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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS VIII.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

[tern. belli. 19.1 2-13. GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY BEANCH. i 1912-13. Total number of officers .. 8 £ £ 1 VOTE No. 40. Salaries— Director Mining Geologist Palaeontologist 2 Geologists: 1 at £250, 1 at £200 Draughtsman Cadet Assistant Topographer 625 325 300 450 210 100 190 2,200 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 J 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Otheb Chakges fob and incidhntal to — Books and periodicals Expert and temporary assistance Freight and cartage Instruments Instrument allowances Office equipment, telephones, <fcc. Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Petrographical specimens and apparatus ... Printing, lithographing, &c. Travelling allowances and expenses Tools, equipment, and field expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 300 50 40 60 100 50 50 500 300 1 ,200 100 2,800 Total —Vote No. 40 ... 5,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. I 3 4 I 5 6 ! n 8 9 10 11 i 12 13 14 J 15 16 17 18 19 20 ! 1 2 3 4 5 6 VOTE No. 41. Chab&es fob and incidental to — Advertising, books, newspapers, periodicals, and photos Assistance towards prospecting Assistance towards races, drainage, and waterworks on goldfields A udit fees for inspection of accounts Bonus for mineral oil Compensation to T. and H. Johnson for death of son, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mines Committee Compensation to J. E. Mclnnes in full sat isfaction of all claims for damage done to his property at Marua Contribution to Gold-miners' Relief Fund Cost of Collecting Goldfields Eevenue Dunstan jubilee celebrations (£1 for £1) ... Expenses of Boards of Examiners, Mining and Coalmines Acts Expenses of testing mining claims Extinguishing burning coal-seams Expert and temporary assistance, wages, &c. Field surveys and expenses Fuel, light, water, freight, and cartage Grant towards expenses of three officers attending Annual Meeting of Mining Engineers at Sydney Grants to libraries in mining townships Instruments and apparatus Karaka Creek Cut: Eepairs ... 120 5,000 500 200 2,500 50 150 1,000 50 250 400 50 20 200 20 50 75 50 50 1,000 120 5,000 500 200 2,500 50 150 1,000 50 250 400 50 20 200 20 50 75 50 50 1,000