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Appropriations for State Coal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 1918-19. STATE COAL-MINES— continued. 1 VOTE No. 113— continued. Salaries— continued. General Division— continued. £ 1 at £185 ... ... , 185 4 at £180 . ... ... 720 7 at £150 ... ... 1,050 4,622 Less amount not required on account of officers absent with Expeditionary Forces 11,346 1,500 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Cash lost by Greymouth highway robbery Compassionate allowance to A. W. E. Hall, widow of late W. Hall ... ... ■ Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Coulthard, mother of the late John Coulthard, motor-driver, murdered whilst employed by the Crown Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts Prospecting and development of State Coal-mines ... Depots— Christchurch Dunedin Wanganui Wellington Houses for employees : Building and roading expenses Hulks: Purchase and working-expenses Liverpool Colliery expenses ... Payment of royalty to the Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public Payment of special rate to Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public Point Elizabeth Colliery expenses Postages and telegrams Printing and stationery ... ... Projected new State Coal - mine at Waikokowai: Expenses of prospecting and options over properties Prospecting-work Purchase of firewood, coke, coal, and stores Purchase of house at Runanga, property of Mrs. Hall, widow of the late W. Hall, State Coal-mines Department Payment to employees during war under industrial agreement ... ... ... ... Seddonville Colliery expenses Travelling allowances and expenses Refund to Permanent Charges of amount paid during 1916-17 for war bonus to employees ... ... War bonus to officers of the Department 9,846 2 3 4 150 90 5 1,000 6 500 7 2,000 3,000 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10,500 2,000 3,750 15,000 1,500 1,100 120,000 «■* 16 1,200 17 18 19 20 2,500 90,000 160 175 21 22 23 500 3,000 4,000 24 300 25 26 27 19,000 50 250 28 9,239 790 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 291,754 7,000 Total—Vote No. 113 ... 284,754 294,600 STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT £29 ,600