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Department
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Nos. Serving 01/07/97
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Nos. Serving 01/07/97
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Nos. Serving 01/07/98
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Nos. Serving Staffing Target
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Agriculture, Food and Forestry
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3,962.0
|
|
|
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Agriculture and Food
|
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3,908.5
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3,947.0
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3,934.5
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Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht
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569.0
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|
|
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Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and Islands
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600.5
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617.5
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640.5
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Attorney General
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60.0
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59.5
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63.0
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72.0
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Central Statistics Office
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757.5
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723.5
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539.5
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516.0
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Chief State Solicitor
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176.5
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178.0
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197.5
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215.0
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Civil Service Commission
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98.0
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99.0
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109.0
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129.0
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Comptroller and Auditor General
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122.0
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126.0
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124.0
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130.0
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Defence
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422.0
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425.0
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425.5
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428.0
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Director of Public Prosecutions
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28.5
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29.5
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30.0
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30.0
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Education
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893.5
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|
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Education and Science
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884.5
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895.0
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931.0
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Enterprise and Employment
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823.5
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|
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Enterprise, Trade and Employment
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861.5
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904.5
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954.0
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Environment
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791.5
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|
|
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Environment and Local Government
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797.0
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799.0
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817.0
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Equality and Law Reform — HQ
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82.5
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|
|
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Finance
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519.0
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509.0
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505.5
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531.0
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Foreign Affairs
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975.5
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968.5
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977.0
|
981.0
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Health
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424.5
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|
|
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Health and Children
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431.0
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441.5
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444.0
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Justice — Charities Office
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8.0
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Justice — Courts
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832.0
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Justice — Data Protection Commissioner
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8.0
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Justice — Garda Civilians
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924.5
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Justice — Garda Complaints Board
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16.5
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Justice — Judiciary
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0.0
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|
|
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Justice — Land Registry
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517.5
|
|
|
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Justice — Office HQ
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505.5
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|
|
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Justice — Probation and Welfare Serviced
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239.0
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|
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Charities Office
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8.0
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7.0
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8.0
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Courts
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835.5
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846.0
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860.0
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Data Protection Commissioner
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8.0
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8.0
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8.0
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Garda Civilians
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935.0
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934.0
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1,062.0
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Garda Complaints Board
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16.5
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16.5
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16.5
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Land Registry
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540.5
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551.5
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525.0
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Office HQ
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594.0
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600.0
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588.5
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Justice, Equality and Law Reform — Probation and Welfare Service
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245.0
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241.0
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257.0
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Marine
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284.5
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Marine and Natural Resources
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401.0
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393.0
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420.5
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National Gallery
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18.0
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18.0
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18.0
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18.0
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Office of Public Works
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558.5
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546.0
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534.5
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530.0
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Oireachtas
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241.5
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240.5
|
254.0
|
262.0
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Ombudsman
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39.0
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41.0
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42.0
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50.0
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Ordnance Survey
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271.5
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260.5
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263.5
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272.0
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President's Establishment
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15.0
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13.5
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15.0
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20.0
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Prisons
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2,440.0
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2,427.0
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2,583.0
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2,994.0
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Revenue Commissioners
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5,993.5
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5,974.0
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5,987.5
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6,044.0
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Social Welfare
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4,192.5
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|
|
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Social, Community and Family Affairs
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4,188.0
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4,145.0
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4,113.5
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State Laboratory
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73.0
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72.0
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72.5
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74.0
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Tánaiste
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16.0
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|
|
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Taoiseach
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156.0
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155.5
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172.5
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154.0
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Tourism and Trade
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106.0
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|
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Tourism, Sport and Recreation
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113.0
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117.0
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122.0
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Transport, Energy and Communications
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647.0
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Public Enterprise
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617.0
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612.5
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698.0
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Valuation Office
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146.5
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144.5
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140.5
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145.0
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Total
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28,955.0
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28,995.0
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29,130.0
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29,995.0
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