B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS— continued

(a) Includes provision for expenditure incurred which did not come to charge in previous year. (b) Overexpenditure due to increased business. (c) Additional provision necessary to cover repairs to kiosk. (d) Overexpenditure due to outstanding liabilities from previous year. (e) Expenditure greater than anticipated owing to payments made for arrears of maintenance. {/) Additional stores were purchased during year for the electric-power system.

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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE—TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS Voted. Expended. — continued £ £ £ Subdivision No. I — Tourist and Health Resorts —continued Other Charges for and incidental to — continued £ Office fittings and requisites .. 2,000 Alterations and renovations .. 2,150 {a) 4,150 5,070 2,090 Overtime and meal allowances 3,000 2,500 2,812 Passenger bookings : payment of claims made by tourists for losses incurred while travelling in New Zealand 50 50 Payments to estates of equivalent of leave due to deceased officers 50 50 4 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department (part recoverable) 15,000 12,000 (b) 14,593 Printing and stationery 4,200 3,000 (b) 4,166 Queenstown Reserves— £ Maintenance, improvements, &c. 800 Repairs to buildings and plant .. 500 (c) 1,300 1,000 816 Rents of offices 9,333 9,613 7,791 Rotorua Baths : wages, repairs, &c, sundry expenses, and compensation to workmen 9,700 8,700 (d) 10,645 Rotorua electric system : expenses in connection with the change-over from 110 volts to 230 volts system 50 200 43 Rotorua works (including Whakarewarewa) — Wages, repairs, sundry expenses, and compensation to workmen — Electric light and power system 33,000 29,000 31,901 Reserves, gardens, parks, &c. 8,100 6,250 (e) 8,031 Wharves and beacons 150 50 137 Rotorua : purchase of stores (including freight) 30,000 28,000 (/) 29,955