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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued.

Number Item . -. q23 »f Persons. yOTE No. 1.—LEGISLATIVE DEPAETMENTS— 1V *° continued. _ .923-24. 192 $-24. 1-24. Subdivision No. VII. — General Expenses. £ £ Salaries — 24 Gardeners in grounds ... ... ... 1,125 25 Night-watchman ... .. ... 246 26 Extra Watchmen ... ... ... 1,950 27 Electrician in charge of lighting, bells, and telephones during session ... ... ... 150 28 Furnace Attendant during session ... ... 20U 24 25 26 27 28 +3,671 Other Charges for and incidental to— 29 Advertising ... ... ... 30 30 Charwomen ... .. ... 3,200 31 Cleaning buildings (three) previous to session ... 100 32 Fuel, light, power, and water ... ... 2,000 33 Furniture, brooms, brushware, soap, towels, linen, matches, tools, coal-buckets, and shovels (purchase and repairs) ... ... ... 285 34 Laundry-work for legislative Department ... 150 35 Parliamentary photographic shield ... ... 25 36 Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committee ... ... ... 50 37 Passages of Members of both Houses ... ... 1,021 38 Postage and telegrams, including parliamentary papers 800 39 Printing of Statutes, Journals, Appendices, Bills, Order Papers, &c. (part recoverable) ... ... 17,000 40 Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition ... 100 41 Eefreshments to Messengers on iate-sitting nights ... 100 42 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... j 25 43 Typewriters: Purchase and repairs ... ... 275 44 Uniforms for messengers ... ... ... 300 45 Upkeep of parliamentary grounds ... ... 125 46 Winding and repairing clocks, &c. ... ... 42 47 ! Window-cleaning, rubbish-removal, and chimney29 30 31 32 83 34 85 36 37 88 39 40 41 42 13 44 45 46 47 sweeping ... ... ... 415 48 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision ... 25 26,068 4b Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Eevenues Act, 1910-- £ Fuel, light, power, and water ... 150 Sale of— Old typewriters ... ... 50 Statutes, Journals, &c. ... 4,000 4,200 21,868 Total — Subdivision No. VII ... 25,53' TOTAL—VOTE No. 1 ... ... 64,24' TOTAL .... .... .... £64,247 * Includes cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages.