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Appropriations for Public Trustee's Account.

PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S ACCOUNT.

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Item. 1908-9. Chargeable on the Public Trustee's Account. MINISTER OF FINANCE. £ £ 1908-9. Total number of officers .. 101 VOTE No. 132. Salaries — Public Trustee Deputy Public Trustee (also Chief Clerk, £480) Solicitor Chief Clerk (also Deputy Public Trustee, £25) Inspector Accountant Examiner Assistant Solicitor 21 Clerks : 1 at £330, 2 at £295, 1 at £285, 1 at £275, 1 at £250, 2 at £235,1 at £225, 1 at £205,1 at £190, 3 at £180, 1 at £170, 1 at £165, 2 at £160, 2 at £140, 1 at £130 29 Cadets: 2 at £80, 4 at £70, 10 at £60, 9 at £50, 4 at £40 6 Shorthand-writers and Typists: 1 at £140, 1 at £130, 2 at £70, 1 at £60, 1 at'£50 Reserves Agent and District Agent, New Plymouth ... Clerk, New Plymouth Agency 2 Cadets at New Plymouth Agency at £50 District Agents : Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Greymouth ... Nelson Napier Wanganui ... Clerks, Cadets, and Typists at Agencies — Auckland: 1 at £250, 1 at £160, 1 at £104, 1 at £80, 1 at £50, 1 typist at £100 Christchurch: 1 at £230,1 at £150,1 at £70,2 at £60, 1 typiste at £100 Dunedin: 1 at £160, 1 at £70, 3 at £60; 2 typists— 1 at £85, 1 at £60 Wanganui: 1 at £120, 1 at £50 Greymouth : 1 at £140 (£10), 1 at £80... Napier: 1 at £60 Nelson: 1 at £50 Local Audit, £240; London Agency, £100 850 25 550 480 450 350 300 250 4,425 1,650 520 250 200 100 400 400 350 250 225 250 250 744 670 555 170 90 60 50 340 Other Charges incidental to — Inspection of properties ... .. ■•• New premises, Christchurch: Erection of buildings, furnishing, Ac. New premises at Wellington for Public Trust Office: Erection of buildings, furnishing, Ac. ... r Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Repayment of £500 deposited with Public Trustee in connection with acquisition of coal-mining lease from Malcolm Fleming, as recommended by the Goldfields and Mining Committee 15 ,204 2 3 200 10 ,000 4 25 ,000 750 5 6 500 36 ,450 51,654 Total—Vote No. 132 ... PUBLIC TEUSTEE'S ACCOUNT £51, >54