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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIII.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Number of ifficers in each Class. Item. 1 VOTE No. 29.—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT— continued. 1919-20. 1919-20. Subdivision No. I. — Customs Offices and Services — continued. 8 9 10 11 12 L3 14 15 in Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Cost of instruments, books, periodicals, and uniform trimmings Expenses connected with prosecutions and seizures under the Customs Acts, and legal expenses Expenses of Head Office and local offices Extra assistance (clerical and other) Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and detection of offences under the Customs Acts Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... . Travelling allowances, and expenses, including transfer and relieving expenses Travelling allowance and expenses of Inquiry Agent and Commercial Expert— Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand Travelling and general expenses Travelling-expenses on transfer from London to New Zealand Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 150 150 2,000 1,500 800 1,100 800 500 2,000 17 18 19 162 300 512 20 100 Total — Subdivision No. I 14,684 83,48' Subdivision No. II. — Customs : Miscellaneous Services. 21 22 23 24 26 27 Charges for and incidental to — Additional retiring-allowance to H. A. Day, late Watchman, Customs Department Additional retiring-allowance to G. Rowe, late Watchman, Customs Department ... Amount of pensions short-paid to retired officers Contributions to other Votes — Marine Department: Contribution towards cost of launch at Russell Tourists Department: Part salary of New Zealand Government Agent, Sydney Duty shortpaid (through misinterpretation of law at change of tariff) on goods found to be costed and sold before error discovereel ... Excise duty of Is. per lb. payable on imported manufactured tobacco cut up and packed in imported tins, New-Zealand-made tins being unprocurable Expenses incurreel in obtaining confidential information from United States and Canada concerning the value and origin of goods Expenses under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908 Expenses of Customs Buildings, Wellington Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments of an amount equivalent to the Customs duties collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to those Islands Refund of duty on — Aeroplanes and spares (for training aviators) Apples first arrived in New Zealand per " Makura " on 1st December, 1918, when duty was -|d. the lb., overcarried to Australia on account of the influenza epidemic and returned to New Zealand after 31st December, 1918, when the duty was Id. the lb. ... 63 9 34 100 100 1 50 28 29 30 31 800 50 400 2,353 32 33 500 1,000