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CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1897-98. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Education Department. £ £ £ Vote 44.—Head Office 2,160 260 2,420 „ 45.—Public Schools ... 399,600 399,600 ,, 46.—Native Schools ... 12,950 3,950 16,900 „ 47.—Industrial Schools 2,047 8,400 10,447 ,, 48. —School for Deaf-mutes 1,628 1,420 3,048 „ 49.—School for Blind... 455 455 „ 50. —Technical Instruction 2,200 2,200 „ 51. —Miscellaneous Services 4,000 4,000 Lunacy and Charitable Department. 18,785 420,285 439,070 Vote 52.—Lunatic Asylums 26,087 29,625 55,712 „ 53.—Charitable 413 2,594 3,007 „ 54. —Eotorua Sanatorium 959 260 1,219 Department of Labour. 27,459 32,479 59,938 Vote 55. —Department of Labour 1,915 5,310 7,225 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII. 48,159 45 !,074 506,233 tern 1897-98. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. 1897-98. 1896-97. Total number of officers ... 8 8 VOTE No. 44. Salaries — Secretary and Inspector-General Chief Clerk Clerk and Assistant Inspector... 5 Clerks : 1 at £260, 1 at £210, 1 at £180, 1 at £110, and 1 at £95 600 375 330 855 Other Charges— Clerical Assistance Travelling Expenses Contingencies 2,160 2 3 4 150 60 50 Total —Vote No. 44 260 2,420