8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued.

(a) Overestimated. , (b) Number of officers, 19. Travelling-allowances, £405 Is. 7d.; travelling-expenses, £380 17s, lid.; motor hire, £10 os. 7d, (c) Medical attendance for three officers, £4 3s,

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( N » mber 1942-43. of Persons. 1943 44 1Q4.3 a a. IQ4 9 4.3 Voted. Expended. VOTE —INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued. £ £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Head Office —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. Physical welfare and recreation (part recoverable) — Area instructors, expenses in connection with .. .. 4,750 6,000 4,723 Expenses of National Council and of Committees set up under its control .. . • • • ■ • 125 General expenses .. ., .. • ■ • • • • 250 500 259 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 900 1,100 (a) 830 Printing and stationery .. .. . • • ■ 900 1,400 (a) 897 Publications (including newspapers and books) .. .. 600 500 585 Rent .. . 245 150 282 Stranded New-Zealanders — Assistance to return to New Zealand (recoverable) .. 800 600 739 Small grants .. .. . • • • • • 10 10 H Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. • • 600 650 588 Totalizators, expenses incidental to inspection of .. 650 600 652 Transfer expenses of officers .. .. .. • • 50 50 14 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 900 1,000 (b) 886 War Funds Act, administration of .. .. 10 10 2 War graves and memorials — Battlefield memorials: France, Belgium, and Gallipoli, maintenance of .. .. .. • • • • 50 50 War graves and memorials (including those to be erected in provincial cemeteries) to soldiers and others (including wives and daughters of officers, and also of men of the British and allied navies who were killed or died in connection with the Maori and Great Wars), headstones and permanent work for, maintenance, renovation of, and expenses in connection therewith, also funeral expenses of indigent soldiers (part recoverable) .. 4,000 3,870 2,355 War-risks insurance .. .. .. •• •• 1,250 750 l,o30 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 10 10 (c) 4 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Auctioneers'licenses .. .. 17,000 Cinematograph films appeal fees .. 20 Commissions of Inquiry .. .. 100 Deer .. .. ■ • .. 10,000 Fresh-water fisheries and game .. .. 300 Physical welfare .. . ■ • • 4,000 Postage .. .. • • • • 25 Stranded New-Zealanders .. .. 800 War graves .. .. • • • • 600 Miscellaneous .. .. .. • • 150 32,995 58,930 63,351 54,057 Total—Subdivision No. .. .. 104,725 109,599 99,270 ( ]