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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 938-1939.

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1939.

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(Under Section 58 or the Public Revenues Act, 1928.) £ s. d. £ & d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND. Ordinary Revenue Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. ! Legislative Department:— General regrading of and special allowances to members of staff .. . • • • • • • • ■ • 90 0 0 Prime Minister's Department: — New Zealand contribution to Singapore Bureau, League of Nations .. • • • ■ • • • • ■ • 250 0 0 Treasury Department:— Grant of one month's salary in lieu of leave on retirement: G. 0. Rodda .. .. - - 137 10 0 j Amount required to meet the deficit in the Dairy Industry Account arising out of the operations of £ s. d. the 1936-37 season .. .. 272,108 19 3 Interest from 21st June, 1938, to 31st March, 1939, on deficit of £272,108 19s. 3d. .. .. •• 4,741 9 2 276,850 8 5 Customs Department: — 276,987 18 5 Medical expenses of officer injured whilst on duty .. 10 10 6 Payment of medical and funeral expenses of the late j. E. A. Thompson .. . • • • • ■ 38 16 6 Compassionate grant to Miss S. S. Thompson, daughter of the late J. E. A. Thompson, Locker, Dunedin .. 130 0 0 j j Refund of proportionate part of a license fee paid in excess under the Tobacco Act, 1908 .. •. 25 0 0 204 7 0 Land and Income Tax Department Grant for special work performed by an officer of the Department .. . ■ • • • • • • 10 0 0 Extra expenditure resulting from the Department removing to new premises .. •• •• 12,510 1 8 Hire of adding-machines .. .. • • • • 21 0 0 — 12,541 1 8 Stamp Duties Department: — Compassionate grant to widow of the late J. A. Parry 112 0 0 Amount of interest on succession duty to be paid by way of refund in estate of Ruth King (deceased) .. 367 19 0 Payment by way of refund of duty on transfer of property to the Trustees of New Zealand Sheepfarmers' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund .. .. • • •• •• •• 191 8 0 671 7 0 Audit Department:— Compassionate grant to the widow of the late j W. R. Chambers, Examiner, Audit Department .. . . ] 112 0 0 Public Service Commissioner's Office: — Defendant's costs and disbursements in official case, Boyes v. Carlyon . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 20 19 0 Disbursements in official case, Carlyon v. Boyes .. 22 2 2 j 43 l 2 Internal A ffairs Department: — Expenses in connection with Coronation celebrations in New Zealand .. .. • ■ --—6 911 Subsidy in connection with Centennial Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum .. 245 7 6 Portion of grant to Mr. J. Hodgens, M.P., to cover expenses of a visit to Australia in connection with the engagement of labour .. .. • • • • 35 0 0 Grant to cover, expenses of New Zealand delegate to International Labour Conference, Geneva .. . - 1,100 0 0 1,626 17 5 Printing and Stationery Department:— Salaries of officers for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. . . 45 17 9 Carried forward .. .. •• .. 292,572 10 5