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

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

:tem. 18' 16-97. MINISTERS , SECRETARIES. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 9 1 VOTE No. 7. Salaries— Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) 8 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each £ 450 200 £ 2 650 Total—Vote No. 7 MESSENGERS AND OFFICE-KEEPERS. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 37 2 3 1 5 (; 7 8 VOTE No. 8. Salaries— Messengers — Chief Messenger and Housekeeper (also Fire Inspector, £50) 17 Messengers: 1 at £180, 1 at £130, 8 at £120, 7 at 6s. per diem 4 Night-watchmen at 7s. 6d. per diem Office-keepers, Sfc. — 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 2,037 548 150 225 75 30 200 120 4,088 125 119 259 Total—Vote No. 8 ... ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1896-97. 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 ... Expenses, Representation Commissioners ... 600 2 3 4 1,000 15,000 700 Total—Vote No. 9 ... 16,700 17,300 AUDIT OFFICE. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 24 VOTE No. 10. Salaries — Chief Clerk 11 Clerks: 2 at £275, 1 at £250, 1 at £235, 3 at £210, 1 at £105, 1 at £130, 1 (Shorthand-and Type-writer, six months) at £130, 1 (extra) at 15s. per diem Cadet Clerk, Audit of Local Bodies, &c. 9 Travelling Inspectors: 1 at £350, 2 at £260, 3 at £245, 3 at £235 Audit Officer in London, half salary 350 2,259 65 350 2,310 200 5,534