8.—7.

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CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS—continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

item. 19i 10-1. GENERAL EXPENSES. 1900-1. Total number of officers... 23 VOTE No. 3. Salaeies — Librarian Assistant Librarian Second Assistant in Library Binder for Parliamentary Library (six months) Temporary Assistant Attendant Messenger Mailman during Session £ 400 250 165 84 140 120 75 50 Reporters — Hansard Staff— Chief Reporter 9 Reporters: 6 at £300, 3 at £280 Hansard Supervisor (also Reader, Government Printing Office, £205) Clerk Messenger Reporting, Select Committees Custodian, Parliament Buildings Night-watchman Assistant Night-watchman 1,284 2 400 2,640 125 50 25 150 300 168 110 3 4 5 3,968 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Otheb Chaeges— Allowance to Assistant-Librarian for services rendered Cleaning up building previous to session ... Charwomen Compassionate allowance to widow of late messenger John McSherry ... Compassionate allowance to widow of late Messenger Mooney (additional) Compassionate allowance to widow of A. E. Grimstone, formerly employed in House of Representatives Extra assistance to Hansard staff during session Extra binding of books before removal to new library ... Electrician's Assistant Gratuities to library staff, messengers, and Permanent Militia employed during session Gas, fuel, and electric lighting Library Material and plant for binder Passages of members Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees of both Houses Printing of Hansard Newspapers for library, %pd cartage of books Parliamentary library, purchase of books ... Retiring-allowance to J. Keefe, late nightwatchman, Parliamentary Buildings Sessional allowance to members of House of Representatives and members of Legislative Council, £40 each, in excess of amount provided under " The Payment of Members Act, 1892," say - ... Translating Acts into Maori ... Washing towels, &C. Winding and repairing clocks, &c. Contingencies ... ... 5,252 50 100 600 50 50 50 100 350 100 160 1,200 600 120 500 21 22 23 24 500 4,600 100 500 25 336 26 27 28 29 4,240 25 50 50 250 Total —Vote No. 3 ... 14,681 19,931 TOTAL OF CLASS I. £26,222