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CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

.tern 1894-95. MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. 1894-95. Total number of officers ... 8 VOTE No. 7. Salaries— Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) 7 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each Shorthand-and Type-writer £ 1 2 3 450 175 150 Total—Vote No. 7 77i MESSENGERS AND OFFICE-KEEPERS. 2 1894-95. Total number of officers ... 37 VOTE No. 8. Salaries— Messengers — Chief Messenger and Housekeeper 18 Messengers: 1 at £170, 1 at £130, 8 at £120, 8 at 6s. per diem 3 Night-watchmen : 2 at 7s. 6d. per diem, 1 at 7s. per diem Office-keepers, Jifc. — Custodian £100, and Housekeeper £50, Government House, Auckland Auckland—1 at £121, 1 at £104 New Plymouth Gisborne Nelson—Office-keeper £150, Messenger £50 Blenheim Christchurch—2 Office-keepers: 1 at £52, 1 at 4s. per diem 1 "Watchman at 6s. 6d. per diem Dunedin—Office-keeper £110, Office-cleaner £104, and Watchman £45 200 2,136 402 150 225 75 30 200 120 3 4 5 6 7 8 125 119 259 Total—Vote No. 8 ... 4,04 ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1: 1 1894-95. Total number of officers ... 14 VOTE No. 9. Salaries— For payment of Registrars who do not hold other appointments in the Civil Service Other Charges— Expenses of printing Rolls, Advertising, Elections, and Contingencies Expenses of General Election Balance of Expense of preparing and printing Rolls for Licensing Elections 600 2 1,000 700 3 4 720 Total—Vote No. 9 ... 2,420 3,020 AUDIT OFFICE. 1894-95. Total number of officers ... 22 VOTE No. 10. Salaries— Audit Officer in London, half salary Chief Clerk 11 Clerks: 1 at £320, 1 at £275, 1 at £250, 1 at £235, 1 at £225, 4 at £200, 1 at £200 (4 months), 1 at £150, 1 at £100 Clerk, Audit of Local Bodies, &c. 8 Travelling Inspectors: 2 at £260, 4 at £245, 2 at £235 200 400 2,422 350 1,970 5,342