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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

tern 19 7-18. ELECTORAL. 1917-18. Total number of offioers .. 40 VOTE No. 49. Salaries— £ £ Clerical Division. Glass IV— 1 at £425 ... . Class VII— £ 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £210 ... ... 210 1 at £200 (for 6 months) ... ... 100 425 For payments of Registrars ... 530 2,912 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Cartage, railage, and wharfage .... Expenses of by-elections Expenses of general election Expenses of Representation Commission Firing and lighting Legal expenses Licensing poll, under Licensing Act, 1908 Licensing Committee election Office requisites Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Preparation and printing of rolls Printing and stationery Rent of offices Telephones Travelling-expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 3,867 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 25 500 200 1,000 25 20 50 25 30 50 17,200 200 13 25 50 10 Total—Vote No. 49 ... 19,433 23,300 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. VOTE No. 50. Salaries — Secretary Finance Officer Assistant Secretary Emigration and Exhibition Officer ... . Veterinarian Clerks and Messengers Miscellaneous wages 800 600 475 500 600 8,482 639 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising Contributions due under National Insurance Act, 1911, in respect of clerks employed in the High Commissioner's office Extra clerical assistance Freight and carriage Insurance of staff against air-raid risks ... Office equipment, including stationery and publications Postage Refund of amount lost in High Commissioner's Office Refund to officers of difference between the amount of income-tax payable in England and New Zealand Rent, office-cleaning, fuel, and light Travelling expenses and allowances 12,090 2 8 900 4 5 6 7 25 500 100 50 8 9 10 2.000 700 36 II .12 750 6,434 800