B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

MINES DEPARTMENT— continued

Estimated. Actual Receipts. 1948-49. 1947-48. 1947-48. £ £ £ Departmental receipts .. .. 33,000 28,000 41,595

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V OTE —MINES —continued Subdivision No. IV—Miscellaneous Services— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Charges for and incidental to —continued £ £ £ Office fittings and requisites 100 100 103 Overtime and meal allowances 400 400 506 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 1,750 1,400 1,958 Printing and stationery (partly recoverable) 900 800 940 Refunds of revenue under section 155 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926 (recoverable) 50 50 Rents (partly recoverable) 1,250 1,250 1,139 Transfer and removal expenses of staff 450 450 201 Travelling allowances and expenses and mileage allowances (partly recoverable) .. 2,000 2,000 1,946 Contingencies 15 15 Motor-vehicles : purchase of trucks 500 (a) Total—Subdivision No. IV TOTAL .. 16,165 17,015 15,860 137,270 134,375 107,166 (a) No expenditure was incurred last financial year. Provision has been made this year under Subdivision No. Ill—Assistance towards Mining.