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CLASS III.—COLONIAL TREASURER— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

Item. 1886-87. PROPERTY-TAX DEPARTMENT—continued. VOTE No. 15— continued. Otheb Charges—■ Gratuity allowed to Postmasters for collecting PropertyTax Extra clerical assistance Extra clerical assistance Valuation Rolls ... Liabilities 1885-8G for Triennial Assessment Contingencies £ 6 7 8 9 10 600 1,000 1,000 10,000 1,000 18,897 Total—Vote No. 15 ... 14,500 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' REGISTRY OFFICE. 1886-87. Total number of officers ... 3 1 2 a VOTE No. 16. Salaries — Registrar Revising Barrister ... Cadet ... 300 150 80 Otheb Charges— Cost of valuations, sickness returns, and statistical cards Contingencies 530 935 35 1,500 4 5 Total—Vote No. 16 ... 970 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 VOTE No. 17. Treasury Department— Audit of County and Road Board Accounts Secretary to Commissioners of Public Debts Sinking Funds (also Secretary to the Treasury £700) Expenses of Investment of Sinking Fund, Consolidated Loan Exchange and Commission Expenses attending the payment of Imperial Pensions Industrial Exhibition Colonial and Indian Exhibition to be held in London ... Revote of subsidy of £1 for £1 on rates levied and collected within counties containing one or more goldfields during the year ending 31st March, 1886, in excess of -Jd. in the £1, exclusive of rates under the Crown and Native Lands Rating Acts, 1S82 and 1883 Expenses connected with the preparation of Rolls under " The Rating Act, 1882 " ... Contingencies 2,700 50 750 6,500 450 500 10,000 5,000 9 2,000 400 10 Less estimated credits under Section 10 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1882 " 28,350 150 Total —Vote No. 17 ... 28,200 TOTAL OF CLASS III. £55,204