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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1942.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued.

(а) Expenditure offset to some extent by free accommodation granted by the Canterbury Provincial Buildings Board to Government Departments. (б) Represents cost of prizes purchased through the High Commissioner last year but not delivered or paid for until this year,

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Number .... , of Persons. 1941-42. 1940-41. 1841-42 1940-4) VOTE-INTERNAL AFFAIRS continued. Voted. ~~~[ Expended. Subdivision No. VI.—Miscellaneous Services —continued. £ £ £ Othee Charges foe and Incidental to —continued. Grants —continued. Swimming and Life-saving Societies .. .. .. 400 400 400 War Funds Council, for South African veterans .. 250 250 250 Light, power, and water for Government buildings and Canterbury Provincial Buildings, Christchurch .. (a) 11,000 9,000 10,843 Memorial to the late Right Hon. M. J. Savage, erection of, including preliminary expenses .. .. .. 12,000 New Zealand Centennial celebrations — Biographical, Historical, Pictorial, &c., Surveys, and Atlas (recoverable) .. .. .. .. 3,550 14,450 13,029 Expenses in connection with .. .. .. 500 1,000 1,473 Literary and other competitions .. .. .. (6) 65 380 328 National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art, expenses of .. .. .. .. .. 250 2,000 1,785 New Zealand Gazette : Cost of printing (part recoverable) .. 7,000 6,000 6,943 Overtime and meal allowance .. .. .. 10 10 10 Parliaments of the Empire: Contribution towards cost of producing journal (London publication) .. .. 200 200 200 Payment to Department of External Affairs : Cost of free passages granted on N.Z.M.Y. " Maui Pomarc" .. 50 75 28 Personal effects of Ministers, transfer of .. .. 20 20 Personal effects and furniture of Parliamentary UnderSecretaries, transfer of .. .. .. 43 43 Post Office Account — Franked Government telegrams .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 1,000 Franked telephone communications .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 2,000 Ministerial and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' telegraphic memoranda .. .. .. .. 3,800 3,800 3,800 Printing, stationery, and requisites, Ministers' and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' offices .. .. .. 1,000 1,100 850 Publications (including newspapers and books), Ministers' and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' offices .. .. 550 450 514 Public Service Superannuation Fund— Contribution to (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 50) .. .. 86,000 86,000 86,000 Contribution to meet increased allowances to widows and children (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 114) .. ... 22,000 20,500 20,570 Contribution to : Under provisions of Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, section 27 .. .. .. 800 837 837 Regulations Act, 1936 : Expenses of printing regulations, &c. (recoverable) .. .. .. •• •• 2,000 1,300 2,053 Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, fines paid to (Police Offences Act, 1927, section 15) .. .. 25 25 48 Superannuation funds: Reimbursement of amount of reduction of rate of interest on mortgages and loss on conversion .. .. .. .. •• 23,000 23,800 24,328 Telegrams beyond the Dominion .. ■ • .. 250 125 829 Telephone services, Ministers and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. •• 1,500 1,300 1,456 Town-planning : Expenses in connection with (including travelling - expenses of Board and Town - planning Adviser) 500 350 600 Transfer expenses of officers .. .. • • • • 20 20 20