8.—7.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

MINES DEPARTMENT—continued.

(a) Credits-in-aid : — Other Salaries. Charges. 1927-28. £ £ £ Subdivision I 500 .. 500 II .. 500 500 111 .. 260 260 Totals .. 500 760 1,260

ofpetL Ite "" 1927-28. VOTE No. 21.—MINES DEPARTMENT—continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. III.—Miscellaneous Services— £ £ continued. Charges fob and incidental to —continued. 24 Compensation to Payne's Gully Sluicing Syndicate for release from contract to supply water ... 25 25 Examinations, Mining and Coal-mines Acts ... 110 26 Freight, cartage, and transport charges... ... 20 27 Fuel, light, water, and cleaning ... ... 50 28 Instruments and apparatus ... ... ... 10 29 Instrument and outfit allowance for Chief Inspector of Mines ... ... ... 26 30 Kawarau Dam, Public Risk Insurance ... ... 220 31 Law-costs ... ... ... 10 32 Motor-cars, maintenance of... ... ... 200 33 Office fittings and requisites (including typewriters) 100 34 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 250 35 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 500 36 Refund of rent of drill (Ngahere Gold-dredging Company, Limited) ... ... ... 9 37 Refunds of revenue under section 155 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926 (recoverable) ... ... ... 50 38 Rents .. ... ... 500 39 Rents, &c., in connection with the leases and plant of the Blenheim Oil Company (dissolved) ... 200 40 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 180 41 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 1,600 42 West Coast Miners' Council representative's expenses attending the de-watering of the Dobson Mine ... 32 43 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision ... 18 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Collecting goldfields revenue ... 20 Printing and stationery, publications, &c. ... ... 50 Refunds of revenue ... ... 50 Rents, &c., in connection with leases and plant of the Blenheim Oil Company (dissolved) ... 140 260 Total—Subdivision No. Ill ... 4,786 GBOSS Total ... ... ... ... 37,001 Credits-in-aid (a) ... ... ... ... 1,260 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 21 ... 35,741