	Title
1	Short Title.
	GRANTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
2	Grant of £1,243,089, and fees.
	APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS
3	Appropriation of £2,324,962 out of Consolidated Fund, and fees.
4	Provision for salaries and expenses chargeable to “State Forests Account,” £8,100.
5	Provision for salaries in Public Trust Office, £4,275. No provision for expenses other than salaries.
6	Authority to issue moneys payable under agreements validated by “The Auckland Gold Fields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869.”
7	Indemnity.
8	Moneys payable for roads or other public works may be paid over to local bodies.
9	Provision for charges or expenses incurred by local governing bodies.
10	Schedules included in this Act.
	Schedule A Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
	Schedule B
	Schedule C
	Schedule D
	Schedule E
	Schedule F Unauthorized Expenditure of the Year 1884–85

An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, 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 this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act is “The Appropriation Act, 1885.”

GRANTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT

2 Grant of £1,243,089, and fees.

The Colonial Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund, and apply towards making good the Supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the sum of one million two hundred and forty-three thousand and eighty-nine pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS

3 Appropriation of £2,324,962 out of Consolidated Fund, and fees.

All sums granted by this Act and the other Acts mentioned in Schedule A annexed hereto out of the Consolidated Fund amounting, as appears by the said Schedule A, to two millions three hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty-two pounds, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorized to retain the same in lieu of salary, are appropriated for the purposes and services expressed in the several votes in the Schedules B, C, and D annexed hereto.

4 Provision for salaries and expenses chargeable to “State Forests Account,” £8,100.

And whereas by the thirteenth section of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the salaries of all officers and servants engaged in or about the administration of the said Act, and all other expenses whatsoever to be incurred in such administration, shall be subject to the appropriation of the General Assembly: Be it enacted that the salaries and expenses for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule D annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of eight thousand one hundred pounds.

5 Provision for salaries in Public Trust Office, £4,275. No provision for expenses other than salaries.

And whereas by the eleventh section of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” it is enacted that the salary of the Public Trustee and of the other officers and servants in the Public Trust Office shall be such as shall be fixed by the General Assembly: Be it enacted that the said salaries for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, shall be for the amounts set forth in Schedule E annexed hereto, not exceeding in the whole the sum of four thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds.

6 Authority to issue moneys payable under agreements validated by “The Auckland Gold Fields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869.”

The Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue and pay out of the Consolidated Fund all moneys lawfully payable to any Natives under and by virtue of the agreements validated by “The Auckland Gold Fields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869,” or to any persons lawfully entitled to the lands from which the revenues accrue in virtue of any such agreement.

7 Indemnity.

And whereas the Colonial Treasurer has, under the authority of sections forty-four and forty-five of “The Public Revenues Act, 1878,” issued during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the sum of fifty-two thousand one hundred and eighty-five pounds ten shillings and ten-pence from the Consolidated Fund, and has discharged from the accounts the sum of one hundred and three pounds ten shillings and eleven pence 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 Schedule F hereto annexed: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums is hereby sanctioned.

8 Moneys payable for roads or other public works may be paid over to local bodies.

The moneys payable under this Act for roads or other public works may be paid over to such local governing bodies as the Minister for Public Works or other Minister may determine, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between the said Public Works or other Minister and any such local governing body; and the Colonial Treasurer shall make all such payments in accordance with any such agreement.

9 Provision for charges or expenses incurred by local governing bodies.

The Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue and pay out of the Consolidated Fund, by way of temporary advance, any sum or sums, not exceeding one thousand pounds in the whole, for the purpose of defraying any charges or expenses incurred by or on behalf of any local governing body.

All such advances shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund out of the first moneys thereafter accruing to such local governing body, and may be deducted or recovered by the Colonial Treasurer accordingly.

For the purposes of this section the expression “local governing body” means a County Council, Borough Council, Town Board, Road Board, River Board, and an Education Board, and includes any other body or persons however designated to whom any moneys are paid or payable out of the Consolidated Fund.

10 Schedules included in this Act.

The Schedules annexed hereto, with the notes, if any, to such Schedules, shall be deemed to be part of this Act, in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

SCHEDULES

Schedule A Grants out of the Consolidated Fund

Under the provisions of the Public Revenue Acts of 1882, 1883, and 1884	£481,873
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1885”	200,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1885, No. 2”	200,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1885, No. 3”	200,000
Under this Act	1,243,089
Total	£2,324,962

Schedule B

A Schedule 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, 1886.

Abstract of Schedule B.	£	£
Class I.—Legislative	17,870
Class II.—Colonial Secretary	225,879
Class III.—Colonial Treasurer	58,912
Class IV.—Minister of Justice	117,763
Class V.—Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs	280,133
Class VI.—Commissioner of Customs	88,184
Class VII.—Commissioner of Stamps	30,571
Class VIII.—Minister of Education	361,936
Class IX.—Minister for Native Affairs	20,222
Class X.—Minister of Mines	29,270
Class XI.—Minister for Public Works	737,654
Class XII.—Minister of Defence	177,552
Total		2,145,946

Vote.		£	£
	CLASS I —LEGISLATIVE.
1	Legislative	17,870
	Total Class I.		17,870
	CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY.
2	Colonial Secretary’s Office	2,025
3	Ministers’ Secretaries	800
4	Messengers and Office Keepers	3,583
5	Electoral Department	2,980
6	Audit Office	7,195
7	Registrar-General’s Department	8,095
8	Geological and Meteorological Department	3,832
9	Agent-General’s Department	4,100
10	Charitable	75,200
11	Lunatic Asylums	41,241
12	Printing and Stationery	20,791
13	Stock Branch	32,375
14	Miscellaneous Services	23,662
	Total Class II.		225,879
	CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER.
15	Treasury Department	7,075
16	Property-Tax Department	22,195
17	Friendly Societies’ Registry Office	1,450
18	Miscellaneous Services	28,192
	Total Class III.		58,912
	CLASS IV.—MINISTER OF JUSTICE.
19	Department of Justice	950
20	Crown Law Office	2,325
21	Patent Office	195
22	Supreme Court	8,595
23	Bankruptcy	4,266
24	District, Resident Magistrates’, and Wardens’ Courts	48,679
25	Criminal Prosecutions	11,600
26	Coroners	3,200
27	Prisons	34,953
28	Miscellaneous Services	3,000
	Total Class IV.		117,763
	CLASS V.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER OF TELEGRAPHS.
29	General Post Office	7,734
30	Chief Offices and Sub-Offices	118,992
31	Maintenance, Repairs, and Miscellaneous	39,907
32	Telegraph Cable Subsidies	5,350
33	Conveyance of Mails by Sea	79,390
34	Conveyance of Inland Mails	27,760
35	Carriage of Mails by Railway	1,000
	Total Class V.		280,133
	CLASS VI.—COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.
36	Customs Officers and Services	44,041
37	Marine and Harbours	36,143
38	Miscellaneous Services	8,000
	Total Class VI.		88,184
	CLASS VII.—COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS.
39	Stamp Department	7,291
40	Land and Deeds Registry	22,755
41	Miscellaneous Services	525
	Total Class VII		30,571
	CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.
42	Head Office	2,590
43	Public Schools	315,750
44	Native Schools	15,400
45	Industrial Schools	17,471
46	Deaf-and-Dumb Institution	2,675
47	Higher Education	4,050
48	Miscellaneous Services	4,000
	Total Class VIII.		361,936
	CLASS IX.—MINISTER FOR NATIVE AFFAIRS.
49	Native Department	5,535
50	Native Land Court	13,809
51	Miscellaneous Services	878
	Total Class IX.		20,222
	CLASS X.—MINISTER OF MINES.
52	Mines Department	2,383
53	Miscellaneous	26,887
	Total Class X.		29,270
	CLASS XI.—MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
54	Working Railways Department	700,068
55	Government Domains	1,200
56	Public Buildings	33,700
57	Miscellaneous Services	2,686
	Total Class XI.		737,654
	CLASS XII.—MINISTER OF DEFENCE.
58	Artillery and other Corps	14,968
59	Volunteers	38,731
60	Stores and Magazines	3,553
61	Police	100,118
62	Field Force	18,111
63	Miscellaneous Services	2,071
	Total Class XII.		177,552

