THE ESTIMATES.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5968, 10 August 1912, Page 3

THE ESTIMATES.

INTERESTING ALLOCATIONS

In tho Estimates several' increases in salaries are provided for. The voto for Bellamy's stair is reduced from £625 to £SOO. Last year £'757 was expended.

The item, " Passages oi members," is increased from £SOO to £IOOO. A vote of £SOO is set down for assistance to prospecting, and £SOO will be given towards assistance in drainage, waterworks a nd races. The following is of interestr-lnter-nal Aiiairs : Cost oi printing municipal handbooks, £155 ; expenses New Zealand cadet contingent to Canada, mo ; inquiry re ,]'. B. Hine, M.P., legal expenses, £501; o xpensos of delegates to Local Government Conference, £OOO ; cost of Public Service Commission, £ISOO. Defence (Territorial force) : Capitation to pay off liabilities of corps, year) ; maintenance grants to units and rifle clubs Clt,000 (£1220 expended last year) ; principal veterinary officers, four at £SO per annum, or'a total of £-_>()il : total Territorial \ote, .C1i70,31f7 ( CU3,B(W). Senior Cadets : Outfit grant to officers on joining, £1000; supply of uniforms, £32,000 (£5764 expended last year) ; expenses in connection with King's Birthday reviews (General Ba-den-Powell's visit), £2OO ; passage* of officers and non-commissioned officers to and from England, £2-100. Labour Department : Expenses of Cost of Living Commission, £IBOO. Agricultural Department. : Visit: of dairy instructor to Germany and Denmark in connection with casein industry, f'ducation Department : Education Commission, £2200.