Appropriation Act 1909
Appropriation Act 1909
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Appropriation Act 1909
Appropriation Act 1909
Public Act |
1909 No 35 |
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Date of assent |
24 December 1909 |
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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 ten, 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, 1909.
2 Grant of £1,509,343, 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 ten, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of one million five hundred and nine thousand three hundred and forty-three pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.
3 Appropriation of £5,607,902, 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 seven thousand nine hundred and two 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 £697,384 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 six hundred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred and eighty-four pounds.
5 Appropriation of £2,336,736 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 three hundred and thirty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty-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 £391,818 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 three hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pounds.
7 Appropriation of £1,014,915 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 million and fourteen thousand nine hundred and fifteen 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 £96,916 19s. 10d., and debts irrecoverable, £1,559 11s. 3d.
Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of section forty-eight of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, as amended by section twenty-three of the Appropriation Act, 1908, issued, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and nine, 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 ninety-six thousand nine hundred and sixteen pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Fifth Schedule, and has also discharged from the Public Account the sum of one thousand five hundred and fifty-nine pounds eleven shillings and threepence, mentioned in the said Schedule as being due to but irrecoverable by the Crown: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums are hereby sanctioned.
9 Subsidies to be paid to local authorities.
(1.)
There shall be issued and paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Fund to the local authority of each county, road district, and town district, in respect of the general rates (exclusive of rates payable by Natives) levied for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, 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 New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances 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 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.
14 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.
15 Money appropriated for roads, &o., 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 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.
16 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 Class XXVI, Public Works Fund, for improved-farm settlements.
17 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 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 Borough of Greymouth, and in providing office accommodation and furniture for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Public Trust Office.
18 Money appropriated for irrigation and water-supply defined.
Out of the vote for irrigation and water-supply, in Class XXVI, 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.
19 £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 hereby 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.
20 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.
21 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.
22 Transfer of certain sums from the Public Works Fund and the Consolidated Fund to the State Coal-mines Account.
(1.)
The Minister of Finance is hereby authorised to pay out of the Public Works Fund into the State Coal-mines Account the sum of twenty-four thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine pounds, being the sum heretofore charged to the last-mentioned account in respect of the cost of construction of the Greymouth and Point Elizabeth Railway.
(2.)
The Minister of Finance is hereby further authorised to pay out of the Consolidated Fund into the State Coal-mines Account the sum of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six pounds, being the sum heretofore charged to the last-mentioned account in respect of interest on the cost of construction of the said railway.
23 Section IS of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, amended.
Section fifteen of the Public Revenues Act, 1908 (relating to the issue of Treasury bills) is hereby amended by omitting from subsection five thereof the words “one thousand nine hundred and ten,”
and substituting the words “nineteen hundred and seventeen.”
24 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.
25 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.
26 Certain provisions of Legislature Act not to apply to Timber 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 and travelling-expenses for services rendered by him as a member of the Timber Commission, 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 Act, 1908, and the Finance Act, 1909 | 2,848,559 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 | 450,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 2) | 450,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 3) | 350,000 |
| Under this Act | 1,509,343 |
| Total Grants | £5,607,902 |
(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, 1910.
