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CLASS X.—MINISTER OF LANDS DEPARTMENT— continued.
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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.
tern. 18: :8~89. GEOLOGICAL AND METEOEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT— continued. £ 11 12 18 14 VOTE No. 52— continued. Otheb Chabges— Field Expenses and Special Surveys Meteorological Stations and Time Ball Observatory Intercolonial "Weather Exchange Contingencies 400 200 80 200 3,349 880 Total—Vote No. 52 STOCK BBANCH. 1888-89. Total number of officers ... 39 1 2 3 ■1 VOTE No. 53. Salaeies— 1 Superintending Inspector 4 Chief Inspectors 32 Inspectors 2 Clerks 500 1,300 6,290 380 Otheb Charges— Payment to Eailw ay Eevenue for Passes ... Expenses of working Cattle, Eabbit, Sheep, and Brands Acts ... Destruction of scabby sheep on Crown Lands Bemission of rent of infected runs Erection of South Canterbury rabbit-proof fence 8,470 5 6 300 7 8 9 15,600 1,460 124 8,530 34,484 Total—Vote No. 53 ... 26,014 1 2 8 4 5 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 54 Otheb Cuae&es — Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Nelson Creek Waimea-Kumara Maintenance, Kumara Sludge-channel Argyle, Charleston Thames and Beef ton Schools of Mines To give effect to recommendations of the (loldfieids Committee— School of Mines, Otago University ... . ... Assistance for plant for testing minerals .... Special Representation of Mining Exhibits at Melbourne Special Bepresentation of Mining Exhibits at Paris Exhibition Contingencies and Mining Inspector's Travelling Expenses 1,200 2,650 5,340 420 1,000 14,320 6 7 8 9 500 210 500 10 500 2,000 Total—Vote No. 54 ... TOTAL OF CLASS X. £53,613