APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND OTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1917.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1916 Session I, B-07

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191(3-1917. NEW ZEALAND.

APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND OTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1917.

INDEX

1916-1917. It *«*> No'. 0 »*•«• 131—Aocident lnsuranoe Aooount .. .. 167 54—Mental Hospitals .. .. 77 60—Adjutant-General's Branch .. ..92 45 —Messengers and Office-keepers .. ..67 135 —Advances to Local Authorities Branoh .. 172 65—Meteorological Office .. .. 108 133 —Advances to Settlers Branch .. .. 170 39—Mines Department .. .. 60 134 —Advances to Workers Branoh .. .. 171 41—Mines: Miscellaneous Servioes .. ..62 72 —Agrioulture, Industries, and Commerce .. 129 44—Ministers'Secretaries .. ..67 46 —Audit Offioe .. .. .. 69 Miscellaneous Servioes— 64-Customs .. .. .. .. 103 28—Bankruptoy .. .. .. ..48 90—Eduoation .. .. .. ..155 59—Internal Affairs .. .. ..90 15—Carriage of Mails by Railway .. ..34 32—Justice .. .. .: ..50 48—Census and Statistics .. .. ..71 70—Lands and Survey .. .. .. 120 .. Civil List .. .. .. ..5 67—Marine .. .. .. ..11l 42—Clerk of Executive Counoil .. ..63 41—Minos .. .. .. ..62 72—Commerce .. .. .. .-.129 23-Native .. .. .. ..44 14—Conveyance of Inland Mails .. ..33 36—Police .. .. .. ..56 13—Conveyance of Mails by Sea .. ..33 17-Post and Telegraph .. .. ..34 34—Cook Islands .. .. .. ..53 11—Treasury .. .. .. ..28 31—Coroners .. .. .. ..50 51—Museum .. .. .. ..73 30—Criminal Proseoutions .. .. 50 25—Crown Law Office .. .. 46 s—National Provident and Friendly Societies be--63 —Customs Offices and Servioes .. .. 101 partmont .. .. .. ..23 64—Customs: Miscellaneous .. .. .. 103 22—Native Department .. .. 43 .. Native Land Settlement Aooount .. .. 173 Defence Department .. .. 92 136—Native Land Purchase Expenses .. .. 173 52 —Dominion Laboratory .. .. .. 74 81—Native Schools.. .. .. .. 147 23—Native: Miscellaneous Servioes .. 44 73-Eduoation Department: Head Offioe .. 141 10-Naval Defenoe .. .. .. 27 90 —Eduoation : Miscellaneous Services .. .. 155 85—Education of the Blind .. .. ..150 86-Otekaike Home .. .. ..150 49—Electoral .. .. .. ..71 74-Elementary Education .. .. .. 143 26-Patent Offioe .. .. .. .. 46 9—Pensions Department .. .. 26 .. Finanoe Departments .. .. .. 22 • ■ Permanent Charges .. .. .. 6 5-Friendly Societies Department .. ..23 60—Physical Training .. .. ..147 35-Police .. .. .. ..54 3-General Expenses, Legislative Departments .. 20 36-Police: Miscellaneous Servioes .. ..56 61-General Staff Branch .. .. ..97 and Telegraph Salaries .. .. 29 40 Geological Survey Branoh of the Mines Depart- "-£"?'."* Te . le gJ a P. h: Miscellaneous Services .. 34 mei ,j. 61 —Printing and Stationery .. .. ..74 131—Government Acoident Insurance Account .. 167 a3 ~ "£"??•"",, -.j- '' •*' j„'■ \ ", 20-Government Domains .. .. .. 41 ■ • Publio Buildinge, Domains, and Maintenance ..f 130—Government Insurance Aooount .. .. 165 _. ~ ," ft ?. ~ y T ■. i"a m. v. 1 vi aj " oc r.r. r-»...™»„, qi.«™»„ hi 58—Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid .. 86 Ob—Government Steamers .. ~ .. 11l T1 ~. ~ ' r. . , ,-,„, a * 57- Public Service Commissioner s Oflice.. 85 ~50-High Commissioner's Offioe .. ..72 129-Publio Trustee's Account .. .. ..163 55-Home for Defectives .. .. ..81 19-Public Buildings .. .. ..40 58—Hospitals and Charitable Aid and Public Health 86 2—House of Representatives .. .. .. 19 62-Quartermaster-General's Branch .. .. 9s B—lncome-tax .. .. .. ..25 18—Railways Department .. .. ..36 88—Industrial Schools .. .. .. 151 6—Rates on Crown Lands .. .. 25 83—Infant Life Proteotion .. .. .. 148 7—Rates on Native Lands .. .. 25 65—Inspection of Maohinery .. .. .. 105 47—Registrar-General's Offioe .. .. ..70 130—lnsuranoe, Government Life, Aooount .. 165 87—Richmond Home (for Girls) .. ..151 131—Insurance, Government Accident Aooount .. 167 132—Insurance, State Fire Account .. .. 168 120—Scenery Preservation Account .. .. 160 .. Interest and Sinking Fund .. .. 6 89—School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites .. 154 43—Internal Affairs Department .. ..64 84—Sohool for the Deaf .. .. .. 149 59 —Internal Affairs: Miscellaneous Servioes .. 90 75—Secondary and Higher Education .. .. 144 .. Speoial Aots of the Legislature .. .. 15 24—Justice Department .. .. ..45 82 - Schools in Outlying Islands .. ..148 32—Justioe: Miscellaneous Services .. 50 37—Stamp Department .. .. 56 .. State Advances Aooount .. .. .. 170 68—Labour Department .. .. ..114 119—State Coal-mines Aooount.. .. ..158 38—Land and Deeds Registry .. 58 132—State Fire Insurance Aooount .. .. 168 121—Land for Settlements Account .. ..161 118—State Forests Aooount .. .. ..156 69 -Lands and Survey Department .. ..117 27—Supreme Court .. .. ..47 70—LandB and Survey : Miscellaneous Services .. 120 B—Land-tax .. .. .. ..25 76—Teohnioal Instruction .. .. .. 145 I—Legislative Counoil .. .. ..19 56—Tourists .. .. .. ..81 3—Legislative : General Expenses .. 20 77—Training Colleges and Training of Teachers .. 146 4—Treasury Department .. .. 22 29-Magistrates'Courts .. .. ..48 11—Treasury: Miscellaneous .. .. ..28 21—Maintenance and Improvement of Roads .. 42 16—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines 34 71—Valuation .. .. .. ..127 65 -Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Maohinery 105 67—Marine: Miscellaneous Seivioes .. .. 11l 29—Wardens'Courts .. .. ..48 79 -Material and Stores .. ' .. .. 146 65—Weather Reporting Offioe.. .. .. 108 78—Medioal Inspection .. .. .. 146 18—Working Railways Department .. .. 36

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1916-1917.

SUMMARY.

Pago. Summary of Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts. 191 i—17. £ £ REVENUE ACCOUNT. Permanent Appropriations— Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under Special n\cts of the Legislature 27,300 3,950,714 2,111,050 6,089,064 Annual Appropriations— Class I. - Legislative Departments Class II,—Departments of Finance Class III.—Post and Telegraph Department Class IV.—Working Railways Department Class V.— Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads 38,309 184,000 1,367,236 3,046,108 Class VI.- Native Department Class VII. Justice Department 117,200 25,175 500,020 Class VIII, —Mines Department Class IX.—Department of Internal Affairs Class X.—Defence Department Class XI.—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments Class XII.—Department of Labour 31,743 516,130 495,640 170,323 33,595 246,156 Class XIII.— Department of Landsand Survey Class XIV.—Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce 229,488 Class XV. — Education Department 1,413,397 Total—Revenue Account 8,414,520 14,503,58 OTHER ACCOUNTS, STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT ... PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT... GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT ... GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— Advances to Settlers Branch Advances to Workers Branch Advances to Local Authorities Branch NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT... 32,643 215,435 10,826 8,542 55,386 70,581 7,200 41,384 333,676 109,497 100,750 2,095

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CIVIL LIST

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. I I Total. £ £ £ His Excellency the Governor 5,000 2,000 7,000 Establishment of the General Government 11,300 2,000 13,300 For Native Purposes 7,000 7,000 Total—Civil List 16,300 11,000 27,300 TOTAL CIVIL LIST .... 127.300

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PERMANENT CHARGES.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. 1916-17 District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885-86 — £ Interest on £40,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July £ 1,600 Native Land Purchase Act, 1892— Interest on £125,000 @, 3f per cent., 30 April and 31 October 4,687 Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894 — Interest on £400,000 @ 4 per cent., 31 March and 30 September 16,000 The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1905, 1907, and 1910— Interest on £ 42,590 @ 3-J- per cent., 1 February and 1 August 1,491 Interest on 100,000 ,, 3| per cent., 1 May and 1 November 3,500 Interest on 127,000 ,, 4" per cent., 1 May and 1 November 5,080 Interest on 2,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November 80 Interest on 17,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 692 Interest on 12,600 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 504 Interest on 5,190 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 208 £306,680 11,555 The Maori Land Settlement Acts, 1905 and 1907— Interest on £173,900 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 6,956 Interest on 75,650 ,, 3-J- per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 2,648 9,604 £249,550 The Goal-mines Act, 1908— Interest on £ 40,000 @ 3£ per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 1,400 Interest on 135,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 5,063 £175,000 6,463 Amount to be recovered from State Coal-mines Account... 6,463 The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908— Advances to Settlers — Interest on £185,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 7,400 Interest on 57,900 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 2,316 Interest on 100,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September 4,000 £342,900 13,716 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office ... ... ... 13,716 Advances to Workers — Interest on £15,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 600 Interest on 25,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 1 000 £40,000 1,600 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office ... ... ... 1,600

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1916-17 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. New Zealand State-guaranteed, Advances Act, 1909— Land for Settlements Branch — Interest on £ 25,000 @. 3| per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 470,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... £ 875 17,625 £ £495,000 Amount to be recovered from Land for Settlements Account 18,500 18,500 Native Land Settlement Branch — Interest on £381,600 @ 3£ per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 54,500 ,, 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 110,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 13,356 2,044 4,400 £546,100 Amount to be recovered from Native Land Settlement Account 19,800 19,800 Guaranteed Mining Advances Branch — Interest on £5,000 @ 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October Amount to be recovered from Mining Advances Account... 187 187 Advances to Local Authorities Branch — Interest on £200,515 @ 3| per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 95,425 ,, 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 56,800 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 7,018 3,579 2,272 £352,740 12,869 Amount to be recovered from— £ Hauraki Plains Settlement Account ... 3,438 Land for Settlements Account ... ... 7,981 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account ... 1,450 12,869 The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 — Advances to Settlers — Interest on £1,745,000 @ 3| per cent., 31 March and30 September Interest on 205,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 750,000 ,, 3f per cent., 23 April and 23 October Interest on 42,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 61,075 8,200 28,125 1,680 £2,742,000 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 99,080 99,080 Advances to Workers — Interest on £205,000 @ 3£ per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 325,000 ,, 3£ per cent., 30 September and 31 March Interest on 7,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 750,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 7,175 11,375 280 30,000 £1,287,000 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 48,830 48,830

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1916-17 INTEREST AND SINKING FUST)—continued. New Zealand State-Guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909-10— Land for Settlements Branch — Interest on £ 99,000 @ 3i\ per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 64,850 ,, 3£ per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 12,350 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 21,500 ,, 3£ per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 8,000 ., 3h per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 61,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 30,600 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 144,815 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 95,000 ,, 4 percent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 15,300 ,, 2| per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 741,066 ,. 3f per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on 73,700 ,, 3£ per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on 34,000 ,, 4 per cent., I March and 1 September Interest on 210,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August £ 3,465 2,270 463 806 280 2,452 1,224 5,793 3,800 574 27,790 2,579 1,360 8,400 £ £1,611,481 61, 256 Amount to be recovered from Land for Settlements Account 61,256 Native Land Settlement Branch — Interest on £80,000 @ 3J per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Amount to be recovered from the Native Land Settlement Account 3,000 3,000 Guaranteed Mining Advances Branch — Interest on £10,000 (a> 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July Amount to be recovered from the Mining Advances Account 400 400 State Advances Act, 1913— Advances to Settlers Branch — Interest on £573,200 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December... Amount to be recovered from State Advances Office 22,928 22,928 Advances to Workers Branch — Interest on £50,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December ... Amount to be recovered from State Advances Office 2,000 2,000 Local Authorities Branch — Interest on £200,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and I December... Amount to be recovered from State Advances Office 8,000 8,000 The Government Railways Act, 1908— Railways Improvements Authorization Acts, 1904-7 — Interest on £ 68,100 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 5,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 1,600 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 157,500,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 2,724 212 64 6,300 9,300 £232,500 The Government Railways Act, 1908— Finance Act, 1909— Interest on £ 1,200 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 50,000 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December Interest on 23,800 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 48 2,000 952 3,000 £75,000

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

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1916-17. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. The Government Railways Amendment Act, 1910— Interest on £11,150 @ ?>\ per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 50.350 ,, 3| per cent., f February and 1 August Interest on 15,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 90,030 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 3,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August To provide for further issues during year £ 390 1,762 562 3,601 120 600 £ 7,035 £169,530 Land for Settlements Act, 1908— Interest on £62,000 @ 3i per cent., 1 April (half-year only) Interest on 10,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 44,925 ,, 3| per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 1,355,785 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 77,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1.5 March and 15 September Interest on 581,785 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 800 ,, 4 per cent., 30 Sept. (half-year only) Interest on 105,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 38,500 ,, 4 per cent,, 1 April (half-year only) Interest on 126,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 28,700 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May (half-year only) Interest on 27,000 ,, W\ per cent., 1 May (half-year only) Interest on 28,600 ,, 4-| per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 37,400 ,, 3| per cent., 31 March and 30 SeptemberInterest on 33,850 ,, 4-J per cent., 1 February and 1 August 1,085 400 1,572 54,231 3,080 23,272 16 4,200 770 5,040 574 473 1,287 1,309 1,524 £2,557,345 98,833 Amount to be recovered from the Land for Settlements Account 98,833 Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908-— Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, L886— Interest on £234,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 15,800 ,, 3-J- percent., 1 Maroh and 1 September 9,380 553 9,933 £250,300 Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908— Interest on £ 441,000 @ 3i per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 50.000 ,, 3| per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on J,410,000 ,, 4 per cent., .1 March and 1 September 15,435 1,750 56,400 73,585 1 ,901,000 • New Zealand Consols Act, 1908— Interest on £ @ 3£ per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 469,146 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 240 18,766 19,006 £475,991 The New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 — Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862— Interest on £5,500 @ 6 per cent., 30 June (half-year only) Sinking Fund on £5,500 @ 1 per cent. 165 27 192 Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 — Interest < n £13,000 @ 8| per cent., 15 April and 15 October... 487

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1916-17. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. £ The New Zealand Loans Act, 1908—continued. Defence and other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 — Interest on £ 8,100 @, 3| per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 16,900 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 75,000 ,, 3f per cent., 15 April and 15 October £100,000 £ 284 676 2,812 3,772 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 — Interest on £ 7,000 @ 4| per cent., 15 April and 15 October Interest on 20,900 ,, 3f per cent., 15 April, and 15 October 315 784 1,099 £27,900 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 — Interest on £54,700 @ 4 per cent., 28 May and 28 November Interest on 6,000 ,, 4 per cent., 15 April and 15 October ... £60,700 New Zealand, Consolidated Inscribed Stock (London issue) — Interest @ 4 per cent., payable 1 May and 1 November— On £3,000,000 New Zealand Loan Act, 1882 ... On 1,500,000 New Zealand Loan Act, 1884 ... On 1,567,800 New Zealand Loan Act, 1886 ... On 1,000,000 North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Act, 1882 On 1,000,000 New Zealand Loan Act, 1888 ... On 5,371,200 First series of Conversions On 6,263,811 Second series of Conversions On 4,688,444 Third series of Conversions On 4,557,047 Sixth series of Conversions On 619,500 Expenses of Conversions and Raising Loans On 100,000 additional to £3,000,000 Loan, 1912 On 230,500 for Redemptions On 2,100 for Naval Defence ... On 200,000 for Redem ptions On further issues, say 2,188 240 2,428 120,000 60,000 62,712 40,000 40,000 214,848 250,553 187,538 182,282 24,780 4,000 9,220 84 8,000 2,000 £30,100,402 1,206,017 Amount to be recovered from other accounts 10,670 1,195,347 Interest @ 4 per cent., payable 1 February and 1 August — On £3,000,000 Loan, 1912 On 600,000 additional to £3,000,000 Loan, 1912 On 1,951,825 Conversions £3,500,000 Loan, October, 1913 On 4,590,000 Conversions £4,500,000 Loan, January, 1914 On 375,000 Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913... On 100,000 part Charges and Expenses £3,000,000 Loan, 19.13 On 5,000 for Redemption Expenses On 262,500 for Conversions at 105, Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1914 (scrip) On further issues, say 120,000 24,000 78,073 183,600 15,000 4,000 200 10,500 10,000 £10,884,325 445,373 Amount to be recovered from other accounts 149,781 295,592 Interest @ 3£ per cent., payable 1 January and 1 July— On £2,768,000 Fourth series of Conversions ... On 717,068 Fifth series of Conversions On 1,036,000 Seventh series of Conversions ... On 12,947,541 for Conversions On 85,323 Expenses of Conversions jjiid Raising Loans 96,880 25,097 36,260 453,164 2,986

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. 1916-17. The Neit) Zealand Loans Act, 1908—continued. New Zealand Consolidated Inscribed Stock (London issue) —continued. £ Interest @. 3$ per cent., payable 1 January and 1 July— conta. On £15,000 Naval Defence Act, 1909 ... ... 525 £ £17,568,932 614,912 543,572 Amount to be recovered from other accounts... ... 71,340 Interest @ 3 per cent., payable 1 April and 1 October— On £2,750,000 Government Advances to Settlers Loan ... 82,500 On 240,000 Government Advances to Settlers Loan ... 7,200 On 2,500,000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Loan ... . . ... 76,000 On 759,000 for Conversion, Aid to Public Works ... 22,770 On 3,368,616 for Conversions ... ... ... 101,058 On 42,364 for Expenses ... ... ... 1,271 £9,659,980 289,799 198,024 Amount to be recovered from other accounts ... 91,775 New Zealand Consolidated Debenture Stock (Colonial issue) — Interest payable— On £194,200 (??, per cent., 1 February and 1 August ... 7,282 On 165,000 ,, 4 per cent, 1 March and 1 September ... 6,600 On 84,500 ,, 3A per cent., 30 June and 31 December ... 2,958 On 301,000 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December ... 12,040 28,880 £744,700 Memorandum of security issued to secure repayment to the Imperial Treasury of amount of discount on £1,180,000, part of £3,250,000 loan for redemptions— Interest on £62,106 (§ 3f percent., 31 March and 30 September 2,174 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Acl, 1896— Interest on £200,000 @ 3h per cent., 15 February and 15 August 7,000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement .let, 1900— Interest on £56,500 @ 34; per cent., 1 May (half-year only) 989 Interest on 53,500 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November 2,140 Interest on 41,600 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May (half-year only) 832 3,961 £151,600 ylid to Public Works and Land Settlement /let, 1901— Interest on £62,800 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 2,512 Interest on 8,100 ,, 3f per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 304 Interest on 2,500 ,, 3iV per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 87 Interest on 32,900 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 1,316 4,219 £106,300 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902— Interest on £339,800 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 13,592 Interest on 128,000 ,, 8f per cent., 1 June and 1 December 4,800 18,392 £467,800 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903— Interest on £324,900 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 12,996 Interest on 173,540 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 6,942 Interest on 55,225 ,, 4i} per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 2,485 22,423 £553,665

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

L916-17. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. The New Zealand Loans Act, 1908—continued. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1904 — Interest on £565,500 (8 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August £ £ 22,620 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Acl, 1905— Interest on £210,000 (d 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 500,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 July (half-year only) ... 8, 100 10,000 18,400 £710,000 Aid lo Public Works and Land, Settlement Acl, 1900 Interest on £389,600 (a I per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 561,750 ,, 34; per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 8,650 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 15,584 19,661 324 35,569 £960,000 .lid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1907 — Interest on £789,700 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 200,000 ,, ty per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 31,588 7,000 £989,700 38,588 The Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement Acl, 1908— Interest on £50,000 @ 3& per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 1,750 The Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement Act, 1910— interest on £189,100 @ 3| per cent., 30 September and 31 March i 6,618 The Aid lo Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1911— Interest on £50,000 @ 3£ per cent., 1 June and I December Interest on 50,000 ,, 34; per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 49,000 ,, 3$ per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 25,000 ,, 4 percent., 1 June and 1 December 1,875 1,750 1,837 1,000 6,462 £174,000 The Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement Act, 1912— Interest on £175,300 @ 3f per cent., 15 April and 15 October Interest on 30,700 ,, 4 per cent., 15 April and 15 October 6,574 1,228 7,802 £206,000 The ylid to Public Works and Land Settlement .let, 1914— Interest on £1,945,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 59,900 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 77,800 2,396 £2,004,900 80,196 The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 — Interest on £200,000 (a 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July 8,000 The Public Works Act, 1908— Paeroa- Waihi Railway - - Interest on £80,250 (a 3 per cent., 31 March and 30 September 2,587 Waikaka Branch Railway — Interest on 53,476 (a), 4 per cent., 1 May and I November ... • •• 2,139 The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908— Interest on £40,000 (a 3£ per cent., 1 May and 1 November... Interest on 20,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 24,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November On further issues, say 1,400 750 960 100 £84,000 3,210

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

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INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. 1 1916-17. 1916-17. The Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913 — £ Interest on £18,400 fj 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 736 On further issues, say ... ... 120 £ £ 856 Wellington and Maua/watu Railway Purchase ilct, 1908 — Interest on £499,700 (a 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September 19,988 19,988 Finance Act, 1915 (New Zealand Loans Acl, 1915J — Interest on £2,005,030 (a H per cent., 15 June and 15 December 90,226 Interest on 100,00:"),, 4i per cent., 30 June and 31 December 4,500 Interest on 76,800 ,, i\ per cent., I January and 1 July ... 3,456 Interest on 195,800 ., 4| per cent., 1 February and 1 August 8,811 Interest on 300 ,, ll percent., 1 March and 1 September 14 Interest on 127,500 ,, 4J per cent., 31 March and 30 Sep- —— tern her ... ... 5,738 £2,505,430 112,745 The Finance Act, 1909— Interest on £46,901 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August ... 1,876 The Naval Defence Act, 1909 — Interest on £953,500 (a 3J per cent., 30 September and 31 March 33,372 Sinking Fund on £1,835,720 @ 4 per cent. ... ... 73,429 The Public Debt Extinction Act, 1910— Sinking Fund on £83,000,000 106,801 170,000 Irrigation and Water-supply Act, 1913 — Interest on £100,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 4,000 On further issues, say ... ... t>00 The Public Revenues Act, 1910— Reserve Fund, Securities — Interest on £800,000 @ 3i per cent., 1 February and 1 August 4,600 28,000 Treasury Bills — Interest on Hills issued during the year, 30 June and 31 December, say ... 50,000 The Public Revenues Amendment Act,. 1914— Treasury Hills ( War Expenses) — Interest on Bills issued during the year, 30 September and 81 March 73,684 The Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915— Interest on advances on account of War Loan, say 531,091 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 19.15 (No. 2) — Sinking Fund on War Loans (§ 1 per cent, on £8,159,506 81,595 The Waihou and Ohiuemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910— Interest on £100,000 @ 34 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 3,500 Amount to be recovered from the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account ... ... 3,500 The Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910— Interest on £50,000 @ 3| per cent., 1 May and 1 November 1,875 Interest on 259,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... 10,360 On further issues, say ... ... 500 £255,000 12,735 Appropriation Act, 1912 (Irrigation and Water-supply Aooount)— Interest on £10,000 @ 8f per cent., 1 May and 1 November 375 Interest on 5,000 ,,4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... 200 575 £15,000

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND continued. 1916-17. The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913 — Interest on £8,000 @ 4 1 per cent., 22 July (half-year only) ... Interest on 19,100 ,, 4 \ per cent., 30 March and 30 September Interest on 166,000 ,, l\ per cent., 30 March and 30 September Interest on 168,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 10,500 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December Interest on 180,050 ,, 4 per cent , 1 February and 1 August Interest on 40,500 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 10,000 ,, 4 per cent., 30 September and31 March Interest on 30,000 ,, 44 per cent., 30 September and 31 March Interest on 15,000 ,, 4| per cent., 31 January and 31 July... On further issues, say £ 170 812 7,470 6,720 420 7,202 1,620 400 1,350 638 1,000 £ £647,150 30,802 Amount to be recovered from the Land for Settlements Account 30,802 The Native Laud Amendment Act, 1913 — Interest on £508,500 (d 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October Interest on 2,400 ,, 44; per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 4,800 ,, per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... On further issues, say 20,340 108 216 5,000 25,664 Amount to be recovered from the Native Land Settlements Account 25,664 The Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £25,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August On further issues, say 1,000 200 Amount to be recovered from the Hauraki Plains Account 1,200 1,200 •& The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913 — Interest on £10,000 (a 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Amount to be recovered from Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account 400 400 The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, and Amendment Act, 1914— Interest on £31,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September On further issues, say 1,240 200 1,440 Amount to be recovered from Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account 1,440 The Mining Amendment Act, 1913 — Interest on £11,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... On further issues, say 460 80 Amount to be recovered from the Mining Advances Account 540 540 The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1914 — Interest on £32,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... On further issues, say 1,280 200 1,480 The Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 — Interest on £148,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 5,920 The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915— Interest on £6,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September ... On further issues 240 1,500 1,740

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PERMANENT CHARGES -continued.

1916-17. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. The Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 — £ Interest on £6,000 (8 4 per cent., 1 November (6 months only) 120 On further issues ... ... 100 £ 220 The Finance Act, 1916— On account 20,000 Total Interest and Sinking Fund 3,950,714 UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Appropriation Act, 1914— Section 9 134,500 Appropriation Act, 1916— War bonus to officers of the Public Service, Railways and Teachers 400,000 Auckland- University College, Act, 1882 — Grant in aid 4,000 Civil Service Act, 1908— Pensions, Compensation, and Gratuities under Civil Service Act, 1908 ... 35,000 Defence Act, 1909— Pensions and allowances 3,700 Education Act, 1914 — Education Boards — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions on account of Public Primary Schools (including District High Schools) 1,500 Technical Instruction — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 6,000 National Scholarships — Grants to Education Boards for junior and senior scholarships 9,600 Secondary Schools — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 600 Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1913— Section 3, subsection 7 350 Fire Brigades Act, 1908— Subsidies payable 1,460 Greymouth Harbour Board, Act, 1884— Endowment 30,000 High Commissioner Act, 1908— Salary of High Commissioner 2,000 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Acts, 1909, 1910, and 1913— Subsidies payable 235,000 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908— Salaries of Judge and Members of the Arbitration Court 2,800 Judicature Act, 1908— Superannuation allowances 1,304 Judicature Amendment Act, 1913— Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court 12,800

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PERMANENT CHARGES- continued.

1916-17. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE-eo»ft,n««i £ Land Act, 1908— Payments to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts ... 49 goo National Endowment Residue — £ For Education purposes ... 60 180 For Old-age Pensions ... .,, 25,791 arc Qijl Legislature Act, 1908 — Payment to Members of both Houses ... ... ... 27 000 Legislative Officers' Salaries — Legislative Council— Speaker ... ... ... 1 , ;00 Chairman of Committees ... ... 3qq Clerk ... ... '.'.'. 650 Clerk Assistant ... ... 4.30 House of Representatives— Speaker ... ... ... 800 Chairman of Committees ... ... ... 500 Clerk ... ... ... 650 Clerk Assistant ... ... ,,, 450 Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1913— Salaries of Magistrates ... ... ... . 150 Marlborough High School Act, 1899— Grant in aid ... ... ... 4qq Militia Acts Amendment jict, 1862— Pensions and .-allowances ... . . ... 37 Miners' Phthisis Act, 191 ti — Pensions ... ... ... j oqOO Municipal Corporations Act, 1908— Subsidies payable ... ... . ... 23,500 National Provident Fund Act, 1910 — Section 25 ... ... 5,900 Finance Act, 1916— Maternity allowances (section 18) ... ... 3,600 Maternity allowances for Friendly Societies (3 months) ... 5,500 15,000 Nelson Harbour Act, 1905 — Annual compensation in lieu of rents and profits of the lands excluded from endowments ... ... ... 500 New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Act, 1874— One-fourth of proceeds of Sales, Ac, payable to Harbour Board ... 5,300 New Zealand Institute Act, 1908— General expenses of Institute ... ... ... 500 New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— Public Debts Sinking Funds — Salary of Secretary to the Commissioners, and expenses ... ... 52 Neu< Zealand Consolidated Stock — Charges and expenses of management ... ... ... 23,000 New Zealand University Act, 1908— Contribution to University ... ... ... 3,000

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3—B. 7.

1916-17. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE continued. New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1914 — University National Scholarships University bursaries Grants in aid to - £ Auckland University College ... ... 5,000 Victoria University College ... ... 5,000 Canterbury College ... ... 2,000 University of Otago ... ... 5,000 £ 2,800 3,600 University College— Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 17,000 10,000 Otago University Reserves Act, 1904 — Rents from reserves : Deficiency of 549 Pensions Act, 1913 — Military pensions ... ... ... ' Old-age pensions ... ... 494,000 Less amount charged to National Endowment Residue ... 25,791 46,000 Widows pensions 468,209 40,000 Public Revenues Act, 1910 — Controller and Auditor-General Claims repayable under sections 16, 29, and 90 ... 1,000 50 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1912 — Secition 5 10,000 Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Acts, 1908, 1909, and 1912— Annual contributions— Public Service Superannuation Fund ... ... 48,000 Railway Superannuation Fund ... ... 25,000 Teachers' Superannuation Fund ... ... 17,000 Public Service Act, 1912— Salaries of Public Service Commissioners 90,000 3,300 Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908— Expenses connected with the destruction of rabbits 3,000 Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Acl, 1913 150 Schafcr, McGuire, and Others Pension Act, 1872 — Mrs. Ellen McGuire 18 Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908— Compensation to owners of condemned stock 14,000 Stock Act, 1908— Compensation for stock destroyed 9,000 Victoria College Act, 1905 — Grant in aid 4,000 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 — Payable under section 17 Walsh and Others Pension Act, 1869— Mrs. Ellen Ann Hewett 1,200 50

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

SUMMARY.

1916-17. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE— continued. £ War Pensions Act, 1915— Pensions and allowances 180,000 Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884— Endowment 60,000 Total under Special Acts £2,111,050

1916-17. Interest and Sinking Fund £ 3,950,714 Under Special Acts 2,111,050 TOTAL PERMANENT CHARGES ] £6,061,764

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CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS.

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1916-17. Unln»inL' ! i-. I , . . .- t Salaries. Olhor < £ Salaries. Olhor Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 1.—Legislative Council ... 1,800 1,800 I 300 2,100 „ 2. —House of Representatives... 2,355 2,355 i 5,550 7,905 „ 3.—General Expenses ... 14,614 1 14,614 13,690 28,304 TOTAL OF CLASS I ... 18,769 1 9,540 38,309 Item. 19: 6-17. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. VOTE No. 1. 1 Salaries and other Charges— Salaries and other Charges ... Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Staff of Minister leading Legislative Council £ 1,800 £ 300 2, 100 Total—Vote No. 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 11 VOTE No. 2. 1 Salaries— Second Clerk Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Reader and Clerk of Bills and Papers ... Interpreter Accountant and Record Clerk Chief Messenger Messenger 3 Committee Clerks : 2 at £150, 1 at £160 Clerk, House Committee 350 210 210 250 235 265 185 460 160 2,355 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Office equipment and telephones 3 Printing and stationery 4 Temporary Assistance— £ Extra clerks ... ... 1,000 Extra committee reporters ... 100 2 8 I 200 500 1,100 Extra messengers ... ... 1,700 Custodian's staff ... ... 1,000 Orderlies ... ... 900 3,600

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Horn. 191 3-17. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- continued. £ £ 6 8 VOTE No. 2— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Retiring-allowance to Major Shepherd, late Sergeant-at-Arms, equal to half his yearly salary Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Bonus to Acting Chief Messenger 120 7 10 20 5,550 Total—Vote No. 2... 7,905 GENERAL EXPENSES. 1916-17. Total number of officors .. 38 VOTE No. 3. Salaries— Library — Chief Librarian Assistant Librarian 5 Assistants in Library : 1 at £305, 1 at £300, 2 at £220, 1 at £200 Binder for Parliamentary Library Attendant Messenger 590 405 1,245 200 220 185 2,845 2 Hansard Staff and Reporters — Chief Reporter 11 Reporters: 6 at £395, 4 at £385, 1 at £350 ... Hansard Supervisor Hansard Supervisor's Assistant (also Clerk, Government Printing Office, £100) Clerk to Hansard Supervisor, (also Clerk, Government Printing Office, £75) Hansard Indexer Committee Reporters: 1 at £220 (also Reporter, Supreme Court, £175), 1 at £210 Extra assistance for Hansard 640 4,260 240 225 215 150 430 50 6,210 3 Miscellaneous Salaries— Officer-in-Charge, Parliament Buildings ... Electrician in charge of lighting, bells, and telephones during session Attendants, Officer in Charge's staff: 1 at 12s. 6d., 2 at 12s., 1 at lis. 6d., and 1 at 10s. per diem ... 3 Gardeners at 9s. 4d. per diem Gardener 2 Night-watchmen at £174 ... Extra Watchmen (including Guard in grounds) 500 100 1,062 438 166 348 2,945 5,559 14,614

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Item. 1916-17. GENERAL EXPENSES— continued. VOTE No. 3— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Allowance for retired extra clerks and messengers (12 months) Binding books for Library ... Bonus to Clerk to Hansard Supervisor for acting as Hansard Supervisor Bonus to temporary employees— 24 at £5; 1 at £2 Bonus to temporary clerks, messengers, orderlies, watchmen, and attendants employed at Parliament Buildings during the session (55 at £5) Charwomen Cleaning up buildings (two) previous to session Cost of additions to Legislative Council chamber ... Extra wages of staff at Bellamy's, including extra attendance at entertainments, Ac. Gas, fuel, and electric lighting Grant to Bellamy's Laundry-work for Legislative Department Library Library contingencies Linen, glassware, china, cutlery, plate ware, towels, kitchen utensils, uniforms, and furniture, Aic, for use of members in Bellamy's and Parliamentary Buildings Lithographic work Maintenance of Bellamy's staff during session Newspapers for Library, and carriage for books Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees of both Houses Passages of members ... ...• Printing of Hansard Postage and telegrams, including parliamentary papers Purchase of and repairs to typewriting-machines Purchase and repairs to furniture, purchase of brooms, brushware, soap, towels, linen, matches, tools, coal-buckets, and shovels Purchase of seeds, shrubs, &c. Refreshments supplied to messengers, attendants, and staff on late-sitting nights Translating Acts into Maori Travelling allowances and expenses Uniforms for messengers Washing linen, &c, for Bellamy's Water-supply Winding and repairing clocks, &c. Window-cleaning, rubbish-removal, and chimneysweeping Contingencies, including unforseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 4 5 10 6 7 1,041 500 8 50 9 122 10 11 L2 13 275 1,000 100 2^7 14 15 16 17 18 19 70 1,100 200 100 600 50 20 21 22 23 500 50 900 150 24 26 26 50 600 4,000 27 28 600 50 29 30 450 25 81 32 33 34 88 36 37 100 25 25 250 100 100 25 88 150 25 13,690 Total—Vote No. 3 28,30 TOTAL OF CLASS I .£3* ,309

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE.

1916-17. Salaries. £ 11,02 23 Othor Charges. £ Total. £ 11,023 Vote No. 4.—Treasury Department £ 11,023 5.—National Provident and Friendly Societies Office 6.—Rates on Crown Lands ... 4,90 4,904 34 17,244 22,148 75 75 7. —Rates on Native Lands ... 10 10 8.—Land and Income Tax Department 9.—Pensions Department 12,73 12,730 30 16,850 29,580 5,81 5,810 L0 5,750 11,560 10.—Naval Defence 31 315 L5 100,035 100,350 11.—Treasury : Miscellaneous Services 9,254 9,254 TOTAL OF CLASS II 34,782 :9,213 184,000 Item. 16-17. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Total number of officers 1916-17. 64 £ VOTE No. 4. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £900 (also Superintendent State Advances Office, £100) ... £ 900 900 Clerical Division. • • Class I — 1 at £600 Class II — lat £475 Class III— lat £425 lat £405 lat £385 Class V— 3 at £315 lat £305 2 at £300 Class VI— 8 at £260 1 at £250 2 at £245 2 at £230 425 405 385 945 305 600 2,080 250 490 460 600 475 1,215 1,850 1,215 600 475 1,850 3,280

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE— continued.

Item. • 1916-17. TREASURY DEPARTMENT- continued. I I VOTE No. 4—continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ Clerical Division — continued. Class'VII— £ 3 at £220 ... ... 660 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £180 ... ... 360 2 at £165 ... ... 330 3 at £150 ... ... 450 2 at £135 ... ... 270 lat £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 4 at £110 ... . . 440 lat £95 .. ... 95 4 at £80 ... 320 3 at £65 ... ... 195 4 at £50 . . ... 200 2,600 Cadets' lodging-allowance 1,250 240 General Division. lat £240 ... ... 240 lat £208 ... ... 208 lat £176 ... ... 176 1 at £170 ... ... 170 lat £142 ... ... 142 lat £132 ... ... 132 1 at £120 ... ... 120 1,188 1 at £375 (also Private Secretary's allowance, £50) 13,598 375 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 13,973 2,450 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the. Public Revenues Act, 1910 11,523 500 Total—Vote No. 4 11,02: NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 30 1 VOTE No. 5. Salaries — Superintendent and Registrar 600 Professional Division. 500 lat £500 Clerical Division. Class V— 2 at £305 Class VI— £ 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1 at £245 ... ... 245 lat £215 ... ... 215 610 980

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE- continued.

Item. 19K 5-17. NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMKNT— continued. " ! £ £ VOTE No. 5—continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 3 at £210 ... ... 630 1 at £190 ... ... 190 lat £180 ... ... 180 lat £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— 4 at £110 ... ... 440 2 at £95 ... ... 190 3 at £80 ... ... 240 2 at £65 ... ... 130 3 at £50 ... ... 150 1,135 Cadets'lodging-allowances ... 1,150 123 General Division. 1 at £204 ... ... 204 lat £96 ... 96 300 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 5,398 99 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 5,299 395 Other Charges for and incidental to— Expenses of Friendly Societies' conference Extra clerical assistance Office equipment Payment for statistical returns of sickness and mortality Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... Printing and stationery Rent of offices Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 4,904 2 3 4 5 138 500 200 6 7 8 9 10 550 200 450 350 300 200 Miscellaneous — Advertising, lecturing, enrolling, &c. ... ... Half contributions of contributors of National Provident Fund serving with Expeditionary Forces ... Special remuneration to Post and Telegraph officers, supervisors, and agents .. ... ... Maternity expenses paid by National Provident Fund Board during 1915 ... ... ... Payment towards cost of reinsuring funeral benefits of members of Friendly Societies serving with Expeditionary Forces 2,888 11 12 1,000 13 4,700 850 11 15 2,806 5,000 Total—Vote No. 5 ... .. • 14,356 22,148

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE-continued.

4—B. 7.

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tern. RATES ON CROWN LANDS. 1916-17. VOTE No. 6. Payable under section 108 of the Rating Act, 1908— Special rates on Crown Lands, payable in respect of security given by local bodies for certain loans Payment of special rates on lands acquired by the Crown, as provided by section 112 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913 £ £ 50 25 Total—Vote No. 6 75 RATES ON NATIVE- LANDS. VOTE No. 7. Payable under section 108 of the Rating Act 1908 — Special rates on Native Lands, payable in respect of security given by local bodies for certain loans 10 10 10 Total—Vote No. 7 LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 77 VOTE No. 8. Salaries — Administrative Division. £ 1 at £850 850 Clerical Division. Class II — lat £475 ... ... - 475 Class III— 1 at £425 425 Glass IV— lat £350 ... ... 350 lat £345 ... ... 345 696 Class V— lat £315 ... ... 315 2 at £305 ... ... 610 4 at £290 ... ... 1,160 6 at £275 ... ... 1,650 3,735 Class VI— 6 at £260 ... ... 1,560 2 at £245 ... ... 490 3 at £230 ... ... 690 2,740 Class VII— 1 at £225 ... ... 225 5 at £220 ... ... 1,100 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £195 ... ... 195 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £140 ... ... 140 2 at £135 ... ... 270 4 at £125 ... ... 500 3,000

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FlNANCE— continued.

Item. 191 1-17. LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT— continued. £ £ £ VOTE No. 8 continued. Salaries— con tin ued. C lexical Division — continued. Class VIII— £ 3 at £110 ... ... 330 3 at £95 ... ... 285 5 at £80 ... ... 400 6 at £65 ... ... 390 6 at £50 ... ... 300 1,705 1,705 Lodging-allowances: 6 at £28, 6 at £23, 5 at £18, 3 at £13 ... ... ... 435 435 General Division. £ lat £180 ... ... 186 2 at £156 ... ... 312 lat £135 ... ... 135 lat £108 ... ... 108 1 at £96 ... ... 96 3 at £66 ... ... 198 1,035 15,095 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... ... 10 15,085 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 2,355 12,730 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, and newspapers ... ... 400 Contribution to Valuation Department ... . 8,450 Cost of Appeal Board under the Finance Act, 1915... 2,000 Extra Clerical Assistance — Extra clerks ... ... ... 500 Law-costs .. .. .. 500 Office equipment ... ... ... 300 Payment to Postal Department ... .. 1,200 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 1,750 Printing and stationery .. .. ... 1,000 Travelling allowances and expenses .. ... 700 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 16,850 Total—Vote No. 8... ... : 29,580 PENSIONS DEPARTMENT. 1916-17. Total number of orTlcei-H .. 36 VOTE No. 9. Salaries — Administrative Division. lat £600 ... ... ... 600 Clerical Division. Class V— £ 1 at £305 ..." ... 305 3 at £275 ... ... 825 I 1,130

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE— continued.

Item. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT~«mtt««ed. 1916-17. 1 VOTE No. 9—continued. S alarie s— continued. £ £ Clerical Division— continued. Class VI— £ 6 at £260 Class VII3 at £200 ... ... 600 lat £190 ... ... 190 lat £180 ... ... 180 lat £165 ... ... 165 lat £150 ... ... 150 2 at £135 ... ... . 270 1 at £120 ... ... 120 1,560 1,675 Class VIII— lat £110 ... ... 110 1 at £95 . ... ... 95 2 at £80 ... ... 160 8 at £65 ... ... 520 2 at £50 ... ... 100 Class G — — 1 at £108 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... Extra clerical assistance 985 108 200 1,000 « Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year 7,258 173 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 7,085 1,275 Other Charges for and incidental to Contribution to Post-office ... Fees for certificates of age Honoraria of members of War Pensions Board Interpreters'fees ... ... ... Light, firing, and water Medical fees - ... Office requisites Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Telephones Travelling-expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote... ... 5,810 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3,000 20 150 10 10 250 50 850 800 60 300 250 1.1,560 Total—Vote No. 9 ... 5,750 NAVAL DEFENCE. VOTE No. 10. Office of Naval Advisor— Salary— lat £315 315 2 3 Charges for and incidental to — Expenditure in connection with Naval Defence Special allowance to Private Secretary ... 100,000 35 100,350 Total —Vote No. 10 ... ...

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GLASS II.-DEPARTMENTS OF FlNANCE— continued.

Item 1910-17. % TREASURY: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. £ £ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ( i a t i 6 t 1C I I 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 | 5 5 ! 1 2 VOTE No. 11. Miscellaneous Services— Charges for and incidental to — Advances to New Zealanders stranded in England consequent upon the war, to be recovered Amount required to recoup the Foreign Imprest Account for disbursements not brought to charge in expenditure of previous years Books, newspapers, and other publications Discount, exchange, and stamp duty on remittances to London Exchange and commission ... Extra clerical assistance Legal expenses Office requisites (including binding material) Postage and telegrams ... Printing and stationery Special allowance to Accountant Stamp duty Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Refund to the Public Trustee of amounts paid into the Consolidated Fund in respect of intestate estates, now claimed by next-of-kin— Lachlan Morrison 100 22 25 100 2,000 1,400 20 200 2,500 2,000 50 1,000 60 20 16 250 7 LfeSS estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 9,754 500 Total—Vote No. 11 ... 9,254 TOTAL OF CLASS II £184 ,000

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CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. I I Vote No. 12.—Postal and Telegraph Salaries— £ £ £ Classified Officers Non-classified Officers ... 741,986 I 804,086 62,100 13.—Conveyance of Mails by Sea 75,170 75,170 14. -Conveyance of Inland Mails 107,800 107,800 15.—Carriage of Mails by Rail71,930 71,930 way 16.—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ,, 17.—Miscellaneous Services ... 109,700 109,700 198,550 198,550 TOTAL OF CLASS III ... 804,086 563,150 1,367,236 No. of Offi'-erR. 16-17. Item. 1 16-17 Classification and Incre I 1 16-17 Classification and Increases under Act. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. VOTE No. 12. 1 S Administrative Division. £ lat £1,000 ... ... 1,000 2 at £750 ... ... 1,500 3 3 2,500 Professional Division. fi Class A — lat £900 ... ... 900 lat £700 ... ... 700 1 at £650 (from 1st June, 1916) 642 2 at £600 ... ... 1,200 0 5 3,442 1 1 Class B— From £500 to £575— lat £500 500 1 Class C— From £420 to £480— lat £480 480 Class D— From £310 to £400— lat £400 ... ... 400 •5 at £380 ... ... 1,900 3 at £345 ... ... 1,035 4 at £325 ... ... 1 300 1 at £310 ... . '310 4,945 14 18 Class E— From £210 to £300— lat £310 ... ... 310 2 at £300 ... 600 9 at £280 ... ... 2,520 4 at £260 ... ... i ( 040 2 at £235 ... .. '470 i. Qin

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CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

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No. of Officers. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— 1IH6-17. continued. "VOTE No. 12—continued. 1916-17. Item. 1 Clerical Division. Class /—From £500 to £600— £ lat £700 ... ... 700 2 at £650 ... ... 1,300 7 at £600 ... ... 4,200 2 at £550 ... ... 1,100 5 at £525 ... ... 2,625 1 at £500 ... 500 18 10,425 Class II— From £440 to £475— 5 at £475 ... ... 2,375 1 at £460 ... ... 460 2,835 6 Class III—From £385 to £425— 17 at £425 ... ... 7,225 3 at £405 ... ... 1,215 20 H,440 i Class IV — 24 at £370 ... ... 8,880 6 at £360 ... ... 2,160 4 at £345 ... ... 1,380 4 at £330 ... ... 1,320 QU 38 , 38 13,740 Class V — 97 at £315 ... ... 30,555 23 at £305 ... ... 7,015 15 at £290 ... ... 4,350 32 at £275 ... ... 8,800 IC7 167 167 50,720 Class VI — 177 at £260 ... ... 46,020 1 at £250 ... ... 250 283 at £245 ... ... 69,335 6 at £230 ... ... 1,380 (1 officer lent.) 468 _. ; 468 116,985 Class VII— 25 at £245 ... ... 6,125 146 at £230 ... ... 33,580 203 at £220 ... ... 44,660 173 at £210 ... ... 36,330 119 at £200 ... ... 23,800 103 at £190 ... ... 19,570 139 at £180 ... ... 25,020 129 at £165 ... ... 21,285 93 at £150 ... ... 13,950 125 at £135 ... ... 16,875 143 at £120 ... ... 17,160 I ana 1,398 1,398 ; 258,355 Class VIII— 245 at £110 ... ... 26,950 24 at £100 ... ... 2,400 163 at £95 ... ... 15,485 174 at £80 ... ... 13,920 134 at £65 ... ... 8,710 17 Af\ 740 740 67,465 General Division. —Female Officers. Class Gl— 6 at £200 ... ... 1,200 4 at £180 ... ... 720 10 10 1,920 , Class G2 — 16 at £160 ... ... 2,560 23 at £150 ... ... 3,450 4 at £140 ... ... 560 * 43 • 43 6,570

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No. of Officers. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. 1916-17. Item. 1916-17. VOTE No. 12— continued. £ £ General Division continued. Female Officers —continued. Class G3— £ 9 at £156 ... ... 1,404 3 at £144 ... ... 432 8 at £132 ... ... 1,056 6 at £120 ... ... 720 10 at £108 ... ... 1,080 10 at £96 ... ... 960 3 at £84 ... ... 252 49 5,904 Class G4— 124 at £130 ... ... 16,120 26 at £120 ... ... 3,120 13 at £110 ... ... 1,430 13 at £100 ... ... 1,300 lat £95 ... ... 95 25 at £90 ... ... 2,250 9 at £75 ... ... 675 6 at £60 ... ... 360 217 25,350 Class G5 — 178 at £100 ... ... 17,800 66 at £90 ... ... 5,940 59 at £80 ... ... 4,720 6 at £60 ... ... 360 lat £50 ... ... 50 310 28,870 Male Officers. Glass G6— 22 at £220 ... ... 4,840 7 at £210 ... ... 1,470 29 6,310 Class G7— 98 at £200 ... ... 19,600 13 at £190 ... ... 2,470 21 at £180 ... ... 3,780 132 25 ,850 Class G8— 28 at £180 ... ... 5,040 8 at £170 ... ... 1,360 8 at £160 ... 1,280 5 at £150 ... ... 750 49 8,430 Class (3.9— 2 at £140 ... ... 280 1 at £130 ... ... 130 lat £120 ... ... 120 2 at £110 ... ... 220 li 750 Class G10— 5 at £100 ... ... 500 1 at £90 ... ... 90 2 at £80 ... ... 160 lat £70 ... ... 70 820 Class Gil— 317 at £180 ... ... 57,060 lat £175 ... ... 175 149 at £170 ... ... 25,330 1 at £168 ... ... 168 lat £165 ... ... 165 73 at £160 ... ... 11,680 2 at £155 ... ... 310 37 at £150 ... ... 5,550

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No. of Officers. 1916-17. [torn. I<»] 6-17. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. VOTE No. 12— continued. £ ! £ General Division rrm-'i wit. Male Officer. y —continued. Class G12— £ 34 at £140 ... ... 4,760 36 at £130 ... ... 4,680 1 at £125 ... ... 125 36 at £120 ... ... 4,320 33 at £110 ... ... 3,630 i 140 Class 018— 109 at £100 ... ... 10,900 149 at £90 ... ... 13,410 215 at £80 ... ... 17,200 92 at £70 ... ... (1,440 •192 at £60 ... ... 29,520 17,515 1,057 77,470 915 Class G14 — 915 at £40 36,600 i Less proportion of salaries and increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year 888,569 97,233 ] Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Additional allowance to provide minimum salary of £140tomarried £ officers ... ... ... 600 Additional salary to married officers in receipt of salary less than £130 per annum ... ... 1,200 Additional salary to married officers in receipt of salary less than £150 per annum ... ... 800 Additional salary to officers twentyone years of age and upwards ... 1,000 Allowances under Public Service Regulation 208 ... ... ... 1,400 Special allowance to cadets in addition to classification ... ... 150 New stations, telegraphists, cadets, and messengers, and training cadets 1,500 791,336 6,650 j Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 797,986 56,000 2 Total Item No. 1 741,986 Contribution to Railway Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary or fee (number, 2,306) Payment to Eastern Extension Company for working Wakapuaka-Nelson telegraph-line 13,300 48,000 800 Total Item No. 2 62,100 6,444 Total—Vote No. 12 804,086

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Item. Item. 1916-17. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY SEA. VOTE No. 13. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Suez Services— £ Australian overland transit ... 1,700 Australia-Europe ... ... 7,050 European transit ... ... 500 £ £ 9,250 2 Pacific Services— Vancouver service ... ... 20, OCO San Francisco service ... ... 25,000 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... 200 North American and overland transit 6,100 Australia-San Francisco service ... 400 1,700 3 | Coastal Services — Auckland steam ... ... 1,800 Blind Bay ... ... 200 Bluff-Stewart Island ... ... 300 Chatham Islands ... ... 500 Great Barrier ... ... 250 Havelock-Picton (Pelorus Sound) ... 330 Nelson-Croixelles ... ... 100 Wellington-Pelorus Sound ... 440 3 3,920 Gratuities and landing and shipping Postal Union transit charges 32,000 800 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 97,670 22,500 Total—Vote No. 13 ... 75,170 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. VOTE No. 14. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Auckland 2 Blenheim 3 i Christchurch 4 Dunedin 5 , Gisborne 6 Greymouth 7 Hokitika 8 Invercargill 9 Napier 10 I Nelson 11 ! New Plymouth 12 Oamaru 13 Thames 14 Timaru 15 Wanganui 16 Wellington 17 Westport 18 New services, &c. (all districts) 26,000 1,900 7,550 8,000 5,800 1,000 925 5,050 7,050 5,700 4,500 800 4,100 4,350 6,650 15,500 925 2,000 Total—Vote No. 14 107,800

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Item.I 1916-17. CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 15. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Railway— £ Special trains and trucks ... ... 2,600 Ordinary mails ... ... 69,330 £ ! £ 71,930 71,930 Total—Vote No. 15 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. VOTE No. 16. Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines— £ Extra labour ... ... 40,000 Material for repairs ... ... 57,000 Rural telephones (assistance to settlers) 1,700 Travelling-expenses of telegraph engineers and linemen ... ... 11,000 Upkeep of s.s. " Tutanekai" ... 5,500 115,200 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 5,500 Total—Vote No. 16 109,700 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 17. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— £ Forage ... ... 1,300 Lodging to cadets and cadettes, and non-clerical officers ... ... 14,000 Night clerks and miscellaneous ... 5,000 Special allowances to telegraph messengers ... ... 100 Tellers and for calculation of Savingsbank interest ... ... 3,200 23,600 Cash Deficiencies— Cash destroyed by fire, Waitomo Caves 28 Forged allotment warrant, Adelaide Road 8 Irregularities, Frankton Junction ... 5 Lost remittances, Kotoku ... ... 4 45 3 4 Fees — Carriage of private bags ... Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c.— Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders 3,000 Cash-registers for telegraph counters 320 Dickie stamp-vending machines (hire of) 300 Home savings-banks, purchase of ... 1,200 Post-marking machines ... ... 100 Purchase of motor-cycles, cars, and bicycles ... ... 5,000 1,100

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Item. I 19 6-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—cora-Swrnect £ £ 4 VOTE No. 17— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ Mechanical Appliances, &c. — continued. Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 4,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 5,500 Typewriters, &c, and repairs to typewriters ... ... 1,000 20,420 5 Office Management Expenses— Advertising ... ... ... 400 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 9,000 Legal expenses ... ... 150 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 12,900 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 7,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 200 Office expenses ... ... 8,500 Rent of premises . ... 3,600 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 35,000 Temporary officers, letter-carriers, and messengers... ... ... 12,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 20,000 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 2,000 111,050 6 ! 7 8 9 6 7 8 9 Overtime ... ... ... 14,000 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 11,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 Special allowances to Private Secretaries: 1 at £315 (£25), 1 at £220 (£30), 1 at £210 (£40) ... ... 95 31,095 10 10 Sundry Items — Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 85 Destructor for stores ... ... 300 Fraudulent withdrawal from Savingsbank Account No. 279634, Auckland 5 Pensions for officers retired, whose allowance from the Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum ... 150 540 11 Travelling-expenses, &c.— Inspection of offices ... ... 2,200 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... ... 3,000 Relieving-expenses ... ... 3,500 Removal expenses ... ... 7,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... ... 3,500 19,200 7,000 12 Uniform clothing 214,050 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910... 15,500 Total—Vote No. 17 198,551 TOTAL OF CLASS III £1,36 236

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1916-17. Total. Vote No. 18.—Working Railways £ 3,046,108 TOTAL OF CLASS IV 3,046,108 GROSS REVENUE ... Estimated. ... £4,400,000 Item. 1916-17. Classification and Increases under Act. 2,970 Miles. WORKING RAILWAYS. £ £ VOTE No. 18. 1 Head Office— General Manager 3, 3,000 Chief Clerk, £950; Chief Accountant, £600; Comptroller of Stores, £650 ; Commercial Agent, £545 ; Officer in Charge, Advertising Branch, £455; 6 Audit Inspectors—1 at £465, 1 at £415, 4 at £360; 77 Clerks—3 at 465, 1 at £455, 2 at £415, 1 at £400, 2 at £370, 3 at £360, 2 at £315, 8 at £295, 1 at £280, 2 at £275, 8 at £260, 2 at £245, 15 at £220. 1 at £210, 6 at £200, 2 at 190, 7 at £180, 8 at £165, 1 at £150, 4 at £135, 3 at £125; 30 Cadets—5 £110, 7 at 95, 9 at £80, 9 at £65; Cadets' lodging-allowance—3 at 8/ per week, 3 at 5/ per week 26, 26,691 Contingencies-—Temporary clerical and drafting assistance, pay of office-cleaners, messengers, and night-watchmen, stationery and supplies, travelling allowances and expenses, special allowance to shorthand-writers, cost of hearing Appeal Board cases, and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 7, 7,309 2 Departmental Offices— Maintenance Branch —Chief Engineer, £850; Assistant Chief Pjngineer, £650; Signal Engineer, £650; Office Engineer, £575 ; Inspector, Bridge Construction, £415; 8 District Engineers—1 at £600, 1 at £575, 1 at £560, 2 at £525, 2 at £465, 2 37,000 37,

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CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS— continued.

Item. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 19] 6-17. ) Miles. 2,97i 2 VOTE No. 18— continued. Departmental Offices — continued. 1 at £415 ; 5 Assistant Engineers—1 at £370, 3 at £360, 1 at £295 ; 82 Clerks and Draughtsmen—2 at £465, 4 at £415, 1 at £400, 8 at £345, 3 at £315, 5 at £295, 14 at £260, 1 at £245, 11 at £220, 3 at £210, 2 at £200, 4 at £190, 5 at £180, 14 at £165, 1 at £150, 5 at £135, 4 at £125 ; 63 Cadets— 9 at £110, 4 at £105, 10 at £95, 14 at £90, 9 at £80, 4 at £75, 13 at £65; Cadets' lodging-allowance— 8 at 8/ per week, 13 at 5/ per week. Locomotive Branch —Chief Mechanical Engineer, £950 ; Office Engineer, £650; 5 Locomotive Engineers—1 at £560, 1 at £525, 1 at £505, 1 at £465, 1 at £415; 2 Boiler Inspectors—1 at £425,1 at £330; 53 Clerks and Draughtsmen—1 at £465, 1 at £415, 2 at £400, 1 at £360, 1 at £345, 4 at £295, 6 at £260, 4 at £245, 16«at £220, 1 at £200, 1 at £180, 7 at £165, 4 at £150, 4 at £135; 32 Cadets—5 at £110, 2 at £95, 11 at £80, 12 at £65 ; Cadets' lodging-allowance—7 at 8/ per weeK, 3 at 5/ per week. Traffic Branch — Chief Traffic Manager, £1,000; 2 Traffic Superintendents at £700; 10 District Managers—1 at £560, 6 at £525, 1 at £475, 2 at £465 ; 116 Clerks—1 at £465, 5 at £415, 4 at £360, 1 at £345, 5 at £315, 4 at £295, 19 at £260, 2 at £245, 18 at £220, 7 at £210, 6 at £200, 6 at £190, 5 at £180, 21 at £165, 5 at £135, 7 at £125; 65 Cadets—14 at £110, 21 at £95, 12 at £80, 18 at £65; Cadets' lodging-allowance—11 at 8/ per week, 8 at 5/ per week Contingencies—Temporary clerical and drafting assistance, stationery and supplies, travelling allowances and expenses, and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 93,328 6,672 Total Head and Departmental Offices 100,000 Working-expenses of Sections— Including salaries and wages; allowances made to members by regulations made under section 68 of the Government Railways Act, 1908; for special work performed in the course of their duty ; payments for Sunday duty ; general repairs and miscellaneous services; supplies of stores, provisions, stationery, water, and material; advertising; compensation for accidents, personal injuries received, loss of property by fire, damage to or loss of goods ; freights on goods lost or destroyed; postages, telegrams, telephones, maintenance of wires; payments under the Workers' Compensation Acts ; payments in connection with works outside railway boundaries in which Department has beneficial interest; compassionate allowances; temporary clerical and drafting assistance, travelling allowance and expenses; stationery and supplies; also contingencies and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote— 137,000 Maintenance of Way and Works — Section — Whangarei Kaihu 11,550 2,850

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Item. 19 6-17. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 2,97i Miles. 3 VOTE No. 18— continued. Working-expenses of Sections— continued. Maintenance of Way and Works —continued. Section —continued. Gisborne ..." North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton ... ... . : . Special allowance to ex-Inspector J. Smith for originating idea of ballast plough £ 7,350 379,900 331,500 34,500 7,700 9,000 10,600 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 795,000 25,000 Locomotive Running and Repairs and Renewals' of Rolling-stock — Section — Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Allowance to enginemen and firemen employed on Rimutaka Incline Hanmer motor service 770,000 12,665 1,970 8,140 668,650 425,735 32,450 24,810 6,730 8,150 200 1,500 1,191,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,000 Traffic Expenses — Section — Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and branches South Island Main Line and branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Allowance to guards employed on Rimutaka Incline Cash stolen by burglars at Linton Station Cash stolen by burglars at Fairlie Station Compassionate allowance to George Lee Compassionate allowance to Mary Thompson 1,190,000 8,150 1,600 3,450 463,000 379,600 30,000 18,500 10,000 6,600 100 1 2 60 25 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 921,088 14,000 Lake Wakatipu steamer service 907,088 6,500

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[torn. em. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued 1916-17. 2,970 Miles. VOTE No. 18— continued. Working-expenses of Sections— continued. 4 Miscellaneous — Allowances to be paid to members of the First and Second Divisions in excess of the maximum rates of pay set forth in the schedules to the Government Railways Act, 1912, for special work performed in the course of their duty ... .. £101 Less already provided for under the various sections ... ... 100 £ £ 1 900 1,000 1 Audit fees for inspection of accounts Cost of Foxton Wharves Commission ... ... ] New Zealand Railways Military Transport Corps— Pay and travelling-expenses of Instructors, and incidental expenses ... ... ... ] Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £230... c 1,599 20 900 1,000 1,599 20 a son ■- Total Head Office, Departmental Offices, and Working-expenses of Sections ... ... 3,0: 3,520 6,iTAV 114,108 3,014,108 5 Stores Branch — Purchase of stores and material and store expenses, including salaries, wages, cartage, freights, miscellaneous services, workers' compensation for accidents, £ contingencies ... ... 1,000,000 Less estimated credits for stores to be issued, provided for in other votes and items ... ... 988,000 12 12,000 6 State Sawmills — Purchase of mill, standing timber, expenses of working mills, including salaries, wages, machinery, supplies, repairs, transport charges, tram construction, royalties, workers' compensation for accidents, and contingencies— £ Kakahi Sawmill ... ... 5,000 Piha Sawmill ... 45,000 Mamaku Sawmill ... ... 20,000 Pukete Timber Reserve ... 1,000 Onehunga Depot ... ... 5,000 76,000 Less estimated credits ... 56,000 20 Total—Vote No. 18... ... I U - \J\J\J ),000 3,046,1C 20,000 — 3,046,108 TOTAL OF CLASS IV £ £3,046,108 8,046,108

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CLASS V.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.

1916-17. Salaries. j Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 19.—Public Buildings £ £ £ 4,405 59,595 64,000 „ 20.—Government Domains ... 2,660 540 3,200 „ 21.— Maintenance and Improvement of Roads 50,000 50,000 TOTAL OF CLASS V 7,065 0,135 117,200 Item 19 316-17. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 15 £ £ VOTE No. 19. Expenses incidental to the Maintenance of Public Buildings, including Additions, Improvements, Fittings, and Furniture— Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — lat £725 Class D— £ lat £400 ... ... 400 lat £325 ... ... 325 Class E — 1 at £260 725 725 260 Clerical Division. Class V— 2 at £315 ... Class VI— 4 at £260 Class Villi at £220 ... ... 660 lat £200 ... ... 200 630 1,040 860 General Division. lat £165 165 4,405

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Item. JI1UI. 1916-17. PUBLIC BUILDINGS— continued. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 io 11 12 18 14 15 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 j 30 31 VOTE No. 19— continued. £ £ Maintenance, etc. — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Government House, Auckland ... ... 450 Government House, Wellington ... ... 800 Parliamentary Buildings ... ... ... 750 Government Buildings throughout the Dominion— Departmental Buildings ... ... ... 9,000 Rents ... ... ... 7,000 Courthouses ... ... ... 2,000 Gaols , ... ... ... 2,000 Police-stations ... ... ... 4,000 Customhouses ... ... ... 300 Post and Telegraph Offices ... ... 13,000 Mental Hospitals ... ... ... 7,000 Quarantine Stations ... ... ... 500 Public Works Workshops... ... ... 1,500 Other Government Buildings ... ... , 2,000 Expenses in addition to or in excess of amount provided under the Civil List Act, 1908 : Government Houses, Auckland and Wellington— Fuel, Light, Water, and Cleaning for Official and Reception Rooms, Outbuildings, and Grounds ... j 300 Telephones ... ... ..'. 100 Wellington, old building (rearranging lighting, alterations, renovations, &c.) ... ... : 1,100 Waikato Sanatorium (repairs, renovations, Ac), (on account) ... ... ... 300 Services and supplies for other Departments ... 2,000 Wages of overseers and staff workmen ... ... 8,000 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 400 Freight and cartage ... ... ... 500 Telephone subscriptions ... ... ... 200 Advertising ... ... ... 200 Government Buildings throughout the Dominion — Office requisites, fuel, light, water, cleaning. scavenging, and other annual services ... 2,500 Lyttelton Borough Council, for extra water supplied to Government Departments ... ... : 100 Contribution to Drainage Board for drainage, public buildings. Christchurch ... ... ... 160 Contribution to Drainage Board for drainage, public buildings, Dunedin ... ... ... 150 Drill-hall, Te Awamutu (site) ... ... 200 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ,100 66,600 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 7,005 —, 59,595 Total—Vote No. 19... ... 64,000 GOVERNMENT DOMAINS. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 18 1 VOTE No. 20. Salaries — General Division. £ 1 at £200 ... ... 200 4 at £160, I at £160 (1 month) ... 654 2 at £146 ... ... 292 1,146

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CLASS V.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS— continued.

Item. 1910- 17. GOVERNMENT DOMAINS— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 20 —continued. Sai,ariks— continued. Temporary Officers. £ 10 Gardeners: 6 at £155 ... ... 930 4 at £146 ... ... 584 1,514 2,660 Other Charges for and incidental to — i Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 540 Total—Vote No. 20 ... 3,200 MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS. VOTE No. 21. Expenses incidental to the Maintenance and ImproveRoads ... • ... ... 50,000 Total—Vote No. 21 ... 50,000 TOTAL OF CLASS V £117,200

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CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT.

1916-17. ■Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Salaries. Other a £ £ £ Vote No. 22.—Native Department ... 17,678 \ 17,678 6,140 23,818 23.—Miscellaneous Services ... 1,357 j 1,367 TOTAL OF CLASS VI ... 17,678 17,678 7,497 25,175 17,678 7,497 Item. 1916-17. 19 NATIVE DEPARTMENT. T. - 1916-17. total number of officers .. 67 1316-17. £ £ £ VOTE No. 22. ' Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £750 (for 7 months) I at £100 (7 months); also Under-Secretary, Justice Department, £700; and Secretary, Cook Islands Administration, £50 740 59 Professional Division. Class D — £ 1 at £400 ... ... 400 lat £345 ... ... 345 745 Clerical Division. Class IV— 2 at £360 ... ... 720 1 at £345 ... ... 345 1 at £330 ... ... 330 Class V— 2 at £315(also Private Secretary £25, and extra classification allowance £50) 630 3 at £305 ... ... 915 Class VI— 2 at £260 ... ... 520 3 at £245 ... ... 735 2 at £230 ... ... 460 lat £215 ... ... 215 Class VII— 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £200 ... ... 400 4 at £190 ... ... 760 4 at £180 ... ... 720 4 at £165 ... ... 660 3 at £120 ... ... 360 Class VIII— lat £110 ... ... 110 3 at £98 ... . . 294 5 at £88 ... ... 440 lat £78 ... ... 78 2 at £65 ... ... 130 1,395 1,545 1,930 3,550 1,052

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CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT -continued.

