61

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1915-16. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IH L9 20 21 22 23 21 26 VOTE No. 40. Charges for and incidental to — oOaa.aAdvertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos " -Allowances to sufferers from pneumonoconiosis --]' -Assistance towards prospecting ... \3.3Assistance towards prospecting for minerals other than gold Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields Audit fees for inspection of accounts Bonus for mineral oil Compassionate allowance to Louis Gabriel, Reefton, first discoverer of gold. West Coast, South Island Compensation for damage to land by Moanatairi Aqueduct Compensation and expenses arising out of proclamation of rivers and resumption of land Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Diamond and other drills and appliances (working expenses only) Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expenses, Panama Exhibition Expert and temporary assistance, fees, wages, &c. Extinguishing burning coal-seams ... Field surveys and expenses ... Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage ... Grant towards expenses of officers attending annual meeting of mining engineers Grants to libraries in mining townships... Instruments and apparatus ... Karaka Cut : Removal of debris (£1 for £1) Legal expenses Mail-service, Cromarty (half cost) Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Waimea : Reconstructing flumes and syphons Office rents, equipment, and cleaning Outfit allowances for Inspectors of Mines Payments and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts ... ... Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Purchase of motor-car accessories, maintenance, &c. Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance Refunds of rent, Section 154, Mining Act, 1908 Reports on accidents Schools of Mines Stone-quarries Act : Administration expenses Subsidy to library at Skipper's Surveys of mining township sites Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... Thames School of Mines, Electricity Building (grant in aid) Travelling allowances and expenses Work and material supplied by other Departments ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 100 900 6,000 100 1,000 50 2,500 25 88 60 100 1,000 400 100 300 20 20 50 50 100 100 75 100 50 1,000 800 50 250 200 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 86 37 38 39 10 50 300 500 200 50 50 20 3,500 50 50 50 50 41 42 43 75 1,400 100 50 22,083 Total—Vote No. 40 ... TOTAL OF CLASS VIII £38, 23