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CLASS XII.—STAMP AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

.tern. 19C '4-5. STAMP DEPARTMENT— continued. 9 10 11 12 13 14 VOTE No. 49— continued. Other Charges— Auditing stamps Cleaning offices Extra assistance Gas, water, and fuel Legal expenses Payment to General Post Office for services performed .. ... ... Postage-stamp and other paper ... ... Printing-inks Purchase of two new penny-stamp presses and dies for £ 87 25 580 20 250 25 1,000 250 15 16 17 18 19 20 same Remission of duty on estates of de<;eased members of contingents Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies 35 25 150 150 2,597 Total —Vote No. 49 . 7,383 LAND AND DEEDS REGISTRY. 1904-5. Total number of officers ... ... 42 VOTE No. 50. Salaries — Auckland — District Land Registrar Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Chief Clerk 3 Clerks : 1 at £200, 2 at £175 550 290 550 550 290 550 Taranaki — Assistant Land Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Deeds 2 Clerks : 1 at £150, 1 at £125 Cadet 280 275 65 280 275 65 Wellington — District Land Registrar ... ... ... Late District Land Registrar (3 months) ... ... Examiner of Titles ... ... ... Chief Clerk Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Assistant Land Registrar 1 Clerk 1 Cadet Ty piste Messenger (8s. per diem) Office-cleaner 550 138 350 255 325 190 60 100 146 50 550 138 350 255 325 190 60 100 146 50 Hawke's Bay — District Land Registrar and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Chief Clerk 500 285 500 285 Poverty Bay — District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles (also President Maori Land Council, Judge of Validation and Native Land Court, and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps, nil) Assistant Land Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Deeds 425 200 425 200 Nelson — Deputy Registrar of Deeds and Deputy Commissioner of Stamps Cadet 280 80 I 280 80 i