Item. I 1916-17. NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 22- continued. 1 ! Salaries — continued. General Division. £ 2 at £132 ... .. 264 2 at £96 ... ... 192 1 at £84 ... ... 84. 1 at £72 ... . . 72 612 Judges of Native Land Court. 1 at £850 (Chief Judge) ... ... 850 4 at £700 ... ... 2,800 4 at £600 ... ... 2,400 ' I i 6,050 ()i ii ijk Charges .for and incidental to — 2 | Audit fees for inspection of accounts 3 Expenses of Native Interpreters' Examination Board 4 I Freight and cartage 5 j Fuel, light, and cleaning ti [ Printing and stationery and office requisites ... 7 Rent ... ... ... 8 Temporary Assistance — Assessors Extra clerks ... ... Interpreters ... ... 9 J Travelling allowances and expenses 10 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 17,678 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 100 15 150 150 900 350 9 10 75 350 25 1,000 25 6,140 ToTAii —Vote No. 22 ... ... I 23,818 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 23. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Assessors' and survey fees (sections 23 and 56, Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and subsection (3), section 3, Native Land Amendment Act, 1914) ... 2 Compensation owing on Owhaturia South No. I Block, prior amount irregularly paid on Native Land Court order 3 Legal expenses 4 Payment to C. B. Morrison for conference with Native Minister as to various proposed amendments in Native Land Laws (perusing tiles and drafting amendments accordingly) 5 Payment to Ohinemuri County Council for water supplied to Native settlements on the banks of the Ohinemuri River 6 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes 7 Purchase of typewriters 8 Telephones 9 Valuation fees and expenses, West Coast Settlement Reserves, and survey report on Waiina Township... 2 100 110 25 21 50 850 75 70 5b Total —Vote No. 23 ... 1,357 TOTAL OF CLASS VI .... m ,175

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

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1916-17. Salaries, Other Charges. Total. ._ £ £ £ Vote No. 24.—Department of Justice ... 3,416 ... 3,416 25.—Crown Law Office ... 5,906 556 6,462 „ 26.—Patent Office... ... 2,099 1,225 3,324 ,. 27.—Supreme Court ... 6,471 4,820 11,291 „ 28.—Bankruptcy ... ... 1,128 2,690 3,818 ,, 29.—Magistrates'and Wardens' 31,958 17,750 49,708 Courts 30.—Criminal Prosecutions ... ... 11,250 11,250 31.—Coroners ... ... ... 4,200 4,200 32.—Justice: Miscellaneous! .'.'. 15,820 15,820 Services ,, 33.—Prisons .. ... 30,203 32,945 63,148 „ 34.—Cook Islands... ... 6,826 7,820 14,646 35.—Police Department ... 196,647 65,432 262,079 36.—Police: Miscellaneous Ser- ... 142 142 vices 87.—Stamp Department ... 6,827 10,199 17,026 ,, 38.—Land and Deeds Registry 18,681 15,009 33,690 , . TOTAL OF CLASS Vll .. 310,162 189,858 j 500,020 -- 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 1 1916-17. £ £ Total number of officers .. 14 £ VOTE No. 24. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. I at £700 (also Under-Secretary, Native Department, £100 ; and Secretary, Cook islands Administration, £50) ... ... ... 700 700 Clerical Division. £ Class I — 1 at £600 ... ... 600 Glass IV— I at £360 ... ... ... 360 Class VI— 1 at £260 ... ... ... 260 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £200 ... ... 200 3 at £180 ... ... 540 Class VIII— 960 2 at £98 ... ... 196 1 at £88 ... ... 88 600 360 260 960 284 General Division. lat £156 ... ... 156 1 at £96 ... ... 96 284 3,416 252 —— 252 Total—Vote No. 24 ... ... 3,416

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Item. 1916-17. CROWN LAW OFFICE. 1 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 11 £ £ VOTE No. 25. Salaries— Solicitor-General 1,250 Professional Division. Class A— £ 2 at £750 ... ... 1,500 2 at £700 ... ... 1,400 Class C — ■ 1 at £600 Class E— lat £280 2,900 600 280 Clerical Division. Class IV— 1 at £370 (also Private Secretary £25, and extra classification allowance £30) Glass VI11— lat £80 370 80 General Division. 2 at £144 ... ... 288 . 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... 408 18 Other Charges for and incidental to — Annual certificates under the Law Practitioners Act, 1908 Postage, telephones, telegrams, and office requisites... Printing and stationery Purchase of Law Reports and Treatises and other publications Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £370 ... Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 5,906 2 26 100 50 3 4 5 6 7 8 150 30 50 150 Total—Vote No. 25 ... 556 6,462 PATENT OFFICE. HII6-I7. Total number of offioers .. 10 VOTE No. 26. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class I— £ lat £550 Glass IV— I at £370 Class VII— 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £220 ... ... 220 I at £190 ... ... L90 lat £120 ... ... 120 Glass VIII— — 1 at £108 ... ... 108 1 at £65 ... ... 65 550 370 760 173

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT —continued. Item. 1916-17. PATENT OFFICF—continued. VOTE No. 26— continued. £ £ Salaries— continued. General Division. £ 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £108 ... ... 108 268 2,121 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... ... i 22 2,099 2 a 4 5 6 Other Charges for and incidental to — : Expenses in connection with appeals under Patents, i Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911 ... ... 25 Fees to Patent Office Agents ... ... I 10 Fuel, light, water, &c. ... ... ..10 Postage, telegrams, rent of boxes, and telephones ... 150 Printing and stationery, office equipment, typewriters, Ac. ... ... "...11,000 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... ' 20 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 10 7 8 1,225 Total—Vote No. 26 ... ... i 3,32* ■ SUPREME COURT. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 27 VOTE No. 27. Salaries — Clerical Division. Class I — £ 2 at £550 ... ... 1,100 1 at £525 ... ... 525 Class II— ' 1,625 lat £475 ... ... .. 475 Class V — 3 at £315 ... ... . 945 1 at £290 ... ... 290 Class VII— 1,235 1 at £220 ... ... ' 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £180 ... ... 360 2 at £165 ... ... 330 Class VI11— — — 1,120 lat £110 ... ... 110 1 at £80 ... ... 80 -I 190 General Division. 4 at £200 ... ... ... 800 Non-classified Officers. 7 Clerks to Judges at £150 ... ... ... 1,050 6,495 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... .. 24 6,471

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT -continued.

Item. L916-17. SUPREME CO IVRT-continued. VOTE No. 21—continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Proportion of fees to be refunded to Sheriffs ... 220 3 Travelling allowances and expenses of Judges and clerks ... ... ... ... 4,000 4 Other expenses of Circuit Courts and Court of Appeal 600 2 8 4 4,820 Total—Vote No. 27 ... ... 11,2 11,29 BANKRUPTCY, 1910-17. Total number of offioers .. S VOTE No 28. 1 Salaries— Clerical Division. (lass I— 1 at £500 ... ... ... 500 Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £120 ... ... 120 500 520 General Division. 1 at £10K ... ... ... 108 1,128 ' Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, purchase of books and newspapers ... 120 3 Commission to Deputy Assignees ... ... 4. Extra clerical and other assistance ... ... 50 5 Fuel, light, water, cleaning, cartage, and office equipment and maintenance ... ... ... 20 (i Legal expenses ... ... ... 20 7 Payment for services of officers of Public Trust Office acting as Assignees and Deputy Assignees ... j I ,390 K Printing and stationery ... ... ... 100 9 Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 150 10 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 30 I I Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Qther items of the vote ... 10 2,690 Total- Vote No. 2K ... ... 3,8 3,81 MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS' COURTS. 1(110-17. Total number of officers .. 170 VOTE No. 29. 1 Salaries — Professional Division. 1 at £300 ... ... ... 300 Clerical Division. Class 11 — 3 at £475 ... ... ... 1,425 ' Class III - 1 at £440 ... ... ... i 440

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7—B. 7.

Item. 1910-17. MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS COURTS— continued. VOTE No. 29— continued. Salaries — continued. Clerical Division continued Class IV— £ 7 at £370 ... ... 2,590 lat £330 ... ... 330 Class V— 9 at £315 ... ... 2,835 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £296 ... ... 296 1 at £290 .. 290 2 at £275 ... 550 Class VI— lat £276 ... ... 276 2 at £266 ... ... 532 15 at £260 ... ... 3,900 1 at £256 ... ... 256 2 at £230 ... 460 Class VII— 7 at £220 ... ... 1 540 5 at £210 ... ... 1,050 6 at £200 ... ... i 200 4 at £190 ... 760 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 1 at £170 ... 170 7 at £165 ... ... 1,155 3 at £150 ... ... 450 5 at £135 ... ... 675 6 at £120 720 2,920 4,276 5,424 8,800 Class VIII— 8 at £110 ... ... 880 4 at £108 ... 432 10 at £98 ... ... 980 1 at £95 ... ... 95 8 at £88 ... . 704 3 at £80 ... .. 240 2 at £65 ... ... 130 3,461 General Division. " 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £195 ... 195 2 at £190 ... ... 380 1 at £189 ... . 189 17 at £180 ... ... 3,060 4 at £175 ... ... 700 1 at £170 ... ... 170 4 at £160 ... ... 640 3 at £150 ... 450 5 at £145 ... .. 725 7,389 Less recoveries 34,435 2,125 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 32,310 352 31,958

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CLASS VII.-JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

[tern. 1916-17. MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS' COURTS — continued. i VOTE No. 29— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to Police Constables acting as Clerks of Courts Allowances to officers acting as Inspectors of Factories — 7 at £25, 1 at £32, 1 at £30 Mileage fees to be refunded to Bailiffs ... Office-cleaners Rents Travelling expenses and allowances £ £ £ 1,300 237 9,500 1,600 350 5,000 2 3 1,300 4 e 6 7 237 9,500 1,600 350 5,000 Less recoveries 17,987 237 17,987 237 Total—Vote No. 29... ... _ 17,750 17,750 49 49,70! CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS. VOTE No. 30. Charges for and incidental to — Expenses in connection with the defence of prisoners under the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1912 2 3 4 Expenses of witnesses Fees to Crown Solicitors and Prosecutors Payment of jurors under the Juries Act, 1908 150 6,000 2,500 3,000 150 6,000 2,500 3,000 Less recoveries 11,650 400 fr* J WV 11,650 Total—Vote No. 30 ... _ 11,250 f CORONERS. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 31. Charges for and incidental to — Fees and expenses on inquests Payment of j urors Witnesses' expenses 3,500 400 3,500 400 300 Total—Vote No. 31... ... - 4,200 JUSTICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 32. Charges for and incidental to— Allowances to officer temporarily performing higher duties Advertising, purchase of books, periodicals, copying apparatus, and requisites therefor Contribution towards salary of Analyst at Auckland Expenses under the Juries Act, 1908" ... i Expenses under the Reformatory Institutions Act 1909 Extra Clerical and other Assistance, Copying, and Interpreting— Extra Clerks ... ... £250 Bailiffs and Messengers ... ... 400 Interpreters ... ... ,">(> Copying ... ... 30 400 too 50 500 4,500 730 6

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loin. 1916-17. Item. JUSTICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— could. 7 9 10 11 12 13 11 15 16 17 IH 19 VOTE No. 32 continued. Charges for and incidental to -continued, Audit Office—for inspection of accounts Compensation to John Neill for alleged illegal imprisonment Compensation to P. A. Levin in respect of past Government service (final payment) Fidelity-guarantee premiums Fuel, light, water, cleaning, freight, cartage, office equipment, and maintenance of Court grounds and offices .... Legal expenses Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Proportion of cost of administering licensing laws in districts where the Counties Act is not in operation Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Typewriters Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 2,000 20 L00 300 2,000 50 2,000 2,000 20 950 150 200 150 Less Recoveries 16,220 400 Total—Vote No. 32 15,820 PRISONS. 1910-17. Total number of offiueis .. 180 1 I VOTE No. 33. Salaries — General Division. Gaolers— £ 2 at £505 ... ... 1,010 lat £410 ... ... 410 1 at £390 ... ... 390 1 at £360 ... ... 360 1 at £320 ... ... 320 Chief Warders— lat £275 ... ... 275 2 at £255 ... ... 510 I at £235 ... ... 235 Principal Warders — II at £235 ... ... 2,585 3 at £230 ... ... 690 Acting Principal Warders — 7 at £215 ... ... 1,505 3 at £195 ... ... 585 Warders— 10 at £210 ... 2,100 15 at £205 . ... ... 3,075 4 at £200 ... ... 800 7 at £195 ... ... 1,365 16 at £190 ... ... 3,040 12 at £185 ... ... 2,220 12 at £180 ... ... 2,160 8 at £175 ... ... 1,400 4 st £170 ... ... 680 10 at £165 ... ... 1,650 7 at £160 ... ... 1,120 2,490 1,020 3,275 2,090

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Item. PRISONS— continued. 19 6-17. m m ■ - VOTE No. 33— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ General Divison— continued. Warders— continued. £ 21 at £155 ... ... 3,255 3 at £145 ... ... 435 Matrons— lat £210 ... ... 210 1 at £170 ... ... 170 lat £155 ... ... 155 Assistant Matrons — lat £150 ... ... 150 lat £140 ... ... 140 2 at £110 ... ... 220 23,300 535 510 Non-classified Officers. Police Caoler : 1 at £156 Police Gaoler : 1 at £174 ... Medical Officers — 3 at £200 ... ... 600 2 at £100 ... ... 200 1 at £75 ... ... 75 1 at £65 ... ... 65 lat £50 ... ... 50 33,220 156 174 990 1,320 Less recoveries for use of houses and quarters 34,540 4,140 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 30,400 197 —I Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, purchase of books and other publications, and office requisites Allowances to instructing and other officers ... Assistance to discharged prisoners ... ... Clothing, bedding, furniture, &c. Contribution towards salary of Farm Manager, Waikeria Expenses connected with the administration of the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910 Expenses connected with the tree-planting and other prison camps, including new huts and alterations thereto Expenses connected with prison farms, including purchase of stock, plants, seeds, and implements Expenses in connection with prison works and buildings 30,203 2 3 4 5 6 100 450 25 3,250 7 200 8 500 9 2,500 10 2,500 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Forage Freight, cartage, and wharfage Fuel, light, and water Gratuities and payments to prisoners on discharge ... Lodging-allowances ... ... ... | Materials and expenses in connection with brickmaking Medioines and medical comforts ... ... 500 200 500 3,000 2,600 1,500 1,000

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Item. PRISONS— c<mtmued. 1916-17. VOTE No. 88— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. 18 | Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 19 | Printing and stationery 20 j Rations 21 Sanitary services, cleaning, and disinfectants 22 Telephone subscriptions and expenses 23 I Temporary warders and matrons 24 Tools and materials for prison labour, purchase of vehicles 25 Travelling allowances and expenses, and conveyance of prisoners 26 | Uniforms and accoutrements for prison officers 27 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 300 350 15,000 500 220 600 1,500 3,200 500 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 41,945 9,000 32,945 Total—Vote No. 33 1 63,148 COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 20 VOTE No. 34. 1 Salaries— Head Office— Administrative Division. 1 at £50 (also Under-Secretary, Justice Department, £700, and Native Department, £100)... 50 Clerical Division. Glass V— lat £315 Class VII— lat £130 Cook Islands — Resident Commissioner Land Court Judge, £600 (10 months)... Registrar of Courts Assistant Medical Officer, £500 (10 months) Collector of Customs (£200, also Postmaster £60) Fruit Inspector Assistant Fruit Inspector ... Police Officer Resident Agent, Mauke Postmaster, Mangaia Postmaster, Atiu Postmaster, Aitutaki School-teachers (12) Niue— Resident Commissioner ... ... Assistant to Resident Commissioner ... School-teachers : 1 at £300, 1 at £aUU Postmaster Medical Officer Police Officer, £183 10s. ... 315 130 700 500 350 417 260 220 220 200 220 35 5 5 1,400 365 200 500 50 500 184 6,820

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Item. 1916-17. COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT -continued. VOTE No. 84— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, printing, stationery, purchase of books and periodicals 3 Cook and other Islands Administration and other £ £ 50 expenses ... ... ... | 4 , Extra clerical assistance 5 Installation of wireless telegraph system at i Rarotonga ... ... ... ... 6 Lighting, office-cleaning, freight, cartage, and office ! equipment ... ... ... j 7 Medical service, Niue ... ... ... ! 8 Medical service, Rarotonga .. ... ... I 9 Postage and telephones 10 Schools : Allowances, maintenance, equipment, and travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 11 Subsidy for service to Niue ... ... ... 12 Subsidy for Inter-island service 13 Travelling allowances and expenses, bags, and equipment 14 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 600 100 5,000 » 450 600 75 150 630 100 26 30 7,820 Total—Vote No. 34 ... ... 14,6 14,646 POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1910-17. To'al number of officers .. 1,002 VOTE No. 35. 1 Salaries— Head Office— Commissioner 725 725 Clerical Division. Class V— lat £315 Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 lat £180 ... ... 180 1 at £150 ... ... 150 315 315 550 550 General Division. wv lat £168 2 Senior Sergeants at 14s. 6d.; 4 Constables: 2 at 10s., 1 at 9s. 6d., 1 at 9s. per day Sergeant (Instructor, Training Depot) ... Districts — 4 Superintendents : 1 at £500, 2 at £480, 1 at £470... I 7 Inspectors: 1 at £440, 2 at £420, 2 at £410, 1 at £400, 1 at £390 8 Sub-Inspectors : 2 at £350, 5 at £340, 1 at £330 ... 24 Senior Sergeants: 2 at 16s., 10 at 15s. 6d., 7 at 15s , 5 at 14s. 6d. per day ... ... 79 Sergeants : 40 at 13s 6d., 13 at 13s., 11 at 12s. 6d., 15 at 12s. per day 806 Constables: 71 at lis. 6d., 86 at lis., 136 at 10s. 0d., 120 at 10s., 164 at 9s. 6d., 229 at 9s. per day ] 4 Chief Detectives: 3 at 17s. 6d., 1 at 17s. per day ...I 168 1,285 255 1,930 2,890 2,730 6,653 18,734 146,173 1,208 168 1,285 255 1,930 2,890 2,730 6,653 18,734 146,173 I 1,268

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued

Item. 'in. i. 1916-17. 1 POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 35— continued. Salaries— continued . £ 1 General Division— continued. 14 Detective-Sergeants : 4 at 16s., 9 at 15s. 6d., 1 at 15s. per dav 18 Detectives: 1 at 14s. 6.1., 8 at 13s. lid.,7 at 12s. 6d., 2 at lis. 6d. per day Probationary Constables 7 Native Constables 11 District Constables ... ... ... Female Searchers 4 Matrons : 1 at £120, 1 at £105, 2 at £100 Sergeant acting as Magazine-keeper 4 Surgeons (1 at each centre) at £100 each Extra pay to members of Force doing plain-clothes and clerical duty, at Is. per day Contribution towards salary of Analyst, Auckland ... 3,988 4,250 2,500 355 765 95 425 20 400 566 50 Less contributions from other Departments 197,037 390 196,647 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 9 i Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycle allowances and expenses Clothing (free issue), including repairs, allowance for making up uniforms, and boot allowance Fidelity-guarantee premiums and insurance Finger-print Bureau Horse allowances, purchase, forage, bedding, shoeing, clipping, and grazing of horses, including compensation for loss of private horses House allowances to officers and men unprovided with quarters: 3 Superintendents—2 at £80, 1 at £70; 4 Inspectors- 1 at £70, 3 at £60; 6 SubInspectors—1 at £60, 5 at £50; 5 Senior Sergeants -1 at £50. 1 at £45, 3 at £36; 36 Sergeants at 2s. per day; 340 Constables at Is. 6d. per dav; 4 Chief Detectives—2 at £50, 2 at £45; 12 Detective-Sergeants at 2s. per day ; 18 Detectives at Is. 6d. per day ; 6 Probationers at Is. 6d. per day Medical, dental, and veterinary services, medicines and medical stores, ambulance instruction and hire, and hospital charges for police disabled through duty Packing and carting, freight, wharfage, and storage Photographing prisoners, exhibits, and localities Police examinations, expenses of Police prosecutions and inquests, legal and medical advice, ami interpreting ... Postage, telegrams, registration of code address, and rent of private boxes Printing and stationery Rations, fuel, light, and water Rent of stations, quarters, and paddocks, and rates on leasehold and acquired properties ... Repairing, painting, and improving police premises ... Rewards and expenses for tbe suppression of sly-grog selling and the introduction of liquor into prohibited districts Rewards to members of the Force for meritorious conduct 1,000 7,000 32 50 5,000 12,900 300 3,000 100 150 t,500 3,300 2,800 3,500 3,500 750 750 200 12,900 9 10 11 12 300 3,000 100 150 13 1,500 II 15 L6 3,300 2,800 3,500 17 18 3,500 750 19 750 200

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tern. tern. 191 1916-17. POLICE DEPARTMENT continued. £> £ \ £ 20 VOTE No. 35— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. 20 Saddlery and police vans (including two motor-vans for conveyance of prisoners, and motor-car for general police purposes) ... 21 Scavenging, chimney-sweeping, cleaning stations and windows, sanitary services and washing 22 Stores and supplies, and expenses incidental thereto, newspapers and advertising, law reports, directories, and office equipment 23 I Telephone connections 24 ' Travelling - expenses of police and transport of prisoners, transfer expenses of police and their families, and repairs to vehicles damaged by prisoners ... ... 25 | Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 2,200 800 900 2,000 16,000 200 23 24 25 67,432 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 2,000 65,432 Total-Vote No. 35 POLICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 262,079 VOTE No. 36. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Allowance to Mr. A. T. Ngata, M.P., for services rendered in proceeding to Mangapohatu to induce Rua Hepetipa to submit to arrest 2 Special allowance to ex-Constable Stewart for serious permanent injuries received in the service 93 49 142 93 49 Total—Vote No. 36 ... ... - STAMP DEPARTMENT. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 39 VOTE No. 37. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. 800 lat £800 800 Clerical Division. Class IT— £ 2 at £475 ... ... 950 2 at £440 ... 880 Glass III— 1 at £405 Class IV— lat £375 Class V— I at £305 Class VI— I vacant. 1 at £240 1,830 405 375 305 240 1,830 405 375 305 240

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

B—B. 7.

Item. 1916-17. STAMP DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 37— continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 2 at £220 ... ... , 440 4 at £190 ... ... 760 4 at £180 ... ... 720 lat £165 ... ... 165 1 at £140 ... ... 140 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 2 at £95 ... ... 190 lat £80 ... ... 80 6 at £65 ... ... 390 2,615 660 General Division. 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £130 ... ... 260 lat £78 ... ... 78 1 at £72 ... ... 72 1 at £18 (Messenger, £173, Is. per day additional) ... ... 18 628 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 7,858 111 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 7,747 920 6,827 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 l-j l.i 14 15 16 Other Charges for and Incidf.ntal to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Auditing stamps Bonus to Constable M. J. Kyne for services in connection with breach of Stamp Act Cleaning offices Embossing machinery Freight and cartage Gas, water, and fuel Legal expenses New postage and duty dies ... Office equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Postage-stamp paper Printing and stationery Printing ink Refund of duty on settlement re Tokaaninu and others Refund of annual license fees overpaid by the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) Refund to Walter Davies of fine for inadvertent breach of Stamp Act Stamp-printing machinery ... Telephones Temporary Assistance— Extra clerks Travelling allowances and expenses Typewriters 250 50 5 25 50 150 50 400 350 175 1,000 2,800 800 1,000 17 573 18 900 19 20 21 21 400 100 2-J 23 200 350 100

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Item. STAMP DEPARTMENT— continued. 1916-17. 24 25 26 VOTE No. 37— continued. Other Charges and incidental to — continued. Valuation fees Valuator Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 250 50 350 Less estimated credits under section 48 of Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... 10,399 200 Total—Vote No. 37 10,199 17 17,026 LAND AND DEEDS REGISTRY. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 107 VOTE No. 38. Salaries — Professional Division. Class A— £ 1 at £725 ... .. 725 2 at £700 ... ... 1,400 Class B — 1 at £550 Class C— 1 at £480 Class D — 1 at £400 ... ... 400 3 at £365 ... ... 1,095 Class E — lat £300 2,125 550 480 1,495 300 Clerical Division. Class II — 2 at £475 Class 111 — 2 at £385 Class IV— 3 at £370 Class V— 3 at £315 Class VI— 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 1 at £245 ... ... 245 4 at £230 ... ... 920 Class VII— - 2 at £220 ... ... 440 3 at £210 ... ... 630 3 at £200 ... ... 600 6 at £190 ... ... 1,140 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 3 at £165 ... ... 495 5 at £150 ... ... 750 I at £135 ... ... 135 II at £120 ... ... 1,320 Class VIII— 7 at £110 ... ... 770 8 at £95 ... ... 760 1 at £80 ... ... 80 10 at £65 ... ... 650 lat £50 ... ... 50 950 770 1,110 945 2,465 6,590 2,310

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CLASS VII.-JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. tern. 1916-17. LAND AND DEEDS REGISTRY -continued. ! £ £ VOTE No. 88— continued. I Salaries— continued. Genkral Division. 1 at £200 1 at £160 4 at £132 2 at £96 lat £84 . ... Office-cleaners — 1 at £18 200 160 528 192 84 18 1,182 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 21,272 241 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 21,031 2,350 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts 3 Advertising, books, and publications 4 Binding books 5 Cleaning offices 6 Contract work for recording ... 7 Draughtsman's work performed by the Survey Department 8 Freight and cartage 9 Fuel, light, and water 10 Mounting and binding plans... 11 Office equipment, including books and papers, and loose- leaf ledgers 12 Payment to T. Neave and II. II. Ostler for preparation of examination papers for Land and Deeds officers 13 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes 14 Printing and stationery 15 Rent 16 Salary of W. W. De Castro, District Land Registrar, Invercargill, for two months while on leave prior to retirement 17 j Salary of H. Baxter, Chief Clerk, Land and Deeds Office, Christohurch, for two months while on leave prior to retirement 18 j Telephones 19 j Temporary Assistance— Extra clerks 20 ; Travelling allowances and expenses 21 j Typewriters 22 ' Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Less estimated credits under section 48 of Public Revenues Act, 1910 18,681 175 750 250 50 2,500 7,600 10 200 100 100 11 175 1,300 900 80 53 130 200 350 100 125 15,159 150 15,009 Total—Vote No. 38 33,f 33,690 TOTAL OP CLASS VII £500,02 ,020 10

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CLASS VIII.-MINES DEPARTMENT.

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1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. oto No. 39.—Mines Department £ 10,140 £ £ 10,140 „ 40.—Geological Survey Branch 2,120 2,325 4,445 „ 41.—Miscellaneous Services ... 17,158 17,158 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII ... 12,260 19,483 31,743 i .tern.. 19 116-17. MINES DEPARTMENT. £ £ Total number of officers 1910-17 41 VOTE No. 39. Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £600 Class D — 3 at £400 3 at £380 1 at £350 Glass E — 1 at £260 £ 1,200 1,140 350 600 2,690 260 Clerical Division. Class III— I at £425 Class IV— 1 at £360 Class VI— 2 at £260 1 at £245 Class VII— I at £190. 1 at £165 2 at £135 Class VIII— I at £110 1 at £95 1 at £80 1 at £65 520 245 i 190 165 270 110 95 80 65 425 360 765 625 Lodging-allowances of Cadet General Division. 350 15 1 at £345 3 at £285 1 at £275 1 at £260 1 at £250 345 855 275 260 250

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CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT -continued.

[tern. 1916-17. om. 1916-] MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. 17. 1 VOTE No. 39— continued. £ Salaries— continued. £ ! £ £ General Division— continued. £ 3 at £200 ... ... 600 1 at £195 ... ... 195 1 at £190 ... ... 190 3 at £160 ... ... 480 2 at £155 ... ... 310 2 at £145 ... ... 290 a r\rr\ 4,050 4,050 3 , vt*v Total—Vote No 39 ... ... 10,140 10,140 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 7 1 VOTE No. 40. Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £700 ... ... ... 700 Class D — 1 at £400 ... ... ... 400 Class E — 2 at £300 ... ... ... 600 Clerical Division. Class VI— I at £260 ... ... ... 260 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... ... 220 General Division. 1 at £160 ... ... ... 160 2,340 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force... ! 220 2,120 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, periodicals, &c. ... ... 25 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Act ... ... ... 25 Expenses in connection with investigation of lime and phosphate deposits ... ... ... 300 Fees for expert assistance ... ... ... 400 Freight and cartage ... ... .. 30 Instruments ... ... ... j 10 Instrument allowances ... ... ... 50 Office equipment, telephones, &c. ... ... 25 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... i 30 Petrographical specimens and apparatus .. 10 Printing, lithographing, &c. ... ... ... 350 Travelling allowances and expense.- ... ... 250 Tools, equipment, and field expenses ... ... ! 200 Wages ... ... ... ... 600 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 20 2,325 Total—Vote No. 40 ... ... 4,445

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CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 41. Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Assistance towards prospecting Assistance towards prospecting for minerals other than gold Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields Compassionate allowance to Louis Gabriel, Reef ton, first discoverer of gold. West Coast, South Island Compensation for damage to land by Moanatairi Aqueduct Compensation and expenses arising out of proclamation of rivers and resumption of land Contribution to Puysegur Point telephone line Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Diamond and other drills and appliances (working expenses only) Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expert and temporary assistance, fees, wages, &C. Extinguishing burning coal-seams Field surveys and expenses ... Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage ... Grants to libraries in mining townships... Instruments and apparatus ... Karaka Cut: Removal of debris (£1 for £1) Legal expenses Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office rents, equipment, and cleaningOutfit allowances for Inspectors of Mines Payments and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Purchase of motor-car accessories, maintenance, &c. Puysegur Point telephone-line maintenance Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance Refunds of rent, Section 154, Mining Act, 1908 Reports on accidents "Schools of Mines Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £245 ... Stone-quarries Act : Administration expenses Surveys of mining township sites Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... Thames School of Mines, Electricity Building (grant in aid) Travelling allowances and expenses Work and material supplied by other Departments ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 1 2 3 100 6,000 4 100 500 5 6 25 7 88 8 9 10 50 100 50 11 500 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 350 500 10 10 50 20 100 50 250 21 22 23 1,000 400 200 200 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 20 300 500 200 100 50 50 20 3,500 30 50 50 60 37 38 39 75 1,400 50 17,158 50 Total—Vote No. 41 ... 17,158 17 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII £31, 43

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CLASS IX.-DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Salarios. 1916-17. Othoi- Charges. 1916-17. Total. i i Vote No. 42.—Clerk of Executive Council £ £ £ • £ • £ •il il 5C 50 0 50 „ 43.—Department of Internal Affairs (Head Office) „ 44.— Ministers' Secretaries ,1 22.85S 22,859 9 29,065 29,065 51,924 1,81£ 1,815 5 1,815 „ 45. —Messengers, Office-keepers, and Charwomen „ 46. —Audit Department •s, n 25,502 25,502 2 8,610 8,610 34,112 6,434 6,434 4 3,100 3,100 9,534 „ 47.—Registrar-General's Office 4,92£ 4,929 9 4,700 4,700 9,629 „ 48.—Census and Statistics 3,171 3,171 1 31,775 31,775 34,946 49.—Electoral 3,847 3,847 7 1,583 1,583 5,430 „ 50.—High Commissioner's Office e 9,16C 9,160 0 9,068 9,068 18,228 „ 51.—Museum 1,487 1,487 7 2,058 2,058 3,545 „ 52.—Dominion Laboratory 3,34£ 3,343 3 1,748 1,748 5,091 „ 53.—Printing and Stationery ... 11.04C 11,040 0 20,675 20,675 31,715 „ 54.—Mental Hospitals 106,845 105,349 9 45,024 45,024 150,373 „ 55.—Home for Defectives 917 917 7 345 345 1,262 „ 56.—Tourists 23,946 23,948 8 24,414 24,414 48,362 „ 57. —Public Service Commissioner's Office 58.—Public Health, Hospitals and Charitable Aid „ 59.—Miscellaneous Services ... s2,966 2,958 8 2,406 2,406 5,364 ,h 21,164 21,164 4 32,653 32,653 53,817 50,933 50,933 50,933 TOTAL OF CLASS IX ... 247,973 268,157 516,130 Item. 1916CLERK OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 1 -17. 16-17. 1 VOTE No. 42. Clerk of Executive Council (also Secretary to Cabinet, £ £575) ... ... ... 50 Total—Vote No. 42 ... ... £

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[tern. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. £ £ HEAD OFFICE. 1910-17. Total number of offioers .. • 157 VOTE No. 43. Salaries— Administrative Division. lat £750 750 Professional Division. 500 1 at £500 Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £550 Class II— 1 at £440 ... ... • Class III— 3 at £425 Class IV— 1 at £370 Class V— £ 2 at £315 ... ... 630 2 at £305 ... ... 610 Class VI— — 6 at £260 ... ... 1,560 1 at £250 ... ... ' 250 2 at £245 ... ... 490 1 at £230 ... ••• 230 Class VII— 3 at £220 ... ... 660 4 at £210 ... ... 840 2 at £200 ... ... 400 2 at £190 ... ... 380 1 at £180 ... ... 180 2 at £150 ... ... 300 3 at £135 ... ... 405 Class VIII— ■■ 1 at £110 ... ... 110 3 at £95 .. ... 285 11 at £80 ... ... 880 44 at £65 ... ... 2,860 9 at £50 ... ... 450 2 at £50 (11 months) ... ... 92 550 440 1,275 370 1,240 2,530 8,165 Official Secretary to His Excellency the Governor Lodging-allowance 4,677 325 1,183 General Division. 1 at £370 ... ... 370 lat £204 ... ... 204 1 at £190 ... ... 190 5 at £180 ... ... 900 1 at £170 ... ... 170 lat £168 ... ... 168 lat £156 ... ... 156 2 at £144 ... ... 288 2 at £120 ... ... 240 11 at £108 ... ... 1,188 19 at £96 (1 for 11 months) ... 1,816 9 at £84 ... ... 756

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CLASS IX.-DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

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1910-17. DEPARTMENT, OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. £ £ HEAD OPPIOB— continued. VOTE No. 43— continued. I Salaries — continued. General Division— continued. £ 7 at £78 ... ... 646 4 at £72 ... ... 288 3 at £66 (2 for 9 months) ... ... 166 7,445 . Lodging-allowance ... ... ... 12 24,462 1 iess proportion of salaries provided for but not payable during current year ... ... 747 23,715 Less amount to be recovered from Public Service Superannuation Fund ... ... ... 866 22,859 Other Charges for and incidental to — Department of Internal Affairs — 2 Advertising' ... ... ... 1,000 3 , Advertising vacancies in Public Service... ... 900 4 j Assessment Courts under the Rating Act, 1908 ... 5 5 j Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 150 6 i Audit of Patriotic Accounts ... ... ... 2,000 7 Commissions of Inquiry ... ■ ... ... 1,500 8 Contribution towards funds of New Zealand War Contingent Association in London for wounded and invalid New Zealanders ... ... ... 500 9 , Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of kineniatograph-films ... 500 10 Cost of annotating Statutes for Government Departments ... ... ... 100 11 Cost of entertaining visitors to the Dominion and of official functions ... ... ... 600 12 Cost of fencing Kaiapohia Monument at Waikuku ... 100 13 , Cost of work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department ... ... ... 25 14 Cost of renovating Captain Hobson's grave ... 50 15 i Expenses in connection with the compilation and printing of Maori Dictionary ... ... 550 16 Expenses in connection with preservation of bird life 300 17 Expenses in connection with visit of Government Astronomer to Lick Observatory ... ... 10 18 ' Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... 2,100 19 Fire Brigades Annual Conference (grant in aid) ... 300 20 Fire brigades attending Annual Conference, railway passes for ... ... ... 300 21 Freight and cartage ... ... ... 250 22 Fresh-water fisheries, expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings ... ... ... 2,300 23 Fuel for Government offices... ... ... 700 24 General contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... loo 25 Grant to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington ... ... ... 600 26 Grant to Auckland Acclimatization Society (Game Farm) ... ... ... 100

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Item. Item. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.\ £ £ HEAD OFFIOE— continued. «•*■ 27 28 29 30 31 32 38 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 28 29 30 31 32 27 VOTE No. 43— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. Hector Observatory — Cost of clearing ground and planting trees General expenses (including temporary assistance) Instruments and equipment House allowance, Custodian, Government Buildings, Nelson Imperial Institute Legal expenses Light and water for various Government buildings ... Meals supplied to persons who are granted free passages on Government steamers Office equipment (including telephones)... . . Payment to Hospital Boards and other expenses incidental to issue of licenses under Land Agents Act, 1912 ... ... ... | .' Payment to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, for part services of custodian National Gallery ... ... ... Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Printing, stationery, and office equipment for Ministers' offices ... ... ... I Protection of Tuatara lizards : Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others Publications (including newspapers) Renovation of graves in historical cemeteries Renovation of graves of soldiers and others who were killed or died in connection with the Maori War, including wives and daughters of officers, and also men of the British and other navies, and expenses in connection therewith Salary, allowance, and expenses of Lady Medical Referee Salary, allowance, and expenses of official War Cor- f respondent ... ... ... ] Special allowance to Executive Officer of Board of Supplies Special allowance to Inspector of Fire Brigades in connection with inspection of departmental fire appliances Special allowance to shorthand-writers and typistes employed in Ministers'offices Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £150) towards cost of the removal, to New Plymouth Cemetery, of remains of soldiers killed in Taranaki District, and the erection of obelisk Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Tauranga Cemetery to the memory of Maoris killed in Gate Pa engagement... Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Waikaremoana Cemetery to the memory of trooper Noonan, A.C. ... Travelling-allowance of Ministers, as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1908 ... ... ... 1 Travelling-expenses of Ministers ... ... 1 Travelling allowances and expenses of Private Secretaries to Ministers ... ... ... 1 Travelling allowances and expenses of officers of the Department 50 150 100 20 100 50 1,400 10 750 5,000 80 500 750 750 50 700 100 350 225 1,000 95 25 200 150 80 16 1,500 1,500 1,800 750 50 150 100 20 100 50 1,400 10 750 5,000 80 500 750 750 50 700 100 350 225 1,000 95 25 200 150 80 16 1,500 I , 500 1,800 750

