8.—7

CLASS XVIII.—WORKING RAILWAYS— continued.

95

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

item., WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 2,391 1904-5. 2,391 Miles. 26 VOTE No. 71— continued. Miscellaneous— continued. Increases to be paid to Employees in excess of the maximum rates of pay as set forth in the Schedules to the Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901,— First Division— Special allowance of £10 per annum to Shorthand-writers, Class 1 £ 100 I £ £ 100 Second Division— Increase of Is. per day for Enginemen, Firemen, and Guards employed on Rimutaka Incline Lake Wakatipu Service — Working-expenses 350 5,600 11,350 350 27 5,600 11,350 1 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 1,491,182 26,000 1,491,182 26,000 Total —Vote No. 71 ... ... - 1,465,182 TOTAL OF CLASS XVIII. £1,46 ,182