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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VII.-JUSTICE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. tern. 1916-17. LAND AND DEEDS REGISTRY -continued. ! £ £ VOTE No. 88— continued. I Salaries— continued. Genkral Division. 1 at £200 1 at £160 4 at £132 2 at £96 lat £84 . ... Office-cleaners — 1 at £18 200 160 528 192 84 18 1,182 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 21,272 241 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 21,031 2,350 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts 3 Advertising, books, and publications 4 Binding books 5 Cleaning offices 6 Contract work for recording ... 7 Draughtsman's work performed by the Survey Department 8 Freight and cartage 9 Fuel, light, and water 10 Mounting and binding plans... 11 Office equipment, including books and papers, and loose- leaf ledgers 12 Payment to T. Neave and II. II. Ostler for preparation of examination papers for Land and Deeds officers 13 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes 14 Printing and stationery 15 Rent 16 Salary of W. W. De Castro, District Land Registrar, Invercargill, for two months while on leave prior to retirement 17 j Salary of H. Baxter, Chief Clerk, Land and Deeds Office, Christohurch, for two months while on leave prior to retirement 18 j Telephones 19 j Temporary Assistance— Extra clerks 20 ; Travelling allowances and expenses 21 j Typewriters 22 ' Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Less estimated credits under section 48 of Public Revenues Act, 1910 18,681 175 750 250 50 2,500 7,600 10 200 100 100 11 175 1,300 900 80 53 130 200 350 100 125 15,159 150 15,009 Total—Vote No. 38 33,f 33,690 TOTAL OP CLASS VII £500,02 ,020 10