1868.] 



Ex2')loration of Central Australia. 



363 



Total Salaries and Wages. 



a. 1 ^1288 



«. 2 1296 



b 1400 



c£3984 



c. Expenditure for provisions, tobacco, &c .£866 



And for wear and tear and repairs 200 



c£l066 



Total of the annual expenditure j '^jQgg q q 



.£5050 



Total for three years and a half £17^75 



B. — Exjpendiiure of the Expedition for Instruments, Outfit, exclusive of 



Provisions. 



1. Instruments — Astronomical £200 



Physical and meteorological 250 



Physiological and botanical 80 



Surgical medicine-chest 60 



Geological 40 



Photographical » 50 



Packing and transport to Australia .... 60 



£740 



2. Tools and implements, including rifles, revolvers, ammuni- 

 tion, rockets, blue lights, horseshoes, &c .£400 



3. Tents, a boat, and a small iron vehicle £300 



4. Saddlery, including thirty riding saddles and pack saddles, 



water bags, &c ^440 



5. Live stock; fifty horses at £20 each £1000 



Some sheep 100 



^1100 



