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CLASS IX.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item.i 1899-1900. METEOBOLOGICAL AND MUSEUM DEPABTMENT. £ I £ Total number of offioere ... 1899-1900. 2 VOTE No. 58. Salaries — Messenger and Keeper Taxidermist, at 8s. a day 125 126 Other Charges— Chemicals Cleaning windows, &c. Fixing two Seismometers Fuel, Light, and Water Instruments Meteorological Stations and Time Ball Observatorv Wages, Assistant Keeper Contingencies 251 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 55 50 30 40 125 95 25 Total—Vote No. 58 440 691 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 VOTE No. 59. Clerical Assistance, Wages, &c. Cost of collecting Goldfields Revenue Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine Managers' certificates Field Surveys and Expenses, Geological Surveys and Explorations Inspecting Timber-areas Legal Expenses Maintenance and Management of Water-races— Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office Bents Otago University (subsidy, £1 for £1) Preparation of map ofthe Thames-Hauraki Goldfields by the Survey Department ... Payment in full of survey charges of Charles Lewis, as recommended by Goldfields and Mines Committee Payment in full to B. McBae of claim in connection with proclamation of Wangapeka River as a watercourse for deposit of tailings Eefunds of rent, section 127, " Mining Act, 1898 " Eebate of duty on cyanide of sodium imported for mining purposes only Beports on Accidents Schools of Mines Subscriptions to Newspapers and Advertising Travelling Allowances and Expenses of Mining Inspectors ... ... ... Contingencies 275 200 250 400 125 100 3,000 1,400 40 250 60 12 100 13 250 200 14 1.5 16 17 18 19 200 50 2,800 100 20 1,400 300 Total —Vote No. 59 ll,50i ■ . 'OTAL OF CLASS IX. 17,551