8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Item. 1917-18. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 41. Charges for and incidental to — Advances to oil-boring companies Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Assistance towards ambulance classes ... Assistance towards prospecting Assistance towards prospecting for coal and minerals other than gold Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields Assistance to Thames Borough towards cost of repairing flood-damage and removal of mining debris ... Audit fees for inspection of accounts Bonus for mineral oil Compassionate allowance to Louis Gabriel, Reef ton, discoverer of gold, West Coa'st, South Island Compensation for damage to land by Moanatairi Aqueduct Compensation and expenses arising out of proclamation of rivers and resumption of land Construction of dam, Ralph's Mine, Huntly (half cost) Contribution to Puysegur Point telephone line Cost of collecting goldfields revenue Cost of removing house owned and occupied by Mr. S. Taylor, Stafford, to a safe site Diamond and other drills and appliances (working expenses only) Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expenses in connection with conferences between Government, Miners' Federation, and coal-mine owners 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 of Water-races— . . Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida 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 Surveys of mining township sites Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... To cover defalcations and deficiencies of II. E. Radcliffe, late Chief Clerk, Mines Department Travelling allowances and expenses War bonus to officers of the Department Work and material supplied by other Departments ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ £ 1 2 3 4 5 4,000 100 100 5,000 6 100 7 400 8 9 10 400 100 1,250 11 25 12 88 13 14 15 16 50 155 50 50 17 25 18 500 19 300 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 350 300 20 10 50 20 50 50 200 28 29 30 31 32 1,200 600 200 208 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 20 300 500 200 20 50 20 3,500 50 150 80 44 45 46 47 500 1,500 425 i 50 50 Total —Vote No. 41 ... 23,366 2f 23,366 TOTAL OF CLASS VIII £37, ■77