B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAK ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT— continued

(a) Grants and subsidies to local bodies for repairs to roads and streets damaged by cartage of coal. (6) Grants to local bodies to offset loss of revenue consequent upon acquisition of collieries by the Government, (c) Cost of houses acquired was less than anticipated.

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1947-4.8. VOTE—STATE COAL-MINES— -continued 1948-49. Other Charges for and incidental to — Voted. Expended. continued £ £ £ Expenses of officers travelling overseas 350 m m Fares and expenses of miners to take up employment (recoverable) 50 50 Financial assistance to co-operative parties working on State coal reserve, timber suppliers and others (recoverable) 10,000 5,000 11,800 Fire-fighting, Ohai 800 1,600 862 Grants and subsidies to local bodies for road and street maintenance, &c. (a) 4,500 4,500 1,191 Grants to local bodies in lieu of rates (6) 6,000 3,500 4,402 Housing — Advances to workmen and officials for erection and purchase of dwellings 18,000 10,000 16,933 Erection of departmental dwellings and hutments (works expenditure) 18,000 20,000 12,444 Purchase of residences and additions thereto for departmental officers 2,500 500 Loans to enable purchase of buses for conveyance of workmen 7,500 7,500 4,052 Office expenses 3,000 2,000 2,184 Overtime and meal allowances 4,000 4,000 2,660 Payments to the Post and Telegraph Department 6,000 3,000 5,065 Printing and stationery and publications, &c. 2,500 1,750 1,903 Prospecting and boring on Smoke-oh Creek area at Blackball 100 100 Prospecting and boring on State coal reserve 7,000 7,000 "6,442 Purchase of — Birchwood Colliery 19,000 Burke's Creek Colliery (on account) 1,000 Houses : Dobson and Taylorville 100 19,000 (c) 13,916 Kamo Colliery 4,000 Motor-cars 3,100 2,430 654 Motor-trucks 4,200 6,100 596 Shares of the Westport Coal Co., Ltd. 5,200 900,000 894,805 Star Colliery 15,894 52,000 40,339 Eefund, Mines Department, part expenses, Bunanga School of Mines 45 45 45 Rents, rates, and repairs on leasehold property for office in Greymouth (partly recoverable) 100 100 22 Social amenities at State mines 2,000 2,000 1,036