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Appropriations for State Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT— continued.

Item. 1917-18. STATE COAL-MINES— continued. £ ! £ VOTE No. 119— continued. 1 Salaries— continued. General Division— continued. £ 6 at £180 ... ... 1,080 1 at £175 ... ... . 175 7 at £140 ... ... 980 4,827 Less amount not required on aocount of officers absent with Expeditionary Forces 11,126 810 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts 3 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts 4 Prospecting and development of State Coal-mines ... Depots— 5 Christchurch 6 Dunedin 7 Wanganui 8 Wellington 9 Houses for employees : Building and roading expenses 10 Hulks: Purchase and working-expenses 11 Liverpool Colliery expenses ... 12 Payment of royalty to the Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public 13 Payment of special rate to Greymouth Harbour Board on State coal sold to the public ... 14 Point Elizabeth Colliery expenses 15 ' Postages and telegrams 16 ! Printing and stationery 17 Purchase of firewood and necessaries incidental to working of depots 18 : Payment to employees during war under industrial agreement ... ... ... ■ 19 Seddonville Colliery expenses 20 j Travelling allowances and expenses 21 ' Refund to Permanent Charges of amount paid during 1916-17 for war bonus to employees ... 22 | War bonus to officers of the Department 10,316 150 2,500 5,000 11,000 3,500 3,500 16,000 1,500 1,000 120,000 1,000 3,000 90,000 150 150 2,000 19,000 100 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 9,239 575 289,514 292,830 7,000 282,514 Total—Vote No. 119 ... STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT £29! ,830