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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1916-17. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 41. Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Assistance towards prospecting Assistance towards prospecting for minerals other than gold Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields Compassionate allowance to Louis Gabriel, Reef ton, 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 Contribution to Puysegur Point telephone line Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Diamond and other drills and appliances (working expenses only) Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expert and temporary assistance, fees, wages, &C. Extinguishing burning coal-seams Field surveys and expenses ... Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage ... Grants to libraries in mining townships... Instruments and apparatus ... Karaka Cut: Removal of debris (£1 for £1) Legal expenses Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office rents, equipment, and cleaningOutfit 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. Puysegur Point telephone-line maintenance Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance Refunds of rent, Section 154, Mining Act, 1908 Reports on accidents "Schools of Mines Special allowance to Private Secretary : 1 at £245 ... Stone-quarries Act : Administration expenses 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 £ £ 1 2 3 100 6,000 4 100 500 5 6 25 7 88 8 9 10 50 100 50 11 500 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 350 500 10 10 50 20 100 50 250 21 22 23 1,000 400 200 200 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 20 300 500 200 100 50 50 20 3,500 30 50 50 60 37 38 39 75 1,400 50 17,158 50 Total—Vote No. 41 ... 17,158 17 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII £31, 43