THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, FEE 18. 1880.

Inangahua Times, Issue II, 18 February 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, FEE 18. 1880.

~ — ■■ ■ - ! That a Colony which borrow* larsfelv md expends largely, should He burdened with an expensive eiyil list, it* hardly more than could be expected but a glance at tie current years appropriations for departmental pup» poses, may well arrest aftpntion. We chii 'but briefly gommnriise the ex penditure, but this will be sufficient for present purposes. F^st in order, then is the overnmput Kstablislv ment, which absorbs £29 750, and infiud |j »— Hovernnr, £5,000 ; Ju iges. £7 700; Establishment of General Government, £10,050, and Native purposes, £7 000. In'erest- and Sinking Pu&d -malluws £1433 720. and to this is to be added the annuai charge accruing under special Ads o'' the Legislature, pensions, endowments nnd other purposes, amounting in tbe [ nhple to nearly half a million sterling. The Premier's offitf^i e&a'rged with one officer, who,- receives £450; Hie cost of the Colonial Secretary's office figures" up to £2,222, and ..numbers seven offi -ere, but to this ft^m is to be added £3861, for messengers, officekeeper^ of whom there are 29 The Legislative Deparnnent totals £1,870 and r.nmbors some eight or feu watery drawers. Trte iiluuse of . Representatives dtapo^m of nearly £68,000, o? which £45 000 was last year disbursed id honoraria to members; the balance •>f the vote being divided between ome six'y or seventy officials. The Klec'oral D- part ment costs £1.000, besides £4/80, the expense of advert 'isinganii pnotinif in connection there^ w<;h. The Audit Office costs £8,730 and employs some forty • ffi -ers, vvlmse silaries range f, om £450, downwards. Under tbe heading *• Govertnaeni S a'.ist's Department" we fiud tbe sum £8.210, tor some ten or fifteen officers. The Geological Department rauks lor £3570, and numbers six or seven hands. The New Zealand Institute takes LSOO, A gent -General L 1.500. sljiff, rent,&c, L 3 500. making together L 6,000 Charitable aid (o hospitals and other institutions reaches I 25,000. The vote for Lun tic Asylums amounts to I 37,000. The Printing Department (including stationery) runs away with L2B 30.0 The very elastic item of "Conting-n cies '»■ lakes in LIO.OOO while L4O 000 goes to " m'sceilaneous" purpose*, l'he Trrasury Department absorbs ! 8 700, divided between about for y officia b, whose stipends range from 1700. downwards The newly created Lund Tax Department employs fibnut thirty officers, the total vote being L 17.980. * Mi«celianeous ' has a further gr.mfc of S 9,000. The Depart * ment of Justice employs five clerk-, who tojj;ethpr take L 1160; the Crown D.w Ofßi'*-, 1.2100; Lund Claim* Office, 1200. {Supreme four's em ploy ai out furty oißcer- < f v.iri-us unulpp, at a cost of I 7096. D sfric Coiipff fur the. entne Colony. 1 7735 Weftideiit. M ii»isti(it*e'.H ami Wardr-n'w Ctiurts, L^6 620, which includes tor yseveu Magistrates, oue huuured and twenty Clerks, and abi ut dou!)!e tbe latter number of bailiff--, and otln-r officers. Criminal pr.'^eutions require LBOOO ; Coroner*' fees I 25€0 I'riKHEStnlo L 41.500 ; ;uid Contingt-i,* cies and Midceiluueoua Services, a turn

tbereum of L 15.000. Post Office Department. 1 279.000 ; Telegraph Depar'men^ 1. 1 18 000 Customs 1-45 596. and Mwdlaneons, Lll 351 ; Harbui-B, 1.50 000; Samp Depart. ment. L7OQO; I. and and Deeds lieaistry, Ll9 000; Rd»cntton, L 260.000. Native Aff.irs, LUOOOO Lands a. d \iiuee, L 210.000 ; Public Works 'Department, L 700.000 ; aud that miraculous sink; the Deduce « ffifce close upon LIBOOOO. Large 'as the** figures are. they are gtowiiig year by year, and it is hard to Bee how the Colony can continue to bear the enormous strain which the imgnitude ot our public service imposes.