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The greatest increase was in the Mental Hospitals and Health Departments. In the Mental. Hospitals Department the increase is due to improved workingconditions of the staff, which previously was required to work long hours. In the Health Department the increase is, in the main, due to the expansion of the school dental services necessitating the appointment of a number of trainees, and to the fact that a number of Inspectors who were previously employed by local authorities were, by amending legislation, placed under the control of the Health Department, thus adding to the numerical strength of that Department. The salaries of the Inspectors are subsequently recoverable from the local authorities. Part of the reduction in the classified salaries was due to the operation of the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act, which resulted in a saving at the annual rate, under the first reduction, operating as from the Ist January, 1922, of £110,185. A rearrangement in connection with the charing staff, whereby the charwomen were transferred -from the permanent to the unclassified staff, also reduced the classified staff. The number affected was 113 ; annual salaries, £13,114. Temporary Employees. The position in regard to the temporary staff (excluding workmen, charwomen, &c.) in the Departments under the control of the Public Service Commissioner is as under :—-

1st April, 1921. Department. Number. aJjJ^fo,,. 1st April, 1922. Number. _ Total f . Remuneration. £ Agriculture .. .. .. .. .. 92 21,257 Audit 32 5,301 Coal Control .. .. .. •• .. 10 2,117 Defence .. .. .. .. ..218 44,180 Education .. .. .. .. .. 18 3,739 Government Insurance .. .. .. 8 1,960 Health .. .. .. •• .. 56 17,022 Immigration .. .. .. •• .. 2 422 Industries and Commerce .. •• .. 8 1,504 Internal Mairs .. .. .. .. 39 7,323 Justice .. .. .. •• .. 19 3,993 Labour 20 4,906 Land and Deeds .. .. .. .. 23 3,952 Land and Income Tax .. .. .. 2 481 Land for Settlements Lands and Survey .. .. .. .. 80 17,754 Marine .. " .. .. .. .. 9 1,873 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. 4 832 Mines .. .. .. .. .. 6 978 National Provident .. .. .. .. 15 2,147 Native .. .. .. .. .. 13 2,772 Native Trust .. .. .. .. .. 3 637 Pensions .. .. .. .. .. 66 15,067 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 2 546 Prisons .. .. .. .. .. 1 260 Public Trust .. .. .. .. .. 60 12,408 Public Works .. .. .. .. 82 20,398 Stamp Duties .. .. .. .. 8 1,800 State Advances .. .. .. .. 12 2,615 State Fire Insurance ... .. .. .. 2 377 State Forest Service .. .. .. .. 2 481 Tourist .. .. .. .. .. 8 1,337 Treasury .. .. .. .. .. 27 6,670 Valuation .. .. .. .. .. 39 6,778 £ 56 13,609 13 2,117 64 14,152 9 1,969 2 371 39 11,235 2 325 5 981 35 6,502 5 993 5 1,740 8 998 2 449 1 285 35 7,272 8 1,410 3 496 2 135 9 1,147 7 1,250 33 7,868 2 514 2 595 17 2,954 63 16,310 1 218 6 1,231 4 803 6 737 7 1,724 14 2,235 986 £213,897 465 £102,637 (Shillings and pence are omitted from this table.)