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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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

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Item. 1917-18. xMARINE, HARBOURS, AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY— continued. £ £ 32 33 34 85 36 37 3H VOTE No. 65— continued. Lighthouses— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Purchase and shoeing of horses and forage for same... Repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, &e. Revolving cowls Telephones Travelling allowances and expenses Wages of temporary keepers... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 300 500 460 50 50 1,000 20 17 ,125 Weather-reporting and Meteorological Office— Salaries — 29,425 89 Professional Division. Class B — 1 at £500 Class D — 1 at £325 500 325 Clerical Division. Class VII— 1 at £200 Class VIII— . 1 at £88 200 88 General Division. 96 lat£96 Unclassified. 55 4 Local Reporters Less salary of officer with Expeditionary Force 1,264 88 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cleaning offices Establishment of stations at Chatham Islands, Bealey, and Mount Egmont Extra clerical assistance Inspection of stations Lithographing Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Purchase of instruments and repairs to same Rent, office equipment, and books Telephones Weather messages by wireless Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,176 40 41 30 12 43 11 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 40 120 50 25 1,500 130 300 170 50 100 25 2,540 3,716