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CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

>-:. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Education Department. £ £ £ Vote 43.—Head Office 2,090 135 2,225 „ 44.—Public Schools ... 394,625 394,625 „ 45.—Native Schools ... 12,450 3,870 16,320 „ 46.—Industrial Schools 2,047 7,900 9,947 „ 47.—School for Deaf-mutes 1,582 1,420 3,002 „ 48.—School for Blind... 505 505 „ 49. —Technical Instruction 2,100 2,100 „ 50.—Miscellaneous Services 100 100 LtrNACT and Charitable Department. 18,189 410,655 428,824 Vote 51. —Lunatic Asylums 24,733 26,200 50,933 „ 52.—Charitable 413 2,571 2,984 „ 53.—Eotorua Sanatorium 881 335 1,216 Department of Labour. 26,027 i,106 55,133 Vote 54.—Department of Labour 1,834 .,250 6,084 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII. 46,030 44 sOll 490,041 tem. 1896-97. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 8 VOTE No. 43. Salaries — Secretary and Inspector-General Chief Clerk Clerk and Assistant Inspector... 5 Clerks: 1 at £250, 1 at £200, 1 at £170, 1 at £100, and 1 at £75 600 375 320 795 Otheb Charges— Clerical Assistance ... ... ••• Travelling Expenses Contingencies 2,090 2 3 4 25 60 50 — Total—Vote No. 48 135 2,225