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CLASS IV.—JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

Item. 1899-1900. BANKBUPTCY. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 9 £ £ VOTE No. 23. Salaries — Auckland — Official Assignee Clerk Cadet 450 200 85 2 Wellington — Official Assignee Clerk 450 160 3 Christchurch — Official Assignee Clerk 450 200 Dunedin — Official Assignee (also Stipendiary Magistrate) Clerk 450 200 Other Charges— Advertising Commission to Deputy Assignees Office-cleaning Postages Bent, Dunedin Travelling-expenses Contingencies 2,645 5 6 7 8 9 Lo 11 150 1,000 32 215 120 85 100 Total—Vote No. 23 ... ... 1,702 4,34' DISTBICT, MAGISTRATES', AND WARDENS' COURTS. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 150 VOTE No. 24. Salaries— Auckland — Magistrate 4 Clerks: 1 at £300, 1 at £200, 1 at £150, 1 at £120 ... Bailiff Assistant Bailiff Messenger Magistrate's Court, Stamp Office, and Eegistrar of Deeds Office; and Office-cleaner 500 770 160 120 120 Papakura, Pukekohe, Mercer, Waiuku, Hamilton, Newcastle, Cambridge, Baglan, Huntly, and Te Awamutu — Magistrate and Coroner (fees) Clerk and Eegistrar of Births, &c. 400 225 3 Onehunga, Otahuhu, Whangarei, Dargaville, Helensville, Warkworth, Maungaturoto, Port Albert, Waipu, and Paparoa — Magistrate, Coroner (fees), and Commissioner Native Land Court Clerk at Whangarei (Beceiver of Gold Eevenue, &o.)... Clerk at Maungaturoto, Paparoa, and Waipu 400 150 55 Bussell, Mangonui, Whangaroa, Kaitaia, Hokianga, Waimate, Kaikohe, and Kawakawa — Magistrate, Coroner (fees), and Commissioner Native 400 Land Court