B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1948

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued

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VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued 1947-48. 1946-47. Subdivision No. I —Head Office —continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. War graves, cemeteries, and memorials —ctd. War graves (including those to be erected in provincial cemeteries) to Service personnel and others (including officers' wives and daughters, and men of the British and allied navies who were killed or died in connection with the Maori War), headstones and permanent work for, maintenance, renovation of, and expenses in connection therewith, also Maori War memorials (including maintenance) and funeral expenses of indigent Service personnel (part recoverable) .. War Histories and War Archives : rent, furniture and equipment, cost of conferences, production and printing of histories, authors' fees, overtime, and other incidental expenses Contingencies Cinematograph films: commission on exhibitors' annual licence fees Opossums— Expenses under the Animals Protection and Game Act Refund of opossum-trappers' licence fees as approved by the Minister.. £ 10,000 11,375 10 £ 8,500 2,650 10 85 50 5 £ 8,670 2,327 (a) 15 2 40 187,381 147,786 156,752 Total —Subdivision No. I 286,455 230,182 245,023 Subdivision No. II—Ministers' Secretaries (Number of officers : 1947-48, 28 ; 1946-47, 28) Salaries— Other Salaries 28 (£400 to £1,000) Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments 18,785 2,100 19,605 1,720 1 y 21,221 20,885 21,325 21,221 (a) Compensation for medical expenses and damaged clothing, £12 7s.; with game-shooting licences, £2 18s. : total, £15 5s. ex gratia payments in connection