8.—2

88

CLASS XIV.—CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

:tem. 18 7-88. VOTE No. 14—continued. £ C— MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 Ceown Lands Miscellaneous Services — Fees to Members of Waste Lands Boards, including Travelling Expenses Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island Expenses in connection with investigation of grasses and other agricultural subjects ... Payment to Natives for excess of land now included in boundaries of Town of Gisborne Compensation to Mrs. Bain for loss of land in Howe Street, Auckland Stamp duty payable on Sotorua leases Kent of Endowments, Auckland and Parnell, opened under Village Settlement Regulations ... 1,500 200 250 535 5 7 400 300 Total—Miscellaneous 3,185 D.—COAL FIELDS. Salaries — Expenses under " The Westland and Nelson Coal Fields Administration Act, 1877," to be deducted from moneys payable to the Harbour Boards of Westport and Grey mouth — Agent (also Commissioner of Crown Lands £400) Clerk (also Clerk District and Resident Magistrate's Courts £200, Registrar of Electors £25, Local Land Officer £25) 200 1 2 100 50 Otheb Changes— Contingencies 150 50 Total —Coal Fields E — SURVEY DEPARTMENT. 1 2 3 4 1887-88. Total number of officers ... 191 Salaeies — 1 Surveyor-General 1 Assistant Surveyor-General ... 1 Office Surveyor 9 Chief Surveyors, 1 at £600, 1 at £500, 3 at £300 (also Commissioners of Crown Lands £300), 3 at £250 (also Commissioners of Crown Lands £250), 1 at £210 (also Commissioner of Crown Lands £210) 17 District Surveyors, 1 at £420, 2 at £400, 2 at £375, 9 at £350, 2 at £325, 1 at £312 53 Assistant Surveyors, 2 at £325, 1 at £320,4 at £312, 2 at £300, 3 at £288, 6 at £275, 4 at £250, 1 at £237, 1 at £220, 2 at £212, 4 at £200, 2 at £180, 2 at £175, 2 at £162,5 at £160,6 at £150, 1 at £125,1 at £120, 1 at £110, 3 at £100 10 Chief Draftsmen, 2 at £375, 1 at £350, 2 at £312, 2 at £300,2 at £276, 1 at £225 (also Crown Lands £225) ... 900 700 600 2,960 5 6,082 6 11,402 3,101