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191(5-17. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. £ ■ £ HEAD OFPIOK continu ••</. VOTE No. 43- continued,. Other Chakuks fob and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. 55 Travelling allowances and expenses of Official Photographer and cost of photographic materials ... 25 56 Victoria League, Auckland: Grant towards proposed Soldiers' Memorial ... ... ... 500 57 Weights and Measures Acts... ... ... 250 34,065 Less fees receivable in respect of the Land Act, 1912 ... ... ... 5,000 29,065 Total—Vote No. 43... ... 51, 51,924 , l J MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 19 VOTE No. 44. 1 Salaries — Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) " ... ... ... 575 Salaries in addition to classification— 16 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each ... 400 Additional salary to officer in classified department employed as Private Secretary (also £425) ... j 130 1 at £50 (also Clerk, Treasury Department, £375) 50 Extra classification allowance .. ... j 635 Secretary to Cabinet, sessional allowance ... 25 575 400 130 50 635 25 Total —Vote No. 44 ... ... 1, 1,815 MESSENGERS, OFFICE-KEEPERS, AND CHARWOMEN. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 223 VOTE No. 45. 1 Salaries — Geni:ral Division Messengers, dtc. — £ lat £290 ... ... 290 lat £280 ... ... 280 lat £250 ... ... 250 I lat £240 ... ... 240 lat £210 ... ... 210 4 at £200 ... ... 800 lat £198 ... ... 198 3 at £190 ... ... 570 lat £181 ... ... 181 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 I at £178 ... ... 178

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I tern. 1916-17. MESSENGERS, OFFICE-KEEPERS, AND CHARWOMEN— continued. £ VOTE No. Io—continued. Salaries— continued. General Division— continued. Messengers, do. — continued. £ 1 at £174 ... ... 174 lat £173 ... ... 173 30 at £170 ... ... 5,100 7 at £165 ... ... 1,155 , 21 at £160 ... ... 3,360 10 at £155 ... ... 1,550 2 at £150 ... ... 300 I 19 at £140 ... ... 2,660 2 at £130 ... ... 260 1 at £120 ... ... 120 | 1 at £110 ... ... 110 4 at £100 ... 400 2 at £90 ... ... 180 1 at £80 ... ... 80 3 at £60 ... ... 180 20,079 Charwomen — 1 at £91 ... ... 91 1 at £90 ... ... 90 3 at £85 ... ... 255 1 at £50 ... ... 50 1 at 398. per week ... ... 102 1 at 35s. per week ... ... 91 92 at 31s. 6d. per week (3 for 11 months) 7,514 1 at 20s. per week ... ... 52 8,245 28,324 Allowances under Public Service Regulation No. 208 97 28,421 Less provided for by other Departments ... 2,800 j 25,621 Less proportion of salaries and increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year ... ... ... 119 25,502 2 3 I 6 6 7 8 9 10 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices ... ... ... 200 Contribution towards payment of minimum and additional retiring-allowances to messengers ... 960 Extra charwomen, cleaners, <fec. ... ... 3,800 Extra messengers, &c. ... ... ... 2,500 Motor cycles and accessories ... ... 200 Special allowances to messengers, Wellington ... 150 Travelling-expenses ... ... ... 150 • Uniforms and overcoats for messengers ... ... 300 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 50 J 8,610 Total—Vote No. 45 ! 84, US

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mi. item. im. 1916-17. AUDIT DEPARTMENT. £ 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 87 VOTE No. 46. 1 ' Salaries— Deputy Controller and Auditor Audit Officer. London 50 700 Classification under Act. CijFjRical Division. Glass I — 1 at £600 (also Secretary Commissioners Public Debts Sinking Funds £50, and Deputy Controller £50) Class II — 6 at £475 Class III— £ 5 at £425 ... ... 2,125 1 at £385 ... ... 385 Class IV— lat £370 ... ... 370 2 at £330 ... ... 660 Class V— 7 at £315 ... ... 2,205 2 at £305 ... ... 610 2 at £290 ... ... 580 Class VI — — 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 2 at £245 ... ... 490 4 at £230 ... ... 920 lat £215 ... ... 215 2 at £200 ... ... 400 Class VII— 1 at £230 ' ... ... 230 tat £220 ... ... 220 1 at £200 ... ... 200 5 at £190 ... ... 950 3 at £180 ... ... 540 3 at £165 ... ... 495 7 at £150 ... ... 1,050 7 at £135 ... ... 945 3 at £120 ... ... 360 lat £95 ... ... 95 3 at £80 ... ... 240 9 at £65 ... ... 585 600 2,850 2,510 1,030 3,395 3,065 5,910 266 Lodging-allowance Gf.neral Division. lat £190 ... ... 190 1 at £96 ... ... 96 286 20,662 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 203 Less salaries of offioers with Expeditionary Force 20,459 3,025 17,-434 Other Charges for and incidental to 2 ! Extra clerical assistance (inspection and examination) 3 Office cleaning, fuel and light 4 Office equipment, telephones 5 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 6 | Printing and stationery and publications 7 I Rent of offices 200 25 125 150 100

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item. 19] t.-ni. 1916-17. AUDIT DEPARTMENT -continued. VOTE No. 16 continued. Other Charges for and incidental to- continued. 8 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 2,400 9 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the vote ... ... 50 £ 2,400 50 a inn 3,100 a, iuu 20,534 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910(Audit Office fees, &c.) 11,000 20,534 11,000 Total—Vote No. 46 ... 9,534 REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 79 VOTE No. 47. 1 Salaries— Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £525 ... ... ... 525 Class III— I at £405 ... ... ... 405 Class IV— £ lat £371 ... ... 371 1 at £361 ... ... 361 1 at £330 ... ... 330 Class VI— 1,062 1 at £260 ... ... 260 3 at £245 ... ... 735 Class VII — i)95 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £135 ... ... 270 Class VIII — 920 2 at £110 • ... ... 220 4 at £80 ... ... 320 2 at £65 ... ... 130 1,062 525 405 995 920 670 670 100 Lodging-allowance ... ... ... [qq General Division. 1 at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £96 ... .... 96 252 4,929 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Cleaning, firing, lighting, freight, and carriage ... 50 8 i Office allowances to District Registrars of Births, Marriages, and Deaths ... ... ... 70 4 Office equipment ami telephones ... ... 100 5 Payment to Post-office lor services of Postmasters as Registrars of Births, &c. ... ... ... 530 6 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 250 7 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 750 8 Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages ... 2,750 9 Temporary assistance (extra clerks) ... ... 50 10 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 100 11 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 4,700 Total—Vote No. 47 ... ... I

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I 1916-17. CENSUS AND STATISTICS. 1910-17. Total number of offioers .. 16 £ VOTE No. 48. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class II— 1 at £460 ... ... ... 460 Glass V — 1 at £290 ... ... ... 290 . Class VI— £ 3 at £245 ... ... 735 1 at £215 ... ... 215 Glass VII— 950 1 at £220 . . ... 220 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £135 ... ... 270 Glass VIII— 690 1 at £95 ... ... 95 1 at £80 ... ... 80 2 at £50 (11 months) .. ... 92 267 Lodging-allowance ... ... ... 64 General Division 1 at £240 ... ... 210 1 at £132 ... ... 132 I at £78 ... ... 78 450 3,171 Other Chargf.s for and incidental to — 2 Administration of Military Service Act ... ... 3,000 3 Census, 1917 ... ... ... ... 20,000 4 Cleaning, firing, lighting, freight, and carriage ... 25 5 Collection of Statistics, including Agricultural and Pastoral ... ... ... ... ; 3,500 6 National Register, expenses of ... ... j 1,000 7 Office equipment and telephones ... ... 50 8 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes... ... 500 9 Printing and stationery, including Year-book and Statistics ... ... ... ... 3,500 10 Temporary assistance, extra clerks ... ... 125 11 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... ! 25 12 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 31,775 Total Votf. No. 48 ... 34, 34,946 ,9< 6 ELECTORAL. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 40 VOTE No. 49. I Salaries— Clerical Division. Class IV1 at £406 ... ... ... 405 Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 I at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 (for 6 months) ... ... TOO ' ; 530 For payments of Registrars... ... 2,912 3,847 |

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I tem 1916-17. ELECTORAL continued. £ £ 2 3 4 5 (i 7 8 9 io 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 2 3 4 5 (i 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 49 -continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Cartage, railage, and wharfage Expenses of by-elections Expenses of general election Firing and lighting Legal expenses Licensing poll, under Licensing Act, 1908 ' ... Licensing Committee election Office requisites Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Preparation and printing of rolls Printing and stationery Rent of offices Telephones Travelling-expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 10 25 300 100 25 20 50 25 30 500 100 MOO 13 2 > 50 10 I Total--Vote No. 49 ... 1,583 j r. 5,43i i 5 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 1(110-1.7. Total number of officers .. 56 1 VOTE No. 50. Salaries — Secretary Trade and Immigration Representative ... Accountant Chief Clerk Produce Commissioner ... ... Veterinarian Inspector of New Zealand Dairy Produce Clerks and Messengers 750 700 500 425 500 500 350 6,535 1.0,260 2 3 4 Other Charges fok and incidental to — Contributions due under National Insurance Act, 1911, in respect of clerks employed in the High Commissioner's office Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage Office equipment, including stationery and publications 18 500 100 6 7 8 Postage Rent, office-cleaning, fuel, and light Travelling expenses and allowances 1,500 550 5,300 800

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Item. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE— continued. 1911'. 17. VOTE No. 50 continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. 9 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ € 300 9,068 Less contribution from Public Trust and Government Insurance Funds 19,328 300 Less bonuses and commissions paid to High Commissioner on account of reduced passages of emigrants 19,028 250 Less contributions from stock agents conversion 18,778 account 300 Less shipping charges on goods for Government Departments 18,478 250 Total -Vote No. 50 ... 18,228 MUSEUM. 11110-17. Total number of officers .. 6 VOTE No. 51. 1 Salaries — Professional Division. Class B— lat £600 600 r General Division. £ lat £350 ... ... 350 1 at £225 ... ... 225 2 at £156 ... ... 312 887 1,487 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Books and other publications, including binding ;•} Clerical assistance 4 Collection cf historical and other matter relating to the Maori race 5 Establishment of historical collection regarding early history of New Zealand ... 6 Expenses of temporary Museum assistants 7 Expert assistance 8 Freight and cartage 9 Fuel, light, water, and cleaning 10 Office equipment 11 Photographic and phonographic apparatus for Museum 12 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 13 Preparation of specimens ... 14 Printing and stationery 15 Printing Museum publications 16 Purchase of specimens and pictures 17 Sunday attendance at Museum 18 Telephone and fire-alarm charges 19 Travelling allowances and expenses 20 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 150 250 50 500 100 10 35 100 25 25 25 50 25 250 300 13 25 100 25 Total —Vote No. 51 ... 2,058 3,545

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Item. 1916-17. DOMINION LABORATORY. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 14 £ £ VOTE No. 52. Salaries— Professional Division. 1 at £750 Glass D — lat £380 Class E— £ 1 at £300 ... ... 300 lat £280 ... ... 280 1 at £260 ... ... 260 lat £235 ... ... 235 lat £210 ... ... 210 Class F— 2 at £85 ... ... 170 1 at £70 ... ... 70 750 380 1,285 240 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £220 Class VIII— lat £95 Lodging-allowance 220 95 13 General Division. lat £190 ... ... 190 lat £170 ... ... 170 360 360 ;» 2 3 4 5 6 Other Charges for and incidental to — Books, newspapers, and periodicals Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus Expenses under Explosives Act— Expenses in connection with magazines General expenses Printing and stationery Salaries : Magazine-keepers Travelling allowances and expenses ... Extra clerical assistance Fees of officers of Dominion Laboratory attending science lectures, Victoria College Freight and cartage Fuel, light, and water Office equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Subscriptions to Technical Societies Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 3,343 40 500 250 50 25 50 360 50 13 20 150 20 30 100 10 15 40 3,343 40 500 250 50 25 50 360 50 13 20 150 20 30 100 10 15 40 25 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 1 15 25 Total—Vote No. 52 ... ... - 1,748 1,748 t 5,091 PRINTING AND STATIONERY. Classification and Increases under Regulation. 1910-17. ,„ ,. , i , jv, (Permanent .. 303 Total number of officers .. j Temporary , m 1 VOTE No. 53. Salaries — Administrative Division. lat £650 650 650

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tern. 1916-17. PRINTING AND STATIONERY— con tinned. 19 VOTE No. 53— continued. Salaries — continued. £ £ ; £ Clerical Division. Class I— £ lat £500 Class III— lat £425 ... ... 425 1 at £405 ... ... 405 Class IV— lat £330 Class V— lat £315 ... ... 315 1 at £100 (also Hansard Supervisor's 100 Assistant, £225) 1 at £75 (also Clerk to Hansard Super- 75 visor, £215) Class VI— 1 at £265 ... ... 265 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 1 at £245 ... ... 245 lat £230 ... ... 230 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 3 at £190 ... ... 570 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— I at £88 500 830 330 490 1,780 910 88 490 1,780 910 88 General Division. 1 at £400 ... ... 100 2 at £320 ... ... 640 2 at £300 ... ... 600 2 at £290 ... ... 580 1 at £280 ... ... 280 lat £270 ... ... 270 2 at £260 ... ... 520 lat £255 ... ... 255 7 at £250 ... ... 1,750 2 at £240 ... ... 480 3 at £235 ... ... 705 lat £230 ... ... 230 2 at £225 ... ... 450 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £218 ... ... 218 9 at £215 ... ... 1,935 21 at £210 ... ... 4,410 58 at £200 ... ... 11,600 7 at £198 ... ... 1,386 32 at £195 (1 for 1 month) ... . 6,061 25 at £190 ... ... 4,750 8 at £185 (1 for 3 months) ... ... 1,341 1 at £181 ... ... 181 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 lat £176 ... ...' 176 4 at £175 (1 for 8 months, 1 for 6 months) 554 2 at £172 ... ... 344 4 at £170 ... ... 680 lat £163 ... ... 163 lat £160 ... ... 160 7 at £156 (1 for 3 months) ... ... 975 1 at £155 ... .. 155 3 at £150 ... ... 450 1 at £145 ... ... 145 4 at £140 ... ... 560 lat £138 ... ... 138 1 at £125 ... ... 125

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tem. 191 PRINTING AND STATIONERY—ijomY/wmm, 3 . 1916-17. VOTE No. 58— continued. £ Salaries -continued. £ : £ General Division — continued. £ 1 at £124 ... ... 124 lat £118 ... ... 118 10 at £111 ... ... 1,140 2 at £108 ... .. 216 16 at £104 (I for 4 months) ... 1,595 1 at £100 (6 months) ... ... 50 5 at £98 ... ... 490 4 at £97/10 (1 for 9 months) ... 365/10 11 at £91 ... ... 1,001 1 at £85 ... ... 85 3 at 84/10 ... ... 253/10 10 at £78 (1 for 1 month) ... ... 708/10 2 at £71/10 ... ... 143 17 at £65 ... ... 1,105 8 at £58/10 ... ... 468 21 at £52 ... ... 1,092 I 2 at £39 ... ... 78 1 at £32/10 ... ... 32/10 j j 54,432 Folders, Sewers, and Machine-workers (females) ... j 1,750 Apprentices, Machine Boys, Reader Boys, Errand j Boys, Perforators, and Gummers ... ... ] i,750 Extra hands ... ... ... I 10,500 I i ! 74,010 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for, but not payable during current year ... 371 I 73,639 Less salaries ol officers with Expeditionary Force , 2,599 ! 71,040 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Other Charges for and incidental to — Extras connected with monotype and linotype machines ... ... ... i 200 Freight, cartage, packing, insurance, and wharf labour ! 6,000 Fuel, gas, and lighting ... ... ... 1,300 Machinery ... ... ... I 6,500 Medical services ... ... ... j 150 Monotype and linotype metal ... ... I 200 Office equipment, advertising, travelling allowances and expenses ... ... ... | 100 Overtime ... ... ... 2,500 Postage, telegrams, and exchange ... ... 1,000 Refund of amounts overpaid for publications ... 20 Salary of I. Mackay, from 1st April to 30th June, 1916, being leave on retirement ... ... 200 Stationery, paper, &c, and office requisites ... j 13,000 Stores, bookbinding material, and printing-ink ... i 3,500 Telephone subscriptions and expenses, and maintenance of departmental telephone system , ... 55 Type and printing material ... ... ... 500 Water-supply ... ... ... 350 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... i fOO i 13 14 15 16 17 18 65,675 136,715 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ...105,000 Total-Vote No. 53 ... ... 31,71

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Item. 1916-17. MENTAL HOSPITALS. Total number of offioers Less absent with Expeditionary Force 1010-17. 794 81 £ ; £ £ VOTE No. 54. 1 i Salaries— 713 Administrative Division. I n speotor-G eneral 1,000 Professional Division. Class A — Deputy Inspector-General 5 Medical Superintendents at £700 ... Glass C — 1 Medical Superintendent at £480 Class D — 1 Medical Officer at £400... 1 Medical Officer at £380... 4 Medical Officers at £345 1 Medical Officer at £325 3 Medical Officers at £310 1 Chief Engineer and Electrician at £325 Class E — 1 Medical Officer (part time) 1 Medical Officer (part time) £ 700 3,500 100 380 1,380 325 930 325 225 200 1,200 480 3,740 425 r Clerical Division. Class HI— lat £425 Class IV— 1 at £360 ... ' Class V— 3 at £320 lat £305 1 at £290 Class VII— lat £210 3 at £200 2 at £180 1 at £150 2 at £135 Class VIII— 1 Cadet at £80 2 Cadets at £65 960 305 290 210 600 360 150 270 80 130 9,845 425 360 1,555 1 ,'590 210 4,140 General Division. 1 Storekeeper at £170 1 Storekeeper at £140 1 Typist at £144 1 Typist at £84 2 Typists at £72 170 140 144 84 144 682 Head Attendants — 1st Grade— 4 at £280 2nd Grade— 2 at £245 4 at £240 1 at £235 490 960 235 I , 120 1,685 2,805

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tem, M EN TAL HOSPITALS— continued 1916-17. VOTE No 54— continued. Salariks— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. Matrons — 1st Grade— 3 at £215 1 at £205 3rd Grade— 1 at £175 4 th Grade— 1 at £160 lat £155 1 at £150 2 at £145 £ 645 205 160 155 150 290 850 175 755 850 175 1,780 Engineers — lat £370 1 at £345 1 at £270 1 at £230 1 at £220 2 at £210 370 345 270 230 220 420 1,855 1,855 Estate Managers — 1 at £200 (also £200 Justice Department) Farm Managers — 4 at £250 Farm Overseers — 1 at £185 lat £170 Stockman — 1 at £165 185 170 200 1,000 355 165 1,720 Stokers — 1 at £170 5 at £165 lat £160 1 at £155 2 at £150 Engine-dr iver — lat £160 1.70 825 160 155 300 1,610 165 1,775 Attendants — 10 at £195 18 at £190 10 at £185 4 at £180 10 at £175 7 at £170 32 at £165 7 at £160 13 at £155 15 at £150 12 at £145 92 at £140 9 at £135 15 at £130 18 at £125 30 at £120 96 at £115 1,950 3,420 1,850 720 1,750 1,190 5,280 1,120 2,015 2,250 1,740 12,880 1,215 1,950 2,250 3,600 11,040 1 • 56,220

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I Item. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. VOTE No. al -continued. 1 Salaries- continued. 191i 1916-17. f General Division— continued. Carpenters — 2 at £200 I at £190 4 at £180 Bricklayers — 1 at £188 Blacksmith — lat £170 Painters — 2 at £170 1 at £165 Bootmaker — 1 at £135 Bakers ■ I at £185 (also Cook) I at £180 1 at £170 1 at £150 Poultryman— lat£145 Plumbers — 5 at £190 lat £180 Gardeners — 1 at £180 2 at £160 Fisherman — 1 at £150 Farm Hands — 3 at £140 lat £115 17 at £110 Messengers — 2 at £95 £ 400 190 720 1,310 188 170 340 165 505 135 185 180 170 150 685 145 950 180 1,130 180 320 500 150 420 115 1,870 | 2,405 190 1 ,310 188 170 505 135 685 145 1,130 500 150 2,405 190 • Nurses — lat £120 3 at £115 . 12 at £110 8 at £105 11 at £100 2 at £98 5 at £95 10 at £93 1 at £90 14 at £88 41 at £85 123 at £80 Cooks — L Male at £175 2 Males at £160 1 Male at £140 1 Female at £115 2 females at £110 2 Females at £100 2 Females at £95 Laundresses — 2 at £110 2 at £105 2 at £95 2 at £85 1 at £80 120 345 1,320 840 1, 100 196 475 930 90 1,232 3,485 9,840 1 19,973 175 320 140 115 220 200 ' 190 1,360 220 I 210 190 170 80 870

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tern. 1916-17. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. £ £ VOTE No 54— continued. Salaries— continued. General Division — continued. Ward-maids — 4 at £70 ... ... ... 280 29,996 Official Visitors — £ 4 at £26 ... ... 104 4 at £13 ... ... 52 156 Increase of Salaries to Attendants and Nurses under scale ... ... ... | 500 To provide-for increase of £5 to salaries of attendants and nurses (new scale) ... ... ... 2,250 Special allowance to adjust re-classification of attendants and nurses ... ... ... 750 Allowance to night staff ... ... .... 50 4,550 115,524 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force , 10,175 105,349 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 L6 L6 17 18 19 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, newspapers, technical books, ami office equipment ... ... ... 250 Bedding and clothing ... ... ... 11,000 Buildings, including additions, improvements, repairs, and replacements ... ... ... 5,000 Dental services ... ... ... 150 Developmental work in connection with bringing land into cultivation, purchase, of implements, stock, Ac. j 1,250 Farms, maintenance of ... ... ... 8 000 Fencing, draining, and roading ... .... 200 Freight and cartage ... ... ... \ 2, 500 Fuel, light, water, and cleaning ... ... 11'000 Funerals, expenses of ... ... ... | 300 Furniture and fittings ... ... ... 400 Gardens and shrubberies, expenses of ... 200 Grant to Seacliff Staff Club ... ... 10 Law-costs ... ... ... 20 Laundry ... ... . 2,300 Machinery, repairs, and stores .. ... 1,400 Medical fees for certificates and consultations ... I '900 Nursing staff— Uniforms, purchase of ... ... ... 1,200 Patients, expenses connected with— Gratuities ... ... ... 90 •• Patients' Friends" ... ... ... 20i Recreation ... ... 3,250 Transfer ... ... , ! 100 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 450 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 500 Nations ... ... ... 53,000 Rents and rates ... ... ... 800 Salary, .1. Struthers, in lieu of 14 days' leave ... 4 Stores ... ... ... 3,000 I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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Item. Q.I 1916-17. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. 27 28 29 30 17 18 19 10 11 VOTE No. 54— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Surgery and dispensary— Drugs and instruments Wine, spirits, ale, and porter .... Telephones ... "... Travelling expenses and allowances 1 Treatment and maintenance of patients in general hospitals Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 800 50 350 900 50 400 31 I I 111,024 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 66,000 45,024 Total—Vote No. 54 ... 150, 150,373 ,3' 173 HOME FOR DEFECTIVES. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 8 i J VOTE No. 55. Salaries — General Division. Matron Attendant at £180 2 Nurses at £85 Cook Laundress Housemaid Gardener 175 180 170 95 95 82 120 175 180 170 95 95 82 120 2 3 4 5 6 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance, including food, clothing, bedding, fuel, and light, &c. Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Purchase of stock, tools, and material for house and grounds Travelling-allowances and removal expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 917 917 500 5 50 10 50 2 500 5 3 4 5 6 50 10 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 615 615 270 270 Total—Vote No. 55 ... 345 345 1, 1,262 ,2f 62 » TOURISTS. 1916-17 Total number of officers .. 171 VOTE No. 56. Salaries— Administrative Division. lat £650 650 650

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'tern. 1916-17. TOURISTS— continued. VOTE No. 56— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ £ Proehssional Division. £ lat £1,000 ... ... 1,000 Class D — lat £380 ... ... 380 lat £325 ... ... 325 Clerical Division. 1,705 Class I — 1 at £350 (also Department of Agriculture, £200) ... Class IV— 2 at £370 ... ... 740 1 at £270 (also Department of Agriculture, £100) ... ... 270 Class V— lat £315 ... ... 315 2 at £305 ... ... 610 2 at £290 ... ... 580 lat £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— ' 3 at £260 Class VII— 2 at £220 ... ... 440 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £180 ... ... 180 3 at £165 ... .. 495 2 at £150 ... ... 300 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 2 at £110 ... ... 220 1 at £95 ... ... 95 4 at £80 ... ... 320 6 at £65 ... ... 390 350 1,010 1,780 780 2,055 Cadets' Lodging-allowances— 4 at £28 ... ... 112 3 at £23 ... ... 69 lat £13 ... ... 13 1,025 Agents' Tellers' Allowances— 4 at £5 Clerk's oversea allowance— lat £15 Allowance to officer under Public Service Regulation 24a 194 20 15 34 General Division. 1 at £335 ... ... 335 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £240 ... ... 240 lat £230 ... ... 230 1 at £225 ... ... 225 lat £215 ... ... 215 1 at £210 . . ... 210 1 at £204 ... ... 204 4 at £200 ... ... 800 lat £195 ... ... 195 lat £184 .... ... 184 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 lat £175 ... ... 175 3 at £170 ... ... 510 lat £168 ... ... 168 2 at £165 ... ... 330

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Item. 19 6-17. TOURISTS— continued. VOTE No. 56— continued. I i Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. £ 5 at £160 ... ... 800 1 at £156 ... ... 156 lat £155 ... ... 155 13 at £150 ... ... 1,950 3 at £146 ... ... 438 lat £145 ... ... 145 lat £141 ... ... 141 16 at £140 ... ... 2,240 2 at £138 ... ... 276 2 at £135 ... ... 270 'lat £132 ... ... 132 lat £130 ... ... 130 2 at £125 ... ... 250 1 at £120 ... ... 120 2 at £115 ... ... 230 4 at £110 ... ... 440 lat £108 ... ... 108 5 at £105 ... ... 525 6 at £100 ... ... 600 3 at £96 ... ... 288 7 at £95 ... ... 665 2 at £90 ... ... 180 2 at £85 ... ... 170 2 at £84 ... ... 168 2 at £80 ... ... 160 lat £75 ... ... 75 5 at £65 ... ... 325 2 at £60 ... ... 120 2 at £50 ... ... 100 Unclassified Staff. 16,718 Professional. 375 lat £375 General. lat £95 ... ... 95 lat £78 ... ... 78 1 at £50 (also Department of Agriculture, £50) 50 lat £50 ... ... 50 lat £25 ... ... 25 298 Less amount deducted for board, &c. — 12 at £30; 1 at £80 ... ... 440 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided but not payable for full year... 335 27,009 775 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 26,234 2,286 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Accommodation at Hermitage of H. C. Fitzhardinge— in settlement of claim 3 Advertising, and purchase of books, photographs, pictures, and distribution of pamphlets, books, &c. ... 4 Amount stolen from ticket office, Rotorua 5 > Bonuses and commissions to Honorary Agents 23,948 2 5 3 4 5 2,500 2 20

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tern. 1916-17. Item. TOURISTS— continued. £ £ (i 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 6 7 VOTE No. 56 -continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Claims in connection with passenger booking Cleaning, lighting, water, fuel, telephones, office requisites, furniture, rent, legal expenses, cartage, printing and stationery, freight, &c, New Zealand and abroad, audit fees for inspection of accounts ... Compensation to officer for loss of personal effects by fire while on transfer Extra clerical assistance Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers : Tracks and huts Glade House and Te Anau-Wakatipu-Milford Track— Maintenance, including furniture and repairs Ilanmer Sanatorium, Baths, Gardens, and Watersupply to Township — Maintenance of sanatorium, baths, water-supply, tea-house, gardens, furniture, supplies, repairs, and wines, spirits, &c. ... Importation and distribution of game and fish Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri— Maintenance of steamers and jetties, including repairs Maintenance of hostels, baths, or reserves at Little Barrier Island, Waiotapu, Orakei-Korako, Te Puia, Tokaanu, Morere, Tarawera, Waikaremoana, Pukaki, and Te Anau, and reserves vested in Department ... Mount Cook Hermitage Hostel, Tracks, and Huts— Maintenance, including guiding, equipment, furniture, and repairs Queenstown Reserves— Maintenance, improvements, music, &c. Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Rotorua Acclimatization District— Maintenance, including bonuses to honorary 5 1,800 12 550 50 1,500 1,500 50 500 500 4,000 175 475 20 21 22 rangers Rotorua Sanatorium and Baths— Maintenance of sanatorium and baths, including wines, spirits, furniture, supplies, and repairs ... Rotorua Works, including Whakarewarewa— Maintenance of— Electric light and power system Reserves, gardens, parks, and bands or orchestra Water-supply and sewerage Wharves and beacons ... ... ... j Subsidies to coach, motor, and steamer services— £ Fairlie-Hermitage . ... 425 Lake Wanaka ... ... 30 Lumsden-Te Anau ... ... 60 Pembroke-Queenstown ... ... 65 Pipiriki-Tokaanu ... ... 260 Pukaki-Pembroke ... ... 300 Rotorua-Waiotapu ... ... 180 Wairoa-Waikaremoana ... . . 125 250 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 25 22 23 24 i 25 26 Subsidies to Park and Domain Boards : Egmont £200, Taupo£50 Subsidy, accommodation-house, Waikaremoana Te Aroha Hot Springs— Maintenance of buildings, baths, gardens, teahouse, subsidy to doctor, supplies, music, furniture, and repairs Tongariro National Park : Maintenance, &c. ... ' 1,445 2:; 250 150 21 25 900 100 26

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Item. 19 6-17. TOURISTS— continued. VOTE No. 56— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Travelling allowances and expenses, including removal of oflicers Waimangu Round-trips and Hostel— Maintenance, and repairs, hostel, furniture, boatshed, boats, and tracks... Waitomo Caves and Hostel— Maintenance, including furniture and repairs Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... £ 27 LV -H 28 600 400 29 2,500 80 50 25,014 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 48,962 600 Total—Vote No. 56 ... 48,36: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 19 VOTE No. 57. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class II — £ lat £440 Class V— 1 at £290 ... 290 lat £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— lat £245 ... 245 1 at £230 ... ... 230 Class VII— 1 at £210 ... ... 210 lat £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— — 2 at £110 ,., ... 220 4 at £65 ... ... 260 456 565 475 330 480 46 Lodging-allowances General Division. lat £260 ... ... 260 lat £132 ... ... 132 lat £120 ... ... 120 3 at £108 ... ... 324 836 Less salaries of officers absent and proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable during the current year ... 3,188 230 2,958

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[tern. 1916-17. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE— continued. £ VOTE No. 57— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Appeal Board— Allowance to Government Insurance Commissioner for services on Board at the rate of £100 per 3 -1 5 6 7 annum Expenses: Election of members, Board of Appeal Expenses: Hearing of appeals Examinations: Public Service Senior and Entrance Printing and stationery Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 100 40 350 1,700 500 56 300 60 Less estimated credits 3,106 700 Total—Vote No. 57 ... 2,406 5,364 PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARI- • TABLE AID. 1910-17. Total iminber of officers ,. 159 VOTE No. 58. Salaries — Administrative Division. lat £950 950 Professional Division. 750 lat £750 Class A — £ 2 at £700 ... ... 1,400 1 at £650 ... ... 650 2 at £600 ... ... 1,200 Class B — lat £575 Class D — 1 at £400 Class E— I at £300 ... ... 300 3 at £260 ... ... 780 lat £210 ... ... 210 3,250 575 400 Clerical Division. 1,290 Class IV— lat £370 Class V— 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 2 at £260 ... ... 520 lat £230 ... ... 230 Class VII— lat £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 lat £190 ,.. ... 190 370 580 750 820

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tern. 1916-17. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 68— continued. Salaries— continued. Class fill— £ 1 at £110 ... ... 110 1 at £95 ... ... 95 lat £80 ... ... 80 4 at £65 ... ... 260 Cadets' lodging-allowance ... ... ... 545 100 General Division. 3 at £250 ... ... 750 lat £240 ... ... 240 lat £225 ... ... 225 6 at £190 ... ... 1,140 3 at £180 ... ... 540 5 at £170 ... ... 850 6 at £160 ... ... 960 lat £150 ... ... 150 lat £144 ... ... 144 lat £140 ... ... 140 2 at £130 ... ... 260 3 at £120 ... ... 360 1 at £113 ... ... 113 2 at £110 ... ... 220 3 at £108 ... ... 324 2 at £100 ... ... 200 3 at £96 ... ... 288 lat £84 ... ... 84 2 at £80 ... ... 160 lat £78 ... ... 78 lat £70 .... ... 70 1 at £60 . . ... 60 lat £40 ... ... 40 | 7,396 Unclassified Officers. 1 District Health Officer at £350 1 District Health Officer at £100 1 Bacteriologist at £100 6 Medical Officers at £100 ... 2 Analysts at £150 11 Port Health Officers— lat £250 ... ... 250 1 at £225 ... .. 225 lat £125 ... ... 125 1 at £115 ... ... 115 1 at £50 ... ... 50 1 at £40 ... ... 40 3 at £30 ... ... 90 2 at £10 ... ... 20 9 Sanitary Inspectors— lat £235 ... ... 235 lat £228 ... ... 228 lat £223 ... ... 223 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £190 ... ... 380 lat £180 ... ... 180 lat £157 ... ... 157 350 100 100 600 300 915 1,813

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88

Item. 1916-17. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID— continued. VOTE No. 58— continued. Salaries — continued. I Unclassified Officers— continued. 44 Native Medical Officers— £ 4 at £100 ... ... 400 5 at £75 ... .. 375 3 at £60 ... ... 180 20 at £50 1,000 3 at £40 . ... 120 2 at £35 ... ... 70 lat £30 ... ... 30 4 at £25 ... ... 100 lat £20 ... 20 lat £13 ... ... 13 1 Caretaker, quarantine station Contribution to other Votes— Marine Department ... ... 50 Agriculture Department ... ... 80 2,308 190 130 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 24,582 3,418 Other Charges for and incidental to — Administration, including— Analysts paid by fees Cancer, venereal diseases, and dental conditions: Investigations and treatment in connection therewith Extra assistance— Clerical ... ... 750 Other ... ... 1,000 21,164 150 3,000 Freight and cartage Inspection of vessels Legal expenses Medical Practitioners Act Mid wives Act Notification of infectious diseases Nurses Registration Act Office Expenses (including rent, cleaning, fuel, light, water equipment, telephones, books and publications, postage, telegrams, rent of boxes, printing and stationery) Plumbers Registration Act Quackery Prevention Act Quarantine expenses Sale of Food and Drugs Act... Travelling-expenses and allowances Vaccination and registration fees 1,750 150 500 100 50 75 800 200 3,500 800 25 100 400 4,000 100 15,700 Grants in Aid, including— Compassionate allowance to widow and family of Denis Phelan Contributions to inspectors'salaries District Nursing Associations (grant) Grant to Karitane Home, Dunedin Grants for refuge work Maintenance of delirium tremens patients in general hospitals 52 100 750 750 2,250 150

