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GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS OFFICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,500 copies), £33 Hβ. 6d.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB97. Price, Is. 9d.] 12— B. 7.

Appropriations for the Government Advances to Settlers Office.

;em. 18' 17-98. Chargeable to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Management Account. £ £ COLONIAL TREASURER. 1897-98. Total number of officers ... 24 VOTE No. 116. Sal a ui ks — Superintendent (also Commissioner of Taxes £650, and Valuer-General, nil) Deputy Superintendent (also Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, £400) 200 50 4 Chief Valuers (2 months) Chief Clerk (also Chief Clerk, Land and Income Tax, £300) Inspecting Accountant, from 1st June (also Accountant Land- and Income-tax, £350) 11 Clerks: 1 at £220. 1 at £210, 1 at £200, 1 at £175, 2 at £156, 1 at £110, 1 at £96, 1 at £85, 1 at £60, 1 at £36 ... ... Type-writer Clerk ... Clerks : Auckland—1 at £50 ; Christchurch—1 at £156 ; Invercargill —1 at £75 Member of the Board not in Civil Service ... 308 50 42 1,504 100 281 163 2,698 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Other Charges— Interest on loan Valuation-fees Rent, Fire, and LightPrinting and Stationery Advertising Contribution to Post Office ... ' ... Proportion of Audit expenses ... Interest on advances from Consolidated Fund, say Travelling-expenses Contingencies 45,000 3,000 200 250 150 300 75 800 50 200 Total—Vote No. 116 50,025 52,723 GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SETTLERS) OEEICE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ... j £5S ,723