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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

Under Special Acts of the Legislature— continued. 1909-10. Civil Service Act, 1908 — Pensions, Compensation, and Gratuities under Civil Service Act, 1908 £ 40 ,000 Education Act, 1908— Education Boards — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions on account of District High Schools 1 ,500 Manual and Technical Instruction — Subsidies on bequests and voluntary contributions 5 ,500 National Scholarships — Grants for scholarships 4,000 Secondary Schools — Subsidies on bequests and on voluntary contributions ... 500 Fire Brigades Act, 1908— Subsidies payable 1,200 High Commissioner Act, 1908 — Salary of High Commissioner 2,000 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1908 — Subsidies payable 150 ,000 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908— Salaries of Judge and Members of the Arbitration Court 2,800 Judicature Act, 1908— Superannuation Allowances 1,133 Land Act, 1908— " Thirds " and " Fourths "— Proportion payable to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts 37 ,518 Timber and Flax Royalties — One-half of Timber and Flax Royalties payable to local authorities 15 ,177 National Endowment Residue — For Education purposes ... ... 47,000 For Old-age Pensions ... ... 20,000 67 ,000 Legislature Act, 1908 — Payment to Members of both Houses . ... 28 ,500 Legislative Officers' Salaries — Legislative Council— Speaker Chairman of Committees Clerk Clerk-Assistant House of Representatives — Speaker Chairman of Committees Clerk Clerk-Assistant 600 300 650 450 800 500 650 450 Military Pensions Act, 1908 — Pensions and allowances 4,700 Municipal Corporations Act, 1908 — Subsidies payable 19 ,000 Naval Defence Act, 1908 — Proportional part of the cost of the maintenance of the Australasian Naval Squadron ... ... ... 100 ,000