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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

o, N p™. Item - 1931-32. VOTE No. 18.—MINES DEPARTMENT—continued. 1931-32. £ £ Subdivision No. I. —Administration—continued. 1 Salaries—continued. General Division. £ 1 at £383 ... ... 383 1 at £203 ... ... 203 3 1 at £167 ... ... 167 753 Non-permanents. 1 at £164 ... ... 164 1 at £117 ... ... 117 3 at £82 ... ... 246 6 1 at £59 ... ... 59 , 586 28 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... ... ... 16 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Recovery from State Goal-mines £ Account ... ... 1,000 Total—Subdivision No. I ... ... 9,390 I Subdivision No. 11.—Assistance towards Mining. Charges for and incidental to — Assistance towards— 2 Maintenance of roads and works ... ... 390 3 Prospecting for gold and other minerals ... 7,000 4 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 5 Bounty payable to Onakaka Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., under the Iron and Steel Industries Act, 1914 ... ... ... 3,200 6 Diamond and other drills and appliances (partly recoverable) ... ••• 600 7 Grant: Libraries in mining townships ... ... 20 8 Schools of Mines ... ... 3,744 9 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 ... ... £300 Schools of Mines ... ... 45 345 Total—Subdivision No. II — ! 14,956