8.—7

26

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

PERMANENT CHARGES—continued.

• I 1928-29. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OP THE LEGISLATURE—continued. £ Finance Act, 1920 (Section 43) — Canterbury College (additional to statutory grant) ... ... 1,562 Finance Act, 1923 (Section 13) — Annuity of £150 per annum to Miss Ida Fraser, daughter of the late Sir William Praser, Member of the Executive Council and of the Legislative Council ... ... ... 150 Finance Act, 1924 (Section 30) — Annuity of £200 per annum to Lady Salmond, widow of the late Sir John Salmond, Judge of the Supreme Court ... ... ... 200 Finance Act, 1925 ( Section 7) — General expenses of New Zealand Institute ... ... ... 1,500 Finance Act, 1925 ( Section 8) — Refunds in respect of totalizator-tax ... ... ... 26,000 Finance Act, 1926 (Section 23 (3)) — Stamp duty on transfers of New Zealand stock ... ... ... 2,000 Finance Act, 1926 (Section 34) — Pensions for ex-members of New Zealand Defence and Naval Forces 750 • Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (Section 26 (1)) — Subsidies to Fire Boards ... ... ... 3,850 Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), Section 24—Subsection (1) — £ Fees, fines, &c., payable to Main Highways Revenue Fund... 200,000 Amount of duties on tires, tubes, &c., payable to Main Highways Revenue Fund ... ... 160,000 360,000 Stibsection (2) — Amount of duties on tires, tubes, Ac., attached to motor-vehicles, &c. ... j 37,000 Finance Act, 1927, (Section 11) — Allowance to Speaker of House of Representatives ... ... 100 Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), (Section 5) — Contribution towards cost of Naval Base at Singapore ... ... 125,000 Government Railways Amendment Act, 1926 (Section 37, Subsection (1) (b)) — Losses on operation of branch lines and isolated sections of railways ... 485,000 Greymouth Harbour Board Amendment Act, 1920 (Sections 5 and 7) — Subsidy for interest, sinking fund, and other loan charges ... ... 15,000 High Commissioner Act, 1908 (Section 6) — Salary of High Commissioner ... ... ... 2,000 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926— Subsidies to Hospital Boards . ... ... ... 695,000 Subsidy to Jubilee Institute for the Blind (administered by Department of Education) ... ... ... 1,221 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925 (Sections 64 and 73) — Salaries of Judge and Members of the Arbitration Court ... ... 3,500 Judicature Act, 1908 (Sections 12-14), and Judicature Amendment Act, 1920 (Section 2) — Superannuation to retired Judges ... ... ... 3,430 Judicature Amendment Act, 1920 (Section 3) — Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court ... ... ... 18,250