	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Grant of £782,294, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.
3	Appropriation of £2,538,280, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.
4	Grant of £503,467 out of Public Works Fund.
5	Appropriation of £992,777 out of Public Works Fund.
6	Grant of £47,936 out of separate accounts.
7	Appropriation of £167,677 out of separate accounts.
8	Authority to pay moneys under agreements validated by “The Auckland Goldfields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869.”
9	Subsidies to be paid to local bodies.
10	Authority to make temporary advances to local governing bodies.
11	Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
12	Power to pay over to local governing bodies.
13	Money appropriated for roads, &c., to include purchase of tools, &c.
14	Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £59,161 4s. 6d., and debts irrecoverable, £311 11s. 6d.
15	Power to pay money in excess of appropriation out of certain accounts.
16	Power to transfer £300,000 from Consolidated Fund to Public Works Fund.
17	Certain accounts abolished, and balances transferred to Public Works Fund.
18	County fund not to be charged with cost of collection of goldfields revenue.
	FIRST SCHEDULE
	SECOND SCHEDULE
	THIRD SCHEDULE
	FOURTH SCHEDULE
	FIFTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account of the Year 1896–97

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, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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, 1897.”

2 Grant of £782,294, and fees, out of Consolidated Fund.

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 ninety-eight, the sum of seven hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-four pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.

3 Appropriation of £2,538,280, 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 First Schedule hereto, amounting in the whole to two million five hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and eighty 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 £503,467 out of Public Works Fund.

The Colonial Treasurer may issue and apply, out of the Public Works Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the works and services of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of five hundred and three thousand four hundred and sixty-seven pounds.

5 Appropriation of £992,777 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 nine hundred and ninety-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven 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 £47,936 out of separate accounts.

Out of the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in the Third Schedule hereto the Colonial Treasurer may issue 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 ninety-eight, any sums amounting in the whole to forty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-six pounds.

7 Appropriation of £167,677 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 one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy-seven pounds, as appears by the said Third 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 Authority to pay moneys under agreements validated by “The Auckland Goldfields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869.”

The Colonial Treasurer may 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 Goldfields Proclamations Validation Act, 1869,” or to any persons lawfully entitled to the lands from which the revenues accrue in virtue of any such agreement.

9 Subsidies to be paid to local bodies.

(1.)

There shall be issued and paid by the Colonial Treasurer out of the Consolidated Fund to the Council or Board of each county, road district, town district, and borough, in respect of the general rates described in the Schedule to “The Local Bodies’ Finance and Powers Act, 1885” (in this section referred to as “the said Act”), levied for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and actually collected on or before the thirtieth day of June ensuing next after the said thirty-first day of March, one-fourth of the amounts to which they would be entitled under the plan of distribution described in the Schedule to the said Act:

Provided that upon the application of the local body setting forth the amount of general rates collectable for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and showing separately how much thereof is in respect of Native lands, seventy-five per centum, and no more, of the amount which it is estimated by the Commissioner of Taxes may become payable to such local body for rates other than rates on Native lands may be advanced to such local body within that year:

Provided also that on receipt by the Commissioner of Taxes of returns, duly verified by the declaration of the Chairman or Treasurer of a local body, showing the amount of the rates aforesaid actually collected to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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 such local body; and any sum advanced in excess of the amount so found to be payable shall be repaid by the local body to the Public Account or be recovered by the Colonial Treasurer out of any moneys payable to such local body.

(2.)

In case any doubt arises as to the several payments to be made under this section and the Schedule to the said Act, or as to payments to be made in respect of newly-formed districts wherein the Board has not had sufficient time to levy and collect rates, the Governor in Council may authoritatively decide the amounts of such payments.

10 Authority to make temporary advances to local governing bodies.

(1.)

The Colonial Treasurer is hereby authorised 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.

(2.)

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.

(3.)

For the purposes of this section the expression “local governing body” means a County Council, Borough Council, Town Board, Road Board, River Board, Harbour 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.

11 Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.

It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, 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 the amount of liability thereby incurred in respect of any work or service shall not, together with the sum appropriated therefor, exceed the sum set down in the ninth column in the Fourth Schedule opposite to each railway or other work or service for which money is appropriated by this Act.

12 Power to pay over to local governing bodies.

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 governing bodies may be paid over to such local governing body or bodies as the Minister in charge of the department in connection with which such roads or works are constructed determines, upon such terms and conditions as are agreed upon between such Minister and any such local governing body, to be expended by such body upon any of the works or services for which the same are appropriated by this Act; and the Colonial Treasurer shall make all such payments in accordance with any such agreement.

