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CLASS VIII.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1899-1900. . Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Education Department. £ £ £ Vote 45.—Head Office 2,470 800 3,270 ,, 46. — Public Schools ... 409,172 409,172 „ 47.—Native Schools ... 14,300 3,900 18,200 „ 48. —Industrial Schools 2,198 11,485 13,683 ,, 49.—School for Deaf-mutes 1,668 1,820 3,488 „ 50.—School for Blind . 360 360 „ 51. —Technical Instruction 2,510 2,510 „ 52. —Miscellaneous Services 5,151 5,151 Lr/NACV AND CHARITARLE DEPARTMENT. 20,636 435,198 455,834 Vote 53. —Lunatic Asylums 28,620 25,931 54,551 „ 54.—Charitable 413 5,284 5,697 „ 55. —Botorua Sanatorium 1,248 225 1,473 30,281 ,440 61,721 Department oe Labour. Vote 56.—Department of Labour 2,380 .,099 7,479 TOTAL. OF CLASS VIIL ... 53,297 47 ,737 525,034 Item. 18 '9-1900. EDUCATION DEPABTMENT. HEAD OFFICE. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 10 £ VOTE No. 45. Salaries — Secretary and Inspector-General Assistant-Secretary Chief Clerk, Inspection Branch 7 Clerks: 1 at £280, 1 at £230, 1 at £200, 1 at £130, 1 at £135, 1 at £75, and 1 at £65 600 400 355 1,115 2,470 2 3 4 5 Other Charges— Clerical Assistance Travelling-expenses ' ... Telephone subscriptions Contingencies 500 250 30 20 800 Total —Vote No. 45 3,270