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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1898-99. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote 56.—Mines Department... £ £ £ 5,293 5,293 „ 57. —Meteorological and Museum Department 251 530 781 ,, 58. —Miscellaneous Services 11,842 11,842 TOTAL OF CLASS IX. 5,544 12,372 17,916 Item. 8-99. MINES DEPARTMENT. 1898-99. Total number of officers ... 20 VOTE No. 56. Salabies — Under-Secretary Inspecting Engineer 3 Inspectors of Mines at £275 ... 2 Assistant Inspectors of Mines : 1 at £175, 1 at £163... Chief Clerk (also Secretary, Board of Examiners under Coal-mines Act, £50 ; and Private Secretary to the Premier, £25) Clerk Cadet Secretary, Board of Examiners under Coal-mines Act (also Chief Clerk, Mines Department, £320; and Private Secretary to the Premier, £25) ... 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, 1 at £200, and 1 at £170 Cadet, Inspector of Mines Office, Dunedin £ 550 450 825 338 320 195 60 50 275 400 350 365 125 230 . 720 40 Total—Vote No. 56 5,293