THE ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1822, 7 August 1913, Page 7

THE ESTIMATES.

TOTALS &.SOME ITEMS. VOTES FOR THE YEAR. Following aro items worth notice in thi - Estimates for tlio year. Tho figures ill brackets in every caso represent tho amounts expended Inst year, with tlio exception of a few cases in which tho amount expended was not supplied. In these casus tho amount .voted last year is given:— Permanent Charges.Interest'and Sinking Fund, JC2,801,091 (£2,717,013). Under Special Acts, £1,391,027 (£1,301,897). Total permanent charges, £4,252,118 (£1,018,092). Legislative Departments, '' £31,472 (£35,517). Department of Finance. Treasury Department, £12,015 (£13,291). National Provident and Friendly Societies Ollico, £0732 (£5588). Rates oil Crown Lands, £350 (£193). lfates on Native.Lands, £50 (£1). Land and Incomo Tax Department, £20,059 (£25,90G). l'eusions Department, £11,189 (included Post aaut Telegraph Department last year). Treasury (miscellaneous sourccs), £9GSJ (£10,047). I Total, £GG,G4B (£55,020), Post and Telegraph Department, ' Salaries, £090,381 (£044.300). Oonvoyance of mails by sea, £84,113 (£85,788). Conveyanco of inland mails, £82,G50 (£72,852). .. Carriage of mails by rail, £70,224 (£02,077). Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines, £51,100 (£04,011). Miscellaneous eervioos, £121,8G1 (£137,144). Totals, £1,135,240 (£1,0GG,772). Among tho miscellaneous votes arc:—' Compensation awarded to Mrs. T. C, Parker, £518; fraudulent withdrawal, Savings Bank account, Auckland, £9; remittance stolen (Onctia), £5; spurious coin (Auckland), £1. Working Railways. Goneral Manager, £3500 (£1250). 1 Head ofUco salaries, £29,708 (£28,309). Ilcad ollico contingencies, £858G (£4GBBL Maintenance branch, £30,422 (£27,931), Locomotive branch, £1G,7G1 (£15,454). Traffio branch, £27,205 (£23,848). Contingencies in Departmental offices, ,£612 (£401). Maintenance of Way and WoTks—Section: Whangaroi (58 miles), .£11,002 (£9840); Kaihu (17 miles), £2522 (£2120); Gisborno (32 miles), £4150 (£3130); North Island main lino and brandies (1101: miles), £395,500 (£399,55G); South Island! main line and branches (13G7 miles),! £331,470 (£320,200); Weatland (141 miles),! £31,900 (£30,900); Westport (30 miles),. ,£11,250 (£ll, GOO); Nelson (GO miles), £8101); (£7350); Picton (48 miles), £10,500; (£10,850) ■; special allowance to ox-Inspec-tor J. Smith for originating idea of lwl» ! last plough, £50 (new vote). Totals— £807,050 (£780,510). Less estimated credits! under Section 48 of tlio Public Kevonucs Act, 1910, £27,000 (£20,000); totals £780,050 (£7G0,54G). . | Locomotive running and repairs ahd l renewals of rolling stock. —Section;' Whangaroi, £13,500 (£10,140); Kaihu,' ,£2IOO (£1080); Gisborno, £6450 (£4210) j North Island main lino and branches,) £G30,150 (£522,040); South Island main lino and branches, £410,000 (£376,622); Wostland, £30,850 (£28,000); Westport, 1 £24,700 (£23,100); Nelson, £G550 (£0380) | Picton, £10,010 (£8,950); allowance to onginemen and firemen employed on. Rimutaka Incline, £IGO (£1G0); Harimcrmotor service, £1800 (£1400); totals. ! £1,136,000 (£933,282); less estimated credits under Section 48 of tho Public Revenues Act, 1910., £900 (£800); totals. £1,130,000 (£982,482). TraUio Expenses—Section: Wliangarei, £7500 (£G500); Kaihu. £1200 (£1200); Gisborno, £2000 (£2300); North Islandl main lino and branches, £447,995 (£339,. 525); South Island main line and branches), £373,700 (£295,900); Westland, £28,000 (£29,000); Westport, £20,000 (£18,000); Nelson, £9000 (£7000); Picton, £7900 (£0000); allowance to\ guards employed on Rimutaka iuclinc, £100 (£100) i totals £899,995 (£705,525); less estimated credits under Section 48 of tho Public Rovtmics Act, 1910, £l(\,000 (£9900) f totals, £589,995 (£G95,G25); Lake. Wakin. tipu steamer service, £7500 (£6000). Mscellaneous, £901 (£847).. . ' Total of working railways, • £2,931,250 (£2,705,G09). Tho vote last yean was £2,547,410.

