | |
| 67 | Government Steamers | 24,505 | |
| 68 | Marine: Miscellaneous Services | 7,887 | |
| 69 | Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships | 12,451 | |
| Total Class XIX. | 90,342 | ||
| CLASS XX.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. | |||
| 70 | Department of Labour | 30,888 | |
| Total Class XX. | 30,888 | ||
| CLASS XXI.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. | |||
| 71 | Department of Lands and Survey | 165,678 | |
| 72 | Miscellaneous Services | 96,252 | |
| Total Class XXL. | 261,930 | ||
| CLASS XXII.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. | |||
| 73. | Department of Agriculture | 159,817 | |
| Total Class XXII. | 159,817 | ||
| CLASS XXIII.—VALUATION DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 74 | Valuation Expenses | 36,943 | |
| Total Class XXIII. | 36,943 | ||
| CLASS XXIV.—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 75 | Head Office | 10,400 | |
| 76 | Elementary Education | 542,248 | |
| 77 | Secondary and Higher Education | 70,730 | |
| 78 | Manual and Technical Instruction | 52,950 | |
| 79 | Training Colleges and Training of Teachers | 31,490 | |
| 80 | Public-school Cadets | 8,808 | |
| 81 | Native Schools | 28,458 | |
| 82 | Industrial Schools | 27,505 | |
| 83 | Infant Life Protection | 1,615 | |
| Special Schools— | |||
| 84 | School for the Deaf | 4,379 | |
| 85 | Education of the Blind | 746 | |
| 86 | Home for Backward Children | 2,136 | |
| 87 | Miscellaneous Services | 7,755 | |
| 88 | School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites | 82,750 | |
| Total Class XXIV. | 871,970 | ||
| CLASS XXV.—PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 89 | Public Health Department | 41,958 | |
| Total Class XXV. | 41,958 | ||
| CLASS XXVI.—MENTAL HOSPITALS AND HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 90 | Mental Hospitals | 93,019 | |
| 91 | Home for Defectives | 1,249 | |
| 92 | Hospitals and Charitable | 15,346 | |
| Total Class XXVI. | 109,614 | ||
| Total | £5,668,003 |
SECOND SCHEDULE.
(1.) Grants out of the Public Works Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1896 | 412,466 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 2) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 3) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 4) | 200,000 |
| Under this Act | 1,385,040 |
| Total Grants | £2,597,506 |
(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 the 31st March, 1909.
| — | Amount appropriated for Expenditure. |
|---|---|
| Totals. | £ |
| Class XXVII.—Public Works, Departmental | 26,671 |
| „ XXVIII.—Railways | 1,285,000 |
| „ XXIX.—Public Buildings | 325,265 |
| „ XXX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences | 19,115 |
| „ XXXI.—Tourist and Health Resorts | 35,830 |
| ,, XXXII.—Immigration | 10,000 |
| „ XXXIII.—Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works | 636,625 |
| „ XXXIV.—Development of Goldfields | 36,100 |
| „ XXXV.—Purchase of Native Lands | 4,900 |
| ,, XXXVI.—Telegraph Extension | 175,000 |
| „ XXXVII.—Rates on Native Lands | 850 |
| ,, XXXVIII.—Contingent Defence | 20,000 |
| „ XXXIX.—Lands Improvement | 22,150 |
| Total | £2,597,506 |
| Vote. | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS XXVII.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL. | |||
| 93 | Public Works, Departmental | 26,671 | |
| Total Class XXVII. | 26,671 | ||
| CLASS XXVIII.—RAILWAYS. | |||
| 94 | Railway Construction | 900,000 | |
| 95 | Additions to Open Lines | 385,000 | |
| Total Class XXVIII. | 1,285,000 | ||
| CLASS XXIX.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS (including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 96 | General | 55,400 | |
| 97 | Judicial | 45,995 | |
| 98 | Postal and Telegraph | 67,520 | |
| 99 | Customs | 2,450 | |
| 100 | Agricultural | 10,000 | |
| 101 | Mental Hospitals | 18,000 | |
| 102 | Hospitals and Charitable Institutions | 18,400 | |
| 103 | Public Health | 5,000 | |
| 104 | School Buildings | 102,500 | |
| Total Class XXIX. | 325,265 | ||
| CLASS XXX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. | |||
| 105 | Lighthouses | 5,000 | |
| 106 | Harbour Works | 6,615 | |
| 107 | Harbour Defences | 7,500 | |
| Total Class XXX. | 19,115 | ||
| CLASS XXXI—TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS (including Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 108 | Tourist and Health Resorts | 35,830 | |
