8.—7

70

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

Item. 1918-19. / DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. HEAD OFFICE— continued. £ £ 87 VOTE No. 38— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. Renovation of graves' of, and memorials to, 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 ... ... 275 Less recoverable from other Departments 200 38 450 75 39 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 War bonus to officers of the Department Weights and Measures Acts... 40 350 150 41 80 42 43 15 44 45 1,500 2,000 . 46 2,000 750 47 10 570 1,000 ,- 48 49 Less fees receivable in respect of the Land Act, 1912 34,535 5,000 Total —Vote No. 38 ... 29,535 41,763 MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. 1918-19. Total number of officers .. 17 1 2 3 VOTE No. 39. Salaries— Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) Salaries in addition to classification— 16 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each ... Additional salary to officer in classified department employed as Private Secretary (also £425) Extra classification allowance Secretary to Cabinet, sessional allowance 1 at £50 (also Clerk, Treasury Department, £450) ... 575 400 4 5 6 125 600 25 50 Total—Vote No. 39 ... I 1,775