B—7 [Pt. 1]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

Minister in Charge of Census and Statistics AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1948, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Census and Statistics Department. Summary

(a) Reduction due to decrease in staff required for tabulation of 1945 census results. (b) Underexpenditure due to inability to procure total staff required for tabulation of 1945 census results. ' (c) New Zealand delegate to Sixth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Montreal,. Canada, and the World Statistical Congress, Washington, U.S.A.

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1947-48. 1946-47. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. VOTE—CENSUS AND STATISTICS £ 56,000 £ 23,350 £ 79,350 £ 159,000 £ 137,135 VOTE—CENSUS AND STATISTICS (Total number of officers : 1947-48,181 (a); 1946-47, 280) Salaries— Administrative Division 1 at £1,050 (Government Statistician) Other Salaries 180 (£125 to £1,000) Other Charges for and incidental to — Census Expenses of officers travelling overseas Mechanical appliances — Purchase of .. Maintenance of 1947-48. 1946-47. Voted. Expended. £ 1,050 54,950 £ 1,000 79,000 £ 63,5OS 56,000 80,000 (b) 63,505 1,950 (c) 900 2,000 500 35,000 27,000 500 35,132 23,953 95