13 Money appropriated for roads, &c., to include purchase of tools, &c.

(1.)

The moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction or improvement of public roads or other public works shall be deemed to include and be available for the expenses incurred in the purchase of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, or other requisites necessitated by the employment of labour, whether the same are to be used for the benefit of or lent or sold to workmen employed on such works or not, and also the expenses incurred in the payment of fares and freights by land or sea in respect of the transit of such workmen and their families and effects to or from such works.

(2.)

Except where otherwise specially directed by the Minister in charge of the department in connection with which such expenses are incurred, all such expenses shall be deducted in such manner as the said Minister directs from the amounts earned by such workmen from time to time, anything in “The Truck Act, 1891,” or any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

14 Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £59,161 4s. 6d., and debts irrecoverable, £311 11s. 6d.

Whereas the Colonial Treasurer has, under the authority of section forty-eight of “The Public Revenues Act, 1891,” issued, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 fifty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty-one pounds four shillings and sixpence, and has also discharged from the Public Account the sum of three hundred and eleven pounds eleven shillings and sixpence 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.

15 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 Public Trust Office, or the Government Advances to Settlers Office, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the Government Insurance Commissioner, the Public Trustee, or the Superintendent, as the case may be, may, with the sanction of the Colonial Treasurer, 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.

16 Power to transfer £300,000 from Consolidated Fund to Public Works Fund.

The Colonial Treasurer may transfer any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole three 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.

17 Certain accounts abolished, and balances transferred to Public Works Fund.

(1.)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” the separate accounts called “The Lands Improvement Account” and “The Native Lands Purchase Account” are hereby abolished, and the balances standing at credit of those accounts on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, shall be transferred to and form part of the Public Works Fund.

(2.)

The receipts into and the payments out of the said separate accounts as directed by the aforesaid Act are hereby authorised to be made into and out of the Public Works Fund from and after the said thirty-first day of March.

18 County fund not to be charged with cost of collection of goldfields revenue.

From and after the passing of this Act the cost of collection referred to in section three of “The Local Bodies’ Finance and Powers Act, 1885,” shall not be defrayed out of the revenues which by virtue of that section form part of the county fund, and that Act is hereby amended accordingly.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

(1.) Grants out of the Consolidated Fund

	£
Under the provisions of “The Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1897”	1,095,986
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897”	220,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897 (No. 2)”	220,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897 (No. 3)”	220,000
Under this Act	782,294
Total	£2,538,280

(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, 1898.

		£	£
Ordinary Revenue Account.
Totals.
Class I.—Legislative Departments		19,678
Class II.—Colonial Secretary’s Department		76,750
Class III.—Colonial Treasurer’s Department		24,922
Class IV.—Justice Department		124,075
Class V.—Postal and Telegraph Department		368,580
Class VI.—Customs and Marine Departments		75,241
Class VII.—Stamps and Deeds Department		25,290
Class VIII.—Minister of Education—
Education Department	£439,070
Lunacy and Charitable	59,938
Department of Labour	7,225
		506,233
Class IX.—Mines Department		18,434
Class X.—Department of Agriculture		58,464
Class XI.—Working Railways Department		822,127
Class XII.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Inspection of Machinery Department		53,400
Class XIII.—Defence Department		82,536
Class XIV.—Police Department		109,163
Class XV.—Department of Lands and Survey		132,945
Class XVI.—Valuation Department		39,542
Class XVII.—Rates on Crown Lands		900
	Total		£2,538,280