| Total Class XXXI. | 35,830 | ||
| CLASS XXXII.—IMMIGRATION. | |||
| 109 | Department of Immigration | 10,000 | |
| Total Class XXXII. | 10,000 | ||
| CLASS XXXIII.—CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. | |||
| 110 | Roads, Departmental | 24,275 | |
| 111 | Roads, &c. | 283,606 | |
| 112 | Back-block Roads | 250,000 | |
| 113 | Tourist Roads, &c. | 30,194 | |
| 114 | Roads and other works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands | 48,550 | |
| Total Class XXXIII. | 636,625 | ||
| CLASS XXXIV.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. | |||
| 115 | Development of Goldfields | 36,100 | |
| Total Class XXXIV. | 36,100 | ||
| CLASS XXXV.—PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS. | |||
| 116 | Purchase of Native Lands | 4,900 | |
| Total Class XXXV. | 4,900 | ||
| CLASS XXXVI.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. | |||
| 117 | Telegraph Extension | 175,000 | |
| Total Class XXXVI. | 175,000 | ||
| CLASS XXXVII.—RATES ON NATIVE LANDS. | |||
| 118 | Rates on Native Lands | 850 | |
| Total Class XXXVII. | 850 | ||
| CLASS XXXVIII.—CONTINGENT DEFENCE. | 850 | ||
| 119 | Contingent Defence | 20,000 | |
| Total Class XXXVIII. | 20,000 | ||
| CLASS XXXIX.—LANDS IMPROVEMENT. | |||
| 120 | Improved-farm Settlements | 4,950 | |
| 121 | Lands: Miscellaneous | 12,200 | |
| 122 | Irrigation and Water-supply | 5,000 | |
| Total Class XXXIX. | 22,150 | ||
| Total | £2,597,506 |
THIRD SCHEDULE.
(1.) Grants out of the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in this Schedule
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1896 | 164,299 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 | 72,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 2) | 72,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 3) | 72,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1908 (No. 4) | 148,000 |
| Under this Act | 466,061 |
| Total Grants | £994,360 |
(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, 1909.
| Vote. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the State Forests Act, 1908). | |||
| 123 | State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department | 30,496 | |
| 30,496 | |||
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Coal-mines Act, 1908). | |||
| 124 | State Coal-mines | 319,293 | |
| 319,293 | |||
| SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908). | |||
| 125 | Scenery Preservation | 17,275 | |
| 17,276 | |||
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1908). | |||
| 126 | Land for Settlements Expenses | 6,495 | |
| 127 | Workers’ Dwellings Expenses | 20,253 | |
| Total | 26,748 | ||
| MAORI LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905, and the Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1907). | |||
| 128 | Maori Land Settlement Expenses | 837 | |
| 837 | |||
| WELLINGTON-HUTT RAILWAY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1903, 1905, and 1907). | |||
| 129 | Hutt Railway and Road Improvement | 70,000 | |
| 70,000 | |||
| RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under section 48 of the Government Railways Act, 1908). | |||
| 130 | Railway Improvements | 165,000 | |
| 165,000 | |||
| LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908). | |||
| 131 | Roads to open up Crown Lands | 50,000 | |
| 50,000 | |||
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908). | |||
| 132 | Salaries | 15,204 | |
| Other Charges | 36,450 | ||
| Total | 51,654 | ||
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 133 | Salaries | 26,475 | |
| Other Charges | 45,313 | ||
| Total | 71,788 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 134 | Salaries | 510 | |
| Other Charges | 8,300 | ||
| Total | 8,810 | ||
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 135 | Salaries | 6,028 | |
| Other Charges | 7,815 | ||
| Total | 13,843 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908). | |||
| 136 | Salaries | 7,113 | |
| Other Charges | 150,480 | ||
| Total | 157,593 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO WORKERS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under Part III of the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908). | |||
| 137 | Salaries | 678 | |
| Other Charges | 10,345 | ||
| Total | 11,023 | ||
| Total Third Schedule | £994,360 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE.
