8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT— continued.

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Item. 1902-3. AUDIT OFFICE— continued. VOTE No. 9— continued. Salaries — continued. Cadette 4 Cadets : 1 at £80,1 at £66,1 at £50,1 at 40 (6 months) Chief Audit Inspector and Audit of Local Bodies Clerk 9 Travelling Inspectors: 3 at £280, 1 at £270, 1 at £260, 2 at £240, 1 at £230, 1 at £220 ... Audit Officer in London (also £250 charged AgentGeneral's vote) Salaries of Officers retired: 1 at £240 for 2 months, 1 at £350 for 4 months £ 84 216 400 210 2,300 200 157 2 3 4 5 Other Charges— Inspection of Public Trust and other Offices Railway Season Tickets Travelling-expenses of Audit Inspectors ... Contingencies 6,648 436 243 2,000 200 2,879 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 9,527 3,325 Total—Vote No. 9 ... 6,202 REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. 1902-3. Total number of officers ... ... 12 2 3 VOTE No. 10. Salaries — Head Office — Regi strar- General Chief Clerk 5 Clerks: 1 at £245, 1 at £215, 1 at £170,1 at £155, 1 at £125 Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the several Registration Districts, — Auckland — Registrar of Births, &c, and Vaccination Inspector Clerk Wellington — Registrar of Births, &c, and Vaccination Inspector Christchurch — Registrar of Births, &c, and Vaccination Inspector (also Deputy Registrar, Old-age Pensions, £75, and Registrar of Electors, £75) Dunedin — Registrar of Births, &c, and Vaccination Inspector Registrar of Births, &c, 3 months' salary on retirement ... ... ... Registrars of Births, &c, paid by fees only 475 325 910 225 145 250 4 100 225 57 2,000 Other Charges— Clerical assistance, Vear-book, &c. Census, 1901 Diagrams, &c, Tear-book Contingencies 4,712 7 8 9 10 655 700 50 200 1,605 Total—Vote No. 10 ... 6,317