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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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item, 19i i8-9. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT— continued. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VOTE No. 5— continued. Other Chargks incidental to — Cleaning offices Extra clerical assistance Lighting, fuel, and water Lodging-allowances Office equipment Payment for statistical returns of sickness and mortality Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... £ 50 800 25 100 50 450 100 50 £ 200 Total—Vote No. 5 1 ,825 3,65' LAND AND INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT. 1908-9. Total number of officers .. 53 VOTE No. 6. Salaries — Commissioner (also Valuator Deceased Persons' Estates, £100, Advances to Settlers Office, £50)... Deputy Commissioner Clerk in charge, Land-tax Clerk in charge, Income-tax Receiver of Land and Income Tax (also Advances to Settlers Office, £25) 3 Inspectors : 1 at £330, 2 at £310 38 Clerks : 1 at £300, 1 at £290, 1 at £240, 1 at £230, 2 at £220, 2 at £205, 4 at £200, 10 at £195, 1 at £190, 11 at £185, 1 at £155, I at £130, 1 at £125, 1 at £106 6 Cadets : 2 at £80, 1 at £70, 1 at £60, 2 at £50 Lodging-allowance: 3 at £26 ... Messenger (also Advances to Settlers Office, £25) ... 700 475 330 330 290 950 7,401 390 78 133 Other Charges incidental to — Advertising, books, and newspapers Contribution to Valuation Department Extra clerical assistance • Expenses in connection with temporary offices Law-costs Office equipment Payment to Postal Department Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 11,077 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 220 8,500 6,019 100 900 50 900 1 ,350 450 150 Total—Vote No. 6 ... 18 ,639 29 ,716 1 RATES ON CROWN LANDS. VOTE No. 7. Payable under the Crown and Native Lands Rating Acts, including full amounts payable in respect of security given by local bodies for loans — For current year, including arrears Payment of rates on Crown lands, as provided for in section 122 of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908" 1. ,000 200 Total —Vote No. 7 ... 1,200 3—B. 7.