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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS—continued

(а) Section 17 of the Finance Act (No. 2), 1935, provides that the Minister of Finance may refund to every racing club totalizator-tax up to £500 received from that club, equal to 2£ per cent, of the gross totalizator-takings during the year. £ (б) Public Service Superannuation Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 820 Teachers' Superannuation Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88,280 Government .Railways Superannuation Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110,900 £200,000 (c) " Thirds " and " fourths " of rentals, &c., received are paid to local bodies for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges and opening up Crown lands. (cl) M.L.C.s £375 per annum; M.P.s £500 per annum, together with an eXpenseB allowance of £250 per annum from 15th December, 1944. (e) Chief Justice, £2,250 por annum ; Judgos, £2,000 per annum.

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1944-45. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE 1945-46. I 7— Estimated. Expended. HIGHWAYS Finance Act, 1927 (No. 2), (Section 24), and Motor-spirits Taxation £ £ £ Act, 1927 (Sections 6-10) — Disbursements under the Acts .. .. .. .. .. 2,126,000 1,671,000 1,916,948 OTHER SPECIAL ACTS Payment to Racing Clubs of Proportion of Totalizator-tax Finance Act, 1935 (No. 2), (Section 17) — Refunds in respect of totalizator-tax .. .. .. .. (a) 35,000 35,000 35,742 Subsidies to Superannuation Funds Finance Act, 1942 (No. 2), (Section 3) —■ Additional annual subsidies to Superannuation Funds .. .. 200,000 200,000 (b) 200,000 Miscellaneous Grants and Subsidies Land Act, 1924 (Sections 139 and 358) — Payments to Receivers of Land Revenue, Local Bodies' Deposit Accounts, for payment to local authorities in respect of rents, royalties, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. (c) 5,000 5,000 4,269 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 (Section 17) (4) (d), and Appropriation Act, 1916 (Section 27) — Contribution towards interest and cost of administration and maintenance of Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Works—On account of year 1943-44.. .. ... .. .. .. .. 1,500 .. 1,667 241,500 240,000 241,678 SALARIES AND HONORARIA Legislative Civil List Act, 1920 (Section 16), and Finance Act (No. 3), 1944 (Section 25)— Legislative Council— Speaker t. .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 720 744 Chairman of Committees .. .. .. .. .. 500 450 465 House of Representatives— Speaker .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 900 930 Chairman of Committees .. .. .. .. .. 750 675 697 Finance Act (No. 3), 1944 (Section 25 (2)) — Allowance to Chairman of Committees, House of Representatives .. 150 .. 44 Civil List Act, 1920 (Section 17), and Finance Act (No. 3), 1944 (Section 24)— _ £ Honoraria of members of the Legislative Council .. .. 12,300 Honoraria of members of the House of Representatives .. 46,500 —— {d) 58,800 38,115 43,483 Civil List Act, 1920 (Section 22), and Finance Act, 1926 (Section 19) — Legislative CouncilClerk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 875 800 870 House of Representatives— Clerk 875 800 870 Clerk-Assistant (part year) .. .. .. .. .. 518 Justice Judicature Amendment Act, 1920 (Section 3) — Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court .. .. .. .. (e) 20,250 18,250 17,612