8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated. Fund Services.

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!tem. 19 )2-3. METEOROLOGICAL AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT. £ £ 1902-3. Total number of officers ... 3 VOTE No. 64. Salaries— Messenger and Keeper Taxidermist, at 10s. a day ... Museum Assistant 140 156 50 Other Charges— Cleaning Windows, &c. Fuel, Light, and Water Instruments Meteorological Instruments for the Resident Agent at Niue ... ..." Meteorological Stations and Time-ball Observatory Wages, Assistant Keeper Contingencies ... ... 346 2 3 4 5 55 50 40 6 7 8 30 125 95 50 445 Total—Vote No. 64 791 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. 1 2 VOTE No. 65. Bonus for Recovery of Gold from Auriferous Black Sands (on account, £2,000) Chemicals and General Expenses of Colonial Laboratory, &c. Clerical Assistance, Wages, &c. Contribution, Thames High School Cost of collecting Goldflelds Revenue Cost of Work to be done by Surveyor-General's Depart250 250 450 1,000 50 3 4 5 6 7 ment Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine - managers' Certificates Field Surveys and Expenses, Geological Surveys and Explorations Grant-in-aid, Coromandel Gold Jubilee Exhibition Grant-in-aid, Otago University Grant to Lessees for Development of Mokihinui Coalmine Inspecting Timber Areas Legal Expenses Maintenance and Management of Water-races — Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office Rents Petrological Examinations in London Refunds of Rent, Section 127, " Mining Act, 1898" .. Reports on Accidents Schools of Mines Subscriptions to Newspapers and Advertising Travelling Allowances and Expenses Contingencies 250 250 8 250 250 250 9 10 11 12 13 250 150 150 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 3,000 1,400 40 600 400 25 2,800 100 1,500 300 Total—Vote No. 65 ... 13,965 TOTAL OF CLASS XI JE2',906 ■