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YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued.

(a) Extra labour, opening of Parliament, £10 lis. 6d.; urgent air passages, Blenheim-Wellington— Mr. E. P. Meachen, M.P., £2 155.; taxi-hire, members and staff, £6 os. 5d.; medical expenses, charwomen and messengers, £2 4s. ; wreath, £2 2s. ; allowance to A. H. Kirby in lieu of expenses, £24 ; allowance to H. Vass in lieu of overtime, £5 : total, £52 12s. lid. 2*

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Numl,er 1041-42 of Persons - VOTE—LEGISLATIVE— continued. 1942-43. 1942 43 1941-42 „.,... A. rTTT „ , _ Voted. Expended. buoMvision JSo. v LI. — General expenses. , Charges for and incidental to — £ £ £ Advertising, newspapers, and other publications .. 400 300 431 Allowance to Police Constables in attendance during session 50 50 20 Allowance to the Leader of the Opposition .. .. 187 187 187 Expenses of Land Development Committee investigating the general question of rehabilitation of deteriorated land 50 Fuel, light, power, and water, also fees for inspection of machinery .. .. .. .. .. 3,900 3,900 3,874 Furniture — £ Purchases .. .. .. .. 600 Maintenance and repairs .. .. .. 300 900 1,400 609 Hire of motor-cars for Speakers of both Houses and their wives .. .... .. .. .. 25 25 17 Laundry-work for Legislative Department .. .. 200 220 149 Meals to E.P.S. personnel, also to messengers, &c, on latesitting nights .. .. .. .. .. 375 75 30 Miscellaneous stores: Brooms, brushware, soap, towels, linen, matches, tools, coal buckets, shovels, &c. .. 450 450 416 Office equipment for Ministers' offices .. .. .. 80 100 37 Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees 10 10 Passages of— Members of both Houses — £ Steamer .. .. .. .. 1,400 Service car .. .. .. .. 50 Members' wives— — 1,450 1,650 1,375 Steamer .. .. .. .. 300 Service car .. .. .. .. 20 320 500 275 Payment to next-of-kin of money equivalent of leave due to deceased officers .. . . .. .. 50 Postage and telegrams, including parliamentary papers .. 1,200 1,450 1,033 Printing of Statutes, Journals, Appendices, Bills, Order Papers, Standing Orders, Statutory Kegulations, &c. .. 3,000 5,000 3,891 Railway passes and concessions to members and ex-members of the Legislature, families, relations, &c, cost of .. 25,400 26,400 25,451 Railway sleeping-berths —■ £ Members .. .. .. .. 1,450 Members' wives .. .. .. .. 350 1,800 2,000 1,777 Refund to Post Office, being difference between special and ordinary rates for telegrams from members of the General Assembly .. .. .. .. .. 1,500 1,500 1,500 Supply of publications to Members of the Legislature .. 450 550 448 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 .. .. 1,150 1,300 1,072 Train, bus, and tram fares, freights, and cartage, &c. . . 50 10 53 Travelling allowances and expenses of Members travelling to and returning from Parliament .. .. .. 350 450 236 Travelling-expenses of Speakers of both Houses during recess 20 20 2 Travelling-expenses and annual rail passes, Clerks of both Houses .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 180 Typewriters — £ Purchases .. .. .. .. 50 Maintenance .. .. .. .. 25 75 175 89 Uniforms for messengers and night-watchmen .. .■. 400 400 380 Winding and repairing clocks, &c. .. .. .. j 80 80 76 Window-cleaning, rubbish-removal, and chimney-sweeping 350 350 352 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision .. .. ! 50 50 (a) 53 Expenses of River-control Committee of the House of Representatives while hearing evidence on River Erosion Bill during recess .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 208