IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS OEEIOERS.

G.—No. 53a.

NOMINAL RETURN of OFFICERS employed under "The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870," with particulars of their Salaries and Allowances, and the Conditions of their Engagements.

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Salary. Date. Name and Office. Railways, Roads, or Lands. Locality. Allowances. Conditions. Remarks. Original. Present. 1869 June 12 Bold, E. H., Engineer in charge Roads Napier, Taupo, and East Coast Proportion* Proportion* * Also Telegraph Engineer. He receives from Public Works a proportion according to the time occupied. 1870 Mar. 1 April 10 May 1 Burr, Amos, Overseer Hales, W. H, Engineer in charge ... Lambert, B., Assistant Surveyor „ ... Manawatu Wanganui, Patea, Taupo Seventy-Mile Bush £417s. 6d. per week £400 per year £3 per week £417s. 6d. per week £400 per year £3 per week Scale 18s. per week for horse £50 per year 3 months' notice. ,, ... July 1 Carrington, Octavius, Engineer in charge ... Road & rail Taranaki, Patea ... £225 per year £450 per year When receiving £225 was surveyor of Confiscated Lands. Also £200 borne by the Marine Department. Oct, 1 Blackett, John, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief Wellington £800 „ £600 £500 ., C £50 „ ) Scale 3s. per day forage 10s. „ travelling 3s. ,, in field... 1 Stewart, John T., District Engineer and SubPaymaster Road & rail Foxton, Manawatu £400 „ 1 21 Nov. 1 1 Eliott, H. J. II., Chief Clerk Hogg, J., Surveyor Rochfort, John, Surveyor Werry, N. W., Becord Clerk Lawson, Henry, Accountant... Booth, James, Purchaser of Native Lands ... PitzGerald; John, Messenger Railway ... ,, Wellington Patea, Wait otara... Masterton Wellington £300 £7 per week £40 per month ... £150 per year £300 £350 £300 £7 per week £50 per month ... £200 per year £300 £350 ,, Temporarily On Estimates of 1872-73 for an increase of £50. Terminates in current month (October). On Estimates of 1872-73 for an increase of £25. Lands Wanganui Wellington Scale Is. per day >> ;j Addition to pay as Messenger for other departments. On Estimates of 1872-73 for £149 10s. (See J. Archer, June 26.) 1871 Jan. 1 1 ., 17 Feb. 8 „ 13 Mar. 1 9 20 „ 25 Carrington, N., Eoad Surveyor Calcutt, Thomas, Land Purchase Agent i Turner, A. C, Resident Engineer ... FitzGerald, Michael, Railway Surveyor Gibbes, E. 0., Clerk ; Simpson, G. G., Assistant Engineer Crapp, S., Overseer Hursthouse, C. W., Surveyor Marchbanks, D., Clerk of Works Featherston, I. E., Agent-General ... Roads Lands Roads Railway ... Roads Whenuakura, Waiiti Dunedin ... Tauranga ... Manawatu Wellington Tauranga ... £200 per year £350 £150 £6 per week £80 per year £200 £3 10s. per week... £6 £4 10s. £1,500 per year ... £250 per year £350 ,, £400 £6 per week £90 per year £200 £3 10s. per week... £6 " „ £4 10s. £1,500 per year ... £1 per day travelling £150 per year 2s. 6d. per day ... 2s. 6d. per day ... Temporarily. Temporarily. Ceases when the land for Otago lines is acquired. On Estimates of 1872-73 for an increase of £10. Railway ... Waingongoro Dunedin, Clutha... London jj ,, Temporarily. Under section 45 of " The Immigration and Public Works Act, 1870." The extra 2s. 6d. is for a second horse to save an additional Inspector on another line of road. April 1 j Haig, S., Overseer Roads Tauranga ... £3 10s. per week... 2s. 6d. per day ... 5s. per day 1 6 May 1 ., 22 June 29 Ross, David, Overseer Knowlos, John, Under Secretary Blair, W. N., District Engineer Ross, Donald, Surveyor Johnston, Adam, Assist, to District Engineer Carruthers, John, Engineer-in-Chief Railway ... Land & road Railway ... Napier, Taupo ... Wellington Dunedin ... Seventy-Mile Bush Dunedin, Clutha... Wellington £3 £600 per year £600 „ £7 per week £300 per vear £1,000 „ £3 per week £600 per year £600 £450 „ £350 £1,000 ., 18s. per week Scale For this survey. Temporarily. 6s. per day in field Scale 1 year's notice. Return passage •