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | |||
| Class | I.—Legislative Departments | 28,306 | |
| ” | II.—Department of Finance | 77,696 | |
| ” | III.—Post and Telegraph Department | 879,165 | |
| ” | IV.—Working Railways Department | 2,150,512 | |
| ” | V.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads | 100,655 | |
| ” | VI.—Native Department | 21,911 | |
| ” | VII.—Justice Department | 361,324 | |
| ” | VIII.—Mines Department | 26,502 | |
| ” | IX.—Department of Internal Affairs | 272,412 | |
| ” | X.—Defence Department | 204,297 | |
| ” | XI.—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments | 133,044 | |
| ” | XII.—Department of Labour | 25,999 | |
| ” | XIII.—Department of Lands and Survey | 255,774 | |
| ” | XIV.—Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists | 195,029 | |
| ” | XV.—Education Department | 875,276 | |
| ” | TOTAL | £5,607,902 |
| Vote | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 1 | Legislative Council | 1,350 | |
| 2 | House of Representatives | 7,195 | |
| 3 | General Expenses | 19,761 | |
| Total Class I | 28,306 | ||
| GLASS II.-DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. | |||
| 4 | Treasury Department | 12,475 | |
| 5 | Friendly Societies Office | 2,801 | |
| 6 | Rates on Crown Lands | 1,200 | |
| 7 | Rates on Native Lands | 700 | |
| 8 | Treasury: Miscellaneous Services | 6,014 | |
| 9 | Inland Revenue Department | 54,506 | |
| Total Class II | 77,696 | ||
| CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 10 | Postal and Telegraph Salaries | 528,648 | |
| 11 | Conveyance of Mails by Sea | 69,700 | |
| 12 | Conveyance of Inland Mails | 65,629 | |
| 13 | Carriage of Mails by Railway | 60,700 | |
| 14 | Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 37,500 | |
| 15 | Miscellaneous Services | 116,988 | |
| Total Class III | 879,165 | ||
| CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 16 | Working Railways | 2,150,512 | |
| Total Class IV | 2,150,512 | ||
| CLASS V.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS. | |||
| 17 | Public Buildings | 64,355 | |
| 18 | Government Domains | 1,300 | |
| 19 | Maintenance and Improvement of Roads | 35,000 | |
| Total Class V | 100,655 | ||
| CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 20 | Native Department | 2,105 | |
| 21 | Native Land Court | 13,084 | |
| 22 | Maori Lands Administration | 3,328 | |
| 23 | Maori Councils | 959 | |
| 24 | Miscellaneous Services | 2,435 | |
| Total Class VI | 21,911 | ||
| CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 25 | Department of Justice | 1,860 | |
| 26 | Crown Law Office | 2,663 | |
| 27 | Law Drafting Office | 1,965 | |
| 28 | Patent Office | 1,120 | |
| 29 | Supreme Court | 8,620 | |
| 30 | Bankruptcy | 4,301 | |
| 31 | Magistrates and Wardens’ Courts | 57,392 | |
| 32 | Criminal Prosecutions | 13,000 | |
| 33 | Coroners | 4,450 | |
| 34 | Justice: Miscellaneous Services | 10,150 | |
| 35 | Prisons | 46,107 | |
| 36 | Cook Islands Administration | 3,922 | |
| 37 | Police Department | 176,488 | |
| 38 | Police: Miscellaneous Services | 2,835 | |
| 39 | Land and Deeds Registry | 26,451 | |
| Total Class VII | 361,324 | ||
| CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 40 | Mines Department | 5,277 | |
| 41 | Geological Survey Branch | 7,770 | |
| 42 | Miscellaneous Services | 13,455 | |
| Total Class VIII | 26,502 | ||
| CLASS IX. —DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. | |||
| 43 | Clerk of Executive Council | 50 | |
| 44 | Office of Minister of Internal Affairs | 4,418 | |
| 45 | Minister’s Secretaries | 952 | |
| 46 | Messengers and Office-keepers | 8,945 | |
| 47 | Audit Office | 12,472 | |
| 48 | Registrar-General’s Office | 8,729 | |
| 49 | Electoral | 12,326 | |
| 50 | High Commissioner’s Office | 7,904 | |
| 51 | Museum | 2,296 | |
| 52 | Advertising Office | 1,584 | |
| 53 | Dominion Laboratory | 3,975 | |
| 54 | Bacteriological Laboratory | 1,426 | |
| 55 | Printing and Stationery | 37,057 | |
| 56 | Mental Hospitals | 94,759 | |
| 57 | Home for Defectives | 1,108 | |
| 58 | Hospitals and Charitable Aid | 14,647 | |
| 59 | Public Health | 26,618 | |
| 60 | Miscellaneous Services | 33,146 | |
| Total Class IX | 272,412 | ||
| CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 61 | Defence Department | 7,520 | |
| 62 | Permanent Force | 57,746 | |
| 63 | Volunteer Force | 84,424 | |
| 64 | Stores and Magazines | 4,988 | |
| 65 | Miscellaneous Services | 49,619 | |
| Total Class X | 204,297 | ||
| CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 66 | Customs Offices and Services | 48,141 | |
| 67 | Customs: Miscellaneous Services | 4,737 | |
| 68 | Marine and Harbours | 42,164 | |
| 69 | Government Steamers | 19,505 | |
| 70 | Marine: Miscellaneous Services | 6,756 | |
| 71 | Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships | 11,741 | |
| Total Class XI | 133,044 | ||
| CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. | |||
| 72 | Department of Labour | 25,999 | |
| Total Class XII | 25,999 | ||
| CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. | |||
| 73 | Department of Lands and Survey | 170,887 | |
| 74 | Miscellaneous Services | 84,887 | |
| Total Class XIII | 255,774 | ||
| CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND TOURISTS. | |||
| 75 | Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists | 195,029 | |
| Total Class XIV | 195,029 | ||