Vote.		£	£
	Details.
	CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS.
1	Legislative Council	1,790
2	House of Representatives	4,240
3	General Expenses	13,648
	Total Class I.		19,678
	CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY’S DEPARTMENT.
4	Minister’s Salary	400
5	Clerk of Executive Council	50
6	Colonial Secretary’s Office	1,615
7	Minister’s Secretaries	650
8	Messengers and Office-keepers	4,184
9	Electoral Department	4,166
10	Audit Office	5,581
11	Registrar-General’s Department	4,425
12	Agent-General’s Department	4,350
13	Printing and Stationery	26,853
14	Miscellaneous Services	24,476
	Total Class II.		76,750
	CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER’S DEPARTMENT.
15	Treasury Department	7,025
16	Friendly Societies’ Registry Office	1,140
17	Land- and Income-tax Department	7,965
18	Treasury: Miscellaneous Services	8,792
	Total Class III.		24,922
	CLASS IV.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
19	Department of Justice	1,645
20	Crown Law Office	2,425
21	Supreme Court	6,179
22	Bankruptcy	4,737
23	District, Magistrates’, and Wardens’ Courts	44,193
24	Native Land Court	13,975
25	Validation of Native Titles	1,550
26	Criminal Prosecutions	12,500
27	Coroners	2,500
28	Prisons	28,502
29	Office of Industries and Commerce	1,219
30	Miscellaneous Services	4,650
	Total Class IV.		124,075
	CLASS V.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
31	Post and Telegraph Salaries	216,598
32	Telegraph Cable Subsidies	1,920
33	Conveyance of Mails by Sea	43,653
34	Conveyance of Inland Mails	35,290
35	Carriage of Mails by Railway	16,066
36	Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines	18,000
37	Miscellaneous Services	37,053
	Total Class V.		368,580
	CLASS VI. —CUSTOMS AND MARINE DEPARTMENTS.
38	Customs Offices and Services	33,404
39	Customs: Miscellaneous Services	4,258
40	Marine and Harbours	27,579
41	Marine: Miscellaneous Services	10,000
	Total Class VI.		75,241
	CLASS VII.—STAMPS AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT.
42	Stamp Department	9,270
43	Land and Deeds Registry	16,020
	Total Class VII.		25,290
	CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.
44	Head Office	2,420
45	Public Schools	399,600
46	Native Schools	16,900
47	Industrial Schools	10,447
48	School for Deaf-mutes	3,048
49	School for Blind	455
50	Technical Instruction	2,200
51	Miscellaneous Services	4,000
52	Lunatic Asylums	55,712
53	Charitable	3,007
54	Rotorua Sanatorium	1,219
55	Department of Labour	7,225
	Total Class VIII.		506,233
	CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.
56	Mines Department	5,405
57	Meteorological and Museum Department	781
58	Miscellaneous Services	12,248
	Total Class IX.		18,434
	CLASS X.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
59	Department of Agriculture	58,464
	Total Class X.		58,464
	CLASS XI.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT.
60	Working Railways	822,127
	Total Class XI.		822,127
	CLASS XII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.
61	Public Buildings	22,600
62	School-buildings	25,000
63	Government Domains	1,000
64	Inspection of Machinery	4,800
	Total Class XII.		53,400
	CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.
65	Defence Department	2,510
66	Permanent Militia and Volunteers	61,727
67	Stores and Magazines	2,985
68	Miscellaneous Services	15,314
	Total Class XIII.		82,536
	CLASS XIV.—POLICE DEPARTMENT.
69	Police Department	105,665
70	Miscellaneous Services	3,498
	Total Class XIV.		109,163
	CLASS XV.—LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT.
71	Department of Lands and Survey	122,317
72	Miscellaneous Services	10,628
	Total Class XV.		132,945
	CLASS XVI.—VALUATION DEPARTMENT.
73	Valuation Expenses	39,542
	Total Class XVI.		39,542
	CLASS XVII.—RATES ON CROWN LANDS.
74	Rates on Crown Lands	900
	Total Class XVII.		900
	Total		£2,538,280

SECOND SCHEDULE

(1.) Grants out of the Public Works Fund

	£
Under “The Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1897”	319,310
Under. “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897”	85,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897 (No. 2)”	85,000
Under this Act	503,467
Total grants
		£992,777

(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, 1898.

-		Amount appropriated for Expenditure.
Totals.		£
Class	I.—Immigration	350
”	II.—Public Works, Departmental	9,150
”	III.—Railways	367,500
”	IV.—Roads	351,635
”	V.—Development of Goldfields	44,637
”	VI.—Purchase of Native Lands	60,500
”	VII.—Telegraph Extension	30,835
”	VIII.—Public Buildings	98,900
”	IX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences	8,770
”	X.—Rates on Native Lands	500
”	XI.—Contingent Defence	20,000
	Total	£992,777

