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Details of Expenditube of the Depabtment of Laboub during the Year ending the 31st March, 1909. £ s. a. Salaries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,603 16 2 Advertising, printing, and publications ... ... ... ... ... 335 17 5 Allowance to police officers acting as departmental agents ... ... ... 744 8 0 Bicycles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 3 1 Carriage and freight .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 10 11 Expenses of reporting Canterbury farm labourers'dispute ... ... ... 226 4 1 Fares, board and lodging, and supplies for persons proceeding to employment ... 1,985 2 7 Fees payable to members of Conciliation Boards, and to acting members, Court of Arbitration ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,380 3 0 Legal and witnesses'expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 644 0 10 Postage and telegrams (including rent of letter-boxes) ... ... ... 988 19 3 Preparation and printing of Digest of Decisions under Conciliation and Arbitration Act ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 175 0 0 Rent, office requisites, cleaning, fuel, and lighting ... ... ... ... 2,057 19 1 Telephones ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 166 13 3 Temporary clerical assistance ... ... ... ... ... ... 326 15 2 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... ... ... ... 4,399 14 4 Typewriters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 137 11 8 Workers' dwellings on Crown lauds— Completion of road-works, Coromandel Street ... ... ... ... 74 6 0 Cost of erection, alteration, and enlargement (whether in excess of rate of cost or not)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,796 1 0 Preliminary, administrative, and travelling expenses ... ... ... 46 4 G Contingencies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 14 9 32,257 5 1 Less amount credited ... .. ... ... ... ... 1,980 3 7 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £30,277 1 6

Ajyproximatfi Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing {2,250 copies, including diagrams and illustrations), £ 393 6s.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o9.

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