Schedule C

Vote.	LAND FUND ACCOUNT.	£	£
	CLASS XIII.—MINISTER OF LANDS.
64	Crown Lands Department	20,786
65	Expenses Thermal Springs Act	9,175
66	Crown Lands, Miscellaneous	5,156
67	Coal Fields	225
68	Survey Department	81,416
	Total Class XIII.		116,758
	CLASS XIV.—COLONIAL TREASURER.
69	Rates on Crown and Native Lands	62,258
	Total Class XIV		62,258
	Total Land Fund Account		179,016

Schedule D

Vote.	STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.	£	£
	CLASS XV—COLONIAL TREASURER.
70	State Forests Department	8,100
	Total		8,100

Schedule E

	PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE EXPENSES ACCOUNT.	£	£
	Public Trust Office—
1	Salaries	3,925
2	Contingencies	350
	Total		4,275

Schedule F Unauthorized Expenditure of the Year 1884–85

					£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Consolidated Fund.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Ordinary Revenue Account:—
Legislative:—
Part Salary of Examiner of Standing Orders, from 1st November to 31st December, 1884					16	13	4
Special Allowance to Hansard hands for session of 1884					79	10	0
Colonial Secretary:—								96	3	4
Amount paid for advertising tenders for printing Sir George Grey’s book of Maori Legends					5	10	3
Freight on file of papers from Auckland for compilation of Hansard					0	2	6
Treasury:—								5	12	9
Advance to Public Trustee for payment to grantees under West Coast Settlement Act		£510	8	6
Less amount recovered		349	9	0
					160	19	6
Balance outstanding in respect of advances for payment of fees on Native Crown grants, written off					149	7	3
Allowance to Government Insurance Department on exchanging 5 per cent, deficiency bills for 4½ per cent, debentures					1,775	10	9
Interest from 1st January to 5th July, 1884, on moneys borrowed at 5 per cent., on 5 per cent, bonds exchanged for 4 per cent, inscribed stock:—
Government Insurance Department	£109,700	£2,810	2	5
Commissioners of Public Debt Sinking Funds	50,800	1,301	6	3
General Post Office	83,100	2,128	14	7
Nelson Rifle Prize Fund	200	5	2	5
Armed Constabulary Reward Fund	2,000	51	4	8
General Post Office (1st May)	215,000	3,563	14	0
Public Trustee	54,200	1,388	8	2
		£11,248	12	6
Less interest at 4 per cent, charged to New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act,.1877		8,998	17	11
					2,249	14	7
Justice:—								4,335	12	1
Amount realized from sale of Section No. 260, Picton, sold for non-payment of rates, Sharp and Hodgson					20	15	3
Refund of portion of amount realized from sale of liquor ordered to be forfeited, A. McLennan					50	0	0
								70	15	3
Prisons:—
Gratuity to Warder Dunn for services rendered								100	0	0
Postal and Telegraph:—
Defalcations of late Postmaster, Parihaka					50	10	9
Additional gratuity to widow of late P. Mahoney, Lineman, Mercer					20	0	0
Amount paid to Union Steam Shipping Company for conveyance of mails for transhipment to direct service steamers					269	4	8
								339	15	5
Customs:—
Refund of duty paid on vestas subsequently found worthless					18	15	0
Refund of duty on drapery imported by Mr. De Harven as samples of Belgian manufactures					3	0	0
								21	15	0
Stamps:—
Refund of Native land duty on lease, 10th May, 1883								100	0	0
Education:—
Rates on University Reserves, Whenuakura, for years 1883–84 and 1884–85, paid to Patea East Road Board								31	5	0
Native:—
Payments to Natives in lieu of land awarded for military services at Poverty Bay in 1868–69								300	0	0
Mines:—
Refund to Douglas and Owens of unexpired portion of deposit on application for mineral lease								7	2	0
Railways:—
Gratuity to widow of late J. W. Whitehead, Guard, Dunedin Section					74	6	9
