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108

Appropriations for (Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XI.—CUSTOMS, MARINE AND HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENTS—continued.

Item. 1915-16. MARINE, HARBOURS. AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. 6 50 51 52 53 .54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 VOTE No. 64— continued. Lighthouses— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Keepers' station and travelling-allowances Medical examinations and expenses New automatic light for Jackson's Head Beacon New dwellings for Tiri Tiri ... Oil and stores Purchase and shoeing of horses and forage for same... Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, &c. Revolving cowls Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Wages of temporary keepers... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 700 10 290 1,200 3,500 100 500 730 50 50 750 50 9,325 22,895 Weather-reporting and Meteorological Office — Salaries — 62 Professional Division. Class B — 1 at £500 Class E— 1 at £300 500 300 Clerical Division. Class VII— 2 at £200 400 General Division. 132 1 at £132 Unclassified. 66 7 Local Reporters 1,398 63 64 6S 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 71 75 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices ... ... ... Establishment of stations at Chatham Islands, Bealey, and Mount Eginont Extra clerical assistance Inspection of stations Lithographing Postage, telegrams, aud rent of boxes Printing and stationery Purchase of instruments Rent, office equipment, and books Repairs to instruments ... ... Telephones Weather messages by wireless Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 25 40 30 50 25 1,500 100 300 170 5 40 100 50 2,435 3,833