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CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

;em. MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. 18' '8-99. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 9 I VOTE No. 7. Salabies — Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) 8 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each £ 450 200 2 Otheb Chaeges— Sessional allowance to Private Secretaries on account of length of session 650 100 Total —Vote No. 7 75i MESSENGERS AND OFFICE-KEEPERS. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 38 2 VOTE No. 8. Salabies— Messengers — Officer in Charge (also Fire Inspector, £50) 17 Messengers: 1 at £180, 1 at £130,7 at £120, 7 at 6s. 6d. per diem, 1 at 6s. per diem 5 Night-watchmen : 4 at 7s. 6d. per diem, 1 at 6s. 6d. per diem Office-keepers, Sfc. — Custodian £100, and Housekeeper £50, Government House, Auckland Auckland—1 at £141, 1 at £104 New Plymouth Gisborne Nelson—Office-keeper £ 150, Messenger £40 Blenheim Christchurch—2 Office-keepers: 1 at £52 (also Messenger, Survey Office, £110), 1 at 4s. 6d. per diem 1 Watchman at 6s. 6d. per diem Dunedin—Office-keeper £110, Office-cleaner £104, and Watchman £45 225 2,090 666 150 245 75 30 190 120 3 4 5 6 7 8 134 119 259 Total—Vote No. 8 ... 4,303 ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 20 VOTE No. 9. Salabies — For payment of Registrars who do not hold other appointments in the Civil Service Other Charges— Expenses of printing Rolls, Advertising, Elections, and Contingencies 600 2,500 Total —Vote No. 9 ... 3,10i AUDIT OFFICE. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 24 VOTE No. 10. Salaries — Chief Clerk ' 11 Clerks: 2 at'£275, 2 at £250, 3 at £210, 1 at £180, 1 at £145, 1 (Shorthand- and Type-writer) at £92, 1 (extra) at 15s. per diem Cadet Clerk, Audit of Local Bodies, &c. (also Secretary Public Debts Sinking Funds Commissioners, £50) 350 2,331 85 350