CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED, REDUCED, OR TRANSFERRED, FROM 31st AUGUST, 1888, TO 1st JUNE, 1889.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1889 Session I, H-34

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1889. NEW ZEALAND.

CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED, REDUCED, OR TRANSFERRED, FROM 31st AUGUST, 1888, TO 1st JUNE, 1889.

Return to an Order of the House of Bepresentativcs, dated 4th July, 1889. Ordered, "That there be laid before this House a return showing separately the number of Civil servants ami persons in Government employ (1) who have been retired; (2) who have had their salaries reduced; (3) who have been transferred from one branch of the public service to another; showing the saving (if any) effected by such retirement, reduction, or transfer, and the provincial district in which such retirement, reduction, or transfer has been made, for the period extending from 31st August, 1888, to Ist Juno, 1889, with the amount of pension, compensation, or retiring-allowance paid to each; (4) the names of all such Civil servants or persons in Government employ who, having been paid compensation for loss of office, have been reinstated in the same or any branch of the public service, showing the office held before retirement and the salary attached thereto, the amount of compensation paid, the office to which reappointment or appointment has been made, and the salary attached thereto."—(Mr. Gor.DiE.)

SCHEDULE OF DEPARTMENTS. Justice Department. Mines and Lands Department. Postal and Telegraph Department. ■ Working Bailways Department Customs and Marine Department. Defence Department. Stamps and Deeds Department. Public Trust Office. Education Department. Public Works Office. Native Affairs Department.

1.—Return showing the Number of Civil Servants and Persons in the Government Employ who have been retired during the Period 31st August, 1888, to 1st June, 1889.

No. of 3ivil Servants, &G. Provincial District. Amount of Pension. Amount of Compensation. Saving effected. 1 1 1 2 Justice Depaetment. Justice. £ s. d. 195 4 9 Nil £ s. d. Nil C 13 4 8 6 8 518 5 10 £ s. A. 85 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 Wellington Canterbury Westland Otago Prisons. 3 2 4 2 Auckland .. .. Wellington Canterbury Otago Nil 300 5 5 120 15 9 319 1 8 292 12 3 Nil. 100 0 0 335 0 0 Nil. 1 1 1 1 1 Postal and Telegraph Department. Nil 270 0 0 72 14 11 36 0 2 Nil Nil Nil. Auckland Marl borough Westland Canterbury Otago 366 "l3 4 75*0 0 Customs and Makike Depabtment. Marine. Nil 223 5 2 93 6 6 40 0 0 20 0 0 1 1 Auckland .. .. .. Otago 1 Stamps and Deeds Department. Nil 79 18 2 Nil. Wellington .. ,,...

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Return showing the Number of Civil Servants and Persons in the Government Employ who who have been retired, &c.— continued.

Note.—Tho reduction of expenses and staff charges being due to many causes and operations which have extended over several years, the savings effected by particular staff changes cannot be identified. The railway working-expenses during 1887-88 were, in round numbers, £687,000 ; the same during 1888-89 were £647,000 ; the saving being, for twelve months, £40,000. All persons in the Eailway Service ceased to be in the Civil Service upon the initiation of the Government Bailways Act, 27th January, 1889.

2.—Return showing the Number of Civil Servants and Persons in Government Employ who have had their Salaries reduced during the Period 31st August, 1888, to 1st June, 1889.

3.—Return showing the Number of Civil Servants and Persons in the Government Employ who have been transferred from one Branch of the Public Service to another, for the Period from 31st August, 1888, to 1st June, 1889.

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No. of 3ivil Ser■ants, &c. Provincial District. Amount of Pension. Amount of Compensation. Saving effected. Mines and Lands Department. Surveys. £ s. d. Nil 2 Wellington Stock. £ s. d. 582 8. 2 & s. d. 1,860 0 0 1 Auckland Nil 96 10 4 Nil. 45 11 56 125 145 27 5 1 3 Working Railways Department. Nil Nil • Auckland Hawke's Bay Wellington Canterbury .. .. .. • Otago Southland Westland Nelson Marlborough * m I See note below. 1 Defence Department. 101 5 8 Nil Nil. Auckland 1 Public Tbust Office. Nil 180 0 0 Wellington .. .. . * 79 12 1 8 12 2 6 Public Works Office. Nil 300 0 0 Nil 425 0 0 2,399 5 2 •425 15 9 287 13 2 1,636 0 0 2,855 0 0 440 0 0 1,124 0 0 Auckland Wellington Canterbury Otago

No. of Civil Servants, &e. . Provincial District. Saving effected. No. of Civil Servants, &c. Provincial District. Saving effected. 1 Justice Department. Justice. Mines and Lands Department. Surveys. Wellington Prisons. £ s. d. *50 0 0 1 Wellington Stock. £ a. a. 10 o o 3 Canterbury 90 0 0 1 Wellington G6 18 4 2 Postal and Telegraph Dept. Canterbury Customs and Marine Dept. Otago 20 0 0 77 6 8 8 1 7 16 11 2 Wobking Railways Department. Auckland Hawke's Bay Wellington Canterbury Otago Westland iSec note on No. 1 Return. 1 1 1 Education Depabtment. Wellington Canterbury 10 0 100 0 0 3 Public Works Dapartment. Wellington 105 0 0 * H. W. Brabant, transferred from Native Department, £500.

« II No. of Civil Ser!i vants, &c. II No. of Civil Servants, &c. Provincial District. Saving effected. Saving eff ectctl. Provincial District. Justice Department. Justice. £ s. d. 50 0 0 1 Native Department. Auckland £ s. A. -Nil.* ■2 Wellington Working Railways Department. Wellington 1 Prisons. % Auckland Nil. 1 6 9 3 2 5 Public Works Department. Auckland .. Wellington Nelson Canterbury Westland Otago See note on No. 1 Return. Nil. io o o Nil. Postal, and Telegraph Department. Nil. 10 0 0 50 0 0 1 1 2 Auckland Wellington Otago *Tn aisfcrred to Ji tstice Depai ■tment.

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4.—Return showing the Names of all such Civil Servants or Persons in Government Employ who, having been paid Compensation for Loss of Office, have been reinstated in the same or any Branch of the Public Service, showing the Office held before Retirement and the Salary attached thereto, the Amount of Compensation paid the Office to which Reappointment or Appointment has been made, and the Salary attached thereto.

[Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,200 copies), £-2 125.]

By Authority : George Didsbuby, Government Pi-inter, Wellington.—lBB9.

Names of those reinstated in Civil Service after receiving Compensation for Loss of Office. Amount of Compensation received. Office held on retiring from Civil Service and Salary attached thereto. Office to which reappointed or appointed, and Salary attached thereto. Office. Salary. Office. Salary. jicut.-Colonel '.Roberts & s. d. 835 16 10 -Justice Department. £ s. d. Officer Commanding Per- 500 0 0 manent Force £ *s. d. Bosident Magistrate, 350 0 0 Wairarapa ?. J. W. Gaseoyne 401 4 9 Defence Department. Defence Storekeeper, 200 0 0 Auckland Major, Permanent Militia 250 0 0