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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1945

STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT—continued

(а) Actions not yet completed. (б) Increase due to shortage of staff owing to war conditions. (c) Includes adjustments by General Post Office for years 1941-42 and 1942-41!. (d) Number of officers, 7. Travelling-allowances, £66 ; travelling-expenses, £96. (e) Actions not yet completed. (/) Refund of stamp duty, American Legation, £7 145.; sundries, £1 2s Id.; total, £8 16s, 14.

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Number ° fFerSOna ' VOTE—STAMP DUTIES —continued 1944-45. 1943-44. 1944-451943-44 ~ Vote d. ~ Expended. " Subdivision No. I.—Stamp Duties—continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. .. 250 250 342 Interest on succession duty overpaid ... .. .. 50 100 37 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 400 600 (a) 381 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 150 175 757 Office equipment, fittings, and requisites, &c. .. .. 75 50 96 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 2,000 1,000 (b) 2,269 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 1,500 1,500 1,832 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 650 750 831 Refunds of overseas - passenger duty paid by officers returning to Fiji from furlough in New Zealand and by officers transferred to Samoa or Cook Islands .. .. 5 10 Remission of interest on death duties on soldiers' estates 250 50 258 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. .. 3,100 2,500 2,011 Stamp-production (printing) .. .. .. .. 2,750 3,400 (c) 4,573 Stamping machinery .. .. .. .. 20 50 16 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. 375 350 361 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 350 50 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 125 150 (d) 162 Typewriters and calculating-machines, maintenance of .. 20 25 30 Valuation fees .. .. .. .. .. 300 300 (e) 76 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 5 5 (f) 9 Expenses of removal of offices and alterations and renovations incidental thereto .. ... .. .. .. 400 418 Refunds of estate and succession duty .. .. .. 140 Refund of penalty paid on overseas passenger duty .... 33 33 Fire-watching expenses .. .. .. .. .. 5 g Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Law-costs and miscellaneous .. .. 75 Postage on parcels of stamped forms .. 250 Salaries (including Subdivision No. II) .. 500 825 12,550 12,083 14,110 Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 45,265 39,483 43,673 Subdivision No. II.—Land and Deeds Registry Salaries— Professional Division 1 1 1 (£800) .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 800 Other Salaries 122 110 122 (£65 to £715) 36,000 31,759 I m 123 111 Cadets' lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 100 60 1 Cashiers' allowances .. .. .. .. .. 5 5 Total Number Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 2,665 2,643 of Persons. Allowances to officers under Public Service Regulations 24a 236 212 and 209 .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 39,620 35,267 36,507