APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND OTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1918.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1917 Session I, B-07

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1917-1918. NEW ZEALAND.

APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND OTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1918.

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1917-1918. V N°o to P <* e V N°o e ''«*> 127—Aocident Insurance Account .. .. 173 45—Messengers and Office-keepers .. ..69 60—Adjutant-General's Branch .. ..96 Meteorological Office .. .. 113 131—Advanoes to Local Authorities Branch .. 178 89 —Mines Department .. .. 62 129—Advances to Settlers Branch .. .. 176 41—Mines: Miscellaneous Servioes .. .'. 64 130—Advanoes to Workers Branch .. .. 177 44—Ministers'Secretaries .. ..69 72—Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce .. 135 51—Museum .. .. .. ..75 46—Audit Office .. .. .. 70 Miscellaneous Servioes— 64—Customs .. .. .. ..108 28—Bankruptcy .. .. .. ..50 89—Education .. .. .. ..162 59 —Internal Affairs .. .. 92 15—Carriage of Mails by Railway .. .. 86 ToZLandsVd Survey .'.' .'.' .'.' 126 48—Census and Statistics .. .. ..73 gy Marine 117 Civil List .. .. .. ..5 41—Mines .. .'. 64 42—Clerk of Executive Council .. ..65 23-Native 46 72—Commerce .. .. .. .. 135 gg Police 58 14—Conveyance of Inland Mails .. .. -85 17 _ p 08 t and Telegraph '.'. '.'. '.'. 36 13—Conveyance of Ocean Mails .. do -q Treasury 30 34—Cook Islands .. .. .. .. 55 ' 31—Coroners .. .. .. ..52 30 Criminal Prosecutions .. .. ..52 s—National5 —National Provident and Friendly Societies Le25—Crown Law Office .. .. 48 partment .. .. .. 25 63—Customs Offices and Services .. ..106 22—Native Department .. .. ..45 64—Customs: Miscellaneous .. .. ..108 123—Native Land Settlement Account .. ..179 123—Native Land Purohase Expenses .. .. 179 Defence Department .. .. ..96 Schools a", " '' V °l 52-Dominion Laboratory .. .. ..76 23-Native: Miscellaneous Services .. ..46 ' 10—Naval Defence .. .. ..29 73 —Education Department: Head Office. .. 147 89—Eduoation : Miscellaneous Services .. .. 162 26—Patent Offioe .. .. .. .. 48 82—Education of the Blind .. .. .. 154 9 —Pensions Department .. .. .. ' 28 49—Electoral .. .. .. ..74 Permanent Charges .. .. .. 6 74—Elementary Education .. .. .. 149 80 —Physical Training .. .. .. 158 35— Police .. .. .. ..56 Finance Departments .. .. ..24 36—Police: Miscellaneous Servioes .. ..58 s—Friendly Societies Department .. 25 12—Post and Telegraph Salaries .. 31 17 —Post and Telegraph : Miscellaneous Services .. 36 3—General Expenses, Legislative Department .. 22 53—Printing and Stationery .. .. ..77 61—General Staff Branch .. .. ..101 83—Prisons .. .. .. ..58 40—Geological Survey Branch of the Mines Depart- 87 —Probation System-Eduoation .. ..161 merit _ _ ~ ~ 63 Protection of Fish and Oystore .. .. 115 127—Government Accident Insurance Account .. 173 Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of 20-Government Domains .. .. ..43 Heads .. .. .. ..42 126—Government Insurance Aocount .. ..171 58—Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid .. 88 66-Government Steamers .. .. ..116 57—Public Service Commissioner's Office.. .. 87 125—Public Trustee's Account .. .. .. 169 50-High Commissioner's Offioe .. ..74 19-Public Buildings .. .. ..42 55—Home for Defectives .. .. 83 58—Hospitals and Charitable Aid and Publio Health 88 62-Quartermaster-General's Branch .. .. 102 2—House of Representatives .. .. ..21 18—Railways Department .. .. ..38 B—lncomo-tax .. .. .. .. 27 124—Rangitaiki Land Drainage Expenses.. .. 180 85—Industrial Sohoola .. .. .. 157 6-Rates on Crown Lands .. .. ..27 86-tnfant Life Protection .. .. .. 161 7—Rates on Native Lands .. .. ..27 65-Inspection of Machinery .. .. 110 Offioe .. .. .. 72 126 —Insurance, Government Life Account .. 171 127 —Insurance, Government Accident Aocount .. 173 128—Insurance, State Fire Account .. ..174 Scenery Preservation Account .. ..181 Interest and Sinking Fund .. .. 6 79-School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites .. 153 43— Internal Affairs Department .. ..66 83—School for the Deaf .. .. ..155 59—Internal Affairs : Miscellaneous Services .. 92 84 Schools for the Feeble-minded .. .. 156 75 —Secondary and Higher Education .. .. 150 24—Justice Department .. .. ..47 Special Acts of the Legislature .. ..17 32—Justice: Miscellaneous Services .. 52 37—Stamp Department .. .. 58 State Advances Account .. .. .. 176 „„ T , _. -~„ 119—State Coal-mines Account.. .. .. 165 68-Labour Department .. .. ..119 i 2B __ S tate Fire Insurance Account .. ..174 38-La.ul and Deeds Registry .. .60 118 _ state PoMBta Aooount 163 120—Land for Settlements Account .. .. 167 n 69—Lands and Survey Department .. ..122 37—Sunrema Oourii" " 4Q 70—Lands and Survey: Miscellaneous Services .. 126 M bu P reme tjourt •• •• ..49 8— Land-tax .. .. .. ..27 I—Legislative Council .. .. ..21 76 —Teohnioal Instruction .. .. .. 151 3 —Legislative: General Expenses .. ..22 56 —Tourists .. .. .. ..81 77 —Training Colleges and Training of Teachers .. 152 „„ „ ■ , , , n , , .'.. . , Kn 4—Treasury Department .. .. 24 29—Magistrates Courts ..- .. .. 50 Treasury ■ Miscellaneous - qfl 21—Maintenance and Improvement of Roads .. 44 11 treasury . miscellaneous .. .. .. 30 16—Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines 36 65 —Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery 110 71 —Valuation .. .. .. .. 133 67 —Marine: Miscellaneous Servioes .. .. 117 ■-■• - 88—Material and Stores—Education .. .. 162 ' 29—Wardens' Courts .. .. 50 81 —Medical Inspection .. .. .. 154 j Weather Reporting Office.. .. .. 113 54 —Mental Hospitals .. .. ..79 18—Working Railways Department .. ..38

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1917-1918.

SUMMARY.

Pago. Summary of Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts. 1917-18. REVENUE ACCOUNT. £ £ Permanent Appropriations— 5 Civil List 6 Interest and Sinking Bund 17 Under Special Acts of the Legislature 27,300 4,800,373 2,058,623 6,886,296 44,126 194,815 1,530,876 3,217,538 114,710 26,066 525,032 37.877 6,886,296 Annual Appropriations— 21 ; Class I. —Legislative Departments 24 j Class II,—Departments of Finance 31 j Class III.—Post and Telegraph Department 38 Class IV.—Working Railways Department 42 Class V.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads 44,126 194,815 1,530,876 3,217,538 Class VI. —Native Department Class VII.—Justice Department 62 Class VIII. —Mines Department °° Class IX.—Department of Internal Affairs 96 Class X.—Defence Department 106 Class XL—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments I19 Class XII.—Department of Labour 122 Class XIII. —Department of Lands and Survey I°° Class XIV.—Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce 114,710 26,066 525,032 37,877 618,730 521,141 194,698 34,515 275,430 o i , o I I 618,730 521,14.1 194,698 34,515 275,430 262,845 1,562,879 9,161,278 16,047,574 262,845 **• Class XV. —Education Department 1,562,879 9,161,278 Total —Revenue Account OTHER ACCOUNTS. 163 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT ... 42,197 292,830 9,758 165 STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT 167 LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT ... L69 I PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT... 171 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT ... 173 GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSDRANCE ACCOUNT 174 STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT 176 STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— Advances to Settlers Branch Advances to Workers Branch Advances to Local Authorities Branch 179 NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT... 180 RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE ACCOUNT 81,231 71,026 7,200 22,328 363,699 114,035 110,750 2,105 ,79 .80 7,500 181 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT .81 30,453

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1917-1918.

CIVIL LIST

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ [is Excellency the Governor-General ... 5,000 2,000 7,00C Istablishment of the General Government 11,300 2,000 j 13,30C 'or Native Purposes 7,000 7,001 Total—Civil List 16,300 11,000 11,000 27.30C 27,30i TOTAL CIVIL LIST £2, 127.300 7.300

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PERMANENT CHARGES.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. 1917-18. 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 Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts, 1905, 1907, and 1910— Interest on £100,000 @ 3J per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 127,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 2,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 17,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 55,190 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 5,190 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 3,500 5,080 80 692 2,208 208 £306,680 11,768 i Maori Land Settlement Acts, 1905 and 1907 — Interest on £158,525 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 75,650 ,, 3-J- per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 6,341 2,648 8,989 £234,175 Coal-mines Act, 1908— Interest on £ 10,000 @ 3\ per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 135,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 30,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 350 5,062 1,200 £175,000 6,612 Amount to be recovered from State Coal-mines Account... 6,612 Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908 — Advances to Settlers — Interest on £185,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 57,900 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 100,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September 7,400 2,316 4,000 £342,900 13,716 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 13,716 Advances to Workers — Interest on £ 5,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 25,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 200 1,000 £30,000 1,200 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 1,200

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. 'Slew 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 19,800 Amount to be recovered from Native Land Settlement Account 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 'Slew Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909 and 1910 — Advances to Settlers — Interest on £1,762,626 @ 4£ per cent,, 1 June and 1 December Interest on 205,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 750,000 ,, 3J per cent., 23 April and 23 October Interest on 43,794 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 78,318 8,200 28,125 1,752 £2,761,420 116,395 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 116.395 Advances to Workers — Interest on £205,000 @ 3£ per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 406 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 July ... Interest on 7,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 750,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 325,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 3,283 ,, 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 7,175 16 280 30,000 14 625 148 £1,290,689 Amount to be recovered from the State Advances Office 52,244 52,244

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. New Zealand State-Guaranteed Advances Acts, 1909-10 — Land for Settlements Branch — Interest on £ 99,000 @ 3-| 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 ,, 3f per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 8,000 ,, 3J per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 30,600 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 71,265 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 95,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 15,300 ,, 8f per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 741,066 ,, 3f per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on 73,700 ,, 8$ per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on 30,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 261,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August £ 3,465 2,270 463 806 280 1,224 2,851 3,800 574 27,790 2,579 1,200 10,452 £ £1,523,931 Amount to be recovered from Land for Settlements Account 57,754 57,754 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 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 BranchInterest 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 1 December... Amount to be recovered from State Advances Office 8,000 8,000 Government Railways Act, 1908— Railways Improvements Authorization Acts, 1904-7— Interest on £ 67,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 5,300 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 157,000 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 2,700 212 6,280 9,192 £229,800 Government Railways Act, 1908— Finance Act, 1909 — Interest on £50,000 @ 4 percent., 30 June and 31 December Interest on 8,400 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 2,000 336 2,336 £58,400

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

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1917-18. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. £ Government Railways Amendment, Act, 1910— Interest on £11,150 (<i>, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 53.350 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 15,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 88,030 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July £ 390 2,134 562 3,521 £167,530 6,607 Land for Settlements Act, 1908— 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 1,206,710 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 77,000 ,, 4 per cent., 15 March and 15 September Interest on 476,185 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 800 ,, 4 per cent., 31 March and 30 Sept. Interest on 133,800 ,, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 65,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 28,600 ,, 4f per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 33,850 ,, 4J per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 37,778 ,, 4J- per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 4,100 ,, \\ per cent., 1 May and 1 November 400 1,572 48,268 3,080 19,048 32 5,352 2,600 1,287 1,52 1,70* 18* £2,118,748 Amount to be recovered from the Land for Settlements Account 85,047 85,047 Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908— Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 — Interest on £234,500 @ 4 percent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 15,800 ,, 3\ per cent., 1 March and 1 September 9,380 553 9,933 £250,300 Local, Bodies' Loans Act, 1908— Interest on £441.000 (a), 3i per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 50,000 ,, 3-j- per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 620;000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Interest on 790,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 15,435 1,750 24,800 31,600 j 73,585 £1,901,000 « New Zealand Consols Act, 1908— Interest on £ 6, 8 45 @, 3\ per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on 469,147 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 240 18,766 19,006 £475,992 Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 — • Interest on £18,000 (Si, 3f per cent,, 15 April and 15 October... ... 487

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. Vcm) Zealand Loans Act, 1908 —continued. Defence and other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 — Interest on £ 8,100 (S! 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 £ 284 676 2,812 £ 3,77£ £100,000 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870— Interest on £ 7,000 (3>, 4J 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 ... 2,188 240 ! 2,428 £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 Redemptions On further issues, say 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 1,000 £30,100,402 1,205,017 Amount to be recovered from other accounts 10,670 1,194,347 Interest @ 4 per cent., pavable 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, 1913 On 5,000 for Redemption Expenses On 262,803 for Conversions, 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 10,512 5,000 £10,884,628 Amount to be recovered from other accounts 440,385 160,024 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 J,nd Raising Loans 96,880 25,097 36,260 453,164 2,986 280,361

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. New Zealand Loans Act, 1908—continued. New Zealand Consolidated Inscribed Stock (London issue) —continued. £ Interest @ 3-J per cent., payable 1 January and 1 July— conta. On £15,000" Naval Defence Act, 1909 ... ... 525 £ £17,568,932 614,912 Amount to be recovered from other accounts... ... 71,340 543,572 Interest @ 8 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 ... . . ... 75,000 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 Amount to be recovered from other accounts ... 91,775 Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 — Interest payable— On £194,200 (a), 3% per cent., 1 February and 1 August ... 7,282 On 165,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 Julv ... 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 ... 12,040 198,024 28,880 £744,700 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1896 — Interest on £200,000 @ per cent., 15 February and 15 August ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,, 000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900— Interest on £91,300 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November 3,652 Interest on 2,900 ,, 4i per cent., 1 May and 1 November 131 3,783 £94,200 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1901— Interest on £61,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 2,440 Interest on 8,100 ,, 3f per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 304 Interest on 2,500 ,, 3|-per cent., 1 June and 1 December... 87 Interest on 32,900 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 1,316 £104,500 4,147 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1902— Interest on £90,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 3,600 Interest on 128,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 June and 1 December 4,800 8,400 £218,000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903— Interest on £308,700 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 12,348 Interest on 173,390 ,, 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 6,936 . Interest on 55,225 4| per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 2,485 21,769 £537,315

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued, £ New Zealand Loans Act, 1908—continued. Aid to Public Works and Land, Settlement Act, 1904 — Interest on £565,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August £ 22,620 Aid to Public Works and Land, Settlement Act, 1905 — Interest on £209,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July 8,380 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1906 — Interest on £360,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 561,750 ,, 3\ per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 8,650 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 14,420 19,661 324 34,405 £930,900 Aid to Public, Works and Land Settlement Act, 1907— Interest on £667,200 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July Interest on 200,000 ,, H-J per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 26,688 7,000 33,688 £867,200 Aid to Public Works and Land, Settlement Act, 1908 — Interest on £50,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 2,000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1910— Interest on £191,010 @ 4f per cent., 1 June and 1 December 8,595 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1911— Interest on £50,000 @ 3f per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 50,000 ,, 3-J per cent., 1 June and 1 December Interest on 49,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 January and 1 July 1,875 1,750 1,837 5,462 £149,000 Aid Co Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1912— Interest on £175,300 @ 3f per cent., 15 April and 15 October Interest on 11,200 ,, 4 per cent., 15 April and 15 October 6,574 448 7,022 £186,500 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1914— Interest on £2,445,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November Interest on 59,900 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December Interest on 100,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 97,800 2,396 4,000 104,196 £2,604,900 Post and Telegraph Act, 1908— Interest on £200,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 January and 1 July 8,000 Public Works Act, 1908— Paeroa- Waihi Railway — Interest on £86,250 @ 3 per cent., 31 March and 30 September 2,587 Waikaka Branch Railway — Interest on 53,476 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... 2,139 Scenery Preservation Act, 1908— Interest on £30,000 @ per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... Interest on 20,000 ,, 3J per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... Interest on 39,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November... On further issues, say 1,050 750 1,560 100 3,460 £89,000 i

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. 1917-18. Fruit-preserving Industry Act, 1913 — £ Interest on £24,900 (d>, 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October •■• 996 On further issues, say ... ... 240 £ 1,236 Wellington and, Manawatu Railway Purchase Act, 1908— Interest on £499,700 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September 19,988 Finance Act, 1915 (New Zealand Loans Amendment Act, 1915), (Section 105) — Interest on £2,005,030 @ 4-|per cent., 15 June and 15 December 90,226 Finance Act, 1915 (New Zealand,' Loans Amendment Act, 1915), (Section 106)— Interest on £100,500 (a 4+per cent., 30 June and 31 December 4,522 Interest on 994,300 ,, per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... 44,744 Intereston 355,800,, per cent., 1 February and 1 August 16,011 Interest on 7.100,, 4^-percent., 1 March and 1 September 320 Intereston 127,500 ,, 4| per cent., 31 March and 30 September ... ... 5,738 Interest on 170,000 ,, 44; per cent., 1 May and 1 November 7,650 Interest on 276,600 ,, 4i per cent., 1 June and 1 December 12,447 Interest on 19,500 ,, 4| per cent., 15 April and 15 October 877 Interest on 71,700 ,, per cent., 1 April and 1 October... 3,226 £2,123,000 95,535 Amounts to be recovered from Land for Settlements £ Account ... ... 32,514 Mining Advances Account ... ... 450 State Advances Account ... ... 450 33,414 62,121 Finance Act, 1916 (Section 35), (New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, and Amendment, 1915) — Interest on £8,823,050 @ 4| per cent., 1 March and 1 September 397,036 Intereston 355,000 ,, 4| per cent., 22February and 22 August 15,975 Interest on 280,000 ,, 4* per cent., 9 March and 9 September 12,600 Intereston 245,000 ,, per cent., 28February and 31 August 11,025 Interest on 100,000 ,, 4| per cent., 31 March and 30 September 4,500 Intereston 115,000 ,, 4-J per cent., 30 April and 31 October 5,175 Intereston 85,000 „ 4J per cent., 31 May and 30 November 3,825 Intereston 24,000 ,, 4£ per cent., 30 June and 31 December 1,080 Intereston 60,000 ,, 4J per cent., 31 January and 31 July 2,700 Intereston 20,000 ,, 4-J per cent., 6 March and 6 September 900 Intereston 15,000 ,, 4-J per cent., 19 March and 19 September 675 Intereston 4,500,000 ,,5 per cent., 1 June and 1 December 225,000 Interest on further issues, say ... ... ... 50,000 730,491 £14,622,050 Finance Act, 1916 (Section 49), (New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, and Amendment, 1915) — Interest on £300,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 12,000 Interest on further issues ... ... 10,000 22,000 Finance Act, 1916 (Section 50), (New Zealand Loans Act, 1908, and Amendment, 19.15) — Interest on £10,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 400 Interest on further issues ... ... ... 200 600 Finance Act, 1909— Interest on £46,901 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August ... 1,876

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

INTEREST AND SINKING FUND — continued. 1917-18 Naval Defence Act, 1909— £ Interest on £963,131 @ H per cent., 1 June and 1 December 43,340 Sinking Fund on £1,795,167 @ 4 per cent. ... ... 71,807 £ 115,147 Public Debt Extinction Act, 1910— Sinking Fund on £86,000,000 155,038 Irrigation and Water-supply Act, 1913— Interest on £100,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... 4,000 Public Revenues Act, 1910 — Reserve Fund Securities Act, 1907— Interest on £800,000 @ 34, per cent., 1 February and 1 August 28,000 Treasury Bills — Interest on Bills issued during the year, say ... ... .... 5,000 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914 (Section 8), (War Expenses) — Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 9) — Interest on £898,990 @ 44; per cent., 1 June and 1 December 40,454 Interest on 1,168,421 ,, 3£ per cent., 30 September and 31 March 40,895 81,349 £2,067,411 £2,067,411 ——,- — ., — Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (Section 5), (War Expenses) — Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2), (Section 2) — Interest on £4,000,000 @ 5 per cent., 31 March and 30 Sept. 200,000 Interest on 710,000 ,, 5J per cent., 31 March and 30 Sept. 40,825 Intereston 1,703,750 ,, 4 percent., 1 February and 1 August 68,150 Intereston 390,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November 15,600 Intereston 3,232,323 ,, 44,per cent., 1 June and 1 December 145,455 470,030 £10,036,073 Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915 (No. 2J — Sinking Fund on War Loans @ 1 per cent, on £26,725,534 ... 267,255 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 — Interest on £100,000 @ 3\ per cent., 1 February and 1 August 3,500 Amount to be recovered from the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account ... ... 3,500 Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910 — Interest on £50,000 @ 3| per cent., 1 May and 1 November 1,875 Interest on 314,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... 12,560 On further issues, say ... ... 500 14,935 £364,000 Appropriation Act, 1912 (Irrigation and Water-supply Account)— Interest on £10,000 @ 3f per cent., 1 May and 1 November .. 375 Interest on 5,000 ,, 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... 200 575 £15,000 Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £8,000 @ 4 per cent., 22 January and 22 Julv 320 Intereston 19,100,, 4£ per cent., 30 March and 30 September 812 Interest on 166,000 ,, per cent., 30 March and30 September 7,470 Intereston 168,000 ,, 4 percent., 1 April and 1 October ... 6,720 Intereston 10,500 ,, 4 per cent., 30 June and 31 December 420 Interest on 168,350 ,, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August 6,734 Intereston 39,400 ,, 4 percent., 1 January and 1 July ... 1,576 Intereston 20,000 ,, 4 per cent., 30 September and31 March 800 Intereston 30,000,, 4J per cent., 30 September and 31 March 1,350

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1917-18 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND—continued. £ Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913—continued. Interest on 15,000 @ 44/ per cent., 81 January and 81 July ... Interest on 244,800 ,, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September On further issues, say £ 638 9,792 4,000 £889,150 40,632 Amount to be recovered from the Land for Settlements Account 40,632 Land Laws Amendment, Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1916, {Section 41) — Interest on £10,000 @ per cent., 30 June and 30 December Interest on 10,200 ,, 4f per cent., 1 March and 1 September Intereston 20,000 ,, 5 per cent., 26 March and 26 September Intereston 15,000 ,, 4J per cent., 29 March and 29 September On further issues, say 450 459 1,000 675 2,000 £55,200 4,584 Amount to be recovered from the Land for Settlements Account 4,584 Native Land Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £783,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 2,400 ,, 4J per cent., 1 April and 1 October ... Interest on 4,800 ,, 4-| per cent., 1 January and 1 July ... Interest on 1,500 ,, 4£ per cent., 20 January and 20 July Interest on 3,000 ,, 4£ per cent., 5 June and 5 December On further issues, say 31,340 108 216 68 135 5,000 £795,200 36,867 Amount to be recovered from the Native Land Settlements Account 36,867 Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £25,000 @, 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August... Amount to be recovered from the Hauraki Plains Account 1,000 1,000 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £10,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September Amount to be recovered from Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account , 400 400 Rangitaiki Land, Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, and Amendment Act, 1914— Interest on £48,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September On further issues, say 1,920 200 2,120 Amount to be recovered from Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account 2,120 Mining Amendment Act, 1913— Interest on £11,500 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... Amount to be recovered from the Mining Advances Account 460 460 Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1914— Interest on £47,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... On further issues, say 1,880 200

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

1917-18. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND— continued. Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914— Interest on £388,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 February and 1 August On further issues, say £ 15,520 5,000 £ 20,520 discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and Amendment Act, 1916— Interest on £36,000 (w, 4 per cent., 1 March and 1 September On further issues, say 1,440 1,500 2,940 kuamp Drainage Act, 1915— Interest on £11,000 @ 4 per cent., 1 May and 1 November ... On further issues, say 440 200 640 Total Interest and Sinking Fund £4,800,373

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3—B. 7.

1917-18. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. £ Appropriation Act, 1916— Section 9 133,000 Appropriation Act, 1917 — Section 21 « 4,000 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 3,400 Education Act, 1914— Education Boards — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions on account of Public Primary Schools (including District High Schools) 4,500 Technical Instruction — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 5,000 National Scholarships — Grants to Education Boards for junior and senior scholarships 11,750 Secondary Schools — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 1,500 Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1913— Section 3, subsection 7 350 Fire Brigades Act, 1908— Subsidies payable 1,500 Greymouth Harbour Board Act, 1884— Endowment 25,000 High Commissioner Act, 1908— Salary of High Commissioner 2,000 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Acts, 1909, 1910, and 1913— Subsidies payable 237,000 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908— Salaries of Judge and Members of the Arbitration Court 2,800 Judicature Act, 1908— Superannuation allowances 1,133 Judicature Amendment Act, 1913- — Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court 12,800 Land Act, 1908— Payments to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts 55,000 Land for Settlements Finance Act, 1909— Section 13 3,000 National Endowment Residue — £ For Education purposes ... ... 70,345 For Old-age Pensions ... ... 30,148 100,493

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1917-18. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE- continued. £ Legislature Act, 1908— Payment to Members of both Houses 27,000 Legislative Officers' Salaries — Legislative Council— Speaker • Chairman of Committees Clerk Clerk Assistant House of Representatives— Speaker Chairman of Committees Clerk Clerk Assistant 600 300 650 450 800 500 650 450 Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913 — Subsections 3 and 4 of section 70 500 Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1913 — Salaries of Magistrates 22,150 Marlborough High School Act, 1899 — Grant in aid 400 Militia Acts Amendment Act, 1862— Pensions and Allowances 37 Miners' Phthisis Act, 1915 — Pensions ... ...' 8,000 Municipal Corporations Act, 1908— Subsidies payable 24,000 National Provident Fund Act, 1910 — £ Section 25 ... ... 8,060 Finance Act, 1916 — Maternity allowances (section 18) ... ... 4,000 Maternity allowances for Friendly Societies ... ... 22,000 34,060 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, &c, payable to Harbour Board 7,500 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 Neiv Zealand Consolidated Stock — Charges and expenses of management 23,000 New Zealand University Act, 1908— Contribution to University 3,000 New Zealand University Amendment Act, 1914— University National Scholarships University bursaries National Research Scholarships 2,800 4,000 500

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1917-18 UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE— continued. lew Zealand University Amendment Act, 1914 —continued. Grants in aid to — £ Auckland University College ... ... 5,000 Victoria University College ... ... 5,000 Canterbury University College ... ... 2,000 University of Otago ... ... 5,000 £ 17,000 University College— Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions 5,000 tensions Act, 1913 — Military pensions Old-age pensions ... ... 485,000 Less amount charged to National Endowment Residue ... 30,148 43,000 Widows pensions 454,852 40,000 'ublic Revenues Act, 1910 — Controller and Auditor-General Claims repayable under sections 16, 29, and 90 ... 1,000 50 'ublic Revenues Amendment Act, 1912 — Section 5 10,000 'ublic 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 90,000 ''ublic Service Act, 1912 — Salaries of Public Service Commissioners 3,300 iabbit Nuisance Act, 1908— . Expenses connected with the destruction of rabbits 3,500 leserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1913— Section 96 150 leserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empoivering Act, 1916— Section 67 I 78 lehafer, McGuire, and Others Pension Act, 1872 — Mrs. Ellen McGuire 18 slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908 — Compensation to owners of condemned stock 14,000 'took Act, 1908— Compensation for stock destroyed 10,000

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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

SUMMARY.

1917-18. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE— continued. £ Victoria College Act, 1905— Grant in aid 4,000 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 — Payable under section 17 2,000 Walsh and Others Pension Act, 1869 — Mrs. Ellen Ann Hewett 50 War Pensions Act, 1915— Pensions and allowances 500,000 Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884 — Endowment Total under Special Acts 55,000 ... £2,058,623

1917-18. NTEREST AND SINKING FUND £ 4,800,373 Jnder Special Acts 2,058,623 TOTAL PERMANENT CHARGES £6,858,996

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CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS.

1917-18. Salaries." Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ j £ £ ote No. 1.—Legislative Council 1,800 370 370 2,170 2, „ 2.—House of Representatives... 2,400 8,071 8,071 10, 10,471 „ 3. —General Expenses 14,682 16,803 16,803 31,486 81, TOTAL OF CLASS 18,882 15,244 44,126 Item. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 1917-18. jVOTE No. 1. Salaries and other Charges— 1 Salaries and other Charges ... £ £ 1,800 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 , Staff of Minister leading Legislative Council 3 War bonus to officers of the Department 2 3 300 70 Total—Vote No. 1 370 2 2,170 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 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 Committee Clerks : 3 at £160 Clerk, House Committee 375 240 210 250 235 265 185 480 160 2,400 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Office equipment and telephones 3 Printing and stationery 4 Temporary Assistance— £ Extra clerks ... .... 1,250 Extra committee reporters ... 350 2 3 4 200 800 1,600 Extra messengers ... ... 2,100 Custodian's staff ... ... 1,500 Orderlies ... ... 900 4,500

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item. 1917-18. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— continued. 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 War bonus to officers of the Department £ £ 5 6 6 10 955 7 Total—Vote No. 2 ... 8,071 1 10,471 GENERAL EXPENSES. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 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 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 2,845 2 640 4,260 240 225 215 150 -430 50 6,210 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 lis. per diem ... 3 Gardeners at 10s. per diem Gardener 2 Night-watchmen at £183 ... Extra Watchmen (including Guard in grounds) 500 100 1,080 470 166 366 2,945 5,627 14,682

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[tern. 191 7-18. 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 watchmen, attendants, charwomen, &c, during session Charwomen Cleaning up buildings (two) previous to session Extra wages of staff at Bellamy's, including extra attendance at entertainments, &c. Gas, fuel, and electric lighting Grant to Bellamy's Laundry-work for Legislative Department Library Library contingencies Linen, glassware, china, cutlery, plateware, towels, kitchen utensils, uniforms, and furniture, &c, 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 Upkeep of parliamentary grounds 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 1,008 500 8 9 10 340 1,700 100 11 12 13 14 15 16 70 1,500 400 100 600 50 17 IK I'.) 20 500 50 1,100 150 21 22 23 50 600 5,500 24 25 1,000 50 450 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 100 25 25 250 150 100 100 25 31,485 36 150 25 Total—Vote No. 3 16,803 TOTAL OF CLASS I .... £& ,126

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1917-18. i i Salaries. Othor Charges. Total. ote No. 4. —Treasury Department £ 11,510 £ £ 11,510 „ 5. —National Provident and Friendly Societies Office „ 6.—Rates on Crown Lands 5,475 1.7,145 75 22,620 75 „ 7. —Rates on Native Lands 10 10 „ 8. —Land and Income Tax Department „ 9. —Pensions Department „ 10. --Naval Defence . 13,848 8,613 315 14,800 10,560 100,035 28,648 19,173 100,350 „ 11.—Treasury: Miscellaneous Services 12,429 12,429 TOTAL OF CLASS II TOTAL OF CLASS II .. 39,7 39,761 j 761 j 155 155,054 i,054 194,815 194,815 [tern. >m. 1917-18. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Total number of officers VOTE No. 4. 1 Salaries— 1917- 18. . 69 £ £ Administrative Division. 1 at £900 (also Superintendent State Advances Office, £100) 1 at £700 (Accountant to the Treasury)... Clerical Division. Class II — 1 at £460 Glass III— 1 at £425 2 at £405 Class IV— 2 at £345 Class V— 1 at £315 2 at £300 1 at £290 Class VI— 8 at £260 1 at £250 2 at £245 3 at £230 900 700 425 810 315 600 290 2,080 250 490 690 1,600 460 ; 1,235 690 1,205 i 1,205 3,510

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j [tern. TREASURY DEPARTMENT— continued. 191 -18. £ £ VOTE No. 4— continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £190 ... ... 380 2 at £180 ... ... 360 3 at £165 ... ... 495 3 at £150 ... ... 450 1 at £135 ... ... 135 4 at £120 ... ... 480 Class VIII— 1 at £110 ... ... 110 4 at £95 ... ... 380 2 at £80 ... ... 160 6 at £65 ... ... 390 4 at £50 ... ... 200 2,950 1,240 Cadets' lodging-allowance ... General Division. 1 at £240 (3 months) ... ... 60 1 at £208 ... ... 208 1 at £176 ... ... 176 1 at £170 ... ... 170 3 at £132 ... ... 396 1,010 1 at £450 (also Private Secretary's allowance, £50) 13,900 450 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 14,350 2,340 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 12,010 500 Total—Vote No. 4 11,510 NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 37 VOTE No. 5. Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £650 650 Professional Division. 500 1 at £500 Clerical Division. Class V— £ 2 at £315 ... ... 630 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1st £230 ... ... 230 905 750

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;tem. NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT— continued. 1917-18. VOTE No. 5—continued. Salaries — continued. £ £ Clerical Division — continued. Class VII— £ 3 at £220 ... ... 660 1 at £210 ... 210 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £150 ... ... 150 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 3 at £110 ... ... 330 1 at £100 ... ... 100 3 at £95 ... ... 285 4 at £80 ... ... 320 4 at £65 ... ... 260 3 at £50 ... ... 150 1,660 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... 1,445 134 General Division. 1 at £204 ... ... 204 1 at £108 ... 108 312 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 6,356 108 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 6,248 773 Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowance to Secretary, National Provident Fund Board 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 War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 5,475 2 15 1,000 400 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 550 350 500 350 400 380 200 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 Payment towards cost of reinsuring funeral benefits of members of Friendly Societies serving with Expeditionary Forces 4,145 12 13 1,000 4,000 14 1,000 15 15,000 21,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 30,620 8,000 Total—Vote No. 5 22,620 ! 22,620

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Item. RATES ON CROWN LANDS. VOTE No. 6. 1 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 2 Payment of special rates on lands acquired by the Crown, as provided by section 112 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913 1917-18. £ £ 50 25 Total—Vote No. 6 RATES ON NATIVE LANDS. 'VOTE No. 7. 1 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 Total —Vote No. 7 LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 89 VOTE No. 8. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. £ 1 at £850 ' ... ... 850 1 at £525 ... ... 525 Clerical Division. 1,375 Class II — 2 at £440 Glass IV— 1 at £350 Glass V— 3 at £315 ... ... 945 4 at £305 ... ... 1,220 6 at £290 ... ... 1,740 2 at £275 ... ... 550 Class VI— — 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 3 at £245 ... ... 735 Class VII— 1 at £225 ... ... 225 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £195 ... ... 195 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £165 ... ... 165 2 at £150 ... ... 300 3 at £135 ... ... 405 3 at £120 ... ... 360 Class VIII— 3 at £110 ... ... 330 4 at £95 ... ... 380 13 at £80 ... ... 1,040 9 at £65 ... ... 585 6 at £50 ... ... 300 4,455 2,035 880 350 2,920 Lodging-allowances: 6 at £23, 6 at £18, 3 at £13 ... 2,635 285

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Item. 1917-18. LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT - continued. £ £ VOTE No. 8- continued. Salaries — continued. General Division. £ 2 at £170 ... ... 340 2 at £156 ... ... 312 1 at £135 ... ... 135 1 at £108 ... ... 108 3 at £78 ... ... 234 1,129 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 16,064 336 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 15,728 1,880 i Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, and newspapers Contribution to Valuation Department ... Cost of Appeal Board under the Finance Act, 1915... Extra Clerical Assistance— Extra clerks ... Law-costs Office equipment Payment to Postal Department Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 13,848 2 3 4 5 650 8,600 200 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 500 300 300 1,200 2,500 1,200 700 600 50 Total—Vote No. 8... 14,800 28,64! PENSIONS DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 78 VOTE No. 9. Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £650 650 Clerical Division. Class IV— 1 at £360 Glass V— £ 1 at £315 ... ... 315 3 at £290 ... ... 870 4 at £275 ... . . 1,100 360 2,285 Class VI— 3 at £260 Class VII— 2 at £210 ... ... 420 2 at £200 ... ... 400 780

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torn. 191 -18. PENSIONS DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 9— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ Clerical Division — continued. Class VII— continued. £ 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £165 ... ... 165 2 at £150 ... ... 300 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1,745 Glass VIII— 1 at £110 ... ... 110 7 at £80 ... ... 560 9 at £65 ... ... 585 5 at £50 ... ... 250 Class G — 1 at £120 ... ... 120 1 at £108 ... ... 108 1,505 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... Extra clerical assistance 228 400 2,500 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year 10,453 220 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 10,233 1,620 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 U 16 Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 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 War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote... 8,613 100 3,750 20 150 10 20 2,500 60 1,500 900 90 500 460 500 Total—Vote No. 9 ... 10,560 19,173 NAVAL DEFENCE. VOTE No. 10. Office of Naval Advisor— Salary— 1 at £316 315 2 8 Charges for and incidental to — Expenditure in connection with Naval Defence Special allowance to Private Secretary... 100,000 35 Total —Vote No. 10 ... 100,035

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CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE—continued.

tem. 1917-18. TREASURY: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VOTE No. 11. Miscellaneous Services— Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Books, newspapers, and other publications Discount, exchange, and stamp duty on remittances to London Exchange and commission ... Expenses incurred by Post-office in issuing war-loan certificates Extra clerical assistance Legal expenses Office requisites (including binding material) Payment to Mrs. A. B, Yates and S. Hay as an act of grace of residue of estate of late A. Hay, which was paid in 1854 to the Treasury in Auckland Postage and telegrams Printing and stationery Refund to estate of Henry Gordon-Glassford (deceased) of amount paid to the Public Account under the Unclaimed Moneys Act, 1898 Stamp duty Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 100 25 100 2,500 3,500 1,500 20 100 10 11 12 7 2,000 1,600 13 14 15 16 17 7 500 80 50 540 300 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 12,929 500 Total—Vote No. 11 ... 12,429 I 12,429 TOTAL OF CLASS II £19 ,815

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1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. 'ote No. 12. —Postal and Telegraph Salaries— £ £ £ Classified Officers ... 741,949 I - 803,094 Non-classified Officers 61,145 ,, 13. —Conveyance of Ocean Mails 75,905 75,905 ,, 14.—Conveyance of Inland Mails 112,000 112,000 ,, 15.—Carriage of Mails by Railway ,, 16. —Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines ,, 17.—Miscellaneous Services ... 72,200 72,200 111,100 111,100 356,577 356,577 TOTAL OF CLASS III ... 803,094 727,782 1,530,876 No. of Offioers. Classification and Increases under Act. i K 917-18. tem. 1917-18. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES. £ £ VOTE No. 12. Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,000 ... ... 1,000 2 at £750 ... ... 1,500 2,500 Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £900 ... ... 900 1 at £700 ... ... 700 1 at £650 ... ... 650 1 at £600 ... ... 600 Glass B— From £500 to £575— 2 at £525 ... ... 1,050 1 at £500 ... ... 500 2,850 a > 1,550 ,55C Glass C— From £420 to £480— 1 at £440 ... ... 440 2 at £420 ... ... 840 1,280 3 ,28C Class D— From £310 to £400— 2 at £400 ... ... 800 2 at £380 ... ... 760 5 at £365 ... ... 1,825 1 at £358 ... ... 358 1 at £345 ... ... 345 3 at £325 ... ... 975 8 at £310 ... ... 2,480 * 22 7,543 Class E— From £210 to £300— 3 at £280 ... ... 840 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1 at £235 ... ... 235 1,595

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No. of Officers. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. 191 -18. tcni. 1917-18. VOTE No. 12— continued. £ Clerical Division. Class J—From £500 to £600— £ 2 at £700 ... ... 1,400 2 at £650 ... ... 1,300 5 at £600 ... ... 3,000 2 at £550 ... ... 1,100 6 at £525 ... ... 3,150 1 at £467 ... ... 467 18 10,417 Class II— From £440 to £475— 2 at £475 ... ... 950 7 at £460 ... ... 3,220 1 at £440 ... ... 440 10 4,610 Class III— From £385 to £425— 10 at £425 ... ... 4,250 4 at £405 ... ... 1,620 1 at £385 (£370 for 3 months) 382 L5 6,252 Class IV— 23 at £370 ... ... 8,510 2 at £360 ... ... 720 10 at £345 ... ... 3,450 4 at £330 ... ... 1,320 39 14,000 Glass V — 103 at £315 ... ... 32,445 16 at £305 ... ... 4,880 9 at £290 ... ... 2,610 30 at £275 ... ... 8,250 158 Glass VI— 195 at £260 ... ... 50,700 251 at £245 ... ... 61,495 3 at £230 ... ... 690 (1 officer lent.) 48,185 450 112,885 Class VII— 113 at £245 ... ... 27,685 106 at £230 ... ... 24,380 310 at £220 ... ... 68,200 76 at £210 ... ... 15,960 155 at £200 ... ... 31,000 120 at £190 ... ... 22,800 115 at £180 ... ... 20,700 130 at £165 ... ... 21,450 2 at £160 ... ... 320 112 at £150 ... ... 16,800 140 at £135 ... ... 18,900 173 at £120 ... ... 20,760 1,552 288,955 Glass VIII— 307 at £110 ... ... 33,770 9 at £100 ... ... 900 217 at £95 ... ... 20,615 265 at £80 ... ... 21,200 226 at £65 ... ... 14,690 1,024 91,175 General Division. —Female Officers. Class Gl— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 5 at £200 ... ... 1,000 2 at £190 ... ... 380 5 at £180 ... ... 900 7 at £170 ... ... 1,190 3 at £160 ... ... 480 23 4,170

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No. of Officers. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued. 1917-18. !tem. 1917-18. VOTE No. 12— continued. General Division. — continued. Female Officers —continued. Class G2— £ 11 at £160 ... ... 1,760 22 at £150 ... ... 3,300 23 at £140 ... ... 3,220 56 8,280 Glass GS — 1 at £175 ... ... 175 11 at £156 ... ... 1,716 4 at £144 ... ... 576 8 at £132 ... ... 1,056 13 at £120 ... ... 1,560 13 at £108 ... ... 1,404 2 at £96 ... ... 192 9 at £78 ... ... 702 61 7,381 Class G4 — 109 at £130 ... ... 14,170 42 at £120 ... ... 5,040 15 at £110 ... ... 1,650 24 at £100 ... ... 2,400 I at £95 ... ... 95 14 at £90 ... ... 1,260 II at £75 ... ... 825 5 at £60 ... ... 300 221 25,740 Class G5 — 132 at £110 ... ... 14,520 65 at £100 ... ... 6,500 47 at £90 ... ... 4,230 7 at £70 ... ... 490 2at£60 ... ... 120 253 25,800 Male Officers. Class G6— 34 at £220 ... ... 7,480 43 at £210 ... ... 9,030 77 16,5.10 Class G7— 1 at £210 ... ... 210 59 at £200 ... ... 11,800 1 at £195 ... ... 195 90 at £190 ... ... 17,100 7 at £185 ... ... 1,295 12 at £180 ... ... 2,160 170 32,760 Class G8 — 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 9 at £170 ... ... 1,530 6 at £160 ... . 960 3 at £150 ... ... 450 25 4,200 Glass GO— 1 at £140 ... ... 140 1 at £130 ... ... 130 3 at £120 ... ... 360 5 at £110 ... ... 550 LO 1,180 Class G10— 3 at £100 ... ... 300 4 at £90 ... ... 360 lat£80 ... ... 80 1 at £65 ... ... 65 805

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No. of Officers. 1917-18. 1917-18. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SALARIES— continued, [tern. VOTE No. 12 — continued. General Division continued. Male Officers —continued. Class Gil— £ 334 at £180 ... ... 60,120 2 at £175 ... ... 350 191 at £170 ... ... 32,470 1 at £165 ... ... 165 123 at £160 ... ... 19,680 32 at £150 ... ... 4,800 683 117,585 Class G12— 34 at £140 ... ... 4,760 35 at £130 ... ... 4,550 1 at £125 ... .. 125 37 at £120 ... ... 4,440 83 at £110 ... "... 9,130 190 23,005 Class G13— 116 at £100 ... ... 11,600 135 at £90 ... ... 12,150 331 at £80 ... ... 26,480 404 at £65 ... ... 26,260 lat£60 ... ... 60 987 76,550 887 Class G14— 887 at £40 35,480 Less proportion of salaries and increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year 973,303 177,366 Allowances under section 197 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, to £ married officers ... ... 2,600 Additional salary to officers twentyone years of age and upwards ... 1,000 Allowances under Public Service Regulation 208 ... ... ... 1,550 Allowances under Public Service Regulation 24a ... ... 2,000 Special allowance to cadets in addition to classification ... ... 150 New stations, telegraphists, cadets, and messengers, and training cadets 1,500 Half-pay to experts with Military Forces ... ... ... 2,712 795,937 11,512 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 807,449 65,500 Total Item No. 1 741,949 Contribution to Railway Department for combined Post-Telegraph-Railway Offices Non-classified officers, including country postmasters and telephonists, payable by salary or fee (number, 2,357) Contribution to Eastern Extension Company 12,345 48,000 800 Total Item No. 2 61,145 6,959 Total—Vote No. 12 803,094

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item. 191 -18. CONVEYANCE OF OCEAN MAILS. VOTE No. 13. Charges for and incidental to — Suez Services— £ Australian overland transit ... 1,700 Australia-Europe ... ... 7,050 European transit ... ... 500 9,250 Pacific Services— Vancouver service ... ... 20,000 San Francisco service ... .. 25,000 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... 200 North American and overland transit 6,100 ixUstralia-San Francisco service ... 400 Coastal Services— Auckland services, including Great Barrier ... ... 2,460 Blenheim services ... ... 1,025 Chatham Islands ... ... 500 Invercargill services ... ... 330 Nelson services ... ... 180 Wellington-Pelorus Sound ... 460 51,700 4 5 Gratuities and landing and shipping Postal Union transit charges 4,955 32,000 800 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 98,705 22,800 Total —Vote No. 13 75,905 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I 1 L2 13 14 15 l(i 17 18 VOTE No. 14. Charges for and incidental to — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames ... ... Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport New services, &c. (all districts) 27,200 1,500 8,300 8,800 6,300 1,150 1,200 4,900 7,300 5,200 4,600 1,000 4,000 4,800 8,500 18,500 1,750 2,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 117,000 5,000 Total—Vote No. 14 112,001

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ttem. 1917-18. CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. VOTE No. 15. Charges for and incidental to — Carriage of Mails by Railway — £ Special trains and trucks ... ... 2,650 Ordinary mails ... ... 69,550 £ 1 2 72,200 72,200 Total—Vote No. 15 MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 1 2 3 4 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," and cost of cable repairs ... ... 6,000 111,100 5 115,700 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 4,600 Total—Vote No. 16 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 17. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances— £ Forage ... ... 950 Lodging to cadets and cadettes, and non-clerical officers ... ... 21,000 Night clerks and miscellaneous ... 6,000 Tellers and for calculation of Savingsbank interest ... ... 3,500 31,450 Cash Deficiencies— Forged allotments warrant, Auckland 9 Forged allotments warrant, Wellington 42 Port Nelson Post-office robbery ... 1 Rai Falls Post-office fire ... ... 5 57 3 Fees— Carriage of private bags ... 600 Mechanical Appliances, Bicycles, &c. — Allowance to officers using their own bicycles, and to motor-cycle riders 3,000 Cash-registers for telegraph counters 550 Dickie stamp-vending machines (hire of) 320 Home savings-banks, purchase of ... 1,200 Purchase of motor-cycles, cars, and bicycles ... ... 10,000 Purchase of motor-oil ... ... 6,000 Repairs and hire ... ... 10,000 Typewriters, &c, and repairs to typewriters ... .. „ .... 1,000 Purchase of motor-cars ... ... 2,500 34

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[tern, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 1917-18. 5 VOTE No. 17— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ Office Management Expenses — Advertising ... ... ... 300 Audit fees ... ... ... 300 Bank exchange on drafts ... ... 400 Bonus to Controller for services in connection with the issue of war-loan certificates ... ... ... 25 Cleaning and scavenging ... ... 9,500 Clerks and telegraphists ... ... 2,000 Exchange cadettes ... ... 20,000 Legal expenses ... ... 100 Light, fuel, and water ... ... 14,000 Mail-bags, purchase of ... ... 4,000 New Zealand's share of the cost of International Postal and Telegraph Bureaux, Berne ... ... 200 Office expenses ... ... 7,800 Rent of premises ... ... 4,900 Safes to inaugurate the safe-deposit system ... ... 1,000 Stationery, printing, and binding ... 50,000 Temporary officers, letter-carriers, messengers, and general division ... 45,000 Overtime ... ... ... 14,500 Parcel-post expenses ... ... 31,000 Repairs, fittings, new buildings, &c. ... 6,000 Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £315 ... ... 25 Sundry Items — Compensation for articles lost or damaged during transmission by post 85 Compensation to officers stationed at Gore for loss sustained through flood 55 Fraudulent withdrawals from Post Office Savings-bank— £ Wellington (249654) ... 160 Wellington (369083) ... 850 -9,525 6 7 8 9 10 ,525 . 1,010 Pensions for officers retired, whose allowance from the Superannuation Fund is under £52 per annum ... 150 Post-office inquiry at Auckland ... 450 1,750 II Travelling-expenses, &c. — Inspection of offices ... ... 2,200 Railway travelling post-offices allowances ... ... 3,000 Relieving-expenses ... ... 5,000 Removal expenses ... ... 6,000 Travelling expenses, allowances, and tram-fares ... ... 3,500 12 PS Uniform clothing War bonus to officers of the Department 19,700 7,000 66,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910... 372,177 15,600 Total—Vote No. 17 356,57 TOTAL OF CLASS III £1,53' ,876

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CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT.

