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CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. 18: 2-83. GEOLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT— continued. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 VOTE No. 8— continued. Draftsman, &c. Field Assistant and Collector Museum Assistant (also Librarian) Librarian Field Expenses and Special Surveys Messenger and Keeper Contingencies Weather Reporter (also Examiner of Masters and Mates £100) Meteorological Stations and Time Ball Observatory ... 325 280 175 35 800 125 200 12 300 300 Total—Vote No. 8 ... 3,640 AGENT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. 1882-83. 1881-2. Total number of officers ... 7 7 1 2 VOTE No. 9. Agent-Geneeal fob New Zealand in London — Agent-General Staff, Rent, &c. 1,250 2,250 Total —Vote No. 9 3,500 CHARITABLE. 1 2 VOTE No. 10. Grants in Aid to Hospitals and Charitable Institutions— Hospitals Charitable Institutions 54,000 16,000 Total—Vote No. 10 ... 70,000 LUNATIC ASYLUMS. 1882-83. 1881-82. Total number of officers ,,, 175 167 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VOTE No. 11. Chief Office— Inspector of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals Record Clerk and Accountant ... Fees to Medical Witnesses ... ... , ... Auckland — Local Inspector Resident Medical Superintendent Clerk and Storekeeper Matron Attendants and Servants— 18 Male Attendants, 1 at £120, 17 at £70, Cook at £70; 8 nurses, 1 at £60, 7 at £42; Cook at £42, Laundress at £50 Farm Overseer Labourer Farming Implements, Stock, &c. Rations Fuel and Light Bedding and Clothing Surgery and Dispensary Wines, Spirits, Porter, and Ale Necessaries, incidental and miscellaneous ... Furniture 1,000 250 700 50 400 90 70 1,826 100 60 100 3,000 500 680 30 30 900 100 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS