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

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

tern. 1898-99. £ £ PRINTING AND STATIONERY. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... ... 218 VOTE No. 13. Salabies — Government Printer, Manager of Stationery Office, and Controller of Stamp Printing Superintending Overseer Chief Clerk and Accountant ... 5 Clerks: 1 at £195, 1 at £190, 1 at £165, 1 at £160, 1 at £104 2 Warehousemen : 1 at £165, 1 at £145 ... 4 Overseers : 2 at £260, 1 at £230, 1 at £225 3 Sub-overseers: 1 at £215, 1 at £205, 1 at £200 4 Readers : 1 at £225, 1 at £205 (also Hansard Supervisor, £125), 1 at £200, 1 at £180 Type Storeman 18 Compositors: 6 at £180, 6 at £172, 5 at £164, 1 at £156 11 Book-finisher, Bookbinders, and Paper-rulers : 1 at £195, 1 at £180, 1 at £177, 3 at £172, 5 at £164 7 Machinemen, Pressman, &c. : 1 at £175, 1 at £165, 2 at £164, 1 at £160, 1 at £145, 1 at £130 3 Stamp Printers: 1 at £260. 1 at £195, 1 at £125 ... 2 Engineer and Stoker: 1 at £190, 1 at £140 2 Stereotyper and Electrotyper: 1 at £325, 1 at £150 1 Copperplate printer (6 months) Forewoman, Girls'Room 440 320 270 814 310 975 620 810 185 3,088 1,888 1,103 580 930 475 175 105 Folders, Sewers, and Machine-workers (females) Apprentices, Machine Boys, Reader Boys, Errand Boys, Perforators, and Gummers Piecework and Occasional Hands (including Contract Work for Railways, Insurance, and Public Trust Departments) 12,488 1,200 2 3 1,750 4 7,500" 22,938 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Otheb Chabges— Stationery, Paper, Parchment, &c. Stores, Bookbinding Material. Printing Ink Freight, Packing, Insurance, Wharf Labour, &c. Machinery, Type, and Printing Material... Binding Statutes for Public Libraries Overtime Fuel, Gas, and Lighting Water-rates Contingencies ... •■■ 12,000 1,450 1,200 1,250 100 400 250 175 200 17,025 39,963 Less estimated credits under section 41 of The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 13,500 , Total—Vote No. 13 26,463