Appropriation Act 1915
Appropriation Act 1915
Checking for alerts... Loading...
Appropriation Act 1915
Appropriation Act 1915
Public Act |
1915 No 85 |
|
Date of assent |
12 October 1915 |
|
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 sixteen, 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, 1915.
2 Grant of £3,586,551, 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 sixteen, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of three million five hundred and eighty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-one pounds, together with the amount of the fees hereinafter mentioned.
3 Appropriation of £8,100,226, 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 eight million one hundred thousand two hundred and twenty-six pounds, as appears by the said Schedule, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorized to retain the same in lieu of salary, are hereby appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Abstract in the said First Schedule.
4 Grant of £1,210,836 out of Public Works Fund.
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Public Works Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the works and services of the year ending as aforesaid, any sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of one million two hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and thirty-six pounds.
5 Appropriation of £2,833,861 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 eight hundred and thirty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-one 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 £1,069,318 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 one million and sixty-nine thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds.
7 Appropriation of £1,635,562 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 six hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-two 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 unauthorized expenditure of £186,559 1s. 8d., and debts irrecoverable, £18,921 2s.
Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of section fifty-four of the Public Revenues Act, 1910, issued, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifteen, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Fifth Schedule hereto, out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of one hundred and eighty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-nine pounds one shilling and eightpence, 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 eighteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-one pounds two shillings, mentioned in the said Schedule as being due to but irrecoverable by the Crown: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums are hereby sanctioned.
9 Subsidies to be paid to local authorities.
(1.)
There shall be issued and paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Fund to the local authority of each county, road district, and town district, in respect of the general rates levied for the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and actually collected on or before the thirtieth day of June ensuing next after the expiry of that year, the amounts to which each such local authority is entitled under the scheme of distribution set forth in the Sixth Schedule hereto. The term “town district”
in this section shall be deemed to include Native townships as defined in the Native Townships Act, 1910.
(2.)
Upon the application of any local authority as aforesaid, setting forth the amount of general rates collectable for the year ending as aforesaid, and showing separately how much thereof is payable by Natives, seventy-five per centum of the amount which, in accordance with the estimate of the Valuer-General, may become payable to that local authority for rates other than rates payable by Natives may be advanced to that local authority within that year.
(3.)
On receipt by the Valuer-General of returns, duly verified by the declaration of the Chairman or Treasurer of a local authority, showing the amount of the rates aforesaid actually collected to the said thirtieth day of June, the amount of subsidy found to be payable in respect of such rates, less the amount (if any) advanced as aforesaid, shall be paid to that local authority; and any sum advanced in excess of the amount so found to be payable shall be repaid by the local authority to the Public Account, or be recovered by the Minister of Finance out of any moneys payable to that local authority.
(4.)
Where a local authority has adopted the system of rating on capital value or unimproved value, no subsidy shall be payable on any amount exceeding the sum which would be recoverable on a rate of three-farthings in the pound on the capital value of the rateable property in its district.
(5.)
Where a local authority has adopted the system of rating on annual value, no subsidy shall be payable on any amount exceeding the sum which would be recoverable on a rate of one shilling in the pound on the annual value of the rateable property in its district.
(6.)
The provisions of the two last preceding subsections shall apply to subsidies payable to Borough Councils under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.
(7.)
In case any doubt arises as to the several payments to be made under this section, or as to payments to be made in respect of newly formed districts wherein the local authority has not had sufficient time to levy and collect rates, the Governor in Council may decide the amounts of such payments, and his decision shall be final.
10 Power to 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.
11 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.
12 Money appropriated for roads, &c., defined.
(1.)
The moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction or improvement of railways, roads, bridges, buildings, and other public works shall be available for all or any of the following purposes:—
(a)
The construction of railways, and the construction and repair of roads, drains, buildings, bridges, jetties, and wharves;
(b.)
The protection of rivers and lakes, and the improvement of the navigation thereof;
(c.)
The acquisition of land, and the payment of interest in respect thereof where necessary;
(d.)
The payment of salaries, allowances, and travelling-expenses; and the wages of workers;
(e.)
The purchase of material and provisions;
(f.)
The purchase of furniture and fittings for public buildings, and the payment of wages and purchase of furniture, provisions, and other necessaries for the maintenance of sanatoria and other establishments for which money is appropriated;
(g.)
The purchase of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, and other requisites connected with the employment of labour, whether or not the same are to be used for the benefit of or sold or lent to workers employed on public works;
(h.)
The payment of fares and freights by land or sea in respect of the carriage of such workers, their families and effects, to or from their work;
(i.)
The cost of any material or stores required for the effectual carrying-out of any of the aforesaid works or purposes;
(j.)
The payment of compensation and costs payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, in respect of injuries to workers employed on any of the aforesaid works; and
(k.)
The payment of damages, compensation, or costs in respect of any injury or damage arising out of the construction or improvement of any such railway, road, bridge, building, or other public work, or out of the taking or acquisition of land for the purposes thereof.
(2.)
The cost of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, or other requisites sold or lent to any worker as aforesaid may be deducted from time to time, in one or more sums of money, from the money earned, whether by day labour or by co-operative contract, by the said worker.
13 Advances under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, authorized.
All advances made by the Minister of Finance under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, to settlers for improving their lands, and all expenses connected therewith, whether such advances are made directly to any member of an association or expended by or under the directions of the Minister of Lands, may be paid out of the vote taken in Class XXVI, Public Works Fund, for improved-farm settlements.
14 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.