| CLASS XV.—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 76 | Head Office | 10,118 | |
| 77 | Elementary Education | 573,964 | |
| 78 | Secondary and Higher Education | 71,005 | |
| 79 | Manual and Technical Instruction | 48,245 | |
| 80 | Training Colleges and Training of Teachers | 30,390 | |
| 81 | Public-school Cadets | 4,745 | |
| 82 | Native Schools | 27,354 | |
| 83 | Industrial Schools | 27,104 | |
| 84 | Infant Life Protection Special Schools— | 1,265 | |
| 85 | School for the Deaf | 4,166 | |
| 86 | Education of the Blind | 725 | |
| 87 | Home for Backward Children | 3,058 | |
| 88 | Miscellaneous Services | 5,137 | |
| 89 | School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites | 68,000 | |
| Total Class XV | 875,276 | ||
| Total | £5,607,902 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the Public Works Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1908, and the Finance Act, 1909 | 1,139,352 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 2) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 3) | 100,000 |
| Under this Act | 697,384 |
| Total Grants | £2,336,736 |
(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, 1910.
| — | Amount appropriated for Expenditure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Totals. | £ | |
| Class | XVI.—Public Works, Departmental | 43,994 |
| ” | XVII.—Railways | 1,203,292 |
| ” | XVIII.—Public Buildings | 339,271 |
| ” | XIX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences | 20,800 |
| ” | XX.—Tourist and Health Resorts | 18,500 |
| ” | XXI.—Immigration | 10,000 |
| ” | XXII.—Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works | 477,810 |
| ” | XXIII.—Development of Goldfields | 30,325 |
| ” | XXIV.—Telegraph Extension | 120,000 |
| ” | XXV.—Contingent Defence | 10,000 |
| ” | XXVI.—Lands Improvement | 32,744 |
| ” | XXVII.—Purchase of Native Lands | 30,000 |
| Total | £2,336,736 |
| Vote | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS XVI.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL. | |||
| 90 | Public Works, Departmental | 43,994 | |
| Total Class XVI | 43,994 | ||
| CLASS XVII.—RAILWAYS. | |||
| 91 | Railway Construction | 842,500 | |
| 92 | Additions to Open Lines | 360,792 | |
| Total Class XVII | 1,203,292 | ||
|
CLASS XVIII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS (including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). |
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| 93 | General | 48,750 | |
| 94 | Judicial | 52,465 | |
| 95 | Postal and Telegraph | 85,376 | |
| 96 | Customs | 250 | |
| 97 | Agricultural | 7,500 | |
| 98 | Mental Hospitals | 25,000 | |
| 99 | Hospitals and Charitable Institutions | 16,500 | |
| 100 | Public Health | 2,000 | |
| 101 | School Buildings | 101,430 | |
| Total Class XVIII | 339,271 | ||
| CLASS XIX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. | |||
| 102 | Lighthouses | 6,900 | |
| 103 | Harbour Works | 5,900 | |
| 104 | Harbour Defences | 8,000 | |
| Total Class XIX | 20,800 | ||
| CLASS XX.—TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS (including Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 105 | Tourist and Health Resorts | 18,500 | |
| Total Class XX | 18,500 | ||
| CLASS XXI.—IMMIGRATION. | |||
| 106 | Department of Immigration | 10,000 | |
| Total Class XXI | 10,000 | ||
| CLASS XXII. — CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. | |||
| 107 | Roads, &c. | 216,360 | |
| 108 | Backblock Roads | 210,200 | |
| 109 | Roads and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands | 51,250 | |
| Total Class XXII | 477,810 | ||
| CLASS XXIII.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. | |||
| 110 | Development of Goldfields | 30,325 | |
| Total Class XXIII | 30,325 | ||
| CLASS XXIV.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. | |||
| 111 | Telegraph Extension | 120,000 | |
| Total Class XXIV | 120,000 | ||
| CLASS XXV. — CONTINGENT DEFENCE. | |||
| 112 | Contingent Defence | 10,000 | |
| Total Class XXV | 10,000 | ||
| CLASS XXVI.—LANDS IMPROVEMENT. | |||
| 113 | Improved-farm Settlements | 22,800 | |
| 114 | Lands: Miscellaneous | 4,944 | |
| 115 | Irrigation and Water-supply | 5,000 | |
| Total Class XXVI | 32 744 | ||
| CLASS XXVII.—PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS. | |||
| 116 | Purchase of Native Lands | 30,000 | |
| Total Class XXVII | 30,000 | ||
| Total | £2,336,736 |
THIRD SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in this Schedule
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1908, and the Finance Act, 1909 | 435,097 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 | 72,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 2) | 72,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1909 (No. 3) | 44,000 |
| Under this Act | 391,818 |
| Total Grants | £1,014,915 |
(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, 1910.
| Vote | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT (Under the State Forests Act, 1908). |
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| 117 | State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department | 23,335 | 23,335 |
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT (Under the Coal-mines Act, 1908). |
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| 118 | State Coal-mines | 354,359 | 354,359 |
| SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT (Under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908). |
