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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1937-1938.

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1938.

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(Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND. Ordinary Revenue Account. FOB SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Legislative Department:— Sessional bonus to sessional charwomen .. .. 100 0 0 Allowance to A. Ross for performing higher duties .. 25 0 0 Sessional bonus to parliamentary staff .. .. 1,009 15 7 r- 1,134 15 7 Treasury Department:— Payment to Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Land Board to be used for the general benefit of the Native Tribes in the Hauraki Goldfields district, being unclaimed goldfields revenue derived from lands, the description of which is too vague to enable ownership to be established .. .. .. .. .. .. 124 11 2 Customs Department:— Grants to officers on retirement— £ s. d. J. Mcintosh .. .. .. 63 15 0 A. Paul .. .. .. 63 15 0 F. Oxford .. .. .. 51 5 0 F. C. J. Fantham .. .. 47 1 8 J. Kennedy .. .. .. 27 18 4 253 15 0 Refund of proportionate part of a license fee paid in excess under the Tobacco Act, 1908 .. .. - .. 75 0 0 328 15 0 Land and Income Tax Department:— Transfer and removal expenses of two officers on reallocation of staff .. .. .. .. .. 103 6 8 Hire of adding and calculating machines .... 22 0 6 125 7 2 Stamp Duties Department:— Amount allowed to A. J. Harper as compensation under Workers' Compensation Act, 1922 .. .. .. 504 15 0 Salaries of officers for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. 46 0 10 Payment to officer, proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year, of salary for portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. 11 4 10 562 0 8 Public Service Commissioners' Office: — Grant to S. Roberts to cover travelling-expenses in connection with official visits to Samoa and Rarotonga .. 150 0 0 Department of Internal Affairs :— Grant to Red Cross Far East Relief Fund .. .. 1,000 0 0 Grant to J. T. Waugh for services as Acting-Secretary to the Cabinet .. .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Half-cost of board and lodgings of Maori carvers and workers in Turanga Maori Meeting-house erected in Dominion Museum .. .. .. .. 37 9 6 Expenses in connection with New Zealand delegation to Nine Power Conference, Brussels .. .. .. 330 13 8 Grant to cover expenses of W. S. Wauchop during his visit to Sydney in connection with the New South Wales Centennial Celebrations .. .. .. 100 0 0 Grant to Mr. J. O'Brien, M.P., towards expenses in connection with Empire Parliamentary Association delegation to New South Wales .. .. .. 75 0 0 Expenses in connection with Civilian State Funeral accorded to the late Sir Frederick Truby King, K.C.M.G. 63 8 2 *Grant to cover expenses of the Hon. the Minister of Internal Affairs and party on visit to Australia — £ s. d. Hon. W. E. Parry ... .. 400 0 0 Private Secretary .. .. 250 0 0 Shorthand-writer and typiste .. 150 0 0 800 0 0 2,431 11 4 Department of External Affairs :— Grant to A. B. Ross to cover expenses in connection with visit of inspection of Samoan and Cook Islands Administrations .. .. .. .. .. .. 135 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 4,992 0 11 * Th e folio wing amounts were refunded on 31st Hay, 1938, and credited to " Becoveries on Aceornt of Unauthorized Expenditure of Previous Years " • Hon. W. E. Parry, £150; Private Secretary, £28; Shorthand-writer and typiste, £28 ; total, £206.