15 Postmasters may be authorized to receive moneys for payment to Public Account.
Any moneys payable into the Public Account may, with the authority of the Minister of Finance, be lodged for credit of that account with such Postmasters as the Postmaster-General authorizes to receive such moneys; and the amount of such lodgments shall be paid into the Public Account by the Postmaster-General at such times as the Minister of Finance directs.
16 Authorizing payment of travelling-expenses to members of General Assembly.
(1.)
Notwithstanding anything in section two hundred and forty-six of the Legislature Act, 1908, there may be paid to any member of the General Assembly the sum of one pound per diem in addition to expenses of locomotion in travelling to and returning from a meeting of the General Assembly. Such payment shall be in commutation of reasonable sums actually paid by him in so travelling.
(2.)
There shall be paid to every member of the General Assembly as travelling-expenses, in addition to all other payments to which he is entitled, any reasonable sums actually paid by him in proceeding to and returning from his home to the place of meeting of the General Assembly, consequent upon the adjournment of Parliament, as from the fourth day of August to the nineteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
17 Authorizing additional payments in respect of Government House and grounds at Wellington and Auckland.
Notwithstanding anything in the Civil List Act, 1908,—
(a.)
Payment of a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds may be made for the purchase and hire of furniture for or for use in connection with the occupation by the Governor of Government House at Auckland or at Wellington; also of a further sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty pounds for additions and improvements to the Government House at Auckland.
(b.)
The amount that may be expended during the current financial year on the cultivation and upkeep of the gardens and grounds of Government House at Wellington shall be the amount provided in that behalf on the annual estimates for that year.
18 Extending borrowing-powers in respect of State coal-mines.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section one hundred and fourteen of the Coal-mines Act, 1908, the Minister of Finance, on being authorized by the Governor in Council so to do, may raise for the purposes of that section any sums which, together with all sums heretofore raised for such purposes, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
19 Extending operation of subsection (1), section 49, Public Service Act, 1912.
The period of twelve months referred to in subsection one of section forty-nine of the Public Service Act, 1912, is hereby extended to the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixteen.
20 Authorizing payments to be made to officers of certain Departments by way of commission or bonus.
Notwithstanding anything in the Public Service Act, 1912, payments may lawfully be made to any officers of the Government Life Insurance Department, the State Fire Insurance Office, or the National Provident Fund Office of any sums by way of commission or bonus which have been provided for in the estimates as passed by the House of Representatives.
21 House allowance payable to certain members of the Executive Council.
(1.)
The provisions of section nine of the Civil List Act, 1908 (relating to house allowances to Ministers), shall extend and apply to—
(a.)
Any member of the Executive Council holding any of the ministerial offices mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule to that Act, whether in receipt of a salary under that Act or not; and
(b.)
Any member of the Executive Council referred to in Part II of the said Second Schedule—
who is not provided at the public cost with a residence at the seat of Government.
(2.)
This section shall be deemed to have been in operation as from the sixth day of August, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and shall continue in force until it is specifically repealed.
22 Validating payment of travelling-expenses by Auckland Harbour Board in excess of legal limit.
Notwithstanding anything in the Public Revenues Act, 1910, limiting the expenditure of Harbour Boards for purposes not authorized by any Act or law in force, the sum of thirteen pounds one shilling and eightpence paid by the Auckland Harbour Board in excess of such limit for travelling-expenses incurred in January, nineteen hundred and fourteen, shall be deemed to have been lawfully paid.
23 Authorizing the payment for purchase of wheat.
The Minister of Industries and Commerce is hereby empowered to expend out of the Consolidated Fund, and without further authority than this Act, any sums required for the purpose of paying for supplies of wheat from Canada or elsewhere.
24 Authorizing payment to certain retired public servants of amounts deducted from their superannuation allowances.
Notwithstanding anything in the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908, or any other Act, payment may be made to John Strauchon, Esquire, Charles Ranken Vickerman, Esquire, George Hogben, Esquire, and Donald Petrie, Esquire, respectively of a sum equal in each case to the amount deducted from his superannuation allowance under the said Act and its amendments in respect of fees received by him for services rendered to the Government Service while acting on Commissions or as assessor after retirement therefrom and prior to the passing of this Act.
25 Authorizing expenditure from fund established for the equipment of a hospital ship.
Whereas a fund has been established by His Excellency the Governor for the equipment of a hospital ship to be used in connection with the present war: And whereas the moneys subscribed to the said fund are more than sufficient for the purpose for which the fund was established, and it is desired to authorize the expenditure of portion of the said moneys for other purposes: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—
(1.)
All moneys in the fund hereinbefore referred to that are not, in the opinion of His Excellency the Governor, required for the purposes for which the fund has been established may be expended for any of the purposes following, namely:—
(a.)
For the purchase of comforts to be supplied to wounded soldiers:
(b.)
For the equipment or maintenance of an auxiliary military hospital at Walton-on-Thames, England:
(c.)
For the equipment or maintenance of any stationary hospital or base hospital:
(d.)
For any other purpose that the Governor considers a fit and proper purpose for the expenditure of the said fund.
(2.)
This section shall be deemed to have been in force as from the date of the establishment of the said fund, and shall continue in operation until it is specifically repealed.
26 Local authorities not to borrow money without the consent of the Governor in Council.
(1.)
Notwithstanding any Act to the contrary, it shall not be lawful or competent for any local authority or for any Harbour Board during the present war with Germany to borrow or contract to borrow any money (otherwise than by way of bank overdraft within the limits of its powers, if any, in that behalf), whether from the State Advances Office or from any other source whatever, and whether in pursuance of a special Act or under any other authority whatever, without the precedent consent of the Governor in Council.