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| 119 | Scenery Preservation | 10,425 | 10,425 |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT (Under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1908). |
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| 120 | Land for Settlements Expenses | 7,673 | |
| 121 | Workers’ Dwellings Expenses | 5,500 | |
| Total | 13,173 | ||
| MAORI LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT (Under the Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905, and the Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1907). |
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| 122 | Maori Land Settlement Expenses | 194 | 194 |
| WELLINGTON-HUTT RAILWAY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT (Under the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1903, 1905, and 1907). |
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| 123 | Hutt Railway and Road Improvement | 74,602 | 74,602 |
| RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT (Under section 48 of the Government Railways Act, 1908). |
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| 124 | Railway Improvements | 106,000 | 106,000 |
| WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY PURCHASE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 125 | Wellington and Manawatu Railway Purchase Account | 39,991 | 39,991 |
| LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT (Under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908). |
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| 126 | Roads to open up Crown. Lands | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| NATIONAL ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 127 | Roads to open up National Endowment Lands | 17,151 | 17,151 |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT (Under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908). |
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| 128 | Salaries | 17,436 | |
| Other Charges | 32,600 | ||
| Total | 50,036 | ||
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908). |
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| 129 | Salaries | 26,569 | |
| Other Charges | 43,760 | ||
| Total | 70,329 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908). |
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| 130 | Salaries | 510 | |
| Other Charges | 6,475 | ||
| Total | 6,985 | ||
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT (Under the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908). |
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| 131 | Salaries | 6,018 | |
| Other Charges | 8,553 | ||
| Total | 14,571 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS ACCOUNT (Under the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908). |
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| 132 | Salaries | 6,002 | |
| Other Charges | 161,970 | ||
| Total | 167,972 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO WORKERS ACCOUNT (Under Part III of the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908). |
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| 133 | Salaries | 732 | |
| Other Charges | 15,060 | ||
| Total | 15,792 | ||
| Total Third Schedule | £1,014,915 |
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, 1910; 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. 1910. | 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 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 60,000 |
| North Auckland | 110 | 0 | Kaipara Flats | Maungaturoto | 31 | 0 | 104,000 | 80,000 | 24,000 | 95,000 |
| East Coast Main Trunk | 180 | 0 | Tauranga | Te Puke | 13 | 0 | 91,000 | 10,000 | 264,000 | 90,000 |
| Waikohu | Motu | 32 | 0 | 253,000 | 70,000 | |||||
| Stratford-Ongarue | 101 | Huiroa | Whangamomona | 23 | 0 | 132,000 | 60,000 | 72,000 | 85,000 | |
| Mount Egmont Branch | 9 | Waipuku | Waingongoro | 9 | 0 | 25,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 7,000 | |
| Blenheim-Waipara | 155 | 0 | Seddon | Ward | 14 | 45 | 35,000 | 45,000 | 76,000 | 80,000 |
| Domett | Parnassus | 12 | 0 | 86,000 | ||||||
| Midland | 244 | 0 | Tadmor | Glen Hope | 16 | 0 | 69,000 | 170,000 | 758,000 | 725,000 |
| Reefton | Inangahua Junction | 20 | 0 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Otira | Bealey | 9 | 0 | 577,000 | ||||||
| Otarama | 37 | 0 | 222,000 | |||||||
| Westport-Inangahua | 27 | 0 | Westport | Buller River | 9 | 0 | 72,000 | 20,000 | 52,000 | 25,000 |
| Ngahere-Blackball | 3 | 30 | Ngahere | Blackball | 3 | 30 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | |
| Lawrence-Roxburgh | 39 | 0 | Lawrence | Beaumont | 13 | 0 | 111,000 | 12,500 | 98,500 | 18,000 |
| Catlin’s-Waimahaka | 58 | 0 | Gatlins River | Tahakopa | 17 | 0 | 145,000 | 80,000 | 65,000 | 95,000 |
| Waimahaka | Tokonui | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| Riversdale-Switzers | 14 | 0 | Riversdale | Waikaia | 14 | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |
| Orepuki-Waiau | 13 | 30 | Waihoaka | Waiau | 8 | 60 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
| Permanent-way material required on account of sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 50,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
| Public Buildings. | ||||||||||
