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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund, Services.

CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE—continued.

item. 1913-14. NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES OFFICE. £ £ 1913-14. Total number of officers .. 15 VOTE No. 5. Salaeies — Registrar (also Superintendent National Provident Fund), (also Registrar of Incorporated Societies) Actuary (also Secretary National Provident Board) 5 Clerks: 1 at £275, 1 at £245, 1 at £220, 1 at £180, 1 at £150 Shorthand typist ... - ... * 9 Cadets : 1 at £91, 2 at £62, 6 at £50 ... Lodging-allowances 550 460 1,070 170 515 202 2,967 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Othee Chaeges fob and incidental to — Extra clerical assistance Legal expenses Office equipment ... ... Payment for statistical returns of sickness and mortality Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Travelling allowances and expenses ... , Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 350 150 150 600 200 450 200 50 Miscellaneous — Advertising, lecturing, &c. Remuneration to Post and Telegraph officers and agents Maternity expenses paid by National Provident Fund Board during 1912 Special payment of maternity expenses by Board on account of contributors who were prevented from qualifying owing to Act not being brought into operation on statutory date ... 2,150 10 11 12 1,200 750 13 171 » 12 7 ,250 Total —Vote No. 5 ... 2,133 RATES ON CROWN LANDS. VOTE No. 6. Payable under the CrOwn and Native Lands Rating Acts, including full amounts payable in respect of security given by local bodies for loans'— For current year, including arrears Payment of rates on Crown lands, as provided for in section 122 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 200 150 Total —Vote No. 6 ... 350 RATES ON NATIVE LANDS. VOTE No. 7. Rates on Native Lands 50 fin Total —Vote No. 7