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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

MINES DEPARTMENT —continued.

JteK; I 1 ""' 1*82-88. : VOTE No. 30. —MINES—continued. 1932-33. Subdivision No. I. —Administration —continued. £ £ 1 Salaries —continued. General Division. £ 1 at £344 ... ... 344 1 at £192 ... ... 192 3 1 at £158 ... ••• 158 1 694 Non-permanents. 1 at £156 ... ••• 156 1 at £123 ... 123 3 at £83 ... ... 249 1 at £76 ... r l6 7 1 at £67 ... 67 1 671 29 Cadet's lodging-allowance ... ... ... 5 8,426 Less amount not required ... ... 306 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— Recovery from State Coal-mines £ Account ... ... 1 > 000 Miscellaneous ... ... 180 1,180 Total—Subdivision No. I ... ... 8,120 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 ... 6,000 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 ... ... ••• 1>600 6 Diamond and other drills and appliances (partly recoverable) ... • • • • • • 1 > 838 7 Extinguishing fire in coal-seam, Reefton ... 50 8 Grant: Libraries in mining townships ... ... 20 9 Schools of Mines ... ... ••• 3,340 10 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 ... ... £200 Prospecting ... ... 100 Schools of Mines ... ... 45 345 Total —Subdivision No. II ... 13,240