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1917-18. Total. £ ote No. 18.—Working Railways 3,217,538 TOTAL OF CLASS IV 3,217,538 GROSS REVENUE ... Estimated. ,£4,200,000 [tem. iem. Classification and Increases under Act. 7-18. 19: 2,97 ) Miles. WORKING RAILWAYS. VOTE No. 18. 1 Head Office — General Manager 3: £ 3,000 Chief Clerk, £1,000; Chief Accountant, £650; Comptroller of Stores, £650; Officer in Charge, Advertising Branch, £465; 7 Audit Inspectors —1 at £475, 1 at £425, 1 at £400, 3 at £370, 1 at £345; 58 Clerks—3 at £475, 1 at £465, 2 at £425, 1 at £400, 5 at £370, 1 at £345, 3 at £315, 1 at £295, 3 at £280, 2 at £275, 1 at £265, 7 at £260, 3 at £245, 5 at £220, 4 at £210, 2 at £200, 2 at £190, 6 at £180, 1 at £165, 1 at £150, 1 at £135, 3 at £125; 31 Cadets—4 at £110, 4 at £95, 5 at £80, 13 at £65, 5 at £50; Cadets' lodging-allowance—3 at 10/ per week, 3 at 8/ per week, 1 at 5/ per week 23, 23,398 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 ... 10, 10,602 2 Departmental Offices — Maintenance Branch —Chief Engineer, £900; Assistant Chief Engineer, £675; Signal Engineer, £675 ; Office Engineer, £600; Inspector, Bridge Construction, £425; 9 District Engineers—2 at £600, 2 at £575, 1 at £525, 1 at £505, 1 at £475, 1 at £455, 1 at £400; 5 Assistant Engineers—3 at £400, 1 at £295, 1 at £280; 76 Clerks and Draughtsmen—1 at £475, 3 at £425, 2 at £415, 3 at £360, 6 at £315, 2 at £295, 3 at £280, 10 at £260, 7 at £245, 8 at £220, 1 at £210, 3 at £200, 4 at £190, 8 at £180, 5 at £165, 5 at £135, 5 at 37,000 37,

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Item 19] 7-18. 2,97' ) Miles. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. VOTE No. 18— continued. Departmental Offices — continued. £125 ; 87 Cadets—10 at £110, 2 at £105, 10 at £95, 16 at £90, 8 at £80, 3 at £75, 20 at £65, 9 at £60, 9 at £50; Cadets' lodging-allowance —9 at 10/ per week, 16 at 8/ per week, 7 at 5/ per week. Locomotive Branch — Chief Mechanical Engineer, £1,000; Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer, £675; 5 Locomotive Engineers—1 at £575, 3 at £525, 1 at £425; 2 Boiler Inspectors—1 at £345, 1 at £280; 52 Clerks and Draughtsmen—1 at £475, 1 at £425, 2 at £415, 1 at £370, 1 at £360, 4 at £315, 10 at £260, 9 at £245, 1 at £230, 8 at £220, 1 at £210, 1 at £190, 3 at £180, 3 at £165, 1 at £150, 5 at £135, 36 Cadets—5 at £110, 2 at £95, 11 at £80, 7 at £65, 11 at £50; Cadets' lodging-allowance —4 at 10/ per week, 1 at 8/ per week, 3 at 5/ per week. Traffic Branch — Chief Traffic Manager, £1,000; 1 Traffic Superintendent at £700; 1 Assistant Traffic Manager at £700; 10 District Managers—1 at £575, 1 at £560, 5 at £525, 3 at £475 ; 105 Clerks—1 at £475, 5 at £425, 4 at £370, 3 at £345, 5 at £315, 5 at £280, 16 at £260, 9 at £245, 17 at £220, 3 at £210, 4 at £200, 7 at £190, 11 at £180, 6 at £165, 1 at £150, 4 at £135, 4 at £125; 66 Cadets—13 at £110, 15 at £95, 9 at £80, 24 at £65, 5 at £50; Cadets' lodging-allowance —5 at 10/ per week, 10 at 8/per week, 7 at 5/per week £ £ 94,416 Contingencies—Temporary clerical and drafting assistance, stationery and supplies, travelling allow- ' ances and expenses, and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 5,584 Total Head and Departmental Offices 100,000 137,000 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— Maintenance of Way and, Works — Section — Whangarei Kaihu 11,500 3,000

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item. 19 7-18. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 2,97' Miles. 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 £ 7,500 353,000 303,950 34,000 8,500 10,500 10,000 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 742,000 12,000 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 730,000 13,305 1,865 7,370 630,280 397,000 32,000 22,700 7,215 7,545 220 1,500 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,121,000 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 at Nelson station Cash stolen at Napier station Deficiency in postal account at Ikamatua station ... 1,120,000 9,000 1,600 3,500 454,999 350,000 30,000 18,500 10,600 6,700 100 630 8 70 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 885,707 14,000 871,707 Lake Wakatipu steamer service 6,600

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6—B. 7.

Item. 191 7-18. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued 2.97C ) Miles. 3 VOTE No. 18— continued. Working-expenses of Sections— continued. 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 Audit fees for inspection of accounts Compassionate allowance to widow of the late P. Scully Compassionate allowance to Edwin Arthur Payne ... Compassionate allowance to Gilbert and Nicholas McAdam Compassionate allowance to Theo. Lange Compassionate allowance to Maggie J. McQuilkin ... Compassionate allowance to widow of the late F. L. Purvis Compassionate allowance to W. H. Skinner Increased night allowances to members of Division II, and allowances to members on transfer in excess of the regulations New Zealand Railways Military Transport Corps— Pay and travelling-expenses of Instructors, and incidental expenses Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £245 ... War bonus and increased allowances to members cf Railway Service 1 900 50 300 100 100 10 200 50 7,000 1,000 20 265,000 Total Head Office, Departmental Offices, and Working-expenses of Sections 274,731 3,140,038 Stores Branch — Purchase of stores and material and store expenses, including salaries, wages, cartage, freights, miscellaneous services, workers' compensation for accidents, £ contingencies ... ... 950,000 Less estimated credits for stores to be issued, provided for in other votes and items ... ... 893,000 Demurrage charged s.s. "Ngakuta " at Wellington ... 57,000 500 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 ... ... 1,000 Piha Sawmill ... ... 35,000 Mamaku Sawmill ... ... 25,000 Pukete Timber Reserve ... 2,000 Onehunga Depot ... ... 3,000 57,500 66,000 Less estimated credits ... 46,000 20,000 Total—Vote No. 18... ,217,538 TOTAL OF CLASS IV £3,21 ,538

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

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ 7ote No. 19.—Public Buildings ... 4,610 5 4 ,610 56,900 61,51 „ 20.—Government Domains ... 2,848 2,848 352 3,200 „ 21. — Maintenance and Improve 1 ... 5 ment of Roads 50,000 50,000 TOTAL OF CLASS V ... 7,458 10 107,252 114,710 tern. 117-18. tern. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1£ £ £ 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 16 VOTE No. 19. Expenses incidental to the Maintenance of Public Buildings, including Additions, Improvements, Fittings, and Furniture— 1 Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £725 Class D— £ 1 at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £325 ... ... 325 Class E— 1 at £260 725 725 260 Clerical Division. Class V— 2 at £315 Class VI— 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 1 at £230 ... ... 230 Class VII— 2 at £220 ... • ... 440 1 at £200 ... ... 200 630 1..270 640 General Division. 1 at £175 (and long-service pay, £10) ... 185 1 at £175 ... ... 175 360 4,610 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Government House, Auckland 3 Government House, Wellington 4 Parliamentary Buildings Government Buildings throughout the Dominion— 5 Departmental Buildings ... 6 Rents v . 7 Courthouses 2 8 4 350 1,000 1,000 5 6 7 9,000 8,000 1,500

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Item.; 1917-18. PUBLIC BUILDINGS— continued. 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20* 21 22 23 24 25 VOTE No. 19— continued. Maintenance, etc. — continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Government Buildings throughout the Dominion — ctd. Gaols Police-stations Customhouses Post and Telegraph Offices Mental Hospitals Quarantine Stations Public Works Workshops... Other Government Buildings 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 ... Telephones Waikato Sanatorium (repairs, renovations, &c), (on account) Services and supplies for other Departments Wages of overseers and staff workmen ... Travelling allowances and expenses Freight and cartage Telephone subscriptions xxdvertising Purchase of land in Melling Settlement for post and telegraph purposes Veterans' Home, xAuckland (repairs and renovations) Government Buildings throughout the Dominion — Office requisites, fuel, light, water, cleaning, scavenging, and other annual services Lyttelton Borough Council, for extra water supplied to Government Departments Contribution to Drainage Board for drainage, public buildings, Christchurch Contribution to Drainage Board for drainage, public buildings, Dunedin Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 300 100 300 1,000 8,000 300 500 200 150 £ 2,000 4,000 300 13,000 5,000 500 2,000 1,000 26 770 500 27 2,500 28 29 100 150 30 150 31 100 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 63,770 6,870 Total—Vote No. 19... 56,900 61,510 GOVERNMENT DOMAINS. L917-1S. Total number of offioers .. 18 VOTE No. 20. Salaries— General Division. £ 1 at £200 ... ... 200 4 at £160 ... ... 640 2 at £146 ... ... 292 Temporary Officers. 11 Gardeners at £156 1,132 1,716 2,848

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[tern. GOVERNMENT DOMAINS-continued. 191' -18. VOTE No. 20— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 2 352 3,200 Total—Vote No. 20 ... MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS. VOTE No. 21. Expenses incidental to the Maintenance and Improvement of Roads 50,000 50,000 Total—Vote No. 21 ... TOTAL OF CLASS V £11 ,710

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CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT.

1917-18. Salaries. Othor Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote No. 22.—Native Department ... 17,615 5,850 23,465 „ 23.—Miscellaneous Services ... ... 2,601 2,601 TOTAL OF CLASS VI ... 17,615 8,451 26,066 17,615 8,451 26,066 [tem. 19 7-18. NATIVE DEPAETMENT. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 66 VOTE No. 22. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £100 (also Under-Secretary for Justice £700, and Secretary for Cook Islands, £50) ... 100 Professional Division. Class D— £ 1 at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £365 ... ... 365 Clerical Division. 765 Glass IV— 2 at £370 ... ... 740 1 at £360 ... ... 360 1 at £345 ... ... 345 Class V— 1 at £315 (also Private Secretary £25, and extra classification allowance £50) 315 4 at £315 ... ... 1,260 1 at £290 ... ... 290 Class VI— 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 3 at £245 ... ... 735 2 at £230 ... ... 460 Class VII— 3 at £220 ... ... 660 3 at £200 ... ... 600 4 at £190 ... ... 760 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 2 at £165 ... . ... 330 4 at £135 ... ... 540 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 1 at £110 ... ... 110 4 at £108 ... ... 432 2 at £98 ... ... 196 i 1,445 1,865 2,495 4,210 738 General Division. 1 at £132 ... .. 132 1 at £108 ... ... 108 1 at £96 ... ... 96 336

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CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued.

ltem.j 1917-18. NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 22— continued. Sa labih s — continued. £ £ Judges of Native Land Court. £ 1 at £850 (Chief Judge) ... ... 850 4 at £700 ... ... 2,800 3 at £625 ... ... 1,875 1 at £600 (6 months) ... ... 300 5,825 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 17,779 164 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Freight and cartage Fuel, light, and cleaning Printing and stationery and office requisites Rent Temporary Assistance— Assessors Extra clerks Interpreters Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 17,615 2 3 4 5 6 100 150 150 900 350 7 8 9 10 II 50 350 25 3,750 25 Total—Vote No. 22 ... 5,850 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 23,465 i 1 2 3 4 5 VOTE No., 23. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Assessors' and survey fees (sections 23 and 56, Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, and subsection (3), section 3, Native Land Amendment Act, 1914) ... Compensation owing on Owhaturia South No. 1 Block, prior amount irregularly paid on Native Land Court order Compensation to Rangimaharahara Rore in respect of interest in Runanga No. In Compensation in full satisfaction of all claims in respect of Maungatapu 1) Block, as recommended in Judge MacCormack's report ... Legal expenses Payment to Ohinemuri County Council for water supplied to Native settlements on the banks of the Ohinemuri River Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Purchase of typewriters .Refund of amount recommended by Judges MacCormack and Wilson to be paid in respect of rents retained by the Government in Te Haka No. 7 and Te Tapuae Blocks, Rotorua ... ... Telephones ... ... War bonus to officers of the Department 25 100 48 102 36 20 6 7 8 9 10 50 850 50 2,601 560 60 700 11 12 2,601 Total—Vote No. 23 ... TOTAL OF CLASS VI .... £21 16,066

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

imr 1917-18. 191/ Salaries, Other ( Salaries, Other Charges. Total. £ ote No. 24.—Department of Justice ... 3,423 ,, 25.'—Crown Law Office ... 6,685 „ 26.—Patent Office... ... 2,007 ,, 27.—Supreme Court ... 6,115 ,, 28.—Bankruptcy ... ... 1,175 29.—Magistrates'and Wardens' 31,649 1 Courts ,, 30. —Criminal Prosecutions ... ... 1 ,, 31.—Coroners ,, 32.—Justice : Miscellaneous ... 1 Services „ 33.—Prisons ... ... 31,710 4 „ 34.—Cook Islands... ... 6,579 „ 35.—Police Department ... 198,000 7 ,, 36.—Police: Miscellaneous Services 37.—Stamp Department ... 7,367 1 ,, 38.—Land and Deeds Registry 18,376 1 £ 3,423 6,685 2,007 6,115 1,175 31,649 £ "570 950 4,520 2,459 16,450 £ 3,423 7,255 2,957 10,635 3,634 48,099 11,700 3,750 17,904 11,700 3,750 17,904 31,710 6,579 198,000 40,510 7,955 76,385 399 72,220 14,534 274,385 399 7,367 18,376 12,434 15,960 19,801 ' 34,336 TOTAL OF CLASS VII ... 313,086 21 21 .1,946 525,032 [tern. em. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 14 VOTE No. 24. 1 Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £700 (also Under-Secretary, Native Department, £100, and Secretary for Cook Islands , £50) 700 Clerical Division. £ Glass I — 1 at £650 Class IV— 1 at £370 Glass VI— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £230 . ... ... 230 Glass VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 2 at £190 ... ... 380 1 at £165 ... ... 165 Class VIII— 1 at £108 ... ... 108 1 at £98 ... ... 98 I at £50 ... ... 50 650 370 490 j 765 256 General Division. 1 at £108 ... ... 108 lat£84 ... ... 84 192 Total —Vote No, 24 ... 3,423

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Item. 1917-18. CROWN LAW OFFICE. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 12 £ £ VOTE No. 25, Salaries — Solicitor-General 1,250 Professional Division. Class A — £ 1 at £900 ... ... 900 1 at £800 (7 months) ... ... 467 1 at £800 ... ... 800 1 at £750 (£700 for 7 months) ... 721 1 at £700 ... ... 700 1 at £600 ... ... 600 Glass E — 1 at £310 4,188 310 Clerical Division. Class IV— 1 at £385 (also Private Secretary £25, and extra classification allowance £30) Class VIII— lat£95 385 95 General Division. 2 at £156 ... ... 312 1 at £132 ... ... 132 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... 444 13 6,685 2 3 4 5 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 Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote War bonus to officers of the Department 32 100 50 150 50 t 6 7 8 150 38 7,255 Total—Vote No. 25 ... 570 PATENT OFFICE. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 10 VOTE No. 26. Salaries — Clerical Division. Glass I — £ 1 at £550 Class IV— 1 at £370 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— , 1 at £110 ... ... 110 1 at £88 ... ... 88 1 at £80 ... ... 80 550 370 555 278

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7—B. 7.

[tern. PATENT OFFICE— continued. 1917-18. VOTE No. 26— continued, Salaries— continued. General Division. £ 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £120 ... ... 120 £ 290 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 2,043 36 Other Charges for and incidental to — Expenses in connection with appeals under Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks xAct, 1911 ... Fees to Patent Office Agents Fuel, light, water, &c. Postage, telegrams, rent of boxes, and telephones ... Printing and stationery, office equipment, typewriters, &c. Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 2,007 2 25 10 10 125 3 4 5 6 7 8 750 20 10 Total—Vote No. 26" ... 950 SUPREME COURT. 2,957 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 27 VOTE No. 27. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class I— £ 1 at £575 ... ... 575 1 at £550 ... ... 550 1 at £525 ... ... 525 Class II — 1 at £475 Class V— 3 at £315 ... ... 945 1 at £305 ... ... 305 Glass VI— 1 at £230 Class VII— 1 at £190 ... ... 190 2 at £180 ... ... 360 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— . lat£95 ... ... 95 lat£80 ... ... 80 1 at £65 ... ... 65 1,650 475 1,250 230 685 General Division. 240 800 4 at £200 Non-classified Officers. 7 Clerks to Judges at £150 ... 1,050 Less recoveries 6,380 220 6,160 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 45 6,115

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Ltem. SUPREME COURT— continued. 1917-18. VOTE No. 27— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Proportion of fees to be refunded to Sheriffs Travelling allowances and expenses of Judges and clerks Other expenses of Circuit Courts and Court of Appeal £ £ 2 3 220 4 3,800 500 Total—Vote No. 27 ... 4,520 10. 10,635 BANKRUPTCY. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 5 VOTE No. 28. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £500 Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £135 135 500 555 General Division. 1 at £120 120 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, purchase of books and newspapers ... Commission to Deputy Assignees Extra clerical and other assistance Fuel, light, water, cleaning, cartage, and office equipment and maintenance ... ... ... Legal expenses ... ... ... Payment for services of officers of Public Trust Office acting as Assignees and Deputy Assignees Printing and stationery Postages, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,175 2 3 4 5 120 600 25 6 7 10 20 8 g LO ii 1,394 100 150 30 10 Total —Vote No. 28 ... 2,459 3,634 MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS' COURTS. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 178 VOTE No. 29. Salaries — Professional Division. 1 at £300 300 Clerical Division. Class II— £ 3 at £475 ... ... 1,425 1 at £440 ... ... 440 1,865

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tern. 1917-18. !• MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS' COURTS— continued. VOTE No. 29— continued. Salaries — continued. £ £ Clerical Division -continued. Class IV— £ 7 at £370 ... ... 2,590 I at £345 ... ... 345 Class V — II at £315 ... ... 3,465 1 at £296 ... ... 296 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £276 ... 276 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 2 at £266 ... ... 532 14 at £260 ... ... 3,640 1 at £256 ... ... 256 1 at £245 ... ... 245 4 at £230 ... .. 920 Class VII— 9 at £220 ... ... 1,980 3 at £210 ... ... 630 2 at £200 ... ... 400 5 at £190 ... ... 950 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 3 at £165 ... ... 495 1 at £150 ... ... 150 7 at £135 ... ... 945 7 at £120 ... ... 840 Class VIII— 7 at £110 ... ... 770 6 at £108 ... ... 648 6 at £98 ... ... 588 4 at £95 ... ... 380 10 at £88 ... ... 880 2 at £80 ... ... 160 3 at £78 ... ... 234 5 at £65 ... ... 325 1 at £50 ... ... 50 2,935 4,602 5,593 7,470 General Division. 4,035 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £195 ... ... 195 2 at £190 ... ... 380 20 at £180 ... ... 3,600 4 at £170 ..." ... 680 3 at £160 ... ... 480 5 at £150 ... ... 750 2 at £145 ... ... 290 7,255 Less recoveries 34,055 2,000 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 32,055 406 31,649 ■_> Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Allowances to Police Constables acting as Clerks of Courts 3 Allowances to officers acting as Inspectors of Factories — 7 at £25, 1 at £32, 1 at £30 1,500 3 237

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT —continued.

[tern. MAGISTRATES' AND WARDENS' COURTS — continued. 191 7-18. £ £ VOTE No. 29— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Mileage fees to be refunded to Bailiffs ... Office-cleaners Rents Travelling expenses and allowances 8,000 1,600 350 5,000 I 5 6 7 Less recoveries 16,687 237 Total —Vote No. 29... 16,450 — 48,099 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 I Expenses of witnesses Fees to Crown Solicitors and Prosecutors Payment of jurors under the Juries Act, 1908 100 6,000 2,500 3,500 Less recoveries 12,100 400 Total—Vote No. 30... 11,700 CORONERS. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 31. Charges for and incidental to — Fees and expenses on inquests Payment of jurors Witnesses' expenses 3,250 300 200 Total—Vote No. 31... 3,750 JUSTICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 32. Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Allowances to officers acting as clerks to Licensing Committees Advertising, purchase of books, periodicals, copying apparatus, and requisites therefor Contribution towards salary of Analyst at Auckland Expenses under the Juries Act, 1908 Expenses under the Reformatory Institutions Act, 1909 Extra Clerical and other Assistance, Copying, and Interpreting— Extra Clerks ... ... £500 Bailiffs and Messengers ... ... 500 Interpreters ... ... 50 Copying ... ... 30 300 170 100 50 500 4,500 7 1,080

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tern. JUSTICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd. 1917-18. 8 9 L0 11 12 13 14 VOTE No. 32 -continued. Charges for and incidental to -continued. Audit Office—for inspection of accounts 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 Refund of fines Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Travelling - expenses of officers attending Public Service Appeal Board Typewriters Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote .... War bonus to officers of the Department £ £ 1,750 300 2,000 50 2,000 2,000 20 20 900 100 15 16 17 19 19 20 14 150 21 100 2,200 Less Recoveries 18,304 400 Total—Vote No. 32 1 17.' 17,904 PRISONS. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 190 VOTE No. 33. Salaries — General Division. 1 at £505 (Deputy Inspector) 1 at £500 (Superintendent, Borstal Institution, Invercargill), (6 months) ... Gaolers— £ 1 at £505 ... ... 505 1 at £410 ... ... 410 1 at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £390 ... ... 390 1 at £360 ... ... 360 1 at £285 ... 285 2 at £235 ... ... 470 3 at £220 ... 660 Chief Warders— 1 at £285 ... ... 285 1 at £255 ... ... 255 1 at £250 ... ... 250 I at £235 ... 235 Principal Warders— II at £235 ... ... 2,585 1 at £230 ... ... 230 I at £220 ... ... 220 Acting Principal Warders— 4 at £215 ... ... 860 3 at £195 ... ... 585 Warders— 15 at £210 ... 3,150 II at £205 ... ... 2,255 7 at £200 ... ... 1,400 15 at £195 ... ... 2,925 19 at £190 .„. ... 3,610 11 at £185 ... ... 2,035 9 at £180 ... ... 1,620 3,480 505 250 1,025 3,035 1,445

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

tern. PRISONS— continued. 191 .7-18. VOTE No. 33— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ General Divison — continued. Warders— continued. £ 26 at £175 ... ... 4,550 2 &t £170 ... ... 340 2 at £165 ... ... 330 Sat £165 (6 months) ... ... 660 4 at £160 ... ... 640 4 at £155 . . ... 620 Matrons— 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £145 ... ... 145 1 at £140 ... ... 140 Assistant Matrons — 2 at £115 ... ... 230 2 at £110 ... ... 220 24,135 675 450 Non-classified Officers. Police Gaoler : 1 at £156 Police Gaoler : 1 at £174 ... Medical Officers— 3 at £200 ... ... 600 3 at £100 ... ... 300 lat£75 ... ... 75 lat£65 ... ... 65 lat£50 ... ... 50 35,000 156 174 1,090 1,420 Less recoveries for use of houses and quarters 36,420 4,400 I Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... ... 32,020 310 Other Charges for and incidental to — Administration of First Offenders' Probation Act and preventative work Advertising, purchase of books (including prison libraries) and other publications, and office requisites Allowance to A. A. Gideon for carrying out special work, Invercargill Prison ... Allowances to instructing and other officers Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 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, buildings, and workshops 31,710 2 700 3 200 4 50 450 5 6 7 89 100 25 3,750 200 10 400 11 2,000 12 2,250 13 900 250 500 3,400 14 15 16 Forage Freight, cartage, and wharfage «... Fuel, light, and water

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 19 7-18. PRISON S— continued. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2K 29 VOTE No. 38 continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Gratuities and payments to prisoners on discharge ... Invercargill Reformatory, equipment and instructional work Lodging-allowances Materials and expenses in connection with brickmaking Medicines and medical comforts Payments to public hospitals for prisoners in hospitals Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Rations Sanitary services, cleaning, and disinfectants Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... Temporary warders and matrons Tools and materials for prison labour, purchase of vehicles Travelling allowances and expenses, and conveyance of prisoners Uniforms and accoutrements for prison officers War bonus to officers of the Department Workshops equipment Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 2,250 150 2,000 1,000 650 500 275 330 15,750 500 200 1,000 80 3,000 31 32 33 34 3,000 750 2,460 400 • 120 I 72,220 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 49,510 9,000 Total—Vote No. 33 40,510 COOK ISLANDS. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 20 VOTE No. 34. Salaries— Head Office— Administrative Division. 1 at £50 (also Under-Secretary, Justice Department, £700, and Native Department, £100)... 50 Cook Islands— Resident Commissioner Land Court Judge Registrar of Courts Assistant Medical Officer ... 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 Niue— Resident Commissioner Assistant to Resident Commissioner ... School-teachers : 1 at £300, 1 at £200 Postmaster Medical Officer Police Officer, £183 10s. ... 700 600 300 500 260 220 220 200 220 35 5 35 1,400 400 200 500 50 500 184 6,579

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTM ENT—continued.

torn. 1917-18. COOK ISLANDS DEPARTMENT—continued. VOTE No. 34 -continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, printing, stationery, purchase of books and periodicals ... ... ..; Cook and other Islands Administration and other £ 2 100 3 600 100 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 expenses Extra clerical assistance Installation of wireless telegraph system at Rarotonga Lighting, office-cleaning, freight, cartage, and office equipment Medical service, Niue Medical service, Rarotonga .. Postage and telephones Schools : Allowances, maintenance, equipment, and travelling allowances and expenses Subsidy for service to Niue ... Subsidy for Inter-island service Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the qther items of the vote 5,000 10 450 600 50 II 12 13 14 15 100 630 100 25 180 10 Total—Vote No. 34 ... 7,955 14,53POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 1,006 VOTE No. 35. Salaries— Head Office — Commissioner 700 Clerical Division. Class V — 1 at £315 Glass VII— £ 1 at £220 - ... ... 220 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £150 ... ... 150 315 560 General Division. 1 at £168 2 Senior Sergeants at 15s. ; 4 Constables : 1 at 10s. 6d, 2 at 10s., 1 at 9s. 6d. per day Senior Sergeant (Instructor, Training Depot) Districts — 4 Superintendents : 1 at £510, 1 at £490, 1 at £480, 1 at £470 7 Inspectors : 1 at £430, 2 at £420, 1 at £410, 1 at £400, 1 at £390, 1 at £380 8 Sub-Inspectors : 2 at £350, 3 at £340, 3 at £330 ... 27 Senior Sergeants: 7 at 16s., 2 at 15s. 6d., 7 at 15s , 11 at 14s. 6d. per day 76 Sergeants : 37 at 13s 6d., 12 at 13s., 13 at 12s, 6d., 14 at 12s. per day 806 Constables: 71 at lis. 6d., 73 at lis, 163 at 10s. 6d., 131 at 10s.. 174 at 9s. 6d., 194 at 9s. per day 4 Chief Detectives: 3 at 17s. 6d., 1 at 17s. per day ... 168 1,277 265 1,950 2,850 2,710 7,437 17,995 146,729 1,268

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

B—B. 7.

