PROPOSED SAVINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21130, 12 March 1932, Page 13

PROPOSED SAVINGS.

NEARLY £3,000,000. WIDE RANGE COVERED. PENSIONS AND WAGES. DETAILS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER. 1 "WELLINGTON, Friday. The effect 'of the commission's recommendations on the budgetary position for 1932-1933 is as follows: — Estimated Permanent Appropriations— saving. Civil List Act, 1920—Native purposes £7,000 Debt services Operation of Hoover moratorium . . - . 150,000 Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926—Subsidies on voluntary bequests . . . . 15,000 Education grants and subsidies— Subsidies on voluntary bequests 6,000 Subsidy, Jubilee Institute for the Blind . . . . - • • 2,500 University bursaries .. .. 9,000 Workers' extension lectures . . 1,800 Subsidies and allowances, National Provident Fund . . 44.000 , Finance Act, 1925—General expenses. New Zealand Institute 350 Fire Brigades Act, 1926—Subsidies . . . . • • • • • • 3,492 Botorua Borough Act, 1922—Payment portion bath fees . ... 1,1/0 Pensions . . . . • - • • 599.925 Motor-taxation . . . • • . 500,000 Finance Act, 1929 Advances to Native Land Settlement Account for loans to natives . . 8,500 Appropriation Act. 1925 —Maintenance of overseas war graves 15,375 Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 190 S. and Stock jVct, 1908— Compensation for diseased stock , .. ' . . . • ... 29.500 .Public Revenues Act, 1926—Fire Insurance Fund " 10,000 Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act. 1928 3.610 Public Revenues Act. 1926 —Post-age-stamps to tnembers of both Houses . . • • • • • • 2,200 Salaries and wagesDirect saving to Consolidated Fund . •• o • • >IO,OOO Indirect eaving through ways and Post and Telegraph Department 624,000 Annual Appropriations— Legislative Department . . ■ • Education . . .... • • 369,J0U Grand total £2,976.262 Details of savings under the heading of pensions are : , Family Allowances Act. 1926 .. £121,000 Pensions Act, 1926 — Miners' pensions Miners widows' pensions .. h.'wu Military pensions (Maori War) .. Widows' pensions 01d- n g e pensions 200,000 War pensions— ' nftn Economic .. . • .. Dependants' pensions .. .. Double pensions . • • Epidemic pensions (Pensions vote; 0,0 nj Total . Subsidies and. allowances under the National Provident Fund arc as follows: Subsidy on contributions ... • • Maternity allowances to contributors 7.000 Maternity allowances for friendly societies . .. • • 3n - oo ° Total • • £ l4 ' ooo Ther e are further contingent savings Which may affect the position during 1932-1935. Tllcso are " Contributions toward cost of Singapore Base . . . • • £ao.ooo Pensions Act. 192G-Increase m duty 011 gold produced from quartz-mines or J) mo Laval defence • • 2Q0.00U Total . . . . ■ ■ £255,000 Fuit her savings which would not become wholly operative until 1933-1934, are as follows: Miners' widows' pensions • • fin'onn Economic war pensions . ; • • • Allowances to Training College students . . • • Free post-primary education • • •' * Total