B—7 [Pp. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Additional provision is for hospital charges and other expenditure previously charged to War Expenses Account. (b) Legal expenses.

Estimated. Actual Receipts. 1948-49. 1947-48. 1947-48. £ £ £ Departmental receipts .. .. 16,000 35,000 34,877

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VOTE—WAR AND OTHER PENSIONS— 1947-48. continued 1948-49. Subdivision No. Ill —Other Charges Voted. Expended. Charges for and incidental to — £ £ £ Loading on life-insurance premiums on account of impaired health occasioned by war service 750 300 597 Medical fees 25,000 40,000 30,328 Medical treatment, burial expenses, and expenses incidental thereto : ex-members of New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, exmembers of New Zealand Defence and Naval Forces, and South African War veterans .. (a)210,000 67,000 65,56-5 Medical treatment and assistance to exinternees and evacuees of other countries (part recoverable) (a) 500 50 Railway concessions to disabled ex-servicemen 7,250 5,000 ' 6,404 Travelling allowances and expenses — Departmental officers 800 600 775 Pensioners 7,250 9,500 7,592 War Pensions Appeal Board expenses 5,000 6,000 5,092 Contingencies 10 10 (b) 11 Total—Subdivision No. Ill TOTALS.. 256,560 128,460 116,364 4,829,160 4,797,317 4,688,312