Vote.		£	£
	Details.
	CLASS I.—IMMIGRATION.
75	Immigration	350
			350
	CLASS II.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL.
76	Public Works, Departmental	9,150
			9, 150
	CLASS III.—RAILWAYS.
77	Whangarei-Kamo Extension	8,000
78	Helensville Northwards	9,500
79	Grahamstown-Te Aroha	12,000
80	Marton-Te Awamutu	32,000
81	Eketahuna-Woodville	30,000
82	Blenheim-Awatere	2,500
83	Midland Railway	25,000
84	Otago Central	30,000
85	Seaward Bush	10,000
86	Forest Hill	3,000
87	Land Claims, &c.	2,500
88	Surveys, New Lines of Railway	3,000
89	Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Rolling-stock	50,000
90	Additions to Open Lines	150,000
	Total Class III.		367,500
	CLASS IV.—ROADS.
91	Settlement Roads, Bridges, and other Works	253,543
92	Roads on Goldfields	98,092
	Total Class IV.		351,635
	CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS.
93	Development of Goldfields	44,637
			44,637
	CLASS VI.—PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS.
94	Purchase of Native Lands	60,500
	CLASS VII.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.		60,500
95	Telegraph Extension	30,835
			30,835
	CLASS VIII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
96	General	18,170
97	Judicial	16,920
98	Postal and Telegraph	8,160
99	Customs	400
100	Lunatic Asylums	17,900
101	School Buildings	21,350
102	School Building, Special	13,000
103	Agricultural	2,400
104	Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions	600
	Total Class VIII.		98,900
	CLASS IX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES.
105	Lighthouses	2,520
106	Harbour Works	1,250
107	Harbour Defences	5,000
	Total Class IX.		8,770
	CLASS X.—RATES ON NATIVE LANDS.
108	Rates on Native Lands	500
	CLASS XI.—CONTINGENT DEFENCE.		500
109	Contingent Defence	20,000
			20,000
	Total		£992,777

THIRD SCHEDULE

(1.) Grants out of the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in this Schedule

	£
Under “The Public Revenues Acts Amendment Act, 1897”	70,741
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897”	20,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897” (No. 2)	20,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1897” (No. 3)	9,000
Under this Act	47,936
Total grants	£167,677

(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, 1898.

Vote			£	£
	STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT
	(Under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885”).
110	State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department		5,190
	Total			5,190
	CHEVIOT ESTATE ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893”).
111	Cheviot Estate Expenses		3,886
	Total			3,886
	LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894”).
112	Land for Settlements Expenses		2,000
	Total			2,000
	GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1896”).
113	Roads, &c., to open up Crown Lands		43,978
	Total			43,978
	PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE EXPENSES ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894”).
114	Salaries		7,886
	Contingencies		1,050
	Total			8,936
	GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1874,” and “The Government Life Insurance Act, 1886”).
	Salaries—
115	Head Office	£11,949
	Local Offices	6,015
			17,964
	Other Charges		33,000
	Total			50,964
	GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS OFFICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
	(Under “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894”).
116	Salaries		2,723
	Other Charges		50,000
	Total			52,723
	Total Third Schedule			£167,677

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Schedule showing the Railways (and some of the other Works) 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 appropriated for the Year ending 31st March, 1898; the Balances for Future Appropriation; and the Amount to which Liabilities are authorised to be incurred by Section 11 of this Act.

Railway or other Work.			The Railway or Sections thereof for which Appropriation is made in this Act.				6. Estimated Expenditure required on the Length stated in Column 5.	7. Amount appropriated for Expenditure during the Year ending 31 March, 1898.	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.				8. Balance for Future Appropriation.	9. Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred.
	M.	ch.			M.	ch.	£	£	£	£
Whangarei-Kamo Ext. Railway	15	0	Hikurangi	Hukerenui	7	0	12,500	8,000	4,500	12,000
Helensville Northwards	110	0	Kanohi	Tahekeroa	7	0	23,000	9,500	13,500	15,000
Waikato-Thames	63	0	Grahamstown	Te Aroha	32	0	33,000	12,000	21,000	18,000
Marton-Te Awamutu „	216	0	Mokau	Ohinemoa	26	0	68,000	32,000	175,000	50,000
Marton-Te Awamutu „	216	0	Mangaonoho	Paengaroa	18	0	139,000	32,000	175,000	50,000
Wellington-Woodville „	116	0	Eketahuna	Woodville	27	0	30,000	30,000		30,000
Blenheim-Awatere „	12	0	Blenheim	Awatere	12	0	45,000	2,500	42,500	25,000
Midland „	66	0	Jackson’s	Otira	11	0	72,000	25,000	61,000	30,000
Midland „	66	0	Belgrove	Motupiko	8	0	14,000	25,000	61,000	30,000
Otago Central „	183	0	Hyde	Ranfurly	22	0	47,000	30,000	17,000	35,000
Seaward Bush „	23	0	Gorge Road	Waimahaka	5	0	15,000	10,000	5,000	15,000
Forest Hill Tramway „	14	0	Winton	Macdonald’s Corner	13	0	5,000	3,000	2,000	5,000
Permanent-way material required for sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5	818	0			87	0	85,000	50,000	35,000	70,000
Public Buildings—
Government Printing Office							10,000	9,000	1,000	10,000
Porirua Lunatic Asylum							12,000	12,000		29,000