[tern. 19 7-18. POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 35—continued. Salaries— continued. £ General Division — continued. 18 Detective-Sergeants : 13 at 16s., 1 at 15s. 6d., 4 at 15s. per day 14 Detectives: 3 at 14s. 6d., 4 at 13s. 6d., 5 at 12s. 6d., 2 at lis. 6d. per day Probationary Constables 7 Native Constables 10 District Constables Female Searchers 8 Matrons: 1 at £130, 3 at £110, 4 at £105 4 Surgeons (1 at each centre) at £100 each Extra pay to members of Force doing plain-clothes, clerical, and special duty ... Contribution towards salary of Analyst, Auckland ... 5,174 3,339 2,500 355 750 100 880 400 600 50 •" Less contributions from other Departments 198,372 372 198,000 2 3 4 5 6 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: Superintendents —2 at £80, 1 at £70; Inspectors—1 at £70, 3 at £60; SubInspectors — 4 at £50 ; Senior Sergeants — 2 at £50, 1 at £45, 3 at £36; 36 Sergeants at 2s. per day; 340 Constables at Is. 6d. per day; Chief Detectives —2 at £50, 2 at £45; 16 Detective-Sergeants at 2s. per day ; 14 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, interpreting, and payments for special servicefPostage, 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 the 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 35 25 5,000 12,875 9 10 11 12 350 3,000 100 150 13 1,800 14 15 16 3,600 2,800 3,500 17 18 3,000 750 500 L9 200

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

teni. 191 '-18. POLICE DEPARTMENT— continued. £ £ 20 21 22 VOTE No. 35— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. Saddlery and police vans (including two motor-vans for conveyance of prisoners, and motor-car for general police purposes) ... Scavenging, chimney-sweeping, cleaning stations and windows, sanitary services and washing Stores and supplies, and expenses incidental thereto, newspapers and advertising, law reports, directories, and office equipment Telephone connections Travelling - expenses of police and transport of prisoners, transfer expenses of police and their families, and repairs to vehicles damaged by prisoners War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 2,200 400 800 2,100 23 24 15,000 12,000 25 26 200 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 78,385 2,000 Total—Vote No. 35 76,385 274,385 POLICE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 VOTE No. 36. Charges for and incidental to — Special allowance to ex-Constable Stewart for serious permanent injuries received in the service Compensation to ex-Constable Peter Moloney in connection with his discharge from the Police Force ... 2 49 350 Total —Vote No. 36 ... 399 STAMP DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 40 VOTE No. 37. Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £800 800 Clerical Division. Class II— £ 2 at £475 ... ... 950 2 at £460 ... ... 920 Class III — 1 at £425 Class IV— 1 at £375 Class V— 1 at £315 ... ... 315 • 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Glass VI— 2 at £230 ... ... 460 1 at £215 ... ... 215 1 at £200 ... . ... 200 1,870 425 375 590 875

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

item. 1917-18. STAMP DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 37— continued. Salaries— continued. £ Clerical Division — continued. Glass VII— £ 2 at £200 ... ... 400 3 at £190 ... ... 570 2 at £180 ... ... 360 3 at £150 ... ... 450 1 at £140 ... ... 140 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— 2 at £110 ... ... 220 1 at £95 ... ... 95 6 at £80 ... ... 480 2,055 795 General Division. 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £140 ... ... 280 1 at £90 ... ... 90 lat£84 ... ... 84 1 at £18 (Messenger, £173, Is. per day additional) ... ... 18 672 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 8,457 118 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 8,309 942 Other Charges for and Incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Auditing stamps Cleaning offices Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Aspinal, widow of late District Land Registrar, Napier ... 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 Purchase of amusement-tax tickets Refund of license fee overpaid in error by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Christchurch Refund of fine to Paul Cressey ... ... Refund of duty—James Harrison, deceased ... Refund of duty paid in excess by Messrs. Tate and Thompson on agreements Stamp-printing machinery ... Telephones Temporary Assistance— £ Extra clerks ... ... 350 Extra clerks (amusement-tax) ... 300 7,367 2 3 4 5 250 50 35 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 100 100 50 400 430 275 1,050 3,500 850 750, 300 17 18 L9 1,000 17 294 20 21 22 4 426 145 650 23 To cover defalcations of H. G. Leslie, Clerk, Invercargill 58

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CLASS VII.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

item. LAND AND DEEDS REGISTRY -continued. 1917-18. £ £ VOTE No. 38— continued. S a la ries— continued. Clerical Division — continued. Class VIII— £ 8 at £110 ... ... 880 I at £95 ... ... 95 II at £80 ... ... 880 11 at £65 ... ... 715 lat£50 ... ... 50 2,620 Genkral Division. 1 at £200 ... ..." 200 1 at £160 ... ... 160 4 at £132 ... .. 5282 at £108 ... . 216 1 at £96 ... "... 96 Office-cleaners — 'lat£18 1,200 18 21,978 21,978 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 478 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 21,500 3,124 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Advertising, books, and publications Binding books Cleaning offices Contract work for recording ... ... ... Draughtsman's work performed by the Survey Department Freight and cartage Fuel, light, and water ... ... ... Mounting and binding plans... Office equipment, including books and papers, and loose-leaf ledgers Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Rent Telephones Temporary Assistance — Extra clerks Travelling allowances and expenses Typewriters War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 18,376 2 3 4 5 6 7 175 750 320 50 2,000 8 9 10 11 7,500 10 200 100 12 13 14 15 16 250 250 1,300 900 130 17 18 19 20 350 400 100 1,200 125 Less estimated credits "under section 48 of Public Revenues Aot, 1910 16,110 150 Total—Vote No. 38 15,960 34,33i TOTAL OF CLASS VII TOTAL OF CLASS VII £52. ,032

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CLASS VIII—MINES DEPARTMENT.

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1917 1917-18. Salaric Salaries. es. | Other C _J l Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 39. —Mines Department ... 10, £ 10,296 ,29 96 £ £ 10,296 „ 40.—Geological Survey Branch 1, 1,830 ,83 30 2,385 4,215 „ 41. —Miscellaneous Services ... 2 23,366 23,366 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII ... 12, ,12 26 2 15,751 37,87 12,126 I [tern. 19: -18. MINES DEPARTMENT. Total number of officers 1917-18. 16 £ £ VOTE No. 39. 1 Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £600 (Under-Secretary), (6 months) 300 Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £600 Glass D — 6 at £400 1 at £350 1 at £325 Glass E— 1 at £260 £ 2,400 350 325 600 3,075 260 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £425 Class VI— 2 at £260 1 at £245 Class VII— 3 at £165 1 at £150 2 at £120 Class VIII— 2 at £80 1 at £65 1 at £50 520 245 495 150 240 160 65 50 425 765 885 275 28 Lodging-allowances of Cadet General Division. 1 at £345 1 at £295 3 at £285 2 at £260 345 295 855 520

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CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

.tern. 1917-18. MINES DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 89— continued. Salaries— continued. £ ! £ General Division —continued. £ 4 at £200 ... ... • 800 1 at £195 ... ... 195 2 at £170 ... ... 340 3 at £160 ... ... 480 2 at £145 ... ... 290 lat£78 ... ... 78 Less amount not required on account of officers absent with Expeditionary Force... 4,198 10,811 ,1 ,8 5 198 311 515 10,296 515 Total—Vote No. 39 ... • GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH. 1917-18. Total number of officer" .. 5 VOTE No. 40. Salaries— Class A — 1 at £700 Class D— 1 at £400 ... ... 400 1 at £310 ... ... 310 700 710 Clerical Division. Class VI— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £230 ... ... 230 490 General Division. 1 at £160 160 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force... 2,060 230 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, periodicals, &c. Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Act Expenses in connection with investigation of lime and phosphate deposits Fees for expert assistance Freight, light, and cartage ... Instruments, instrument and outfit allowances Office equipment, telephones, &c. Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Petrographical specimens and apparatus Printing, lithographing, &c. ... Travelling allowances and expenses Tools, equipment, and field expenses Wages War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,830 2 3 25 4 25 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 300 400 30 70 25 30 10 800 200 100 300 50 20 Total—Vote No. 40 ... 2,385 4,215

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CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Item. 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 41. Charges for and incidental to — Advances to oil-boring companies Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Assistance towards ambulance classes ... Assistance towards prospecting Assistance towards prospecting for coal and minerals other than gold Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields Assistance to Thames Borough towards cost of repairing flood-damage and removal of mining debris ... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Bonus for mineral oil Compassionate allowance to Louis Gabriel, Reef ton, discoverer of gold, West Coa'st, South Island Compensation for damage to land by Moanatairi Aqueduct Compensation and expenses arising out of proclamation of rivers and resumption of land Construction of dam, Ralph's Mine, Huntly (half cost) Contribution to Puysegur Point telephone line Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Cost of removing house owned and occupied by Mr. S. Taylor, Stafford, to a safe site Diamond and other drills and appliances (working expenses only) Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expenses in connection with conferences between Government, Miners' Federation, and coal-mine owners 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 of Water-races— . . Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office rents, equipment, and cleaning Outfit 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. Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance Refunds of rent, Section 154, Mining Act, 1908 Reports on accidents Schools of Mines Stone-quarries Act : Administration expenses Surveys of mining township sites Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... To cover defalcations and deficiencies of II. E. Radcliffe, late Chief Clerk, Mines Department Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department Work and material supplied by other Departments ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 1 2 3 4 5 4,000 100 100 5,000 6 100 7 400 8 9 10 400 100 1,250 11 25 12 88 13 14 15 16 50 155 50 50 17 25 18 500 19 300 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 350 300 20 10 50 20 50 50 200 28 29 30 31 32 1,200 600 200 208 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 20 300 500 200 20 50 20 3,500 50 150 80 44 45 46 47 500 1,500 425 i 50 50 Total —Vote No. 41 ... 23,366 2f 23,366 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII £37, ■77

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CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

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Salaries. 1917-18. 7 Other Charges. Total. ote No. 42. —Clerk of Executive Council £ £ £ 50 50 43.—Department of Internal Affairs (Head Office) 44.—Ministers' Secretaries 11,455 37,378 48,833 1,840 1,840 „ 45.—Messengers, Office-keepers, and Charwomen „ 46. —Audit Department 25,613 13,860 39,473 4,573 6,650 11,223 „ 47. —Registrar-General's Office 4,878 5,720 10,598 „ 48.—Census and Statistics 3,439 20,300 23,739 49.—Electoral 3,867 19,433 23,300 „ 50. —High Commissioner's Office 12,096 8,895 20,991 „ 51. —Museum 1,516 2,635 4,151 „ 52.—Dominion Laboratory 3,556 2,187 5,743 53. —Printing and Stationery ... 15,355 40,197 55,552 54. —Mental Hospitals 108,286 61,020 169,306 „ 55.—Home for Defectives 30 20 50 „ 56. —Tourists 22,891 26,471 49,362 „ 57.—Public Service Commissioner's Office „ 58.—Public Health, Hospitals and Charitable Aid „ 59.—Miscellaneous Services ... 2,877 3,584 6,461 23,378 52,055 75,433 13,156 59,469 72,625 TOTAL OF CLASS IX ... 258,856 359,874 618,730 Item. 17-18. CLERK OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. • VOTE No. 42. Clerk of Executive Council (also Secretary to Cabinet, £575) £ 50 £ 50 Total—Vote No. 42 ...

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.tem. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS. HEAD OFFICE. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 37 VOTE No. 43. Salaries— Administrative Division. I at £750 750 Professional Division. Class B— 1 at £500 Glass F — lat£85 500 85 ■ Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £550 Class II— £ 1 at £460 ... ... 460 1 at £440 ... ... 440 Glass III— 3 at £425 Glass IV— 1 at £370 Class V— 1 at £305 ... ... 305 2 at £290 ... ... ' 580 Class VI— 3 at £260 ... ... 780 1 at £245 ... ... 245 Class VII— 5 at £220 ... ... 1,100 1 at £210 ... ... 210 3 at £200 ... ... 600 2 at £165 ... ... 330 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 3 at £95 .. ... 285 2 at £80 ... ... 160 2 at £65 ... ... 130 550 900 1,275 370 885 1,025 2,510 575 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Official Secretary to His Excellency the GovernorGeneral Lodging-allowance Private Secretary and Official Secretary to His Excellency the Governor-General Special allowance to Private Secretary (£425) 300 325 107 500 75 General Division. £ 1 at £385 ... ... 385 2 at £190 ... ... 380 3 at £180 ... ... 540 2 at £156 ... ... 312 1 at £132 ... ... 132 1 at £120 ... ... 120 4 at £108 ... ... 432 lat£96 ... .,, 96 t

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[tern. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. £ £ HEAD OFFICE— continued. VOTE No. 43— continued. S a larie s— continued. General Division — continued. £ lat£90 ... ... 90 lat£84 ... ... 84 lat£72 ... ... 72 2,643 Less proportion of salaries provided for but not payable during current year 13,375 806 Less amount to be recovered from Puhlic Service Superannuation Fund ... 12,569 1,114 11,455 7 8 9 10 11 12 PS I ! 15 16 2 3 1 5 6 Other Charges for and incidental to — Department of Internal Affairs — Advertising Assessment Courts under the Rating Act, 1908 Audit fees for inspection of accounts Commissions of Inquiry Contribution towards funds of New Zealand War Contingent Association in London for wounded and invalid New Zealanders ... Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of kinematograph-films Cost of work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department Cost of renovating Captain Hobson's grave - Expenses in connection with the compilation and printing of Maori Dictionary Expenses in connection with preservation of bird life Extra clerical assistance Fire Brigades Annual Conference (grant in aid) Fire brigades attending Annual Conference, railway passes for Freight and cartage Fresh-water fisheries, expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings ... ... ... Fuel for Government offices ... General contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Grant to Auckland Acclimatization Society (Game Farm) Hector Observatory— Cost of clearing ground and planting trees General expenses (including temporary assistance) Instruments and equipment Imperial Institute Legal expenses Light and water for various Government buildings ... Office equipment (including telephones)... Official War Correspondent : Salary, allowance, and expenses of Payment to Hospital Boards and other expenses incidental, to issue of licenses under Land Agents Act, 1912 100 5 150 1,500 500 1,250 25 50 600 300 2,500 300 300 300 2,500 800 17 18 19 100 100 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 50 150 100 100 50 1,750 1,000 / 28 1,600 5,000

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Item. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. £ £ HEAD OFFICE— continued. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 VOTE No. 43— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. Payment to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, for part services of custodian National Picture Gallery, and other charges in connection therewith Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Printing, stationery, and office equipment for Ministers' offices ... Protection of Tuatara lizards : Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others, also compensation for land for sanctuary on Kawera Island Publications (including newspapers) Renovation of graves in historical cemeteries Renovation of graves of New Zealand soldiers who died within the Dominion in connection with the present war, and expenses incidental thereto 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, 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 ... Travelling-expenses of Ministers Travelling allowances and expenses of Private Secretaries to Ministers Travelling allowances and expenses of officers of the Department Travelling allowances and expenses of Official Photographer and cost of photographic materials Victoria League, Auckland : Grant towards proposed Soldiers' Memorial War bonus to officers of the Department Weights and Measures Acts... 450 225 50 108 850 1,250 1,000 125 700 100 250 40 41 250 150 42 80 43 15 / 44 1,500 2,000 45 46 2,000 47 750 48 25 49 250 8,320 750 50 51 Less fees receivable in respect of the Land Act, 1912 42,378 5,000 Total—Vote No. 43 ... 37,378 48,83:

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torn. 1917-18. MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 19 VOTE No. 44. Salaries— Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) Salaries in addition to classification— 16 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each ... Additional salary to officer in classified department employed as Private Secretary (also £425) Additional salary to officer in classified Department employed as Private Secretary, 1916-17 (also £425) 1 at £50 (also Clerk, Treasury Department, £450) ... Extra classification allowance Secretary to Cabinet, sessional allowance • 575 400 130 25 50 635 25 Total —Vote No. 44 ... 1,840 MESSENGERS, OFFICE-KEEPERS, AND CHARWOMEN. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 221 VOTE No. 45. Salaries — General Division Messengers, &c. — £ 2 at £290 ... ... 580 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £240 ... ... 240 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 6 at £200 ... ... 1,200 1 at £198 ... ... 198 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £186 ... ... • 186 10 at £180 ... ... 1,800 1 at £174 ... ... 174 1 at £173 ... ... 173 49 at £170 ... ... 8,330 9 at £165 ... ... 1,485 13 at £160 ... * ... 2,080 1 at £155 ... ... 155 6 at £150 ... ... 900 7 at £140 ... ... 980 1 at £120 ... ... 120 3 at £110 ... ... 330 2 at £100 . ... 200 3 at £90 ... ... 270 2 at £70 ... ... 140 2 at £60 ... ... 120 20,541 Charwomen — 1 at £96 ... ... 96 2 at £91 ... ... 182 lat£90 ... ... 90 3 at £85 ... ... 255

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tern.. MESSENGERS, OFFICE-KEEPERS, AND PHARWOMEN— continued. 1917-18. £ £ VOTE No. 45— continued. Salaries— continued. General Division— continued. • Charwomen —continued. £ lat£50 ... ... 50 93 at 31s. 6d. per week ... ... 7,617 1 at 31s. 6d. per week (10 months) ... 68 1 at 20s. per week ... ... 52 8,410 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Allowances under Public Service Regulation No. 208 Increased wages to charwomen (7 months) 28,951 125 100 300 Less provided for by other Departments 29,476 2,800 Less proportion of salaries and increases to salaries provided for but not payable during current year 26,676 1,063 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices Contribution towards payment of minimum and additional retiring-allowances to messengers Extra charwomen, &c. Extra messengers, &c. Motor cars, cycles, and accessories Special allowances to messengers, Wellington Travelling-expenses Uniforms and overcoats for messengers ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 25,613 2 3 1,000 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 960 5,300 5,000 500 450 200 400 50 * 13,860 Total—Vote No. 45 39,473 AUDIT DEPARTMENT. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 90 VOTE No. 46. Salaries— Deputy Controller and Auditor Audit Officer, London 50 700 Classification under Act. Clerical Division. Glass I — ] at £600 (also Secretary Commissioners Public Debts Sinking Funds £50, and Deputy Controller £50) 600

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Item. 19 7-18. REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFIOE—continued. 9 10 11 VOTE No. 47— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Temporary assistance (extra clerks) Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 50 100 20 Total—Vote No. 47 ... 5,720 10,598 CENSUS AND STATISTICS. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 17 VOTE No. 48. Salaries— Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £525 Class V— £ 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 3 at £260 ... ... 780 1 at £245 ... ... 245 Glass VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £150 ... ... 300 Glass VIII— 1 at £11.0 ... . ... 110 1 at £95 ... ... 95 lat£80 ... ... 80 525 580 1,025 730 285 General Division 1 at £132 ... ... 132 1 at £84 ... ... 84 1 at £78 ... ... 78 294 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 200 Other Charges for and incidental to — Administration of Military Service Act ... Census, 1916 Cleaning, firing, lighting, freight, and carriage Collection of Statistics, including Agricultural and Pastoral Office equipment and telephones Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes... Printing and stationery, including Year-book and Statistics Registration of Aliens Act ... Temporary assistance, extra clerks Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 3,639 2 3 4 5 20,000 6,500 50 6 7 8 6,000 300 650 9 L0 11 12 4,000 2,500 50 25 25 40,100 Less amount recoverable from War Expenses Account 43,739 20,000 Total—Vote No. 48 23,739

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tern 19 7-18. ELECTORAL. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 40 VOTE No. 49. Salaries— £ £ Clerical Division. Glass IV— 1 at £425 ... . Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 (for 6 months) ... ... 100 425 For payments of Registrars ... 530 2,912 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Cartage, railage, and wharfage .... Expenses of by-elections Expenses of general election Expenses of Representation Commission 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 3,867 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 25 500 200 1,000 25 20 50 25 30 50 17,200 200 13 25 50 10 Total—Vote No. 49 ... 19,433 23,300 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. VOTE No. 50. Salaries — Secretary Finance Officer Assistant Secretary Emigration and Exhibition Officer ... . Veterinarian Clerks and Messengers Miscellaneous wages 800 600 475 500 600 8,482 639 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Contributions due under National Insurance Act, 1911, in respect of clerks employed in the High Commissioner's office Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage Insurance of staff against air-raid risks ... Office equipment, including stationery and publications Postage Refund of amount lost in High Commissioner's Office Refund to officers of difference between the amount of income-tax payable in England and New Zealand Rent, office-cleaning, fuel, and light Travelling expenses and allowances 12,090 2 8 900 4 5 6 7 25 500 100 50 8 9 10 2.000 700 36 II .12 750 6,434 800

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Item. 191 -18. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE— continued. VOTE No. 50— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 18 350 12,645 Less contribution from Public Trust and Government Insurance Funds 24,741 350 Less bonuses and commissions paid to High Commissioner on account of reduced passages of emigrants 24,891 600 Less contributions from Stock Agents Conversion Account 23,791 350 Less shipping charges on goods for Government Departments 23,441 450 Less contributions from War Expenses Account 22,991 2,000 Total—Vote No. 50' ... 20,991 MUSEUM. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 5 VOTE No. 51. Salaries — Professional Division. Class B — 1 at £600 600 General Division. £ 1 at £350 ... ... 350 1 at £250 ... ... 250 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £156 ... ... 156 916 2 3 4 5 6 7 Other Charges for and incidental to — Books and other publications, including binding Clerical assistance Collection cf historical and other matter relating to the Maori race Establishment of historical collection regarding early history of New Zealand ... Expenses of temporary Museum assistants Expenses in connection with war section of Museum and with the British National War Museum Expert assistance Freight and cartage Fuel, light, water, and cleaning Office equipment Photographs and phonographic apparatus for Museum Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 1,516 150 250 50 500 250 8 9 10 1.1 12 13 100 10 35 100 25 25 25

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Item. 191 -18. MUSEUM -continued. VOTE No. 51— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Preparation of specimens Printing and stationery Printing Museum publications and Science Journal ... Purchase of specimens and pictures Scientific and industrial research Sunday attendance at Museum Telephone and fire-alarm charges Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 11 15 16 17 18 L9 'JO 21 22 50 50 300 300 250 15 25 100 25 Total —Vote No. 51 ... 2,635 4,151 DOMINION LABORATORY. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 14 VOTE No. 52. Salaries— Professional Division. 1 at £750 Class D— 1 at £400 Glass E— £ 2 at £300 ... ... 600 3 at £260 ... ... 780 Class F — 2 at £100 750 400 1,380 200 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £220 Class VIII— lat£95 ... ... 95 lat£80 ... ... 80 220 175 31 Lodging-allowance General Division. 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £170 ... ... 170 370 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 30 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 and expert assistance Fees of officers of Dominion Laboratory attending science lectures, Victoria College Freight and cartage 3,556 2 3 40 500 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 250 50 25 50 200 65 11 24 40

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tern. DOMINION LABORATORY— continued. 1917-18. VOTE No. 52— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Fuel, light, and water ... ... ... Office equipment Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Scientific research Subscriptions to Technical Societies Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 12 13 14 15 L6 17 18 19 20 150 20 40 100 500 10 18 80 25 Total—Vote No. 52 ... ... • 2,187 5,743 PRINTING AND STATIONERY. Classification and Increases under Regulation. VOTE No. 53. Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £650 650 Clerical Division. Class I— £ 1 at £525 Class II — 1 at £440 Glass III— 1 at £425 Class IV— 1 at £330 Class V— 1 at £315 ... ... 315 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £100 (also Hansard Supervisor's 100 Assistant, £225) 1 at £75 (also Clerk to Hansard Super- 75 visor, £215) Class VI— 3 at £260 ... ... 780 2 at £245 ... ... 490 1 at £230 ... ... 230 Class VII— 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Glass VIII— 1 at £98 525 440 425 330 780 1,500 535 98 General Division. 1 at £400 ... ... 400 2 at £320 (1 for 3 months, 1 for 1 month) 107 4 at £300 ... ... 1,200 4 at £280 (2 for 9 months) ... . 980 2 at £270 ... ... 540 2 at £260 ... ... 520 5 at £250 ... ... 1,250 1 at £240 ... ... 240 4 at £235 ... ... 940 2 at £230 ... ... 460 1 at £225 ... ... 225

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tern. PRINTING AND STATIONERY— continued. 19 7-18. VOTE No. 53— continued. Salaries -continued. General Division — continued. £ 4 at £220 ... ... 880 11 at £215 ... ... 2,365 21 at £210 ... ... 4,410 92 at £200 ... ... 18,400 18 at £195 ... ... 3,510 13 at £190 ... ... 2,470 4 at £185 ... .. 740 1 at £186 ... ... 186 28 at £180 ... ... 5,040 1 at £177 ... ... 177 2 at £175 ... ... 350 3 at £170 ... ... 510 1 at £166 ... ... 166 1 at £165 ... ... 165 1 at £163 ... ... 163 1 at £161 ... ... 161 1 at £160 ... ... 160 6 at £156 ... ... 936 3 at £155 ■ ... ... 465 2 at £150 ... ... 300 1 at £145 ... ... 145 4 at £140 ... ... 560 1 at £135 ... ... 135 1 at £134 ... ... 134 1 at £130 ... .. 130 1 at £128 ... ... 128 2 at £120 ... ... 240 9 at £114 ... ... 1,026 1 at £108 ... .. 108 22 at £104 ... ... 2,288 I at £100 ... ... 100 II at £97/10 ... ... 1,072/10 lat£95 ... ... 95 4 at £91 ... ... 364 lat£90 ... ... 90 8 at £84/10 ... ... 676 5 at £78 ... ... 390 12 at £71/10 ... ... 858 11 at £65 • ... ... 715 16 at £58/10 ... ... 936 7 at £52 ... ... 364 1 at £45/10 ... ... 45/10 1 at £39 ... ... 39 2 3 Folders, Sewers, and Machine-workers (females) Apprentices, Machine Boys, Reader Boys, Errand Boys, Perforators, and Gummers Extra hands 59,055 1,500 4 2,250 8,000 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for, but not payable during current year 76,088 555 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 75,533 5,178 70,355 5 (i 7 Other Charges for and incidental to — Overtime War bonus to officers of the Department Stationery, paper, &c, and office requisites 2,500 5,100 70,000

