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CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

iom. 1896-97. STOEES AND MAGAZINES. 1896-97. Total number of officers .. 13 1 2 VOTE No. 66. Salaeies— Auckland — 2 Magazine Keepers: 1 at £127 15s., 1 at £110 ... Wellington — Storekeeper Assistant Storekeeper Clerk Storeman Armourer Armourer's Assistant 2 Arms Cleaners at £109 16s. 2 Magazine Keepers : 1 at £130, 1 at £101 Otago — Caretaker, Powder Hulk ... 238 325 200 175 110 183 138 220 231 110 1,930 1 5 Other Chaeges— Eepairs to Magazines, Hulks, and Store Buildings ... Contingencies 350 500 850 Total—Vote No. 66 2,79 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jl 1 2 3 I Vote No. 67. Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his Widow Pension of late Mrs. Passmore, continued to her Sisters Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government Pensions to Recipients of N.Z. Cross Purchase of Long-Service Medals Purchase of Martini-Henry ammunition ... Repairs, &c, to Military Graveyards Repairs to Machinery and Hulls of Steam-launches " Lyttelton," " Gordon," " Isabel," and " Ballance" Repairs to Jetty at Shelly Bay Special Allowance to ex-Constable Packer, for serious permanent injuries received in the service Special Allowance to ex-Constable Miles Leighton, for serious permanent injuries received in the service... Compassionate Allowance to the Children of late Tor-pedo-man Heighton at the rate of £1 per week Compassionate Allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at the Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Gunner J. Smith, drowned in the "Wellington Harbour Compensation to Gunner S. Bannon, medically unfit for further service 46 45 47 10 180 50 6,000 50 150 100 40 12 13 30 52 Id 39 15 50 Iβ 128