Note.—In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made for the following services under the heading of Railways, viz.: Land-claims, &c., £2,500; Surveys of new lines, £3,000; and Additions to open lines, £150,000.

FIFTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account of the Year 1896–97

Consolidated Fund.				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Ordinary Revenue Account:—
Legislative Department:—
One year’s salary granted to M. Cosgrave, late Head Messenger, House of Representatives, upon his retirement							187	0	0
Colonial Secretary’s Department:—
Travelling-allowance to Ministers	£1,038
Less charged under “The Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act, 1887”	1,000
				38	0	0
Travelling-expenses of His Excellency the Governor and Suite when travelling in the Urewera Country				59	10	0
Salary of R. H. Govett, Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary’s Office, on leave, 1st April to 11th September, 1897				112	15	7
Salary of W. R. Holmes, late Audit Inspector, on leave prior to retirement, 1st April to 31st May, 1897				40	16	8
Grant to W. de B. Compton for services rendered in rescuing a prospector named Duncan, who was snowed up in the ranges				5	0	0
							256	2	3
Colonial Treasurer’s Department:—
Expenses in connection with “The Registration of People’s Claims Act, 1896”—
Clerical assistance	£28	10	0
Stamp duty	299	7	4
				327	17	4
Refund of moneys paid into the Consolidated Fund claimed by next-of kin, in the estates of—
Margaret Allen	£15	16	4
Samuel Young	718	18	10
T. W. H. Reeves and others	13	16	3
Robert Lingwood	151	14	0
Lawrence Robertson	20	14	3
				920	19	8
Industries and Commerce Department:—							1,248	17	0
Subsidy paid to Union Steamship Company for service to Rarotonga and the islands, 1st September to 31st December, 1896							333	6	8
Customs Department:—
Refund of Customs duty on samples for London Chamber of Commerce							30	4	7
Education Department:—
Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late C. M. Masters, teacher of Native School, Whirinaki							100	0	0
Police Department:—
Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Constable A. Reddell, Gisborne				155	2	6
Compassionate allowance to the children of the late Sergeant S. C. W. Möller				287	8	9
Compensation for loss of office,—
Sergeant R. Gamble, Auckland	£191	12	6
Sergeant J. McMahon, Auckland	182	10	0	374	2	6
Survey Department:—							816	13	9
Refund to W. F. Boese of two-thirds of survey-fee, Section - 15, Block IV., Manganui				16	13	4
Subsidy paid to the Auckland Institute towards the control and management of the Little Barrier Island				200	0	0
							216	13	4
										3,188	17	7
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES.
Ordinary Revenue Account:—	Final Charges.			Advances.			Totals.
Class I. Legislative Department,—
Vote 1—Legislative Council	£80	11	2				80	11	2
Class II. Colonial Secretary’s Department,—
Vote 7—Minister’s Secretaries	61	19	10				61	19	10
Vote 9—Electoral	421	19	4	967	8	6	1,389	7	10
Vote 11—Registrar-General	117	10	4				117	10	4
Vote 14—Miscellaneous Services	1,033	15	9	568	0	8	1,601	16	5
Class III. Colonial Treasurer’s Dept.,—
Vote 18—Miscellaneous Services	1,306	12	0	100	0	0	1,406	12	0
Class IV. Justice Department,—
Vote 23—District, Magistrates’, and Wardens’ Courts	742	15	2	286	2	0	1,028	17	2
Vote 24—Native Land Court				453	16	3	453	16	3
Vote 26—Criminal Prosecutions	231	0	6	1,000	7	9	1,231	8	3
Class V. Postal and Telegraph Department,—
Vote 32—Telegraph-cable Subsidies	63	8	1	65	10	0	128	18	1
Vote 34—Conveyance of Inland Mails	66	5	2				66	5	2
Vote 36—Miscellaneous Services	282	4	3	3,260	8	5	3,542	12	8
Class VI. Customs and Marine Depts.,—
Vote 40—Marine: Miscellaneous Services				0	17	6	0	17	6
Class VII. Stamps and Deeds Dept.,—
Vote 41—Stamp Department	804	16	3				804	16	3
Vote 42—Land and Deeds Registry	910	17	11	166	8	4	1,077	6	3
Class VIII. Minister of Education,—
Vote 43—Head Office	41	8	7				41	8	7
