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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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VOTE—INTERNAL A¥¥AIRS—continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Subdivision No. V — Miscellaneous Services — continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — Aid-to-Britain Campaign, expenses of 32,000 20,000 (a) 42,524' American Museum of Natural History: purchase, assembly, and despatch of exhibits 25 25 .. Anzac Day Services, London : New Zealand's proportion of cost 20 20 16 Anzac delegation to Gallipoli and Tobruk, expenses of 1,200 „ . Assistance to stranded New Zealanders (part recoverable) 1,500 1,500 1,400 Bonus to employees retained under Superannuation Emergency Regulations 1940.. 20,000 25,000 22,284. Colonial appointments, Board of Selection : travelling-expenses of applicants in New Zealand and members of Board of Selection 10 10 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers 100 100 .. Cost-of-living bonus to superannuitants, Government Superannuation Fund, and to other persons in receipt of retiringallowances (part recoverable) 197,600 75,500 (b) 136,728Dogs Registration Amendment Act, 1937, prevention of hydatids under (recoverable) (c) 6,650 8,750 2,082 Emergency Precautions Scheme: subsidies to local authorities 100 ' 250 34 Entertaining visitors to the Dominion and official functions— Allowances to officers in connection with .. 80 80 77 Cost of 10,000 10,500 16,504 Exhibition of New Zealand art overseas 50 50 19 Exhibits for museums, railage on 30 15 29 Expenses of officers travelling overseas 2,000 1,300 [d) 3,636 Fire Services — Accommodation for emergency equipment 2,000 4,000 W Equipment : purchase, reconditioning, • storage, and transportation 15,000 59,750 (/) 39,864 Fire protection of small urban areas: purchase of fire-fighting equipment (recoverable) (2)10,350 Subsidies for emergency fire-protection: Auckland and Wellington districts 8,000 3,100 1,700 Subsidies to Fire Boards (Fire Brigades Act, 1926, section 26) 4,883 4,690 4,688