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Staff Statistics. The following return shows the number of permanent officers and the total annual salaries payable as at Ist April, 1930, and as at the Ist April, 1934. Omitting the Mental Hospitals Department, where the staff has increased owing to (a) the increase in the number of patients, and (b) the improvement in the standard of treatment of patients in conformity with the development of humanitarian methods involving closer personal attention to the patients, it will be noticed that during the period under review the number of persons employed has decreased by 529, and the total annual salaries by £431,066, or, after allowing for the 5-per-cent. increase recently authorized by the Finance Act (No. 2), 1934, by £409,513.

Number of Officers and Total Annual Salaries as at 1st April, 1930, and as at 1st April, 1934.

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As at 1st April, 1930. As at 1st April, 1934. Department. Total Annual \ Total Annual 0ftcers - Salaries. 0filcers - ! Salaries. £ ! £ Agriculture .. . • • • • • 558 197,664 504 150,540 Audit .. .. ■■ 158 51,790 166 47,279 Cook Islands .. ■ • • • . • • • j 4 1,069 Crown Law .. 6 3,925 5 2,991 Customs .. .. •• •• 310 ■ 101,695 303 83,499 Defence 47 12,290 30 7,088 Education 297 110,164 j 254 76,402 External Affairs .. . . . ■ 6 1,810 4 980 Government Insurance .. •• 107 33,765 102 27,958 Health 453 119,443 382 j 91,748 Immigration .. . ■ • • 10 3,160 Industries and Commerce .. 10 4,140 160 38,895 Internal Affairs .. 379 103,357 268 61,114 Justice .. .. •• • • 270 76,790 300 75,267 Labour 102 31,450 94 25,020 Land and Deeds 131 39,425 123 33,592 Land and Income Tax .. .. 159 42,310 175 41,456 Lands and Survey 627 187,140 569 150,817 Marine .. " . . .. .. 189 66,654 161 47,535 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. 945 218,125 1,089 205,865 Mines .. .. •• •• 53 17,870 48 13,886 National Provident .. .. .. 35 9,285 30 7,218 Native .. .. • • ■■ 74 22,815 116 28,715 Native Trust .. .. •• 28 8,720 Pensions .. .. .. .. 107 27,000 103 23,581 Police .. 6 2,045 6 1,757 Prime Minister's . . , . ■ ■ 1 825 1 649 Printing and Stationery .. .. 305 87,575 233 55,951 Prisons .. .. •• 243 68,645 234 55,657 Public Service Commissioner's .. 8 3,370 8 2,435 Public Service Superannuation .. 9 2,450 9 1,915 Public Trust 646 197,700 666 175,366 Public Works .. .. .. 758 246,354 636 182,444 Scientific and Industrial Research .. 53 20,890 59 19,285 Stamp Duties .. .. . • 76 22,435 71 18,523 State Advances .. .. • • 97 24,700 105 24,050 State Fire Insurance .. .. 136 38,810 132 33,892 State Forest .. •• 123 39,685 100 27,344 Tourist .. .. . • • • 103 26,789 Transport 7 2,945 10 2,957 Treasury .. .. •. • • 88 26,200 85 21,952 Valuation .. .. .. .. 83 30,320 73 22,887 7,803 2,332,527 7,418 1,889,201 Plus 5 per cent, in terms of Finance Act .. . . .. 94,460 (No. 2), 1934 — — 7,803 2,332,527 7,418 1,983,661 (Fractions of £1 are not taken into consideration in totals.)