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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

CLASS VIII.-MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

i item. _ 1911-12. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH. 1911-12. £ *■' Total number of officers .. 9 VOTE No. 42 1 Salaries— Director ... ... 600 Mining Geologist ... ... 300 Paloeontologist ... ... ... 250 2 Geologists at £200 (6 months) ... ... 200 Draughtsman ... ... 200 Cadet (Geological) ... ... ... 100 Topographer ... ... ... 54 Assistant Topographer ... ... ... 175 1,879 2 3 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Books and periodicals ... ... 25 3 Cost of work done by Government Printer ... 500 4 Expert and temporary assistance ... 200 5 Freight and cartage ... ... ... 50 6 Instruments ... ... ... 25 7 Instrument allowances . ... 60 8 Office equipment and rents ... ... .. 100 9 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 100 10 Purchase of petrographical apparatus and working11 12 13 14 expenses ... ... 50 LI Telephones ... ... ... 10 12 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 300 13 ! Tools, equipment, and field expenses ... ... f ,000 14 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 25 2,445 Total—Vote No. 42 ... 4,324 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES . VOTE No. 43 Charges for and incidental to — 1 Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos 100 2 Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coal-mines Acts ... 500 3 Bonus for mineral oil ... ... 5,000 4 Compassionate allowance to J. F. Franklin for injuries received in the Grand Junction Mine, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee ... 300 5 Compassionate allowance to Laura McKennaon account of the death of her late husband at Waihi Mine, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mines Committee 50 0 Compensation to T. and H. Johnson for death of son, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mines Committee ... ... ... 50 7 Compensation to G. Grubb, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mines Committee ... .. 50 8 Compiling plans of mining claims ... ... 50 9 Cost of Collecting Goldfields Revenue ... 50 10 Expenses of testing mining claims ... 100 I 1 Expenses of Royal Commission on mines ... .. i 1 ,000 L2 Extinguishing burning coal-seams ... .. | 20 13 Expert and temporary assistance, wages, &c. 100 14 Field surveys and expenses ... ... ... 20 15 Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage ... 50 16 Grants to libraries in mining townships ... ... 50 17 Instruments and apparatus ... ... ... 50