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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1895-96. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. 'ote 54. —Mines Department... £ 4,650 £ £ 4,650 „ 55. —Meteorological and Museum Department 125 390 515 ,, 56. —Miscellaneous Services 13,294 13,294 TOTAL OF CLASS IX. 4,775 13,684 18,459 Item. '5-96. MINES DEPARTMENT. 1895-96. Total number of officers ... 15 VOTE No. 54. Salaries — Under-Secretary Inspecting Engineer 3 Inspectors of Mines : 1 at £300, 2 at £275 Clerk (also Secretary, Board of Examiners, under Coalmines Act, £25) Clerk Clerk Secretary, Board of Examiners, under Coal-mines Act (also Clerk, Mines Department, £295) ... Analyst Clerk and Curator, Meteorological Observer, and Statistical Clerk Mining Geologist Draughtsman 3 Lecturers and Instructors, Schools of Mines : 1 at £350, 1 at £200, and 1 at £170 550 500 850 295 250 150 25 400 350 340 220 720 Total—Vote No. 54 4,650 4,650 7—B. 7.