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CLASS VII.—STAMP AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT.

42

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1898-99. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote 42. —Stamp Department 4,485 4,800 9,285 „ 43. —Land and Deeds Registry 9,135 7,000 16,135 TOTAL OF CLASS VII. 13,620 1,800 25,420 item.| •• 189 ;-99. STAMP DEPARTMENT. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 24 VOTE No. 42. Salaries— Head Office — Secretary, Controller Legacy Duties, Deputy Commissioner, and Registrar Joint-stock Companies Chief Clerk and Accountant ... Custodian and Issuer of Stamps Clerk Chief Stamper Clerk (also Private Secretary to Commissioner of Stamps) 6 Stampers : 3 at £100, 1 at £95, 1 at £50, 1 at £40 Messenger AucklandClerk Clerk Wellington — Clerk Cadet ... ... ... Cadet Hawke's Bay — Clerk Canterbury — Clerk Cadet 550 265 240 170 225 175 485 110 190 120 160 85 65 4 95 5 200 85 Otago — Deputy Commissioner Cadet 270 90 i 7 8 Invercargill — Clerk Contributions to Votes — " Land and Deeds Registry " ... 120 785 4,485 9,285 !) LO Other Charges— New issue of Stamps Contingencies, Machinery, Paper, &c. 3,300 1,500 4,800 Total—Vote No. 42