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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued

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VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Subdivision No. I — Head Office— continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — ctd. £ £ J+9 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) .. 12,500 10,000 3,524 War Histories and War Archives : rent, furniture and equipment, cost of conferences, production and printing of histories, authors' fees, overtime, and other incidental expenses 12,050 11,375 5,252 Contingencies 10 10 Opossums —Ranging : contribution towards previous year's activiti es 'on No. I 450 485 242,262 204,381 184,121 Total — Subdivis' 356,509 306,605 291,470 Subdivision No. II — M> Misters' Sea 'claries (Number of officers : 1948-49, 3 0; 1947-48, 28) Salaries— Other Salaries 30 (£425 to £1,025) 20,965 19,135 *\ Salaries of officers on loan from other DepartV 22,388 ments 2,465 2,200 23,430 21,335 22,388 Other Charges for and incidental to — Meal-allowances •• 75 50 82 Total — Subdivision No. II 23,505 21,385 22,470