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89

:. .tern. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID— continued. 1916-17. VOTE No. 58— continued. Grants in Aid, including— continued. Medical Associations' grants Otago University— Grant towards laboratory Assistance to Medical School Plunket nurses, grants for ... Promotion of the health of women and children Relief of indigent persons Salvation Army Prison Brigade work £ £ 3 1,400 50 1,000 4,000 150 150 450 Miscellaneous Charges, including— Bacteriological laboratory ... Compensation payable under the Public Health Act, 1908 Compensation payable in connection with Mount Eden and Mount Albert night-soil disposal Dangerous infectious diseases Expenses in connection with infantile paralysis outbreak Infectious diseases Maternity homes, refund of fees Medical and nursing aid to Maoris (exclusive of salaries) Relief to enemy aliens Retiring-allowance at the rate of £36 per annum to G. A. Birch, late clerk Dunedin District Office, retired medically unfit Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the vote 11,252 1,500 50 40 500 300 200 50 2,500 200 36 500 5 Institutions under control of the Department— Wages — St. Helens Hospital, Auckland St. Helens Hospital, Wellington St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin Rotorua Cottage Hospital Te Waikato Sanatorium Townley St. Helens Hospital. Gisborne... 5,876 275 500 275 275 300 1.700 250 6 Maintenance— St. Helens Hospital, Auckland St. Helens Hospital, Wellington St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin Rotorua Cottage Hospital Te Waikato Sanatorium Townley St. Helens Hospital, Gisborne... 3,575 1,000 1,100 1,200 800 500 4,000 1,000 Less — Estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 £7,350 Amount to be recovered from the Civil List, Native, &c. ... 6,000 9,600 46,003 13,350 Total—Vote No. 58... 32,653

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Item. 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. »» VOTE No. 59. Charges for and incidental to — General — 1 Annuity to Lady Steward for services rendered by her late husband Sir William Jukes Steward 2 Baths for Soldiers at Public Tepid Swimming Bath, Wellington 3 Books on New Zealand birds 4 Compassionate allowance to A. L. Stewart 5 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late W. J. Culver, Department of Labour 6 Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Imelda Coogan, in respect of services rendered by her husband while employed in the Land and Income Tax Department (final) 7 Contribution to Brussels International Customs Bureau for publication of Customs tariffs 8 Contribution to Veterans' Home, Auckland 9 Cost of acquiring land for roads under section 115 of the Public Works Act, 1908 10 Cost of preparing illustrations for "New Zealand Flora" 11 Cost of administering war risks insurance scheme ... 12 Cost of repatriating to Samoa 64 Natives exiled to Saipan by the German Governor of Samoa (on account) 13 Difference between ordinary and special railway fares for members of Expeditionary Forces 14 Expenditure incurred in connection with the Waterside Workers' strike 15 Expenses in connection with loaning of art pictures 16 Expenses of Public Service Stores Tender Board 17 Expenses in connection with New Zealand Hospital Ships 18 Expenses in connection with Trade of Empire Royal Commission ... ... ... 19 Expenses in connection with removal of household and effects of His Excellency the Governor 20 Expenses for extra services s.s. " Tutanekai " 21 Expenses in connection with raising and distribution of various relief funds ... ... ... j 22 Grant towards cost of publication of scientific material of British Antarctic Expedition ... 23 Grant towards cost of publication of the scientific results of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition 24 Grant to Philosophical Institute for research work ... 25 Grant in indemnity of surcharge of Otorohanga Native Township Council on Municipal Picture Building 26 Grant to F. La wry 27 Grant to New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association 28 Grant to Royal Life Saving Society 29 Grants to Societies for Protection of Women and Children— Auckland Christchurch Dunedin 30 Grant to Westland Acclimatization Society 31 Grants for special services ... 32 Grant to New Zealand Institute for research-work ... 33 Grant to the widow of the late Hon. Wiremu Kerei Nikora, M.L.C. 34 Grant to the widow of the late Hon. .7. A. Millar ... 35 Grant to the widow of the late Hon. Geo. Laurenson £ 150 100 187 66 260 100 120 500 50 15 3,000 25 12,000 15 10 300 £ 100 1,576 75 500 4,000 53 500 250 96 200 100 75 75 75 75 100 4,000 250 200 1,000 400

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1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. £ £ > 42 13 44 36 37 88 39 10 41 36 ! 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 j 54 j VOTE No. 59— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. General —continued. Investigation of the mosquitoes of New Zealand ... 110 Manual of New Zealand Mollusca ... ... 15 Pacific Cable : New Zealand's proportion of estimated deficiency ... ... ... , 1,000 Payment to Reuter's Telegram Company for special telegrams ... ... ... 75 Payment to officers of the Public Service for performance of special duties ... ... ... ! 450 Payment to Captain J. A. Algie of, his retiring-allow-ance while serving with the Expeditionary Forces I at Samoa ... .. ... 115 Pension for Mrs. M. K. Dickinson ... ... 40 Pension for Mrs. Mary Lee for services rendered during Maori War ... ... ... 25 Pension of late Provincial Government, Nelson—'Mrs. Robinson's two daughters.. ... ... 100 Provision for petitions, &c, under consideration ... 1,250 Refund of amounts advanced by British Consul at Batavia and Commonwealth Government to New Zealand passengers ex "s.s. Roon" landed at Batavia ... ... ... 5 Rewards for arrest of naval deserters ... ... 50 Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, grant in aid of 100 Seddon Memorial ... ... ... 500 Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of memorial to commemorate the discovery of gold on the West Coast 200 Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £200) towards cost of memorial to the late Sir Arthur Guinness ... 200 Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £150) for the destruction of shags in the Hawke's Bay Acclimatization District 75 Telegrams beyond the Dominion ... ... 16,000 Travelling allowance and expenses of members of Public Buildings Board ... ... ... 25 15 46 50,933 Total—Vote No. 59... . . - • 50,S TOTAL OF CLASS IX £516,130 30

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CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

1916 Salaries. Other C 1916-17. Other Charges. Total. £ i £ £ Vote. No. 60. —Adjutant-General's Branch 179,578 ( 6,247 185,825 ,, 61. —General Staff Branch ... ... 1( 10,370 10,370 ,, 62.—Quartermaster - General's ... 29! Branch 299,445 299,445 TOTAL OF CLASS X ... 179,578 3H 3 6,062 495,640 Item. 191 16-17. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH. ■ £ £ VOTE No. 60. Personnel — 1 | (a.) Officers' Pay — Imperial General Staff and New Zealand Staff Corps— 1 Brigadier-General at £900 3 Colonels: 1 at £750, 2 at £700 4 Lieut.-Colonels : 1 at £600, 3 at £550 4 General Staff Officers : 2 at £650 (also house allowance, 1 at £150), 2 at £500 ... 1 Royal Engineer Officer at £500 1 Royal Field Artillery Officer at £500 11 Majors : 1 at £475,10 at £450 3 Army Service Corps Officers: 1 at £550,1 at £350, lat £250 28 Captains: 7 at £400, 15 at £375, 6 at £350 38 Lieutenants: 6 at £300, 23 at £275, 9 at £250 ... 900 2,150 2,250 2,300 500 500 4,975 1,150 10,525 10,375 94 Less pay of 50 officers with Expeditionary Force 35,625 18,150 17,475 2 (b.) Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers Pay — New Zealand Permanent Staff— 45 Warrant Officers at £225 116 Staff Sergeant-majors at £210 50 Sergeant Instructors at £190 10,125 24,360 9,500 211 43,985 Less pay of 17 Warrant Officers and 66 N.C O's. absent with Expeditionary Force 17,485 26,500

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~~ IQ 1916-17. tern. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. I iy. o 3 VOTE No. 60— continued, (c.) Administrative Services — Salaries — 1 Inspector of Drill-halls, Rifle Clubs, and Rifle Ranges ... ... ... 1 Director of Veterinary Services (also Department of Agriculture, £650) 1 Testing Officer, S.A. Ammunition ... ... j 1 Armourer Sergeant-Major ... ... 4 Armourer Quartermaster-Sergeants at £210 3 Armourer Staff Sergeants at £190 1 Assistant Armourer at 9s. per day 4 Armourer apprentices at 8s. per day ... £ 400 150 300 251 840 570 164 584 16 — Professional Division. Class D — lat £365 365 365 Clerical Division. Class I— £ 2 at £525 Class IV— 1 at £350 ... ... 350 lat £345 ... ... 345 Class V— 2 at £315 ... ... 630 2 at £290 .... ... 580 6 at £275 ... ... 1,650 Class VI— , : 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 2 at £245 ... ... 490 2 at £230 ... ... 460 lat £215 ... ... 215 Class VII— , j 8 at £220 ... ... 1,760 4 at £210 ... ... 840 4 at £200 ... ... 800 5 at £190 ... ... 950 6 at £150 ... ... 900 5 at £140 ... ... 700 11 at £135 ... ... 1,485 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— ' 2 at £110 ... ... 220 8 at £95 ... ... 760 lat £80 ... ... 80 3 at £65 ... ... 195 Lodging-allowance to Cadets ... 145 1,050 695 2,860 2,205 7,675 1,050 695 2,860 2,205 7,675 1,400 1,400 1,000 Temporary clerical assistance i|ooo General Division. lat £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £192 ... 192 4 at £190 ... ... 760 5 at £180 ... ... 900 lat £175 ... ... 175 7 at £170 ... ... 1,190 1 at £160 ... ... 160 lat £156 ... ... 156 lat £140 ... ... 140

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94

item. 1916-17. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. 3 3 VOTE No. 60— continued, (e.) Administrative Services —continued. Salaries —continued. General Division— continued. £ 2 at £132 ... ... 264 1 at £130 ... ' ... 130 1 at £120 ... ... 120 2 at £96 ... ... 192 5,209 114 i Less salaries of 13 officers with Expeditionary Force 25,718 2,362 23,356 4 (d.) Pay : Royal New Zealand Artillery— Garrison Artillery Section — 2 Lieutenant-Colonels : 1 at £600, 1 at £550 2 Majors : I-at £475, and 1 at £450 ... 3 Lieutenants at £275 3 2nd-class Master-Gunners : 1 at £307 per annum (Hon. Lieut.), 1 at £250 (Hon. Lieut.), and 1 W.O. at lis. 3d. per diem (also allowance in lieu of quarters, £25 per annum) 3 Regimental Sergeant-majors (W.O's.): 1 at £257 per annum (Hon. Lieut.) and 2 at lis. 3d. per diem (also allowance in lieu of quarters, 2 at £25 per annum) 3 Company Sergeant-majors at 10s. 3d. per diem (also allowance in lieu of quarters, 3 at £25 per annum) 2 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeants at 10s. 9d. per diem (also allowance in lieu of quarters, 2 at £25 per annum) 12 Sergeants at 9s. 9d. per diem 12 Corporals at 9s. 3d. per diem 16 Bombardiers at 8s. 9d. per diem 101 Gunners at 7s. 3d. per diem ... ... 7 Armament Artificers: 2 at 12s., 3 at lis. 6d., 1 at | 10s. 6d., and 1 at 10s. per diem ... ... 7 Carpenter Artificers: 2 at lis. 6d., 1 at lis., 3 at 10s., and 1 at 9s. per diem 2 Painter Artificers at lis. 6d. per diem 2 Machinery Artificers at lis. 6d., per diem 2 Instrument-repairing Artificers : 1 at lis. 6d. and 1 at lis. per diem 2 Sergeant Coxswains at 9s. 9d. per diem I Corporal Coxswain at 9s. 3d. per diem II Clerks: 2 at 10s. 9d., 2 at 9s. 9d., 1 at 9s. 3d., and 6 at 8s. 9d. per diem 1,150 925 825 762 i 668 561 392 2,135 2,026 2,555 13,364 1,442 1,332 420 420 411 356 169 1,875 193 5 Army Ordnance Corps Section — 1 Bombardier at lis. per diem 6 Gunners at 10s. per diem Working pay at 9d. per diem (7 days per week) to the Master Gunner in charge of section 201 1,095 14 7

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Item.! 1916-17. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. £ £ 6 VOTE No. 60— continued, (d.) Pay : Royal New Zealand Artillery— contd. Field Artillery Section — 2 Majors at £450 1 Captain at £375 14 Lieutenants : 6 at £275, 8 at £250 per annum ... 3 Sergeant-majors (Hon. Lieuts.) at £250 per annum 3 Battery Sergeant-majors at 10s. 3d. per diem (also allowance in lieu of quarters, 1 at £25 per annum) 9 Sergeants at 9s. 9d. per diem 5 Corporals at 9s. 3d. per diem 4 Bombardiers at 8s. 9d. per diem 18 Gunners at 7s. 3d. per diem 59 Drivers at 7s. 3d. per diem 5 Farrier Artificers : 1 at lis. 6d, 1 at 10s. 6d., 2 at 9s. 6d., and 1 at 8s. 3d. per diem ... 5 Fitter Artificers: 1 at 9s. 6d., 1 at 9s., and 3 at 8s. 3d. per diem 5 Saddler Artificers: 1 at lis. 6d., 1 at 10s., 2 at 9s. 6d., and 1 at 9s. per diem 133 ■ 900 375 3,650 750 561 1,601 844 639 2,382 7,806 899 790 904 2 Staff Sergeant-majors (acting), Government House Orderlies, at £200 per annum Annual allowance to Sergeant-Coxswain commanding Defence Vessel, s.s. "Janie Seddon," while so employed Proficiency and Good-conduct Pay for Gunners and Drivers Allowance in lieu of quarters for Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Gunners, and Drivers 400 10 3,320 2,000 335 60,929 Less pay and allowances of 18 officers and 81 others absent with the Expeditionary Forces 18,682 (e.) Territorial Force— Pay 42,247 40,000 8 (/.) Pay and special allowance of Officers and NonCommissioned Officers temporarily appointed to replace Staff with Expeditionary Force 30,000 Total of Pay ... 179,578 9 (g.) Other Charges for and incidental to — Headquarters and District Staffs— Medical examination of members of New Zealand Staff Corps and Permanent Staff 100 10 11 12 Royal New Zealand Artillery— Efficiency fees and badges ... Extra-duty pay Medical attendance and medicine (including cost of Medical Officers to Royal New Zealand Artillery) Medical fees for examination on registration (including expenses in connection with same) 20 200 450 13 1,000

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CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

I [tern J 1916-17. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. VOTE No. 60.— continued. (g.) Other Charges for and incidental to —continued.) Territorial Force— 14 Principal Medical Officers : 4 at £50 per annum 15 Principal Veterinary Officers : 4 at £50 per annum (also Department of Agriculture—1 at £450, 1 at £260) £ i 200 £ 200 Miscellaneous Services — 16 Advances to Military Tournament Committee towards initial expenses of the annual Naval and Military Tournament, also travelling allowances and expenses of staff detailed to assist at tournament 17 ' Amount of £5 payable annually for each New Zealand member towards funds of King Edward's Horse 18 ' Compassionate allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at the Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week 19 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 per week 20 i Compassionate allowance to the child of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of 5s. per week 21 Compassionate allowance (7s. 6d. per week) to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion 22 Compassionate allowance of 2s. 2d. per diem to the widow of the late James Hamblyn 23 Compassionate allowance, at £1 per week, to widow of W. A. Richardson on account of military services rendered by husband 24 Compassionate allowance to E. A. Wooller, late 6th N.Z. Contingent, at £1 Is. 8d. per month (7 months) 25 Compassionate allowance to G. C. Smith on account of expenses incurred through death of son, 6/4546 Private F. G. Smith 26 Compassionate allowance to Richard Body, as an act of grace, on account of death of son ex-Gunner C. R. Body, R.N.Z.A. ... 27 Compassionate allowance to wife of Private T. N. Harrison, mental patient ... 28 Compensation to Driver James McGibbon for injuries sustained at Territorial Camp, Kowai 29 Compensation to A. T. McNeilage for loss of limb ... 30 | Compensation to Robert Dunlop for loss of limb ... 31 Contribution towards liability of Imperial Government for pensions of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers while serving under engagement with the New Zealand Government, payments under the National Insurance Act (Great Britain), 1911, and contribution towards pension granted to Imperial Officer who contracted disease while serving with the Colonial Forces in South Africa ... 32 Expenses in connection with Courts of Inquiry 33 Expenses in connection with detention ... 34 Expenses in connection with Board set up to investigate claims for the New Zealand War Medal 35 Expenses of members of New Zealand Contingents travelling for examination by Military Pensions Board 36 Fidelity-guarantee premiums for military officers who are imprestees 37 Grants to recipients of N.Z. Cross (£10 per annum) 46 5 120 39 52 13 20 40 52 8 100 100 150 150 150 1,000 50 500 10 5 10 110

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Item. 19 6-17. Item. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 38 41 42 VOTE No. 60— continued. Miscellaneous Services —continued. Grant to the widow of T. J. G. Rutland, late Warrant Officer, Royal N.Z. Artillery, equivalent to one year's pay Legal expenses Medical fees, under Sections 3 and 4 of the Military Pensions Act, 1908, for examination of members of Contingents for pensions ... Payments under Public Service Regulations 24a and 209 Payment to members of advance and rear parties at camp of 6th (Hauraki) Regiment in excess of that allowed by regulation Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his widow Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds rereceived while in the service of the New Zealand Government Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Rewards payable to Police for securing convictions for certain breaches of the provisions ol the Defence Act Special allowance to ex-Constable Packer for serious permanent injuries received in the service Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 205 200 5 350 21 43 45 44 10 46 15 Hi 450 47 40 48 25 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 6,297 50 Total Vote No. 60 ... 6,247 185,825 GENERAL STAFF BRANCH. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.0 11 12 1 2 3 VOTE No. 61. Military Education — Headquarters staff tour District staff tours (£150 for each district) Central school of instruction for permanent and territorial officers Two obligatory courses of instruction in each district for non-commissioned officers for commissions (equals eight courses) at £150 each Two voluntary courses in each district for officers for promotion (equals eight courses) at £100 each Four Senior Territorial Officers' courses (three or four days) at £50 each • Four district refresher camps for Territorial Olficers and Senior Cadets at £400 each Military Journal Books and other publications, &c. Examinations Libraries (£25 for Headquarters and £25 for each district) I- Expenses in connection with survey, also draughting requisites 300 600 1,400 1,200 800 200 1,600 350 600 75 125 350

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CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1916-17. GENERAL STAFF BRANCH— continued. VOTE No. 61— continued. Special Grants for Rifle-shooting (extra to ordinary Course of Musketry) — Annual grant for rifle-shooting prizes (including marking fees) Railway passes for territorials and members of rifle clubs attending approved rifle meetings Rifle-shooting expenses (including grant to Dominion Rifle Association) Expenses in connection with competition for Lord Roberts's Trophy 1 £ £ ,000 800 13 14 1,000 800 15 1,000 16 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 20 10,420 60 1 10 ,000 20 1,420 60 10,370 Total Vote No. 61 QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCH. 1 2 VOTE No. 62. (a.) Headquarters and District Staffs— House allowance Office equipment, fuel, light, and cleaning office, also meal allowance and overtime . Uniform aJowance to members of Permanent staff 150 3 1,000 600 4 5 6 7 8 (b.) Royal New Zealand Artillery— Clothing for free issue (or allowance in lieu thereof) Fuel, light, and water Hospital charges Maintenance of boat-sheds, launches, and hire of temporary launches and boats Miscellaneous stores, care of guns, and repairs to wagons and expresses Repairs and additions to buildings (including work in connection with harbour defences) ... Scavenging, cleaning, and washing Tram and ferry fares 300 1,500 75 900 2,125 9 10 11 2,000 100 150 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (c.) Territorial Force — Rations Rations and messing-allowance to officers and noncommissioned officers, (fee, of Railway Battalion attending training-camp ... Horse hire Forage and grooming allowance Messing-allowance to officers of 4s. a day instead of free rations Camp or field allowance Transport of troops (except by rail), steamer fares, coach, tram, and ferry fares, extra-duty pay, &c, including expenses of selecting camp and other incidental expenses in connection with the same, also cost of concentration of Senior Cadets Compensation and all expenses payable in respect of accidents, sickness, injuries, &c, sustained by membersof the Forces, civilians employed therewith, and horses, including accidents, &c, sustained when going to or returning from parades 22,000 140 4,500 6,500 2,500 250 19 22,000 2,000

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CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1916-17. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 VOTE No. 62— continued, (c.) Territorial Force— continued. Cost and upkeep of targets, training requisites, miniature rifle ranges, cost of towing targets for practice, &c , and other expenses in connection with annual course of musketry Hire of buildings and grounds for parades, &C. Maintenance and repairs to drill-halls and rifle ranges (including caretaking, rent, &c.) Travelling allowances and expenses Travelling allowances and expenses of non-commis-sioned officers attending examinations for promotion Rail fares and freights Fuel, light, and water, also cleaning offices, washing, labour receiving and delivering cargo ... Guards of honour and escorts Maintenance grant (including advances thereon) for Territorials, Senior Cadets, and General Training Section Miscellaneous stores, rent of offices (including office requisites) Purchase and upkeep of horses and mules (including medicines, clipping, &c), also cost of upkeep of bicycles Telephones 700 5,000 4,000 15,000 200 20,000 27 28 2,400 10 18,000 29 3,200 30 31 1,500 800 32 (d.) Stores and Magazines— Spare parts for small-arms, maintenance of arms, mineral jelly, rifle oil, Morris tubes, &c... 5,000 33 34 Accoutrements, dc. — Bandolier equipment; haversacks and material for same, swords, &c. Army Service transport wagons, harness, pack-saddlery, water-carts, saddlery, bicycles, etc. Camp equipment, &c. 1,000 35 350 2,000 36 Medical Equipment and Veterinary Service Supplies — Medical stores, medicine chests, surgical haversacks, veterinary chests and ambulance stretchers, and all equipment for field hospitals, tables, refilling medical and veterinary chests, farriers' tools, &c... 500 37 88 39 Ordnance — Ordnance and field gun ammunition Small-arms ammunition and cordite Ordnance stores and spares ... 6,000 50,000 1,500 10 41 Clothing — Supply of uniforms, &c, for Territorial Force Supply of uniforms, &c, for Senior Cadets 10,000 8,000 42 43 14 45 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Com mission of inquiry re Defence stores Components for wireless apparatus Expenses in connection with the purchase of warlike stores in England, including salary of clerk to Inspector of Warlike Stores Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 Funeral expenses Insurance on buildings Labour, repairs, and additions to magazines, store buildings, and grounds, fuel, light, and water 100 10 50 125 150 50 30 16 47 48 19 2,000

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CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

[torn. 1916-17. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. £ £ 50 51 52 VOTE No. 62— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Purchase and engraving of medals Passages and expenses of Cadets attending Royal Australian Military College (including pay) Passages and expenses of officers and non-com-missioned officers to and from England and other parts of the Empire, including travelling-expenses aud all other allowances ... Payments in respect of injuries, sickness, &c, sustained by members of Expeditionary Force ... Postage, telegrams, and letter-boxes Printing, stationery, and advertising Refund Customs duty Shipping charges, freights, cartage, &c. ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in cidental to the other items of the vote 100 4,000 2,500 53 1,000 6,000 4,000 200 4,500 54 55 56 57 58 50 Capital and Non-recurrent Expenditure— (a.) Guns and Ammunition — Armaments: 18-pounder Q.F. guns, 4-5" howitzers, and Maxim guns, and ordnance ammunition 248,815 59 24,000 (b.) Arms — Arms and spare parts, &c. ... 10,000 60 61 62 63 64 (c) Equipment, dc. — Accoutrements, haversacks, water-bottles, tools (entrenching), and other equipment Army service transport wagons, harness, water-carts and equipment Camp equipment, including tents, marquees, field cookers, &c, nose-bags, kit-bags, &c. ... Field engineering equipment (including signalling equipment for signal companies and troops, and railway battalions) Medical equipment and veterinary service supplies, medical stores, ambulance stretchers, and all equipment for field hospitals Mobilization stores Searchlight stores 6,000 850 8,000 i,000 65 66 67 350 2,000 400 (d.) Clothing — Working suits in lieu of two issues of clothing 5,000 68 69 (e.) Liabilities in connection with old Volunteer and Cadet Corps, dc. 30 Total of Capital and Non-recurrent Expenditure 52,630 Less estimated credits under Seotion 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 301,445 2,000 Total —Vote No. 62 299. 299,445 TOTAL OF CLASS X £4:9, ,640

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CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Vote No. 63.—Customs Offices and Ser- £ £ vices— Classified Officers ... h 4 lg fa m Non-classified Officers ... ) Total. £ 60,207 „ 64. —Customs: Miscellaneous : ... 8,924 Services 65.—Marine, Harbours, an.i In- 36,945 23,755 spection of Machinery „ 66.—Government Steamers ... 960 29,750 „ 67.—Marine : Miscellaneous ... 9,782 Services 8,924 60,700 30,710 9,782 TOTAL OF CLASS XI ... 86,093 84,230 84,230 170,323 86,093 Item. 16-17. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES. £ 19111-17. Total number of officers .. 258 VOTE No. 63. 1 Salaries— 1 Administrative Division. <t» lat £900 900 Clerical Division. Glass I— £ 5 at £600 ... ... 3,000 lat £525 ... ... 525 Class II — •— lat £475 ... ... 475 lat £465 ... ... 465 5 at £440 ... ... 2,200 Class III — 1 5 at £425 (1 also private secretary) ... 2,125 lat £415 ... ... 415 lat £390 ... ... 3S0 Class IV— 4 at £370 ... ... 1,480 4 at £360 ... ... 1,440 lat £350 ... ... 350 1 at £335 ... ... 335 Class V— 3 at £315 ... ... 945 3 at £310 ... ... 930 1 at £300 ... ... 300 1 at £295 ... ... 295 lat £280 ... ... 280 Class VI— 25 at £260(1 also private secretary) ... 6,500 1 at £250 ... ... 250 4 at £235 ... ... 940 3 at £230 ... ... 690 lat £225 ... ... 225 3,525 3,140 2,930 3,605 2,750

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CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS -continued.

:tem. 1916-17. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. £ £ 1 VOTE No. 63— continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division — continued. Class VI— continued. £ 2 at £220 ... ... 440 2 at £215 ... ... 430 Class VII— 3 at £220 ... ... 660 8 at £210 ... ... 1,680 lat £205 ... ... 205 5 at £200 ... 1,000 5 at £195 ... ... 975 6 at £190 ... 1,140 lat £185 ... ... 185 11 at £180 ... ... 1,980 8 at £165 ... 1,320 4 at £150 ... ... 600 2 at £145 ... ... 290 5 at £140 ... ... 700 1 at £135 ... ... 135 2 at £130 ... ... 260 9 at £120 ... ... 1,080 lat £110 ... ... 110 Class VIII— 12 at £110 ... ... 1,320 7 at £105 ... ... 735 7 at £95 ... ... ' 665 1 at £90 ... ... 90 8 at £85 ... ... 680 5 at £80 ... ... 400 1 at £70 ... ... 70 6 at £65 ... ... 390 9,475 12,320 4,350 Amount required to adjust salaries of married men receiving less than £140 per annum ... 13 General Division. lat £230 ... ... 230 2 at £220 ... ... 440 13 at £200 ... ... 2,600 7 at £190 ... ... 1,330 18 at £180 . ... ... 3,240 9 at £170 ... ... 1,530 4 at £165 ... 660 4 at £155 ... ... 620 2 at £150 ... ... 300 lat £100 ... ... 100 Coastwaiters at sub-ports (not being classified Customs officers) 11,050 380 Less estimated credits (including salaries of officers serving with the expeditionary force)... ■ 54,438 6,250 2 3 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Contribution to other Votes— Marine Police Post and Telegraph Working Railways 48,188 600 495 10 1,800 10

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103

Item. 1916-17. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. £ £ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 VOTE No. 63— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Cost of instruments, books, periodicals, and uniform trimmings ... ... ... 250 Expenses connected with prosecutions and seizures under the Customs' Acts, and legal expenses ... 250 Expenses of Head Office and Local Offices ... 2,000 Extra assistance (clerical and other) ... ... 1,500 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 800 Printing and stationery ... ... ... .1,200 Rewards in connection with the protection of the I revenue and detection of offences under the Customs Acts ... ••■ ... 1,000 Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... ... 400 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 1,200 Travelling allowance and expenses of Inquiry Agent and Commercial Expert— Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand ... ..'. ... 104 Travelling and general expenses ... ... 300 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 100 Total—Vote No. 63 ... ... 12,019 60,207 14 • CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. .» 1 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 64. Charges for and incidental to — Additional retiring-allowance to H. A Day, late watchman, Customs Department ... ... 63 Additional retiring-allowance to T. H. Hustwick, late Inspector of Explosives and Customs Analyst ... 20 Additional retiring-allowance to G. Rowe, late watchman, Customs Department ... ... ... 9 Expenses under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908 100 Expenses of Customs Buildings, Wellington— Cleaning and washing ... ... ... 100 Lighting, water, heating, and electric power ... 190 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments of an amount equivalent to the Customs duties collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to those islands . . ... ... , 1,874 Refund of duty on — Baggage not fully complying with the terms of the exemption under the tariff, but being baggage and effects not for sale ; also on bona fide heirlooms I not exceeding in value £50, when the Collector is satisfied as to the facts ... ..I 300 Band instruments specially imported for territorial or | cadet bands ... ... ... 200 Band instruments for the Wellington Patriotic Society's Band .. ... ... ... 60 Bayonet-fighting equipment imported by Defence Rifle Clubs or similar bodies, approved by the Minister ... ... ... 20 8 9 lo

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CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

I [tern. 1916-17. CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. £ £ 1 1 12 13 VOTE No. 64— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Refund of duty on— continued. Chairs for invalids, and clothing, apparatus, and other articles for persons in poor circumstances and who cannot pay the duty Engines and material used in the construction of aeroplanes in New Zealand Flags presented to schools in New Zealand and to Boy Scout Corps and Patriotic Societies by schools, corps, and societies abroad Furniture presented for use in New Zealand hospitals and charitable institutions Gifts sent by soldiers, sailors, or members of military, medical, or nursing staff's on active service abroad, also effects of such persons Goods donated for the benefit of British or Allies' 60 500 2 14 15 100 1,000 16 100 17 18 19 20 21 22 poor Goods donated for the use of the Expeditionary Force Half-tone blocks used in printing the Countess of Liverpool's Gift-book Hats donated for the use of inmates of Salvation Army homes Identification tags for fish imported for Acclimatization Societies Memorial window to the late Sir William Russell ... Miniature rifles and ammunition for same for the use of Territorials or Cadets Motor - ambulance chassis imported by Auckland Hospital, to be fitted with body made in New Zealand Printed matter of Navy League and similar patriotic societies, as may be approved by the Minister Presents and relief in kind for enemy prisoners of 300 13 2 3 70 28 20 47 24 5 25 26 war Rifles (-22 calibre) imported by National Reserve Units Road-rollers and road-graders imported by Local Bodies on and after 1st January, 1914 Seaplane for use in training men for Imperial Service at Kohimarama Aviation School Sera and vaccines and anti-toxins Steel record cabinet and truck for the Public Service Superannuation Board's Office Telephones: Paid under Section 3 of the Customs Duties Act, 1908 Trophies, as may be approved by the Minister, won abroad by New Zealand residents or presented for competition (including cups for agricultural shows and trophies for rifle-shooting matches) Wireless equipment for coastal ships Refund of license fees legally due by Customs agents for years during which the licenses were not used Refund of license fees for stills to be used in public hospitals Refund of extra duty paid on steam-engines, afterwards sold for dairying, &o. 75 27 4 28 1,750 29 80 638 400 31 9 82 400 75 300 33 84 5 86 10 86 50 Total —Vote No. 64 ... 8,924

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14- B. 7.

105

Item. 19 6-17. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY. £ £ 191(3-17. Total number of officers .. 228 VOTE No. 65. 1 Salaries— Head Office— Administrative Division. 1 at £750 750 750 Professional Division. 1 at £100 (also Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works) ... Class B — 1 at £550 Class E— lat £310 IOO 550 310 IOO 550 310 Clerical Division. Glass IV— 1 at £345 Class V— lat £330 Class VI— £ 1 at £260 ... ... 260 2 at £245 ... ... 490 330 330 . Class VII— 1 at £200 ... ... 200 3 at £190 ... ... 570 lat £180 ... .. 180 lat £135 ... ... 135 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— — 2 at £110 ... ... 220 lat £108 ... ... 108 2 at £88 ... ... 176 1 at £78 ... ... 78 750 I 'J\J I , 325 750 1,325 582 582 General Division. 1 at £132 ... ... 132 lat £120 ... ... 120 lat £108 ... ... 108 2 at £96 ... ... 192 552 552 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 5,249 1 , 1.20 5,241 1,12C 4,1.29 4.12< t,r^: TTahhours— Professional Division. Class C— Greymouth — l'at £480 48( 480 General Division. Hakianga — t at £260 ... ... 260 I at £175 ... ... 175 I at £155 ... ... 155 59( 590

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XI.-CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

19L I Item. 1916-17. J..7J.' MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ £ VOTE No. 65— continued. Salaries— continued. Harbours— continued. General Division continued. Kaipara — £ 1 at £311 ... ... 311 1 at £205 ... ... 205 lat £155 ... ... 155 1 at £140 ... ... 140 Wellington — 811 I at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £205 ... ... 205 1 at £155 ... ... 155 Picton — 580 1 at £260 ... ... ... : 260 Unclassified Offioers. Ngunguru — Harbourmaster ... ... ... i 15 Auckland — Whangaparapara Light-attendant ... ... 32 Tongaporutu — Light-attendant ... ... ... 25 Awakino — Light-attendant ... ... ... 20 Marakopa — Light-attendant ... ... .. 10 Mokau — Signalman ... ... ... 60 Napier Bluff Lighthouse — Lightkeeper ... ... ... 20 Waitapu — Harbourmaster ... ... ... 25 Collingwood — Harbourmaster and Lightkeeper ... ... 70 Karamea — Harbourmaster, Signalman, and Wharfinger ... 145 Hokitika— Lightkeeper ... ... ... 20 Okarito — Signalling ... ... ... 75 Okuru — Signalman ... ... ... 60 Waikawa — Harbourmaster ... ... ... lo Anglem Point — Light-attendant ... ... ... 25 3,333 Less contributions from Customs and Internal Affairs votes, and Greymouth Harbour Board 805 2 3 4 6 6 2,528 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, and periodicals ... ... 5 Boats and buildings and repairs ... ... 150 Buoy-chain, stores, and oil ... ... ... 500 Buoys and beacons, and gas for lights ... ... 200 Cutting channel through Okarito Bar ... ... | 20

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107

Item, Item. L. 1916-17. I MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ 7 8 9 10 1.1 12 13 14 15 16 7 8 9 10 VOTE No. 65—continued. Harbours— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Iron buoys ... ... ... 200 Lighting beacons in Helensville River ... ... 50 New house for Harbourmaster, Hokianga ... 30 Removal of snags and erection of beacons, Little Wanganui ... ... ... | 25 Snagging navigable rivers ... ... ... 50 Supervision of beaches, Hauraki Gulf ... ... 50' Telephones ... ... ... 30 Travelling allowanoes and expenses ... ... 100 Wages ... ... ... 200 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 1.1 12 13 14 15 16 1,660 17 4,188 Lighthouses— ; Salaries — 17 General Division. £ 1 at £300 ... ... 300 17 at £205 ... ... 3,485 2 at £200 ... ... 400 lat £195 ... ... 195 lat £190 ... .. 190 lat £185 ... ... 185 2 at £180 ... ... 360 3 at £175 ... ... 525 lat £170 ... ... 170 2 at £165 ... ... 330 13 at £155 ... ... 2,015 2 at £150 ... ... 300 5 at £145 ... ... 725 5 at £140 ... ... 700 6 at £135 ... ... 810 5 at £130 ... ... 650 10 at £125 ... ... 1,250 lat £100 ... ... 100 12,690 Unclassified. 1 at £50 ... ... ... 50 12,740 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 520 12,220 ' 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Other Charges for and incidental to — Boats for lighthouses, including repairs... ... 50 Books, magazines, and newspapers ... ... 100 Carriage of mails ... ... ... 350 Destroying rabbits on reserves ... ... 20 Dog Island Lighthouse repairs (on account) ... 700 Fencing ... ... ... 50 Gas for automatic lights ... ... ... 130 Incandescent burners ... ... ... 50 Keepers' station and travelling-allowances ... 700 Medical examinations and expenses ... ... 10 New automatic light for Jackson's H ea d Beacon ... 290

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Appropriations far Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS -continued.