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torn. 1917-18. PRINTING AND STATIONERY— continued. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 53— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Stores, bookbinding material, and printing-ink Freight, cartage, packing, insurance, and wharf labour Machinery Type and printing material ... Extras connected with monotype and linotype machines Monotype and linotype metal Fuel, gas, and lighting Water-supply Medical services Office equipment, advertising, travelling allowances and expenses Postage, telegrams, and exchange Telephone subscriptions and expenses, and maintenance of departmental telephone system Refund of amounts overpaid for publications Refund of legal expenses of M. F. Marks in defending his appointment as Government Printer before Public Service Board of Appeal Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 4,000 12,500 6,500 500 250 200 1,500 350 150 18 19 100 1,350 20 21 50 20 27 22 100 105,197 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... 175,552 120,000 Total —Vote No. 53 ... 55,55! MENTAL HOSPITALS. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. .. .. 822 Less absent with Expeditionary Foroe .. 87 735 VOTE No. 54. Salaries — Administrative Division. Inspector-General 1,000 Professional Division. Class A — £ Deputy Inspector-General ... 700 5 Medical Superintendents at £700 ... 3,500 Class C— 1 Medical Superintendent at £500 Class D— 2 Medical Officers at £400 ... 800 4 Medical Officers at £365 ... 1,460 1 Medical Officer at £345 ... 345 3 Medical Officers at £310 ... 930 1 Chief Engineer and Electrician at £325 325 Class E— 1 Medical Officer (part time) ... 225 1 Medical Officer (part time) ... 200 4,200 500 3,860 425

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.tern, 1917-18. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. VOTE No. 54— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ Clerical Division. Class III — 1 at £425 Class V— 3 at £320 1 at £315 1 at £305 1 at £300 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... . 3 at £210 2 at £190 1 at £165 2 at £150 Class VIII— 1 Cadet at £95 2 Cadets at £80 £ 960 315 305 300 220 630 380 165 300 95 160 1,880 425 1,695 255 General Division. 1 Storekeeper at £180 2 Storekeepers at £140 1 Typist at £156 2 Typists at £78 1 Typist at £66 180 280 156 156 66 4,255 838 Head Attendants — 1st Grade— 4 at £290 2nd Grade— 5 at £250 1 at £245 1 at £235 1,250 245 235 1,160 1,730 Matrons — 1st Grade — 3 at £225 1 at £215 3rd Grade— 1 at £180 4th Grade — 2 at £165 1 at £155 2 at £150 675 215 330 155 300 2,890 890 180 785 1,855 Engineers — 1 at £375 1 at £355 1 at £285 1 at £230 1 at £220 2 at £210 375 355 285 230 220 420 1,885 1,885

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[tern. 191 -18. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. VOTE No. 54— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. Estate Managers — 1 at £208 (also £207 Justice Department) Farm Managers — 4 at £260 Farm Overseers — 1 at £190 1 at £170 1 at £160 Stockman — 1 at £165 £ 190 170 160 208 1,040 520 165 Engine-fitter — 1 at £210 Stokers — 1 at £170 5 at £165 2 at £160 1 at £155 2 at £150 Engine-dr iver — 1 at £165 170 825 320 155 300 1,933 210 1,770 165 Attendants — 10 at £200 26 at £195 6 at £190 5 at £185 8 at £180 4 at £175 28 at £170 15 at £165 15 at £160 7 at £155 14 at £150 38 at £145 102 at £140 33 at £135 38 at £130 6 at £125 47 at £120 Carpenters — 2 at £200 1 at £190 3 at £185 1 at £180 Bricklayers — 1 at £188 1 at £185 Blacksmith — 1 at £175 Painters — 3 at £170 Bootmaker — 1 at £156 Bakers — 1 at £195 (also Cook) 1 at £180 1 at £170 1 at £155 2,000 5,070 1,140 925 1,440 700 4,760 2,475 2,400 1,085 2,100 5,510 14,280 4,455 4,940 750 5,640 400 190 555 180 188 185 195 180 170 155 2,145 59,670 1,325 373 175 510 156 700

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torn. 1917-18. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. VOTE No 54— continued. Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. Butcher — 1 at £150 Poultryman — 1 at*£145 Plumbers — £ 4 at £190 ... ... 760 1 at £180 ... ... 180 Gardeners — 1 at £180 ... ... 180 2 at £160 ... ... 320 1 at £140 ... ... 140 Fisherman — 1 at £150 Farm Hands — 10 at £140 ... ... 1,400 2 at £125 ... ... 250 2 at £115 ... ... 230 5 at £110 ... ... 550 Messengers —■ lat£95 150 145 940 640 150 2,430 95 Nurses — 3 at £120 ... ... 360 18 at £115 ... ... 2,070 13 at £110 ... ... 1,430 13 at £105 ... ... 1,365 10 at £100 ... ... 1,000 22 at £95 ... ... 2,090 46 at £90 ... ... 4,140 125 at £85 ... ... 10,625 Cooks — 1 Male at £175 ... ... 175 1 Male at £160 ... ... 160 2 Males at £135 ... ... 270 3 Females at £115 ... ... 345 2 Females at £100 ... ... 200 1 Female at £95 ... ... 95 1 Female at £82 .. ... 82 Laundresses — 2 at £110 ... ... 220 2 at £105 ... ... 210 2 at £95 .. ... 190 2 at £90 ... ... 180 lat£85 ... ... 85 23,080 1,327 Ward-maids — 4 at £70 Official Visitors — 5 at £26 ... ... 130 3 at £13 ... ... 39 885 280 169 Allowance to night staff Increase of Salaries to Attendants and Nurses under scale 50 1,500 1,550 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 120,536 12,250 108,286

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tern. 191 7-18. MENTAL HOSPITALS— continued. %_ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 L8 19 20 VOTE No. 54— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Advertising, newspapers, technical books, and office equipment Bedding and clothing Buildings, including additions, improvements, repairs, and replacements Dental services Developmental work in connection with bringing land into cultivation, purchase of implements, stock, &c. Farms, maintenance of Fencing, draining, and roading Freight and cartage Fuel, light, water, and cleaning Funerals, expenses of Furniture and fittings Gardens and shrubberies, expenses of ... Grant to Seacliff Staff Club ... Law-costs Laundry Machinery, repairs, and stores Medical fees for certificates and consultations Nursing staff: Uniforms, purchase of ... Patients, expenses connected with— Gratuities " Patients'Friends " Recreation Transfer Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Rations Rents and rates Stores Surgery and dispensary— Drugs and instruments Wine, spirits, ale, and porter Telephones Travelling expenses and allowances Treatment and maintenance of patients in general hospitals War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 50 250 14,000 5,000 150 1,000 9,000 250 2,900 12,000 300 500 300 10 20 2,300 1,500 1,900 1,700 £ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 90 300 3,750 150 500 500 57,000 850 3,500 30 31 32 33 34 1,000 50 300 800 35 86 50 8,750 300 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 131,020 70,000 Total—Vote No. 54 ... 61,020 169,306 HOME FOR DEFECTIVES, 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 1 . VOTE No. 55. Salaries — General Division. Matron (2 months) 30 30 2 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance, including food, clothing, bedding, fuel, and light, &c. 20 Total—Vote No. 55 ... 50

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tern. 1917-18. • TOURISTS. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 172 VOTE No. 56. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £675 675 Professional Division. £ 1 at £1,000 ... ... 1,000 Class D— 1 at £380 ... ... 380 1 at £345 ... ... 345 Clerical Division. 1,725 Glass I — 1 at £350 (also Department of Agriculture, £250) ... Class III — 1 at £405 ... ... 405 1 at £385 ... ... ... 385 Class IV— 1 at £270 (also Department of Agriculture, £100) Class V— 3 at £315 ... ... 945 2 at £305 ... ... 610 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £275 (8 months) ... ... 183 Glass VI— 3 at £260 Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 2 at £210 ... ... 420 3 at £180 ... ... 540 2 at £165 ... ... 330 2 at £135 ... ... 270 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 4 at £95 ... ..." 380 4 at £80 ... ... 320 5 at £65 ... ... 325 lat£50 ... ... 50 350 790 270 2,028 780 2,020 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... Agents' (4) tellers' allowances Clerks' (2) oversea allowances Allowances to officers under Public Service Regulations 24a and 209 1,075 152 25 66 120 General Division. 1 at £335 ... ... 335 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £248 ... ... 248 1 at £235 ... ... 235 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 . . ... 210 1 at £204 ... ... 204 5 at £200 ... ... 1,000 1 at £190 ... ... 190 5 at £180 ... ... 900 3 at £175 ... ... 525 1 at £174 ... ... 174 4 at £170 ..„.•■•'-■•■ ... 680 1 at £165 ... ... 165 -■

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1917-18. TOURISTS— continued. VOTE No. 56— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. 7 8 9 10 I I 12 13 Entertaining-allowances for oversea agents (2) Extra clerical assistance Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers : Tracks and huts Glade House and Te Anau-Wakatipu-Milford Track— Maintenance, including furniture and repairs Hanmer 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. Rotorua Acclimatization District — Maintenance, including bonuses to honorary 50 450 50 1,400 1,800 50 500 14 400 15 4,000 L6 100 17 250 is L9 rangers Rotorua Baths— Maintenance of sanatorium and baths, including 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 ... Subsidies to coach, motor, and steamer services— £ Fairlie-Pukaki-Hermitage-Queenstown 790 Lake Wanaka ... ... 30 Lumsden-Te Anau ... ... 60 Pipiriki-Tokaanu ... ... 310 Wairoa-Waikaremoana ... . . 125 Ross-Waiho Gorge-Weheka ... 150 2,500 1,200 600 1,000 25 20 1,465 21 22 23 24 25 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. Travelling allowances and expenses, including removal of officers Waimangu Round-trips and Hostel— Maintenance, and repairs, hostel, furniture, boatshed, boats, and tracks... Waitomo Caves and HostelMaintenance, including furniture and repairs 250 150 850 100 26 600 400 27 2,600

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'tern. 19 7-18. TOURISTS— continued. VOTE No. 56—continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. War bonus for staff, including temporary tradesmen and others Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 28 1,800 29 50 27,560 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 50,451 1,089 Total—Vote No. 56 ... 49,362 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 19 VOTE No. 57. SalariesClerical Division. Class II— £ 1 at £460 460 Class IV— 1 at £345 345 Class V— 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £290 ... ... 290 Class VI— 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £200 ... ... 200 595 430 Class VII— 1 at £200 ... ... 200 2 at £135 ... ... 270 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— 1 at £80 ... ... 80 lat£65 ... ... 65 710 145 General Division. 1 at £144 ... ... 144 1 at £132 ... ... 132 1 at £108 ... ... 108 3 at £96 ... ... 288 672 Less salaries of officers absent and proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable during the current year ... 3,357 480 2,877

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item. 1917-18. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE— continued. £ £ 2 3 VOTE No. 57— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to— Advertising vacancies in the Public Service Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Appeal Board— Allowance to Government Insurance Commissioner for services on Board at the rate of £100 per 900 100 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 100 20 500 1,800 400 60 300 144 60 Less estimated credits 4,384 800 6,461 Total—Vote No. 57 ... 3,584 PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 157 VOTE No. 58. Salaries — • Administrative Division. 1 at £950 950 Professional Division. 750 1 at £750 Class A — £ 3 at £700 ... ... 2,100 1 at £650 ... ... 650 1 at £600 ... ... 600 Glass D — — 1 at £400 Class E— 1 at £300 ... ... 300 3 at £260 ... ... 780 1 at £235 ... ... 235 3,350 400 Clerical Division. 1,315 Class IV— 1 at £370 Glass V— 1 at £315 ... ... 315 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Class VI— 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1 at £245 ... ... 245 370 590 765

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tern. 1917-18. PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITABLE AID— continued. VOTE No. 58— continued. Salaries— con tinned. Class VII— £ 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £135 ... ... 135 985 Class VIII— 2 at £95 ... ... 190 2 at £80 ... ... 160 4 at £65 ... ... 260 Cadets' lodging-allowance ... 610 1.18 General Division. 4 at £250 ... ... 1,000 1 at £225 ... ... 225 3 at £210 ... ... 630 3 at £200 ... ... 600 4 at £190 ... ... 760 4 at £180 ... ... 720 5 at £170 ... ... 850 4 at £160 ... ... 640 1 at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £150 ... ... 150 3 at £140 ... ... 420 2 at £132 ... ... 264 3 at £130 ... ... 390 2 at £120 ... ... 240 1 at £113 ... ... 113 2 at £110 ... ... 220 4 at £108 ... ... 432 2 at £100 ... ... 200 1 at £90 ... ... 90 1 at £70 ... ... 70 8,170 Unclassified Officers. 2 Medical Officers at £175 ... 3 Medical Officers at £150 ... 1 District Health Officer at £100 1 Bacteriologist at £100 6 Medical Officers at £100 ... 2 Analysts at £150 11 Port Health Officers— 1 at £250 ... ... 250 1 at £225 ... .. 225 1 at £125 ... ... 125 1 at £115 ... ... 115 lat£50 ... ... 50 lat£40 ... ... 40 3 at £30 ... ... 90 2 at £10 ... ... 20 9 Sanitary Inspectors — 1 at £250 ... ... 250 1 at £228 ... ... 228 1 at £223 ... ... 223 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £190 ... ... 190 2 at £180 ... ... 360 1 at £157 ... ... 157 350 450 100 100 600 300 915 1,838

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[tern. 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVIOES— continued. £ £ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 VOTE No. 59— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. General —continued. Contribution to Brussels International Customs Bureau for publication of Customs tariffs Contribution to Veterans' Home, Auckland Cost of acquiring land for roads under section 115 of the Public Works Act, 1908 Cost of annotating statutes for Government Departments Cost of entertaining visitors to the Dominion and of official functions Cost of administering war risks insurance scheme ... Equipment for relieving staff Establishment and maintenance of New Zealand Hospital at Etrambieres, France ... £10,000 Less amount recoverable from War Expenses Account ... ... 3,000 120 500 50 200 18 19 20 21 200 3,000 500 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Expenses in connection with cinematograph films taken in France and elsewhere for patriotic and other purposes ... .... Expenses in connection with loaning of art pictures Expenses of Public Service Stores Tender Board Expenses in connection with Trade of Empire Royal Commission Expenses in connection with removal of household and effects of His Excellency the Governor-General Expenses for extra services s.s. " Tutanekai " Expenses in connection with the review of New Zealand troops by His Majesty the King on Salisbury Plain, and similar functions Expenses incidental to the visit of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to England Extra clerical assistance Grants in settlement of petitions referred to Government for favourable consideration Grant to the Minister of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce and Private Secretary, to cover expenses of visit to Australia in connection with the purchase of wheat Grant towards cost of publication of scientific material of British Antarctic Expedition Grant to F. Lawry Grant to New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association Grant to Royal Life Saving Society Grants to Societies for Protection of Women and Children — - Auckland Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Grant to Westland Acclimatization Society Grants for special services ... Grant to New Zealand Institute for research-work ... Investigation of the mosquitoes of New Zealand Meals supplied to persons who are granted free passages on Government steamers Payment to Reuter's Telegram Company for special telegrams Payment to officers of the Public Service for performance of special duties Pension for Mrs. M. K. Dickinson 7,000 22 23 24 25 1,250 10 300 26 2,500 27 28 130 500 100 29 20 1,500 30 31 32 1,500 172 53 204 100 75 75 75 75 75 100 4,000 500 100 10 75 450 40

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Item. tern. 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVIOES— continued. I,— I £ £ VOTE No. 59— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. General— continued. 46 Pension for Mrs. Mary Lee for services rendered during Maori War 47 Pension of late Provincial Government, Nelson—Mrs. Robinson's two daughters.. 48 -Pension to widow of late Captain J. E. McDonald of transport " Aparima " (16 months) 49 Preservation of aboriginal rock paintings 50 Provision for petitions, &c , under consideration 51' Rewards for arrest of naval deserters 52 Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, grant in aid of 53 Seddon Memorial 54 Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £200) towards cost of memorial to the late Sir Arthur Guinness 55 Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £150) for the destruction of shags in the Hawke's Bay Acclimatization District 56 Supplies for New Zealanders interned in alien enemy territories 57 i Telegrams beyond the Dominion 58 ' Travelling allowance and expenses of members of Public Buildings Board 59 ! War bonus to custodian, National Picture Gallery ... I 25 100 263 250 1,250 50 100 250 1 11 ) 25 100 263 250 ,250 50 100 250 200 47 200 ,000 25 10 200 47 200 11,000 25 10 59,469 .469 ) Total—Vote No. 59 ... 72, 72,625 ,< TOTAL OF CLASS IX £618, It: 518,730 30

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1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges, j Total. £ £ £ £ Vote No. 60.—Adjutant-General's Branch 209,670 11,046 11,046 220,716 ,, 61.—General Staff Branch ... 12,795 12,795 12,795 ,, 62.—Quartermaster - General's Branch 287,630 287,630 287,630 TOTAL OF CLASS X i 209,670 j 311,471 I 521,141 Item. 1 7-18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH. £ VOTE No. 60. Personnel— (a.) Officers' Pay — Imperial General Staff and New Zealand Staff Corps— 1 Major-General at £1,200 3 Colonels at £750 4 Lieut.-Colonels : 1 at £650, 3 at £600 4 General Staff Officers : 1 at £800, 1 at £700, 2 at £500 12 Majors : 10 at £475, 2 at £450 31 Captains: 13 at £400, 14 at £375, 4 at £350 ... 36 Lieutenants: 11 at £300, 18 at £275, 7 at £250 Extra pay to officers holding temporary higher rank 1,200 2,250 2,450 2,500 5,650 11,850 10,000 825 91 36,725 21,800 — Less pay of 55 officers with Expeditionary Force (b.) Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers' Pay — New Zealand Permanent Staff— 60 Warrant Officers at £225 92 Staff Sergeant-majors : 72 at £225, 20 at £210... 23 Sergeant Instructors at £190 14,925 13,500 20,400 4,370 175 38,270 Less pay of 11 Warrant Officers and 36 N.C.O.s absent with Expeditionary Force 16,115 22,155

97

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Item. 1917-18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued, 3 i 8 VOTE No. 60 -continued. (c.) Administrative Services. New Zealand Army Ordnance Department and Ordnance Corps — Salaries — 1 Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores 1 Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores 4 Ordnance Officers (in Districts) at £350 1 Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 1 Inspector of Engineer, Electric Light, and Defence Vessel Stores 1 Testing Officer, S.A. Ammunition 2 Ordnance Officers of E.F. Camps- at £275 3 Accounting Officers at £275 ... 143 Clerks, Storemen, Artificers, &c. : 6 at 12s., 4 at lis. 9d., 4 at lis. 3d., 7 at 10s. 9d., 10 at 10s. 3d., 66 at 9s. 9d., 46 at 9s. per day 25 Armourers: 1 at £251 per annum, 1 at 12s. 6d., 2 at lis. 91., 4 at lis. 3d., 4 at 10s. 9d., 9 at 9s., 4 at 5s. per day 13 Armament Artificers, &c. : 1 at 12s., 4 at lis. 9d., 2 atJLls. 3d., 2 at 10s. 9d., 3 at 9s., 1 at 5s. per day Married allowance to soldiers below commissioned — rank 550 350 1,400 350 350 300 550 825 £ £ 25,535 4,348 2,464 3,000 195 40,022 Less amount chargeable to War Expenses Account 25,000 15,022 4 New Zealand, Army Pay Department and Army Pay Corps — 1 Director of Financial Services 1 Accountant 4 Command Pavmasters at £350 12 Clerks : 2 at 12s., 2 at lis. 3d., 4 at 10s. 9d., 1 at 10s. 3d., 3 at 9s. per day 4 Cadets : 2 at 5s., 2 at 6s. per day Married allowance to clerks 550 350 1,400 2,313 401 91 22 5,105 Less pay of 5 clerks with Expeditionary Force 885 I 4,220 5 1 Inspector of Drill-halls, Rifle Clubs, and Rifle Ranges 1 Director of Veterinary Services (also Department — of Agriculture, £650) 2 400 150 Professional Division. Glass D — 1 at £365 865 Clerical Division. Glass I — £ I at £525 ... ... 525 1 at £525 (1 month) ... ..'. 44 569

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Item. 1917-18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. 5 VOTE No. 60— continued, (c.) Administrative Services —continued. Salaries —continued. £ Clerical Division — continued. Class V— £ 1 at £315 ... ... 315 1 at £290 ... ... 290 6 at £275 ... ... 1,650 Class VI— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 1 at £245 ... ... 245 Glass VII— 7 at £220 -... ... 1,540 2 at £210 ... ... 420 4 at £200 ... ... 800 6 at £165 ... ... 990 12 at £150 ... ... 1,800 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— —: 3 at £110 ... ... 330 4 at £80 ... ... 320 4 at £65 ... ... 260 Lodging-allowance to Cadets ... 170 2,255 505 5,670 5,670 Temporary clerical assistance 2',000 1,080 2,000 General Division. 1 at £204 ... ... 204 1 at £192 ... ... 192 1 at £180 ... ... 180 2 at £175 ... ... 350 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £140 ... ... 140 1 at £132 ... ... 132 1 at £120 ... ... 120 3 at £108 ... ... 324 1,968 1,968 69 - I Less salaries of 10 officers with Expeditionary Force 14,962 1,964 1,964 151.998 (d.) Pay : Royal New Zealand Artillery— Garrison Artillery Section — 1 Temporary Colonel at £700 1 Lieutenant-Colonel at £600 2 Majors at £475 3 Temporary Captains at £350 1 Lieutenant at £275 ... ... -... 2 Honorary Lieutenants at £250 3 2nd-class Master-Gunners at lis. 3d. per diem ... 3 Regimental Sergeant-majors at lis. 3d. per diem 3 Company Sergeant-majors at 10s. 3d. per diem ... 2 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeants at 10s. 9d. per diem 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 Carpenter Artificers : 2 at lis. 6d., 1 at lis., 3 at I 10s., and 1 at 9s. per diem ... ... 2 Painter Artificers at lis. 6d. per diem ■ ... 12,998 700 600 950 1,050 275 500 616 616 561 392 2,135 2,026 2,555 13,364 1,332 420 700 600 950 1,050 275 500 616 616 561 392 2,135 2,026 2,555 13,364 1,332 420

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Item. 191 -18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. 6 6 VOTE No. 60— continued. £ (d.) Pay : Royal New Zealand Artillery— contd. Garrison Artillery Section —continued. 2 Machinery Artificers: 1 at lis. 6d., 1 at 9s. per diem ... ... ... ... | 374 1 Instrument-repairing .Artificer at lis. 6d. per diem 210 4 Sergeant Coxswains at 9s. 9d. per diem ... 712 11 Clerks: 2 at 10s. 9d., 1 at 10s. 3d., 1 at 9s. 9d., 2 at 9s. 3d., 1 at 9s., and 4 at 8s. 9d. per diem 1,898 189 Field Artillery Section — 2 Majors at £475 ... ... ... 950 1 Captain at £375 ... ... ... 375 2 Honorary Captains at £350 ... ... ,700 9 Lieutenants : 4 at £275, 5 at £250 ... ... 2,350 1 Honorary Lieutenant at £250 ... ... 250 3 Sergeant-majors at lis. 3d. per diem ... 616 3 Battery Sergeant-majors at 10s. 3d. per diem ... 561 9 Sergeants at 9s. 9d. per diem ... ... 1,601 5 Corporals at 9s. 3d. per diem ... ... 844 4 Bombardiers at 8s. 9d. per diem ... ... 639 18 Gunners at 7s. 3d. per diem ... ... 2,382 59 Drivers at 7s. 3d. per diem ... ... j 7,806 5 Farrier Artificers: 1 at lis. 6d., 3 at 10s., 1 at 9s. per diem ... ... ... 922 5 Fitter Artificers: 1 at 9s. 6d., 2 at 9s., and 2 at 8s. 3d. per diem ... ... ... 803 5 Saddler Artificers: 1 at lis. 6d., 3 at 10s., and 1 at 9s. per diem ... ... ... j 922 131 Home Service Section (relieving R.N.Z.A. absent on active service) — 49 Gunners (Garrison) at 5s. per day ... ... 4,471 63 Gunners and Drivers (Field) at 5s. per day) ... 5,749 4,471 5,749 112 2 Staff Sergeant-majors (acting), Government House Orderlies, at £200 per annum ... ... 400 Annual allowance to Sergeant-Coxswain commanding Defence Vessel, s.s. " Janie Seddon," while so employed ... ... ... 10 Proficiency and Good-conduct Pay for Gunners and Drivers ... ... ... 3,320 Allowance in lieu of quarters for Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Gunners, and Drivers 2 ,000 Ration allowance, also separation and children's — allowances for Home Service men ... ... 11,073 2 — 80,030 Less pay and allowances of 15 officers and 142 others absent with the Expeditionary Forces ... 29,680 7 8 | 50,350 (e.) Territorial Force— — Pay ... ... ... 45,000 (/.) Pay and special allowance of Officers and NonCommissioned Officers temporarily appointed to replace Staff with Expeditionary Force ... 45,000 Total of Pay ... ... ... 209,670

