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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

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Item. 5-19. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—continued. 191 VOTE No. 49— continued. Salaries (Relieving Staff) — continued. £ £ General Division— continued. £ 1 at £66 (10 months) ... ... 55 5 at £66 (8 months) ... ... 220 15,960 Allowances to officers temporarily performing higher duties 300 Less provided for by other Departments 29,277 11,000 Less proportion of salaries provided for but not payable during current year 18,277 2,789 Charges for and incidental to — Patriotic Societies, dc. — Audit of Patriotic Accounts Expenses in connection with the raising and distribution of various relief funds, including postage and railway fare concessions to patriotic societies, and freight on gift goods ... ... ... £7,500 Less amount recoverable from War Expenses Account ... ... 3,750 15,488 500 '2 3 Concessions to Soldiers — Baths for Soldiers at Public Tepid Swimming Bath, Wellington Difference between ordinary and special railway fares for members of Expeditionary Forces ... ... ... £13,000 Less amount recoverable from War Expenses Account ... ... 6,500 3,750 4 10 5 j» 6 6,500 8 9 LO 11 7 General — Absentee land-tax due by officer of High Commissioner's staff Additional salary for two officers of Munitions and Supplies Office (to be recovered from Munitions and Supplies Office) Allowance to Lieut.-Colonel ,T. G. Hughes, C.M.G., D.S.O. Allowance to officer of the Tourist Department for extra duties as Permit and Passport Officer Actuarial work done by the Government Life Insurance Department in connection with the valuation of Public Service Superannuation Fund Annuity to Lady Steward for services rendered by her late husband, Sir William Jukes Steward Books on New Zealand birds Cheeseman's Flora, binding of Compassionate allowance to A. L. Stewart Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sir Charles Bowen, formerly Speaker of the Legislative Council Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late R. H. Gill, formerly clerk, Public Works Department Compassionate allowance to the widow of the" late H. J. H. Okey, Esq., M.P. ... ... ! 1 235 142 25 500 12 13 14 15 150 187 20 66 16 500 17 100 400