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1947_48. 1948-49. Y OTE —MINES —continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill —Assistance towards Mining £ £ £ (Number of officers : 1948-49, 1 ; 1947-48, 2) Salaries — Other Salaries 1 (£460 to £1,025) 460 900 650 Other Charges for and incidental to — Diamond and other drills and equipment, purchase of (capital expenditure) 15,000 . 5,000 7,224 Diamond and other drills : maintenance of equipment (partly recoverable) (revenue expenditure) 2,500 2,500 1,440 Expenses of delegates, coal conferences, &c... 800 800 764 Extinguishing fires in coal-seams 25 25 Filling in old mine-shafts 25 25 Glenorchy scheelite-mining 10 10 2 Grants : libraries in mining townships 50 50 20 Maintenance and construction of roads and works (partly recoverable) 5,000 7,000 3,476 Motor-vehicles : maintenance and running expenses 1,000 750 1,144 Purchase of miners' tools and general stores (recoverable) 50 200 49 Purchase of motor-car 500 560 182 Purchase of motor-trucks 1,300 . . Purchase of plant and machinery, &c. 50 50 Refunds of revenue due to Social Security Eund 10 10 . . Restoration of dredged lands (recoverable) .. 50 50 -Search for and production of gold and other minerals — Subsidies, loans, and other forms of financial assistance to companies and individuals engaged in prospecting and/or mining for gold, coal, and other minerals, and assistance to cover flood £ damage (partly recoverable) .. 10,000