| Auckland new Post-office | 100,000 | 10,000 | 90,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Wellington Post-office (additions) | 107,500 | 10,000 | 97,500 | 107,500 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||
FIFTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account of the Year 1908–9
| Consolidated Fund. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Department of Minister of finance:— | ||||||||||||
| Amounts claimed by Public Trustee for payment to next-of-kin— | ||||||||||||
| Estate of Sarah Olson | 19 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| Estate of W. Murray | 12 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Amount paid to recoup the imprest account of the Treasury Cashier, the Treasury messenger having been robbed in the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation paid to Mrs. F. Williams for injuries sustained by contact with Pelorus Sound telegraph wire | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Mrs. C. Munro, mother of the late M. M. Munro, telegraphist, Auckland | 190 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gratuity to A. F. Kemp, Postmistress, Kutarere, on retirement | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation to widow of A. H. McPhail, head mail-cart driver, Wellington, accidentally killed whilst in the performance of his duty | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation to J. H. Grigsby for transfer to the Postmaster-General of lease held from the Education Commissioners, of part of Lot 23, Township of Woodside | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Travelling-allowance of Hon. W. P. Reeves, attending the International Telegraph Conference at Lisbon | 100 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 755 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Industries and Tourist Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Salary of P. J. Kelleher, Accountant, Industries and Commerce, at £100 per annum, 1st November, 1908, to 31st March, 1909 | 41 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||
| Contribution to Post and Telegraph Department of half cost of Wellington-Tahiti trade service for March quarter, 1909, at £3,500 per annum | 875 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with Te Aroba Tea-house—wages, supplies | 57 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with providing orchestra for the garden and new bath buildings, Rotorua, during the 1908–9 tourist season | 91 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||
| Salary and house allowance of J. A. Chesson, Resident Medical Officer, Hanmer Springs, 6th February to 31st March, 1909— | ||||||||||||
| Salary, at £450 per annum | £68 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| House allowance, at £52 per annum | 7 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||
| 76 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 1,142 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund to A. and T. Burt (Limited) of penalty paid Government for delay in completion of contract for supply of material for Hamilton Bridge | 240 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Grant to Grey County towards cost of protective works at Totara Flat-Reefton line | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to G. F. Hudson, signalman and acting guard, Wellington, seriously injured by accident | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, special trains for members of Legislature in connection with the visit of the American Fleet | 214 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
Compensation to Mrs. A. C. McNamara in settlement of claim for closing the siding at Addington known as “Brown’s” |
175 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 679 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Public Buildings and Domains Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to D. Mouton, formerly locksmith, Public Works workshop, Wellington, on retirement | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Maintenance of Roads Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation paid and expenses incurred in connection with accident at Nine Mile Punt, Belgrove, Westport-Reefton Road, as under— | ||||||||||||
| Howard Vernon | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Miss Iris Vance | 349 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mrs. Jessie Howard | 231 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Miss Lavinia McKenzie | 80 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Howard | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| B. Beis | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Miss Chatfield | 19 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| J. Meade | 15 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Messrs. Newan Bros. | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses of witnesses in the case of Howard v. The King | 11 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| Solicitors’ fees | 61 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hire of wagonette | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1,489 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stamp and Deeds Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Gertrude Hawk, being equal to one month’s pay of her husband, G. Hawk, clerk, Deeds Registry Office, Auckland | 15 