THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13905, 5 November 1919, Page 1

THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

By Telegraph.

(Special to the Oamaru Mail.) WELLINGTON, November 4. The items on the Supplementary Estimates, include the. following:—Expenses of Royal Commission on Curta:i - nient of Railway 'Services, £BOO, increases, of railway staft. m addition to amount in general estimates tor war bonus and increased allowances, £400.000: compensation to storekeepers and others at Rarotonga for damage to property by soldiers, £1230; additional contribution to Railway Superannuation .Fund. £5000: compassionate allowance to widow ot the late Mr .J. Colvin M P.; £1000: cost oi Commission of Inquiry,'into Saiuoau cmdemic. £1'00: National "War Memorial. £IOO- - peace celebrations (additional). £15,000: subsidy to Boy Scout movement (additional 1 ), £500: visit of Gov-ernor-General to Cook Islands. £6OO. entertainment of officers and men ot H\ML S New Zealand, £2000; expenses in connection with advancement •ct aviation in the Dominion, £2o,UUU. The new officer, of the Marine Department, a-.-Harbors "Engineer, m provided for at 1 a salary of £IOOO The pavment to members ot the. industries Committee for services rendered during the recess and preparation of report nre, provided for by a vote ,oi £2OIO. ■ •■■ . , . The Education votes include grains of £250 to each of the nine Education Hoards for general purposes-and £oUUU ,io supplement School Committees grants. . , , j ' TV Mines Department takes votes o*' £IO.OOO additional for thp purchase of mining properties, £2OOO for the establishment and equipment .of a Rescue Brigade and for station, £2OOO. The unauthorised- expenditure account "hows that £3OOO was spent on the expenses of the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on the Peace Conference visit- to Europe, £6OO on private' secretaries.' £305 as expenses ot the official reporter, and £3OO paid lor the detention oE the New Zealand Shipping:Company> Remuera for one day.