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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. METEOROLOGICAL AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT. 1897-98. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... 2 VOTE No. 57. Salaries — Messenger and Keeper Taxidermist, at 8s. a day ... ... ... £ 125 126 Other Charges— Meteorological Stations and Time Ball Observatory ... Instruments Two Seismometers Contingencies, Chemicals, &c. ... 251 2 3 4 5 125 40 140 225 Total—Vote No. 57 530 781 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. l 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 58. Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Schools of Mines Subsidy, £1 for £1, School of Mines, Matakanui Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine Managers' certificates Field Surveys and Expenses, Geological Surveys and Explorations Electric power—Engineering and report ... Expenses, cyanide patent Brunner Mine disaster, additional expenses Mining exhibits, Auckland Industrial Exhibition Refund of amount surcharged against Receiver Gold Revenue at Coromandel for receipts given in error ... Contingencies and Mining Inspectors' Travellingexpenses 2,700 1,400 2,800 200 250 400 500 1,500 208 250 7 8 9 10 11 12 40 2,000 Total—Vote No. 58 12,24: TOTAL OF CLASS IX. £1 ,431