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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVlCES— continued

REMARKS

! : Number of Name of Conference, <fec. Persons Cost. travelling. £ a. d. (a) Liaison Officers with New Zealand Supply Mission in Washington, including travelling-expenses of one officer returning to New Zealand and one officer travelling to United States of America .. 2 1,634 1 7 Investigations into methods of hydro-electric construction and tunnels in Canada and United States of America .... .. 2 1,463 12 7 Investigation ,of costing-machines and methods of use in United States of America .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 555 14. 8 Aerodromes investigations in the Pacific .. .. .. 5 128 3 ! 9 Arranging purchase of plant in the Pacific (Air Tares in 1945) .. 3 278 16 0 Trip to Australia in connection with pipe-lines and steel .. 1 136 15 5 Attending as ! Technical Adviser to the South Pacific Air Transport Council in' Australia .. .. .. .. .. 1 28 10 3 ; : £4,225 14 3 ; : (b) Includes £3OJOOO for' purchase of accounting-machines. (c) Expenditure under this item was greater than anticipated.

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