B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

MARINE DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Vessel was out of commission for several months last year. (b) Includes reconditioning expenditure and radio telephone. (c) Includes provision for expenditure which did not come to charge last financial year.

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1948-49. 1947-48. V^OTT?!-——-TVT A~RT"NTR pnwtQwoiP/l V vlJJi luAXliiilHi L>UitLtlbUjf5U/ Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IV —Mercantile Marine £ £ £ (Number of officers : 1948-49, 45; 1947-48, 44) Salaries — Other Salaries 45 (£300 to £1,025) 24,027 23,496 24,209 Other Charges for and incidental to — Barque " Pamir " : working-expenses (a) 50,000 32,600 36,547 Bluff - Stewart Island ferry service 22,640 37,160 (b) 49,982 Charts (recoverable) 500 300 520 Checking passenger traffic : overtime 700 800 687 Commonwealth Shipping Committee and International Hydrographic Bureau: contribution to 274 363 200 Distressed seamen, maintenance and repatriation of 750 200 888 Examinations, expenses connected with 400 400 384 Expenses of officers travelling overseas 1,800 , , Fares : Rehabilitation of Merchant seamen .. 10 Merchant Navy badges, &c., also War Medals 25 152 64 Motor-vehicles, purchase and maintenance of; also accident costs (c) 650 350 37 " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " and preparation of tide-tables (part recoverable).. (c) 1,000 1,000 199 Office expenses 100 100 98 Office fittings and requisites 50 90 51 Overtime and meal allowances 350 400 303 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 550 600 532 Printing and stationery 330 350 322 Prosecutions under Shipping and Seamen Act 50 20 112 Refund of light dues under special circumstances 10 10 Refund of wages to deserters under special 6 circumstances 10 10 Removal of offices and maintenance of buildings 10 10 413 Rent 410 400 Saleable books and forms (recoverable) (c) 250 250 60 School of Navigation : maintenance of equip399 ment 450 700 Ship repairs costing service, expenses of 10 150 116