Item. 1916-17. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 65— continued. Lighthouses eon /in ued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 29 New dwelling's for Tiri Tiri ... 30 Oil and stores 31 Purchase and shoeing of horses and forage for same... 32 Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, ifec. ... 33 Repairs to Puysegur Point telephone-line 34 Revolving cowls 35 Telephones 36 Travelling allowances and expenses 37 Wages of temporary keepers... 38 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 850 3,000 150 500 200 400 50 50 750 20 850 3,000 150 500 200 400 50 50 750 20 8,420 8,420 20,640 20,640 Weather-reporting and Meteorological Office— 39 Salaries — Professional Division. Class B — lat £500 Class E — lat £300 500 300 500 300 Clerical Division. Class VII— 2 at £200 400 400 General Division. 84 ."* tat £84 84 Unclassified. 66 7 Local Reporters 66 1,850 1,350 Other Charges for and incidental to — 40 Cleaning offices 41 Establishment of stations at Chatham Islands, Bealey, and Mount Egmont 42 Extra clerical assistance 43 Inspection of stations 44 Lithographing 45 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 46 Printing and stationery 47 Purchase of instruments 48 Rent, office equipment, and books 49 Repairs to instruments 50 Telephones 51 Weather messages by wireless 52 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 30 40 30 50 25 1,500 100 300 170 5 40 100 25 30 40 30 50 25 1,500 100 300 170 5 40 100 25 2,415 2,415 3,755

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109

tern. NIUi 191(5-17. MARINE, HARBOURS. AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 65— continued. Superintendents of Mercantile Marine, Examiners of Mabtbbs and Maths, and Surveyors of Ships— 53 ! Salaries — Professional Division. Class C— £ 3 at £420 Class D— I at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £365 ... ... 365 4 at £325 ... ... 1,300 4 at £310 ... ... 1,240 Class E — 2 at £260 (7 months) 1 3 1,260 L, 3, ,260 ,305 304 3,305 304 Clerical Division. Class VI — lat £260 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 I at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 1 at £110 260 260 310 110 310 110 General Division. 161 lat £161 161 Unclassified. Shipping Officer, Onehunga ... Shipping officer, Whangaparapara ... ... j 3 Load-line Inspectors : 1 at £20, 2 at £10 ... Contribution to Postal Department for services per- I formed by Postmaster at Tauranga 15 10 40 5. 15 10 40 25 . 830 25 5,830 Other Charges for and incidental lo — 54 Cleaning offices 55 Office equipment and rent ... ... ... 56 Maintenance of launch for Wellington surveyors 57 Telephones 58 | Travelling allowances and expenses 59 : Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 54 55 56 57 58 59 50 250 200 100 75 ,o.->u 50 250 200 100 75 10 10 685 685 Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships— 60 Salaries — 6,515 6 ; ,515 60 Professional Division. Class A — lat £700 ( -lassC — 4 at £420 # Class D — £ 9 at £380 ... ... 3,420 10 at £345 ... ... 3,450 2 at £325 ... ... 650 1 700 1,680 700 ,680 7,520 .520

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CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Hem. 1916-17. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ 60 VOTE No. 65— continued. Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships— continued. Salaries —continued. Clerical Division. Glass VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 130 Glass VIII— lat £108 ... ... ... L08 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 10,438 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, and periodicals ... ... 40 Collection of inspection fees... ... ... 150 Rent, cleaning offices, fuel, and light ... ... 150 Telephones ... ... ... UX) Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 3,500 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 20 3,900 I 1,398 Protection of Fish and Oysters— - Salaries — Professional Division. Class C — 1 at £420 ... ... ... ' |20 f General Division. £ 1 at £250 ... ... 250 1 at £200 ... ... 200 lat £190 ... ... 190 I at £170 ... ... 170 810 Unclassified. 23 Inspectors : 5 at £25, 4 at £12, 5 at £10, 3 at £7 10/, 5 at £6, 1 at £5 ... ... ... 280 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 1,510 Other Charges for and incidental to — Benzine, oil, stores, &c. ... ... ... 150 Bonuses and gratuities to officers— J. P. Bennett ... .. ... io J. W. Dadson ... ... 5 R. E. Widdows ... ... ... 5 J. H. Letcher ... ... 5 J. H. Coad ... ... ... 5. Casual labour ... ... ... ! 175 Collection and distribution of brown-trout ova ... 200 Grant for costs and maintenance of Fish-hatcheries— Salmon-hatchery at Hakataramea ... ... 150 Grant for maintenance of Portobello Fish-hatchery... 500 Picking and sale of oysters ... ... "... 5,000 Planting oysters in Hauraki Gulf ... ... 200 Stocking a Westland and other rivers with salmon ... 100 Subsidy to Portobello Fish Hatchery Board for research work (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 150 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... J 250

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CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS- continued.

111

.tern. ;em. 1916-17. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. 79 79 VOTE No. 65— continued. Protection of Fish and Oysters— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in cidental to the other items of the vote 50 7,255 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 8,765 62,400 1,700 Total—Vote No. 65 ... 60,700 GOVERNMENT STEAMERS. 1 VOTE No. 66. Salaries— Professional Division. Class B — lat £500 Class C — lat £460 500 460 960 2 3 ' 5 6 Charges for and incidental to — Expenses connected with training-ship " Amokura " Installation of wireless-telegraph apparatus New steamer to replace s.s. "Hinemoa," on account of (£40,000) Working-expenses of Government steamers, including wages, maintenance, repairs, replacements, and other expenses incidental to their upkeep within or outside the Dominion— S.s. " Hinemoa " : Working-expenses and repairs Special payment to R. Duncan, Chief Surveyor of Ships, for preparing plans and specifications for new steamer 9,000 500 10,000 10,700 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 30,250 500 Total—Vote No. 66 ... 29,750 30,710 MARINE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 VOTE No. 67. Charges for and incidental toAcquiring land for beach reserve, Hauraki Gulf Administration of the Shipping and Seamen Act, and inquiries into shipping casualties 50 400

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:tem.| 1916-17. MARINE : MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES continued. £ £ £ VOTE No. 67— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. 3 Antarctic ship " Aurora " repairs, wages, stores, insurance, &a. (half expenses to be recovered from the Imperial Government and about two-fifths I from the Commonwealth Government) 4 I Auckland Inland Waterways Commission 5 Audit fees for inspection of accounts 6 Beacons, buoys, and lights at — Jackson's Head Waitapu, leading-lights 7 Carriage and freight 8 Charts, books, and periodicals 9 Checking overcrowding of steamers 10 Compensation to Pitcaithly and Co., as an act of grace, on account of loss sustained by cancellation of contract owing to passing of the Wellington Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1910 Ll Contribution towards New Zealand's Sailors' Room, England ... ... ... 12 Maintenance of leading-lights, Piako River 13 Extra clerical assistance 14 Expenses connected with examinations ... 15 Fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance 16 Gas and fuel for offices 17 Grant towards cost of publishing Sir D. Mawson's Antarctic, Meteorological, and Magnetic observations 9,500 1,000 75 75 75 150 300 500 500 25 36 50 25 500 25 250 18 Grants — For improving Pakaroa Harbour, Aotea For repairs to Ti Point Wharf, Whangateau Towards cost of boat-slip, Lake Brunner ... I 19 Improvement of entrance to Waikare River, Hawke's Bay (£1 for £1) 20 Irrecoverable fees for survey of oil-launches 21 Legal expenses 22 New Zealand Nautical Almanac 23 Office equipment 24 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes 25 Preparation of tide-tables 26 Printing and stationery 27 Prosecutions under the Shipping and Seamen, Harbours, and Fisheries Acts ... 28 Railway-fares of Royal Naval Registrar... 29 Refund of forfeited wages of A. McDonald 30 Relief of distressed seamen ... 31 Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in the United Kingdom ... 32 Remission of light dues and shipping fees on the tug "Dunedin" when going to the assistance of the Antarctic vessel "Aurora" 88 Remission of rent on foreshore occupied by R, B. Smith and S. Rae, Purakanui ... ... 34 Removing willows from Waiotu Stream (subsidy, £2 for£l) 35 Repairs to wharf at Tongaporutu 36 Repairs and improvements to Ruawai Wharf, Kaipara (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... ... 37 Repairs to Colac Bay Jetty (subsidy, £1 for £L) 38 Repairs to Gumtown Wharf... 39 Repairs to Whangaroa Wharf (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 50 100 10 200 25 50 450 100 900 550 900 75 10 3 100 75 5 1 100 15 225 50 25 100

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15— B. 7.

113

tem. item. MARINE : MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 191 6-17. £ £ 40 II 42 48 41 15 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 VOTE No. 67— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Repairing shed, Grove Wharf Repairing and extending wharf, Whangaparapara East Repairing and improving Kenepuru Canal Snagging Upper Mokau River (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Snagging Waihou River, Hokianga Subsidies for— Repair of Ti Point Wharf, Whangateau Harbour (£lfor£l) Repairs to wharf, Waihola Lake (£1 for £1) Repairing and extending wharf, French Pass (£1 for£l) Repairing wharf, Russell (£1 for £1) ... Superannuation of R. C. Hunter, injured on " Tutanekai " Survey of unseaworthy ships Survey of site for fishermen's landing place, Waikanae Telephones Travelling expenses and allowances Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the Vote 20 150 60 100 50 50 75 200 112 90 30 40 100 50 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 Total—Vote No. 67 ... 18,832 9,050 9,782 TOTAL OF CLASS XI £170, 123

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CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

114

1916 17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 68. —Department of Labour ... £ i £ £ 18,080 15,515 33,59; TOTAL OF CLASS XII ... 18,080 .15,515 38,59* Item. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. £ > 191(>-17. Total number of offioers VOTE No. 68. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £600 600 Professional Division. Glass D — 1 at £345 345 Clerical Division. Class III— I at £425 Class IV— 1 at £370 and 1 at £330 ... Class V— 2 at £315 1 at £305 1 at £275 Glass VI — 1 at £260 1 at £245 3 at £230 Class VII— 3 at £220 1 at £210 2 at £200 1 at £190 3 at £180 2 at £165 2 at £150 1 at £120 Class VIII— 2 at £110 1 at £95 6 at £80 6 at £65 1 at £50 (for 101 months)... £ 630 305 275 260 245 690 660 210 400 190 540 330 300 120 220 95 480 390 44 425 700 1,210 1,195 2,750 1,229

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CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued.

II. 1916-17. .tem. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued. VOTE No. 68— continued. 1 Salaries— continued. £ £ Clerical Division— continued. Part salaries of Officers of Justice Department acting as Clerks of Awards— £ •4 at £55 ... ... 220 lat £10 ... ... 10 230 General Division. 3 at £260 ... ... 780 3 at £255 ... ... 765 4 at £245 ... ... 980 3 at £235 ... ... 705 lat £210 ... ... 210 6 at £200 ... ... 1,200 5 at £195 ... ... 975 2 at £190 ... ... 380 lat £185 ... ... 185 2 at £175 ... ... 350 lat £170 ... ... 170 2 at £156 ... ... 312 5 at £108 ... ... 540 lat £96 ... ... 96 2 at £84 ... ... 168 2 at £70 ... ... 140 7,956 Unclassified Officers. Commissioners of Conciliation : 3 at £500 1,500 Registrar, Arbitration Court ... 350 3 Temporary Clerks at £156 ... 468 2 Temporary Typists at £104 ... 208 Lodging-allowance to Cadets and Typists 2,526 280 19,446 Less salaries of officers serving with the Expeditionary Forces ... ... ... 1,110 1 18,386 I Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for the full year ... 256 18,080 5 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising and publications 3 ! Allowance to police and other officers acting as departmental agents 4 j Allowance to International Association for Labour Legislation, Basle, towards cost of collecting and publishing information respecting the labour laws of various countries 5 Allowance to officer temporarily performing higher duties 6 Audit fee3 for inspection of accounts 7 Bicycles 8 Cartage, freight, and insurance 9 Cost of special typewritten reports under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act... .0 Expenses, Medical Referees, under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908 ... .1 Fares, board and lodging, and supplies advanced to persons proceeding to employment ... 100 1,000 5 50 75 300 50 6 7 8 9 50 10 10 11 500

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CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued.

Item. Item. 1916-17. 12 13 14 15 16 ! 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 - 27 28 29 30 31 DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 68— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Fees for inspection of scaffolding by special officers... 20 Fees payable to acting members of the Court of Arbitration ... ... ... 25 Fees payable to assessors of Industrial Councils ... 1,800 Fees for medical examination of officers... ... 5 Legal and witnesses' expenses ... ... 50 Office requisites, fuel, and lighting ... ... 500 Payment of special messengers, Arbitration Court ... 10 Postage and telegrams, including rent of letter-boxes 1,750 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 2,250 Purchase of boots and shoes under section 5 (3) of the Footwear Regulation Act, 1913 ... ... 25 Rebate of fares of persons proceeding to employment 350 Tea-money for officers working overtime ... 50 Telephones ... ... ... 220 Temporary Assistance ... ... ... 70 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 4,400 Typewriters ... ... ... 100 Workers' Dwellings— Administration and travelling expenses ... 650 Fire insurance, rates, and repairs of dwellings erected under the Workers' Dwellings Act, 1905 ! 650 Fire insurance and rates of dwellings erected under the Workers'Dwellings Act, 1910 ... ... 1,000 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 16,115 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 600 15,515 Total—Vote No. 68 ... 33,51 i95 33,595 TOTAL OF CLASS XII £33,595 95 m-

117

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY.

1911 S3 a In *-i. .,. i \4-V* s*w i 1916-17. Salaries. Other Salaries. | Other Charges. Total. • I I £ Vote No. 69.—Department of Lands and I 106,050 I Survey „ 70. —Miscellaneous Services ... ... ' £ 106,050 £ 54,000 £ 160,050 53,942 53,942 „ 71.—Valuation ... ... 24,444 24,444 7,720 32,164 TOTAL OF CLASS XIII ... 130,494 11 5,662 246,156 Item. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. 1916-17. Total number of officers and artisans .. 530 VOTE No. 69. 1 Salaries— Administration Division. 1 at £850 850 Professional Division. Class A — £ I at £700 ... ... 700 1 at £650 ... ... 650 3 at £600 ... ... 1,800 Class B — 5 at £525 ... ... 2,625 1 at £500 ... ... 500 Class C — lat £480 ... ... 480 1 at £460 ... ... 460 1 at £440 (Secretary Surveyors' Board, £80) ... ... 520 2 at £420 ... ... 840 Class D — 4 at £400 ... ... 1,600 3 at £380 ... ... 1,140 21 at £365 ... ... 7,665 6 at £345 ... ... 2,070 3 at £325 ... ... 975 Class E— 30 at £300 ... ... 9,000 14 at £280 ... ... 3,920 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 4 at £235 ... ... 940 Class F— 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 2 at £160 ..'. ... 320 1 at £120 ... ... 120 2 at £100 ... ... 200 3,150 3,125 2,300 13,450 14,900 1,720

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued.

118

Item. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. I VOTE No. 69— continued. Salaries— continued. . £ Clerical Division. .» Class I— £ 1 at £550 ( lass III — 3 at £425 ... ... 1.275 1 at £405 ... ... 405 1 at £400 ... 400 2 at £385 .. 770 i 'Uus IV— 6 at £370 ... ... 2,220 4 at £360 ... ... 1,440 9 at £345 ... ... 105 3 at £330 ... ... 990 Class V— 21 at £315 ... ... 6,615 lat £310 ... ... 310 2 at £305 ... 610 lat £300 ... ... 300 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £280 ... 280 8 at £275 ... ... 2,200 ( lass VI — 38 at £260 ... ... 9,880 9 at £245 ... 2,205 1 at £240 ... ... 240 6 at £230 ... ... l 380 Class VII— 18 at £220 ... 3,960 2 at £215" ... ... 430 12 at £210 ... ... 2,520 15 at £200 ... ... 3,000 1 at £195 ... ... 195 18 at £190 ... ... 3,420 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 4 at £165 ... 660 5 at £150 ... .. 750 lat £140 ... ... HO 3 at £135 ... ... 405 17 at £120 ... ... 2 040 Class VIII— 13 at £110 ... ... 1,430 2 at £100 ... ... 200 7 at £95 ... ... 665 10 at £80 ... ... 800 1 at £70 ... ... 70 22 at £65 ... ... 1,430 10 at £50 ... ... 500 10,605 2,850 7,755 550 13,705 18,780 5,095 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... ... 600 Cadets'special allowances ... ... 30 630 Genf.uai, Division. 6 at £320 ... ... 1,920 3 at £300 ... ... 900 8 at £280 ... ... 2,240 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 1 at £250 ... ... 250 3 at £240 ... 720 3 at £230 ... ... ' 690 lat £225 ... ... 225 4 at £220 ... ... 880 lat £210 ... ... 210

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

119

;em. ton I. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. 1916-17. £ £ i VOTE No. 69— continued. 1 j Salaries— continued. General Division — continued. £ lat £200 ... ... 200 5 at £196 ... ... 980 2 at £190 ... ... 380 2 at £185 ... ... 370 3 at £180 ... ... 540 4 at £160 ... ... 640 6 at £156 ... ... 936 lat £144 ... ... 144 lat £140 ... ... 140 lat £132 ... ... 132 lat £130 ... ... 130 2 at £120 ... ... 240 3 at £108 ... ... 324 lat £100 ... ... 100 6 at £96 ... ... 576 2 at £84 ... ... 168 15,335 114,800 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 750 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 114,050 8,000 106,050 | Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, printing, and binding ... ... ; 3 Classification and valuation of lands and special re- i ports ... ... ... ! 4 Commonages, expenses in connection wdth adminis- ' tration of ... ... ... ! 5 Commission on money-orders ... ... 6 Contract and schedule surveys ... ... i 7 Draughting work by contract, including plans on titles, Court orders, &c. 8 Education Reserves: Expenses of management ... j 9 , Equipment and wages of staff and survey parties ... 10 Fuel, light, water, cleaning, and scavenging ... 11 Inspection, management, &c, expenses of settlement, forest, and flax lands — Extra Rangers ... ... £1,000 Travelling-expenses, &c. ... ... 7,000 4,000 1,000 25 1,200 7,000 1,500 1,000 35,000 600 12 Instruments, machinery, paper, and other office requisites 18 Insurances, freights, cartages, and shipping charges 14 Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1910— Rangers' salaries, travelling and other expenses ... 15 Legal expenses 16 Meal allowances 17 Newspapers, books, and publications 18 | Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 19 Premiums to teaching-surveyors (teaching survey cadets) 20 Rent of offices 21 Repairs, alterations, and maintenance of offices and grounds 8,000 2,000 150 100 500 100 75 2,750 150 1,000 100

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

item. 1916-17. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. 22 28 VOTE No. 69— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Telephones in offices: Installation and upkeep, including Exchange subscriptions Temporary Assistance— Extra clerks ... ... ") Extra typists ... ... > Extra draftsmen ... ... ) Temporary Surveyors and Parties — £ Extra surveyors ) 3 750 Extra surveyors' assistants ) Wages, &c. ... ... ... 10,000 450 8,600 24 Travelling allowances and expenses, including transfer of officers Trigs and standards, establishment and maintenance of Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 13,750 - 25 6,000 26 27 800 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 96,000 42,000 Total—Vote No. 69 ... 54,000 160,050 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 L0 II 12 VOTE No. 70. Charges for and incidental to — Akeake Drainage Board Aratapu Swamp, grant towards drainage of Assistance repairing flood damage to Section 2016, Block II, Turiwhato Survey District, Westland ... Atuaroa Township : Street formation Audit fees for inspection of accounts Awaiti Block, outfall for Benmore Runs : Construction of water-race Board of Examiners of Surveyors, grant to Cemeteries — Fencing, forming, and improving cemeteries Hukerenui North Cemetery, Towai (road and improvements) Mangawai : Grant for improvements ... Mangaweka Public Cemetery : Grant for improvements Pahiatua Cemetery Reserve, Section 82, Pahiatua Village: River protection (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Providing road access to cemeteries where present roads, are on impossible grades Raurimu Cemetery Tokomaru Cemetery : Grant for purchase of land Waikaraka Cemetery Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, medical and other attendance during illness, and contingent expenses in connection with same Compensation for land resumed under the Land Act, 1908, for scenery and other public purposes 100 100 50 100 500 630 500 200 100 50 50 13 50 14 125 15 16 17 18 50 31 24 100 250 19 100

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

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121

Hem. 1Q1«._ 1916-17. iyio--XI. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. VOTE No. 70— continuedI Charges for and incidental TO-°-continncd. 20 Compensation for removal of fencing from Run 102, Maungaharuru 21 I Compensation to John Macdonald for loss sustained in improvements on Section 23,\, Marumaru Parish, previously selected and forfeited by him ... 22 Compensation to John Rountree for loss sustained by fire of standing timber on leasehold ... ... 23 Cost of ploughing and preparing 500 acres in Swanson Kauri-gum Reserve for fruit-trees 24 Contribution of half-cost towards fencing boundary between Section 11, Block X, Wharepapa, and adjoining Forest Reserve 25 i Crown lands draining, &c. (general) 26 Erection of river-protective works to protect adjoining lands (including supply of wire to settlers) 27 ' Erection of fence to protect marram-grass (Kuaotunu Post-office site) ... ... ... 28 | Exchange Crown lands for private lands, equality of 29 Exchange of land between Otago University and the Crown, equality of 30 j Expenses of inquiries ... ... . ... I 31 , Expenses of removal of temporary officers ... j 32 ; Felling, clearing, and grassing Crown lands ... i 33 Fencing between Cemetery Reserve (Section 3, Block XIII, Ohura) and Township Reserve, half-cost of 34! Field, track (subsidy, £1 for £2) 35 Forest-tree growing and planting, contribution to State Forests Account towards cost of ... 36 ! Forest reserve, Section 24c, Block XII, Apiti, fencing 37 j Forest reserve, Section 502, Whangamarino, half-cost fencing boundary ... ... ... 38 i Fruit-trees: Purchase of, for Crown settlers 39 ; Grass-seed for Crown lands and settlers 40 Hauraki Plains, construction of roads and drains on Crown lands adjoining 41 ! Hauraki Plains, grant, metalling boundary to Turua 42 I Hauraki Plains, No. 1 Road (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 43 Hauraki Plains, Orchard East Road extension 44 Hauraki Plains : Part cost formation of road from Waikaka to Piako River to give- access to Crown i settlers outside Hauraki Plains Settlement ... 45 Hauraki Plains, metalling roads in 46 Hauraki Plains: Maintenance of completed works, drains, &c. ... ... ... 47 Hauraki Plains Settlers' Association : Grant to obtain outside engineering report, water-supply scheme 48 Hokitika River Bank protection (subsidy, £i for £1) 49 Hunga llunga Drainage Board (£1,000 on subsidy, 10s. for £1) 50 Kapiti Island : Expenses of supervision and maintenance of oil-launch 51 I Kopu Ferry Road to Hauraki Plains 52 Land Boards : Fees to members, and including expenses in lieu of fees ... ... ... 53 Lake Takapuna Board, expenses of ... ... 54 Lake Wanaka mail-service (subsidy) 55 Level crossing to give access to Section 255, Huirangi 56 Lochiel River Board (subsidy, £1 for £1) 57 Makarewa Hedgehopo River Board (subsidy, £1 for £1) 58 i Mangatainoka Block : Protective works 59 Matiere Township: Drainage, loading, felling, and grassing ... ... ... ■ £ 40 LOO 100 500 19 100 50 25 100 255 50 150 500 9 330 7,000 60 60 500 5,000 800 250 500 650 300 6,000 2,000 250 114 I ,000 50 600 2,250 300 50 II 350 250 350 260 £

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CLASS XIII.-DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

Item. 1916-17. ** MISCELLANEOUS 8EBVI01S— oonMnued. VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. 60 Maungatawhiri River : Clearing willows 61 Morrinsville-Waitakaruru Road ... ... 62 Morven Hills : Run 238,1, fencing, repassing, and building ... ... ... I 63 New River Harbour Endowment Sections, drainage of (subsidy, £1 for £1 up to) ... ... 64 Ngarahu Road : Formation ... ... ; .65 Ngarua Road and Canal ... ... 66 Nga-awa-purua Forest Reserve: River protection, roading, and fencing 67 Noxious weeds on Crown land, eradication of ... i 68 Orete North Block, payment of compensation for ' taking area for landing reserve 69 Paraparaumu game-breeding station (subsidy) ... 70 Patea Reserves : Compensation to Natives in full satisfaction of claims 71 Payment of capital value of Reserve 3971 (Glenmark Settlement'!, taken for recreation purposes ... 72 Payment of value of improvements of Section 23, Block XIII, Manganui Survey District ... ... 73 Payment of value of improvements on Section 1, Block XI, Naseby 74 Payment of value of improvements on Section 360, Te Rapa Parish ... ... ... 75 Payment to C. R. Pollen, late Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, of three months' salary---retired on three months' leave of absence 76 Payment to Education Reserves Account for difference in valuation of land in exchange for reserve, Kiawaroa Park ... ... ... ... : 77 Payment to Joshua Jones in connection with Mokau Land Claims (£20 per month) ... ... | 78 Pekapekarau, Kerikopuni Road (Hobson County), (subsidy, £1 for £1, £200), (grant, £250) 79 Piako and Waitoa Rivers improvement (on account of £2,000 per annum for two years) ... ... 80 Pipiroa Bridge, Piako River (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 81 Pongakawa: Boring for water . ... ... 82 Preventing encroachment of rivers on Crown reverses 83 Protective works to prevent encroachment of rivers in Westland Land District 84 Purchase, Busby's Crown Grant, Blocks III and VII, Kawakawa 85 Rabbiting unlet Crown lands 86 Rangitaiki Drainage District, general road-construc-tion in 87 Rangitaiki Drainage: Bank - protection, Tarawera River at Te Teko 88 Rangitaiki Land Draniage— Grant on account towards construction of main Arterial Road through Rangitaiki Plains 89 Raorikia-Kauarapaoa Road (subsidy, £1 for £1) 90 Reclamation of sand-dunes and dune areas, and purchase of marrain-grass Recreation-grounds ami Domains — 91 Beckenhain-Fislierton Recreation-ground : Subsidy for improvements 92 Blackwater Domain (subsidy, £1 for £1) 93 Blenheim Horton Domain improvements (subsidv, £1 for £1) ... 94 Buffalo Domain, Coromandel County (grant for improvements, £100), (subsidy, £1 for £1, £13) ; £ £ 50 320 325 68 600 500 140 2,500 100 100 37 285 298 500 400 150 630 240 450 750 2,000 200 50 250 240 150 275 150 1,200 1,500 1,500 28 20 50 113

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Item. IK_ 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES-coM^wterf. it. ,-» VOTE No. 70- continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Recreation-grounds and Domains— continued. 95 Buckland : Purchase of land for (subsidv, £1 for £1) 96 Croydon Public Hall site (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ! 97 Denniston Domain improvement (subsidv, £1 for £1) ... ... ...! 98 Ehnwood Park, Christchurch : Purchase of land ] (subsidy, £1 for £l),(on account of £2,500) 99 Fencing and improvement of recreation-grounds and domains ... ... ... | 100 Globe Hill (subsidy for levelling, clearing, &c, £1 for£l) 101 Green Island Domain (grant) 102 Howick Domain improvements (subsidy, £1 for £1) 103 Kaiti Hill: Purchase of land for (subsidy, £1 for £1) 104 Leeston Domain : Purchase of land (subsidy, £1 for £1) 105 Little Shoal Bay Reserve: Northcote Borough Council (subsidy, £1 for £1, towards improvements) 106 Mahurangi Domain (subsidy, £1 for £1), (balance) 107 Makirikiri Scenic Reserve : Exchange to Domain (half-cost) 108 Mamaku Domain (subsidy, £1 for £1), (balance) ... 109 Marima Domain, grant for fencing and improving 110 Matai Valley (Nelson) Recreation-ground (subsidy, £1 for £1, towards purchase of) ... ... 111 Maungakaramea Recreation-ground ... 112 Morrinsville: Purchase of land for (subsidv, £1 for £1) _ ... ... ' ...I 113 Morrinsville Town Board Recreation Reserve: Grant for improvements 114 Motutara (West Coast, Auckland): River-protec-tion, clearing, and improving (subsidy, £1 for £1) 115 Mt. Albert Park, purchase of (subsidy, £1 for £1) 116 Mt. Wellington (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 117 Mt. Maunganui Domain improvements (subsidy, £1 for£l) ... ... ... ; 118 Murchison (subsidy, £1 for £1) (balance) 119 Northcote Point Domain (subsidy, £2 for £1) ... 120 Osborne Park, Doyleston, purchase of lands, and improving (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... 121 Otira Recreation-ground ... 122 Otorohanga clearing, levelling, and draining (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 123 Pahiatua : Improvements and completing protective works at Mangatainoka River (subsidy, £1 for £1) 124 Panmure 125 Papatotara Domain Improvements (subsidy, £1 for £1) 126 Pipiroa Domain (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 127 Pipiroa Domain, Piako : Grant for improvements 128 Rawene, ploughing and clearing (£1 for £1) 129 Reserve 58, Block X, Mangahao (Pahiatua County): Fencing 130 Riccarton Bush : Contribution towards erection of caretaker's cottage and improvements to ground (trustees to contribute £200) 131 Rotokare Domain, grant towards fencing 132 Runanga Domain (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 133 Russell, grant towards purchase of and drainage of swamp at, for purpose of recreation-ground ... £ 1.50 75 125 500 100 1,50 10 25 250 200 100 27 385 34 50 700 100 250 250 50 500 50 27 23 50 25 50 18 150 100 50 50 100 20 50 125 25 75 100 £

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CLASS XIII.-DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY- continued.

Item. Item. 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— Continued. £ £ 134 135 136 137 L38 L89 I io 1 11 142 113 1:14 I 15 1 16 147 118 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 134 135 186 137 L38 L89 I io 1 11 142 I 13 144 I 15 1 16 147 118 149 150 151 152 153 VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to— continued. Recreation-grounds and Domains— continued. Taupo Domain Board : Grant for maintenance and improvement Te Kuiti, contribution towards purchase of land for Tokomaru Recreation-ground: Grant for improvements Wade Domain : Boring for water (subsidy, £1 for £1) Waikowhai Park improvements (subsidv, £1 for ; £1) ... ..." ... VVangapeka, clearing and improving (subsidy, £1 for£l) Warkworth (grant) Refunds for improvements effected Refund of legal expenses of T. N. Brodriek in defending his appointment before the Board of Appeal ... ... ... Refund of second-class railway lares to discharged soldiers applying for land ... Remissions— Remission of rent to Crown tenants being wives of soldiers on active service Remission of rent exempted under section 23, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915 (148 settlers) Remission of Penalties on Pastoral Run Licenses under section 43, Laud Laws Amendment Act, 1914 (6 settlers) Remission of rent —• Ardlussa Settlement, Southland. Section 2, Block III, Hukanui ... Maraewhenua Settlement, Section 32 Waiarikiki Settlement, Section 6, Block VII ... Sections 14 and II, Block VI, Mangaoranga ... Maraeweka Settlement (7 settlers) ... Section 4, Beaumont Settlement ... ... i Remission of Survey Lien due on Te Tuhi, No. 4c, No. In, No. 2 Block, conveyed by Native owners to Wanganui Patriotic Committee for Wounded Soldiei-s' Eund ... ... I River protective works, Education Reserve, Block I, Otahoua Road Access — Through Sectious 10, 13, 39, and 62, Hunua Parish To Wade Kauri-gum Reserve : Purchase of portion : of Section 26, Ohura Parish ... ... j To Section 103, Otau Parish (subsidy) ... ! Hickman's Bridge, Glynnewye Run, Canterbury I (subsidy) To Crown lands, purchase of land lor, and fencing To Small Grazing-run 14, Block IV. Moeangiangi (subsidy, £1 for £1) To Section 9, Block XII, Tutamoe ... ... ! To Crown lands : Formation about 8 chains from railway-crossing at 2 miles 23 chains from Greymouth To Small Grazing-run 98, Block VI, Kauioo S.D. To Section 17, Block VI, Hokianga S.D. To Runs 186a and 186e, Lee Flat Road, Otago: Contribution towards payment of compensation, &c. ... ... ... i Through Sections 224 and 224 N.W. and 315, Waipa Parish : Compensation, &c.... Invercargill Hundred, Sections 73 and 75, Block XXII: Ditching, forming, &c, of roads 50 79 50 50 250 11 50 50 27 300 300 4,444 20 179 51 Si 9 349 31 20 30 150 75 45 50 1,500 200 100 20 150 100 84 100 100 154

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CLASS XIII.-DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

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tem. 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 L76 177 178 179 180 ! 181 j 182 | 183 184 185 186 L87 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 iVOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Road Access— continued. To Run 47, Ngatapa Survey District: Purchase of land and fencing To Run 253, Wart Hill : Road formation (subsidy, £lfor£l) To Section 2, Block 1, Pomahaka To Sections 46 and 47, Block II, Hillend To Section 246, Parish Pirongia: Formation To Section 41, Block IV, Mabel Road formation ... Ngarua No. 3a Block (through) Dargaville-Opunake Settlement Mackenzie County Runs ... Ngatapa Block, access to ... Otawhao Block, access to (subsidy, £1 for £1) Section 1, Block XI, Rangariri ... Taita Tutamoa Tutarariki Swamp Road (balance) Erection of bridge, Mapau Island, Wairoa River (subsidy, £1 for £1. £50), (grant, £25) To Section 10, Block IV, Hunua Formation, 80 chains To Section 6, Block IX, Tangitu : Construction of bridge across Mangatupoto Stream Through Lot 271, Waioeka Parish, being purchase of 5 acres for road and fencing same Tarawera Bridge and river-bank protection (£1,500), (on account) Waitakaruru Stream : Improvement to river-bank Erection of Bridge across Puniu River, Wharepuhunga Extension No 2 Block Through Section 32 and portion of 28, Paremorema Parish Erection of Ougarue Bridge at Waimiha (subsidy, £1 for £1) From Main Road to Moore's Crossing at Inangahua To Makirikiri Scenic Reserve (formation and construction), (subsidy, £1 for £1) To Lots 43 and 44, Waimumu Hundred To Sections 10, 12, 13, 39, &o., Hunua Parish 1 (additional) To Waitawheta Block, Auckland To Sections 6 and 9, Block XI, and 1, Block XV, Mahoe Survey District Through Poukawa Drainage Area (subsidy, £1 for £i) ... •■• Through Whirinaki Block Removal of sunken and derelict logs, Northern Wairoa River Robinson Road outfall drain (£1 for £1) Scenery reserves under the Land Act, 1908, Expenses in connection with (including fencing and other works) Ship Cove and other reserves: and expenses in connection with preservation of scenery, including clearing of a firebelt ... Site for wharf and shed on Kaituua River (subsidy) South Westland mail-steamer subsidy ... Special rates to local authorities Stewart Island : Interest on £2,000, part purchasemoney ; annual payment, £160 State Forests Account: Contribution towards assist- ' ance to farmers for tree-planting £ 1,167 250 ■ 20 150 15 L50 155 200 700 500 50 100 100 30 75 LOO 90 L50 500 250 120 80 50 50 130 75 200 150 280 450 150 300 100 100 10 50 600 25 160 1,000

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY- continued.

