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CLASS VI.—CUSTOMS AND MARINE DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

>em. 18' 6-97. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. VOTE No. 37— continued. Salabies — continued. Lyttelton and Ohristchurch — Collector Landing Surveyor First Clerk 2 Clerks: 1 at £200, 1 at £130 5 Cadets : 1 at £80,1 at £70,1 at £65,1 at £60,1 at £50 Tide Surveyor 3 Landing Waiters and Examining Officers : 1 at £235, 1 at £225, 1 at £200 3 Lockers (Writers) at £187 ... Locker Boatman Messenger at 7s. per day Contribution to other Votes— Marine and Harbours Postal and Telegraph Working Railways £ 22 500 375 280 330 325 250 660 561 140 145 119 23 21 25 85 80 62 Other Charges— Tidewaiters, Extra Clerical and other Assistance Expenses connected with Customs and Excise Convictions and Seizures Contingencies, including Coals and Expenses for Steamlaunches, Travelling-expenses of Officers, Cost of Instruments, Rewards for Suppression of Smuggling and Illicit Distillation, and for Special Services in Protection of the Revenue ... 26,230 20 27 900 300 2S 4,300 Total —Vote No. 37 ... 5,500 31,73' CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 2 VOTE No. 38. Salaries — Quarantine Keepers —Wellington, £150 (also Lightkeeper) ; Port Chalmers, £110 . £266 Contribution to Stock Department Vote .. HO 376 Less contribution from Marine Vote 36 340 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g Other Charges— Quarantine Contingencies Bonus on Exportation of Canned and Cured Fish Refund of Customs Duty on — Tobiicco-stalks destroyed Monument to the late Rev Dr. McGregor Memorial window to late Bishop Harper Memorial to late Dr. Stuart Memorial Statue to late John Ballance . Sundry Articles remitted by Order of the Commissioner of Customs Refund of Bonded Warehouse Duty 100 400 120 10 17 200 50 LO 50 150 Total—Vote No. 38 ... 1,097 1,43