(2.)
Nothing in this section shall apply to the borrowing of money in pursuance of any valid contract made between the lender and borrower before the passing of this Act.
(3.)
This section shall remain in force during the present war with Germany and no longer.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the Consolidated Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 1,913,675 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1915 | 700,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1915 (No. 2) | 600,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1915 (No. 3) | 650,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1915 (No. 4) | 650,000 |
| Under this Act | 3,586,551 |
| Total Grants | £8,100,226 |
(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, 1916.
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | |||
| Class | I.—Legislative Departments | 39,077 | |
| Class | II.—Department of Finance | 170,098 | |
| Class | III.—Post and Telegraph Department | 1,296,015 | |
| Class | IV.—Working Railways Department | 2,923,314 | |
| Class | V.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads | 128,321 | |
| Class | VI.—Native Department | 25,639 | |
| Class | VII.—Justice Department | 470,420 | |
| Class | VIII.—Mines Department | 36,723 | |
| Class | IX.—Department of Internal Affairs | 439,386 | |
| Class | X.—Defence Department | 492,843 | |
| Class | XI.—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments | 186,318 | |
| Class | XII.—Department of Labour | 31,911 | |
| Class | XIII.—Department of Lands and Survey.. | 248,200 | |
| Class | XIV.—Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce | 220,118 | |
| Class | XV.—Education Department | 1,391,843 | |
| Total | £8,100,226 |
| Vote. | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 1 | Legislative Council | 1,950 | |
| 2 | House of Representatives | 8,529 | |
| 3 | General Expenses | 28,598 | |
| Total Class I | 39,077 | ||
| CLASS II.—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. | |||
| 4 | Treasury Department | 9,899 | |
| 5 | National Provident and Friendly Societies Office | 13,306 | |
| 6 | Rates on Crown Lands | 200 | |
| 7 | Rates on Native Lands | 25 | |
| 8 | Land and Income Tax Department | 27,667 | |
| 9 | Pensions Department | 10,415 | |
| 10 | Naval Defence | 100,318 | |
| 11 | Treasury: Miscellaneous Services | 8,268 | |
| Total Class II | 170,098 | ||
| CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 12 | Postal and Telegraph Salaries | 794,550 | |
| 13 | Conveyance of Mails by Sea | 74,520 | |
| 14 | Conveyance of Inland Mails | 96,950 | |
| 15 | Carriage of Mails by Railway | 71,265 | |
| 16 | Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 95,400 | |
| 17 | Miscellaneous Services | 163,330 | |
| Total Class III | 1,296,015 | ||
| CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 18 | Working Railways | 2,923,314 | |
| Total Class IV | 2,923,314 | ||
| CLASS V.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS. | |||
| 19 | Public Buildings | 74,830 | |
| 20 | Government Domains | 3,400 | |
| 21 | Maintenance and Improvement of Roads | 50,091 | |
| Total Class V | 128,321 | ||
| CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 22 | Native Department | 23,884 | |
| 23 | Miscellaneous Services | 1,755 | |
| Total Class VI | 25,639 | ||
| CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 24 | Department of Justice | 3,247 | |
| 25 | Crown Law Office | 6,122 | |
| 26 | Patent Office | 3,797 | |
| 27 | Supreme Court | 11,457 | |
| 28 | Bankruptcy | 4,071 | |
| 29 | Magistrates’ and Wardens’ Courts | 51,522 | |
| 30 | Criminal Prosecutions | 11,250 | |
| 31 | Coroners | 4,500 | |
| 32 | Justice: Miscellaneous Services | 14,335 | |
| 33 | Prisons | 53,990 | |
| 34 | Police Department | 255,069 | |
| 35 | Police: Miscellaneous Services | 676 | |
| 36 | Stamp Department | 15,826 | |
| 37 | Land and Deeds Registry | 34,558 | |
| Total Class VII | 470,420 | ||
| CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 38 | Mines Department | 10,345 | |
| 39 | Geological Survey Branch | 4,295 | |
| 40 | Miscellaneous Services | 22,083 | |
| Total Class VIII | 36,723 | ||
| CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. | |||
| 41 | Clerk of Executive Council | 50 | |
| 42 | Department of Internal Affairs (Bead Office) | 47,631 | |
| 43 | Ministers’ Secretaries | 1,849 | |
| 44 | Messengers, Office-keepers, and Charwomen | 25,209 | |
| 45 | Audit Department | 11,200 | |
| 46 | Registrar-General’s Office | 18,812 | |
| 47 | Electoral | 7,577 | |
| 48 | High Commissioner’s Office | 10,952 | |
| 49 | Museum | 3,226 | |
| 50 | Dominion Laboratory | 5,147 | |
| 51 | Printing and Stationery | 27,872 | |
| 52 | Mental Hospitals | 135,152 | |
| 53 | Home for Defectives | 1,307 | |
| 54 | Tourists | 52,280 | |
| 55 | Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 6,280 | |
| 56 | Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid | 52,374 | |
| 57 | Cook Islands Administration | 8,539 | |
| 58 | Miscellaneous Services | 23,929 | |
| Total Class IX | 439,386 | ||
| CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 59 | Adjutant-General’s Branch | 183,662 | |
| 60 | General Staff Branch | 10,420 | |
| 61 | Quartermaster-General’s Branch | 298,761 | |
| Total Class X | 492,843 | ||
| CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS. | |||
| 62 | Customs Offices and Services | 62,268 | |
| 63 | Customs: Miscellaneous Services | 17,680 | |
| 64 | Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery | 62,821 | |
| 65 | Government Steamers | 33,773 | |
| 66 | Marine: Miscellaneous Services | 9,776 | |
| Total Class XI | 186,318 | ||
| CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. | |||
| 67 | Department of Labour | 31,911 | |
| Total Class XII | 31,911 | ||
| CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. | |||
| 68 | Department of Lands and Survey | 159,325 | |
| 69 | Miscellaneous Services | 55,732 | |
| 70 | Valuation | 33,143 | |
| Total Class XIII | 248,200 | ||
| CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE. | |||
| 71 | Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce | 220,118 | |
| Total Class XIV | 220,118 | ||
| CLASS XV.—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. | |||
| 72 | Head Office | 15,200 | |
| 73 | Elementary Education | 913,301 | |
| 74 | Secondary and Higher Education | 112,476 | |
| 75 | Technical Instruction | 57,015 | |
| 76 | Training Colleges and Training of Teachers | 47,751 | |
| 77 | Medical Inspection | 3,205 | |
| 78 | Physical Training and Junior Cadets | 7,075 | |
| 79 | Native Schools | 35,172 | |
| 80 | Schools in Outlying Islands | 2,420 | |
| 81 | Infant Life Protection Special Schools— | 1,570 | |
| 82 | School for the Deaf | 4,220 | |
| 83 | Education of the Blind | 275 | |
| 84 | Otekaike Home (for Boys) | 6,179 | |
| 85 | Richmond Home (for Girls) | 1,092 | |
| 86 | Industrial Schools | 44,373 | |
| 87 | School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites | 126,178 | |
| 88 | Miscellaneous Services | 14,341 | |
| Total Class XV | 1,391,843 | ||
| Total | £8,100,226 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the Public Works Fund
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 823,025 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 2) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 3) | 200,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 4) | 200,000 |
| Under this Act | 1,210,836 |
| Total Grants | £2,833,861 |
(2.) Abstract
Abstract of Sums appropriated out of the Public Works Fund to defray the Charges of Public Works and other Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1916.
| — | Amount appropriated for Expenditure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Totals. | £ | |
| Class | XVI.—Public Works, Departmental | 116,351 |
| Class | XVII.—Railways | 1,200,000 |
| Class | XVIII.—Public Buildings | 429,325 |
| Class | XIX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences | 20,635 |
| Class | XX.—Tourist and Health Resorts | 7,500 |
| Class | XXI.—Immigration | 30,000 |
| Class | XXII.—Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works | 518,050 |
| Class | XXIII.—Development of Mining | 10,000 |
| Class | XXIV.—Telegraph Extension | 332,000 |
| Class | XXV.—Contingent Defence | 50,000 |
| Class | XXVI.—Lands Improvement | 20,000 |
| Class | XXVII.—Plant, Material, and Stores | 100,000 |
| Total | £2,833,861 |
| Vote. | Details. | £ | £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS XVI.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL. | |||
| 89 | Public Works, Departmental | 116,351 | |
| Total Class XVI | 116,351 | ||
| CLASS XVII.—RAILWAYS. | |||
| 90 | Railway Construction | 700,000 | |
| 91 | Additions to Open Lines | 500,00 | |
| Total Class XVII | 1,200,000 | ||
| CLASS XVIII. —PUBLIC BUILDINGS (including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 92 | General | 70,600 | |
| 93 | Courthouses | 5,500 | |
| 94 | Gaols | 18,450 | |
| 95 | Police-stations | 37,600 | |
| 96 | Postal and Telegraph | 66,675 | |
| 97 | Agricultural | 4,000 | |
| 98 | Mental Hospitals | 50,000 | |
| 99 | Hospitals and Charitable Institutions | 1,500 | |
| 100 | School Buildings | 120,000 | |
| 101 | Workers’ Dwellings | 55,000 | |
| Total Class XVIII | 429,325 | ||
| CLASS XIX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. | |||
| 102 | Lighthouses | 2,500 | |
| 103 | Harbour Works | 16,635 | |
| 104 | Harbour Defences | 1,500 | |
| Total Class XIX | 20,635 | ||
| CLASS XX.—TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS (including Sites, Furniture, Fittings, etc.). | |||
| 105 | Tourist and Health Resorts | 7,500 | |
| Total Class XX | 7,500 | ||
| CLASS XXI.—IMMIGRATION. | |||
| 106 | Department of Immigration | 30,000 | |
| Total Class XXI | 30,000 | ||
| CLASS XXII. — CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. | |||
| 107 | Roads, &c. | 317,125 | |
| 108 | Backblock Roads, &c. | 160,925 | |
| 109 | Roads and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands | 40,000 | |
| Total Class XXII | 518,050 | ||
| CLASS XXIII.—DEVELOPMENT OF MINING. | |||
| 110 | Development of Mining | 10,000 | |
| Total Class XXIII | 10,000 | ||
| CLASS XXIV.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. | |||
| 111 | Telegraph Extension | 332,000 | |
| Total Class XXIV | 332,000 | ||
| CLASS XXV. — CONTINGENT DEFENCE. | |||
| 112 | Contingent Defence | 50,000 | |
| Total Class XXV | 50,000 | ||
| CLASS XXVI.—LANDS IMPROVEMENT. | |||
| 113 | Improved-farm Settlements | 11,610 | |
| 114 | Lands: Miscellaneous | 8,390 | |
| Total Class XXVI | 20,000 | ||
| CLASS XXVII.—PLANT, MATERIAL, AND STORES. | |||
| 115 | Plant, Material, and Stores | 100,000 | |
| Total Class XXVII | 100,000 | ||
| Total | £2,833,861 |
THIRD SCHEDULE
(1.) Grants out of the respective Accounts mentioned in the Abstract in this Schedule.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Under the Public Revenues Act, 1910 | 171,244 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 | 85,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 2) | 103,000 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 3) | 103,500 |
| Under the Imprest Supply Act, 1914 (No. 4) | 103,500 |
| Under this Act | 1,069,318 |
| Total Grants | £1,635,562 |
(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, 1916.