I Item. 1916-17. i . . MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. £ £ 1 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 ' 218 219 220 221 222 228 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 245 236 VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to continued. Stock Resting Reserve— Block IV, Katikati Survey District: Grant towards clearing and fencing ... ... 60 Subsidy, £1 for £1, to Mt. Peel Road Board for restoring access to Run No. 241 ... ... 50 Survey, fencing, and formation of deviation of road of access, Block 1, Mangawhero, Tauakira Block, and purchase of land for same... . ... 180 Te Akau to Raglan ferry service: Subsidy ... 30 Teremakau River protective works (subsidy, £1 for£l) ... ' ... ... ... 200 Tokatoka Swamp drainage (subsidy, £1 for £1 up to £300, with grant £700) .. ... ... 1,000 Tokatoka Swamp : Stopbank and drainage ... 750 Tokatoka Swamp : Maintenance of tramway ... 25 Track : Blackford to Double Hill, to give access to runs (Canterbury), (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 200 Value of improvements on pastoral and small grazingruns on expiry of license, payment of, to outgoing lessees ... ... ... ] 1,000 Waikato River Board District : Destruction of willows ... ... ... 39 Waikato Rivet- Board : Clearing willows, grant towards .. .... 850 Waikato River Board : Contribution towards purchase of dredge (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... 475 Waikato River: Expenses of engineering surveys, &o. ... ... ... 100 Waitakaruru Stream Road ... ... ■■■••... 105 Waitakaruru: Shed for wharf ... ... 30 Waitakaruru-Pokeno Road ... ... ... j 200 Waitoa Drainage Board— Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards clearing Waiharakeke Stream ... ... 750 Waitoa Drainage Board (£1 for £1 subsidy), towards deepening the Whakahore Drain (in connection with drainage of Whakahore Special Area) ... 360 Waitoa River, snagging (above junction with Piako River) ... ... ... | 190 Waiwhero Drain (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... j 150 Wanganui River (improvement) ... .. 2,000 Wanganui River mail service ... ... 775 Wanganui River Trust Domain lands : Roading ... 27 Water - supply : Highbank, Avenel, and Velverde Settlements (subsidy, 5s. in the £1) ... ... 500 Water-supply for settlers, Tematai Road, Te Puke (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... 750 We8tport-Karamea mail service, subsidy towards ... 200 West Winton River Board (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 225 Wharepoa-Kerepehi drainage outfall ... ... 100 84,942 Less commitments which will not be expended during the year ... ... ... 30,000 54,942 Less credits in reduction of expenditure ... 1,000 53,942 Total—Vote No. 70 ... ... 53,942

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Item. 1' 1916-17. VALUATION. 1916-17. £ £ Total number of officers .. 96 1 VOTE No. 71. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £700 ... ... ... 700 Clerical Division. Class II — 1 at £440 ... ... ... 440 Class III1 at £425 ... ... ... 425 Class IV— £ 2 at £370 ... ... 740 1 at £360 ... ... 360 1. at £345 ... ... 345 ('lass V— 1 ,445 1 at £315 ... ... 315 lat £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 590 14 at £260 ... ... 3,640 lat £245 ... ... 245 2 at £230 ... .. 460 Class VII— j 4,345 7 at £210 ... ... 1,470 17 at £200 ... ... 3,400 lat £150 .. ... 150 2 at £135 ... ... 270 lat £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII 5,410 2 at £110 ... ... 220 1 at £90 ... ... 90 1 at £80 ... ... 80 2 at £65 ... ... 130 Lodging-allowances— 520 1 at £23 ... ... ... 23 General Division. 1 at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £390 ... ... 390 3 at £375 ... ... 1,125 8 at £370 .,. ... 1,110 5 at £360 ... ... 1,800 2 at £345 ... ... 690 4 at £335 ... ... 1,340 3 at £320 ... ... 960 1 at £305 ... ... 305 4 at £290 ... ... 1,160 1 at £275 ... ... 275 lat £260 ... ... 260 lat £185 ... ... 185 2 at £132 ... ... 264 lat £108 .., ... 108 4 at £96 ... ... 384 10,756 24,654 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for, but not payable during current year ... 210 24,444

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY- continued.

1916-17. 1916-17. VALUATION— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 71— continued, Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, books, and periodicals ... ... 100 3 Assessment Court expenses ... ... ... 100 4 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 40 5 Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... t 1,000 6 Fee to post-office ... ... ... 50 7 Fees to valuers ... ... . . 5,500 8 Fuel and light ... ... ... 50 9 Legal expenses ... ... ... 150 10 Maps ... ... ... 600 11 Office cleaning ... ... ... 30 12 General office expenses ... ... ... 200 13 Postage, telegrams, and post-office boxes ... 700 14 Printing and stationery ... ... ... : 700 15 Rent . . ... ... 100 16 Revision of districts ... . ... 2,500 17 Telephones and bureaux connections ... ... ' 200 18 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 4,500 19 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote... ... 100 16,920 Less contribution from — Land-tax Department ... £8,450 New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office ... ... 750 9,200 7,720 Total—Vote No. 71 ... ... ; 32,164 I TOTAL OF CLASS XIII .... .... £246,156

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE.

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191 6- 17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. i £ £ £ Vote No. 72.—Agriculture, Industries, and 106,889 122,599 229,488 Commerce TOTAL OF CLASS XIV ... 106,HK9 122,599 229,488 I Item. 1910-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE: £ £ 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. SOS VOTE No. 72. Head Office— 1 ' Salaries — ;» Administrative Division. lat £700 Professional Division. 700 1 at £800 Class B — 1 at £575 Class D— £ lat £400 ... ... 400 lat £325 ... ... 325 Class E— 3 at £260 Class F— lat £180 ... ... 180 1 at £140 ... ... 140 800 575 725 780 320 Clerical Division. Class III— lat £425 Class IV— 1 at £370 (also private secretary £25 and extra classification allowance £30)... 370 lat £360 ... ... 360 1 at £330 ... ... 330 Class V- ! 3 at £315 ... ... 945 3 at £305 ... ... 915 j 1 at 6275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 4 at £260 ' -... ... 1,040 ' lat £245 ... ... 245 lat £230 ... ... 230 425 1,060 2,135 1,515

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE- continued.

""" "" "- ' " I ' [tern. t 1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMj MERGE— continued. £ £ 1 VOTE No. 72— continued. Head Office— continued. Salaries —continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 5 at £220 ... ... 1,100 lat £210 ... ... 210 5 at £200 ... ... 1,000 4 at £190 ... ... 760 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 2 at £165 ... ... 330 I at £150 ... ... 150 5 at £135 ... ... 675 3 at £120 ... ... 360 Class VIII— 5,665 1 at £110 ... ... 110 lat £108 ... ... 108 3 at £98 ... ... 294 2 at £95 ... ... 190 3 at £88 ... ... 264 3 at £80 ... ... 240 1 at £78 (9 months) ... ... 58 3 at £65 ... ... 195 1 at £50 ... ... 50 1,509 General Division. 1 at £220 ... ... 220 lat £200 ... ... 200 1 at £175 ... ... 175 Lat £166 ... ... 166 I at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £155 ... ... 155 2 at £108 ... ... 216 lat £96 ... ... 96 2 at £84 ... ... 168 lat £60 ... ... 60 — 1,612 Board of Trade. 3 Members at £700 ... ... 2,100 Secretary, £440 ... ... 440 2,540 General Division. 1 at £156 (8 months) ... ... 104 lat £84 ... ... 84 188 Tr/jde Representatives. 1 at £200 (also Tourist Agent, £550) ... 200 1 at £100 (also Tourist Agent, £370) ... 100 1 at £50 (also Tourist ,<Ygent, £50) ... 50 350 20,899 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... ... 827 20,072 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Forces ; 1,940 18,132

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131

Item. Item. 191i 6-17. < 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND 0OMMFjUGF—continued, VOTE No. 72— continued. Head Office— continued. Other Charges for and, incidental to — Advertising, printing, stationery, and photographs ... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Bicycles and repairs Biological laboratory Board of Agriculture Board of Trade Carriage of starving stock and fodder for same ... Chemical Laboratory ... ... ... Contribution towards printing report of New Zealand Council of Agriculture Contribution to Imperial investigation of insect pests Departmental Exhibits at A. and P. Association Shows— £ Wages ... ... 800 Other expenses ... ... 1,200 £ 3,000 75 20 100 500 1,800 4,500 400 50 200 £ /> 18 14 1.5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Exchange on salary of M. O'Brien, while stationed i in San Francisco ... ,.. ... I Exchange on salary of E. Clifton, while stationed in San Francisco... ... ... ... Exhibition at New York of Gold Medal exhibits from San Francisco Exhibition... Expenses of conferences in connection with purchase of Imperial supplies ... ... ... i Experiments in planting fruit-trees on worked gumlands :— £ Wages ... 300 Other expenses ... 500 Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage not otherwise provided for ... International Institute of Agriculture, contribution to and cost of representation at Legal expenses ... ... ... Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Preparation and distribution of publications Promotion of sale of New Zealand produce in outside markets ... ... ... [ Purchase of books, newspapers, and other publications Reference sets of seeds, plants, &c. ... ... i Refund to Postal Department: Salary of officer acting as Private Secretary to Hon. Minister of Agriculture Removal expenses Rents of Offices in New Zealand and Abroad, Euel, Light, Water, Furniture, Office Requisites, Insurance, Cleaning Offices, Outbuildings, Yards, and Approaches— £ Wages ... ... 200 Other expenses ... ... 800 2,000 II 16 300 150 800 25 100 450 25 4,500 4,000 500 350 50 240 250 30 31 32 33 34 San Francisco Exhibition Special allowances to Private Secretaries : 1 at £370 (£30), 1 at £200 (£50) Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... ... ... j Subsidy to Buller County Council on lime supplied to Pakihi lands ... ... Subsidy (half) towards steam service New Zealand- 1 San Francisco ... ... ... I ] 4,500 80 250 50 12,500 1,000 4,500 80 250 50 12,500

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CLASH XIV.-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

Hem. 1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND OOMMERC E— continued. £ £ i mi > 35 36 37 35 36 37 VOTE No. 72— continued. Head Office— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Subsidy (half) towards steam service New ZealandVancouver Subsidy steamer service Westport-Karainea 'Transit Expenses to and from San Francisco-— £ E. Clifton and family ... ... 200 M. O'Brien and family ... ... 10 A. Macpherson and family 10,000 100 I ,000 100 38 39 210 1,500 38 39 Travelling allowances and expenses Upkeep and improvement of Buildings and Fences on Departmental Reserves and Grounds— £ Wages ... ... 150 Other expenses ... ... 350 500 40 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Head Office items of the vote 100 55,202 41 Live-stock Division— Salaries — ** • Professional Division. 1 at £650 (also £150 from Defence Department) Glass B — £ 2 at £500 ... ... 1,000 2 at £450 (also £50 each from Defence Department) ... ... 900 Class C — — lat £480 Class D — 7 at £400 (1 for 10 months) .. 2,716 1 at £380 ... ... 380 5 at £365 ... ... 1,825 3 at £345 ... ... 1,035 2 at £325 ... ... 650 1 at £260 (also £50 from Defence Department) 260 Glass E— lat £275 ... ... 275 lat £260 ... ... 260 2 at £250 ... ... 500 650 1,900 480 6,866 1,085 Clerical Division. Glass V — 1 at £290 Class VI — lat £230 Glass VII— 2 at £220 ... ... 440 lat £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 lat £180 ... ... 180 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 1 at £98 ... ... 98 1 at £95 ... ... 95 1 at £88 ... ... 88 1 at £80 - ... ... 80 290 230 1,300 3t 61 '

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CLASS XIV.-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

tem tem 1916-171 AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMEBCE— continued. £ £ 41 VOTE No. 72— continued. Live-stock Division—continued. Salaries— continued. II Gkneral Division. £ 9 at £330 ... ... 2,970 2 at £320 ... ... 640 1 at £305 ... ... 305 12 at £300 ... ... 3,600 lat £290 ... ... 290 3 at £270 ... ... S10 2 at £260 ... ... 520 2 at £250 ... ... 500 5 at £240 ... ... 1,200 10 at £230 ... ... 2,300 4 at £220 ... ... 880 L5at£200 ... ... 3,000 1 at £195 ... ... 195 6 at £190 ... ... 1,140 1 at £185 ... ... 185 3 at £180 ... ... 540 lat £175 ... ... 175 7 at £170 ... ... 1,190 2 at £165 ... ... 330 7 at £160 ... ... 1,120 21 at £156 ... ... 3,276 8 at £150 ... ... 1,200 lat £140 ... ... 140 lat £125 ... ... 125 2 at £110 ... ... 220 - 26,851 1 Inspector of manure-sterilizing ... 450 2 part-time Veterinarians at £150 ... 300 750 40,713 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... ... 52 • 40,661 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Forces 5,200 42 43 44 35,461 Other Charges for and incidental to — Applying tuberculin test to stock and disposing of diseased cattle ... ... ... 250 Bicycles and repairs ... ... ... 350 Experimental Farm, Mamaku : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, and Provision for VisitorsWages ... ... £100 Other expenses ... ... 850 , 45 46 47 48 49 . 950 Experiments in connection with bush-sickness and ' allied troubles ... ... ... | 100 Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... 50 Grant towards publishing results of New Zealand Poultry Club's egg-laying competition ... 50 Grant towards cost of printing report of New Zealand Poultry Conference ... ... ... 10 Inoculation of Calves for " Black-leg"— Wages ... ... £100 Other expenses ... ... 50 i i —I 150

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

Item. Item. 1 Q1 fi_ 1 7 1916 17. 7 lvxo-xi AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. . £ i. £ £ £ 50 51 VOTE No. 72— continued Live-stock Division —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Inspection of dairies ... ... ... 150 Inspection of Manure-sterilizing (Australia and India): Labour, Travelling, Office, and other Expenses— Wages ... ... £200 Other expenses ... ... 400 150 52 53 54 600 Inspection of meat ... ... ... | 650 Legal expenses ... ... ... 50 Milton Poultry Fat-m : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Birds and Material, and Provision for Visitors— Wages ... ... £200 Other expenses ... ... 1,000 55 56 57 ; 58 59 60 ; 1,200 Quarantine Stations, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton — Wages ... ... £400 j Other expenses ... ... 1,600 —— 2,000 Removal expenses ... ... ... 500 Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges .. ... • ■ ■ ' 200 Special experimental work in connection with poultry LOO Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 7,500 Veterinary Laboratory: General Working, Laud and Buildings, and Investigation of Diseases — Wages ... ... £50 Other expenses ... ... 600 650 61 62 Wool-instruction classes for inspectors, and preparation of wool-samples ... ... ... 100 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Live-stock Division items of the vote ... ... ... 150 15,760 63 Fields Division— Salaries- — Professional Division. Class A — lat £650 ... ... ... 650 Class G — lat £480 ... ... ... 480 Class D— I tit £400 ... ... C400 I at £380 ... ... 380 Glass E— 780 1 at £280 ... ... ... 280 Clerical Division. Class VI— lat £260 ... ... ... 260 Class VII— £ 1 at £200 ... ... 200 Lat £190 ... ... 190 2 at £165 ... ... 330 1 at £150 ... ... L50 2 at £120 ... ... 240 , i ' i,no

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CLASS XIV. —DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE -continued.

I Item. 1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND OOMMERCE — continued. £ £ 63 VOTE No. 72— continued. Fields Division— continued. Salaries —continued. Clerica l Division— continued. Class VIII— £ lat £108 ... ... 108 4 at £98 ... ... 392 2 at £88 ... ... 176 1 at £80 (10 months) ... ... 67 1 at £78 (10 months) ... ... 65 • 808 General Division. 1 at £370 ... ... 370 4 at £350 ... ... 1,400 1 at £340 ... ... 340 8 at £330 ... ... 2,640 2 at £310 ... ... 620 8 at £300 ... ... 2,400 3 at £290 ... ... 870 5 at £270 ... ... 1,350 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 10 at £250 ... ... 2,500 8 at £240 ... ... L.920 Llat£220 ... ... 2,420 5 at £210 ... ... 1,050 1 at £205 ... ... 205 8 at £200 ... ... 1,600 9 at £190 ... ... 1,710 5 at £180(1 for 9 months) ... ... 855 2 at £175 ... ... 350 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £165 ... ... 165 22 at £156 ... ... 3,432 4 at £150 ... ... 600 1 at £148 ... ... 148 2 at £145 ... ... 290 2 at £141 ... ... 282 1 at £135 ... ... 135 lat £125 ... ... 125 2 at £120 ... ... 240 3 at £110 (1 for 10 months)... .... 312 lat £70 ... ... 70 1 at £65 ... ... 65 -..- 2 29,674 29,674 U 1,4.9. a Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 34,042 M,Vrt-Z 243 243 o Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Forces 3 33,799 1,321 1,321 32.478 32,478 )£i (i|U 64 65 66 67 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advance to officer against travelling-expenses, unaccounted for owing to his death Bicycles and repairs Bonus for improvements in phormium - dressing machinery Compassionate allowance to J. Devitt, jun. 5 50 5 50 LOO 80 LOO 80

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CLASS XIV.-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE -continued.

, ""■ 1 Item. 1916-17. * AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE continued. £ £ VOTE No. 12—continued. Fields Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. 68 Co-operative Field Crop Experiments and Provision for Visitors— £ Wages ... ... 350 Other expenses ... ... 2,650 3,000 69 Destruction of Noxious Weeds on Native Lands — Wages ... ... 750 Other expenses ... ... 250 70 Destruction of Rabbits on Crown LandsWages ... ... 3,500 Other expenses ... ... 5,500 1,000 9,000 71 Destruction of Rabbits on Native Lands — Wages ... ... 5,500 Other expenses ... ... 3,000 8,500 Experimental and Instructional Farms: General Working, Rent of Land, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, Matrons, and Domestic Assistants, — 72 Moumahaki— £ Wages ... ... 1,250 Other expenses ... ... 3,750 i. _ 73 Ruakura— Wages ... ... 3,000 Other expenses ... ... 5,000 —I 74 Weraroa — Wages ... ... 3,500 Other expenses ... ... 2,000 75 Ashburton — Wages ... ... 750 Other expenses ... ... 750 76 Other locations in South Island — Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 4,000: 5,000 8,000 5,500 1,500 1 6,000 77 Experimental Areas : North Auckland Gum Lands — Wages ... ... 350 Other expenses ... ... 450 78 Experiments in Regrassing Denuded Lands — Wages ... ... 50 Other expenses ... ... 200 79 Experiments in the control of drifting sand 80 Experiments in Utilization of Pumice Lands — Wages ... ... 50 Other expenses ... ... 250 800 250 500 300 Si Experiments on Pakihi Lands, Westland— Wages ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 350 450

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE- continued.

18— B. 7.

tem. Item. 1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 72— continued. Fields Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 82 Experimental seeds and plants for distribution ... 100 83 Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... 50 84 Grading grain ... ... ... 10 85 Grading New Zealand hemp ... ... ' 50 86 Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association ... "... ... 100 87 Investigation of phoiiniiim pests ... ... 100 88 [ Legal expenses ... ... ... 50 89 I Purchase of stud stock, including expenses of importation ... ... ... ; [ ( 000 90 i Removal expenses ... ... ... 500 91 | Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... ... ... 50 92 Subsidies to local bodies for the destruction of the kea 50 93 Subsidy towards improvement Riiakurn Farm drainage system ... ... ... 50 94 Travelling-allowances and expenses ... ... 10,500 95 j Travelling expenses of A. McTaggart, Agriculturist, 11 in Australia ... ... ... 96 Wages and Expenses in connection with Destruction of Noxious Weeds— £ Wages ... ... 450 500 Other expenses ... ... 50 97 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in- 50 cidental to the Fields Division items of the vote ■ 63,206 Horticulture Division— 98 Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — lat £600 ... ... 600 Class D— 1 at £365 ... ... ... 365 Clerical Division. Class VI— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 Class VII— £ lat £200 ... ... 200 lat£180 ... ... 1H0 lat£165 ... ... L65 lat £120 120 665 Class VIII— lat £88 ... ... ... 88 Ghneral Division. 1 at £310 ... ... 310 3 at £270 ... ... 810 1 at £260 ... .. 260 3 at £250 ... 750 2 at £240 ... ... 480 3 at £230 ... ... 690 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £215 ... 215 5 at £210 ... j ,050 1 at £200 '200 2 at £190 ... 880

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

Item. 1916-17. Item. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES. AND COMMEBCE— continued. £ £ 98 VOTE No. 72— continued. Horticulture Division- -continued. Salaries —con ti n ued. 98 General Division— contir.ued. £ 1 at £180 ... ... 180 2 at £L70 ... ... 340 1 at £165 ... ... L65 1 at £160 (8 months) ... 107 1 at £140 (9 months) ... ... 105 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1 at £125 ... ... 125 1 at £115 ... ... 115 L at £110 ... ... 110 1 at £80 (9 months) ... ... 60 7,602 9,580 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 39 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force 9,541 . U5 9,426 «•"* 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 I 110 Other Charges for and incidental to — Bicycles and repairs Co-operative fruit-testing areas Co-operative vegetable-testing areas Experimental seeds and plants for distribution Extra clerical assistance Fostering the bee industry ... Fostering the fruit industry ... Fumigation and destruction of imported diseased fruit Grant towards cost of printing report of Beekeepers' Conference ... ... ... Grant towards printing report of conference of New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation Guarantee on experimental shipments of fruit to west coast of North America Horticultural Stations : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, Provision for Visitors, and Salaries of Learners, Special Instructors, Matrons, and Domestic Assistants, — Arataki — £ Wages ... ... ii00 Other expenses ... ... 500 500 L20 LOO 25 25 LOO 200 150 20 25 300 LL1 Tauranga — Wages ... ... 250 Other expenses ... ... 550 1,100 800 112 Te Kauwhata— Wages ... ... 2,000 Other expenses ... ... 3,600 5,600 113 111 115 116 Importation and breeding of natural enemies to insect j pests Legal expenses Outbreaks of orchard and garden diseases ... Removal expenses ... 50 20 100 250

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139

1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 72— continued. Horticulture Division — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 117 Spraying demonstrations and apparatus... ... 50 118 Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... ... ... j 50 119 Subsidy National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 100 120 Subsidy, New Zealand Fruit-growers' Federation (£1 for£l) ... ... ...i 121 121 Tests with new spraying compouuds ... ... 50 122 Tomato experiments ... ... ... 100 123 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 3,600 124 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Horticulture Division items of the vote ... ... ... ... 25 13,581 Dairy Division— 125 Salaries- - Professional Division. Class A— 1 at £650 ... ... ... 650 Class C — 1 at £480 ... ... ... 480 Clerical Division. •» Class VI — 1 at £260 ... ... ... 260 Class VII— £ 1 at £150 ... ... 150 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 390 1 at £110 ... ... 110 lat £108 ... ... 108 1 at £98 ... ... 98 1 at £88 ... ... 88 404 General Division. 9 at £350 ... ... 3,150 5 at £345 ... ... 1,725 8 at £300 ... ... 2,400 2 at £280 ... ... 560 2 at £270 ... ... 540 2 at £225 ... ... 450 2 at £220 ... ... 440 2 at £200 ... ... 400 lat £180 ... ... 180 1 at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £84 ... ... 84 10,085 i 12,269 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... j 82 12,187 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force ... ... ... i 795 11,392

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CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued.

1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ £ VOTE No. 12—continued, Dairy Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — 126 , Bicycles and repairs ... ... ... 200 127 Contribution towards printing report of the Conference of National Dairy Association, Palmerston North 20 128 Grading of dairy-produce— £ Wages ... ... 350 Other expenses ... ... 150 500 L29 Legal expenses ... ... ... 50 130 j Purchase of dairy requisites and produce for experiments ... ... ... 300 131 '■■ Removal expenses ... ... ... 100 132 I Reworking "Dairy" butter... ... ... 20 133 Semi-official testing of pure-bred dairy cows .... 75 134 Subscriptions and extensions to telephone, including bureau charges ... ... ... 70 135 I Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... : 3,500 136 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Dairy Division items of the vote ... 15 4,850 259,488 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 30,000 Total—Vote No. 72 ... ... 22S 229,488 TOTAL OF CLASS XIV .... £229,488 ,488

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 73.—Head Office .. ... 12,515 1,733 14,248 74.■-Elementary Education. ... 20,636 924,866 945,501 75. Secondary and Higher 579 108,291 | 108,870 Education 76.—Technical Instruction ... 1,030 70,061 71,091 77.—Training Colleges and ... 48,223 : 48,223 Training of Teachers 78.—Medical Inspection ... 2,607 650 3,257 79.—Material and Stores ... ... 2,000 2,000 80.—Physical Training ... 2,220 1,044 3,264 „ 81.—Native Schools ... 32,837 2,734 35,571 82. -Schools in Outlying Islands 620 275 895 S3.—Infant Life Protection ... 1,130 445 1,575 SPECIAL SCHOOLS. „ 84.— I. School for the Deaf... 4,164 Cr. 355 3,809 85.— II. Education of the Blind ... 175 175 „ 86.—III. Otekaike Home ... 8,000 1,200 4,200 „ 87.— IV. Richmond Home ... 355 550 905 „ 88.— V. Industrial Schools ... 16,548 24,433 40,981 „ 89.—School buildings, furniture, ... 118,400 118,400 and sites „ 90.—Miscellaneous Services ... ... 10,432 10,432 TOTAL OE CLASS XV ... 98,241 1,315,156 ,1,413,397 it*m. 1916-17. tem. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT _ HEAD OFFICE. „ „ 1916 17. £ * Total number of officers .. 69 VOTE No. 73. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. £ lat £900 ... ... 900 1 at £700 (5 months) ... ... 292 1,192 Professional Division. Class A — 1 (4 mouths at £650, 8 months at £700) 684 Class B — 1 at £576 ... ... 576 lat £525 ... ... 525 1,101 1,785 !

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142

tem. 1916-17. HEAD OFFICE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 13—continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division. Class 1 — 1 at £600 (from 1st June, 1916) ... ... 588 Class II — 1 at £500 ... ... ... 500 Class IIIL at £385 ... ... ... 385 Class IV — 1 at £345 ... ... ... 345 Class V— £ lat £325 ... ... 325 1 at £315 ... ... 315 lat £305 ... ... 305 lat £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 1,220 lat £260 ... ... 260 1 at £245 ... ... 245 2 at £230 ... ... 460 lat £215 ... ... 215 Class VII— 1,180 4 at £220 ... ••• 880 2 at £210 ... ... 420 2 at £200 ... ... 400 3 at £190 ... ... 570 1 at £180 ... . . 180 2 at £165 ... ... 330 3 at £150 ... ... 450 3 at £135 ... ... 405 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Glass VIII— 3,875 2 at £110 ... .. 220 6 at £108 ... ... 648 7 at £98 ... ... 686 lat £95 ... 95 2 at £88 ... ... 176 1 at £80 ... ... 80 2 at £65 ... ... L30 3,875 2,035 2.035 -J , \JU%J 10,128 Genbral Division. 10,128 lat £156 ... ... 156 lat £132 ... ... 132 3 at £108 ... ... 324 612 612 Unclassified. 1 at £550 ... ... ... 550 550 Temporary. Working Editor, School Journal (10 months at £250)... 208 Salary payable to officers during process of transfer to Expeditionary Force ... ... ... 25 1.395 208 25 1,395 j.,o»<j 14,500 14,500 1,985 . HL , rjyjy, Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Foroe 1,985 12,515 12,515 . . . ,—,

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

Item. _- 1916-17. HEAD OFFICE —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 73— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Additional for officers performing duties attached to positions of higher grade ... . ... | 150 3 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 1,000 4 Office requisites, books, publications, telephones, special messages, forwarding charges, and payment for overtime and tea allowance ... ... 275 5 Special allowance to Assistant Director (8 months at £50) ... ... ... ... ! 33 6 Travelling and removal expenses and allowances ... 250 7 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 25 1,733 Total Vote No. 73... ... 14,248 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. 1910-17. Total number of officers .. 40 VOTE No. 71. 1 Salaries— Professional Division. p Glass B— £ 1 at £742 ... ... 742 1 at £650 ... ... 650 lat £620 ... 620 lat £611 ... .. 611 1 at £597 597 3 at £575 ... ... 1,725 1 at £565 ... 565 lat £563 ... ... 563 1 at £562 ... 562 1 at £542 ... . 542 14 at £525 ... ... 7,350 Class C— 14,527 8 at £480 ... ... 3,840 6 at £460 ... ... 2,760 — 6,600 .\dditional for Inspectors performing extra duties attached to positions of higher grade ... 145 21,272 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 636 20,636 Charges for and incidental to — 2 1 Grants to Education Boards for the following purposes : — Teachers' Salaries: Including pupil-teachers' and probationers' allowances ... ... 867,000 General Administrative Purposes: Capitation on average attendance (Education Act, 1914, section 6 (1), (c), (hi)) ... ... ... 93,000 Relieving Teachers ... ... ... 4,250 School and class libraries: Capitation ... 300 3 Conference of education authorities: Educational agencies ... ... ... 100

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION- continued.

I 5= 1916-17. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION— continued. t £ VOTE No. 74— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued 4 Conveyance of school-children, instructors, and teachers, and allowances for board of children who j have to live away from home to attend school ... 20,500 5 Educational Institute : Grant in aid Delegates' Conference ... ... ... 50 6 Illustrations of Natural History, History of the Empire, &c; wall-sheets for use in schools ... 150 7 Inspection: Extra clerical assistance, typing, <tc. ... 300 fi Manual instruction : Capitation ... ... 40,000 9 Observation schools: Additions to teachers' salaries and allowances ... ... ... 5 10 Office requisites, advertising, freight, expenses incidental to medical and otherspecialexaminations, .fee. 50 11 Removal of teachers ... ... ... 100 12 School Journal: Contributors' fees, printing, material, apparatus, &c. ... ... ... 2,500 I•"> Travelling expenses and allowances and expenses of transfers ... .... ... 5,500 I 4 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 1,033,855 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 (£38,790), and the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1914 (£70,000) ... 108,790 925,066 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 200 924,865 Total—Vote No. 74... ... i 945,501 SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION. 1916-17. Total Dumber of officers .. 1 VOTE No. 75. 1 Salarif.s— Professional Division Class B — £ 1 at £550 (5 months) ... ... 229 1 at £600 (7 months) ... 350 579 Other Chargf.s for and incidental to 2 Conveyance of pupils ... ... ... 4,500 3 District High Schools : Salaries of secondary teachers 21,250 4 Manual Instruction : Capitation ... ... 2,500 5 Research Scholarships: Including fees, material, apparatus, travelling-expenses, &c. ... ... 500 6 Secondary Schools and Colleges; Capitation and annual grants of £100 ... ... ... 77,000 7 Scholarships for Maoris attending public schools ... 200 8. Scholarships: Grants to Education Boards (Is. 6d. j per unit of average attendance) ... ... ! 5,500 " Sir George Grey " Scholarships: One to each University College (science) ... ... I '200 *■ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

19-B. 7.

Item. 1916-17. SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION— contd, ! £ VOTE No. lb—continued. Other Charges for and incidental to— continued. 9 Travelling expenses and allowances 10 University Colleges : Bursaries 11 Grant in aid of expenses of Teachers' Conference ... 12 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 300 1,000 25 £ 10 108,870 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 112,985 4,694 Total—Vote No. 75 ... 108,291 TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 2 VOTE No. 76. 1 Salaries— Professional Division. Glass B — 1 at £550 550 .» Class C — 1 at £480 480 1,030 Other Charges for and incidental to— 2 Capitation (including present and trade free places), technical and continuation classes ... ... 3 Conveyance of instructors and students attending registered classes 4 Conveyance of pupils 5 Examination expenses 6 Material, apparatus, and appliances 7 Scholarships and bursaries ... 8 Travelling expenses and allowances 9 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 65,000 1,400 2,225 350 2,000 1,500 150 10 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 I 72,635 I 2,424 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Publio Revenues Act, 1910 70,211 150 Total—Vote No. 76... 70,061 71,091

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1 I Item. 1916-17. TRAINING COLLEGES AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS. £ £ I 2 3 VOTE No. 77. Charges for and incidental to— Training Colleges— Allowances to students, and fees ... ... 26,500 Salaries of staffs of training colleges (three-fifths, the other two-fifths is charged to "Elementary Education") ... ... ... 13 ; 200 Special instruction, libraries, and incidental expenses 1 ,750 Training of Teachers (other than Students of Training Colleges) — Classes at sub-centres ... ... ... 2,800 Fares of instructors and teachers attending training classes ... ... ... ... 6,000 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 10 4 5 6 50,260 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 ... ... ... 2,012 48,248 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the I Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 25 Total—Vote No. 77... ... 48 48,223 1,25 MEDICAL INSPECTION. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 4 p I VOTE No. 78. Salaries— £ 1 at £525 ... ... 525 3 at £500 ... 1,500 1 at £480 (10 months) ... ... 400 1 at £460 (8 months) ... 307 4 School nurses at £150 (8 months) ... 400 3,132 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force ... 525 3,132 525 2,607 Other Charges for and incidental to — Material, apparatus, Officers' requisites, advertising, telephones, forwarding charges, &c. ... ... 50 Travelling expenses and allowances ... ... 550 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in- ■ cidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 2,607 2 50 550 3 4 50 650 Total —Vote No. 78 ... ... 3 650 1,21 3,257 MATERIAL AND STORES. VOTE No. 79. Charges for and incidental to — Material and stores ... ... 2 000 2,000 Total—Vote No. 79 ... ... 2 2,001

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

tem. PHYSICAL TRAINING. 1916-L7. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 11 £ VOTE No. 80. 1 Salaries— General Division (Instructors). £ 6 at £230 ... ... 1,380 2 at £220 ... ... 440 3 at £210 ... ... 630 2,450 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force ... 2,450 230 2,220 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Courses of instruction (including camps) for teachers 3 Equipment for training classes 4 Freight and cartage 5 j Office requisites, cleaning and lighting, advertising, books, engraving, insurance, storage, repair of material, &c. 6 Travelling expenses and allowances 7 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 250 25 25 40 1,000 3,264 10 ' Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 1,350 206 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,144 100 Total—Vote No. 80 ... 1,044 | NATIVE SCHOOLS. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 259 VOTE No. 81. 1 Salaries— Salaries of teachers of village schools 32,500 Professional Division. Class B — 1 (11 months at £500, 1 mouth at £525) Salary payable to teachers during process of transfer to Expeditionary Force 502 25 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force 33,027 190 32,837 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, forwarding charges, fuel, photographs, planting, sanitation, &c. ... 3 Books, apparatus, and other school requisites 4 Conveyance, ferrying, and Hoard of children 5 Higher Education, Scholarships, and Apprenticeship 6 Manual instruction (including equipment and material, instructors, and scholarships) 7 Special allowances to teachers in isolated places 8 j Training of teachers 30 625 550 2,000 300 150 25

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION -continued.

