THE ESTIMATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1920, Page 5

THE ESTIMATES.

SUPPLEMENTARY VOTES. TOTAL OF £2,148,002. OVER THIRTY MILLION FOR YEAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. - Wellington, Last Night. In the House of Representatives thi> afternoon the Supplementary Estimates were brought down by Governor-Gener-al's message. The total amouut, was £2,1-48,002, making, with the main Estimates, £ 30,405,«.M7 for the year. in committee of supply, Mr. P. Eraser (Wellington Central) moved a reduction of £1 in the vote for the Commissioner of Pensions, as a protest against the Oovernmeiit's failure to provide adequately for the needs of blind people, old age and other pensions. The amendment was lost by 3o votes to 22. In connection with the vote of £IOO,OOO for defraying the expenses of the Prince of Wales' visit, Mr. H. E. Holland (Buller) said he understood hundreds of pounds of miblic money had been spent on the renovation of hotels at which the Prince stayed, and he asked if any refund had been made. The Hon. G. J. Anderson defended the vote. Ho said the Prince proved' the best Ambassador flie country ever had. The Prince's visit lasted.2B days, while the King's visit nineteen years earlier cost £89,000 for a stay of eighteen days.

Sir William Herries defended what was done in connection with'the Maori camp at Rotorua. The Minister of Internal Affairs, replying to Mr. Holland, said one-third of the money spent on renovations or .additions to hotels, etc., was contributed by the State. ■Mr. Fraser moved a reduction of £1 in the vote for the Secretary of Marine as a protest against the deletion of a regulation devised to conserve the safety of men engaged in handling netroloum carried as deck cargo on coastal ships. The Minister of Customs said that if the regulation had been ' rotaine'd it would have tyjen impossible for many of the snialle? coastal vessels to carry benzine which, wore, so much needed-in thV,, outlying districts. The carriage/ of benjina on open decks was fraught, with less danger than if it was placed in enclosed spaces, such as holds. .The amendment was negatived by 50 votes to 7. Wheiv the Labor "Department vote (£3fl01) was under discussion Mr. Fraser protested against the'glow pace at'which the department was completing the ljouses in "hand. '- r ]: Replying to Dr. A. K. Newman (Wellington East), who asked on the immigration vote ( £1G00) if the Government intended to bring a large number of immigrants to the Dominion, Mr. Massey said a large number were coming now'; indeed, as many as they could find ships for, and there were several thousand waiting an opportunity to come out to New Zealand. At five o'clock the last vote was passed by the committee and reported to the House. DETAILS OF THE VOTES. EXPENSES OF PRINCE'S TOUR. £300,000 FOR BUTTER SUBSIDY. (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. The Supplementary Estimates include the following itemß: Purchase of wheat, additional, £IO,OOO. Salary of the late General Manager of Railways, for period of accrued annual leave, £IOBS. Cost of taking 1021 census, £20,000. Portraits of New Zealanders.who won the Victoria' Cross, £BOO. Cost of living bonus to retired civil servants, £IOO,OOO. Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, £2OOO. Contribution to the railway superannuation fund, £50,000. Visit of the Prince of Wales, general expenses, £41,000; Maori camp at Rotorua, including transport, £45,000; grant to Governor-General towards cost of entertainment, £2000; subsidies to local bodies, £12,000. Grants to ex-members of the House, H. G. Ell, A. E. Glover, A. W. Hogg, J. T. M. Hornsby, and C. H. Mills, £l2O each. Expenses of proposed racing commission, £2OOO. Grants for Plunket nurses, additional, £IOOO. Expenses connected with the advancement of aviation, £30,000. Destruction of the ken, additional, £2600.

Purchase of butter for. sale for local coi»nmption, £300,000. Grant for school of forestry, £3000; addition to State forests, £52.000: purchase of Trounson's kauri forest, £44,000. Proportion of damage done by rioting troops at Ismailia, Egypt, in Jiily, 191?, £2:>2o. Proportion of expenses of War Graves Commission, £30,000. Erection of war memorials at. the Sonime, Messincs, Passchendaele, Le Quesnoy, Palestine, and Anzac, £OO,OOO. The total amounts voted on the Supplementary Estimates on the ordinary revenue account is ■£2,059,902, and on the Public Works Fund, £SB,IOO. A substantial part of the money is required to provide cost of living bonuses, NEW PLYMOUTH TOTES. (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. The following votes appear on the Estimates: Grant to Secondary Schools' Assistants' Association for legal expenses in regard to the appeal of Mr.'Searlo and the New Plymouth tfigh School Board. Post Office (addition), New Plymouth, '"£1000. State Fire Office, New Plymouth (on account), £2BOO.