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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS X.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

Number of Persons. Item. VOTE No. 23.— DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS -continued. 192 i-21. 1920-21. £ £ Subdivision No. IX. — Dominion Laboratory. 148 |l48 Salaries — Professional Division. 2 1 1 1 at £850 (Dominion Analyst) Glass B— £ 1 at £525 ... ... 525 1 at £500 ... ... 500 Class G — 1 at £420 Class D — 1 at £365 Class E— 1 at £280 ... ... 280 1 at £210 ... ... 210 Glass P— 1 at £160 ... ... 160 1 at £140 ... ... 140 850 1,025 420 365 2 490 300 Clerical Division. 1 1 Class VI— 1 at £300 Glass VII— 1 at £165 Equipment allowance 300 165 52 General Division. 1 at £285 ... ... 285 1 at £265 ... ... 265 1 at £220 ... ... 220 1 at £220 (8 months) ... ... 147 1 at £156 (9 months) ... ... 117 5 16 Additional amount required to provide for uniform cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages, subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls ... 1,034 699 Less salaries and increases provided for but not payable during current year 5,700 221 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other periodicals Chemicals, apparatus, and repairs to apparatus Cost-of-living bonus : 1st January to 31st March, 1920 Explosives Act: Expenses under— xApparatus, purchase of and repairs to Books and periodicals Expenses in connection with magazines General expenses Postage, telegrams, and telephone services Printing and stationery ... Salaries : Magazine-keepers Travelling allowances and expenses ... Fees of officers of Dominion Laboratory attending science lectures, Victoria College Freight, cartage, and transport charges ... Fuel, light, power, and water Office fittings and requisites (including printing and stationery) 5,479 149 150 151 60 550 45 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 100 20 250 50 40 30 150 750 161 162 163 50 60 250 100