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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

125

Number of ffioersin each Class. Item. 1919-20. VOTE No. 30.—MARINE DEPARTMENT- continued. 1919-20. Subdivision No. I. — Marine, Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery —continued. £ £ Weather-reporting and Meteorological Office— Salaries — 45 Professional Division. 1 Glass B — lat £550 Class D — 1 at £380 550 380 550 1 380 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £260 Class VIII— 1 at £98 260 1 1 98 General Division. 132 1 lat £132 4 Unclassified. 55 4 Local Reporters 1,475 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices Establishment of district weather reporting stations Establishment of stations at Chatham Islands, Bealey, and Mount Egmont Expenses of Director attending Meteorological Conferences in London and Paris Extra clerical assistance Inspection of stations Lithographing Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Purchase of instruments and repairs to same Rent, office equipment, and books Telephones Upper air investigations Weather reports from Samoa, Fiji, and Niue Islands Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 30 290 40 450 100 50 25 1,500 130 500 200 50 100 100 50 3,615 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine, Examiners of Masters and Mates, and Surveyors of Ships— 5,090 01 Salaries — Professional Division. 4 6 Class B— £ 4 at £500 Glass C — 6 at £440 Class D — 4 at £400 ... ... 1,600 lat £380 ... ... 380 lat £345 ... ... 345 5 at £325 (5 months) ... ... 677 2,000 2,640 11 3,002