Schedule showing the Railways and some of the Public Buildings on which Expenditure is authorised 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 authorised for the Year ending 31st March, 1909; the Balances for Future Authorisation; 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. | 7. | 8. | 9. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | Estimated Expenditure required on the Length stated in Column 5. | Amount authorised during the Year ending 31st March, 1909. | Balance for Future Appropriation. | Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred. | ||
| Name. | Estimated Length of the Whole Line. | From | To | Estimated Length of Section. | ||||||
| Railways. | M. | ch. | M. | ch. | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Kawakawa-Grahamtown | 59 | 0 | Kawakawa | Deep Water, Grahamtown | 28 | 0 | 130,000 | 40,000 | 90,000 | 50,000 |
| Helensville Northwards | 110 | 0 | Woodcock’s | Maungaturoto | 34 | 0 | 155,000 | 80,000 | 75,000 | 95,000 |
| Gisborne-Rotorua | 180 | 0 | Te Karaka | Motu | 37 | 0 | 293,000 | 60,000 | 233,000 | 70,000 |
| Stratford-Ongarue | 101 | 0 | Douglas | Whangamomona | 28 | 0 | 172,000 | 40,000 | 132,000 | 50,000 |
| Mount Egmont Branch | 9 | 0 | Waipuku | Waingongoro | 9 | 0 | 27,000 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 |
| Marton-Te Awamutu | 210 | 0 | Puketutu | Taihape | 130 | 0 | 225,000 | 225,000 | 225,000 | |
| Blenheim-Waipara | 155 | 0 | Seddon | Ward | 14 | 45 | 48,000 | 50,000 | 20,000 | *80,000 |
| Domett | Mackenzie | 3 | 0 | 22,000 | ||||||
| Midland | 244 | 0 | Kohatu | Hope Junction | 32 | 0 | 110,000 | 150,000 | 914,000 | 750,000 |
| Reefton | Inangahua | 20 | 0 | 71,000 | ||||||
| Otira | Bealey | 9 | 0 | 650,000 | ||||||
| Otarama | „ | 37 | 0 | 233,000 | ||||||
| Westport-Inangahua | 27 | 0 | Westport | Kuha | 6 | 0 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 6,000 | 18,000 |
| Ngahere-Blackball | 3 | 30 | Ngahere | Blackball | 3 | 30 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Greymouth-Ross | 40 | 0 | Hokitika | Ross | 16 | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
| Lawrence-Roxburgh | 39 | 0 | Lawrence | Beaumont | 13 | 0 | 125,000 | 30,000 | 95,000 | 40,000 |
| Catlin’s-Waimahaka | 58 | 0 | Catlins River | Tahakopa | 17 | 0 | 180,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Waimahaka | Tokonui | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| Riversdale-Switzers | 14 | 0 | Riversdale | Waikaia | 14 | 0 | 40,000 | 18,000 | 22,000 | 25,000 |
| Orepuki-Waiau | 13 | 30 | Waihoaka | Waiau | 8 | 60 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | |
| Permanent-way material required on account of sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5 | 150,000 | 112,000 | 38,000 | 130,000 | ||||||
| Public Buildings. | ||||||||||
| Auckland new Post-office | 100,000 | 7,500 | 92,500 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Wellington Post-office (additions) | 100,000 | 7,500 | 92,500 | 100,000 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
FIFTH SCHEDULE. Unauthorised Expenditure Account of the Year 1907–8
| Consolidated Fund. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| Department of Minister of Finance:— | ||||||||||||
| Amounts claimed by Public Trustee for payment to next-of-kin— | ||||||||||||
| Estate of J. Clarke | 8 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||
| Estate of H. Atkinson | 11 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
| Estate of W. Hunt | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Estate of J. M. Watson | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Allowance to Mrs. C. Munro on retirement from position of charwoman | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Industries and Tourist Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Subsidy of £1 for £1 towards cost of orchestra, Government grounds, Rotorua | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subsidy towards maintenance of the Accommodation House, head of Lake Wanaka | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 72 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund of railage on removal of starving stock | 200 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Public Buildings and Domains:— | ||||||||||||
| Removing debris, &c., after fire at Parliament Buildings | 176 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||
| Alterations to Government House, Wellington, preparatory to holding next session of Parliament there | 308 | 16 | 10 | |||||||||
| 485 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Justice Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation allowance to R. Kennedy, bailiff, Timaru, on retirement from service | 416 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| Portion of fine remitted in case of Police versus E. M. Orr for trespass | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 421 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Police Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Reward for special services assisting to arrest Hare Matenga— | ||||||||||||
| H. Green | £20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| C. R. Broberg | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| A. Skinner | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 75 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to widow of Constable T. Graham, Outram | 173 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| 248 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | ||||||||||||
