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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Item. 36-7. 19( COLONIAL ANALYST DEPARTMENT— continued. £ £ 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 41— continued. Other Charges— Laboratory Assistance Fuel, Light, and Water Cleaning Chemicals and Apparatus ... ... ... Contingencies 150 100 60 500 100 Total—Vote No. 41 ... 910 1,87' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT. 1906-7. Total number of officers ..- 15 VOTE No. 42. Salaries— Director Geologists : 1 at £300, 1 at £200 Palaeontologist Mining Geologist Assistant Geologists : 3 at £150 Topographer Assistant Topographers : 2 at £200 Draughtsman Assistant Draughtsman Shorthand-writer and Typist ... Clerk 630 500 400 300 450 300 400 175 100 180 85 3,520 2 3 4 5 6 7 Other Charges— Expert and Temporary Clerical Assistance Travelling Allowances and Expenses Books and Periodicals Instruments Tools, Equipment, and Field Expenses Contingencies 800 500 250 150 3,000 100 Total—Vote No. 42 ... 4,800 8,32i MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOTE No. 43. Advertising and Subscriptions to Newspapers Expenses of representation at New Zealand International Exhibition Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine - managers' Certificates Expert and Temporary Clerical Assistance Compensation to Mitchell and Teague, loss sustained through water tailings, Government water-race Cost of Collecting Goldfiel ds Revenue Cost of Work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department and Government Printer Editing, Printing, and Publishing a New Edition of " Mining and Engineering " ... Essays on Mining Grants to Libraries in. Mining Townships ... Inspecting Timber Areas Legal Expenses Mail-service, Cromarty (half cost) 100 2,000 200 450 200 50 200 8 150 150 100 50 100 150 9 10 11 12 L3