| Vote. | £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT (Under the State Forests Act, 1908). | |||
| 116 | State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department | 33,773 | 33,773 |
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Coal-mines Act, 1908). | |||
| 117 | State Coal-mines | 262,367 | 262,367 |
| SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908). | |||
| 118 | Scenery Preservation | 11,762 | 11,762 |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1910). | |||
| 119 | Land for Settlements Expenses | 9,350 | 9,350 |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Opening up Crown Lands for Settlement Account). | |||
| 120 | Roads to open up Land for Settlements | 130,200 | 130,200 |
| RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENTS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Railways Acts, 1908 and 1910). | |||
| 121 | Railway Improvements | 70 | 70 |
| RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT, 1914, ACCOUNT | |||
| 122 | Railway Improvements | 250,000 | 250,000 |
| WELLINGTON-HUTT RAILWAY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT | |||
| 123 | Hutt Railway and Road Improvement | 250 | 250 |
| AID TO WATER-POWER WORKS ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910). | |||
| 124 | Development of Water-power | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY ACCOUNT | |||
| 125 | Irrigation and Water-supply | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Waihouand Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910). | |||
| 126 | Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| NATIONAL ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 127 | Roads to open up National Endowment Lands | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908). | |||
| 128 | Salaries | 42,600 | |
| Other Charges | 12,267 | ||
| Total | 54,867 | ||
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Life Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 129 | Salaries | 30,384 | |
| Other Charges | 43,223 | ||
| Total | 73,607 | ||
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 130 | Salaries, &c. | 7,200 | |
| Total | 7,200 | ||
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| (Under the State Fire Insurance Act, 1908). | |||
| 131 | Salaries | 10,016 | |
| Other Charges | 44,350 | ||
| Total | 54,366 | ||
| STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT. | |||
| Advances to Settlers Branch. | |||
| 132 | Salaries | 9,066 | |
| Other Charges | 346,360 | ||
| Total | 355,426 | ||
| Advances to Workers Branch. | |||
| 133 | Salaries | 1,994 | |
| Other Charges | 117,600 | ||
| Total | 119,594 | ||
| Advances to Local Authorities Branch. | |||
| 134 | Salaries | 300 | |
| Other Charges | 115,450 | ||
| Total | 115,750 | ||
| NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 135 | Native Land Purchase Expenses— | ||
| Salaries | 1,130 | ||
| Other Charges | 850 | ||
| Total | 1,980 | ||
| Total Third Schedule | £1,635,562 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Schedule showing the Railways and some of the Public Buildings on which Expenditure is authorized by this Act; the Sections thereof on which the Expenditure is to be incurred; the Definition and Length of such Sections; the Estimated Expenditure required to render the same available for Use; the Amounts authorized for the Year ending 31st March, 1916; the Balances for Future Authorization; and the amount to which Liabilities may be incurred under this Act.
| Railway or other Work. | The Railway or Sections thereof for which Provision is made in this Act. | 6. Estimated Expenditure required on the Length stated in Column 5. | 7. Amount authorized during the Year ending 31st March, 1916. | 8. Balance for Future Appropriation. | 9. Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Name. | 2. Estimated Length of the Whole Line. | 3. From | 4. To | 5. Estimated Length of Section. | ||||||
| Railways. | M. | ch. | M. | ch. | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Kaihu Valley | 24 | 18 | Tarawhati | Donnelly’s Crossing | 4 | 52 | 30,000 | 8,000 | 22,000 | 12,000 |
| Kawakawa-Hokianga | 34 | 12 | Kaikohe | Horeke | 17 | 67 | 174,000 | 25,000 | 149,000 | 40,000 |
| Whangarei - North Auckland Main Trunk | 19 | 78 | Whangarei | Junction with North Auckland Main Trunk Line | 19 | 78 | 150,000 | 60,000 | 90,000 | 80,000 |
| Waipu Branch | 16 | 0 | Oakleigh | Waipu | 16 | 0 | 130,000 | 2,000 | 128,000 | 5,000 |
| North Auckland | 122 | 0 | Otamatea | Wairoa River | 37 | 45 | 465,000 | 48,000 | 417,000 | 80,000 |
| Waiuku Branch | 12 | 5 | Paerata | Waiuku | 12 | 5 | 143,000 | 20,000 | 123,000 | 30,000 |
| Huntiy–Awaroa | 7 | 34 | Huntly | Pepepe | 7 | 34 | 22,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 22,000 |
| Raetihi–Main Trunk | 8 | 40 | Ohakune | Raetihi | 8 | 40 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 |
| East Coast Main Trunk | 344 | 0 | Waihi | Athenree | 9 | 0 | 55,000 | 20,000 | 35,000 | 30,000 |
| Tauranga | Taneatua | 59 | 0 | 329,000 | 40,000 | 289,000 | 60,000 | |||
| Te Maunga | Wairoa River | 8 | 0 | 91,000 | 20,000 | 71,000 | 50,000 | |||
| Matawai | Kowhai Road | 5 | 10 | 40,000 | 12,000 | 28,000 | 20,000 | |||
| Gisborne | Waikura | 18 | 0 | 260,000 | 33,000 | 227,000 | 60,000 | |||
| Wairoa | Frasertown | 4 | 0 | 50,000 | 12,000 | 38,000 | 20,000 | |||
| Wairoa | Waihua | 10 | 0 | 150,000 | 5,000 | 145,000 | 10,000 | |||
| Napier | Petane | 10 | 0 | 120,000 | 20,000 | 100,000 | 50,000 | |||
| Mount Egmont Branch | 8 | 76 | Waipuku. | Waingongoro | 8 | 76 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 |
| Stratford – Main Trunk | 95 | 0 | Okahukara | Matiere | 10 | 23 | 156,000 | 80,000 | 176,000 | 140,000 |
| Whangamomona | Tangarakau River | 14 | 0 | 100,000 | ||||||
| Opunake Branch | 23 | 0 | Te Roti | Opunake | 23 | 0 | 271,000 | 40,000 | 231,000 | 60,000 |
| Stone Quarry Line, Rangitikei River | 0 | Main Line, near Kakariki | Rangitikei River | 4 | 0 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 17,000 | 20,000 | |
| Featherston-Martin borough | 10 | 40 | Featherston | Martinborough | 10 | 40 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 95,000 | 15,000 |
| South Island Main Trunk | 173 | 23 | Ward | Kekerangu | 14 | 70 | 65,000 | 15,000 | 127,000 | 30,000 |
| Parnassus | Mendip Hills | 7 | 0 | 77,000 | ||||||
| Midland | 244 | 0 | Glenhope | Kawatiri | 5 | 0 | 44,000 | 15,000 | 29,000 | 25,000 |
| Otira | Bealey | 9 | 0 | 340,000 | 70,000 | 270,000 | 100,000 | |||
| Westport-Inangahua. | 26 | 0 | Te Kuha | Buller River | 6 | 0 | 100,000 | 10,000 | 90,000 | 20,000 |
| Culverden-Waiau | 14 | 0 | Culverden | Waian | 14 | 0 | 50,000 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 30,000 |
| Waimate Branch Extension | 7 | 40 | Waihao Downs | Kelcher’s Corner | 4 | 0 | 45,000 | 10,000 | 35,000 | 20,000 |
| Otago Central | 182 | 56 | Clyde | Cromwell | 13 | 40 | 60,000 | 15,000 | 45,000 | 30,000 |
