POINTS IN THE ESTIMATE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 169, 17 July 1907, Page 6

POINTS IN THE ESTIMATE.

(By Reporter.)

WELLTNGTOy. Tuesday".

In the Post and Telegraph Depart-' ment the vote of £687,782 is an increase of £65,902, compared -with the previous year, included m the vote of £54,028 for mail services by sea is £52C0 for •mail services between New Zealand ,and Australia, £6000 for the Suez service, £4000 for the Vancouver line, and £ 6850 to coyer the cost of transit between San Francisco and. New York and from New York to Queenstown of waffd laaiifc from January, 1906,' until February 7th, 1907. Inland mails are voted £60,451, and salaries £409,419. The tourist, industries and commerce and ealh resorts votes total £ 43,745, which is just a, little more than was expended last year. The admfoistjation. of Old Age Pensions is. expected to require £,5990.- The Native Departnient vote shojws. practically no increase, though, the salary of the Chief, Judges is raised from £600 to £650. Seed potatoes for the Maoris cost £1875. last year, but it is expected that the expenditure under this head will, now come down to £500. An increase of •£ 50.00----is shown, in the vote of: £148,432 for the Justice Department, in which, amount is included: £500 for the: Meikle Commission, already the cause of an expenditure of £1724. The expenses of treeplanting prisons are set down, at £600In connection wi.th the. Police Department, which has a total vote of £159,679, the most interesting, items? are- expense* attending suppression of sly-grog sellers £500,.'and; rewards for convictions, in cases, of sly-grpg selling or introducing liquor into, prohibited di*y faricts £45p. - The ci,it,h*e_ Geo* logical Survey receives an' increase of £170, making, his total salary .£:800. The Native Land, Tenure Cpromision vote is £ lOOO! Among the items under the Colonial Secretary??: Department, is £.420 I expenses, in, connection, with, the late Premier's funeral. In addition, tp last year's vojte of £1.150,' New Zealand's proDortjpo. of {he estimated deficit, qd the Pacific cable for the year is put-down at £6300. The Defence department; receives, a vote of £184,024,. an increase of £13,119. The. grants for capitaktion and other allowance? fpr : a4nJt corps stand unchanged , , at £30,000, with £12;000 for camps and manoeuvr.ee,. but there is an. increase of. £1600 in the vote for capitation allowances, to cadet corps which tp.tals £3500. The experimental, trawling now in prpgr.ees on the New, Zealand coasts is., expected to ab- I sorb a vote of. £2500, -while a vote of £600is.sefc down for-the expenses, of delegates to, the Navigation. Conference, i Tβ Wool Fires Commission, cost £844 last year, and the current vote is ; £.400. There is £jx increase of? £3356; in the f Labour Department vote, which.amounts to. £19,420; while a £600 increase .is , »-; dicated in the Agricultural Department vote of £139,693. The vote of £200 for-an inspector of N:Z. dairy- prodnce in Great Britain is doubled this- year. £2500 was expended, last year in pre-paring-poultry for- export plucking, grading; packing and freezing; and similar amount is- to be voted this year to.help a rising industry. Of the Education vote of £836,056-an- increase of £50,000 is made. The allocation shows that the additional vote is devoted mainly as follows-.-—Secondary and higher, education, £5800; technical education, £9705; native schools, £5000. A neiw. vojte is £29,825 for training colleges and. training of teachers.

£1000 is. set down for the expenses of the inspectoT-General of Schools during his visit to England, including travelling and the purchase of publications appais»tu3, while, the new . School Magazine is- voted £20D0 for contributors- fees and printing. In the Public Health Department votes, an increase of £135 is-provided for the Chief Health Officer, while a new item of £600 appears for a bacteriologist. Maternity Homes end subsides are expected to absorb £2000.

AUCKLAND ITEMS.

Among the items affecting Auckland in the estimates, are the following:— Auckland Steam Mail Services, £966; inland mails,. £9770; Rotorua Acelimitization District and Fish Hatchery, £500. An additional £15,146 is to be voted for the- Auckland section of the rail-ways, the total vote being £238,596. For the removal of logs in the Kaipara Harbour, £200 is voted, and for a beacon in the Kaipara Harbour, £ 120. The survey of the Whangarei foreshore receives a vote of £50, and on the wharf at Katikati, the subsidy is £100. The following votes also appear:—Piako Biver snagging, £-100; Buaknra Experimental- Farm, £5500, an increase of £200; Waerenga, £3500, a decrease of £1100; Auckland University College for Specialisation, in Mining and: Commerce, £2000; subsidy to the Door of Hope, Auckland, £100.