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CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS-continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

"tern. 19 i4-5. GENERAL EXPENSES. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 28 VOTE No. 3. Salaries — Chief Librarian Assistant Librarian Second Assistant in Library Third Assistant Fourth Assistant Binder for Parliamentary Library Attendant Mailman during Session £ 425 300 200 190 110 168 150 50 Reporters — Hansard Staff— Chief Reporter 9 Reporters: 1 at £350, 6 at £300, 1 at £290, 1 at £270 Hansard Supervisor (also Copy Supervisor, Government Printing Office, £225) Hansard Supervisor's assistant Clerk (15s. per diem) Messenger (8s. per diem) ... Committee Reporters : 2 at £150 Extra Reporters, Select Committees ... Extra assistance for Hansard Custodian, Parliament Buildings Night-watchman Assistant Night-watchman 1,593 450 2,710 175 150 70 40 300 150 50 300 168 110 3 4 5 4,673 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 lllS 16 17 18 19 Other Charges— Cleaning up building previous to session ... Charwomen Electrician's Assistant Extra binding for books in library Gas, fuel, and electric lighting Library Passages of members Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees of both Houses Printing of Hansard Newspapers for library, and cartage of books Translating Acts into Maori Washing towels, Ac. Winding and repairing clocks, Ac. Amount deducted from honorarium of Mr. Kaihau, M.H.R., for non-attendance during session 1904 Grant to Sir W. J. Steward for copyright and compilation of Parliamentary Procedure under the Standing Orders, with Rulings and Decisions thereunder Conveyance of members of Parliament on Manawatu Railway Grant to Bellamy's (wages, £500 ; linen, furniture, Ac, £250) Gratuities to messengers, orderlies, and attendants, Parliament Buildings Gratuity to Library Staff and Messenger ... Contingencies 6,266 100 900 100 250 1,000 600 500 500 5,150 100 25 50 50 20 12 100 21 13 22 750 23 200 50 400 24 25 10,850 Total—Vote No. 3 ... 17,11 TOTAL OF CLASS I. £24,690