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Number of Persons 1940 - 41. VOTE—MARINE—continued. ■ 1941 42 1941 42 1940-41 . Voted. Expended. subdivision JSo. I V. —Mercantile Marine. Salaries— £ £ 1' 30 30 30 (£10 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. 12,501 12,270 " Allowances to officers performing special or higher duties f 12,034 under Public Service Regulations 24a and 209.. .. 10 10 Overall allowances .. .. .. .. . . 20 20 12,531 12,300 12,034 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications .. .. .. .. .. 120 100 118 Bluff - Stewart Island Ferry Service .. .. .. (a) 1,000 800 850 Charts (recoverable) .. .. . . .. .. (b) 600 250 (b) 492 Chatham Island shipping service: Subsidy (c) 1,200 800 800 Checking passenger traffic: Overtime . . .. . . 250 150 (d) 254 Coastal survey : " H.M.S. Endeavour," &c. (on account) .. 10 50 Distressed seamen, maintenance and repatriation of . . 100 100 28 Examinations, expenses connected with .. .. 250 350 238 Ex gratia payment to widow of late Captain H. A. Dillner 72 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. .. 40 50 26 Grant: Imperial Shipping Committee .. ,! .. 16 160 16 Great Barrier Island — Shipping subsidy .. .. .. .. .. (e) 1,190 .. 1 Light Dues : Remissions, refunds, allowances, &c. .. (/) 200 " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " (part recoverable) .. 650 700 645 Office-cleaning .. . . . . . . . . 10 10 2 j Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 100 100 110 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 750 750 762 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department: Wireless inspection of ships .. .. .. .. 50 50 50 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. . . 130 140 129 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 250 200 263 Prosecutions under Shipping and Seamen Act .. .. 10, 10 13 Rent (g) 500 900 871 Saleable books and forms (recoverable) .. .. 190 175 188 Shipping and Seamen Act: Miscellaneous expenses of administration .. .. .. . . .. 10 25 2 Shipping casualties: Inquiries, &c. .. .. .. 150 150 107 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. . . .. 260 250 261 Tide-tables, preparation of (Lands Department) .. .. 550 550 550 Transfer and removal expenses ... .. .. (h) 200 200 7 Travelling allowances and expenses . . . . .. 100 150 (i) 89 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. . „ .. 10 10 (j) 2 Chatham Islands shipping service: Survey of vessel .. • ■ 250 (/") 496 Removal of offices .. .. .. .. .. • • 200 (0 66 Sumner Lifeboat Association Subsidy (£1 for £1) .. •. 550 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Shipping subsidies — Bluff - Stewart Island .. .. 700 Chatham Islands .. .. .. 250 Great Barrier Island .. .. .. 300 Charts .. .. .. ., 500 Nautical Almanac .. .. .. 170 Overtime, Nautical Surveyors, &c. .. 750 Refunds of costs of nautical inquiries .. 10 Saleable books and forms .. .. 650 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 75 (w) £3,4-05 8,968 8,180 7,435 Total—Subdivision No. IV ,. .. 21,499 20,480 19,469 j I