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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— continued

Includes provision for cost of smelting tests of ironsands, £15,500; investigating and reporting on glass industry, £1,500, and balance of costs and fees in connection with report on salt industry, £1,062. Name of Conference, &c. f Amount. Delegation to International Trade and Employment Conference, £ s. d. Geneva .. .. .. .. .. .. ..3 3,806 3 4 Food and Agricultural Conference, Geneva .. .. 1 294 19 0 Purchase of Surplus War Vehicles, Fiji .. .. .. 1 30 0 0 Procurement of essential supplies, Europe .. .. ..I 1,450 18 4 Procurement of essential supplies, Australia .. .. 1 309 13 5 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £5,891 14 1

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TE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— 1948-49. 194 r '-48. continued Voted. Expended. division No. I — Industries and Commerce — continued £ £ £; iAbies — continued Otheb Salaries 39 (£150 to £1,025) 157,255 159,420 location allowances 18,670 12,700 Jlowances to officers 1,700 1,700 - 180,705 179,735 203,689 ier Charges for and incidental to — Ldvertising New-Zealand-made goods 50 100 Jureau of Industry : fees, travelling expenses and allowances ; fees for reports on industrial matters; also miscellaneous expenditure on licensed industries, including law-costs, advertising, &c. (recoverable) .. 1,000 850 1,087 Compensation for injuries sustained by officers of the Department .. .. 640 jost of sending trial shipments of produce overseas 50 50 12 development of industries, experimental work in connection with, including purchase of equipment (a) 18,062 3,000 461 Entertaining distinguished trade visitors 50 Expenses of — Officers travelling overseas 5,000 5,000 (b) 5,892 Representative of Supreme Command, Allied Powers, visiting New Zealand on Procurement Mission (recoverable) 90