Gratuity to widow of late A. Boyes, Stationmaster, Abbotsford					43	15	0
								118	1	9
Defence:—
W. Garrick, amount of claim for services rendered					20	0	0
Pension of £1 per week granted to Dr. A. J. Leggatt on account of wound received whilst on duty at rifle practice, 28th October to 31st December, 1884					9	0	0
Gratuity to widow of late Sergeant Neville, A.C. Force					191	12	6
Gratuity of six months’ pay to C. G. Minnitt, Acting Sub-Inspector					125	0	0
Rewards paid in connection with the arrest of G. Fitzgerald on a charge of murder					50	0	0
								395	12	6
Crown Lands:—
Additional compensation for loss of office to C. D. Whitcombe, late Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth					30	2	7
Refund of amount deposit on Section 443, Town of Palmerston North					30	0	0
								60	2	7
Land Fund Account:—								5,981	17	8
Treasury:—
Advances on account of rates on Crown and Native lands,—
Coromandel County					200	0	0
Tuapeka County					175	0	0
Clive Road Board					72	0	0
Omaha Road Board					20	0	0
								467	0	0	6,448	17	8
Total for services not provided for
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES.
Ordinary Revenue Account:—		Final Charges.			Advances.			Total.
Class II. Colonial Secretary,—
Vote 3. Ministers’ Secretaries		£50	0	0				50	0	0
„ 5. Electoral		1,176	9	1				1,176	9	1
„ 9. Agent-General		894	5	9				894	5	9
„ 10. Charitable		12,622	16	9	472	2	0	13,094	18	9
„ 11. Lunatic Asylums		973	6	11				973	6	11
„ 12. Printing and Stationery		282	17	5	2,170	5	0	2,453	2	5
Class III. Colonial Treasurer,—
Vote 18. Miscellaneous Services		6,327	12	4	101	18	11	6,429	11	3
Class IV. Minister of Justice,—
Vote 21. Patent Office		3	14	9				3	14	9
„ 24. District, Resident Magistrates’ Courts, &c.		1,030	2	2	410	7	10	1,440	10	0
„ 25. Criminal prosecutions		720	12	7	598	8	5	1,319	1	0
„ 26. Coroners		215	17	3				215	17	3
„ 28. Miscellaneous services		527	11	6	60	0	0	587	11	6
Class V. Postmaster-General,—
Vote 29. General Post Office		2	1	4				2	1	4
„ 31. Maintenance, repairs, &c.		1,540	9	0	87	14	7	1,628	3	7
„ 34. Conveyance of inland mails		706	19	10				706	19	10
Class VI. Commissioner of Customs,—
Vote 38. Miscellaneous services		640	5	6				640	5	6
Class VII. Commissioner of Stamps,—
Vote 41. Miscellaneous services		13	3	3				13	3	3
Class VIII. Minister of Education,—
Vote 45. Industrial schools		855	15	9				855	15	9
„ 46. Deaf-and-Dumb Institution		107	11	11				107	11	11
Class IX. Minister for Native Affairs,—
Vote 49. Native Department		25	19	11				25	19	11
„ 50. Native Land Court					17	3	6	17	3	6
Class XII. Minister of Defence,—
Vote 59. Police and Armed Constabulary					5	17	8	5	17	8
„ 60. Field Force		3,557	5	6	700	1	7	4,257	7	1
„ 61. Stores and magazines		9	9	11				9	9	11
„ 62. Miscellaneous services					2,131	10	0	2,131	10	0
		32,284	8	5	6,755	9	6	39,039	17	11
Land Fund Account:—
Class XIII. Minister of Lands,—
Vote 67. Survey Department		2,992	13	7	3,704	1	8	6,696	15	3
											45,736	13	2
		£35,277	2	0	£10,459	11	2
Total Consolidated Fund											£52,185	10	10

Statement of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown required to be written off Departmental Accounts.

Prisons Department:—	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Road metal sold by the Auckland Gaol authorities				5	12	2
Working Railways Department:—
Bankrupt estates	43	15	2
Adjustment of freight charges	6	2	3
Disputed under-charges	5	18	6
Passes issued to compositors engaged on Hansard	1	12	10
				57	8	9
Mines Department—
Arrears of rent in connection with cancelled Mining Leases				40	10	0
							£103	10	11

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