B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT—continued

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1947-48 1948-49. 3,528 Miles. 3,526 Miles. Expended.' VOTE—WORKING RAILWAY continued Voted. £ £ £ Subdivision No. I—General Charges—continued Miscellaneous General Charges— continued • Ex gratia payments 100 100 Expenses of officers travelling overseas . 1,000 1,250 (a)' 4,45k Grants to members employed in training overseas 50 800 600 Grants to officers on retirement equivalent to salary in lieu of leave in terms of regulations 800 800 273 Grants to widows or dependants equivalent to leave due to deceased officers .. 100 iob 269 Printing Staff Instruction-books 1,500 1,200 Salaries chargeable against the year 1948-49 paid on or before 31st March, 1948 50 5° 80 Superannuation contributions of members discharged from the Armed Services who are off 56 duty as a result of war disabilities 100 10 Allowance to annuitants, Government Railways Superannuation Fund, as provided for in section 27 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, and section 31 of the Superannuation Amendment Act, 1945 (*) 4,600 4,504 Ex gratia payments to next of kin of employees killed in Manawatu Gorge railway accident.. 1,250 1,250 Ex gratia payment to Mr. H. G. G. Reid in full settlement of wrongful delivery of suit-case 100 100 Government Railways Superannuation Fund subsidy (b) 250,000 243,500 Payment of compassionate grant to Mr. T. H. Williams, Clerk, Lyttelton, in respect of injuries received in the course of his employment 250 25Q Payment of worker's compensation to Mr. H. S. Hungerford in respect of injury received 210 210 189,740 428,225 455,452 Less amounts provided under the various sections 92,740 71,115 93,334 97,000 357,110 362,118 Total —Subdivision No. I .. I 227,967 482,629 491,511