8.-7

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS — continued.

Item. 1917-18. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. £ £ HEAD OFFICE— continued. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 VOTE No. 43— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. Payment to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, for part services of custodian National Picture Gallery, and other charges in connection therewith Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and stationery Printing, stationery, and office equipment for Ministers' offices ... Protection of Tuatara lizards : Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others, also compensation for land for sanctuary on Kawera Island Publications (including newspapers) Renovation of graves in historical cemeteries Renovation of graves of New Zealand soldiers who died within the Dominion in connection with the present war, and expenses incidental thereto Renovation of graves of soldiers and others who were killed or died in connection with the Maori War, including wives and daughters of officers, and also men of the British and other navies, and expenses in connection therewith Salary, allowance, and expenses of Lady Medical Referee, Special allowance to Inspector of Fire Brigades in connection with inspection of departmental fire appliances Special allowance to shorthand-writers and typistes employed in Ministers'offices Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £150) towards cost of the removal, to New Plymouth Cemetery, of remains of soldiers killed in Taranaki District, and the erection of obelisk Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Tauranga Cemetery to the memory of Maoris killed in Gate Pa engagement... Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Waikaremoana Cemetery to the memory of Trooper Noonan, A.C. ... Travelling-allowance of Ministers, as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1908 ... Travelling-expenses of Ministers Travelling allowances and expenses of Private Secretaries to Ministers Travelling allowances and expenses of officers of the Department Travelling allowances and expenses of Official Photographer and cost of photographic materials Victoria League, Auckland : Grant towards proposed Soldiers' Memorial War bonus to officers of the Department Weights and Measures Acts... 450 225 50 108 850 1,250 1,000 125 700 100 250 40 41 250 150 42 80 43 15 / 44 1,500 2,000 45 46 2,000 47 750 48 25 49 250 8,320 750 50 51 Less fees receivable in respect of the Land Act, 1912 42,378 5,000 Total—Vote No. 43 ... 37,378 48,83: