STATE EXPENDITURE

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 August 1936, Page 3

STATE EXPENDITURE

items from the estimates. The following are among the items included in the Estimates, pi esented, this week, to Parliament: — Improvements to Ministerial residences and for other buildings in ■Wellington is represented by £3OOO. ■Work on the Parliamentary Buildings is to cost £5OOO. This includes £4OO for painting the chambers, £2500 for making the roofs waterlight; and £2OOO for general works and maintenance.

An amount of £85,000 is included as a contribution for flic development of State forests.

Advertising in the special New Zealand supplement of the London “Daily Telegraph” cost £3OOO, and advertising in the United Kingdom cost £4OOO.

An amount of £20,00.0 is set aside for assisting to locate new gold reefs and in developing mining propositions.

The sum of £156,000 is included for incidental expenses of school committees. This is to provide increased funds for school committees, including a special provision of £16,000 for improvements to school grounds.

The sum of £412 is included as part of a compassionate grant to the widow of the late Mr P. A. de la Perrelle, M.P. for Awarua. To provide- official postage stamps to members of both Houses will cost the country £2406. Stamps are issued up to the value of £2 a month to members of the House of Representatives and’ to £1 a month to members of the Legislative Council. The printing of Hansard win cost £6500 this year, according to the Government’s estimate. This is £2836 in excess of the amount expended last year.

To provide for extra charwomen during a session of six and a-half months instead of a session of two months will mean an additional £1402 — £2235, compared with £833.

That Parliamentary institution, Bellamy’s, is a charge on the country to the extent of £7407. The aiSiount expended last year was £3798, the longer session accounting for the anticipated increase. Tho hire of motor-cars for the Speakers of both Houses and their wives, is provided for to the extent of £25. The provision cost only £l6 last year. There is an increase of £6391 in railway passes and concessions to members and’ ex-members of the Legislature, families, relations, etc. The cost of freight and the erection of New Zealand timber for panelling the League of Nations building at. Geneva cost £450. Other items dealing with the League of Nations are: Expense of delegate to Geneva, £800; grant to officer to cover cost of visit to League of Nations at Geneva, £1000; New Zealand’s proportion of Secretariat expenses for year ending December last, £19,020. New Zealand’s share of the cost of the Ellsworth Relief Expedition was £2OOO.

The allowance to police and other officers acting as Labour Department agents has increased from £937 to £lO5O, the extra amount representing

increased inspection activities

The expenses of the New Zealand delegation to the International Labour Conference at Geneva cost £2150, which represents the expenses in respect, to all delegates. Under the heading of military aviation, there is an item of £7350 for ammunition, bombs, and other explosives. This, it is stated, provides for the commencement of a reserve supply of bombs for aircraft and for machine-gun ammunition for aeroplanes.

ANNUITIES. There is provision for an annuity o£ 1150 to the daughter of the late Sir W. Fraser and £2OO to Lady Salmend. Other special annuities are: — The wile of the late Hon. J. Barr, M.L.C., £120; Mr F. N. Bartram, exM.r., £100; Colonel A. Bell, ex-M.P.. £100; Mrs M. M. Bickerton, widow of Professor A. W. Bickerton. £120; Mrs E. H. Brown, widow of ex-M.P., £7B; Mr W. A. Chapple, ex-M.P., £100; Mrs K. Colvin, widow of exM.P., £100; Miss S. A. Cossgrove, invalid daughter of the late Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts, £52; J. Cowan, contributions to New Zealand literature, £9l; Mrs K. T. Dickie, widow of ex-M.P., £100; .Mr J. S. Dickson, ex-M.P., £100; Mrs G. M. Earnshaw, widow of ex-M.L.C., £100; Mrs A. E. Ell, widow of ex-M.P., £100; Fite heli, Mrs L. V., widow of ex-M.P., £75; Lady M. A. Fowlds, widow of ex-M.P., £120; Mrs C. W. Freeland, widow of Captain Freeland of mineI sweeper Simplon, £9l; Mr A. E. I Glover, ex-M.P., £120; Mrs M. Hall, i widow of ex-M.P., £lofi; MrsM. M.D. j Hall, widow of late W. Hall, chief clerk, Mines Department, Greymouth, • £5l: Mrs B. Hogg, widow of ex-M.P., I £100; Mis A. Holland, widow of late | Leader of Opposition, £120; Mrs L. Hood, widow of Captain Hood, lost while attempting Tasman flight, £97 8/-; Mrs M. Horn, widow of ex-M.P., £100; Colonel J. G. Hughes, in lieu of superannuation, £142; Mr J. E. Jenkinson, for services in the Legis-

lative Council, £100; Lady J. Luke, j widow of ex-M.P., £120; Mrs Z. K. E. I MacDonald, widow of Captain Mac- | Donald, of transport Aparima, £l7O 112/-; J. McKay, contributions to i New Zealand literature, £9l; Mrs M. JF. McKenzie, widow of ex-M.P., £75; .Mrs M. Mills, widow ex-M.L.C., £120; I Mr C. E. Major, ex-M.P., £120; Mr A. H. Packer, ex-constable injured in service, £4O; Lady M. W. Pomare, widow of late Sir Maui Pomare, £150; Mr V. H. Potter, ex-M.P., £100; Mr T. W. Rhodes, ex-M.P., £100; Mr J. Rigg, for services in Legislative Council, £100; Mr G. W. Russell, ex-M.P., j £120; Miss S. E. Warnock, compassionate allowance for disability re‘ceived while nursnig at St. Helens Hospital, £104; Mrs C. P. White, compassionate allowance equivalent to permanent war pension payable to husband, who died after effecting res- ’ cue of a child from drowning, £52; Mr G. Witty, ex-M.L.C., £lO2/5/2; Mr W. T. Wood. ex-M.P., £100; Mr H. L. Worthington, compensation in connection with manufacture and sale of patent hawser-disc and rat-trap, £l2O.