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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

■tern. 18' 2-93. METEOROLOGICAL AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT— continued. £ £ 2 3 4 5 VOTE No. 54— continued. Othee Chaeges— Meteorological Stations and Time Ball Observatory ... Intercolonial Weather Exchange Instruments Contingencies 100 60 25 100 285 410 Total—Vote No. 54 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VOTE No. 55. Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Water-race Compensation to Michael Hennessy, recommended by Goldfields Committee Thames, Otago, and Reef ton Schools of Mines Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine Managers' certificates Collection of mineral specimens as exhibits £1 for £1 subsidy, final reward for discovery of the Mahakipawa Goldfield Refund to the Grey County of amount retained from goldfields revenue in respect of compensation connected with the proclamation of the Arahura and Teremakau Rivers as tailings channels Purchase of auriferous land at Kuaotunu, Coromandel... Refund of amount deposited by J. H. Witheford, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mines Committee Compensation and expenses in connection with the resumption of land and proclamation of rivers as watercourses for receiving tailings Contingencies and Mining Inspectors' Travelling - expenses 2,500 1,800 31 1,550 150 500 250 599 400 0 10 100 11 7,500 12 17,380 2,000 Total —Vote No. 55 TOTAL CLASS IX. £21 ,945