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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

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Item. 1918-19. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. HEAD OFFICE— continued. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 VOTE No. 38— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — Department of Internal Affairs — Advertising Courts under the Rating Act, 1908 Astronomical stations, expenses in connection with Audit fees for inspection of accounts Commissions of Inquiry Contribution towards funds of New Zealand War Contingent Association in London for wounded and invalid New-Zealanders ... Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of kinematograph-films Cost of work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department Expenses in connection with the compilation and printing of Maori Dictionary Expenses in connection with preservation of bird life Extra clerical assistance Fire Brigades' Annual Conference (grant in aid) Fire brigades attending Annual Conference, railway passes for Freight and cartage Fresh-water fisheries, expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings Fuel for Government offices ..... General contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Grant to Auckland Acclimatization Society (Game Farm) Hector Observatory— Cost of clearing ground and planting trees General expenses (including temporary assistance) Instruments and equipment Imperial Institute Legal expenses Light and water for various Government buildings ... Office equipment (including telephones]... Official War Correspondent, Salary, allowance, and expenses of Payment to Hospital Boards and other expenses in- - cidental to issue of licenses under Land Agents Act, 1912 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 historical graves Renovation of graves of New Zealand soldiers who died within the Dominion in connection with the present war, and expenses incidental thereto 200 5 25 50 1,500 500 1,450 25 15 300 1,500 300 500 300 2,750 800 100 100 *J» 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 150 100 100 50 2,250 1,250 28 1,600 29 5,000 120 850 1,250 30 31 32 33 1,250 34 35 36 125 700 100 250