| Contribution towards cost of Antarctic Expedition | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bust of the late Sir John Hall for General Assembly Library | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Additional grant to widow of G. Friend, late Clerk of House of Representatives | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation for loss of office to M. Cashen, messenger, Wellington, on his retirement from service through ill health | 146 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses connected with obtaining Maori busts | 12 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
| Salary of Secretary Public Service Superannuation Board, 6th December, 1907, to 31st March, 1908 | £127 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||
| Less amount paid out of Justice vote | 123 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Customs Department:— | 2,013 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Salary of F. Oxford, landing-waiter, Christchurch, 1st April to 12th June, on leave of absence | 52 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of J. M. Hussey, landing-waiter, Auckland, April, 1908, on leave of absence | 15 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| 67 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Department of Lands and Survey:— | ||||||||||||
| Salary of W. Deverell, assistant draughtsman, Invercargill, on leave, 1st April to 31st August. 1908 | 125 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Payment to Natives of rent of Manawatu No. 2 Block | 14 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| 139 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mental Hospitals and Hospitals and Charitable Departments:— | ||||||||||||
| Subsidy to Hospital Saturday Association, Dunedin | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subsidy to St. John Ambulance Association, Wellington | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 450 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total, services not provided for | 4,183 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Ordinary Revenue Account:— | ||||||||||||
| Class II. Department of Minister of Finance,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 8—Treasury: Miscellaneous Services | 1,595 | 8 | 3 | 1,595 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Class III. Post and Telegraph Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 9—Post and Telegraph Salaries | 5,745 | 4 | 8 | 5,745 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| „ 11—Conveyance of Inland Mails | 1,867 | 12 | 5 | 1,867 | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| „ 12—Carriage of Mails by Railway | 3,224 | 19 | 2 | 3,224 | 19 | 2 | ||||||
| „ 13—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 1,716 | 10 | 5 | 1,716 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| „ 14—Miscellaneous Services | 2,004 | 3 | 6 | 4,293 | 17 | 3 | 6,298 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Class X. Stamp and Deeds Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 23—Stamp Department | 1,132 | 19 | 3 | 231 | 13 | 5 | 1,864 | 12 | 8 | |||
| „ 24—Land and Deeds Registry | 58 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Class XI. Native Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 26—Native Land Court | 792 | 3 | 7 | 552 | 18 | 8 | 1,345 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Class XII. Justice Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 31—Patent Office | 66 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| „ 32—Supreme Court | 361 | 1 | 3 | 361 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| „ 33—Bankruptcy | 322 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 346 | 19 | 9 | |||
| „ 34—District, Magistrates’, and Wardens’ Courts | 207 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6 | 1 | |||
| „ 35—Criminal Prosecutions | 430 | 17 | 2 | 430 | 17 | 2 | ||||||
| „ 36—Coroners | 355 | 19 | 5 | 355 | 19 | 5 | ||||||
| „ 39—Prisons | 16 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | |||
| Class XIV. Mines Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 43—Colonial Analyst’s Department | 1,148 | 14 | 6 | 1,148 | 14 | 6 | ||||||
| Class XV. Department of Internal Affairs,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 53—High Commissioner’s Department | 1,026 | 5 | 11 | 1,026 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| „ 54—Museum and Meteorological | 407 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 408 | 3 | 4 | |||
| „ 55—Miscellaneous Services | 1,342 | 18 | 11 | 1,342 | 18 | 11 | ||||||
| Class XIX. Marine and Harbours and Inspection of Machinery Departments,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 65—Marine and Harbours | 1,405 | 15 | 6 | 1,405 | 15 | 6 | ||||||
| „ 66—Government Steamers | 2,841 | 3 | 4 | 172 | 15 | 0 | 3,013 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Class XX. Department of Labour,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 69—Department of Labour | 3,303 | 10 | 7 | 503 | 0 | 3 | 3,806 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Class XXIV. Minister of Education,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 77—Technical Instruction | 345 | 4 | 3 | 345 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| „ 80—Native Schools | 184 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 207 | 18 | 6 | |||
| £27,575 | 15 | 8 | 10,137 | 13 | 3 | 37,713 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Total Consolidated Fund | 41,846 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||
| Public Works Fund. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Payment to Mrs. Grant for extra services rendered by her late husband, T. M. Grant, Acting Chief Surveyor, while administering the branch of the Department of Roads at Nelson | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Purchase of land and buildings as a site for police-station at Epsom, Auckland | 775 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Purchase of site for branch post-office, Wellesley and Lorne Streets, Auckland | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Increase of salary of R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief, from 1st April, 1907, to 29th February, 1908, £50 per annum | 45 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| Salary of J. J. Hay for ten months, from 1st April, 1908, on leave on half-pay | 145 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| 6,991 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Public Health Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Subsidy on amount contributed towards erection of consumptive annexe at Nelson | 112 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tourist and Health Resorts Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Clearing entrance to Onau Channel | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subsidy towards erection of Mountain House, Mount Holdsworth | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total, services not provided for | 7,125 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Class XXVIII. Railways,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 94—Additions to Open Lines | 3,068 | 6 | 9 | 3,068 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Class XXX. Public Buildings,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 104—School Buildings | 196 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 199 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Class XXXII. Tourist and Health Resorts,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 108—Tourist and Health Resorts | 5,515 | 11 | 1 | 608 | 7 | 6 | 6,123 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Class XXXIV. Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 110—Roads, Departmental | 405 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 8 | 3 | 664 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Class XXXVII. Telegraph Extension,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 117—Telegraph Extension | 50,491 | 8 | 6 | 12,496 | 19 | 3 | 62,988 | 7 | 9 | |||
| £59,677 | 8 | 4 | 13,367 | 7 | 6 | 73,044 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| Total Public Works Fund | £80,170 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Maori Land Settlement Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Vote 128—Maori Land Settlement expenses | 429 | 9 | 0 | 429 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| £429 | 9 | 0 | 429 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Total Maori Land Settlement Account | £429 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Statement of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown required to be written off Departmental Accounts. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Defalcations of N. G. Cox, Telegraphist, Hastings | 118 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| 118 | 16 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Advertising in Penny Guide—unpaid irrecoverable accounts | 52 | 17 | 3 | |||||||||
| Charges on unclaimed goods not met by amount realised at sale by auction | 790 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ledger accounts due by bankrupts, and other unpaid accounts | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rents unpaid | 9 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
| 859 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mines Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount due for water supplied from the Waimea Water-race | 17 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Amount due for water supplied from Callaghan’s Water-race | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Amount due for water supplied from the Kumara Water-race | 128 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| 148 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| State Coal-mines Account:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount due for coal supplied from State Coal-mines | 77 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
| 77 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Public Trustees Account:— | ||||||||||||
| Defalcations of H. R. H. Oswin, Clerk, Public Trust Office, New Plymouth | 1,684 | 0 | 0 | 1,684 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| £2,888 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||
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 subparagraph (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.
1 Note.—In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made under the Railway class for Otago Central, £1,000; Gore-Waikaka, £12,000; additions to open lines, £350,000; and other services, £7,000.
2 * Includes Waiau Bridge.
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