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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS II.—DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE- continued.

Item. 19K 5-17. NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMKNT— continued. " ! £ £ VOTE No. 5—continued. Salaries— continued. Clerical Division— continued. Class VII— £ 3 at £210 ... ... 630 1 at £190 ... ... 190 lat £180 ... ... 180 lat £135 ... ... 135 Class VIII— 4 at £110 ... ... 440 2 at £95 ... ... 190 3 at £80 ... ... 240 2 at £65 ... ... 130 3 at £50 ... ... 150 1,135 Cadets'lodging-allowances ... 1,150 123 General Division. 1 at £204 ... ... 204 lat £96 ... 96 300 Less proportion of increases to salaries provided for but not payable for full year ... 5,398 99 Less salaries of officers with Expeditionary Force 5,299 395 Other Charges for and incidental to— Expenses of Friendly Societies' conference Extra clerical assistance Office equipment Payment for statistical returns of sickness and mortality Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... Printing and stationery Rent of offices Travelling allowances and expenses Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 4,904 2 3 4 5 138 500 200 6 7 8 9 10 550 200 450 350 300 200 Miscellaneous — Advertising, lecturing, enrolling, &c. ... ... Half contributions of contributors of National Provident Fund serving with Expeditionary Forces ... Special remuneration to Post and Telegraph officers, supervisors, and agents .. ... ... Maternity expenses paid by National Provident Fund Board during 1915 ... ... ... Payment towards cost of reinsuring funeral benefits of members of Friendly Societies serving with Expeditionary Forces 2,888 11 12 1,000 13 4,700 850 11 15 2,806 5,000 Total—Vote No. 5 ... .. • 14,356 22,148