THE ESTIMATES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 271, 9 June 1888, Page 4

THE ESTIMATES.

\\ 1 1.1 IM.TDN, -lime 5. Tin K-ti'n >U"-, wlmh \eu> eiiculatcd this attoinuon, -how wlit-K -a\ m ( 4s wete elleoh d In th ( ;<i\(.i invent m c.ui\iiin o.it then iClll'lU'lllll'lil siluilH' i'OW -alallfs O\Cl tljO ha.c been iiicica-cil, and im fh L . uiajoiii} ot t.M^ wheie .m appaient m-uea-e has hot n made tho olheei in i'.i'ii\ uo-nul k--,.>-.k --,.>-. all t< t - m >\\ v> t.j the CinHii m-kad ot K'iiil; paid lo tin wl'iiccis im addition lo tlit.ii | o-< Tin s-wun oi allowing othrui* to he pain l>\ molt than one department ha-. akoUen abolished, and when a. ;:r.il sui \ant holds i dv.ii ollicc his i-> ihai uod to ihe depa.-tnietu luiunm^ the mo-t ft his atU'iilion The total \ott a-k(d la-t>cai amounted lo L'4,2T5,')30, as a;4ain.st, L1.06U.G33 now askui, showing a -'iMn« of upunids ot L"U1U,OOO lv riio Li>uisl,iti\o and Colonial beciv-Luy's dtpai tmuil the prmcipal alteia tioiisiiio: Sal.uyot Hci4Clinl.it Ai n\-> 1- ie duced \*\, t's<), and the special allowance of t'so each made to Mmistu.-' pinate '■eeiei.iiie- duiin^ session is reduced to U 25. Tin 1 Ke^istiat tloiuial is icdueed fiom CbAO to L'soo : l'2OU is s (l \od on the cost ot the Airoiit -General s ftatl ; Mi Didsbmy, (io\cnnneiit puntoi, is reduced from l'soo to L 450 ; i.ii (i.i\ii), Seciotai v to the Tieasut} , is leilueesl 1)V L5O to L 750, <.nfl the A-Piain becietaiy l>\ a like suiii bo L'sot). Lai^o vivin»- .no ctlceLed by ieduetions in the nuinb..i on the stall 111 ■I! the tit paitments [11 the Justue Depaitment <^rcat economics h;i\e been elkctcd I>\ makiufr the pie.-ent .slail do the woik oi those losident numisliatcs who ha\o been letaod 01 deceased 01 lei t the sciMce. These aie Messi^ Waidell, Ollniei, and IJaddclcy (letneJ). Mi l>i(ii).'i!ii has none o\ci to tlie Xatne Depailment, Mi Smith i> absent on leave, and \J. I >es« u k deceased. The diatncts V )f I'atea, l'okuio. T.unanff.'i and Jloknika hi\o I'oin aUolished ; at \elson (aewtnk 1- done b\ the neyisiiar ot Heeds, and it lAtt"iu>n and Ash burton by the M.t^isti.ite oi Timaiu and Chi lstcinu eh. At "" luêll Mi lleiulci-on. llo^istiai ot the hupienie ComL ( C 250), h.is been Killed, and his \\ oik is tlone In the FiVammei ot Titles fn tin.- depaitment tlie vss,,iant l.iw Ollicei has bt •11 teduttd tiom L6OO to to3o ; the Law D-alts-in.iii fiom L'sso to t\')oo ; liitci pietei (AviekLindi, ibO, aboh-hcil ; U.><;istiai, New l'lynioiith. 1100, abt)lishtd; Re^i-tiai. Xapier. lLtiueetl tioiii CoOUto l 280; RegM) u,J)unodm. C'loO to 1400. deiksot nil .^upicrne loiiii Jud-rs. Cl5O to ClOO : Ollicial Ass]m,hcs ( Dimciiin, Auekkmtl. (hiisi (huiehand Wellington), L 550 to 'J475 ; and all b.uli.is ,uu .dsii ent down Tiif s;d;u:cs ot (he Cmcf I'ostmasteis of Aueklaml, \\clhnuton. and Chn-tchuieh lwi\o heen 1 educed 113 L'so lo L'4so, but Dunedin is ictained at L'sso. The po-lm,>vlei at Napiei is rai-ed by C2O to tv^oO. Tele^iaphie officers in ehaiue at the toui eenties aie cut <lown by L'2o to L' 3")!). Th' 1 Secidai} of Customs and Mai inc. cut down fiom 1800 to L'6oo, and the scnioi cleik horn L'4oo to C 275 ; Collector C6OO to L"550 ; at Na])ier, i:500 to t!4(55 : at Wellington, L'6oo to 1550 ; at Dunedin, €600 to €475.