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VIII.—DEPARTMENTS OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE—continued.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

Number if Persons. Item. 1921-22. 1.920-21. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 14 — continued. Salaries — continued. Board of Trade. £ 1 at £1,000 (Chairman) ... ... 1,000 1 at £800 ... ... 800 1 at £800 (9 months) ... ... 600 Trade Representatives. 2,400 3 1 at £300 (also Tourist Agent, £400) ... 300 1 at £100 (also Tourist Agent, £350) ... 100 1 at £50 (also Tourist Agent, £50) ... 50 450 39 Less salaries provided for and not required *13,090 840 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications Advisory committees: Expenses in connection with meeting Audit fees -Account, record, and other books (including cost of material, printing, and binding) Bicycles: Purchase and upkeep Cement: Expenses of Commission of Inquiry into prices Distribution of commodities : Expenses in connection with *Extra clerical assistance Freight, cartage, and transport charges ... Fuel, light, power, and water Industrial Exhibition at Wellington, expenses in connection with Law-costs Office-cleaning Office furniture, fittings, and requisites (including printing and stationery) ... Overtime and meal allowances Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Price Investigation Tribunals— Fees to members of Travelling-expenses Witnesses'expenses Purchase of goods for purpose of investigations Promotion of sale of New Zealand manufactures in outside markets Purchase of wheat, to establish a credit for the (recoverable) Publications, preparation and distribution of Rates: Head Office Rent: High Commissioner's Office, London Standardization of footwear Subsidies to — Flourmillers Steamer services— New Zealand-Vancouver (half) New Zealand-San Francisco (half) New Zealand-Chatham Islands (half) 12,250 275 170 493 150 5 65 50 160 20 90 100 200 50 250 10 800 L6 17 18 720 19 50 20 500,000 100 5 150 25 21 22 23 24 25 180,000 26 27 28 10,000 12,500 250 * Includes :ost-o. f-living increase to scale salaries or wages. t Transferred to vol te " Mines De lartment."