MINISTERS' TOURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1806, 19 July 1913, Page 6

MINISTERS' TOURS.

SOME BILLS OF COSTS. A return was presented to the House of Representatives yesterday, furnished oil the motion of Mr. H. Si. CamvbeU {Htmke's Bay) stowing tho cost oi trips abroad of Ministers in rccent years. Following was tho information contained in fho return. Cost of each of tho last three visits to England of tho Eight Hon. Sir Joseph Ward :- £ (a) Conference of Prime Ministers 1907Grant to Prime Minister 1,500 Grant to Private Secretary <50 2050 (b) Imperial Defence Conference, 1909 — Grant to Prime Minister 800 Grant to Private Secretary 450 Passage money to Sydney for Mr. F. G. Matthews 12 1262 (c) Coronation of the King, 1910 — Grant to Prime Minister 1,500 ■Grant to Private Secretaries (2)... 459 1,959 Cost of the visit to England of the Hon Sir J. G. Findlay— Grant to Sir J. G. Findlay 800 Grant to Privato Secretary 301 1,101 Cost of tho visit to England of the Hon. J. AllenGrant to Mr. Allen 1.000 Grant to Private Secretary 450 „ , 1,450 Cost of the visit to South Africa of the Hon. G. Fowlds—< Grent to the Hon. G. Fowlds 450 Grant to Private Secretary 200 ' 650 Cost of the visit to Australia of the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher to arrange a reciprocal tariff mentTravelling allowance to Mr. Fisher 79 Travelling expenses of Mr. Fisher 67 117 Travelling allowances ond expenses of privato secretary 107 Expenses of return luncheon to Federal Ministry 32 287