B—7 [Pt. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1948-49

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT

(а) To provide for salary increases restrospective to Ist October, 1947. £192,050 provided on main estimates. (б) Purchase of equipment, £B9O ; proportion of subsidy for balance of year, £2lO. The Department is required by section 69 of the Factories Act, 1946, to provide a room in which the staff may take meals. (c) £23,000 provided on main estimates. Overtime rates have been increased retrospectively to Ist October, 1947, consequent on increases in salary scales (see note (a) ). (d) Additional provision required to cover special orders by Departments and to provide for earlier payment for overseas orders due to reduction in time between ordering and delivery. Amounts provided on main estimates, £357,000 and £32,500 respectively.

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Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE—PRINTING AND STATIONERY .. £ 12,900 £ 30,040 £ 42,940 For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund—continued £ £ £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—ctd. VOTE—PRINTING AND STATIONERY Salaries— Other Salaries £100 to £1,025 (additional) (a) 12,900 12,900 Other Charges for and incidental to — Cafeteria : purchase of equipment and proportion of subsidy Overtime and meal allowances (additional) .. Stationery, paper, &c., and office requisites (additional) Stores, bookbinding-material, and printing-ink (additional) (6) 1,100 (c) 4,300 (d) 47,500 (d) 5,000 Saving on expenditure already provided on main estimates consequent upon adjustment of the exchange rate 57,900 Cr. 27,860 30,040 i TOTAL .. 42,940 S