Annual Appropriations

Chronicle (Levin), 16 August 1946, Page 6

Annual Appropriations

I11 these details of the annual appro priations ihe coniparisons given are between tlie estimated gross expenditure for tliis year and the gross expenditure for the previous year (all creilits in aid having now been abolished) : — Legislative Department: £134,228 (£130, lu4) . Prime Minister 's Department: £14(5,729 (£41,500). This vole inciudes £85,000 for the National Film and Publicity tStudios which formerly were controlied by the Tourist and Publicity Department. There is also £7500 for the carriage of otiicial air mails whicli, during the war, were carried by servicu aircraft. External Affairs: £431,287 (£230,000). Tire vote inciudes a new item of £2500 for New Zealand's contribution to the lnternatioual lted Cross I'ouiniittee, £15,150 for travelling and -other expenses of New Zealand delegates to interiiatioual coiiferences, a grant of £350 to Fnited N'ations Association oi New Zealand, £15,303 as New Zealand 's second annual contribution to United N'ations Food and Agricultural Organisatiou, £77,220 as a contribution to tlie working capital fund for seeretarial expenses of L'nited Nations Organisatiou, and £00,415 as tlie tirst annual coiu riimtion to U.N.O. New Zealand's sliare in the expenses of LT.N.O. War Crinies Coiiiiuission is £033. ' The vote for the New Zealand Legation in iMoscovv is £38,228 (£20,214), New Zealand's one-seventh sliare in the cost of the British-Aiuerican Co-oiiera-tive News iService having riseu from £300 last year to £1000. The cost of ollice equipnient for tlie ollicial residence is estiaiated at £10, '550 (£103). Treasury: £180,201 (£140,542). The cost of the War Assets liealisatiou Board is given at £70,000 (£48,000), this being due to tlie increu.se in tlie Board 's stall i'rom 107 Lo 140.