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

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

item. MINISTERS' SECRETARIES 1904-5. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 14 £ £ 1 VOTE No. 6. Salaries— Secretary to Cabinet (also Clerk of Executive Council, £50) ' 13 Private Secretaries to Ministers at £25 each 475 325 2 Total —Vote No. 6 ... MESSENGERS AND OFFICE-KEEPERS. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 39 800 250 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VOTE No. 7. Salaries— Messengers — Officer in Charge (also Fire Inspector, £50) 18 Messengers: I at £183, 1 at £155, 6 at £138, 10 at 7s. 6d. per diem 4 Night-watchmen at 8s. (id. per diem Office-keepers, Sfc. — Custodian £lOO, and Housekeeper £50, Government House, Auckland Auckland—1 at £275, 1 at £128, 1 at £114 New Plymouth Gisborne Nelson —Office-keeper £150. Messenger £90 Blenheim Christchurch—2 Office-keepers: 1 at £52 (also Messenger, Survey Office, £120), 1 at 4s. 6d. per diem 1 Watchman at 6s. 6d. per diem Dunedin- —Office-cleaner £l()4, and Watchman £45 ... ! 250 2,535 621 150 517 75 30 240 130 2,535 621 150 517 75 30 - 240 130 1 CM. 134 119 149 134 119 149 4,950 it Total—Vote No 7 ... ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 38 VOTE No. 8. Salaries — Chief Electoral Officer (four months) For payment of Registrars, including those who hold other appointments in the Civil Service 75 1,030 1,105 I 2 75 1,030 Other Charges — Expenses of General Election ... Licensing Poll under Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Acts 1,105 3 4 5 6 7 8 Expenses of By-elections Preparation and printing of rolls Expenses of Representation Commission ... Contingencies 50 15 400 1,250 100 100 50 15 400 1,250 100 100 1,915 3,020 1,915 'Total—Vote No. 8 ... AUDIT OFFICE. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 36 VOTE No. 9. Salaries — Chief Clerk 10 Clerks: 2 at £300, 1 at £275, 1 at £260, 1 at £245, 1 at £235, 1 at £170, 1 at £135, 1 (Shorthand and Type Writer) at £120, 1 at £108 385 2,148