8.—7.

CLASS XIII—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.— continued.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item.! 1898-99. PERMANENT MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS— contd. £ £ 33 34 35 36 37 VOTE No. 65— continued. Other Charges— continued. House-allowance, Rent of Offices, Fuel, Light, &c. ... Extra Clerical Railway Fares for Defence Forces Efficiency Fees for Volunteers Contingencies, and other assistance 500 200 1,000 500 2,000 Less estimated Credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 33,640 3,000 Total—Vote No. 65 30,640 STORES AND MAGAZINES. 75,936 1898-99. Total number of officers .. 21 VOTE No. 66. 1 2 Salaries— Auckland — 2 Magazine Keepers: 1 at £140, 1 at £120 Wellington — Storekeeper Assistant Storekeeper Clerk Storeman Armourer Armourer's Assistant 2 Arms Cleaners at £120 2 Magazine Keepers : 1 at £120, 1 at £110 Otago — Caretaker, Powder Hulk ... Other Districts — 8 Magazine Keepers 260 340 200 185 120 201 156 240 230 3 120 4 75 5 6 Othee Charges— Repairs to Magazines, Hulks, and Store Buildings ... Contingencies 2,127 350 600 Less Contributions from other Departments 950 25 Total—Vote No. 66 925 3,052 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 Vote No. 67. Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his Widow Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government 46 45