HZ! 1916-17. NATIVE SCHOOLS— continued. VOTE No. 81— continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. 9 Travelling expenses and allowances (including removals of teachers) ... ... ... j 550 10 Contingencies, including medical examination of teachers and unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 20 1 4,250 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 ... ... ... 1,496 2,754 ! Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 20 2,734 | Total—Vote No. 81 .. ... > 35,571 SCHOOLS IN OUTLYING ISLANDS. 1916-17. Total number of officors .. 4 [VOTE No. 82. 1 j Salaries— Chatham Islands: 4 teachers ... ... 620 620 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, allowances, maintenance, material, ami apparatus, scholarships, travelling expenses and allowances, &c. ... ... ... 225 3 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 225 3 50 275 Total—Vote No. 82 .. ... 895 275 895 INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 5 VOTE No. 83. 1 Salaries— General Division. 5 at £160 ... ... 800 800 Unclassified. Local Representatives ... ... ... 330 330 1,130 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Maintenance of infants in foster-homes ... ... 150 3 | Medical attendance of infants ... ... 25 4 I Rent of offices (Auckland and Dunedin)... .. 45 5 Travelling expenses and allowances ... ... 300 6 | Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 25 1,130 150 25 45 300 25 545 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 100 545 100 445 Total—Vote No. 83 ... ... 1 1,575 445 1,575

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

.tem. MM. 1916-17. Special Schools. £ £ I. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 1916-17. Total number of offioers .. 29 1 VOTE No. 84. Salaries— Professional and Education Divisions. Teachers — £ 1 at £500 ... ... 500 1 at £330 ... 330 1 at £290 ... ... 290 2 at £260 ... ... 520 lat £230 ... ... 230 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £160 . . ... 160 lat £150 ... ... 150 1 at £140 ... ... 140 lat £130 ... ... 130 lat £120 ... ... 120 2,970 General Division. Maintenance Staff — 2 at £160 ... ... 320 lat £120 ... ... 120 lat £100 ... ... 100 4 at £85 ... ... 340 lat £65 ... ... 65 lat £55 ... ... 55 1 at £52 ... ... 52 5 at £50 ... ... 250 Unclassified. Medical Officer (also £83, Industrial School, Burnham) 1,302 22 4,294 130 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 4,164 2 8 4 5 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of institution, including provisions, clothing, equipment, stock, and implements ... ; Publications, advertising, &c. Travelling expenses and allowances, including transit of children Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 2,000 25 250 25 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 2,300 155 2,145 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 2,500 Cr. 355 : Total—Vote No. 84 ... 3,809

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

i. item. Special Schools— continued. 1916-17. II. EDUCATION OF THE BLIND. £ •£ 1 VOTE No. 85. Charges for and incidental to — Grant to trustees for maintenance of Government pupils Special instruction of pupils (woodwork, &c.) Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 900 15 2 3 10 • 925 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 750 Total—Vote No. 85 ... 175 III. OTEKAIKE HOME (FOR BOYS). 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 32 VOTE No. 86. Salaries— Education and General Divisions. Teachers — £ 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £160 ... 160 1 at £110 ... HO 2 at £100 ... ... 200 Maintenance Staff— , 1 at £190 ... 190 1 at £130 ... . . 130 3 at £120 ... ... 360 6 at £105 ... 630 1 at £100 ... 100 1 at £85 ... 85 1 at £80 ... ... 80 1 at £75 ... . 75 1 at £70 .. 70 3 at £65 ... 195 1 at £60 ... . . 60 7 at £55 ... ... 385 760 - 2,360 Less salary of officers with Expeditionary Force 3,120 120 2 3 4 Other Charges for and incidental to— Maintenance of institution, including provisions, clothing, equipment, stock, and implements Publications, advertising, &c. Travelling expenses and allowances, including transit of children Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 3,000 4,000 30 5 300 25 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 4,355 155 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 4,200 3,000 Total—Vote No. 86 ... ... - 1,200 4,200

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

Item. 1916-17. Special Schools— continued, £ £ IV. RICHMOND HOME (FOR GIRLS). £ 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 8 VOTE No. 87. Salaries — General Division. Teachers — • £ 1 at £200 (6 months) ... ... 100 1 at £120 (6 months) ... ... 60 160 160 Maintenance Staff- — 2 at £75 (6 months) ... ... 75 2 at £65 (6 months) ... ... 65 2 at £55 (6 months) .. ... 55 195 355 2 3 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Institution, including equipment, ; provisions, clothing, implements and stock, advertising, &c. ... ... ... 500 Travelling expenses and allowances, including transit of children ... ... ... 100 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items ofthe vote ... 50 905 4 650 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... ... 100 550 Total Vote No. 87 ... ... < 901 V. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 137 VOTE No. 88. Salaries— Education and General Divisions. Class V— I a £315 ... ... ... 315 Visiting and Probation Officers — £ 1 at £245 ... ... 245 L at £240 ... ... 240 1 at £230 ... ... 230 Schools— 715 Auckland— 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £160 ... ... 160 lat £155 ... .. 155 1 at £100 100 lat £90 ... ... 90 1 at £80 ... ... 80 2 at £55 ... ... 110 1 at £13 ... ... 13 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 55 315 715 973 973

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

Item. J 916-17. I Special Schools— continued. £ t V. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS— continued. VOTE No. 88— continued. 1 Salaries— continued. Education and Genehal Divisions — continued. Schools —continued. Weraroa Boys' Training Farm— £ lat £340 ... ... 340 1 at £270 ... ... 270 1 at £205 205 1 at £200 ... 200 lat £170 ... 170 3 at £150 .., ... 450 2 at £130 ... 260 I at £125 ... 125 lat £120 ... 120 lat £110 ... 110 4 at £105 ... ... 420 lat £100 ... 100 1 at £80 ... 80 4 at £65 260 1 at £60 ... ... 60 2 at £55 ... ... 110 4 at £20 ... ... 80 Medioal Officer (part time, non-resident) 85 3,445 • Wellington Receiving Home — 1 at £275 ... ... 275 1 at £150 ... ... 150 2 at £110 .. , ... 220 1 at £90 ... 90 lat £75 ... ... 75 lat £65 ... ... 65 3 at £55 ... ... 165 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 55 Nelson Receiving Home— 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £80 ... ... 80 1,095 270 Nelson Boys' Training Farm— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £240 ... ... 240 1 at £196 196 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £165 ... ... 165 lat £150 ... ... 150 2 at £140 ... 280 1 at £135 ... 135 2 at £130 ... ... 260 lat £120 ... ... 120 3 at £105 ... ... 315 1 at £100 ... ... 100 1 at £85 ... ... 85 1 at £75 ... ... 75 Lat £70 ... ... 70 2 at £65 ... ... 130 1 at £60 ... ... 60 lat £55 ... ... 55 1 at £50 - ... ... 50 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 75 2,991

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CLASS XV— MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

20—B, 7.

Item. Special Schools — continued. 1916-17. V. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 88— continued. Salaries — continued. Education and General Divisions— continued, Schools —continued. Christchurch Receiving Home — £ 1 at £275 ... ... 275 lat £150 ... ... 150 lat £120 ... ... 120 lat £100 ... ... 100 lat £90 ... ... 90 lat £70 ... ... 70 2 at £55 ... ... HO Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 22 Te Oranga Home — —— lat £210 ... ... 210 lat £200 ... ... 200 2 at £150 ... ... 300 lat £95 ... ... 95 2 at £80 ... ... 160 lat £75 ... ... 75 2 at £65 ... ... 130 5 at £55 ... ... 275 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 33 Burnham — lat £270 ... ... 270 lat £255 ... ... 255 lat £240 ... ... 240 lat £165 ... ... 165 3 at £160 ... ... 480 lat £155 ... ... L55 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £145 ... ... 145 lat £140 ... ... L40 4 at £135 ... ... 540 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £120 ... ... 120 2 at £110 ... ... 220 2 at £85 ... ■•• 170 1 at £80 ... ... 80 lat £70 ... ... 70 2 at £55 ... ... HO 2 at £10 ... ... 20 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 83 Oaversham— lat £190 ... ... 190 lat £160 ... ... LOO lat £155 ... ... 155 lat £146 ... ... 146 lat £140 ... ... 140 lat £100 ... ... 100 2 at £70 ... ... 140 1 at £65 ... •. 65 lat £55 ... ... 55 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 55 1,478 937 3,543 1,206 Additional salaries to members of staffs performing extra duties attached to positions of higher grade 50 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 17,018 470 16,548

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

: 1916-17. Special Schools continued. £ £ V. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS— continued. VOTE No. 88— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to—. 2 Boarding-out of children ... ... ... , 24 500 3 Good-conduct money for inmates ... ... 25 4 Grant to Postal Department in connection with payments for children boarded out , ... ... 100 5 Interest on balance of purchase money, Nelson Receiving Home ... ... ... 28 6 Legal expenses of inmates ... ... ... ' 5 7 Libraries at Government schools, pictures, and publications ... ... ... ho 8 Maintenance of inmates in Government Schools, and general upkeep of the institutions, including stock, implements, and work on land ... ... 22,000 9 Maintenance of inmates in private Industrial Schools: Capitation, special grants, refunds of maintenance payments, &c. ... ... ... 2,400 10 Maintenance of inmates sent to other institutions ... 200 11 Refund of inmates'earnings... ... ... 25 12 Rent, office requisites, telephone, &c, for probation officer, Auckland ... ... ... 100 13 Rent— Christchurch Receiving Home ... ... 145 Te Oranga Home (Christchurch), (land) ... 15 14 Rewards for arrest of absconding inmates ... 10 15 Special Instruction, including fees of instructors, cost of equipment and material ... ... 400 16 Travelling expenses and allowances, including fares of inmates ... ... ... 2 000 17 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 100 I s52,083 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 ... ... ... 1 ! 50,433 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... •••26 000 24,433 Total—Vote No. 88 ... ... 40 40,981 SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, AND SITES. VOTE No. 89. Charges for and incidental to — 1 General Maintenance of Sohool Buildings under Control of Education Department, including Additions to Buildings, Alterations, Rebuilding, Furniture, Fittings, Fencing, Rents, Additions and Improvements of Sites, and Incidental Expenses — Industrial schools ... ... ... 2,000 Native schools ... ... ... 1,000 Otekaike Home ... ... ... 250 School for the Deaf ... ... ... : 100 2 Grants to Education Boards— For general maintenance of school buildings, and for additions to buildings, alterations, rebuilding, furniture, fittings, fencing, rents, additions and - improvements of sites, Ac. ... ... 86,000 B ■v

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155

1916-17. SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, AND SITES — continued. „ „ VOTE No. 89— continued. Charges for and incidental to— continued, 2 Grants to Education Boards — continued. For house allowances to teachers ... ... 26,000 For rebuilding and furnishing of schools destroyed by fire, and for rent of temporary premises during rebuilding ... ... ... 3,000 3 Grants for — Maintenance of Secondary School buildings ... LOO \ Maintenance of Technical School buildings ... 200 Rents for Manual and Technical Schools and class purposes ... ... ... 800 1 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the vote ... ... 60 118,500 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... IOO Total—Vote No. 89 ... ... - 1L8,400 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 90. Charges for- and incidental to — 1 Allowance to Native school teacher for loss sustained by flood, Mangatuna-Tologa Bay ... ... 60 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 10 3 Council of Education, including District Advisory Committees: Allowances and travelling-expenses of members, clerical assistance, advertising, in- -■ cidental expenses, &c. ... ... .... 150 4 Examinations : Teachers', Civil Service, and Scholarships ... ... ... 6,500 5 Flags for schools ... ... ... I 25 6 Grant in aid of free kindergartens for infants under ! school age, and Montessori equipment .... 1,300 7 Grant to Government Life Insurance Department for actuarial services in connection with Teachers' Superannuation Fund ... ... ... 25 8 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 2,500 9 Printing and stationery, &c.... ... ... 2,000 JO Refund of legal expenses of A. Bell in defending his appointment before the Board of Appeal ... 27 Ll Registration of school colours ... ... 5 12 Store for general departmental purposes : Incidental expenses (lighting, cleaning, &c.) ... ... 5 13 Subsidies to public libraries (country) ... ..: 2,500 14 Travelling allowances and expenses of members of Teachers' Superannuation Board, medical examination fees, legal expenses, &c. ... ... 100 15 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to all other items of the vote... ... 25 ! 1 15,232 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 4,800 Total—Vote No. 90 ... ... 1 10,432 TOTAL OF CLASS XV .... £1,413,397

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NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

156

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 118.—State Forests Branch of £ £ £ the Lands and Survey Department ... ... 6,424 , 26,219 32,643 TOTAL ... ... 6,424 26,219 32,643 ltem ' 1916-17. STATE FOREST BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT ' OF LANDS AND SURVEY. £ £ 1916-17. Total number of offieers .. 35 VOTE No. 118. 1 Salaries— Clerical Division. £ Class VII— 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 410 General Division. 2 at £325 ... ... 650 7 at £220 ... ... 1,540 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 1 at £175 ... 175 2 at £170 ... ... 340 lat £164 ... ... 164 2 at £160 ... ... 320 lat £155 ... ... 155 10 at £141 ... ... 1,410 6,014 6,424 Other Charges for and incidental to — Fencing, buildings, planting, material, &c. — Nurseries— 2 Eweburn ... ... ... 840 3 Hanmer ... ... ... 1,240 1 Rotorua ... ... ... 3,910 5 Tapanui ... ... ... ' 1,220 Plantations — 6 Conical Hills ... ... ... 850 7 Dumgree ... ... ... 25 8 Dusky Hill ... ... 125 9 Hanmer Springs ... ... 2,200 10 Kaiaugaroa ... ... ... 3,085 11 Naseby ... ... 1,150 12 Okareka ... ... 450 13 Puhipuhi ... ... ... 600 14 Pukerau ... .. ... I 1,450 ,

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NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 1916-17. STATE FORESTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. £ I £ VOTE No. 118— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Fencing, &c.— continued. Plantations— continued. 15 Waiotapu and extension 16 j Waitahuna 17 i Whakarewarewa 18 Books, stationery, office requisites, photographic material, insurances, and telephones ... 19 Compensation for land acquired for additional plantations— Rotomahana-Parekarangi No. 6, Section 2r 20 Correspondence classes, prizes for essays 21 Management expenses of State forests ... 22 Mount Bruce Forest Reserve, cost of fencing 23 Payment to D. E. Hutchens for report upon State Forests in New Zealand 24 Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) 25 Postages and telegrams, including rent of letter-boxes 26 Travelling allowances and expenses, and expenses of transfer of officers and men 27 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 28 Extension of nurseries and additional plantations ... 2,485 25 4,630 100 14 5 650 105 100 100 40 300 20 500 Total—Vote No. 118 :.. 26,219 32,643 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT £3' 2,643

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Appropriations for State Coal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 119.—State Coal-mines ... 9,778 205,657 215,435 TOTAL ... ... 9,778 205,657 216,486 WTt 1916 17. £ £ STATE COAL-MINES. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 54 VOTE No. 119. 1 Salaries— Professional Division. p Class B — I at £550 ... ... ... 550 Class D — 3 at £312 ... ... ... 936 Clerical Division. Glass V— £ I at £315 ... 815 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— -| 895 3 at £260 ... . . 780 2 at £230 ... ... 460 Class VII— 1,240 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £210 ... 210 Lat £200 ... ... 200 2 at £190 ... ... 380 I at £165 ... ... 165 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Glass VIII— 1,530 4 at £95 ... ... 380 3 at £65 ... ... 195 2 at £50 ... ... LOO 675 Gbnbbal Division. 2 at £260 ... ... 520 4 at £235 ... ... 940 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £187 ... ... L87

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Appropriations for State Coal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT -continued.

ItMa - 1916-17. 1916-17. STATE COAIi-MINES— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 119— continued. I Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. £ 2 at £180 ... ... 360 4 at £175 ... ... 700 1 at £165 ... ... 165 8 at £140 ... ... 1,120 4,602 10,428 Less amount not required on account of officers absent with Expeditionary Forces ... . y 650 9,778 p Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 150 3 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts ... ... ... 2,000 4 Development of State Coal-mines ... ... 5,000 Depots — 5 Christchurch ... ... ... 10,000 6 Dunedin ... ... ... 2,500 7 Wanganui ... ... ... j 2,500 8 Wellington ... ... ... j 12,000 9 Houses for employees : Building and roading expenses 1,000 10 Hulks: Purchase and working-expenses ... 1,000 11 Liverpool Colliery expenses ... ... ... 90,000 12 Payment of royalty to the Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... ... 1,000 13 Payment of special rate to Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... . ... 3,000 14 Point Elizabeth Colliery expenses ... ... ! 80,000 15 Postages and telegrams ... ... ...J 150 16 Printing and stationery ... ... ... | 100 17 Purchase of firewood and necessaries incidental to working of depots ... ... ,.. 2,000 18 Seddonville Colliery expenses ... ... 100 19 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 150 20 Wanganui Depot burglary ... ... ... 7 ' 212,657 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 7,(MX) 205,657 Total—Vote No. 119 ... ... 215,435 STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT .... £215,435

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160

Appropriations for Scenery Preservation. Account.

SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 120.—Scenery Preservation ... 390 10,436 10,826 TOTAL ... ... 390 10,436 10,826 £ 10,826 390 10,436 10,826 1916 17. SCENERY PRESERVATION. 1916-17. £ Total number of offioers .. 2 VOTE No. 120. 1 Salaries— Professional Division. Class D— lat £365 ... ... ... 365 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £25 (also Chief Clerk, Lands Department, £400) ... ... ... 25 390 ,» Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Administration of reserves and historic spots (including fencing and other works) ... ... I 750 3 Compensation, &c, in connection with lands taken under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 ... 1,000 4 Compensation for lands acquired along the Wanganui River ... ... ... | 500 5 Compensation for Native lands taken for scenery purposes (including historic spots) under the Public ' Works Act, 1908, and the Native Land Act, 1909 500 6 Contribution towards purchase of scenic reserve, Kaituna, Banks Peninsula (subsidy, £2 for £1) ... 31 7 Day's Bay Bush, purchase of ... ... 3,000 8 Expenses of Boards ... ... ... 20 9 Grant towards Summit Road Scenic Reserve Board 350 L0 Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve: Erection of care- j taker's cottage ... ... ... 225 11 Mokau River Scenic Reserve— Compensation for land acquired on south bend of Mokau River for scenic purposes ... ... ; 3,675 12 Orari Gorge Scenic Reserve— Contribution towards improvement and fencing ... 20 13 Road reserve at Ohura Falls, Wanganui River: Purchase and fencing ... ... ... 65 14 Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses ... 300 10,436 Total—Vote No. 120 ... 10,826 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT .. £10,826

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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

21— B. 7.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges, j Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 121.- Land for Settlements 1,223 I 7,319 8,542 Expenses I i 1 1. TOTAL ... ... 1,223 7,319 8,542 I 1916-17. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS EXPENSES. £ £ 1016-17. Total number of offioers . . 3 VOTE No. 121. I Salaries— Clerical Division. £ lat £725 ... ... 725 Class III — lat £390 ... ... 390 Class VIII— 1 at £95 ... ... 95 1,210 Lodging-allowance ... ... ... 13 1,223 Othkr Charges for and incidental to — — 2 Newspapers ... ... ... 10 3 Offioe equipment ... ... ... 5 4 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 25 5 Preliminary expenses, including temporary services and expenses under the Land Settlement Finance Act ... ... ... 750 6 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 15 7 Telephones ... ... ... j 13 8 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 10 Lands Department- — Roading, drainage, improvements, &c., for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908: — 9 ! Barnego : Protective works ... ... 700 10 Bickerstaffe Settlement : Roads in ... 40 11 Clandobove Settlement : Protective works ... 4 L2 Elderslie'No. 2: Roading ... ... 300 L8 Elderslie No. 2 Settlement : Repairs to waterpipes, &c. . . ... ... I 20 14 Kauroo HillProviding bridge at Raupo Crossing, Kakanui River (balance) ... ... ... 390 15 Lindsay— Irrigation and drainage (subsidy, £L for £1) ... 113 16 Lake Settlement: Rabbit-proof fencing ... 300 17 Melling Settlement: Road-formation ... ; 15 L8 MillsStraightening Hook River ... ... | 222

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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT —continued.

Item. 1916-17. I LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS EXPENSES— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 121— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued, Lands Department —continued. Roading, drainage, improvements, &C.— continued, 19 Ohakea: River protection ... ... i 100 20 Okauia Settlement: Compensation for road access ... ... ... ... 75 21 Opouriao— Protective works to prevent encroachment of Whakatane and Waimana Rivers ... 400 22 Otanomomo — Artesian wells ... ... ... 73 23 Otekaike— Clearing races ... ... ... 100 24 Poroporo Settlement: Culverting and formation of roads ... ... ... ... 400 25 StewardProtective works, Awamoko Stream (including compensation for lands taken) ... ... 300 Subsidiary water-races (grant) ... ... 154 Protective works, Waitaki River ... ... 750 26 Waari Hamlet: Formation of streets ... 650 27 Waddington Settlement: Drainage works ... 300 28 Waihau Settlement Compensation for surrender of rights over a bridge on a closed road ... ... j 100 29 Waikakahi— Protection against river encroachment (subsidy, £1 for£l) ... ... ... 20 r 30 Waimana— Protective works to prevent encroachment of river (general) ... ... ... 750 31 Waipapa — Protective works, South Bank George Stream, through Harkaway Flat (subsidy, £1 for £1) 50 32 Wangapeka Settlement— Protective works to prevent encroachment of river ... ... ... 100 33 Winchester — Road access to : Cost of land and formation... 65 7,319 Total—Vote No. 121 ... ... j 8,542 LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT .. g8,542 68,542

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Appropriations for Public Trustee's Aooount.

PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT.

tem. —i 1916-17. Chargeable on the Public ' Account. Trustee's £ £ Total number of officers 11116-17 278 VOTE No. 129. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. I at £1,000 lat £775 £ 1,000 775 Phofessional Division. 1,775 ! Glass A — 1 at £750 Glass G — 1 at £460 Glass D — 1 at £325 Class E — lat £280 3 at £235 1 at £210 Class F — lat £180 2 at £140 280 705 210 180 280 750 460 325 1,195 460 Clerical Division. Class 1 — 4 at £600 1 at £550 1 at £500 Glass II — 1 at £475 Class III — 3 at £425 2 at £385 Class IV — 1 at £370 1 at £360 lat £345 Class V — 5 at £315 3 at £305 3 at £290 2 at £275 Class VI — 2 at £260 6 at £245 I at £235 3 at £230 4 at £215 Glass VII— 3 at £220 3 at £210 9 at £200 8 at £190 4 at £180 13 at £165 II at £150 lat £140 17 at £135 16 at £120 2,400 550 500 1,275 770 370 360 345 1,575 915 870 550 520 1,470 235 690 860 660 630 1,800 1,520 720 2,145 1,650 140 2,295 1,920 I. 3,450 475 2,045 1,075 3,910 3,775 3,775 13,180

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Appropriations for Public Trustee's Account.

PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT- continued.

164

!!'"' 1916-17. PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT— continued. .. VOTE No. 129— continued. £ . £ ' I Salaries continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VIII— £ 17 at £110 ... ... 1,870 18 at £95 ... ... 1,710 16 at £80 ... ... 1,280 37 at £65 ... ... 2,405 7,265 General Division. 1 at £300 ... ... 300 lat £200 ... ... 200 1 at £190 ... ... 190 3 at £180 ... ... 540 1 at £170 ... ... 170 8 at £156 ... ... 1,248 1 at £144 ... ... 144 2 at £132 ... ... 264 3 at £120 ... ... 360 16 at £108 ... ... 1,728 8 at £96 ... ... 288 6 at £84 ... ... 504 1 at £72 ... ... 72 lat £70 ... ... 70 ! 6,078 46,518 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year £1,560 Less salaries ol officers on active service 3,900 5,460 41,068 Salaries of non-service members of Public Trust Office Board : 2 at £250 ... ... 500 Contribution to Department of Internal Affiairs on account oi salaries of nightwatchmen, Ac. ... ... ... 1,750 Local Audit, £1,000 ; London Agency, £150 ... 1,150 3,400 44,458 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Acquisition of additional office premises... ... 3,000 8 Amount required to adjust salary of married man receiving less than £140 per aiuiuui ... ... .'! 1 Expenses in connection with annual conference of branch officers ... ... ... 175 New premises— 5 Dunedin — Estimated cost of alterations and furniture ... 500 6 Nelson— Estimated cost of alterations and furniture ... 250 7 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 1,500 8 Salaries of additional officers appointed to staff and increases to officers promoted ... ... 2,000 9 Temporary assistance, vice officers on active service ... 2,500 10 War bonus to officers of the Department ... 1,000 10,928 Total—Vote No. 129 ... ... 55,386 PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT .. .. £66,886

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Appropriations for Government insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

Item. 191(3-17. [ Chargeable on the Government Insurance £ £ Account. 1916-17. Total number of officers; .. 14'J 1 VOTE No. 180. Salaries — Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,000 ... ... 1,000 1 at £900 ... ... 900 1,900 Professional Division. 1 at £750 Class b— I at £500 Class D1 atj£325 - 750 500 325 Clerical Division. .- I at £765 Class I — 1 at £600 ... .. 600 1 at £500 ... ... 500 Class II— I at £475 ... ... 475 1 at £460 .. ... 460 Class III — i at £425 ... ... 425 1 at £405 ... ... 405 Glass IV— 3 at £370 Class V — L0at£315 ... ... 3,1.50 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 1 at £270 ... ... 270 21 at £260 ... ... 5,460 5 at £230 ... ... 1,150 Glass VII— 5 at £220 ... ... 1,100 7 at £210 ... ... 1,470 5 at £200 ... ... 1,000 8 at £190 ... ... 1,520 6 at £180 ... ... 1,0805 at £165 ... ... 825 2 at £150 ... 300 4 at £135 ... ... 540 5 at £120 ... ... 600 Class VIII11 at £110 ... ... L,210 6 at £95 ... ... 570 L0 at £80 ... •... 800 17 at £65 ... ... 1,105 765 1, 100 935 830 t,110 3,730 6,880 8,435 Lodging-allowances 3,685 •_) , \jyju 544 3,685 544 General Division. lat £181 ... ... 181 lat £180 ... ... 180 1 at £96 ... ... 96 457

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166

Appropriations for Government Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT—continued.

Item. 1916-17. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued. £ £ [VOTE No. 130— continued. I i Salaries— continued. Chief Medical Officer For auditing accounts High Commissioner's Office, London Half salary of one clerk ... 450 240 150 Less salaries of officers on active service . ... 32,786 3,095 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, printing, and stationery 3 Bank exchange and agency fees 4 Carriage and freight 5 : Commission 6 Commission to district managers on the net increase in new business 7 Compassionate allowance to the mother of the late W. H. Woon ... 8 Contribution to Department of Internal Affairs for services of messengers, night-watchmen, and char29,691 2,500 200 25 25,000 300 LOO women 9 Fees for certificates of death, &c. 10 Fuel 11 Furniture, goods, &c. 12 Insurance premiums 13 i Legal expenses 14 I Lighting and electric power ... 15 Medical fees 16 Office-cleaning 17 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 18 Rates L9 Remuneration to Post and Telegraph Department for services rendered I ,100 10 160 200 350 250 320 5,500 100 2,500 600 20 Rent 21 Repairs, &c. 22 Subscriptions to insurance magazines, newspapers, &c. 23 , Telephones 24 Temporary Assistance— Extra Clerks ... 25 Travelling allowances and expenses 26 Valuation fees 27 War bonus to officers of the Department 28 ! Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 525 750 750 IOO 200 800 1,000 100 1,000 150 44,890 74,581 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 4,000 Total —Vote No. 130 ... 70 70,581 GOVEENMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT £70,581 0,681

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167

Appropriations for Government Accident Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

Item. 1916-17. Chargeable on the Government Accident Insurance Account. ■ £ £ VOTE No. 131. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Advertising, printing, and stationery 2 Commission 3 Legal expenses 4 Provision for payments to Life Branch under clause 24 of the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908 5 Travelling allowances and expenses 6 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 200 3,000 100 3,750 100 50 p Total—Vote No. 131 7,200 GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCO UNT .. £7,200

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168

Appropriations for Btiate Fire Insurance Account.

STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

ISll 1916-17 ltem Chargeable on the State Fire Insurance _ Account. ! lHUi-17. Total number of officerR .. 76 VOTE No. 132. 1 ' Salaries— £ £ i Administrative Division. 800 1 at £800 800 Clerical Division. i Class I — 1 at £500 Class II— lat £440 Class III— 1 at £425 Class IV— 2 at £370 Class V £ 1 at £305 . ... ... 305 lat £290 ... ... 290 Class VI— 2 at £260 ... ... 520 I at £245 (8 months) £260 (4 months) 250 1 at £245 ... ... 245 L at £230 (8 months) £245 (4 months) 235 Glass VII— — lat £220 ... ... 220 2 at £210 ... ... 420 lat £200 ... ... 200 3 at £190 ... ... 570 4 at £180 ... ... 720 1 at £165 (1 month) £180 (11 months) 179 6 at £165 ... ... 990 4 at £150 ... ... 600 1 at £135 (11 months) £150 (1 month) 136 2 at £120 (4 months) £135 (8 months) 260 1 at £120 (3 months) £135 (9 months) 132 1 at £120 (10 months) £135 (2 months) 123 1 at £120 (1 month) £135 (11. months) 134 1 at £110 (3 months) £120 (9 months)... 118 L at £110 (10 months) £120 (2 months) 112 Class VIII— 1 at £110 ... ... 11.0 1 at £95 (3 months) £110 (9 months)... 107 I at £95 (2 months) £110 (10 months) L08 1 at £95 (4 months) £L10 (8 months) 105 1 at £95 (6 months) £110 (6 months) 103 8 at £95 ... ... 285 I at £80 (1 month) £95 (11 months) ... 94 1 at £80 (5 months) £95 (7 months) ... 89 t at £80 (4 months) £95 (8 months) ... 90 I at £80 ... ... 80 1 at £65 (2 months) £80 (10 months)... 78 1 at £65 (4 months) £80 (8 months) ... 75 L at £65 (8 months) £80 (4 months) ... 70 1 at £65 (11 months) £80 (1 month) ... 67 2 at £65 .. ... 130 2 at £50 (3 months) £65 (9 months) ... L23 1 at £50 (4 months) £65 (8 months) ... 60 I at £50 (5 months) £65 (7 months) ... 59 I at £50 (L0 months) £65 (2 months)... 53 I 500 440 425 740 595 1,250 . I I 4,914 j I 1.886 500 440 425 740 595 1,250

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169

Appropriations for State Fire Insurance Account.

STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued.

22—8. 7.

Item. 1916-17. STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued. VOTE No. 132— continued. Salaries— continued. General Division. £ lat £120 ... ... 120 lat £108 ... ... 108 1 at £96 (3 months) £108 (9 months) ... 105 1 at £96 (4 months) £108 (8 months) ... 104 1 at £84 (11 months) £96 (1 month) ... 85 1 at £84 (4 months) £96 (8 months) ... 92 lat £84 ... ... 84 2 at £72 (3 months) £84 (9 months) ... 162 1 at £60 (8 months) £72 (4 months) ... 64 924 Deduct on account of salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force ... 12,474 1,750 10,724 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Other Charges for and incidental to — Auditing accounts Board fees for unofficial members Commission to agents Commission on profits to officers Contributions to Fire Boards under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908 Exchange Extra clerical assistance Fidelity guarantee premiums Lodging-allowances ... ... ... Medical and other expenses re motor-cycle accident to J. H. Dick whilst on office business Office cleaning, lighting, and heating Office equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing, stationery, and advertising Rent Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Wellington office site and building and incidental expenses (on account) War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 50 60 7,500 800 1,400 25 900 50 75 50 200 200 1,200 1,000 1,100 100 500 12 13 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15,000 350 100 Total—Vote No. 132 30,660 41,384 STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT £41,384

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170

Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. I Vote No. 133. —Advances to Settlers Branch „ 134. —Advances to Workers Branch „ 135. —Advances to Local Authorities Branch £ 9,766 £ 323,910 £ 333,676 1,997 107,500 109,497 300 100,450 100,750 TOTAL 12,063 5, 1,860 543,923 Item. 1916-17. CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BRANCH. £ ! £ 1916-17. Total number of offioers ,. 4R VOTE No. 133. Salaries— Classification and Increases under Act. Administrative Division. 1 at £100 (also Secretary to the Treasury, Receiver, and Paymaster-General, and Registrar NewZealand Consols, £875)... 100 Professional Division. Glass C — 1 at £455 (also Workers Branch, £25) 455 Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £500 (also Workers Branch, £50) Class III — 1 at £400 (also Workers Branch, £25) Class IV— 1 at £360 Class V— £ 2 at £315 ... ... 630 2 at £280 ... ... 560 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 3 at £245 ... ... 735 2 at £230 ... ... 460 1 at £215 ... ... 215 Class VII— 3 at £220 ... ... 660 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £180 .... ... 180 2 at £165 ... ... 330 3 at £135 ... ... 405 5 at £120 ... ... 600 500 400 360 1,465 2,710 2,375

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Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— continued.

23—8. 7.

item. 1916-17. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BRANCH— continued. VOTE No. 133— continued. Salaries— continued. Classification and Increases under Act— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VIII— 5 at £65 325 General Division. £ lat £168 ... ... 168 4 at £156 ... ... 624 1 at £84 ... ... 84 H76 Temporary Clerk. lat £200 200 Other Charges for and incidental to — Contribution to Post-office ... Contribution to Valuation Department (agency work) Contribution to Valuation Department (valuation fees) Interest on amounts deposited against loans Interest on loan Office furniture and equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Proportion of audit expenses Refund valuation fees on loans not entertained Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 9,766 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 700 500 4,000 20 315,000 300 500 500 300 1,000 40 200 600 250 Total—Vote No. 323,910 333,676 CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO WORKERS BRANCH. 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 14 VOTE No. 134. Salaries — Professional Division. Class C — 1 at £25 (also Settlers Branch, £455) ... 25 Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £50 (also Settlers Branch, £500)... Class III— 1 at £25 (also Settlers Branch, £400)... Class VTI— £ lat £220 ... ... 220 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £190 ... ... 190 2 at £180 ... ... 360 lat £150 ... ... 150 Class VIII— 2 at £110 ... ... 220 3 at £80 ... ... 240 50 25 1,320 460

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Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 1 1916-17. ADVANCES TO WORKERS BRANCH— continued. VOTE No. 134— continued. Salaries— continued. £ General Division. -Temporary Clerk £ 1 at £65 ... ... 65 lat £52 ... ... 52 117 Other Charges for and incidental to — Contribution to post-office Contribution to Valuation Department (agency work) Contribution to Valuation Department (valuation fees) Interest on loans Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Proportion of audit expenses Refund of valuation fees on loans not entertained ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,997 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LO 400 250 1,200 105,000 150 200 150 100 50 Total—Vote No. 134 ... 107,500 CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES BRANCH. 109,497 1916-17. Total numbor of officers .. 1 VOTE No. 135. Salaries — 1 ■», Clerical Division. Class V— 1 at £300 100,750 300 2 3 I 5 6 7 Other Charges for and incidental to — Contribution to post-office ... Interest on loan Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Proportion of audit expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote LOO LOO,000 150 125 50 25 100,450 Total—Vote No. 135 STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT £541 ,923

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Appropriations for Native Land Settlement Account.

NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington,— 1916.

1916-17. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. I I £ £ Vote No. 136.—Native Land Purchase Expenses £ 1,145 ! 950 2,095 • TOTAL ... 1,145 950 2,095 Item. 1916-17. NATIVE LAND PURCHASE EXPENSES. £ I £ 1916-17. Total number of officers .. 3 VOTE No. 136. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class III — £ 1 at £435 ... . . 435 lat £405 ... .. 405 Class V— lat £305 840 305 2 3 Charges for and incidental to — Travelling and general administration expenses Valuation fees 1,145 700 250 Total—Vote No. 136... 950 2,095 ATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT 12,095