95

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

MINES DEPARTMENT—continued.

of^Perrons. Item ' 1927-28. VOTE No. 21.—MINES DEPARTMENT—continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. I.—Administration—continued. £ £ 1 Salaries—continued. Non-permanbnts. £ 1 at £156 ... ... 156 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £117 ... ... 117 4 1 at £104 ... ... 104 507 29 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... ... ... 30 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Recovery from State Coal-mines £ Account ... ... 500 Total—Subdivision No. I ... ... 10,233 Subdivision No. 11—Assistance toivards Mining. Charges for and incidental to — Assistance towards— Experiments in connection with— 2 Inflammability of coal-dust ... ... 100 3 Utilization of brown coals ... ... 100 4 Maintenance of roads and works ... ... 1,500 5 Prospecting for gold ... ... ... 9,500 6 Bonus of £2,000 for the successful manufacture of briquettes, or of coke, and any other by-products from sub - bituminous or brown - coal slack, for commercial purposes (on account) ... ... 1 7 Bounty payable to Onakaka Iron and Steel Company (Limited), under the Iron and Steel Industries Act, 1914 ... ... ... 4,820 8 Diamond and other drills and appliances (partly 1 recoverable) ... ... ... 275 Grants— 9 Towards expenses of Greymouth Diamond Jubilee 100 10 Libraries in mining townships ... ... 25 11 Nevis Valley Road (maintenance), (subsidy £100, £1 for £1) ... ... ... 425 12 Thames water-race repairs .. ... 100 13 Maintenance of Water-races : Waimea-Kumara ... 150 14 Schools of Mines ... ... ... 3,800 Subsidies—• 15 Drybread Sludge Channel (£3 for £2) ... 300 16 Gimmerburn Creek Dam repairs (£1 for £1) ... 125 17 Kauaeranga Water-race, Thames (£1 for £4) ... 180 18 Morere Springs (£1 for £1) ... ... 100 19 Road-access to Okoke Oil-well, Clifton (£1 for £1) 380 20 Systematic prospecting for minerals under Government direction ... ... ... 1 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— Drilling-expenses ... ... £500 Total—Subdivision No. II ... 21,982 Subdivision No. III. —Miscellaneous Services. Charges for and incidental to— 21 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... . 70 22 Collecting goldfields revenue (partly recoverable) ... 300 23 Commission of Inquiry, Dobson Mine disaster ... 306