B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF MAORI AFFAIRS— continued

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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE —MAORI AFFAIRS —continued Voted. Expended. Miscellaneous Services — £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to — Accommodation for Maori workers at Moerewa Freezing-works: maintenance 250 500 238 Accommodation of workmen as provided for in Maori Land Development Workers' Agreement, 1942 300 500 Agent's commission 20 30 20 Ahuwhenua Trophy : expenses of presentation, &c. 75 75 53 Board and lodging allowances for youth, trade trainees 150 500 16 Board of Maori Affairs : expenses of members and of District Committees 30 30 Carpentry and allied trade-training instruction 2,000 2,000 849 Compassionate grants to widows or dependants of deceased officers 100 100 Confiscated and other Maori lands 5 5 Consolidation of Maori Lands Acts 250 250 Consolidation of Maori lands — Administration expenses (including expenses of Maori meetings) 500 500 402 Valuation fees 50 5 35 Contribution towards cost of memorials to representative Maoris 50 50 Cost of training rural field cadets (a) 1,700 Costs arising out of accidents caused by departmental vehicles 100 100 108 Earthquake and war-damage insurance on land-development and housing schemes, State's proportion of .. 350 300 357 Fees to Supervisors and Examiners; Maori Interpreters' Examination 20 10 1 Government Superannuation Fund, Maori Trustee's contribution towards 46 Horticultural and allied experimental research regarding shelter-belts 500 400 314 Housing research and experiments 25 25 . . Maori meeting-houses and halls, reconstruction and extension of 1,000 1,000 1,000 Maori Purposes Fund Board : grant for administration expenses, equipment, &c. 375 375 375 (a) This item is to cover cost of training rural field cadets. At present six cadets are under training, and it is anticipated that a further two nadetships will be granted during this year.