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CLASS IX.—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

1904-5. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ 5,706 £ 39,360 Vote 42. —Customs Offices and Services 33,654 ,, 43. —Customs : Miscellaneous Services 2,489 2,489 TOTAL OF CLASS IX 33,654 8,195 41,849 item. 19 '4-5. CUSTOMS OFFICES AND SERVICES. £ 1904-5. Total number of officers ... 176 £ VOTE No. 42. Salaries— Head Office— Secretary and Inspector of Customs Chief Clerk 3 Clerks : 1 at £180, 1 at £155, 1 at £115 Clerk (Audit) Clerk (Audit) Cadet Messenger and Storeman Chief Customs Expert Auckland — Collector Landing Surveyor First Clerk Drapery Expert 6 Clerks: 1 at £160, 1 at £145, 1 at £125, 3 at £115 6 Cadets: 2 at £105, 1 .at £60, 1 at £50, 2 at £40 Warehouse Keeper ... ... ... 9 Landing Waiters and Examining Officers : 2 at £260, 1 at £250, 1 at £235, 1 at £210, 3 at £180, 1 at £170 Tide Surveyor and Examining Officer 4 Lockers :' 1 at £183, 1 at £175, 2 at £164 3 Lockers (Writers) at £187 ... Messenger at 7s. Od. per day Boatman at 8s. 6d. per day Whangarei — Coastwaiter (also Postal Officer) Whangaroa — Coastwaiter Thames — Coastwaiter New Plymouth — Collector and Examining Officer Clerk Officer at Waitara Wanganui — Collector Landing Waiter and Examining Officer Clerk 2 Cadets : 1 at £85, 1 at £40 ... ... ... Locker at 8s. per day ... ... ... I 700 400 450 310 300 85 146 800 600 395 310 300 775 400 190 1,925 230 686 561 138 I 56 50 50 50 350 105 75 400 280 135 125 125 3 4 5 6