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Native Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Value of claim due to descendants of the late Hon. Hori Kerei Taiaroa, in pursuance of a promise made in 1874 to the father of the late H. K. Taiaroa | 53 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Justice Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund of fine imposed upon Haakon Haakonsen at Westport for breaches of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Additional compensation to John Freebody for wrongful imprisonment | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of M. J. Black, matron, Lyttelton Gaol, on retirement, 1st April to 31st May, 1909 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 106 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Police Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to ex-constable A. J. McCluskey, Auckland | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to family of the late Sub-Inspector D. Gordon, Auckland | 280 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 330 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | ||||||||||||
| Gratuities to widows of late members of the Legislature— | ||||||||||||
| Mrs. Bolt | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mrs. Hamlin | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary paid to Hon. W. P. Reeves as High Commissioner for New Zealand in London until assumption of that office by Hon. W. Hall-Jones, 1st December, 1908, to 17th January, 1909 | 263 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Salary of J. F. Andrews, Clerk, office of Minister of Internal Affairs, June quarter, 1909, on leave of absence for six months | 118 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Railway charges for carriage of starving stock, and for carriage of fodder for starving stock, Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch districts | 686 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Grant to Hon. W. Hall-Jones to cover travelling-expenses proceeding to London to assume the office of High Commissioner | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Contribution towards relief of sufferers from earthquake in Italy | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Travelling-expenses of F. W. Mansfield, Chief Electoral Officer, when visiting the Australian States | 66 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| 7,234 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Defence Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund of Customs duty on uniform imported from England by Colonel H. D. Tuson | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Customs Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund of Customs duty paid by G. W. Bain on personal effects entered more than two years after arrival in New Zealand | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Marine and Harbours and Inspection of Machinery Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Grant to Southland Acclimatisation Society for purchase of site for the erection of a fish-hatchery, Mataura, in lien of a like amount voted for the purchase of a site at Fairfax, the locality having been changed | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Department of Labour:— | ||||||||||||
| Salaries of Conciliation Commissioners, 21st January to 31st March, 1909, at £450 per annum— | ||||||||||||
| Giles, T. H. | 98 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Halley, P. | 98 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Triggs, J. R. | 98 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 294 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Lands and Survey:— | ||||||||||||
| Subsidy of £1 for £1 on account of erection of a receiving-shed at Aukopae landing, Wanganui River | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with investigating sand-dunes, &c.— Salary and expenses of Dr. L. Cockayne reporting on prevention of sand-drift and planting same— | ||||||||||||
| Salary, 18th November, 1908, to 18th February, 1909 | £120 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Travelling-expenses | 69 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| 189 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Purchase of Section 1, Block 6, Nenthorn district | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to widow of the late Ensign E. McKenna, in recognition of military services rendered by him | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fencing reserve for travelling-stock paddock at Waiotapu, Rotorua-Taupo Road | 52 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 576 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Department of Agriculture:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Alfred Smith, Department of Agriculture, Auckland, on retirement owing to ill health | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Education Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Salary of Miss Ada Harrison, schoolmistress, Te Oranga Home, Christchurch, 1st to 30th April, 1909, granted three months’ leave of absence | 11 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| Public Health Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Travelling allowance of Dr. Mason while attending Australian Medical Conference, Sydney | 49 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mental Hospitals and Hospital and Charitable Aid Departments:— | ||||||||||||
