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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

MINES DEPARTMENT—continued.

of N p™. Itcm - 1928-29. VOTE No. 20.—MINES DEPARTMENT—continued. ' 1928-29. Subdivision No. I.—Administration—continued, £ £ 1 Salaries—continued. General Division. £ 1 at £425 ... ... 425 1 at £205 (8 months) £195 (4 months) ... 201 3 1 at £185 (6 months) £175 (6 months) ... 180 806 Non-permanknts. 1 at £143 ... ... 143 1 at £130 ... ... 130 1 at £117 ... ... 117 4 1 at £91 ... ... 91 481 26 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... ... ... 18 J Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Recovery from State Coal-mines £ Account ... ... 750 Total—Subdivision No. I ... ... 9,319 Subdivision No. 11—Assistance towards Mining. Charges for and incidental to — Assistance towards— 2 Maintenance of roads and works ... ... 1,500 3 Prospecting for gold ... ... ... 14,384 4 Rising Sun Public Battery (on account) ... ; 1,000 5 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 1 6 ! Bounty payable to Onakaka Iron and Steel Company (Limited), under the Iron and Steel Industries Act, 1914 ... ... ... 8,000 7 ! Diamond and other drills and appliances (partly recoverable) ... ... ... 600 ; 8 ! Drill-store, Dunollie ... ... 320 | Grants — 9 ! Garston to Nevis Road ... ... j 100 10 Gimmerburn Creek Dam repairs ... ... 200 11 Libraries in mining townships ... ... 25 12 ; Nevis Valley Road (maintenance), (subsidy £100, j £1 for £1), (balance) ... ... ... 218 13 Schools of Mines ... ... ... 3,800 Subsidies— 14 ! Drybread Sludge Channel (£3 for £2) ... 300 15 Muddy Terrace Bridge repairs (£1 for £1) ... 50 16 Nightcap ambulance wagon (£2 for £1) ... 200 j 17 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 ... 1 ! 30,699