119

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIII.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS -continued.

Item. 1918-19. MARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY—continued. VOTE No. 58— continued. Protection of Fish and Oysters— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Casual labour Catching and marketing of salmon Collection and distribution of brown-trout ova Grant for costs and maintenance of Fish-hatcheries— Salmon-hatchery at Hakata.ramea Grant for maintenance of Portobello Fish-hatchery... Importation of rainbow-trout ova Importation of striped bass ... Picking and sale of oysters ... Planting oysters Stocking rivers with salmon... Subsidy to Portobello Fish Hatchery Board for research work (£1 for £1) ... Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote £ 72 73 74 75 175 250 200 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 150 500 325 325 6,000 300 700 83 84 140 350 50 9,995 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 11,966 79,006 1,400 Total —Vote No. 58 ... 77,60( GOVERNMENT STEAMERS. VOTE No. 59. Salaries— Professional Division. Class B— lat £550 Class C — lat £460 550 I 460 Charges for and incidental to — Expenses connected with training-ship "Amokura" Installation of wireless-telegraph apparatus Repairs to training-ship " Amokura" Working-expenses of Government steamers, including wages, maintenance, repairs, replacements, and other expenses incidental to their upkeep within or outside the Dominion— Working-expenses and Repairs— S.s. ''Hinemoa" S.s. "Rama" S.s. "Tutanekai" 1,010 2 3 4 5 9,000 600 2,500 6 10,500 500 3,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 26,100 2,100 Total—Vote No. 59 ... 24,000