97

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

13— B. 7.

of N p™. Item - 1925-26. VOTE No. 21.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL 1925-26. AFFAIRS —continued. £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Head Office —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising ... ... ... 100 3 Bird-life, expenses in connection with preservation of BOO 4 Cinematograph-films : Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of ... 750 5 Commissions of Inquiry (part recoverable) ... 800 Dominion (formerly Hector) Observatory— 6 General expenses ... ... ... 320 7 Instruments and equipment ... ... 300 8 Maintenance of grounds ... ... ... 80 9 Fire Brigades : Railway-pass for Secretary to United Fire Brigades' Association ... ... 88 Fire Brigades Annual Conference— 10 Grant-in-aid ... ... ... 1,000 11 Railway passes for brigades attending ... 1,250 12 Freight, cartage, and transport charges... ... 200 13 Fresh-water fisheries and game, expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings ... ... 1,200 14 Fuel for Government offices... ... ... 1,750 15 Law-costs ... ... ... 5 16 Light, power, and watef for Government buildings . . 4,300 17 New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, payment to, for part services of custodian, National Picture Gallery, and other charges in connection therewith ... ... ... 172 18 Office fittings and requisites— £ Head office ... ... 753 Ministers' offices ... ... 250 1,003 19 Office furniture (transfer expenses) ... ... 20 20 Overtime and meal allowances ... ... 40 21 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) ... ... ... 600 Printing and Stationery— 22 Head office ... ... ... 1,800 23 Ministers' offices ... ... ... 1,000 24 Publications (including newspapers and books) ... 750 25 Rent ... ... ... 63 26 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 1,350 Travelling allowances and expenses of— 27 Ministers (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1908) ... ... ... 1,750 28 Ministers beyond the Dominion ... ... 100 29 Ministers' expenses ... ... ... 2,500 30 Private Secretaries to Ministers ... ... 2,640 31 Officers of the Department ... ... 1,190 32 Tuatara lizards, protection of: Special payments to lighthouse-keepers and others ... ... 175 33 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision ... 50 Estimated credits - in - aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote)— £ Commissions of Inquiry ... 500 Postage ... ... 110 Miscellaneous ... ... 140 750 27,646 I Total—Subdivision No. I ... 51,989