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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1899-1900. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 57.—Mines Department... 5,360 5,360 „ 58. —Meteorological and Museum Department 251 440 691 „ 59. —Miscellaneous Services 11,500 11,500 TOTAL OF CLASS IX. 5,611 11,940 17,551 Item. 18 '9-1900. MINES DEPABTMENT. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 20 VOTE No. 57. Salaries— Under-Secretary Inspecting Engineer 3 Inspectors of Mines at £275... 2 Assistant Inspectors of Mines at £175 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 . 450 825 350 320 205 70 50 300 400 350 365 125 230 720 50 Total—Vote No. 57 5,860