8.—7

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

Number if Persons. Item. 1924-25. VOTE No. 23.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. 924-25. Subdivision No. I. — Head Office —continued. £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. 200 9 10 11 Freight, cartage, and transport charges ... Fresh-water fisheries and game, expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings Fuel for Government offices ... Hector Observatory— General expenses Instruments and equipment Maintenance of grounds ... 1,200 1,750 12 13 M 15 16 200 250 80 5 3,720 17 18 Law-costs Light, power, and water for Government buildings . . Office fittings and requisites— £ Head office ... ... 450 Ministers' offices ... ... 220 19 20 Overtime and meal allowances ... ... Payment to New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, for part services of custodian, National Picture Gallery, and other charges in connection therewith Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes Printing and Stationery— Head office Ministers' offices Protection of Tuatara lizards: Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others Publications (including newspapers and books) Renovation of historical graves of, and memorials to, soldiers and others who were killed or died in connection with the Maori and Great Wars, including wives and daughters of officers, and also men of the British and allied navies, and expenses in connection therewith Rent ... ••■ ••• Salary, allowance, and expenses of Lady Medical Referee (part recoverable)... Special allowance to shorthand-writers and typistes employed in Ministers'offices Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) Temporary Assistance Travelling allowances and expenses of— Ministers (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1908) ... Ministers beyond the Dominion Ministers' expenses ... ... ... I Private Secretaries to Ministers Officers of the Department Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision 670 40 150 500 21 22 23 24 1,650 1,100 175 750 25 26 3,600 63 27 28 470 29 283 30 1,100 2,556 31 32 1,750 1,000 2,500 2,000 1,000 33 34 35 36 37 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — £ Commissions of Inquiry ... 500 Fuel for Government Buildings ... 50 Lady Medical Referee ... 305 Light, power, and water for Government Buildings ... 50 Temporary assistance ... 282 1,187 Total — Subdivision No. I 33,500 53,964