Vote 46—Industrial Schools	701	11	10				701	11	10
Vote 51—Lunatic Asylums	38	10	0	113	11	11	152	1	11
Vote 54—Department of Labour	1,122	4	6	69	12	6	1,191	17	0
Class IX. Mines Department,—
Vote 57—Miscellaneous Services	176	9	11	176	9	11
Class XI. Working Railways Dept.,—
Vote 59—Working Railways	8,313	17	6	218	4	2	8,532	1	8
Class XII. Public Buildings, &c., Dept.,—
Vote 61—School Buildings	352	5	9				352	5	9
Vote 63—Inspection of Machinery				22	14	2	22	14	2
Class XIII. Defence Department,—
Vote 64—Defence Department	31	16	9				31	16	9
	£16,725	10	8	7,469	12	1				24,195	2	9
Total Consolidated Fund													27,384	0	4
Land for Settlements Account.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.							£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Albury Estate—
Purchase of 30 acres acquired in connection with estate										120	0	0
Ardgowan Estate—
Land-tax and harbour-rates charged against estate							303	16	5
Rent of educational reserve							6	7	5
Excess of area not provided for							32	9	0	342	12	10
Elsthorpe Estate—
In payment of excess area disclosed by survey after purchase										550	0	0
Opouriao Estate—
Special road-rates for year ended 31st March, 1897, charged against estate										95	10	5
Total Land for Settlements Account													1,108	3	3
Public Trust Office.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Costs incurred in action, Te Pohe Mokoare v. Public Trustee and Registrar General of Land, re title to certain Native reserves							74	6	10
Expenses incurred in M. H. Shank’s estate							14	16	9
										89	3	7
Total Public Trust Office Expenses Account													89	3	7
Government Advances to Settlers Office.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Legal expenses							1	11	11
Refund valuation-fees							7	7	0
Fire insurance premiums							8	1	11
										17	0	10
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE.
Including £22,500 for half-year’s interest on loan										23,359	15	10
Total Government Advances to Settlers Office Account													23,376	16	8
Public Works Fund.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.				£	s.	d.
Part I.:—
Charges and Expenses of raising Loan under “The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlements Act, 1896,” Advertising							509	2	1
Discount on payment of instalments before due date							430	4	2
Miscellaneous							3	3	0
Total for Services not provided for										942	9	3
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES.
Part I.:—	Final Charges.			Advances.			Totals.
Class II. Public Works, Departmental,—
Vote 77—Public Works, Departmental	£616	16	6	15	0	0	631	16	6
Class III. Railways,—
Vote 83—Marton-Te Awamutu, S. end	179	14	4	255	3	7	434	17	11
Vote 95—Additions to open lines	4,716	15	8				4,716	15	8
Class VII. Telegraph Extension,—
Vote 103—Telegraph Extension	291	8	11	33	11	8	325	0	7
	£5,804	15	5	303	15	3				6,108	10	8
Total Part I.										7,050	19	11
Part II.:—
Class I. Railways,—
Vote 117—Marton-Te Awamutu Railway
Construction Works	£0	0	9				0	0	9
Total Part II.										0	0	9
Total Public Works Fund													7,051	0	8
Government Loans to Local Bodies.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Amount of loan granted to Pohangina County Council for the cost of repairs of flood-damage to the Onepuhi Bridge										152	0	0
													152	0	0
Total Unauthorised Expenditure													£59,161	4	6
Statement of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown required to be written off Departmental Accounts.
Mines Department:—
Waimea-Kumara Water-race,—							£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	8.	d.
Rent due by D. Maher							7	15	3
Mount Ida Water-race Trust,—
Water supplied							293	1	10
										300	17	1
Agricultural Department:—
Penalties for Non-payment of Sheep-rate										9	9	0
Defence Department:—
Arrears of Rent for Storage of Powder: Estate of late W. Brown										1	5	5
Total													£311	11	6

Appropriation Act 1897