| Balclutha – Tuapeka Mouth | 23 | 0 | Balclutha | Tuapeka Mouth | 23 | 0 | 150,000 | 5,000 | 145,000 | 10,000 |
| Winton – Heddon Bush | 13 | 0 | Winton | Heddon Busb | 13 | 0 | 50,000 | 8,000 | 42,000 | 15,000 |
| Orepuki-Waiau | 32 | 15 | Tuatapere | Wairaki River | 19 | 40 | 180,000 | 10,000 | 170,000 | 15,000 |
| Permanent-way material required on account of sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5. | 200,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
| Public Buildings. | ||||||||||
| Departmental Buildings, Wellington | 80,000 | 5,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
Note.—In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made under the Railway class for Midland, Reefton End, £2,000; Cass–Bealey, £6,000; Greymouth – Point Elizabeth, £1,000; Lawrence–Roxburgh, £4,000; Catlin’s–Waimahaka, £2,000; additions to open lines, £500,000; and other services, £6,000.
FIFTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account of the Year 1914–15
| Consolidated Fund. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | ||||||||||||
| Legislative Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Matthew Cashen, employed as messenger, Parliamentary Buildings, on his services being dispensed with | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Department of Finance:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount expended in connection with the purchase of wheat by the High Commissioner | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 208,911 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Amount received on sale of wheat | 115,139 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
| 93,771 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Thirteen days’ interest at 4 per cent, on £8,900, Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900, debentures held by the Public Trustee, the principal having been paid on 14th January instead of 1st January, the date of maturity | 12 | 13 | 7 | 93,784 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Bonus granted A. G. Clarke for special duty at Thames in connection with the introduction of new system dealing with the Savings-bank work | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation (£500) and funeral allowances (£20) payable to the personal representative of the late P. McLaughlin, Postmaster and lineman, Kekerangu, killed whilst on duty | 520 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cost of training-camp at Waikanae for the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Post and Telegraph Corps | 110 | 0 | 0 | 65. | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Refund to the Superannuation Fund of amount deducted from salary of S. H. Agar and misappropriated by P. W. Wilson, late clerk, Public Works Office, Stratford | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| Native Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Amount payable to George Clark, clerk, Native Department, being an amount lost between Bank of New Zealand and Government Buildings on 23rd December, 1914, while on official duty | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Justice Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Constable W. H. Ryan | 173 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| Compenstion to ex-Constable S. H. Warner on account of injuries received in execution of his duty (£200), and passage money (£86) | 286 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation to William McHugh on account of wrongful conviction and imprisonment at Onehunga in April, 1913 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Grant to Professor J. W. Salmond, Solicitor-General, for special services in preparing Cook Islands Bill, 1914 | 210 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Refund of fine and costs imposed upon Hamiora Parekuka for breach of the Education Act, 1908 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Special allowance to Dr. A. R. Maclurkin towards cost of return passage to England | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Travelling-expenses of Mr. C. E. Matthews, Inspector of Prisons, while visiting Australia to study Australian prison systems | 93 | 13 | 8 | 926 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs:— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to children of late Samuel Doleman, contract worker, who was accidentally killed on the construction-works of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Mr. J. T. Large, formerly Resident Agent of the Government in several of the Cook Islands | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Mr. W. Lingard, N.Z.C., in respect to an infirmity contracted whilst on active service in 1869 (additional) | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Imelda Coogan, in respect of services rendered by her husband while employed in the Land and Income Tax Department | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, to Mr. B. O. Bartlett, carpenter, Porirua Mental Hospital, on account of the loss of fingers through an accident | 122 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| Contribution towards the Huntly Mining Disaster Relief Fund | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cost of gold-and-greenstone trowel for presentation to His Majesty the King in connection with laying the foundation-stone of Dominion’s new offices in London | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cost of repairing motor-car used by the Prime Minister, which was maliciously damaged at public meeting in Ponsonby, Auckland | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cost of work done by the Public Works Department in connection with the Defence Department’s Court at Auckland Exhibition | 222 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Difference between ordinary and special railway fares for members of Expeditionary Forces at Trentham | 624 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freight, &c., on gifts for Belgians | 456 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| Grant to Cook County Women’s Guild for children’s creche | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Increase to salary of £25 per annum to J. F. Andrews, Secretary to Cabinet, from 1st April to 31st December, 1914 (£625) | 18 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Payment to M. Myers, solicitor, Wellington, in respect of work done in connection with the West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment Act, 1913, and regulations thereunder. | 273 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Payment of war-risk-insurance premiums on provisional declarations made on goods ordered for shipment on various vessels in accordance with the Imperial Government’s reinsurance scheme | 3,249 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Refund of amount to Cook Hospital Board, deducted