8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIV.—MINES DEPARTMENT.

9—B. 7.

65

1908-9. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. ote 43.—-Mines Department... £ £ £ 6,365 6 ,365 „ 44.—-Dominion Analyst Branch 1 ,455 1,470 2,925 ., 45. —Geological Survey Branch 3 ,975 8,840 12 ,815 „ 46. —Miscellaneous Services 17,395 17 ,395 TOTAL OF CLASS XIV 11 ,795 27 ,705 39 ,50i .tern. 19 18-9. MINES DEPARTMENT. £ 1908-9. Total number of officers .. 22 VOTE No. 43. Salaries — • Head Office — Under-Secretary .. ..." Chief Clerk (also Secretary, Board of Examiners under Mining and Coal-mines Acts, £50) Secretary, Board of Examiners under Mining and Coalmines Acts (also Chief Clerk, £340) 3 Clerks : 2 at £220, 1 at £150 . Cadet Government Geologist Secretary, Mining Bureau Draughtsman Inspection Staff- — Inspecting Engineer and Inspector of Mines Thames — Inspector of Mines Cadet Waihi— Inspector of Mines Westport— Inspector of Mines Clerk Reefton — Inspector of Mines Dunedin — Inspector of Mines ... ... Clerk ClydeInspector of Mines Schools of Mines — 3 Lecturers and Instructors : 1 at £350, 1 at £210, and 1 at £190 700 340 50 590 50 400 335 305 525 315 60 315 365 115 315 365 170 300 750 Total —Vote No. 43 6 ,365