B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

AIR DEPARTMENT— continued

{a) Estimate for 1948-49 includes £2,303 outstanding for last financial year. {b) Provision for expenses of engineers from aircraft-manufacturers for instruction of R.N.Z.A.F. personnel. (c) Losses of effects from aircraft, £22 10s. ; expenses of delayed and stranded aircraft, £l5 195.; miscellaneous legal costs, £l2 175.; tropical-clothing allowance, £10; storage of furniture and insurance of personal effects, £5 95.; grant for flood-damage assistance, £5 ss. ; passport expenses, £2 3s. 9d. ; exchange and miscellaneous, 14s. 2d. : total, £74 17s. lid. ■ Estimated. Actual Receipts. 1948-49. 1947-48. 1947-48. £ £ £ Departmental receipts .. .. 293,130 264,100 356,860

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1947-48. VOTE—AIE— confirmed 1948-49. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. X — Miscellaneous Services — continued £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to — Printing and stationery (a) 6,000 6,000 3,850 Repairs, &c, and compensation for loss of, or damage to, private vehicles and property .. 2,000 2,000 2,855 Subsidy: Biggin Hill (R.A.F.) Chapel Restoration Fund 820 Technical services : expenses of liaison engineers (b) 1,000 Contingencies 200 500 ' '(c) 75 Mercer Memorial Scholarship 1,675 1,675 Total — Subdivision No. X 238,865 240,959 233,069 TOTAL 6,099,566 4,512,928 4,175,219