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CLASS IV.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

.tem. 18' 7-98. BANKRUPTCY. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... ... 9 VOTE No. 22. Salaries— Auckland — Official Assignee Clerk Cadet 450 200 65 Wellington — Official Assignee Clerk 450 140 Christchurch — Official Assignee Clerk 450 200 Dunedin — Official Assignee Clerk 450 180 5 6 7 Other Charges— Rent, Dunedin Office-cleaning: Payments to Deputy Assignees, expenses in estates in which there are no assets, and contingencies 2,585 120 32 2,000 Total —Vote No. 22 2,152 DISTRICT, MAGISTRATES', AND WARDENS' COURTS. 4,737 1897-98. Total number of officers ... ... 141 VOTE No. 23. Salaries — Auckland — Magistrate 3 Clerks : 1 at £275, 1 at £210, 1 at £140 Bailiff Assistant Bailiff Messenger Magistrate's Court, Stamp Office, and Registrar of Deeds Office; and Office Cleaner 475 625 160 100 120 Papakura, Pukekohe, Mercer, Waiuku, Hamilton, Newcastle, Cambridge, Raglan, Huntly, and Te Awamutu — Magistrate and Coroner (fees) Clerk and Registrar of Births, &c. 400 225 3 Onehunga, Otahuhu, Whangarei, Dargaville, Helensville, Warkworth, Maungaturoto, Port Albert, Waipu, and Paparoa — Magistrate, Coroner (fees), and Commissioner Native Land Court Clerk at Whangarei (Receiver of Gold Revenue, &c.) . Clerk at Maungaturoto, Paparoa, and Waipu 400 150 55 Russell, Mangonui, Whangaroa, Kaitaia, Hokianga, Waimate, Kaikohe, and Kawakawa — Magistrate, Coroner (fees), and Commissioner Native Land Court 400