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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS I.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Number of Persons. Item. 192 1-21. 1920-21. VOTE No. 1.—LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued. Subdivision No. II. — House of Representatives —continued. £ Other Charges for and incidental to — 5 Office fittings and requisites, including printing and stationery 6 Telephone services, including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls 7 Temporary Assistance— £ Extra clerks ... ... 1,900 Extra committee reporters ... 100 Extra messengers ... ... 4,200 Custodian's staff ... ... 4,100 Orderlies ... ... 1,150 5 1,400 6 350 7 Cost-of-living increase, subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls—Extra clerks, extra messengers, custodian's staff, and orderlies: 113 at 2s. per day each 8 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 11,450 1,700 10 18,750 Total — Subdivision No. II 14,910 Subdivision No. III. — Law Drafting Office. 2 9 Salaries — Bill Drafting Department — Law Draftsman (transferred from Crown Law Office) Assistant Law Draftsmen— 1 at £550, 1 at £500 (3 months) ... Compilation Department— Compiler of Statutes (£700, 3 months) Clerical and General — Shorthand-writer, Typiste, and Office Assistant ... 9 900 675 1 1 5 Other Charges for and incidental to — 10 Office requisites, printing and stationery, postage, purchase of law reports, telephones, and contingencies 175 164 1,914 2,114 L0 200 Total — Subdivision No. Ill Subdivision No. IV. — General Expenses. 1 1 5 Salaries — 11 Library — Chief Librarian Assistant Librarian 5 Assistants in Library: 1 at £350, 1 at £300, 1 at £285, 2 at £270 Binder for Parliamentary Library Attendant Messenger Cost-of-living increase, subject to revision as the cost of living rises or falls 11 675 450 1,475 245 245 215 1 1 1 500 3,805