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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1897-98. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 56.—Mines Department ... 5,405 5,405 ,, 57. —Meteorological and Museum Department 251 530 781 ,, 58. —Miscellaneous Services 12,248 12,248 TOTAL OF CLASS IX. 5,656 2,778 18,434 Item. 7-98. MINES DEPARTMENT. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... 21 £ VOTE No. 56. Salaries— Under-Secretary Inspecting Engineer 3 Inspectors of Mines at £275 . 2 Assistant Inspectors of Mines : 1 at £175, 1 at £150... 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) ... Secretary, Mining Bureau Analyst Clerk and Curator, Meteorological Observer, and Statistical Clerk Government Geologist Assistant Geologist Draughtsman 3 Lecturers and Instructors," Schools of Mines : 1 at £350, I at £200, and 1 at £170 550 450 825 325 320 250 170 50 25 250 400 350 365 125 230 720 Total—Vote No. 56 5,40