8.—7 [PT. I].

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

(a) Number of officers, 15. Travelling-allowances, £105 17s. 10d. ; travelling-expenses, £137 9s. sd. (b) Advertising M. J. Savage Memorial Competition, £18 3s. 3d. ; taxi-hire, Melbourne, for inspection of painting offered as memorial to the late Eight Hon. M. J. Savage, 6s. Bd. ; wreath, late Eight Hon. M. J. Savage, High Commissioner's staff (recoverable), £4 4s. ; Anzac Day wreaths, £14 13s. Id. ; wreath, Australian air disaster, £4 4s. ; wreaths, Kaye Mine disaster, £10 10s. : wreath for funeral late Mr. Geo. Lansbury, £1 10s. ; poppy wreath, Armistice Day, London, £3 3s. ; rail fares, Eight Hon. P. Fraser, Paris-London, £17 9s 6d. ; compensation, &c., E. L. Fox, £8 16s. ; certificates under the Law Practitioners Act, 1931, £8 Bs. : total, £91 7s. 6d, (c) Capital expenditure in connection with Waitangi Celebrations greater than anticipated, ( d) Expenditure greater than anticipated,

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Number 1940-41 01 ' Jersona - VOTE —INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued. 1941-42. 1L4L- 42 U40--4I Subdivision No. VI. —Miscellaneous Services —continued. Voted " Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. £ £ £ Travelling-allowances and expenses of — Minister and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1920, and the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936) .. .. 1,500 1,500 2,197 Ministers and their wives and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries: Expenses .. .. .. .. 5,250 3,000 5,105 Private Secretaries to Ministers .. .. .. 2,750 2,000 3,980 Ministerial staff . . . . .. . . . . 500 500 (a) 243 Members of the General Assembly (Finance Act, 1936, section 39) .. .. .. .. .. 350 350 47 Turnbull Library — Binding of books .. .. .. .. .. 300 300 224 Incidental expenses .. .. .. .. 500 500 595 Purchase of books .. .. .. .. .. 4-00 400 347 Visit of the Right Hon. the Prime Minister and party overseas — Grant — Prime Minister .. .. .. .. .. 500 Mr. C. A. Berendsen .. .. .. .. 300 Mr. C. A. Jeffery . . .. . . .. 300 General expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,900 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. . . . . 90 90 (b) 91 Actuarial examination and report regarding Public Service Superannuation Fund: Balance of cost . . .. . . 20 20 Conveying Mr. and Mrs. French by air from Wellington to Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 59 59 Death of Right Hon. Michael Joseph Savage, late Prime Minister of New Zealand: Cost of State funeral .. .. 3,150 3,106 Grants —- Polish Relief Fund .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 4,000 To an approved fund for the relief of sufferers and distress in Anatolia, Turkey, in connection with the earthquake .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 4,000 Towards cost of Red Cross work in Finland .. .. .. 4,000 4,000 New Zealand Centennial celebrations — Grants towards costs of conferences of national organizations, &c. .. .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 500 Maori celebrations .. .. .. .. 5,000 (c) 9,263 Music and drama festivals and competitions .. .. .. 5,975 5,975 National celebrations .. .. .. .. .. 7,000 7,788 Subsidies to centennial controlling committees in connection with district celebrations and memorials (£1 to £3) .. .. .. .. .. •• ■■ 34,000 {d) 50,402 Town-planning : Hutt Valley regional planning scheme, preparation of .. .. .. . . .. • • 250 553 Visit of H. H. Innes, Private Secretary to Minister of Marketing, to New South Wales, expenses of .. .. .. 60 55 Value of draft drawn by Italian Consul on Rome prior to the outbreak of war .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 124 124 Wairarapa storm and flood damage —Featherston-Longwood water-race: Assistance towards repairs .. .. * .. 500 475