8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS V.—OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT.

s—B. 7.

33

Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ 4,262 5,281 9,543 Vote 18. —Old-age Pensions Department ... TOTAL OF CLASS V 4,262 5,281 9 ,543 item. 1908-9. OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEPARTMENT. 1908-9. Total number of officer* • .. 23 VOTE No. 18. Salaries — Registrar ■ • • v • ■ Chief Clerk 9 Clerks: 1 at £245, 3 at £210, 2 at £205, 2 at £195, 1 at £157 3 Cadets: 1 at £85, 1 at £75, 1 at £65 Auckland — Deputy Registrar Clerk Wellington — Deputy Registrar Christchurch— Deputy Registrar Cadet Dunedin — Deputy Registrar Cadet £ £ 600 340 1,832 ! 225 220 100 210 200 85 200 96. Invercargill — Deputy Registrar (also Clerk of Court and Registrar Supreme Court, £345) Clerk 45 110 Other Charges incidental to — Contribution to Post Office for paying pensions ... Extra Clerical assistance Fees for certificates of age Freight and cartage Interpreters' fees Light, firing, and water Office cleaning Office requisites Payment to Eibert Abbenseth of two instalments of pension due to wife at date of death, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses of Registrar, Stipendiary Magistrates, Deputy Registrars, and Police Constables Travelling-expenses of pensioners to Court Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 4 ,262 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 3 ,990 150 15 5 50 15 40 " 50 4 500 60 11 12 L3 350 2 14 15 50 5,281 Total—Vote No 18 ... 9,543 43 TOTAL OF CLASS V £9,