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Appropriations for State Goal-mines Account.

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT—continued.

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of N C b on, Item " 1925-26. VOTE No. 39—STATE COAL-MINES —continued. 1925-26. 1 Salaries—continued. £ £ General Division—continued. £ 1 at £290 ... ... 290 1 at £260 ... ... 260 9 2 at £255 ... ... 510 2,860 29 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... ... ... 34 Proportion of salaries to be recovered by Mines Department ... ... ... 250 8,962 Other Charges for and incidental to— 2 Audit fees for inspection of accounts ... ... 427 3 Compensation and expenses under Workers' Compensation Acts ... ... 3,000 4 Deposits on contracts (recoverable) ... ... 300 Depots : Purchase of stocks and trading expenses— 5 Christchurch ... ... ... 21,000 6 Wanganui ... ... ... 4,500 7 Wellington ... ... ... 35,000 8 Grant, bowling green and tennis court, Eunanga ... 100 9 Harbour rates and royalty ... ... ... 7,000 10 Head office expenses ... ' ... ... 155 11 House Allowance— £ Superintendent, State Coal-mines ... 100 Arrears, 1st April, 1924, to 31st March, 1925 ... .. ... 100 200 12 James Colliery expenses ... ... ... 40,000 13 Liverpool Colliery expenses ... ... ... 155,000 14 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 140 15 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 200 Prospecting and Development of State Coal-mines— 16 MacDonald Mine ... ... ... 50 17 James Mine ... ... ... ... 500 18 Liverpool Mine ... .. ... 2,000 19 Seddonville Colliery expenses ... ... 25 Subsidy— 20 Maintenance of road, Greymouth to James Colliery (£2 for £1) ... .. ... 133 21 Eunanga Medical Association ... ... i 200 22 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 150 23 Tree-planting, &c., MacDonald Colliery ... 400 24 Tree-planting at Eunanga ... ... ... 600 25 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Eevenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Eeturn of deposits ... ... £300 Sale of plant, railway tickets, &c. 5,000 5,300 271,130 Gross Total ... ... ... 280,092 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,300 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 39 ... 274,792