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[tem. 1917-18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. VOTE No. 60.— continued. Miscellaneous Services —continued. Fidelity-guarantee premiums for military officers who are imprestees Grants to recipients of N.Z. Cross (£10 per annum) 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 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 Refund of legal expenses of A. M. Adams in defending appointment as Secretary, Military Supplies Purchase Office, before Public Service Board, of Appeal Refund to Sergeant P. W. Ngainoki, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, of amount stolen from Australian and New Zealand Base Depot Post-office, Weymouth, England, on 1st January,' 1916 Refund to Mr. John Friend of amount remitted by registered letter but stolen in postal robbery, Base Depot Post-office, Weymouth, England, on 1st January, 1916 Rewards payable to Police for securing convictions for certain breaches of the provisions of the Defence Act Special allowance to ex-Constable Packer for serious permanent injuries received in the service Special allowances to members of Civil Staff for performing extra and more responsible duties during the war War bonuses to Public Works staff engaged on Defence works War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 10 100 150 £ 31 32 33 34 5 • 35 J 70 35 37 15 1.0 46 38 39 35 10 10 41 5 L2 450 43 40 44 290 45 40 5,000 46 47 25 | Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 11,096 50 •Total Vote No 60 ... 11,046 220,716 GENERAL STAFF BRANCH. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 61. Military Education — Headquarters staff tour ... ... District staff tours 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) 375 750 4 1,750 1,500

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Item. 1917-18. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. £ £ 15 L6 17 18 19 20 21 I I VOTE No. 62— continued. (c.) Territorial Force— continued. Rations and messing-allowance to officers and noncommissioned officers, &c, 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, <fec, 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, <fec, sustained by members of the Forces, civilians employed therewith, and horses, including accidents, &c, sustained when going to or returning from parades 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 16,000 1,500 140 4,000 3,500 2,500 500 800 4,000 22 23 24 25 4,000 15,000 26 27 200 20,000 28 29 2,500 10 18,000 30 4,000 31 32 1,000 800 38 (d.) Stores and Magazines— Spare parts for small-arms, maintenance of arms, mineral jelly, rifle oil, Morris tubes, &c... 5,000 34 35 Accoutrements, &c. — Bandolier equipment; haversacks and material for same, swords, &c. Army Service transport wagons, harness, pack-saddlery, water-carts, saddlery, bicycles, <fec. Camp equipment, &c. 1,000 86 350 1,500 37 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... 400 38 89 40 Ordnance — Ordnance and field gun ammunition Small-arms ammunition and cordite I Ordnance stores and spares ... 6,000 35,000 1,500

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tein. : 1917-18. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCH— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 62— continued. Capital and Non-recurrent Expenditure— continued, (c.) Equipment, dc. —-continued. 68 Medical equipment and veterinary service supplies, medical stores, ambulance stretchers, and all equipment for field hospitals 69 ; Mobilization stores 350 2,000 (d.) Clothing — 70 Working suits in lieu of two issues of clothing 5,000 Total of Capital and Non-recurrent Expenditure 49,800 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 292,630 5,000 287,630 Total—Vote No. 62 TOTAL OF CLASS X £52.1 ,141

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

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. [ Total. Vote No. 63.—Customs Offices and Services— £ £ £ Classified Officers ••••(? Non-classified Officers ... ) 64.—Customs: Miscellaneous Services 65.—Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery „ 66.—Government Steamers 48,757 11,919 15,177 41,824 33,625 1,010 30,450 60,676 15,177 75,449 31,460 „ 67. — Marine : Miscellaneous Services I ' 11,936 11,936 TOTAL OF CLASS XI 91,591 103,107 103,107 194,698 torn. 1917-18. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 277 VOTE No. 63. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £900 900 Clerical Division. Class I — . £ 2 at £650 ... ... 1,300 3 at £600 ... ... 1,800 1 at £525 ... • ... 525 Class II— 2 at £475 ... ... 950 1 at £460 ... ... 460 4 at £440 ... ... ■ 1,760 Glass III— 6 at £425 (1 also private secretary) ... 2,550 1 at £415 ... ... 415 Glass IV— 9 at £370 ... ... 3,330 1 at £350 ... ... 350 Class V— 7 at £315 ... .. 2,205 1 at £310 ... 310 1 at £300 ... 300 Class VI— ! 25 at £260 (1 also private secretary) ... 6,500 4 at £250 ... ... 1,000 8 at £245 ... ... 735 1 at £240 ... ... 240 2 at £235 ... 470 5 at £230 ... .. 1 150 1 at £215 ... ... 215 3,625 3,170 2,965 3,680 2,815

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tern. i. 1917-18. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. VOTE No. 63— continued, Salaries— continued. £ Clerical Division— continued, Class VII— £ 9 at £220 ... ... 1,980 1 at £215 ... . . 215 3 at £210 ... ... 630 5 at £205 ... ... 1,025 7 at £200 ... ... 1,400 1 at £195 ... ... 195 8 at £190 ... ... 1,520 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 2 at £170 ... ... 340 5 at £165 ... ... 825 5 at £155 ... ... 775 2 at £145 ... ... 290 2 at £140 ... ... 2S0 2 at £130 ... ... 260 4 at £125 ... ... 500 8 at £120 ... ... 960 5 at £1.10 ... ... 550 Glass VIII— 14 at £110 ... ... 1,540 1 at £105 ... ... 105 7 at £100 ... ... 700 4 at £95 ... ... 380 5 at £90 ... ... 450 4 at £85 ... ... 340 5 at £80 ... ... 400 7 at £75 ... ... 525 4 at £65 ... ... 260 4 at £50 ... ... 200 13,005 4,900 Amount required to adjust salaries of married men receiving less than £140 per annum ... 20 General Division. 2 at £220 ... ... 440 1 at £215 ... ... 215 1 at £205 ... ... 205 13 at £200 ... ... 2,600 7 at £190 ... ... 1,330 18 at £180 ... ... 3,240 1 at £175 ... ... 175 10 at £170 ... ... 1,700 3 at £165 ... ... 495 3 at £160 ... - ... 480 2 at £155 ... ... 310 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £110 ... ... 110 1 at £96 ... ... 96 lat£66 ... ... 66 Coastwaiters at sub-ports (not being classified Customs officers) 11,612 355 Less estimated credits (including salaries of officers serving with the Expeditionary Force) 57,357 8,600. 48,757

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Item. 1917-18. CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. VOTE No. 64— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Refund of duty on — continued. Band instruments specially imported for Territorial or Cadet bands Band instruments for the Wellington Patriotic Society's band Bayonet-fighting equipment imported by Defence Rifle Clubs or similar bodies approved by the Minister ... Calendars forwarded by the Imperial Government for distribution in New Zealand Chairs for invalids, and clothing, apparatus, and other articles for persons in poor circumstances and who cannot pay the duty Difference between value of goods at time of placing orders and at time of exportation 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 Flour imported between 8th December, 1916, and 7th February, 1917 Gifts sent by soldiers, sailors, or members of military, medical, or nursing staffs on active service abroad, also effects of such persons Goods donated for the benefit of British or Allies' poorGoods donated for the use of the Expeditionary Force Miniature rifles and ammunition for same for the use of Territorials or Cadets Office supplies for the use of H.M. Trade Commissioner Piano (electrically operated) presented to the Auckland fund for sick and wounded soldiers Printed matter of Navy League and similar patriotic societies, as may be approved by the MinisterPresents and relief in kind for enemy prisoners of war Rifles (-22 calibre) imported by National Reserve units Road-rollers and road-graders imported by local bodies on and after 1st January, 1914 Sera and vaccines and anti-toxins 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 ships Yarns specially imported by the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Red Cross Society for making articles for sick and wounded soldiers abroad... Refund of extra duty paid on steam-engines, afterwards sold for dairying, &c. ..." Refund of license fee of tobacco-factory for portion of year during which factory was not used... 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 supervision fees for breweries paid in excess through being overestimated War bonus to officers of the Department ... £ £ 10 200 11 15 12 10 18 4 50 200 II 50 15 200 L6 300 17 2 300 2 357 • 18 4,357 19 1,000 100 20 21 300 22 10 23 2 24 85 25 10 75 5 26 27 28 29 30 1,500 450 31 400 75 100 32 33 8 34 50 35 36 10 5 37 10 88 200 2,100 15,177 39 Total--Vote No. 64 ...

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tern. 1917-18. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 235 VOTE No. 65. Salaries— Head Office— Administrative Division. 1 at £750 750 Professional Division. 1 at £100 (also Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works) ... 100 Class B — 1 at £550 550 Class E— 1 at £325 325 Clerical Division. Class IV — 1 at £345 345 Class VI— £ 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1 at £245 ... ... 245 765 Class VII— 1 at £215 ... ... 215 3 at £200 ... ... 600 1 at £190 ... .. 190 1 at £150 ... ... 150 2 at £135 ... ... 270 2 at £120 ... ... 240 1,665 Class VIII— 2 at £98 ... ... 196 2 at £88 ... ... 176 lat£78 ... ... 78 450 General Division. 1 at £144 ... ... 144 1 at £132 ... ... 132 2 at £120 ... ... 240 1 at £108 ... ... 108 624 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 5,574 1,303 i Harbours — 4,271 Professional Division. Class C — Greymouth — l'at£480 480 General Division. Hokianga — 1 at £280 ... ... 280 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £160 ... ... 160 620

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Item. 1917-18. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. I VOTE No. 65— continued. Salaries— continued. Harbours— continued. £ £ General Division —continued. Kaipara — £ 1 at £311 ... ... 311 1 at £205 ... ... 205 1 at £160 ... ... 160 ' 1 at £156 ... ... 156 Wellington — 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £205 ... ... 205 1 at £155 ... ... 155 Picton — 1 at £280 832 580 280 2,792 145 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force Unclassified Officers. 2,647 Ngunguru — Harbourmaster Tongaporutu — Light-attendant Awakino — Light-attend ant Marakopa — Light-attendant Mokau — Signalman Napier Bluff Lighthouse — Lightkeeper Waitapu — Harbourmaster Collingwood — Harbourmaster and Lightkeeper Karamea — Harbourmaster, Signalman, and Wharfinger Hokitika — Lightkeeper Okarito — Signalman Okuru — Signalman Waikawa — Harbourmaster Anglem Point — Light-attendant 15 25 20 10 50 20 25 70 145 ■ 20 100 60 10 25 Less contributions from Customs vote, and Wellington and Greymouth Harbour Boards 3,242 1,025 Other Charges for and incidental to — Acetone acetylene light for Helensville River Advertising, books, and periodicals Boats and buildings and repairs Buoy-chain, stores, and oil ... Buoys and beacons, and gas for lights ... Cutting channel through Okarito Bar ... 2,217 • 2 3 4 5 6 7 250 5 150 500 250 | 20

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Item. 1917-18. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 VOTE No. 65— continued. Harbours— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Iron buoys Lighting beacons in Helensville River ... Removal of snags and erection of beacons, Little Wanganui Snagging navigable rivers Supervision of beaches, Hauraki Gulf ... Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Wages Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 200 50 25 25 50 50 100 400 50 » 2,125 Lighthouses— Salaries — 4,342 17 General Division. £ 1 at £300 ... ... 300 18 at £205 ... ... 3,690 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £195 ... ... 195 1 at £190 ... .. 190 3 at £185 ... ... 555 3 at £180 ... ... 540 1 at £175 ... ... 175 5 at £165 ... . ... 825 12 at £155 ... ... ; 1,860 6 at £150 ... ... 900 4 at £145 ... ... 580 7 at £140 ... ... 980 4 at £135 ... ... 540 10 at £130 ... ... 1,300 1 at £100 ... ... 100 Unclassified. 12,930 lat£50 50 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 12,980 680 12,300 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 Other Charges for and incidental to — Boats for lighthouses, including repairs... Books, magazines, and newspapers Carriage of mails Destroying rabbits on reserves Dog Island Lighthouse repairs (on account) .Fencing Gas and stores for automatic lights Incandescent burners Keepers' station and travelling-allowances Medical examinations and expenses New cylinders for Chicken Island light ... New dwellings for Puysegur Point New dwellings for Tiri Tiri ... Oil and stores .,. .,, 50 100 350 20 6,000 50 180 50 750 25 220 2,200 1,000 3,750

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Item. 1917-18. xMARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ 32 33 34 85 36 37 3H VOTE No. 65— continued. Lighthouses— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Purchase and shoeing of horses and forage for same... Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, &e. Revolving cowls Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Wages of temporary keepers... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 300 500 460 50 50 1,000 20 17 ,125 Weather-reporting and Meteorological Office— Salaries — 29,425 89 Professional Division. Class B — 1 at £500 Class D — 1 at £325 500 325 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £200 Class VIII— . 1 at £88 200 88 General Division. 96 lat£96 Unclassified. 55 4 Local Reporters Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force 1,264 88 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices Establishment of stations at Chatham Islands, Bealey, and Mount Egmont Extra clerical assistance Inspection of stations Lithographing Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Purchase of instruments and repairs to same Rent, office equipment, and books Telephones Weather messages by wireless Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,176 40 41 30 12 43 11 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 40 120 50 25 1,500 130 300 170 50 100 25 2,540 3,716

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Item.; 1917-18. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. |VOTE No. 65— continued. Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Ships— continued. Salaries —continued. £ £ Professional Division— continued. Class D— £ 5 at £420 ... ... 2,100 3 at £400 ... ... 1,200 6 at £380 ... ... 2,280 3 at £365 ... ... 1,095 5 at £345 ... ... 1,725 2 at £325 ... ... 650 2 at £325 (temporary men, replacing officers joining H.M. Navy) ... 650 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £120 ... ... 120 570 9,700 ), i, !, I I t t 700 570 250 745 505 Less salaries of officers with H.M. Navy ... 13,250 745 12,505 Other Charges for and incidental to — 61 Advertising, books, and periodicals 62 | Collection of inspection fees ... 63 : Rent, cleaning offices, fuel, and light 64 Telephones 65 j Travelling allowances and expenses 66 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 40 150 150 100 3,600 20 4,060 16,565 Protection of Fish and Oysters— 67 Salaries — Professional Division. 440 Class C — 1 at £440 General Division. £ 1 at £250 ... ... 250 3 at £200 ... ... 600 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £156 ... ... 156 Unclassified. 22 Inspectors : 1 at £50, 1 at £35, 2 at £25, 4 at £12, 5 at £10, 3 at £7 10/, 5 at £6, 1 at £5 1,176 290 Other Charges for and incidental to — 68 Benzine, oil, stores, &e 69 Bonuses and gratuities to officers— J. P. Bennett ) ( J. W. Dadson / \ R. E. Widdows > Two years < J. H. Letcher I j J. H. Coad 1,906 68 69 400 20 10 10 10 10

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tern. 1917-18. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ • 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 VOTE No. 65—continued. Protection of Fish and Oysters— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Casual labour Collection and distribution of brown-trout ova Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Anderton, widow of late Curator of Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery ... Grant for costs and maintenance of Fish-hatcheries — Salmon-hatchery at Hakataramea Grant for maintenance of Portobello Fish-hatchery... Importation of rainbow-trout ova Importation of striped bass ... Picking and sale of oysters ... Planting oysters Stocking rivers with salmon... Subsidy to Portobello Fish Hatchery Board for research work (£1 for £1) ... Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 175 200 280 150 500 325 325 5,000 300 700 81 82 150 350 50 8,965 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 10,871 77,149 1,700 Total—Vote No. 65 ... 75,449 GOVERNMENT STEAMERS. VOTE No. 66. Salaries— Professional Division. Class B — 1 at £550 Glass G — 1 at £460 550 460 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 1,010 2 3 4 9,000 1,250 31,460 10,000 5 10,700 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 30,950 500 Total —Vote No. 66 ... 30,450

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Item. 1917-18. MARINE: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. £ £ 17 18 L9 20 21 22 23 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 11 15 L6 1 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 67. Charges for and incidental to — Acquiring land for beach reserve, Hauraki Gulf ... Administration of the Shipping and Seamen Act, and inquiries into shipping casualties ... ... Allowances to officers under Public Service Regulations for performing higher duties ... ... Alterations and repairs to s.s. " Rama" (formerly H M.S. " Torch ") Antarctic ship " Aurora" repairs, wages, stores, insurance, &c. (half expenses to be recovered from the Imperial Government and about two-fifths from the Commonwealth Government) Audit fees for inspection of accounts Beacons, buoys, and lights at— Waitapu, leading-lights Carriage and freight Charts, books, periodicals, and advertising Checking overcrowding of steamers Contribution towards New Zealand's Sailors' Room, England Extra clerical assistance Expenses connected with examinations... Fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance Gas and fuel for offices Grant towards cost of publishing Sir D. Mawson's ! Antarctic, Meteorological, and Magnetic observations Grants — For clearing willows from Mongonui and Wairua Rivers, Kaipara For improving Pakaroa Harbour, Aotea For protection of foreshore, Okuru For repairing wharf, Okuru For repairs to Ti Point Wharf, Whangateau Towards cost of river-protection works, Waikanae Improvement of entrance to Waikare River, Hawke's Bay (£1 for £1) Irrecoverable fees for survey of oil-iaunches ... Maintenance of leading-lights, Piako River ... New Zealand Nautical Almanac ... ... j Office equipment ... ... ... j Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Preparation of tide-tables Printing and stationery Prosecutions under the Shipping and Seamen, Harbours, and Fisheries Acts ... ... Relief of distressed seamen ... ... ... Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in the United Kingdom ... ... ... Remission of rent on foreshore occupied by R, B. Smith and S. Rae, Purakanui Removing willows from Waiotu Stream (subsidy, £2 for£l) Repairs to wharf at Tongaporutu ... ... Repairs and improvements to Ruawai Wharf, Kaipara (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ... ... Repairs to Colac Bay Jetty (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Repairs to Gumtown Wharf... Repairs to Whangaroa Wharf (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... Repairing shed, Grove Wharf ... ... ! Repairing and improving Kenepuru Canal ... j Snagging Upper Mokau River (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... ] 50 400 100 100 450 75 75 150 300 500 25 1,280 300 500 25 250 250 50 40 60 100 40 200 25 40 450 100 1,200 550 900 75 100 75 1 150 15 225 50 25 100 20 60 100 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 10 11 42 13

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Item. 1917-18. MARINE : MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. £ £ 44 45 46 47 48 VOTE No. 67— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Snagging Waihou River, Hokianga Subsidies for— Repair of Ti Point Wharf, Whangateau Harbour (£lfor£l) Repairing and extending wharf, French Pass (£1 for£l) Repairing wharf, Russell (£1 for £1) ... Repairs to Waikawa Bay, French Pass, wharf (£1 for£l) Repairs to wharf, Waihola Lake (£1 for £1) Superannuation of R. C. Hunter, injured on " Tutanekai " Survey of unseaworthy ships Telephones Travelling expenses and allowances Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote War bonus to officers of the Department 50 50 300 112 113 75 49 50 51 52 53 54 90 30 75 50 55 50 2,160 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 12,736 800 Total—Vote No. 67 ... 11,91 11,936 131 6 TOTAL OF CLASS XI 42194,698 .98

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CLASS XII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote No. 68.—Department of Labour ... 18,175 16,340 34,515 TOTAL OF CLASS XII ... 18,175 6,340 34,515 tern. 1 17-18. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. £ Total number of offioers 1917-18. 108 VOTE No. 68. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £650 650 Professional Division. Class D— 1 at £345 345 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £405 405 Class V— 3 at £315 3 at £290 £ 945 870 Class VI— 2 at £260 2 at £245 520 490 1,815 1,010 Class VII— 3 at £220 1 at £210 1 at £200 2 at £190 1 at £180 2 at £165 1 at £150 2 at £135 1 at £120 660 210 200 380 180 330 150 270 120 2,500 Class VIII— 2 at £110 5 at £95 5 at £80 8 at £65 220 475 400 520 1,615

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Item. _ ' 1{ 19 7-18. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR— continued. 10 11 12 13 14 15 L6 17 18 19 20 21 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 .7 8 9 iO 11 ;2 13 :4 i5 6 7 8 ,9 0 1 2 VOTE No. 68— continued. £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. ) Expenses, Medical Referees, under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908 ... ... ... 5 Fares, board and lodging, and supplies advanced to persons proceeding to employment ... ... 450 i Fees for inspection of scaffolding by special officers... 50 I Fees payable to acting members of the Court of Arbitration ... ... ... 25 Fees payable to assessors of Industrial Councils ... 1,750 i Fees for medical examination of officers... ... 5 i I Legal and witnesses' expenses ... ... 50 Office requisites, fuel, and lighting ... ... 400 ! Payment of special messengers, Arbitration Court ... 15 ( P/istage and telegrams, including rent of letter-boxes 1,500 I . Printing and stationery ... ... ... 1,750 Purchase of boots and shoes under section 5 (3) of the Footwear Regulation Act, 1913 ... ... 10 ! Rebate of fares of persons proceeding to employment 300 I Tea-money for officers working overtime ... 40 Telephones ... ... ... 250 i Temporary Assistance ... ... ... 50 1 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 4,800 Typewriters and other office appliances... ... 150 I Workers' Dwellings— Administration and travelling expenses ... 500 I Fire insurance, rates, and repairs of dwellings erected under the Workers' Dwellings Act, 1905 800 I Fire insurance and rates of dwellings erected under the Workers' Dwellings Act, 1910 ... ... 850 War bonus to officers of the Department ... 880 I Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 25 £ 5 450 50 25 1,750 50 400 15 1,500 1,750 10 300 40 250 50 4,800 150 £ 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 500 29 800 30 850 880 31 32 25 16,740 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 400 16,740 400 16,340 Total—Vote No. 68 ... 16,340 34,515 TOTAL OF CLASS XII .... .... £34, 115

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CLASS XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY.

1917-18. Salaries. : Other Other Charges. Total. ]__ I I £ Vote No. 69.—Department of Lands and 105,617 1 Survey 70.—Miscellaneous Services ... ... ' £ 78,061 k £ 183,671 58,368 58,361 „ 71. —Valuation ... ... 23,641 9,743 33,38 TOTAL OF CLASS XIII ... 129,258 U :6,172 6,172 275,430 i Item. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. . _.. 1917-18. Total number of officers and artisans .. 558 £ £ VOTE No. 69. 1 Salaries— Administration Division. 850 1 at £850 Professional Division. Class A — £ 1 at £700 ... ... 700 1 at £650 ... ... 650 3 at £600 ... ... 1,800 Class B — 6 at £525 Class G— 1 at £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 23 at £365 ... ... 8,395 3 at £345 ... ... 1,035 4 at £325 ... ... 1,300 Class E— 40 at £300 ... ... 12,000 3 at £280 ... ... 840 7 at £260 ... ... 1,820 2 at £235 ... ... 470 1 at £210 ... ... 210 Class F— 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 3 at £120 ... ... 360 1 at £110 ... ... 110 3,150 3,150 2,300 13,470 15,340 1,550

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tern. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. £ ! £ VOTE No. 69— continued. Salaries — continued. Clerical Division. Class I— £ 1 at £550 Class III— 4 at £425 ... ... 1.700 1 at £385 ... 385 Glass IV— 8 at £370 ... ... 2,960 2 at £360 ... ... 720 11 at £345 ... ... 3,795 3 at £330 ... ... 990 Class V— 19 at £315 ... ... 5,985 1 at £310 ... ... 310 1 at £300 ... 300 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £280 ... ... 280 8 at £275 ... ... 2,200 Class VI— 36 at £260 ... ... 9,360 14 at £245 ... ... 3,430 1 at £240 ... ... 240 5 at £230 ... ... 1,150 Class VII— 25 at £220 ... 5,500 4 at £215 ... ... 860 14 at £210 ... ... 2,940 17 at £200 ... ... 3,400 6 at £190 ... ... 1,140 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 7 at £165 ... ... 1,155 2 at £150 ... ... 300 2 at £140 ... ... 280 12 at £135 ... ... 1,620 11 at £120 ... ... 1,320 Class VIII— 10 at £110 ... ... 1,110 1 at £100 ... ... 100 10 at £95 ... ... 950 16 at £80 ... ... 1,280 28 at £65 ... ... 1,820 10 at £50 ... ... 500 550 2,085 8,465 9,365 14,180 19,775 Cadets' lodging-allowances ... ... 800 Special allowances to officers performing higher duties, &c. ... ... 300 5,760 1,100 General Division. 6 at £320 ... ... 1,920 3 at £300 ... ... 900 8 at £290 ... ... 2,320 1 at £280 ... ... 280 5 at £260 ... ... 1,300 3 at £250 ... ... 750 2 at £240 , ... ... 480 3 at £230 ... ... 690 1 at £225 ... ... 225 3 at £220 ... ... 660 1 at £210 ... ... 210 2 at £200 ... ... 400 •

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tern. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. < 22 23 24 I 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 ") o ™,, Extra surveyors' assistants j Wages, &e ... ... 9,000 £ £ 450 8,600 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 4546 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Travelling allowances and expenses, including transfer of officers Trigs and standards, establishment and maintenance of Aukopae Block, Taranaki — To complete formation in and continuation of Wanganui River Road ... Compensation to Charles Stevens for determination of lease of Small Grazing-run 98, Tutamoe Compensation to J. L. Peffers for value of improvements on Sections 57b, 58b, 59b, and 63b, Block XII, Wairoa Survey District Drainage of Lake Rotongaro (subsidy) ... Half-cost of boundary fencing between Sections Ia, Ias, and 2a, 2as, Erina Settlement ... Matata-Whakatane Road— Bridges across Rangitaiki and Tarawera Rivers ... Moana Township— Clearing and formation of streets (subsidy £1 for £1) Paymerft of capital value of land to be acquired in lieu of post-office site (Wainui Domain) Purchase price of Section 188, Mahurangi Parish (Lower Matakana School site) Purchase of sheep for Kapiti Island Purchase of Motuopae Island Purchase price of Sections 39 and 40, Te Aroha (Lipsey Block), for road extension Rates on Crown lands, Rangitaiki Land Drainage Area Remission of rent to members of Expeditionary Forces under Section 23, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915 Remission of rent under section 7, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915— Section 8, Block VII, Hope Section 7, Block 15, Retaruke Section 12, Block IV, Puketapu Section 14, Block IV, Kaihu Section 12, Block IV, Kaihu Section 19, Block III, Kaihu Section 6a, Block IV, Kaihu Section 10, Block IV, Kaihu Section 6, Block IV, Kaihu Section 5, Block IV, Kaihu Section 2, Block IV, Kaihu Section 11, Block IV, Kaihu Section 32, Block VI, Takahue Section 75, Block XI, Tokatoka Run 561, Benmore Run 562, Benmore Sections 9s and 9as, Erina Settlement Section 2, Block II, Awakino Remission of rent : Section 13, Block XVII, Jacob's River Hundred ... 12,000 25 6,000 800 26 27 2,000 28 29 400 179 200 30 31 150 32 2,000 33 34 150 35 50 36 37 38 15 500 150 39 40 120 300 502 41 12 43 11 45 16 47 is 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 31 30 93 21 14 18 14 32 12 22 35 31 6 15 28 34 30 22 1

