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Appropriations for State Coal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT -continued.

ItMa - 1916-17. 1916-17. STATE COAIi-MINES— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 119— continued. I Salaries— continued. £ £ General Division— continued. £ 2 at £180 ... ... 360 4 at £175 ... ... 700 1 at £165 ... ... 165 8 at £140 ... ... 1,120 4,602 10,428 Less amount not required on account of officers absent with Expeditionary Forces ... . y 650 9,778 p Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 150 3 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts ... ... ... 2,000 4 Development of State Coal-mines ... ... 5,000 Depots — 5 Christchurch ... ... ... 10,000 6 Dunedin ... ... ... 2,500 7 Wanganui ... ... ... j 2,500 8 Wellington ... ... ... j 12,000 9 Houses for employees : Building and roading expenses 1,000 10 Hulks: Purchase and working-expenses ... 1,000 11 Liverpool Colliery expenses ... ... ... 90,000 12 Payment of royalty to the Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... ... 1,000 13 Payment of special rate to Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... . ... 3,000 14 Point Elizabeth Colliery expenses ... ... ! 80,000 15 Postages and telegrams ... ... ...J 150 16 Printing and stationery ... ... ... | 100 17 Purchase of firewood and necessaries incidental to working of depots ... ... ,.. 2,000 18 Seddonville Colliery expenses ... ... 100 19 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 150 20 Wanganui Depot burglary ... ... ... 7 ' 212,657 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 ... ... 7,(MX) 205,657 Total—Vote No. 119 ... ... 215,435 STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT .... £215,435