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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS VI.—NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued.

item. 1915-16. NATIVE DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 22—continued. 1 Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division. £ 1 at £108 ... ... 108 lat £84 ... ... 84 192 Judges of Native Land Court. 1 at £850 (Chief Judge) ... ... 850 4 at £700 ... ... 2,800 4 at £600 ... ... 2,400 6,050 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 3 Expenses of Native Interpreters' Examination Board 4 j Freight and cartage ... .. ... 5 ; Fuel, light, and cleaning ... ... ... 6 Printing and stationery and office requisites 7 i Rent 8 Temporary Assistance — Assessors Extra clerks Interpreters 9 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 10 ! Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 18,109 50 25 150 150 900 350 100 300 50 3,600 100 5,775 Total—Vote No. 22 ... 23,884 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. I VOTE No. 23. Charges for and incidental to — 1 Legal expenses 2 Legal expenses incurred by former Native owners oi Waiohau No. 1b Block, of which they were deprived by a fraudulent sale, and which is now held by a subsequent bona fide purchaser under the Land Transfer Act 3 Payment of deficiencies in Law Trust Account and fees of E. A. Welch, late Registrar, South Island Native Land Court District 4 Payment to Ohinemuri County Council for water supplied to Native settlements on the banks of the Ohinemuri River 5 , Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 6 ! Purchase of typewriters ... ... 7 Services of Mr. C. B. Morrison : Drafting Native Land Amendment Bill, drawing series of clauses for Native Land Claims Adjustment Bill, drafting Rating Act Amendment Bill, and drafting West Coast Settlement Act Amendment Bill during session of 1914 ... ... 8 Telephones 200 454 50 50 700 150 76 75 Total—Vote No. 23 ... 1,755 TOTAL OF CLASS VI .... £2, ,639