| Grants towards the amount collected on Ambulance or Hospital Saturdays for ambulance or other purposes, the proceeds of which are not handed direct to the hospital authorities— | ||||||||||||
| Auckland | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Christchurch | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wellington | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dunedin | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with the maintenance of Taumarunui Hospital, administered by the Hospital and Charitable Aid Department | 105 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Refund to J. S. Haslett of fee for license of a private hospital, the application for license having been withdrawn | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 905 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Total, services not provided for | 14,127 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Ordinary Revenue Account:— | ||||||||||||
| Class I. Legislative Departments,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 2—House of Representatives | 469 | 10 | 9 | 469 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| Class III. Post and Telegraph Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 11—Conveyance of Inland Mails | 14,646 | 3 | 7 | 14,646 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 12—Carriage of Mails by Railway | 368 | 13 | 7 | 368 | 13 | 7 | ||||||
| 13—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 3,584 | 3 | 0 | 3,584 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 14—Miscellaneous Services | 18,843 | 11 | 11 | 1,388 | 14 | 1 | 20,232 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Class IV. Industries and Commerce and Tourist and Health Resorts Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 17—Advertising Department | 55 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
| Class VII. Public Buildings and Domains,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 21—Government Domains | 79 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Class XII. Justice Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 34—Bankruptcy | 17 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 44 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 36—Criminal Prosecutions | 194 | 8 | 1 | 549 | 19 | 0 | 744 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 40—Prisons | 333 | 10 | 1 | 144 | 11 | 4 | 478 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Class XV. Department of Internal Affairs,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 51—Electoral Department | 9,097 | 0 | 4 | 9,097 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| 53—Registrar-General’s Department | 973 | 14 | 9 | 973 | 14 | 9 | ||||||
| Glass XIX. Marine and Harbours and Inspection of Machinery Departments,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 67—Government Steamers | 72 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 109 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Class XXIV. Education Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 78—Manual and Technical Instruction | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | |||
| £30,138 | 16 | 6 | 20,751 | 8 | 7 | 50,890 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total for Ordinary Revenue Account | 65,017 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||
| Local Bodies Account. | ||||||||||||
| ADVANCE ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| Advance to the Greymouth Harbour Board, pending flotation of loan, to be repaid with interest | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| £10,000 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total Consolidated Fund | £75,017 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||
| Public Works Fund. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Public Buildings: Erection of Legislative Council Chamber— | ||||||||||||
| Wages | 135 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||
| Tourist and Health Resorts Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Purchase of Sections 1 to 8 (both inclusive) and Sections 18 and 19, Block XXXVIII, Town of Queenstown, containing 2 acres 2 roods 21 perches, together with stone and wooden buildings thereon | 375 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total, services not provided for | 510 | 14 | 5 | 510 | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Class XXVIII. Railways,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 95—Additions to Open Lines | 4,671 | 17 | 9 | 4,671 | 17 | 9 | ||||||
| Class XXIX. Public Buildings,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 99—Customs | 57 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Class XXX. Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 105—Lighthouses | 2,481 | 0 | 7 | 2,481 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Class XXXII. Immigration,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 109—Immigration | 5,076 | 10 | 5 | 5,076 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Class XXXIX. Lands Improvement,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 121—Lands, Miscellaneous | 3,431 | 19 | 8 | 412 | 9 | 2 | 3,844 | 8 | 10 | |||
