8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IX.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

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[tern. 1915-16. DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. HEAD OFFIOE— continued. 40 41 42 43 27 28 29 30 31 32 88 34 35 36 37 38 39 VOTE No. 42— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Department of Internal Affairs —continued. Grant to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington Grant to Auckland Acclimatization Society (Okoroire Game Farm) Grant towards cost of erecting memorial to veterans and pioneers in Waikaraka Cemetery... Hector Observatory— Cost of clearing ground and planting trees General expenses (including temporary assistance) Instruments and equipment House allowance, Custodian, Government Buildings, Nelson Imperial Institute Legal expenses Light and water for various Government buildings ... Meals supplied to persons who are granted free passages on Government steamers Motor-cycles and accessories Office equipment (including telephones)... . . Payment to Hospital Boards and other expenses incidental to issue of licenses under Land Agents Act, 1912 Payment to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, for part services of custodian National Gallery Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Printing, stationery, and office equipment for Ministers' offices Protection of Tuatara lizards : Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others Publications (including newspapers) Renovation of graves in historical cemeteries Renovation of graves of soldiers and others who were killed or died in connection with the Maori War, including wives and daughters of officers, and also men of the British and other navies, and expenses in connection therewith Salary, allowance, and expenses of official War Correspondent Special allowance to Executive Officer of Board of Supplies, £50 (7 months) ... Special allowance to messengers, Wellington Special allowance to shorthand-writers and typistes employed in Ministers'offices Subsidy (£1 for £1 up to £150) towards cost of the removal, to New Plymouth Cemetery, of remains of soldiers killed inTaranaki District, and the erection of obelisk Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Tauranga Cemetery to the memory of Maoris killed in Gate Pa engagement... Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards cost of erecting monument in Waikaremoana Cemetery to the memory of trooper Noonan, A.C. ... Travelling-allowance of Ministers, as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1908 ... Travelling-expenses of Ministers Travelling allowances and expenses of Private Secretaries to Ministers 600 100 100 200 250 300 30 100 50 1,200 25 275 500 5,000 80 500 500 250 44 45 46 50 700 100 350 47 1,000 48 49 50 29 350 51 158 150 52 80 53 15 54 1,500 1,250 55 56 1,250 9—B. 7.