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In this respect the following tables and graphs illustrate the points:— Table Showing Relationship Between the National Income and the Budgeted Allocations foe Civil Aviation Development and the Use Made of Domestic Air Services by the Public

(Information Supplied by Treasury)

* Includes in all cases aerodrome maintenance, C.A. technical, regulation, and administrative costs, deficiencies or surpluses on Government airlines. t Allowances made for revenue from landing fees and concessions where charged in the case of Australia, Canada, and United Kingdom. t Being vote " Civil Aviation " and South Pacific trunk air route for 1948-49, plus one-quarter of estimated expenditure for meteorological services, less estimated receipts.

Table Showing the Increase in New Zealand Civil Aviation Expenditure* During the Years 1945 to 1950

♦ Excluding expenditure for the South Pacific trunk air route. f All expenditure charged to "War Expenses Account. t Including £6,897 charged to War Expenses Account. § Including £389,127 unauthorized expenditure. «[[ Including £54,478 charged to War Expenses Account. i| Including £4:3,310 charged to War Expenses Account, but excluding an amount of £lBO,OOO paid for the purchase of shares in Union Airways. ** Including £108,348 unauthorized expenditure. tt Of the total expenditure for meteorological services for the year—viz., £95,759 —£1,191 was cfiarged to War Expenses Account. PART lII—ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL 1. Staff Establishment The number of staff employed in the Civil Aviation Branch as at 31st March, 1950, was 564, approximately one-fifth of whom were located in those islands of the Pacific where New Zealand is responsible for the maintenance of aerodromes and associated ground facilities—namely, in Fiji, the Cook Islands, Tonga, and in Western Samoa. Coupled with the increase in the number of air services has been considerable progress in the provision of aids to. navigation. The maintenance and operation of these various units, many of which are located some distance from populated areas, has resulted in the Civil Aviation Branch having to provide staff at a number of isolated places throughout New Zealand.

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Country. Fiscal Year Ended National Income. Annual Budgeting Cost of C.A. Percentage of Annual Cost to National Income. Percentage of Public Taking Air Journeys in 1948. Canada*f Australia*! New Zealand* South Africa United Kingdom*t December, 1948.. June, 1949 March, 1949 1947 December, 1948.. $12,588,000,000 £1,955,000,000 £419,000,000 £767,400,000 £9,675,000,000 $23,996,498 £7,718,616 £1,660,928} £1,638,261 £26,613,871 0-19 0-39 0-40 0-21 0-27 | 5-34 18-03 8-93 0-87

— 1944-45f 1945-46f 1946-47. 1947-48. 1948-49. 1949-50. Capital expenditure for aerodromes, buildings, and telecommunications Subsidies to airline operators Other expenditure Civil Aviation expenditure Plus one-quarter of expenditure for meteorological services Total expenditure for civil aviation .. £ 47,801 62,202 £ 26,872 28,504 £ 207,203 12,863 117,333 £ 132,332J 3,681 459,492 £ 276,820 164,844 630,104 £ 224,739 541,914§ 685,938 110,003 5,989 55,376 6,158 337,399!! 23,940ft 37,329 1,071,768** 51,948 1,452,591 52,727 115,992 61,534 361,339 - 632,834 1,123,716 1,505,318