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

tern. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. £ £ 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 VOTE No. 69— continued. Other Charges vou and incidental to — continued. Remission of rent under section 56, Land for Settlement Act, 190.8— Section 31, Janefield Settlement Section 4, Block XVI, Braeburn Settlement Section 20b, Waimana Settlement Remission of rent— Section 15, Block II, Aria Road access— To Rotokare Lake Domain To Sections 14, Block X, and 27, Block XIV, Waoku To Small Grazing-run 60 Waimata (subsidy £1 for £1) To Section 12, Block VII, Tutamoe (formation) ... Roading and preparing for settlement Crown lands in Blocks VIII to XIII, Mokoreta Survey District, Southland Thames County Council — Rates—Rangitaiki Land Drainage Area Tokanui-Haldane Road, Southland Value of improvements on pastoral and small grazingruns on expiry of license, payment of to outgoing lessees Waikato River Board— Maramarua Stream, clearing willows and dredging, Kopuku Ohinewai (Churchill channel) clearing and dredging (subsidy, £4 for £1)... Opuatia Stream, blasting rock Opuatia Stream, clearing willows Waikato River, repairing groynes Whangape Creek, clearing willows War bonus to officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 8 37 3 50 100 200 100 100 1,000 69 108 2,000 70 71 4,000 72 450 73 •400 100 100 500 200 9,000 74 75 76 77 78 79 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 120,061 42,000 Total—Vote No. 69 ... 78,061 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 183,678 1 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 70. Charges for and incidental to — Akeake Drainage BoardAratapu Swamp, grant towards drainage of 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 ... 83 100 500 630 500 200 7 8 1O0 9 50 50

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Item. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 19 7-18. £ £ 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. 129 Refund of second-class railway fares to discharged soldiers applying for land ... 130 I Refunds for improvements effected Remissions — 131 Remission of rent to Crown tenants being wives of soldiers on active service 132 ! Remission of rent to members of Expeditionary Forces under section 23, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915 Remission of Rent— 133 Section 21, Block XI, Mapara 134 i Section 2, Block XI, Mapara 135 ! Section 19, Block XIV, Rimu Remission of Rent under Section 7, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915— 186 Section 8, Block XI, Mahoe 137 I Section 71, Block XIV, Morsewood ... 138 Section 22. Block XIII, Manganui ... 139 Section 23, Block XIII, Manganui 140 Section 24, Block VI, Hautapu 141 Section 10, Block XI, Retaruke 142 Section 11. Block XI, Retaruke 143; Section 3, Block XV, Retaruke 144 | Section 5, Block XV, Retaruke 145 I Section 24, Block VIII, Hukeranui ... 146 1 Section 1, Block XIV, Retaruke ... j 147 1 Section 4, Block XV, Retaruke ... ... j 148 Section 2, Block XIV, Retaruke 149 j Section 2, Block XV, Retaruke 150 ! Section 8, Block II, Pakawau 151 j Section 4, Block II, Waitapu 152 Section 1, Block X, Retaruke 153 ; Section 2, Block X, Retaruke 154 ! Section 1, Block XV, Retaruke 155 Section 4, Block III, Whirinaki 156 Section 5, Block III, Whirinaki 157 Section 6, Block III, Whirinaki ... ... 158 Section 7, Block III, Whirinaki ... ... ] 159 Section 8, Block III, Whirinaki ... ... 160 Section 10, Block III, Whirinaki ... ... I 161 Section 3, Block V, Whirinaki 162 Section 4, Block V, Whirinaki 163. Section 5, Block V, Whirinaki 164 t Section 9, Block II, Whirinaki 165 Section 6, Block IV, Whirinaki 166 Section 11, Block IV, Gorge District ... 167 ! Section 6, Block IV, Gorge District ... 168; Section 10, Block IV, Gorge District ... 169 I Section 3, Block IX, Whirinaki 170 | Section 1, Block II, Whirinaki 171 S.G. Run 238o, Tarras .. 172 S.G. Run 238, Tarras 173 Section 11, Block XIV, Punakitere .. 174! Lot 537, Benmore 175 : Lot 539, Benmore 176 i Lot 540, Benmore 177 Lot 538, Benmore 178 Lot 542, Benmore 179 Lot 563, Benmore 180 Lot 541, Benmore 181 Lot 564, Benmore 182 Section 20, Block XIV, Rimu 183 | Section 1, Block III, Alton .,, ...I 300 50 300 7,000 94 96 21 61 11 30 19 70 44 32 18 14 16 48 31 29 23 4 8 12 85 14 15 39 29 16 15 26 32 81 34 12 57 86 73 86 29 17 33 63 39 4 5 3 48 38 36 32 24 6 26

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Item. 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 184 185 186 187 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 .88 VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to —continued. Remission of Rent under Section 7, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915— continued. Section 20, Block I, Alton Section 22, Block I, Alton Section 19, Block I, Alton Section 21, Block I, Alton Remissions of Rent under Section 13, War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916— Section 4, Block VIII, Tutaki Remission of Rent under Section 56, Land for Settlements Act, 1908— Section 99, Block II, Ardgowan Settlement Section 2, Ardlussa Settlement Section 4. Tautari Settlement Section 32, Maraewhenua Settlement... Section 6, Tautari Settlement Section 19, Block XI, Mount Olympus (Hillersden Settlement). Removal of sunken and derelict logs, Northern Wairoa River Remuneration to Mr. E. Bold, Land Purchase Officer, Public Works Department, for services in connection with compensation for claims, Tiratu Block (Hawke's Bay) Road Access — To Sections 28, 29, and 30, Otau Parish, formation of track (subsidy, £1 for £1) To Section 3a, Block V, Waoku To Section 9, Block XI, and Section 7, Block XVI, Tutamoe SI). To Owepanga Block : Construction of bridge across On game River Through Lot 15, Katikati Parish To Sections 43 and 44, Block XII, Mangahua Hunua Riding Roads, Hunua Parish ... To Section 103, Otau Parish (subsidy) Hickman's Bridge, Glynnewye Run, Canterbury (subsidy) To Crown lands, purchase of land for, and fencing To Small Grazing-run 14, Block IV, Moeangiangi (subsidy, £1 for £1) To Section 9, Block XII, Tutamoe ... To Section 17, Block VI, Hokianga S.D. To Runs 186a and 186e, Lee Flat Road, Otago : Contribution towards payment of compensation, Ac. Through Sections 224 and 224 N.W. and 315, Waipa Parish : Compensation, &c. ... Invercargill Hundred, Sections 73 and 75, Block XXII: Ditching, forming, &e, of roads To Run 47, Ngatapa Survey District: Purchase of land and fencing To Run 253, Wart Hill: Road formation (subsidy, £lfor£l) 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) 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) £ 25 26 26 26 130 24 150 27 25 62 94 150 53 150 150 200 350 121 150 350 45 £ 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 50 1,500 208 209 210 200 100 100 84 211 100 212 100 213 1,167 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 250 150 15 150 145 547 500 50 100 100 30

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tcm.l 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. 161 162 163 164 165 !66 167 168 169 VOTE No. 70— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued, Waitoa River, snagging (above junction with Piako River) Waiwhero Drain (subsidy, £1 for £1) Wanganui River (improvement) Wanganui River mail service Water - supply : Highbank, Avenel, ami Velverde Settlements (subsidy, 5s. in the £1) ... Water-supply for settlers, Tematai Road, Te Puke (subsidy, £1 for £1) Westport-Karamea mail service, subsidy towards ... West Winton River Board (subsidy, £1 for £1) Wharepoa-Kerepehi drainage outfall £ £ 190 33 2,000 775 158 750 200 225 100 90,368 Less commitments which will not be expended during the year 30,000 Less credits in reduction of expenditure 60,368 2,000 Total—Vote No. 70 ... 58,368 58 58,368 VALUATION. 1 ! VOTE No. 71. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £700 700 Clerical Division. Class II — 1 at £460 Glass III— 1 at £425 Class IV— £ 3 at £370 ... ... 1,110 1 at £360 ... ... 360 Class V — 1 at £315 ... ... 315 3 at £290 ... ... 870 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Glass VI— 11 at £260 ... ... 2,860 3 at £245 ... ... 735 3 at £230 ... ... 690 Class VII— 7 at £220 ... ... 1,540 17 at £210 ... ... 3,570 2 at £200 ... ... 400 2 at £190 .. ... 380 1 at £165 ... ... 165 4 at £150 ... ... 600 1 at £135 ... ... 135 2 at £120 ... ... 240 Class VIII— —— 1 at £110 ... ... 110 2 at £95 ... ... 190 3 at £80 ... ... 240 2 at £65 ... ... 130 Lodging-allowances — 2 at £18, 1 at £13 460 425 1,470 1,460 4,285 7,030 670 49

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Item. 1917-18. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. i £ . VOTE No. 72— continued. Head Office— continued, Salaries —continued. Clerical Division— continued, Class VII— £ 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £210 ... ... 210 4 at £200 ... ... 800 5 at £190 ... ... 950 3 at £180 ... ... 540 1 at £165 ... ... 165 5 at £150 ... ... 750 3 at £135 ... ... 405 1 at £120 ... ... 120 Class VIII— 6 at £110 ... 660 2 at £108 ... ... 216 1 at £100 ... ... 100 4 at £98 ... ... 392 lat£95 ... ... 95 2 at £88 ... ... 176 4 at £80 ... ... 320 4 at £78 (9 months) ... ... 234 1 at £65 ...- ... 65 lat£50 ... ... 50 2 at £50 (6 months) ... ... 50 4,820 2,358 General Division. 1 at £240 ... ... 240 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £171 ... ... 171 1 at £166 ... ... 166 1 at £165 ... ... 165 2 at £120 ... ... 240 1 at £117 ... ... 117 2 at £108 ... ... 216 1 at £96 ... ... 96 2 at £78 ... ... 156 1,787 Board of Trade. 3 Members at £700 ... ... 2,100 Secretary, £460 ... ... 460 1 at £117 (8 months) ... ... 78 2,638 General Division. 1 at £156 156 Trade Representatives. 1 at £250 (also Tourist Agent, £350) ... 250 1 at £100 (also Tourist Agent, £270) ... 100 1 at £50 (also Tourist Agent, £50) 50 400 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 21,467 141 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 21,326 3,791 17,535

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tem. 1917-18. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE — continued. VOTE No. 72— continued. Head Office— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, printing, stationery, and photographs ... Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties ... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Bicycles, motors, 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 ... ... 100 Other expenses ... ... 400 £ £ 3, 000 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 75 500 100 400 1,750 5,675 200 12 13 50 200 500 M 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Expenses of conferences in connection with purchase of Imperial supplies Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage not otherwise provided for Government meat-shops: Purchase of stock and general working-expenses... 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 Purchase and expenses in connection with jam obtained for Imperial War Office (recoverable) ... Purchase of wheat in Australia and New Zealand ... 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, Fuel, Light, Water, Furniture, Office Requisites, Insurance, Cleaning Offices, Outbuildings, Yards, and Approaches — £ Wages ... ... 200 Other expenses ... .... 800 200 50 50 40,000 200 25 5,000 4,500 500 300 25 26 3,120 100,000 240 100 27 28 29 30 San Francisco Exhibition .. Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidy to Buffer County Council on lime supplied to Pakihi lands Subsidy (half) towards steamer service, Chatham Islands Subsidy (half) towards steam service, New ZealandSan Francisco Subsidy (half) towards steam service, New ZealandVancouver Subsidy, steamer service, Westport-Karamea Travelling allowances and expenses 1,000 100 300 31 50 32 250 33 12,500 34 10,000 100 1,500 35 36

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tcm. 1917-18. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 72— continued. Live-stock Division —continued. Salaries —continued. 40 General Division. £ I at £340 ... ... 340 10 at £330 ... ... 3,300 1 at £305 ... ... 305 11 at £300 ... ... 3,300 5 at £270 ... ... 1,350 1 at £260 ... ... 260 6 at £250 ... ... 1,500 12 at £240 ... ... 2,880 2 at £230 ... ... 460 1 at £230 (6 months) ... ... 115 2 at £220 ... ... 440 4 at £220 (6 months) ... ... 440 2 at £210 ... ... 420 18 at £200 ... ... 3,600 2 at £195 ... ... 390 5 at £190 ... ... 950 1 at £185 ... ... 185 2 at £180 (6 months) ... ... 180 2 at £175 ... ... 350 14 at £170 ... ... 2,380 25 at £164 ... ... 4,100 7 at £160 ... ... 1,120 6 at £156 (6 months) ... ... 468 9 at £150 ... ... 1,350 1 at £130 ... ... 130 2 at £115 ... ... 230 30,543 1 Inspector of manure-sterilizing ... 450 1 Assistant to Inspector of Manuresterilizing at Sydney ... ... 182 2 part-time Veterinarians at £150 ... 300 932 Less proportion of increases t6 salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 44,857 208 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 44,649 5,033 Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Applying tuberculin test to stock and disposing of diseased cattle Bicycles and repairs Experimental Farm, Mamaku : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Stock, and Provision for Visitors— 39,616 41 105 42 250 350 43 14 Wages ... ... £100 Other expenses ... ... 1,000 Experiments in connection with bush-sickness and allied troubles ... ... Extra clerical assistance Grant towards publishing results of New Zealand Poultry Club's egg-laying competition 1,100 45 100 50 46 47 50

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ltom. 1917-18. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ 48 VOTE No. 72— continued Live-stock Division —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Grant towards cost of printing report of New Zealand Poultry Conference Inoculation of Calves for " Black-leg"— Wages ... ... £100 Other expenses ... ... 50 10 49 10 Inspection of dairies ' ... Inspection of Manure-sterilizing (Australia and India) : Labour, Travelling, Office, and other Expenses— Wages ... ... £200 Other expenses ... ... 400 150 150 50 51 52 63 54 Inspection of meat Legal expenses Milton Poultry Farm : General Working, Buildings, Purchase of Birds and Material, and Provision for Visitors— 600 450 50 Wages ... ... £200 Other expenses ... ... 1,000 1,200 55 Quarantine Stations, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton— Wages ... ... £600 Other expenses ... ... 1,800 56 57 Removal expenses Subscriptions and extensions, to telephones, including bureau charges Special experimental work in connection with poultry Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... Veterinary Laboratory: General Working, Land and j Buildings, and Investigation of Diseases— Wages ... ... £150 Other expenses ... ... 500 2,400 500 58 59 60 200 100 7,500 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Live-stock Division items of the vote 650 61 150 Fields Division— Salaries — 16,115 62 Professional Division. 700 Class A — 1 at £700 Class C — 1 at £480 Class 1) — 2 at £400 Class E— 1 at £300 •'.-v 480 800 ■"... 300' - "Glerical Division. Class V — •'. '■ :"■■'■' '.'"."" '..::: 1 at £315 ... ... ...- Class VI— ■ .. . : : :.£ .. 1 at £245 ..•:.'.'..•■- '»<//. :u.■.-<"..:us: ;.:;;;I..:. Ij; 245. 1 at £200 (6 ■months) '... ':'.. 100" 3.15 345

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Item. 1917-18.-AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. 'JO 91 92 93 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 VOTE No. 72— continued. Fields Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Experimental and plants for distribution Extra clerical assistance Grading grain Grading New Zealand hemp Grant to Bainham Farmers' Union towards construction of special road to lime-works Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association Growing wheat on land at Poukawa, lent by Mr. H. M. Campbell Guarantee to vendors supplying farmers with seed wheat or fertilizers, and purchase of agricultural tractors for sale to farmers (on account) Investigation of montane tussock land, South Island Legal expenses Purchase of seed, wheat, and manures ... Purchase of stud stock, including expenses of importation Purchase of threshing-machines for sale or hire to farmers in connection with wheat-growing (on account) Removal expenses Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges Subsidies to local bodies for the destruction of the kea Subsidy to model dairy farm and experimental area, Stratford Travelling-allowances and expenses Travelling expenses of J. Duncan, Assistant Director, visiting Australia Wages and Expenses in connection with Destruction of Noxious Weeds— £ Wages ... ... 250 Other expenses ... ... 100 £ £ 50 50 100 50 100 100 800 100 500 50 500 94 500 100 500 95 96 97 98 150 50 99 .00 300 10,500 78 .01 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the Fields Division items of the vote 350 .02 50 Horticulture Division — Salaries — 61,057 .03 Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £600 Glass D— 1 at £380 600 380 Clerical Division. Class V— 1 at £275 Class VII— £ 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— 1 at £88 275 715 88 General Division. 1 at £320 ... ... 320 1 at £315 ... ... 315 1 at £313 ... ... 313

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

i 1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 73.—Head Office ... ... 11,923 2,260: 14,183 EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. Vote No. 74.—Elementary Education ... 20,447 954,826' 975,273 „ 75.-Secondary and Higher 807 121,798 j 122,605 Education „ 76.—Technical Instruction ... 1,055 83,827 84,882 „ 77.—Training Colleges and ... 50,543 50,543 Training of Teachers „ 78.—Native Schools ... 33,536 3,744 37,280 „ 79.—School buildings, furniture, ... 129,360 129,360 and sites 20,447 807 954,826 121,798 1,055 83,827 50,543 33,536 3,744 129,360 55,845 1,344,098 1,399,943 55,845 1,344,098 PHYSICAL AGENCIES. — Vote No. 80.—Physical Training ... 2,380 1,345 3,725 „ 81.—Medical Inspection ... 4,000 2,100 6,100 2,380 4,000 1,345 2,100 6,380 3,445 I 9,825 6,380 3,445 : SOCIAL AGENCIES. | Special Schools— Vote No. 82.— Education of the Blind ... 225 225 „ 83.— School for the Deaf ... 4,244 107 4,351 „ 84.— Schools for the Feeble- 6,316 3,767 10,083 minded „ 85.— Industrial Schools ... 16,836 23,780 40,616 „ 86.—Infant Life Protection ... 1,077 445 1,522 „ 87.—Probation System ... 458 1,110 1,568 „ 88.—Material and Stores ... ... 6,100 6,100 4,244 6,316 16,836 1,077 458 225 107 3,767 23,780 445 1,110 6,100 28,931 35,534 64,465 28,931 35,534 . „ 89.—Miscellaneous Services ... ... 74,463 74,463 74,463 TOTAL OF CLASS XV ... 103,079 1,459,800 1,562,879 1,4 >9,800 1,562,879 Hem. 1 : Q1*T-_1Q 1917-18. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 1Jli m HEAD OFFICE. , 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 70 £ £ £ £ VOTE No. 73. 1 Salaries— Administrative Division. 900 1 at £900 ... ... ... 900 Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £700 ... ... ... 700 700 Glass B — 2 at £575 ... ... ... 1,150 1,150 1,850

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tern. 191 7-18. HEAD OFFICE- continued. £ £ 2 3 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 73— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Clerical assistance Office requisites, books, publications, telephones, special messages, forwarding charges, and payment for overtime and meal allowance Travelling and removal expenses and allowances ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 1,500 400 350 4 5 10 14,183 Total Vote No. 73 ... 2,260 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 42 1 VOTE No. 74. Salaries— Professional Division. Glass B— £ 1 at £742 ... ... 742 1 at £620 ... ... 620 1 at £611 ... ... 611 1 at £597 ... ... 597 6 at £575 ... ... 3,450 1 at £563 ... ... 563 1 at £562 ... ... 562 1 at £542 ... ... 542 19 at £525 ... ... 9,975 4 at £500 ... ... 2,000 Class G— — 3 at £480 Temporary Inspectors Additional for Inspectors performing extra duties attached to positions of higher grade 19,662 1,440 800 150 22,052 1,605 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 20,447 Charges for and incidental to — Grants to Education Boards for the following pur3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 poses :— Additions to incidental allowances for School Committees, supplementary to payments under the Eighth Schedule of the Education Act, 1914 (war provision) General Administrative Purposes: Capitation on average attendance (Education Act, 1914, section 6 (1), (c), (iii)) Relieving Teachers School and class libraries : Capitation Special allowances (continuation) to teachers of Chatham Islands schools Teachers' Salaries: Including pupil-teachers' and probationers' allowances* Conference of education authorities: Educational agencies 9,000 93,000 5,725 1,200 4 5 6 7 55 8 1888,000 100

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tern. 1917-18. SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION— contd. £ £ 9 10 11 VOTE No. 75— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Travelling expenses and allowances University Colleges— Educational Bursaries Agricultural Bursaries: Allowances and tuition fees Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 300 500 400 12 10 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 127,050 5,252 Total—Vote No. 75 ... 121,798 122,605 TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 2 VOTE No. 76. Salaries — Professional Division. Glass B— 1 at £575 575 Glass G — 1 at £480 480 1,055 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Other Charges for and incidental to — Capitation and grants (including free places), technical and continuation classes ... Conveyance of instructors and students attending registered classes ... ■ ,.. Conveyance of pupils Examination expenses Material Scholarships and bursaries ... Travelling expenses and allowances Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 78,000 1,200 3,000 400 3,000 1,600 200 10 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 87,410 3,473 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 83,937 110 Total—Vote No. 76... 83,827 84,882

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Item. 191 -18. SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, AND SITES. VOTE No. 79. Charges for and incidental to — General maintenance of school buildings under control of Education Department, including small additions to buildings, alterations, rebuilding, furniture, fittings, fencing, rents, additions and improvements of sites, and incidental expenses— Native schools Industrial schools Schools for the Feeble-minded School for the Deaf General maintenance of public school buildings, and small additions to buildings, alterations, rebuilding, furniture, fittings, fencing, rents, additions and improvements of sites, &e... Grants to Education Boards— For house allowances to teachers For rebuilding and furnishing of schools destroyed by fire, and for rent of temporary premises during rebuilding Grants for— Maintenance of Secondary School buildings Maintenance of Technical School buildings Rents for Manual and Technical Schools and class £ 1 2 3 4 5 1,250 3,000 450 100 97,500 6 7 25,750 3,000 8 9 10 150 500 11 purposes ... New Plymouth High School: Grant towards cost of reinstatement of buildings destroyed by fire Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 900 12 5,000 10 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ' ... 137,610 8,250 Total—Vote No. 79 ... 129,360 PHYSICAL TRAINING. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 12 VOTE No. 80. Salaries— General Division (Instructors). £ 5 at £240 ... ... 1,200 3 at £220 ... ... 660 2 at £210 ... ... 420 1 at £200 (9 months) ... ... 150 1 at £200 (9 months), (temporary) ... 150 2,580 Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force (10 months) 2,580 200 Other Charges for and incidental to — Courses of instruction (including camps) for teachers Equipment for training classes Office requisites, freight and cartage, advertising, books, engraving, insurance, storage, repair of material, &c. 2,380 2 3 4 150 20 40

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

tem. 19 7-18. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 31 VOTE No. 83. Salaries— Professional and Education Divisions. Teachers — £ 1 at £500 ... ... 500 1 at £330 ... .. 330 1 at £290 ... ... 290 2 at £260 ... ... 520 1 at £230 ... ... 230 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £160 . . ... 160 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £140 ... ... 140 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £120 ... ... 120 2 at £100 (6 months) ... ... 100 General Division. 3,060 • Maintenance Staff — 2 at £160 ... ... 320 1 at £120 ... • ... 120 1 at £100 ... ... 100 4 at £85 ... ... 340 1 at £65 ... ... 65 lat£55 ... ... 55 lat£52 ... ... 52 5 at £50 ... ... 250 1,302 Unclassified, Medical Officer (also £83, Industrial School, Burnham) 22 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 4,384 140 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 4,244 2 3 4 2,000 25 5 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 250 25 2,300 193 4,351 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 2,107 2,000 107 Total—Vote No. 83... -" ' !

