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CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

;em. 1897-98. PERMANENT MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS— contd. £ 34 35 36 37 38 VOTE No. 66—continued. Other Charges— -continued. House-allowance, Rent of Offices, Fuel, Light, &c. ... Extra Clerical Railway Fares for Defence Forces Efficiency fees for Volunteers Contingencies, and other assistance 300 200 700 1,000 2,000 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 23,640 2,000 Total—Vote No. 66 21,640 61,72 STORES AND MAGAZINES. 1897-98. Total number of officers .. 21 1 2 VOTE No. 67. Salaries — Auckland — 2 Magazine Keepers: 1 at £127 15s., 1 at £110 ... Wellington — Storekeeper Assistant Storekeeper ... ... ... Clerk Storeman Armourer Armourer's Assistant 2 Arms Cleaners at £109 16s. 2 Magazine Keepers : 1 at £140, 1 at £101 Otago — Caretaker, Powder Hulk ... 8 Magazine Keepers in other Districts ... 238 325 200 185 120 183 138 220 241 110 75 2,035 Other Charges— Repairs to Magazines, Hulks, and Store Buildings ... Contingencies 350 600 4 5 Total—Vote No. 67 950 2,985 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 Vote No. 68. Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Pension of late F. G. Rawson, continued to his Widow Pension of late Mrs. Passmore, continued to her Sisters < Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds re.? ceived while in the service of the New Zealand 46 45 94 Government