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CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

tern. 18' a-92. MINISTERS' SECRETARIES. 1891-92. Total number of officers ... 8 1 VOTE No. 7. Salaries—■ Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) 6 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each Services of Shorthand-writer ... 2 3 450 150 100 Total—Vote No. 7 700 MESSENGERS AND OFFICE KEEPERS. 1891-92. Total number of officers... 37 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 VOTE No. 8. Salaries— Messengers — Chief Messenger and Housekeeper 17 Messengers, 1 at £170, 2 at £125, 8 at £120, G at 6s. per diem 3 Night-watchmen at 7s. Cd. per diern Office Keepers — . Custodian and Housekeeper, Government House, Auckland Auckland, 1 at £95, 1 at £104 New Plymouth Gisborne Wellington Nelson, Office Keeper £150, Messenger £50 Blenheim Christchureh, 3 Office Keepers, 1 at £175, 1 at £100, 1 at 4s per diem 1 Watchman at Gs. 6d. per diem Dunedin, Office Keeper £110, Office Cleaner £104, and Watchman £45 268 2,040 411 150 199 75 30 120 200 100 348 119 10 259 Total —Vote No. 8 ... 4,319 ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1891-92. Total number of officers ... 14 VOTE No. 9. Salaries— For payment of Registrars who do not hold other appointments in the Civil Service Other Charges— Expenses of Printing Rolls, Advertising, Elections, and Contingencies Expenses under "Election Petitions Act, 1880" G00 2 400 70 3 Total—Vote No. 9 470 1,070