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

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services,

Item. 1897-98. PRINTING AND STATIONERY. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... ... 217 VOTE No. 13. Salaries— Government Printer, Manager of Stationery Office, and Controller of Stamp Printing Superintending Overseer Chief Clerk and Accountant ... 4 Clerks : 1 at £190, 1 at £188, 2 at £160 Cadet 2 Warehousemen : 1 at £165, 1 at £140 ... 4 Overseers : 2 at £253, 1 at £230, 1 at £225 3 Sub-overseers: 1 at £210, 1 at £205, 1 at £200 4 Readers : 1 at £220, 1 at £205 (also Hansard Supervisor, £100), 1 at £195, 1 at £180 Type Storeman 18 Compositors: 6 at £180, 6 at £172, 6 at £164 12 Book-finisher, Bookbinders, and Paper-rulers : 1 at £195, 1 at £180, 1 at £177, 3 at £172, 6 at £164 ... 7 Machinemen, Pressman, &c. : 1 at £175, 1 at £165, 2 at £164, 1 at £160, 1 at £145, 1 at £130 3 Stamp Printers: 1 at £260, 1 at £195, 1 at £125 ... 2 Engineer and Stoker: 1 at £185, 1 at £135 Stereotyper and Electrotyper ... Forewoman, Girls' Room 420 313 260 698 95 305 961 615 800 185 3,096 2,052 1,103 580 320 320 105 2 3 4 Folders, Sewers, and Machine-workers (females) Apprentices, Machine Boys, Reader Boys, Errand Boys, Perforators, and Gummers Piecework and Occasional Hands (including Contract Work for Railways, Insurance, and Public Trust Departments) 12,228 1,100 1,750 7,000 22,078 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Other Charges— Stationery, Paper, Parchment, &c. Stores, Bookbinding Material, Printing Ink Freight, Packing, Insurance, Wharf Labour, &c. Machinery, Type, and Printing Material... Binding Statutes for Public Libraries Overtime Fuel, Gas, and Lighting Water-rates New printing-machine for more rapidly printing Hansard Printing General Assembly Library Catalogue Contingencies 11,000 1,350 1,200 1,250 100 400 250 175 14 15 450 1,050 200 17,425 39,503 Less estimated credits under section 41 of The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 12,650 Total—Vote No. 13