QSA847510 1894 Letter from W Finucane to Colonial Secretary 21 August, In letter 94:9640, Colonial Secretarys Office In Letters DR63826

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[oval stamp, left of centre, red] COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, QUEENSLAND 09640 23. AUG 94

[right of page] POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, BRISBANE, 21st August 1894

[written in red ink] Transfer of Votes required

Sir,

In reference to my letter of the 9th July last, I have the honor to report for the information of the Honorable the Colonial Secretary that several of the "Contingencies" Votes of this Department for the Financial Year 1893-94 are now exhausted. It will therefore be necessary, in order to meet present demands and further claims, to make a transfer from the unexpended balance of some other votes as per attached list.

The accompanying schedule shows how the "Contingencies" Vote of the Department stands at present.

I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,

[signed] W. Finucane pro Commissioner of Police

[bottom left margin] The Principal Under Secretary.

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Ex Minute [green tick] 24. 8. 94

[diagonal stamp] EX. MIN. 29. 8. 94

[written diagonally, in pencil] The Commr of Police 30. 8. 94 / 5080

[centred] Transfer of Votes

[oval stamp, top right,red] COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, QUEENSLAND 09340 23. AUG 94

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... ... From ... ... ...	Amount	... ... ... ... To ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

"Remount Horses"	365	10	"	"Provisions, Fuel, and
Light for Watchhouses."
"Gold Escort Experiences"	100	"	"	"Farriery, Veterinary Attendance ... ... ... ... Medicine, Repairs Saddlery &c"
... ... ditto ... ... ... ...	200	"	"	"Allowance to meet increased cost of living ... ... Outside Districts."
"Fencing Police Padocks"	300	"	"	"Repairs & General Contingencies" ... ... ... .
"Stores (including Native Police)"	100	"	"	... ... ... ... ... ditto ... ... ... ... ... ... .

Police Department

Return showing the state of the "Contingencies " Vote of this Department o the 21st August 1894

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Vote	Amount of vote	Expenditure to date	Balance available

Provisions, Fuel and light for watchhouses	3500/ " / "	3499/15/9	" /4/3
Conveyances of constables & prisoners	5000/ " / "	3289/3/7	1710/16/ 5
Night allowances	3500/ "/ "	2843/11/6	656/8/6
Remount horses A	600/ "/ "	234/10/ "	365/10/ "
Farriery, Veternianry attendance &c	1500/ "/ "	1434/18/3	65/1/9
Forage expenses	8000/ "/ "	6628/5/9	1371/14/3
Allowance to meet increased cost of living in outside districts	2500/ "/ "	2376/14/6	123/5/6
Allowance to all constables not provided with quarters and who have served over 5 years at 1/- per day	2500/ "/ "	2493/9/7	6/10/5
Rations to native trackers	4000/ "/ "	3501/11/1	498/8/11
Gold escort expenses	500/ "/ "	134/6/10	365/13/2
Burial of paupers	350/ "/ "	229/11/1	120/8/11
Fees for examining lunatics	200/ "/ "	173/4/ "	26/16/ "
Rent of premises for police stations and quarters	3500/ "/ "	2844/14/7	655/5/5
Medical attendance & medicines	150/ "/ "	95/ "/3	54/19/9
Repairs & general contingencies B	3400/ "/ "	3398/ "/2	1/19/10
Fencing police paddocks	500/ "/ "	65/7/10	434/12/2
Allowance to inspectors of slaughter houses	38/ "/ "	38/ "/ "	"/ "/ "
Stores (including native police)	4000/ "/ "	2401/15/2	1598/1/4
Photography	25/ "/ "	14/15/2	10/4/10

A Decreased by transfer to another vote.

B Increased by transfer from another vote.