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GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS OFFICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB99. Price Is. 9d.'\ IS—B. 7.

Appropriations for the Government Advances to Settlers Office.

;em. 189' 1-1900. Chargeable to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Management Account. MINISTEE OF LANDS. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 24 VOTE No. 123. Salaries— Superintendent (also Commissioner of Taxes, £650, and Valuer-General, nil) Deputy Superintendent (also Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, £400, and Deputy Valuer-General, £50) Chief Clerk (also Chief Clerk, Land- and Income-tax Department, £300) Inspecting Accountant (also Land- and Income-tax Department, £350) 14 Clerks: 1 at £250, 1 at £180, 1 at £175, 1 at £170, 1 at £160, 4 at £156, 1 at £135,1 at £130, 1 at £110, 1 at £90; 1 at Auckland at £80 4 Cadets: 1 at £50, 1 at £45, 1 at £40; 1 at Invercargill at £70 Member of the Board not in Civil Service ... Messenger (also Land- and Income-tax, £50, and Valuation Department, £50) 200 50 50 50 2,104 205 163 20 2,842 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Other Charges— Interest on Loan ... Interest on Temporary Advances Printing and Stationery Advertising Contribution to Post Office ... ... ... Contribution to Valuation Department Proportion of Audit expenses ... Interest on Advances from Consolidated Fund Fire-insurance Premiums temporarily advanced to prevent Policies lapsing Interest on Amounts deposited against Loans Befund Valuation-fees on Loans not entertained Contingencies 67,500 1,463 200 50 700 2,500 200 300 11 12 13 50 150 150 250 Total—Vote No. 123 73,513 76,35 GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS OFFICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ... £1~ :,355