| £15,718 | 12 | 0 | 412 | 9 | 2 | 16,131 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total Public Works Fund | £16,641 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| Loans to Local Bodies Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Advances. | Total. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| Vote 131—Roads to open up Crown Lands | 4,712 | 13 | 8 | 544 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
| 4,712 | 13 | 8 | 544 | 17 | 5 | 5,257 | 11 | 1 | 5,257 | 11 | 1 | |
| Total Loans to Local Bodies Account | £5,257 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
| Statement of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown required to be written off Departmental Accounts. | ||||||||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Advertising in Penny Guide—unpaid irrecoverable accounts | 68 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Charges on unclaimed goods not met by amount realised at sale by auction | 1,155 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ledger accounts due by bankrupts, and other unpaid accounts | 26 | 19 | 9 | |||||||||
| Rents unpaid | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1,282 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Justice Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Land and Deeds Registry:— | ||||||||||||
| Cash paid for registration of certificate of title but not accounted for | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | ||||||||||||
| Hospitals and Charitable Aid:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount due to St. Helens Hospital, Wellington | 38 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| Amount due to St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
| 64 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Customs Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Defalcation of H. P. Barry, shipping clerk, Auckland | 95 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Less salary in hand | 12 | 14 | 8 | |||||||||
| 83 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lands Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount due on account of rent for Section 214, Pepepe Parish, Auckland District Amount due on account of rent and insurance on worker’s dwelling on Section 24, Block VIII, Heretaunga, Wellington District— | 13 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| Rent | £11 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Insurance | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||||
| State Coal-mines Account:— | 25 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| Amount due for coal supplied from State Coal-mines | 101 | 14 | 9 | 101 | 14 | 9 | ||||||
| £1,559 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
SIXTH SCHEDULE Subsidies to Local Authorities
Counties
1.
To the Council of each county wherein there are no road districts,—
(a.)
When the general rates so collected by the County Council do not exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £500 nor greater sum than £2,500 shall be paid under this paragraph (b) to any such Council.
2.
In respect of counties when there are road districts,—
(c.)
To the Board of each road district in the county if the Counties Act is not in full force—if the Counties Act is in full force, then to each Road Board and the County Council in equal parts,—
(i.)
When the general rates actually collected by the Road Board in the road district do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(ii.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid under this sub-paragraph (ii) to any such Road Board:
Provided that if any road district does not collect rates, the county may claim the payment on behalf of that road district if the county collects rates within the road district:
(d.)
To the County Council,—
(iii.)
When the general rates actually collected by the County Council in the outlying districts of the county do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(iv.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid in any one year under this subparagraph (iv) to any such Council.
3.
Where a road district or part of a road district is merged in a county, and becomes a riding or part of a riding, the same rate of subsidy for the year during which the merger occurs shall be paid to the County Council on account of such riding or part of a riding as would have been payable had such merger not occurred.
4.
No greater sum in all than £2,500 shall be paid in respect of any county and its road districts; and when the total amount of subsidy that would be payable in respect of the total amount of general rates collected as aforesaid exceeds £2,500, then the total amount of subsidy to be payable to the Road Boards and County Council shall be apportioned pro rata according to the amount of general rates collected as aforesaid by such Road Boards and the County Council respectively.
Town Districts
To each Town Board,—
(a.)
When the general rates actually collected do not exceed a total sum of £750, a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £750, then a sum equal to 2s. 6d. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £187 10s. for 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 Kawakawa-Kaikohe, £2,500; Kaihu-Waima, £2,500; Marton-Te Awamutu, £20,000; Greymouth-Ross, £4,000; Gore-Waikaka, £3,000; additions to open lines, £350,000; and other services, £3,000.
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Appropriation Act 1909
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