OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY COUNTY COUNCILS (RETURN SHOWING NUMBER OF, AND SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES PAID TO).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1877 Session I, H-33

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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY COUNTY COUNCILS (RETURN SHOWING NUMBER OF, AND SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES PAID TO).

Laid on the Table 26th October, and ordered to be printed.

RETURN showing the Number of Officers employed by the various County Councils, and the amount of Salaries and Allowances paid to such Officers.

Name of County. Salaries and Allowances paid to Officers. Per Annum. Total. Remarks. Hokianga Valuator Clerk and Treasurer £ s. d. 15 0 0 25 0 0 £ s. d. Bay of Islands Clerk and Treasurer 1 Valuator 1 Valuator 75 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 Whangarei ... 120 0 0 County Engineer 2| per eent. on all works completed for which he draws the plans. Clerk Valuer Rate Collectors 26 0 0 18 0 0 44 0 0 Hobson Chairman 30 0 0 5 per cent., or about £30. Rodney Chairman Secretary, Treasurer, and Returning Officer Surveyor and Engineer ... 30 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 2\ per cent, on cost of works carried out under his supervision. £1 Is. per diem travelling allowance. Waitemata ... Thames Chairman Clerk and Treasurer Surveyor Messenger 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 26 10 0 8s. per diem travelling allowance and conveyance. Councillors residing at and beyond a radius of five miles from the Council Chambers are allowed 8s. per diem hotel expenses and con726 10 0 Vaikato Clerk and Treasurer Eugineer and Surveyor ... 150 0 0 veyance. 'aranaki Tax Collector at Rangiriri 150"o 0 £1 per diem when services required. No allowances. 10 per cent on amount of rates collected. Clerk and Treasurer Engineer 150 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 'atea Treasurer Collector Clerk Registrar of Dogs Registrar of Cattle Brands Registrar of Sheep Returning Officer Foreman of Works Surgeon to Hospital Chairman 1 1-250 0 0 I J 156 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Casual travelling and labour allowances. Clerk and Treasurer Engineer 200 0 0 150 0 0 506 10 0 Cook 350 0 0 Wairoa Clerk and Collector 141 13 4 Forage allowance whilst travelling. Hawke's Bay... Clerk Overseer 200 0 0 175 0 0 141 13 4 375 0 0 Cost of valuation £105 (for outlying districts). Wanganui Clerk and Treasurer Foreman of Works 80 0 0 120 0 0 200 O 0

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'URN all bowing tl be 1 Nutnb ber of C 3fficers empl loyei •y t the various < County < Council Is — eontinuet

Name of County. Salaries and Allowances p Annum paid to Officers. Total. Remarks. Eangitikei Clerk Inspector of Roads £ s. d. 150 0 0 75 0 0 £ s. d. ianawatu 150 0 0 150 0 0 225 0 0 Chairman Clerk Inspector of Roads (not appointed), £100 per annum. Vaipawa Overseer of Roads Clerk 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 lutt Chairman 100 0 0 Councillors not having over twenty miles to travel to Council Chamber, £1 Is. each attendance. Councillors having over twenty miles to travel to Council Chamber, £1 10s. each attendance. Engineer and Inspector of Roads Engineer and Inspector of Roads, forage Clerk and Treasurer 300 0 0 50 0 0 Kaikoura Buller Clerk and Collector 225 0 0 150 0 0 675 0 0 / No appointments made. Members of Council allowed Is. per mile, and £1 per diem once a month, say £200 per annum. Chairman Returning Officer 150 0 0 300 0 0 Inangahua £2 2s. each election. Clerk Engineer County Solicitor 250 0 0 300 0 0 84, 0 0 Only horse-hire allowed while acting as Overseer, other travelling allowances not arranged. Cheviot Grey 634 0 0 No Council elected. Members of Council receive £1 Is. for each day they are absent from their places of residence in coming to, attending at, and returning from the sittings of the Council, and Is. per mile each way as travelling allowance. Chairman 300 0 0 Clerk Road Overseer and Surveyor Messenger and Office Cleaner 250 0 0 300 0 0 32 0 0 Waimate Westland Chairman 200 0 0 882 0 0 No return received. Members of Council £110s. per meeting, travelling allowance. Clerk Road Overseer ... Consulting Solicitors „ Engineers Toll Collector ... 250 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 0 0 l,02a"o 0 £1 10s. per week. Waitaki Chairman Clerk, Treasurer, and Colled or Road Inspector 150 0 0 300 0 0 Waikouaiti ... 250 0 0 700 0 0 Chairman Clerk and Treasurer Inspector of Roads and Works 150 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 No return received. Maniototo Vincent Messenger 26 0 0 626 0 0 Chairman Surveyor of Roads and Works Clerk and Sub-Treasurer... 400 0 0 400 0 0 Lake 250 0 0 1,050 0 0 Clerk and Sub-Treasurer... Inspector of Roads and Works Valuer and Collector Chairman 250 0 0 250 0 0 190 0 0 250 0 0 Taieri Clerk and Collector Inspector of Roads Engineer 300 0 0 200 0 0 940 0 0 Bruce 500 0 0 4 per cent, on all works undertaken by the Council, exclusive of surfacemen's wages. Clerk Treasurer Collector Inspector of Works Dog-tax Collector i 195 0 0 ins /\ r\ 9|d. per dog. Expected to amount to £20 per

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Note. —This return is compiled from information furnished by the Chairmen of the County Councils in reply to a circular from this department. The counties in which the whole Act is not in operation are of course not included in the return. Colonial Secretary's Office, G. S. Coopee, Wellington, 25th October, 1877. Under Secretary. By Authority: Geobge Didsbtjby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB77. Price 3d.]

-ETUKN Si .owing tl uml ier o: Officers employed by the various County Councils— continued. Name of County. Salaries and Allowances paid to Officers. Per Annum. Total. Remarks. £ a. d. £ s. d. lutha uapeka Chairman Clerk and Treasurer Engineer Inspector Inspector, travelling allowance Sub-Inspector ... Sub-Inspector, travelling allowance Collector 200 o o 250 0 0 175 0 0 208 0 0 26 0 0 No return received. 208 0 0 23 8 0 Amount of commission at 4i per cent. Clerk and Treasurer 1,090 "8 0 Southland 300 0 0 300 O 0 iVallace Chairman Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector 250 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0