WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 December 1944, Page 8

WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT

COST OF SUBSIDIES WELLINGTON, Dec. 14. A return'showing the various subsidies paid out of the War Expenses Account during the financial year ended on March 31, 1944, and. the persons or classes to whom subsidies were paid was presented in the House of Representatives to-night by Mr. Nash (Minister of Finance). It was supplied on a motion previously moved by Mr. Sim (Opposition, Rotorua). It” reveals that during the year ended March 31, 1944, the total amount paid out of the War Expenses Account in subsidies was £3,473,803, and the estimate for the current year will be £5,436,115. The various classes of subsidies are listed as follow. with persons or classes to whom paid:— Subsidy on air services, £40,769, various airways companies. Butter boxes, £47,477, Dairy Board.

Superphosphates, £1,297,865, to manufacturers.

Corn sacks, £82,761, to importers. Coal production £510,642, to colliery owners. Rolled oats and oatmeal, £6,946, to manufacturers.

Small flour bags, £10,500, to millers.

Sugar, £651,422, to Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Ltd. Potatoes, £33,117, to wholesalers. Salt, £7,031, to wholesalers. Soap, £11,166, to manufacturers. Starch, £3.620 to manufacturers. Materials for overalls, £6,034, to manufacturers. .

Hides, £35,000, to Hides Equalisation Pool.

Woolpacks, jute, £29,946, to importer. Coastal freights, £100,092, to shipping companies. Gas, £14400 to gas companies. Transport of coal and timber, £9,016 to shipping, companies. ■ . Timber production, £67,880, to sawmillers. War bonus and gratuity to seamen. £112,122 to shipping companies and “Round the clock” waterfront costs £215,351, to* Cargo Control Committee and employees.

Assistance to harbour boards, £24,473, to Harbour Boards. Transport costs on eggs, £ll,Oll, to Internal Marketing Division. Dried fruit,. £15,400, to merchants. Canned fruit, £8,670 to Food Controller. Bacon and hams, £9,203 to curers. Wages, Women’s Land Service, £2,673, to employers. Tea, £lOO,OOO, to Food Controller. Other miscellaneous subsidies, £250, to manufacturers and producers. NEXT YEAR’S SUBSIDIES Items not subsidised during the year ended March 31, 1944, but which carry subsidies during the yeai' ending March 31, 1945, are:— Clothes, £167,000, to manufacturers. Cow covers, £13,750, to manufacturers. Apple and pear cases, £5,000, to New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation. Sheep dip, £27,000, to importers. Barley and barley meal, £55,000 to importers. Wheatmeal, £60,000 to Wheat Controller. Apples and pears, £169,000, to growers. Maize, £B,OOO, to growers. Lemon cases, £lOOO, to growers. Production of eggs, £162,000, to the producers. Liquid milk supplies, £80,000; to producers. British enamelware, £2,500, to importers. Army labour on farms, £1,350, to* employers. Miscellaneous fertiliser, £35,000, to importers. Mining tools, £3OOO, to Mining Controller. Men’s hats, £3,020, to importer. Coffee, £30,000, to Food Controller and manufacturers.