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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 244, 8 July 1908, Page 8

' Roads. The maintenance ,and improvement of 1 roads takes' £25,000 (expended' last year £19,208). Printing and Stationery,; The total estimate is £46,270? (last: year expended £46,261) :■ Stamp Department.' . , The Stamp and Deeds : Department total vote;is £38,391; (expendedlast year £37,963).:; Native. Department. , i> The total vote in the Natirfe. Department . is £28,222. £24,656 ;' wasexpended Jast. 7 The vote for-expenses-of-the Native.Land; : Commission .is £3000. Among, other;' votes are': Seed : potatoes 'and' vegetable seeds for Maoris, £100. ..: . Justice. ■ .. The Justice • Department,: - total vote: is £148,957; last year's, expenditure was £149,241. 1 Statutes Revision Commission, £1000 (expended, last, year, 1C1034)'. Police. Vlhe Police-.Department vote is' £173,49^; expended last year,'£157,857.. There, a . vole of >£950 for' rewards and for the' suppression of sly-grog-selling,-and of the' introduction of i liquor/ into] prohibited- districts; ' . . ' .!/' ' ; - ■■ '! ' Mines .. V, i : The Mines' -lyote - is '£38;650. ; £34,470,, was spent last year.; •The Department of. Internal-Affairs, is expected to absorb; £120,06i.-,: : L.ast year's expenditure • was, £114,8lK). The. vote -Tor the of the general,flection is-£20,000, in addition to/£30.,000 for the licensing poll, and, £950]) (£5564 spent; |a;st- j-gar). for preparation! and' - printing- -of rolls/-: ..:. ■■ .r - - An. additional . is ; ,set down .for ,'prer paring' 'and printing tho ofßcial history. l ofthe New ■ Zealand, Exhibition : ,(£94 expended | last- year)!, There; is .an.-.-item/of: £50,. "d'e- i cease and,- burial of Right. Hon.. R: :J. Seddoi»" (£307; last :year) Grant, to Canterbury Philosophical Institute for/ scien T tifio ■ research 1 at Arthur's Pass \Tunnel, £200. Pacific- Cable; -New Zealand's portion of .estimated deficiency, £7730 (expended; last year, £6103). • i ■ .Salary of Secretary .Superannuation Board arid- Classification Board;,'£4oo.'. -Salary' and expenses" of' Brigades; Inspector, .£6OO. '•■Seddori Memorial,'- costof grave and lnqnu-, •merits, £5000'(£100 spent last"year). i' , .The total for ,the Crown Law Department is £4578.' The 'expenditure last' year was £4340: - '• "i' . Defcnce. ... ■ , The Defence Department total vote •is £214,470 (expended last'year £176,426.) The ; vote for' the Easter manoeuvres, 190S, is £14,000. ..•■ ' .• Customs. ( ! , The- Customs Department - vote is. £52,148 (expenditure last-year -£49,512). : Refund on duties .on: Seddon 'memorials' £50 (expended last year .£67). V;,' '■■■ • •'-'- . . : Marine and: Harbours -and.-Inspection-of Machinery Department .-£82,680 (expended last "'year £76,629). 1 Expenses- of -training ' ship Amokura' £5200 last year £5240), iri addition' to', repairs)- renewals, 1 and alterations, £330. ' : The Department of Labour total-:vote'is £27,162 (expended last,-year-£29,048).' 1 Lands and t Survey. In. tho. Lands and Survey Department the ' total \voto is £232,744 (£172,826 was expended last . year). The following- are i amongst the items Surveys under ; Maofi Land Administration Act £500 (£1842 ex-. , ponded last year) : ; botanical siirvoys of New Zealand Forests £500 (£379 expended last year); . eradication of noxious weeds on ! Crown lands £2500 , (£1866 expended last I year);. grass -seed... for ;Crowri lands and , settlers'£2s,ooo (£IOB2 expended last year). Agriculture. - In-the Department of Agriculture thetot.il Vote is £149,033 (£136,041 . expended last

year). Amongst the items are:—Breeding of Angora goats £250, cultivation' of ' pliormium tetass£SOO. .• • • ■ Ifi • ' Education.*' ' •

The total Education Department vote . is £856,842 (£840,658 was voted last year, and £821,424 expended). The principal items are grants to Edildltipn, Boards, for. teachers' salaries, £444000 • ■ (£438,899 j expended last ( year); School' Journal, .£2OOO. Grants to' University Colleges for specialisation, viz.— Auckland University ; College, ■ Commerce, Mining, £200fcj Victoria, Copege, Law ana Science, £2pOOp Canterbury 'College, Engineering, £2000; Otago University, Mining," Medicine, Dentil, and Veterinary Science, £2300. Total'.Vbte • secondatV and- higher education, £68,955 (£54,120' expended last Total Vote mu?iHial and tcflinieal instruc£49,420 (£44,765 expended, last year). Inquiry at Te Opanga Home,'£2Bo. 'lho total of ilia Public Health Department's vote is ''£38,910 (£33,253 expended last year). ,Amo)igst the items are: Administration of Puro Foods and D?ugs -Act, 1907, £300; bicycles, £100; subsidy o to Societies for the Promotion ofVtlie Health of Women and Children, £400..'" ,J - ' : f ' The vote underi the bead of'mental hospitals, - hospitals,, jl/and; charitable- aid is £104,534 (£99,39s o gxpended Jest year). r"• ic'' ■ • ' : State Forests;: The total' of tho .State; Forest vote is £30,201 (£25,831 expended last year);-State coal mines, £319,123 1 X£190,423 expended last year); l scenery preservation, £9275 (£5484 (expended last year)i, Landsj'.for Settlement Account, £26,530 (£067 expended last year); Maori Lands l Settlement ' expenses,. £73/ (22574 expended last'' year)Vl.