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CLASS VI.—CUSTOMS AND MARINE DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

am.: 18 7-98. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES— continued. 22 VOTE No. 38— continued. Salaries— continued. Lyttelton and Christchurch — Collector Landing Surveyor First Clerk 2 Clerks: 1 at £140, 1 at £130 6 Cadets : 1 at £90,1 at £80, 2 at £70,1 at £65,1 at £60 Tide Surveyor 4 Landing Waiters and Examining Officers : 1 at £235, 1 at £225, 1 at £200, 1 at £170 3 Lockers (Writers) at £187 ... Locker Boatman Messenger at 7s. per day Contribution to other Votes— Marine and Harbours Postal and Telegraph Working Railways £ 500 375 280 270 435 250 830 561 140 145 128 23 24 25 85 80 70 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 ... 27,104 26 27 900 1,100 28 4,300 Total—Vote No. 38 ... 6,300 33,404 CUSTOMS: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... 3 VOTE No. 39. Salaries — Quarantine Keepers—Wellington, £156 (also Lightkeeper) ; Port Chalmers, £110; Auckland, £37 £303 Contribution to Stock Department Vote ... 110 413 Less contribution from Marine Vote 36 377 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 Other Charges— Quarantine Contingencies Bonus on Exportation of Canned and Cured Fish Freight on Samples forwarded to London Chamber of Commerce Refund of Customs Duty on — Memorial to late Dr. Stuart Memorial Statue to late John Ballanee .. Memorial to late Peter Cunningham Statue of Bishop Harper, Christchurch ... Statue of Her Majesty the Queen, Auckland Monument to the victims of the Brunner Coal-mine disaster, Stillwater Tobacco-stalks destroyed ... On goods destroyed by fire at Auckland Wharf Sundry Articles remitted by Order of the Commissioner of Customs Refund of Bonded Warehouse Duty 100 700 4 200 18 20 76 220 11 12 13 30 13 2,200 14 50 250 Total—Vote No. 39 ... 3,881 4,258