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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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Item. 1908-9. MAORI COUNCILS. 1908-9. Total number of officers 2 £ £ VOTE No. 29. Salaries — Acting Superintendent (also Record Clerk, Native Department, £135) Organizing Inspector 140 150 140 150 290 290 2 8 4 5 Other Charges— Expenses of delegates and other charges incidental to general conference of Maori Councils Subsidies to Maori Councils Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 400 100 50 400 100 50 50 600 Total—Vote No. 29 ... ... - 800 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VOTE No. 30. Charges incidental to — Clearing Native lands of noxious weeds Compensation for claims, Utanga Block No. 9 Exhibit of Maori women's work at Exhibition oi Women's Work, Melbourne Expenses of Native Land Commission Fernie Bros. : Refund survey charge Final payment on account of Hunua "tenths " ... i Payment to Survey Department for preparation of plans, <fcc. ... ... •■• Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Purchase of land to provide for wants of former Native owners of Waiohau No. 1b Block, of which they were deprived by a fraudulent sale, and which is now held by a subsequent bona fide purchaser under the Land Transfer Act Retiring allowance to Colonel T. W. Porter, late President Maori Land Board Seed-potatoes and vegetable-seeds for Maoris Survey of Papatupu lands (on account) Telephones 2,000 200 102 6,000 196 21 300 600 2,000 400 350 500 50 2,000 10 400 350 500 50 11 12 13 Total —Vote No. 30 ... ... — 12 ,719 TOTAL OF CLASS XI £$ ,279