B—7 [Fr. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Provides for expenditure incurred last financial year and not brought to charge until the present financial year. - „ - Number of Persons Cost. Name of Conference. travelling. £ (b) United Nations Preparatory Conference on Trade and Employment, London .. 2 382 United Nations Trade and Employment Conference, Geneva .. .. 4 2, 805 International Customs Union Conference, Brussels .. .. .. 1 14* United Nations Trade and Employment Conference, Havana .. .. 3 216* £3,417 * Total expenditure incurred at the two latter conferences has not yet been brought to charge, and provision for the balance has been made in the estimates for the current financial year. (c) Provision for purchase of Powers Samas system and adding-machines for Statistical Branch. (d) Provision for transfers to new premises at Napier, New Plymouth, and Wanganui, and alterations to existing premises at Dunedin. (e) Increase in this item is necessary consequent upon general salary increase and adoption of provisions of Factories Act, 1946, regarding payment of overtime and penal rates. (/) Increase in volume of parcels handled through parcels-post and consequent increase in charge for services made by Post and Telegraph Department.

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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE—CUSTOMS— continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. I — Customs Offices and Services — continued Other Charges for and incidental to — Expenses of — Officers transferred overseas (a) 625 2,250 1,350 Officers travelling overseas 4,000 6,000 (b) 3,417 Immigration Eestriction Act: administrative expenses (part recoverable) 400 300 344 Launch hire 400 300 271 Office expenses 1,800 1,500 1,796 Office equipment (furniture, machines, and appliances) (c) 45,500 1,500 1,298 Office fixtures, alterations and transfers to new premises (d) 1,400 250 46 Official Eepresentative, London : travelling * and general expenses 500 500 43 Official Representatives, New York: travelling and general expenses 1,500 1,200 1,165 Overtime and meal allowances (part recoverable) (e) 17,500 11,000 11,399 Payments to the Post and Telegraph Department (/) 10,000 6,500 (/) 11,176 Printing and stationery 3,900 3,300 3,994 Rent of offices 1,550 1,550 1,472