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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

NATIVE DEPARTMENT —continued.

Number of Persons. Item. I 192 i-24. ! 1923-24. VOTE No. 12.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT— contd. Subdivision No. I. — Native Department —continued. & 1 Salaries— continued. Judges of Native Land Court. £ 1 (Chief Judge) at £920 (also Under-Secre-tary, Native Department, £36) ... 920 4 at £765 ... ... 3,060 2 at £715 ... ... 1,430 7 5,410 75 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 23,024 57 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910— Administration expenses of Maori £ Land Boards ... ... 7,550 Department of Internal Affairs : Salary of Private Secretary to Native Minister ... ... 515 Services for other Departments ... 300 Translations ... ... 50 -22,967 8,415 Total — Subdivision No. 1 14,55! Subdivision No. II. — Miscellaneous Services. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to officers temporarily performing special or higher duties Clearing Native lands of noxious weeds, uneler section 12 of Noxious Weeds Act, 1908 Cost of litigation incurreel by Arawas in connection with lake; and other claims Destruction of rabbits on Native lands : Wages and other expenses ... ... ... | Fees to Supervisors, Native Interpreters' examinations Freight, cartage, and transport charges.. Fuel, light, power, water, and cleaning ... Law-costs Office fittings, furniture, and requisites ... Part cost of partition survey of Section 2, Block III, and Sections 24 and 25, Block IV, Waitara Survey District Payment to Ohinemuri County Council for water supplieei to Native settlements on the banks of the Ohinemuri River Postage, telegrams, rent of boxes, and telephones ... Printing and publication of Kahiti ... ... \ Printing and stationery ... ... ... Refund to Chief Judge Jones in respect of personal property lost in a fire at hotel, Wairoa, whilst travelling on Departmental business ... ... 125 8 1,000 7,500 25 200 150 10 50 92 12 13 14 16 16 50 1,000 1,700 850 24 * Includes oost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages.