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PUBLIC WORKS FUND.

CLASS XX.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

19 1-2. £ £ Vote No. 81.—Public Works, Departmental 16,135 Item. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 81. Public Works, Departmental— Salaries — Under-Secretary Engineer-in-Chief Superintending Engineer Inspecting Engineer Chief Clerk Accountant ... ..." Land Purchase Officer 2 District Engineers : 1 at £525, 1 at £500 7 Resident Engineers: 1 at £400, 4 at £350, 1 at £325, 1 at £300 1 Assistant Engineer Chief Draughtsman 2 Draughtsmen : 1 at £235, 1 at £225 3 Clerks : 1 at £265, 1 at £250, 1 at £173 . Shorthand-writer (also Private Secretarv to Minister, £25) 700 750 575 425 325 350 375 1,(>25 2,425 275 300 460 688 156 Other Charges — Extra clerical and draughting assistance Travelling-expenses .... Purchase of Instruments ... Allowance to W. T. Burley in connection with collision with ballast-engine Deficiency (bund in the accounts of the late clerk, Public Works, Christchurch Midland Railway : Expenses re claim by debentureholders, petitions to Parliament, &c. Midland Railway Commission : Medical and other expenses in connection with illness of Chairman Midland Railway : Rates payable to local authorities for period prior to line becoming vested in Crown Purchase of Lot 195, Kirikiriroa Purchase of Allotments 158, 159, and 160, Parish of Whangamarino Refund to District Engineer, Dunedin, on account of deficiency found in Government accounts kept by his clerk Refund to Waikato County Council of value of improvements on Agricultural College and Model Farm, Waikato Contingencies 8,829 2. 3 4 5 2,000 500 150 85 6 250 7 1,800 8 73 9 423 312 10 11 12 482 500 13 760 500 4 Less estimated recoveries under section 41, "Public Revenues Act, 1891" 7,835 16,664 529 Total—Vote No. 81 .. . 16,135 TOTAL CLASS XX. 16,135