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I .turn. 1917-18. SCHOOLS FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED— contd. VOTE No. 84— continued. Salaries— continued. Education and General Divisions— continued. Special School for Girls, Caversham, — Teachers — £ 1 at £200 ( (for 6 months ) - 25 ° Maintenance Staff — 1 at £150\ 1 at £130 1 at £100 I (for 6 months) ... 330 2 at £75 2 at £65 j 580 Other Charges foe and incidental to — Maintenance of institutions, including provisions, clothing, equipment, stock, farm-expenses, &c. Publications, advertising, &c. Travelling expenses and allowances, including transit of children Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 6,316 2 3 4 7,700 50 5 750 50 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 8,550 283 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 8,267 4,500 Total—Vote No. 84 ... 3,767 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. 10,083 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 144 VOTE No. 85. Salaries— Education and General Divisions. Visiting and Probation Officers— £ 1 at £250 ... ... ... 250 4 at £250 (9 months) ... ... 750 1 at £240 (3 months) ... ... 60 1 at £210 ... ... 210 Schools — Auckland— 1 at £190 ... ... 190 1 at £150 .. ... ... 150 1 at £120 ... .. 120 1 at £100 . . „ 100 1 at £85 ... ... 85 3 at £55 - ... ... 165 1 at £13 ... ... 13 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 55 1,270

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

Item. 1917-18. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 85— continued. Salaries— continued. Education and General Divisions— continued. Schools —continued. Nelson Boys' Training Farm— continued. £ 1 at £70 ... ... 70 3 at £65 ... ... 195 1 at £60 ... ... 60 1 at £55 ... ... 55 lat£50 ... ... 50 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 75 3,405 Christchurch Receiving Home— 1 at £275 ... ... 275 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £110 ... ... 110 lat£95 ... ... 95 3 at £55 ... ... 165 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 22 957 Te Oranga Home— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £130 ... ... 130 2 at £100 ... ... 200 1 at £85 ... ... 85 2 at £70 .... ... 140 lat£65 ... ... 65 lat£60 ... ... 60 4 at £55 ... ... 220 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 33 1,153 Burnham— 1 at £270 ... ... 270 1 at £265 (four months) ... 88 1 at £250 ... ... 250 2 at £170 ... ... 340 2 at £160 ... ... 320 2 at £155 ... ... 310 2 at £150 ... ... 300 1 at £140 ... • ... 140 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £115 ... ... 115 2 at £105 ... ... 210 3 at £85 ... ... 255 1 at £75 ... ... 75 lat£60 ... ... 60 1 at £55 ... ... 55 2 at £10 ... ... 20 Medical Officer (part time, non-resident) 83 3,291 Caversham — 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £170 ... ... 170 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £150 ... ... 150 1 at £100 ... ... 100

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Item. 1917-18. INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 5 £ £ VOTE No. 86. Salaries— General Division. 5 at £160 800 Unclassified. Local Representatives 277 1,077 2 3 4 5 6 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of infants in foster-homes ... Medical attendance of infants Rent of offices, telephones, &c. Travelling expenses and allowances Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 150 25 45 300 25 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 545 100 Total—Vote No. 86 ... 445 1,522 PROBATION SYSTEM. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 6 VOTE No. 87. Salaries— General Division. Auckland— £ 1 at £150 (6 months) ... ... 75 1 at £95 (10 months) ... ... 79 Wellington— 1 at £95 (6 months) Christchurch — 1 at £150 (9 months) .. ... 112 1 at £95 (9 months) ... ... 72 Dunedin— 1 at £95 (9 months) 154 48 184 72 458 2 3 4 5 Other Charges for and incidental to — Maintenance of Homes, including provisions, clothing, equipment, &c. Rent Travelling expenses and allowances Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 600 500 50 10 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,160 50 Total Vote No. 87 ... 1,110 1,568

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CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION—continued.

Item. 1917-18. MATERIAL AND STORES. £ £ VOTE No. 88. Charges for and incidental to — Material and stores Store (lighting, cleaning, &e), cartage, &c. 6,000 100 1 2 Total—Vote No. 88... 6,100 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOTE No. 89. Charges for and incidental to — Accounts system, allowance to officers of other Departments for special services in connection with report on Allowance to Native school teacher for loss sustained by flood, Mangatuna-Tolaga Bay Audit fees for inspection of accounts Council of Education, including District Advisory Committees : Allowances and travelling-expenses of members, clerical assistance, advertising, incidental expenses, &c. ... ... Examinations: Teachers', Public Service, Scholarships, &e Flags for schools Grant in aid of free kindergartens for infants under school age, and Montessori equipment Grant to Government Life Insurance Department for actuarial services in connection with Teachers' Superannuation Fund Juvenile Employment Bureaux Postage, telegrams, registration of code addresses, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery, &e— Store for general departmental purposes : Incidental expenses (lighting, cleaning, &e) Training-classes for returned soldiers : Capitation, &e War bonus to officers of the Department, and teachers War bursaries ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to all other items of the vote... 58 65 10 350 6,500 25 2,000 8 275 200 9 10 11 12 2,750 2,500 13 14 5 300 15 16 60,815 2,000 10 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 77,863 3,400 Total—Vote No. 89 ... 74,463 TOTAL OF CLASS XV £1,56 2,879

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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Other Charges. Total. 'ote No. 118.—State Forests Branch of £ £ the Lands and Survey Department ... ... 6,140 36,057 £ £ 36,057 42,19 TOTAL ... ... 6,140 36,057 16,057 42,197 ;em. , ,,, tern. _ 191 STATE FOREST BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. 1917-18. 1917-18. £ Total number of officers .. 32 VOTE No. 118. 1 Salaries— Clerical Division £ Class VII— 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 430 430 General Division. 2 at £325 ... ... 650 6 at £220 ... ... 1,320 1 at £200 ... ... 200 7 at £180 ... ... 1,260 2 at £175 .. ... 350 2 at £170 ... ... 340 1 at £165 ... ... 165 7 at £160 ... ... 1,120 1 at £155 ... ... 155 1 at £150 ... ... 150 5,710 6,140 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.0 11 12 18 14 Other Charges for and incidental to — Fencing, buildings, planting, material, &c.— Nurseries— 2 Hanmer ... ... ... 1,200 3 Ranfurly ... ... ... 900 4 Rotorua ... ... ... 4,200 5 Tapanui ... ... ... 1,300 Plantations — 6 Balmoral ... ... ... 1,425 7 Conical Hills ... ... ... 1,150 8 Dumgree ... ... ... 25 9 Dusky Hill ... ... 350 0 Gimmerburm ... ... ... 50 1 Greenvale ... ... ... 2,200 2 Hanmer Springs ... ... ... 950 3 Kaiangaroa ... ... ... 3,550 4 Naseby ... ... ... 1,200 \

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NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT —continued.

[tem. 1917-18. STATE FOEESTS BEANCH OF THE DEPAETMENT OF LANDS AND SUEVEY— continued. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 | 15 16 17 1.8 19 20 21 22 23 24 VOTE No. 118—continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Fencing, &c.— continued. Plan tation s— continued. Okareka Puhipuhi Pukerau TeKapo Waiotapu and extension Waitahuna Whakarewarewa Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Books, stationery, office requisites, photographic material, insurances, and telephones ... Compensation for land acquired for additional plantations— Rotomahana-Parekarangi No. 6, Section 2b Correspondence classes, prizes for essays Extension of nurseries and additional plantations ... Management expenses of State forests ... Mount Bruce Forest Reserve, cost of fencing Payment to D. E. Hutchens for report upon State Forests in New Zealand Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) Postages and telegrams, including rent of letter-boxes Purchase of part of Balmoral Estate, Canterbury, for afforestation Refund to Urlick Bros, of half-value of gum seized, Waitowheta State Forests Reserve Rimutaka State Forest Reserve: Construction of overbridge and approaches Temporary assistance Travelling allowances and expenses, and expenses of transfer of officers and men War bonus to employees Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 3 600 400 200 3,550 25 4,150 50 100 14 5 500 650 105 100 100 75 3,297 140 373 250 300 2,550 20 Total—Vote No. 118 ... ... • 36,057 42,197 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT Mi ,107

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Appropriations for State Coal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT.

V 1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Jote No. 119.—State Coal-mines 10,316 282,514 292,830 TOTAL ... 10,316 % 12,514 292,830 Item. 17-18. STATE COAL-MINES. Total number of officers 1917-18. 54 £ £ VOTE No. 119. 1 Salaries— i Professional Division. Class A — 1 at £600 Glass D — 2 at £312 % 600 624 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £405 Class IV— 1 at £370 Class V— 1 at £315 1 at £290 1 at £275 Class VI— 3 at £260 1 at £245 Class VII— 3 at £220 1 at £210 2 at £200 1 at £180 1 at £150 Class VIII— 4 at £110 2 at £80 3 at £65 £ 315 290 275 780 245 660 210 400 180 150 440 160 195 405 / 370 880 1,025 * 1,600 ) 795 General Division. 1 at £312 2 at £260 4 at £235 1 at £220 3 at £200 312 520 940 220 600 I

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Appropriations for State Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 1917-18. STATE COAL-MINES— continued. £ ! £ VOTE No. 119— continued. 1 Salaries— continued. General Division— continued. £ 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 1 at £175 ... ... . 175 7 at £140 ... ... 980 4,827 Less amount not required on aocount of officers absent with Expeditionary Forces 11,126 810 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts 3 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts 4 Prospecting and development of State Coal-mines ... Depots— 5 Christchurch 6 Dunedin 7 Wanganui 8 Wellington 9 Houses for employees : Building and roading expenses 10 Hulks: Purchase and working-expenses 11 Liverpool Colliery expenses ... 12 Payment of royalty to the Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public 13 Payment of special rate to Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... 14 Point Elizabeth Colliery expenses 15 ' Postages and telegrams 16 ! Printing and stationery 17 Purchase of firewood and necessaries incidental to working of depots 18 : Payment to employees during war under industrial agreement ... ... ... ■ 19 Seddonville Colliery expenses 20 j Travelling allowances and expenses 21 ' Refund to Permanent Charges of amount paid during 1916-17 for war bonus to employees ... 22 | War bonus to officers of the Department 10,316 150 2,500 5,000 11,000 3,500 3,500 16,000 1,500 1,000 120,000 1,000 3,000 90,000 150 150 2,000 19,000 100 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 9,239 575 289,514 292,830 7,000 282,514 Total—Vote No. 119 ... STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT £29! ,830

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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

1(11 H 1Q 1917-18. 1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. £ £ Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Si •» ote No. 120. — Land for Settlements 1,175 8,583 Expenses 1,175 8,583 9,751 TOTAL ... ... 1,175 8;583 9,758 Item. ;em. i 17-18. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS EXPENSES. 1917-18. £ Total number of offioers .. 3 £ VOTE No. 120. 1 i Salaries— Clerical Division. £ 1 at £725 ... ... 725 Class III— 1 at £390 ... ... 390 Class VIII— lat£60 ... ... 60 1,1. 1,175 1,1. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 ' Newspapers ... ... •■• 1 3 ' Office equipment 4 | Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... i 5 Preliminary expenses, including temporary services and expenses under the Land Settlement Finance Act ... ... ... 1,3( 6 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 1 7 Refund of proportion of land-tax and rates upon estates purchased for settlements ... ... 2£ 8 Telephones ... ... ■■■ 1 9 War bonus to officers of the Department 10 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ] 2 3 4 5 1,175 10 5 50 1,300 20 6 7 250 13 8 8 9 10 10 Lands Department — Reading, drainage, improvements, &e, for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908:— 11 Annan: River protective works to Section 23 (subsidy) ... ... ... I 12 Barnego: Protective works ... ... 25 13 Beaumont: River protective works (subsidy, £1 for£l) ... ... ... 8( 14 Bickerstaffe Settlement: Roads in 15 Kauroo Hill— Providing bridge at Raupo Crossing, Kakanui River (balance) ... ... ... 3! 16 Lindsay— Irrigation and drainage (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... II 17 Lake Settlement: Rabbit-proof fencing ... ( 18 MillsStraightening Hook River ... ... 1( 11 12 13 14 15 25 222 300 9 390 16 113 94 17 18 100

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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. I 1917-18. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS EXPENSES— continued. 19 20 21 VOTE No. 120— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Lands Department —continued. Roading, drainage, improvements, <fec.— continued. Ohakea : River protection Ohauiti Settlement : Road to Oropi Opouriao— Protective works to prevent encroachment of Whakatane and Waimana Rivers £ £ 12 400 500 22 23 24 25 Otanomomo — Artesian wells Metalling roads (additional) Repairs to tidal gate on Puerua River (subsidy, £lfor£l) Otekaike — Clearing races Grant to Board of Control Poroporo Settlement: Culverting and formation of roads ... Steward — Protective works, Awamoko Stream (including compensation for lands taken) ... Subsidiary water-races (grant) Protective works, Waitaki River ... Waari Hamlet: Formation of streets Waddington Settlement: Drainage works Waikakahi— Protection against river encroachment (subsidy, £lfor£l) 73 420 500 100 200 310 300 154 310 650 300 26 27 28 20 29 Waimana — Protective works to prevent encroachment of river (general) 1,200 30 .".1 Waipapa — Protective works, South Bank George Stream, through Harkaway Flat (subsidy, £1 for £1) Wangapeka Settlement— Protective works to prevent encroachment of river Winchester— Road access to : Cost of land and formation... 50 100 32 65 Total—Vote No. 120 ... 8,583 9. 9,75: LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT & ',758

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Appropriations for Public Trustee's Account.

PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT.

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Item. 1917-18. ~ | Chargeable on the Public Trustee's Account. £ ! £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 828 VOTE No. 125. Salaries — Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,000 ... ... 1,000 2 Assistant Public Trustees (6 months)... 1,000 1 at £775 ... ... 775 Professional Division. 2,775 Class A — 1 at £750 Class G — 1 at £480 Class D — 1 at £345 Glass E — 1 at £300 ... ... 300 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 1 at £235 ... ... 235 Class F — 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £160 ... ... 160 750 480 345 1,575 340 Clerical Division. Class I — 4 at £600 ... ... 2,400 2 at £525 ... ... 1,050 Class II — 1 at £475 ... ... 475 2 at £440 ... ... 880 3,450 1,355 Glass III— 1 at £425 ... ... 425 4 at £405 ... ... 1,620 Glass IV— 1 at £360 ... ... 360 5 at £345 ... ... 1,725 Glass V— 3 at £315 ... ... 945 3 at £305 ... ... 915 7 at £290 ... ... 2,030 1 at £275 ... ... 275 Glass VI— 6 at £260 ... ... 1,560 4 at £245 ... ... 980 I at £235 ... ... 235 II at £230 ... ... 2,530 14 at £215 ... ... 3,010 1 at £200 ... ... 200 Glass VII— 2 at £220 ... ... 440 2 at £210 ... ... 420 3 at £200 ... ... 600 4 at £190 ... ... 760 15 at £180 ... ... 2,700 11 at £165 ... • ... 1,815 14 at £150 ... ... 2,100 14 at £185 ... ... 1,890 14 at £120 , . . 1,680 2,045 2,085 4,165 8,515 12,405

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Appropriations for Government Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

-em. 191 7-18. Chargeable on the Government Insurance Account. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 155 VOTE No. 126. ' Salaries— Administrative Division. £ 1 at £1,000 (also Public Service Appeal Board, £100) ... ... 1,000 1 at £900 ... ... 900 Professional Division. 1 at £800 (6 months at £750) Class B — 1 at £500 Class D — 1 at £365 1,900 775 500 365 Clerical Division. 765 1 at £765 Class I — 1 at £600 ... ... 600 1 at £500 ... ... 500 Glass II — 2 at £475 ... . Class III — 2 at £425 ... ... 850 1 at £405 ... ... 405 Class IV— 2 at £370 ... .. 740 1 at £345 ... .. 345 Class V— 10 at £315 ... ... 3,150 1 at £305 ... ... 305 1 at £275 . . ... 275 1 at £270 ... ... 270 Class VI— 21 at £260 ... ... 5,460 2 at £245 ... ... 490 4 at £230 ... ... 920 Class VII— 9 at £220 ... ... 1,980 3 at £210 ... ... 630 8 at £200 ... ... 1,600 7 at £190 ... ... 1,330 5 at £180 ... ... 900 2 at £165 ... ... 330 4 at £150 ... ... 600 5 at £135 . . ... 675 10 at £120 ... ... 1,200 Class VIII— 6 at £110 ... ... 660 I at £100 ... ... 100 11 at £95 ... ... 1,045 14 at £80 ... ... 1,120 II at £65 ... ... 715 1,100 950 1,255 1,085 4,000 6,870 9,245 Lodging-allowances 3,640 533 General Division. 1 at £181 ... ... 181 1 at £120 ... ... 120 301

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Appropriations for Government Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 193 7-18. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued. "l 1 VOTE No. 126— continued. £ £ Salaries— continued. Chief Medical Officer ... ... ... 450 For auditing accounts ... ... ... 240 High Commissioner's Office, London— Half salary of one clerk ... ... ... 150 34,124 Less salaries of officers on active service ... 5,480 28,644 2 I 3 i 4 5 6 1 7 ! 8 I 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, printing, and stationery ... ... 2,500 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties ... ... ... 55 Bank exchange and agency fees ... ... 200 Carriage and freight ... ... ... 25 Commission ... ... ... 25,000 Commission to district managers on the net increase in new business ... ... ... 200 Compassionate allowance to late agent, A. Morton ... 265 Contribution to Department of Internal Affairs for services of messengers, night-watchmen, and char8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 10 ! 1.1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 women ... ... ... 1 1,400 Fees for certificates of death, &e ... ... 10 Fuel ... ... ... 160 Furniture, goods, &c. ... ... ... 200 Insurance premiums ... ... ... 300 Legal expenses ... ... ... 275 Legal expenses of H. S. Manning in defending his appointment before the Public Service Appeal Board ... ... - ... 16 Lighting and electric power ... ... ... 320 Medical fees ... ... ... 5,000 Office-cleaning ... ... ... 150 Overtime on account of bonus distribution ... 150 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 2,500 Rates ... ... ... 650 Remuneration to Post and Telegraph Department for services rendered ... ... ... 525 Rent ... ... ... 820 Repairs, &e ... ... ... 1,000 Sick-pay of W. D. Smith, on leave after discharge from Expeditionary Force... ... ... 41 Subscriptions to insurance magazines, newspapers, &c, 100 Telephones ... ... ... 200 Temporary assistance— Extra clerks ... ... ... 2,100 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 750 Valuation fees ... ... ... | 120 War bonus to officers of the Department ... 1,200 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 150 23 21 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 32 46,382 75,026 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 4,000 Total—Vote No. 126 ... ... 71 71,026 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT £ 1,026

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Appropriations for Government Accident Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

Item. 1917-18. Chargeable on the Government Accident Insurance Account. £ £ 1 2 3 4 VOTE No. 127. Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, printing, and stationery Commission Legal expenses Provision for payments to Life Branch under clause 24 of the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908 Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 200 3,000 100 3,750 100 5 6 Total—Vote No. 127 50 7,200 GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT .. £7,200

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Appropriations for State Fire Insurance Account.

STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

1917-18. Item. Chargeable on the State Fire Insurance Account. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 73 VOTE No. 128. Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 at £800 800 Clerical Division. Class I — 1 at £525 525 Class II — 1 at £460 460 Class III — 1 at £425 425 Class IV— 2 at £370 740 Class V— £ 1 at £315 ... ... 315 1 at £305 ... ... 305 620 Glass VI— 5 at £260 1,300 Class VII— 3 at £220 ... ... 660 1 at £210 ... ... 210 3 at £200 ... ... 600 5 at £190 ... ... 950 5 at £180 ... ... 900 3 at £165 ... ... 495 5 at £150 .... ... 750 2 at £135 ... ... 270 5 at £120 ... ... 600 5,435 Class VIII— 5 at £110 ... ... 550 5 at £95 ... ... 475 5 at £80 .:. ... 400 5 at £65 .. ... 325 1,750 General Division. 1 at £132 ... ... 132 3 at £120 ... ... 360 1 at £108 ... ... 108 3 at £96 ... ... 288 Deduct on account of salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force ... ... 888 12,943 2,350 10,593

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Appropriations for State Fire Insurance Account.

STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued.

tern. 1917-18. STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued. 2 VOTE No. 128— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties Board fees for unofficial members Commission on profits to officers Lodging-allowances Wellington office site and building and incidental expenses and alterations (on account) Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote War bonus to officers of the Department £ 125 60 850 75 £ 3 4 5 6 7 8 10,000 100 525 22,328 Total—Vote No. 128 11,735 STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT £2 328

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Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT.

1917-18. I Salaries.' Other Charges, Total. Vote No. 129.—Advances to Settlers Branch „ 130. —Advances to Workers Branch 131.—Advances to. Local Authorities Branch £ 10,289 £ 353,410 £ 363,699 1,735 112,300 114,035 300 110,450 110,750 TOTAL ... 12,324 576,160 588,484 .tern. 191 -18. CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BRANCH. £ £ 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 56 VOTE No. 129. Salaries— Classification and Increases under Act. Administrative Division. 1 at £100 (also Secretary to the Treasury, Receiver, and Paymaster-General, and £ Registrar New Zealand Consols, £900)... 100 1 at £600 (also Workers Branch, £50) ... 600 Professional Division. 700 Class C — 1 at £475 (also Workers Branch, £25) 475 Clerical Division. Glass III — 1 at £400 (also Workers Branch, £25) Class IV— 1 at £360 Class V— £ 2 at £315 ... ... 630 2 at £280 ... ... 560 2 at £275 ... ... 550 Class VI— 4 at £260 ... ... 1,040 3 at £245 ... ... 735 2 at £230 .., ... 460 Class VII— 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 ... ... 200 1 at £180 ... ... 180 1 at £165 ... ... 165 3 at £150 ... ... 450 2 at £135 ... ... 270 2 at £120 . . ... 240 400 360 1,740 2,235 1,715

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Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— continued.

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tem. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS BRANCH— continued. 1917-18. VOTE No. 129— continued. Salaries continued. £ i £ Classification and Increases under Act— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VIII— £ lat£80 ... ... 80 9 at £65 ... '... 585 665 General Division 1 at £168 ... ... 168 4 at £156 ... ... 624 1 at £108 ... ... 108 900 Tfimi'Ora'ry Clerks. 2 at £200 ... ... 400 1 at lis. per day ... ... 172 1 at £2 15s. per week ... ... 143 1 at £2 5s. per week ... 117 1 at £1 12s. 6d. per week ... ... 85 2 at £1 5s. per week ... ... 130 1 at £1 per week ... ... 52 1,099 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 L5 16 Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 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 10,289 200 600 500 3,500 20 345,000 300 750 500 300 600 40 300 600 200 Total—Vote No. 129 ... 353,410 363,699 CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO WORKERS BRANCH. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 14 VOTE No. 130. Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £50 (also Settlers Branch, £600) ... 50 Professional Division. Glass G — 1 at £25 (also Settlers Branch, £475)... 25 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £25 (also Settlers Branch, £400)... 25

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Appropriations for State Advances Account.

STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT— continued.

torn. 191 -18. ADVANCES TO WORKERS BRANCH— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 130— continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 3 at £190 ... ... 570 2 at £135 ... ... 270 1,060 1,060 Class VIII— 3 at £95 ... ... 285 3 at £80 ... ■ ... 240 1 at £50 ... ... 50 575 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 ... Hi 1,735 1,735 400 250 1,000 10,000 150 200 150 100 50 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 400 250 1,000 110,000 150 200 150 100 50 Total—Vote No. 180 ... 11 112,300 L2,300 , 114 ,035 CHARGEABLE TO THE ADVANCES TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES BRANCH. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 1 VOTE No. 131. Salaries — Clerical Division. Class V — 1 at £300 300 300 2 3 4 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 111 100 110,000 150 125 50 100 L0,000 150 125 50 25 25 Total—Vote No. 131 11 110,450 10,450 110,750 STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT £5i ,484

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Appropriations for Native Land Settlement Account

NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.

24—8. 7.

1917-18. I Salaries. Other Charges. Total. i i £ £ £ ote No. 123.—Native Land Purchase 1,155 950 Expenses 1 2,105 TOTAL ... ... 1,155 950 2,105 2,105 950 | Item. ;em. .. 19 7-18. 19 7-18. 1 NATIVE LAND PURCHASE EXPENSES. L» i-io. t? 1917-1 g. Total number of officers .. 3 £ £ VOTE No. 123. 1 Salaries — Clerical Division. Class III— £ 1 at £435 ... ... 435 1 at £405 ... ... 405 Glass V— 84 1 at £315 ... ... ... 81 3 5 840 315 1,15 Charges for and incidental to — 2 Travelling and general administration expenses ... 70 3 Valuation fees ... ... ... 25 2 3 1,155 700 250 J ) 2,105 95 Total—Vote No. 123... 950 ) 2,105 NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT .... £. 22,105 12,105

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180

Appropriations for Rangitaiki Land. Drainage, Account.

RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE ACCOUNT.

1917-18. fote No. 124.—Rangitaiki Land Drainage expenses 7 ,500 Item. £ £ RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE ACCOUNT. VOTE No. 124 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Expenses— Charges for and incidental to — 1 Drainage works 7,500 7,500 Total required for current year —Vote No. 124 ... RANGITAIKI LAND DRAINAGE ACCOUNT £7,500

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Scenery Preservation Account.

SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington, -1917.

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1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ 390 £ 10,873 £ 11,263 Scenery Preservation Account TOTAL ... 390 10,873 11,263 I tern. SCENERY PRESERVATION. 191 1917-18. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 2 * £' 6" Salaries — Professional Division. Class D — 1 at £365 ... ... ... i 365 365 Clerical Division. Class III — 1 at £25 (also Chief Clerk, Lands Department, £400) 25 25 Other Charges for and incidental to — Administration of reserves and historic spots (including fencing and other works) ... ... Compensation, kc, in connection with lands taken under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 ... 1,1 Compensation for lands acquired along the Wanganui River ... ... ... j i Compensation for Native lands taken for scenery purposes (including historic spots) under the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Native Land Act, 1909 j Contribution towards purchase of scenic reserve, Kaituna, Banks Peninsula (subsidy, £2 for £1) ... Coronation Hill Scenic Reserve: Subsidy towards construction of tea-house ... Day's Bay Bush, purchase of ... ... 3,1 Expenses of Boards Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve : Erection of caretaker's cottage Mokau River Scenic Reserve— Compensation for land acquired on south bend of Mokau River for scenic purposes ... ... j 3,1 Orari Gorge Scenic Reserve— Contribution towards improvement and fencing ... Payment of capital value of Section 9, Greystoke ! Settlement, to be reserved for scenic purposes ... I ( Purchase price of Section 77, Parish of Manaia Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses ... I Wanganui River ami Scenic Reserves Commission ... i 390 390 750 000 500 500 31 100 000 20 37 675 20 680 30 300 230 2 750 8 1,000 4 5 500 500 6 31 7 100 3,000 20 8 9 10 11 37 3,675 12 20 13 680 30 300 230 14 15 16 10, i Total ... ... ... 10,873 873 11,263 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT £1. L,263