from subsidy paid them, being amount granted by Board to Tolaga Bay Medical Society, without the consent of the Minister first having been obtained, disallowed by Audit Office | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Remuneration to H. W. Williams, Gisborne, at the rate of £500 per annum for services in connection with the compilation of Maori Dictionary, from 1st February to 31st March, 1915 | 83 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Salary to Mr. C. E. Adams, Government Astronomer, for period 1st April to 31st December, 1915, leave of absence granted in order that he may take up the Martin Kellog Fellowship at the Lick Observatory | 375 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subsidy on contributions from the Onehunga and Auckland ladies’ benevolent societies | 216 | 3 | 6 | 6,584 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Defence Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Allowances and expenses of the Board appointed to investigate the outstanding claims for the New Zealand War Medal | 68 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Special allowances to officers and non-commissioned officers temporarily employed on the New Zealand Staff Corps and Permanent Staff to replace officers who are absent with the Expeditionary Force | 3,044 | 3 | 1 | 3,112 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments:— | ||||||||||||
| Contribution of £500 a year towards maintenance of wireless station at Macquarie Island from 1st July to 31st December, 1914 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with bringing J. A. McKinnon from England to answer charges of fraud against the Customs Department | 150 | 17 | 7 | |||||||||
| Expenses D. O. Bates, Director of the Meteorological Office, visiting Australia in connection with the use of wireless in meteorological work | 30 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Refund of duty paid on wheat and flour imported or cleared for home consumption on and after 21st October, 1914, up to and including 28th February, 1915 | 612 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Refund of wages due to T. Barratt, fireman, s.s. “Putiki,”forfeited and paid Public Account in error |
1 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||
Refund of wages due to S. Resennius, of s.s. “Monowai,”forfeited and paid Public Account in error, he having been wrongfully written off the vessel’s articles as a deserter |
4 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||
| Remission of duty on Christmas and New Year presepts sent by members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force | 191 | 13 | 2 | |||||||||
Subsidy towards trip of s.s. “Defender”to Karamea with stores for settlers |
40 | 0 | 0 | 1,281 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| Department of Labour:— | ||||||||||||
| Expenses of witnesses, &c., attending before the Commission appointed under the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act to deal with the suspension of labour laws, awards, &c. | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Department of Lands and Survey:— | ||||||||||||
| Expenses and remuneration of members of the Hauraki Land, Mining, and Timber Commission | 674 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Expenses in connection with the Valuation of Land Commission | 844 | 16 | 2 | 1,519 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce:— | ||||||||||||
| Expense of Mr. G. L. Tacon’s visit to South America to investigate and report upon the market prospects for the sale of New Zealand fruit in South America | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Refund of medical and other expenses by F. A. Jacobsen, Apiary Instructor, through an accident whilst carrying out his official duties on 5th December, 1913 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 523 | 15 | 6 | ||||||
| Minister of Education:— | ||||||||||||
| Allowance to Dr. W. J. Anderson for February and March, 1915, Assistant Director of Education, while acting as Director of Education | 16 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||
| Increase to salary of £50 per annum to F. D. Thomson, Private Secretary to the Right Hon the Prime Minister (£550) | 50 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| Advances outstanding | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total services not provided for | 109,512 | 12 | 4 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Imprests. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Class II. Department of Finance,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 11—Treasury, Miscellaneous Services | 7,686 | 5 | 4 | 7,686 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Class III. Post and Telegraph Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 15—Carriage of Mails by Railway | 1,122 | 11 | 1 | 1,122 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| Vote 16—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines | 3,815 | 10 | 5 | 3,815 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Vote 17 Miscellaneous Services | 9.323 | 6 | 6 | 9,323 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Class V. Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 21—Maintenance and Improvement of Roads | 4,313 | 5 | 4 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 6,318 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Class VII. Justice Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 27—Supreme Court | 831 | 1 | 7 | 277 | 11 | 8 | 1,108 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Vote 30—Criminal Prosecutions | 1,801 | 10 | 10 | 453 | 6 | 2 | 2,254 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Vote 32—Miscellaneous Services | 1,461 | 11 | 8 | 1,461 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| Vote 33—Prisons | 2,720 | 15 | 6 | 224 | 2 | 3 | 2,944 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Class IX. Department of Internal Affairs,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 42—Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office | 12,311 | 18 | 9 | 612 | 7 | 5 | 12,924 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Vote 43—Ministers’ Secretaries | 53 | 13 | 3 | 53 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| Vote 48—High Commissioner’s Office | 2,571 | 1 | 9 | 2,571 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Vote 52—Mental Hospitals | 6,735 | 7 | 9 | 529 | 15 | 1 | 7,265 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Vote 55—Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 190 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 242 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Vote 56—Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid | 285 | 0 | 9 | 285 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Vote 58—Miscellaneous Services | 2,615 | 3 | 10 | 2,474 | 11 | 5 | 5,089 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Class X. Defence Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 61—Quartermaster-General’s Branch | 541 | 7 | 0 | 1,137 | 17 | 4 | 1,679 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Class XIII. Department of Lands and Survey,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 70—Valuation | 1,013 | 14 | 10 | 1,013 | 14 | 10 | ||||||
