8.—7 [PT. I].

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS —continued.

(a) Wreaths, £5 ss. ; piano-tuning £1 ss. ; cables, High Commissioner, £1 2s. Bd. ; extra labour, opening Parliament, £21 14s. 6d. ; N.Z. Library Association subscription £1 lis. 6d. ; travelling-expenses of Chief Librarian at Library Conference, Dunedin, £15 3s. 3d. ; medical expenses, Charwoman, Attendant, and Messenger, £4 13s. 6d. ; war-risk insurance, £2 4s. 6d. ; taxi-hire, Members and staff, £9 Os. Bd.; rail passes, ex-member's wife and Messenger, £4 ss. 7d.; annual charge, loudspeaker equipment, £15 : total, £81 Gs. 2d.

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Nam ber ,t,fPersfm8, VOTE—LEGISLATIVE— continued. 1941-42 1940-41. 1941 421940-41 _ . . Voted. Expended. subdivision No. VLi. — General Expenses. Charges for and incidental to — £ £ £ Advertising, newspapers, and other publications . . 300 300 328 Allowance to Police Constables in attendance during session 50 50 15 Allowance to the Leader of the Opposition .. .. 187 187 120 Expenses of River-control Committee of the House of Representatives while hearing evidence on River Erosion Bill during recess . . . . .. . . .. 100 Fuel, light, power, and water, also fees for inspection of machinery .. .. .. .. .. 3,900 3,900 3,916 Furniture— £ Purchases .. .. .. . . 1,100 Maintenance and repairs . . .. .. 300 1,400 1,400 1,183 Hire of motor-cars for Speakers of both Houses and their wives .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 25 17 Laundry-work for Legislative Department .. .. 220 220 149 Meals to messengers, &c, on late-sitting nights .. . . 75 75 37 Miscellaneous stores: Brooms, brush/ware, soap, towels, linen, matches, tools, coal buckets, shovels, &c. .. 450 380 455 Office equipment for Ministers' offices .. . . . . 100 100 37 Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees 10 10 Passages of— Members of both Houses — £ Steamer .. .. .. . . 1,500 Service-car .. .. .. . . 150 Members' wives— 1,650 1,650 1,422 Steamer .. .. .. . . 480 Service-car .. .. .. .. 20 500 .500 385 Postage and telegrams, including parliamentary papers . . 1,450 1,450 1,003 Printing of Statutes, Journals, Appendices, Bills, Order Papers, Standing Orders, Statutory Regulations, &c. .. 5,000 5,000 4,632 Railway passes and concessions to members and ex-members of the Legislature, families, relations, &c, cost of .. 26,400 26,500 25,983 Railway sleeping-berths — £ Members . . .. .. .. .. 1,600 Members' wives .. .. .. .. 400 2,000 1,750 2,035 Refund to Post Office, being difference between special and ordinary rates for telegrams from members of the General Assembly _ .. .. .. .. ... 2,000 2,000 2,000 Supply of publications to Members of the Legislature . . 550 450 565 Telephone services (rents and calls) : Payment to Post and Telegraph Department of difference between full rates and half rates allowed to members of the House of Representatives and Legislative Council .. .. 1,300 1,300 1,248 Tram fares, freights, and cartage, &c. .. .. .. 10 10 12 Travelling allowances and expenses of Members travelling to and returning from Parliament .. .. . . 450 450 313 Travelling-expenses of Speakers of both Houses during recess 20 20 3 Travelling-expenses and annual rail passes, Clerks of both Houses .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 182 Typewriters— £ Purchases .. .. .. .. 150 Maintenance .. .. .. .. 25 175 275 147 Uniforms for messengers and night-watchmen . . . . I 400 200 165 Winding and repairing clocks, &c. .. .. . . 80 80 78 Window-cleaning, rubbish-removal, and chimney-sweeping 350 350 339 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision .. .. 50 50 I (a) 81