57

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

B—B. 7.

Item. 1910-11. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— continued. £ £ 18 19 20 21 22 VOTE No. 43— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Meeting of Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, Waihi, 1911 : Expenses of special trains, <fcc. ... 50 Office rents, equipment, and cleaning ... ... 200 Payment to A. E. Harvey to cover expenses incurred in resisting applications for dredging-elaims affecting his leasehold land ... ... ... 50 Payment to A. H. Westenra of forfeited deposit on Cook's coal lease, Westport, as recommended by Goldfields and Mines Committee ... ... 1,000 Payments and expenses under the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, and amendments . ... 50 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 300 Prospecting Ketaruke Coalfield ... 300 Purging mining-registers of obsolete titles... ... 50 Refunds of rent, Section 154, Mining Act, 1908 . 100 Reports on accidents ... ... ... I 20 Schools of Mines ... ... ... 4,000 Stone-quarries Act: Administration expenses ... 100 Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... ... 50 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 1 ,500 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in- j cidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 60 2:5 2 + 25 26 27 2S 29 80 81 82 Total —Vote No. 43 ... ... 14 14 ,28, TOTAL OF CLASS VIII J62i ,439