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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

AIR DEPARTMENT—continued

(a) Cost of plant for recently established workshop at Shelly Bay, Wellington, together with cost of testing equipment for stations and for technicians in the field. (6) No expenditure came to charge last financial year. Anticipated expenditure for 1948-49 now dealt with under Subdivision No. IX, " South Pacific Trunk Air Route." (c) Provision now made under Subdivision No. IX, item " Location and special allowances." (d) Expenditure overestimated. Provision this year made under item " Aerodromes (works expenditure) : maintenance." (e) Provision now made under Subdivision No. X, item " Payments to aero clubs." (/) Part of the expenditure provided for covers the requirements of the Meteorological Branch jointly with those of the Civil Aviation Branch.

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1948-49. 1947-48. VOTE—AIR—continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. VII—Civil Aviation—continued Charges for and incidental to —continued Printing and photography: stores and supplies Publications, purchase of (part recoverable) .. Reconditioning Tiger Moth aircraft (recoverable) Refund of search expenses, missing aircraft .. Rent of buildings Subsidies and grants to civil airline operators : Tasman Empire Airways Travelling allowances and expenses Workshop plant Aerodromes : International Airport Entertainment allowance Miscellaneous aerodrome services Motor vehicles, purchase of New Zealand contribution to International Convention: Aerial Navigation Printing and photography: purchase of equipment Subsidies and grants to aero clubs Subsidies and grants to civil airline operators : Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. 600 150 2,300 300 2,350 2,800 5,000 (a) 10,350 (V) (V) 1,200 500 5,500 300 2,500 2,000 3,684 1,750 16,000 100 (d) 7,600 5,000 90 110 20,000 2,000 579 311 4,127 ' 2,347 1,896 5,171 1,115 (b) 100 143 2,821 90 118 4,190 1,785 1,467,136 875,890 434,541 Total—Subdivision No. VII (/) 1 1,631,556 989,390 541,027