| Class XV. Education Department,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 75—Manual and Technical Instruction | 848 | 11 | 4 | 848 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| Total services in excess of votes | £59,957 | 10 | 2 | £8,046 | 11 | 11 | 68,004 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total Consolidated Fund | £177,516 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||
| Public Works Fund. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||
| Salary of Assistant Engineer, J. Meenan, on leave on half-pay from 1st April to 31st July, 1915 | 54 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Salary of J. Marshall, deceased, late overseer, Public Works Department, payable to his widow up to expiry of leave granted | 40 | 1 | 7 | 94 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| Total services not provided for | 94 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Final Charges. | Imprests. | Total. | ||||||||||
| Class XVI. Public Works Departmental,— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 87—Public Works Departmental— | 4,099 | 8 | 3 | 4,099 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Class XVIII. Public Buildings,— | ||||||||||||
| Vote 94—Mental Hospitals | 3,995 | 10 | 8 | 3,995 | 10 | 8 | 8,094 | 18 | 11 | |||
| Total services in excess of votes | £8,094 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||
| Total Public Works Fund | £8,189 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
| Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| For services and land-purchases not provided for in annual appropriations, 1914–15 | £367 | 16 | 9 | |||||||||
| Public Trustee’s Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| Accounts not provided for in distribution of sundry estates | 7 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| Advertising for owner of unclaimed land | 3 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||
| Share of Native Trust Fund paid to person not entitled, and interest thereon | 473 | 15 | 11 | £485 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Working Railways Department:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Charges on unclaimed goods not covered by amount realized by auction sales | 1,351 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Advertising in Railway Time-table: Unpaid accounts | 42 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Freights unpaid | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1,396 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Marine Department:— | |||||||||
Advances made by High Commissioner to members o£ crew of s.s. “Opawa”during the strike— |
£ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Webley | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Adam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amount advanced by High Commissioner to John Vaughan before sailing for New Zealand | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Lands and Survey Department:— | |||||||||
| Rents due unpaid | 2,906 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| Amount required to enable rebates of rent misappropriated by Costello, Christchurch office, to be written off | 550 | 0 | 0 | 3,456 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Public Works Department:— | |||||||||
| Loan to Waitara Harbour Board | 14,031 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| State Coal-mines Account:— | |||||||||
| Amount due for coal supplied from State Coal-mines | 30 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| £18,921 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
SIXTH SCHEDULE Subsidies to Local Authorities
Counties
1
To the Council of each county wherein there are no road districts,—
(a.)
When the general rates so collected by the County Council do not exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £1,000, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £500 nor greater sum than £2,500 shall be paid under this paragraph (b) to any such Council.
2
In respect of counties when there are road districts,—
(c.)
To the Board of each road district in the county if the Counties Act is not in full force—if the Counties Act is in full force, then to each Road Board and the County Council in equal parts,—
(i.)
When the general rates actually collected by the Road Board in the road district do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(ii.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid under this subparagraph (ii) to any such Road Board:
Provided that if any road district does not collect rates, the county may claim the payment on behalf of that road district if the county collects rates within the road district:
(d.)
To the County Council,—
(iii.)
When the general rates actually collected by the County Council in the outlying districts of the county do not exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 10s. for every £1 of such rates:
(iv.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £500, then a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £250 nor greater than £500 shall be paid in any one year under this subparagraph (iv) to any such Council.
3
Where a road district or part of a road district is merged in a county, and becomes a riding or part of a riding, the same rate of subsidy for the year during which the merger occurs shall be paid to the County Council on account of such riding or part of a riding as would have been payable had such merger not occurred.
4
No greater sum in all than £2,500 shall be paid in respect of any county and its road districts; and when the total amount of subsidy that would be payable in respect of the total amount of general rates collected as aforesaid exceeds £2,500, then the total amount of subsidy to be payable to the Road Boards and County Council shall be apportioned pro rata according to the amount of general rates collected as aforesaid by such Road Boards and the County Council respectively.
Town Districts
To each Town Board,—
(a.)
When the general rates actually collected do not exceed a total sum of £750, a sum equal to 5s. for every £1 of such rates:
(b.)
When the general rates so collected exceed a total sum of £750, then a sum equal to 2s. 6d. for every £1 of such rates; provided that no lesser sum than £187 10s. nor any greater sum than £450 shall be paid under this paragraph (b) to any Town Board.
"Related Legislation
"Related Legislation
"Related Legislation
Versions
Appropriation Act 1915
RSS feed link copied, you can now paste this link into your feed reader.