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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote 55. —Mines Department ... 4,760 4,760 „ 56.—Meteorological and Museum Department 251 390 611 „ 57. —Miscellaneous Services 14,450 14,450 TOTAL OF CLASS IX. 5,011 .4,840 19,851 Item. 6-97. MINES DEPARTMENT. • £ 1896-97. Total number of officers .., 16 VOTE No. 55. Salaries — Under-Secretary Inspecting Engineer 3 Inspectors of Mines : 2 at £300, 1 at £250 Chief Clerk (also Secretary, Board of Examiners, under Coal-mines Act, £25) Clerk Clerk Cadet Secretary, Board of Examiners, under Coal-mines Act (also Clerk, Mines Department, £295) ... Analyst Clerk and Curator, Meteorological Observer, and Statistical Clerk Mining Geologist Assistant Geologist Draughtsman 3 Lecturers and Instructors, Schools of Mines : 1 at £350, 1 at £200, and 1 at £170 550 450 850 295 250 160 50 25 400 350 340 100 220 720 Tot ax —Vote No. 55 4,760