99

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

of N p—. Item - 1927-28. VOTE No. 22.—DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL 1927-28. AFFAIRS—continued. £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Head Office—continued. Othek Charges foe and incidental to — 2 Advertising ... ... ... 100 3 ! Bird-life, expenses in connection with preservation of 300 4 : Cinematograph-films : Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of ... 750 5 : Commissions of Inquiry (part recoverable) ... 800 6 I Fire Brigades : Railway-pass for Secretary to United Fire Brigades' Association ... ... 90 Fire Brigades Annual Conference— 7 | Grant-in-aid ... ... ... 500 8 j Railway passes for brigades attending ... 400 9 i Freight, cartage, and transport charges ... ... 150 Fresh-water fisheries and game— 10 | Access to Tongariro River : Cost of road ... 300 11 ! Building on Taupo Wharf, purchase of ... 100 12 : Commission on sale of fishing-licenses ... 100 j 13 | Expenses in connection with, including wages j of workmen, purchase of land, and erection of buildings ... ... ... 1,500 14 i Motor-truck, purchase of ... ... ... 302 15 : Payment to Tourist Department on account Taupo and Tokaanu wharves and beacons taken over ... 295 16 ; Taupo Fisheries, purchase of land in connection with ... ... ... 4,250 17 | Fuel for Government offices... ... ... 2,100 18 i Light, power, and water for Government buildings . . 4,600 19 \ New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, payment to, for part services of custodian, National | Picture Gallery, and other charges in connection therewith ... ... ... 172 20 | Office fittings and requisites... ... ... 400 21 | Overtime and meal allowances ... ... 50 22 | Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) 700 Printing and Stationery— 23 ! Head office ... ... ... 1,200 24 ; Ministers' offices ... ... ... 750 25 ; Publications (including newspapers and books) ... 700 26 Rent ... ... ... 63 27 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 1,450 Travelling allowances and expenses of— 28 ! Ministers (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1920) ... ... ... 2,000 29 | Ministers'expenses ... ... ... 3,500 30 | Private Secretaries to Ministers ... ... 2,750 31 i Officers of the Department ... ... 1,200 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 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Commissions of Inquiry ... £800 Postage ... ... 20 Miscellaneous ... ... 250 1,070 31,797 Total —Subdivision No. I ... j 54,860