73

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CLASS XVI.—MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

tern. 19' '3-4. £ METEOROLOGICAL AND MUSEUM DEPARTMENT— continued. 2 3 I 5 (5 7 VOTE No 67— -continued. Other Charges— Cleaning Windows, &c. Fuel, Light, and Water Instruments Meteorological Stations and Time-ball Observatory Wages, Assistant Keeper Contingencies 70 50 .")() 150 95 50 Total—Vote No. 67 465 841 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 8 4 5 6 VOTE No. 68. Advertising and Subscriptions to Newspapers Bonus for Recovery of Gold from Auriferous Black Sands (on account, £2,000) Chemicals and General Expenses of Colonial Laboratory, &c. Clerical Assistance, Wages, &o. Compensation to James Beattie for loss of water, as recommended by Public Petitions Committee Compensation to Alexander McDougall in satisfaction of all claims on account of loss sustained in connection with the Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company Cost of collecting Goldfields Revenue Cost of Work to be done by Surveyor-General's Department and Government: Printer . . Editing, printing, and publishing a New Edition of •' Mining and Engineering " .. Expenses of Board of Examiners for Mine - managers' Certificates Field Surveys and Expenses, Geological Surveys and Explorations Grant to Lessees for Development of Mokihinui Coalmine Inspecting Timber Areas Legal Expenses Mail-service, Cromarty (half cost) Maintenance and Management of Water-races— Waimea-Kumara Mount Ida Office Rents Petrological Examinations in London Printing and publishing Report on the Geology of the Cape Colville Peninsula Refunds of "Rent, Section 127, " Mining Act, 1898" . Reports on Accidents Schools of Mines Travelling Allowances and Expenses Contingencies 100 250 250 450 100 1,500 50 400 200 250 250 12 18 14 15 250 100 150 150 Lβ 17 18 19 20 3,600 1,500 50 250 21 22 23 24 25 200 300 25 2.800 1,600 300 Total,—Votu No. 68 14.975 TOTAL OF CLASS XVI.... TOTAL OF CLASS KVJ .... £22,901