Public Buildings, Domains, and Malrv tenanco of Roads. Public buildings, £68,689 (£73,030). , i Government domains, .£2900 (£2425). Maiutena.nco .and improvement of roads £45,000 (£42,215), Totals, £116,J59 (JE117.703). . • Nativo Department, £24,724 (£23,668). Justice Department, £428,146 (£404,316)j ' Tlio only notable increase is in the item' Polioo Department, £215,977 (£201,919). In the salaries' list for Wellington Prieou, tlito gaoler (jots au inorcoso of £20, tlio chief warder JEIO, and tlic actiug-matroa £15. New votes under tlio lioadinjj- ofi Police areCoinponsalion to widow and children of' 'tlio lato Constablo 'T.ohn Doyle, who died from injuries received in tlho execution of his duty, £520; al-; lowanco to lnembims of Forco for losses' sustained through lioods. in Southland, £80; compassionate allowance to the widow of t.he lato Sergeant Andrew Morgan, £219. Mines. Mines Department, £G355 (£6354). Geological survey, £5140 (£4285). (Miscellaneous services, £22,355 (£10,309), Total, £33,850 (£29,918). The chief olerk in tlio head office pets an increment in salary from £350 to \ £375. Internal Affairs. Clerk of Exccutivo Council, £50 (£SO), . Office of Minister for Internal Affairs/' £6902 (£l92!>). Ministers' seorctaries, £930 (£036). ■ Messengers and officokcepers, £11,251 (£10,111). Audit Department. £8875 (£8900). Heiristrar-General's office, £11,429 (£ls,'< 918). Electoral, £5351 (£8237). High Commissioner's office, £6854. (£6843). Museum. £3726 (£3050). Advertising office, £1095 (£1478). Dominion Laboratory, £4706 (£4368). Printing and stationery, £18,618 (£24;> 218). Mental hospitals, £105,972 (£100,451). Ilomo for defect ivos, £1118 (£1092). 1 Tourists, £47,060 (£45,934). Public Service Commissioner's offioe»£6211 (new veto). i Public health, hospitals, and charitable aid. -£41.126 (£34,493). Cook Islands Administration, £4835 (£5619). ' Miscellaneous services, £40,191 (£36,730), Totals, £331,303 (£314,599). _ Intevesliinig items are Assistant UnderSpcretary'R salary. £385 (new vote); chief olerk's .snlnry, £365 (£335); Accountant, £215 (£300); Government Astronomer (additional salary for the post), £75; eonKwvation of frreh vratnr fish and same, £315 (new veto); ca*h lost by burglary, Kfgr.lrar's- Office, Chrislchuren, £18; espouses of Government Statistic.inn's visit lo A list rail ia, £75; Analjvt. ami Inspector of Explosives, £210; cliiof clerk and accountant in rrintiiit' office, £100 (£4501; copy and. llnnsaivl supervisor, £490 (£■180); accountant, Tourist Department, £235 (£215); St. Helens Hospital inniifTV, jVucklr.n<l, .£600; lfesident Commissioner. Cool; Islands, £700 (.£(>0(1): Hogistrar of Cmirlx, Cook Islands, £'500; fruit inspector, Ooolc £220; compassionate allowance to widow nf late Jlnjnr Mair, in vccogiiiljon of his services <liirinsr the Maori War. £250; coinpenpntion to widow and parents of Ilono Ngawhiro, who was .killed by a fall of masonry from the post, office, Mastertoti, during an earthquake, £100: coinpassionate allowance to widow of Messenger Dickson, £30; exiwnte.s in connection with visit of H.M.S. Now Zealand, £10.000; expenses in connection with visit of British Association for the Advancement of Scienco to New Zealand (on necount), £100: expenses in connection with fresh water fisheries, £1000; grant to British Antarctic Exnodition towards cost nf publication of scientific material, £Sfl0; grant to Taranaki Acelimatiration Society, £100; grant to New Zealand Aoademy of Fine Arts, for part services jf custodian of National Gallerx, £60;

grant' to Wellington Philosophical So-j oiety, astronomical section, £50; Hector Observatory,- .21055; Pacific cable,. New Zealand's portion of estimated deficiency, £2600;, payment to Hospitnl Boards ond other expenses incidental to issue of licenses under Land Agents Act, 1912, ,£4750; protection, of tnatara lizards, special payments to lighthouse-keepers ami others. ,£SO; subsidy towards cost of tho removal to New Plymouth Cemetery of remains of soldiers killed in the Tarnnnki district, and the erection of obslisk, .£l5O. .- Defence. Headquarters and district staffs, £78,548' (£79,777). ' ' ' Royal New Zealand Artillery. JC62.39G (.{551,765). Territorial Force,-.£153,982 (£13G,976). Stores and magazine®, guns, arms, ammunition,' equipment, clothing, etc., •£77,402 (£10,340). Miscellaneous.services, £15,190 (,£67,354). Capital and\non-recurrent expenditure, '.£117,523. Totals, ,£505,047 (,£505,267). . Items in the estimates arelnspeotor of drill halls, rifle cluba, and rifle ranges, .£375; accountant, (headquarters), .£330 ££315); extra remuneration 1 to Colonel HeaTd, Acting-Commandant during tho G.O.C.te'' abseuco 'in England, .£100; ex- , oensos in connection with the survey of draining areas, £(«0; expenses in connection with' Imperial Services Exhibition, UMO; expenses in conncetion with detention, £300.' .• ; Customs' and Marine. Customs offices and servioes, ,£54,232 U'51,450). Customs, miscellaneous services, £10;433 (£0321). ' ■ Marine and, harbours, .£42,507* (JE37,588). Government steamers,' £17,100 (£18,66.0). , Marine, miscellaneous services, £10,229 <<£6155). , . Inspection of machinery and survey of ships, £14,505 (£13,546), Totals, '£149,007 (£134,020). Items in tho -vote are: Secretary for Customs, £675 (£650); inquiry agent and commercial expert in. London, £550 (£321); bonus to W. Rose for services 4s ActingC'ollector of Customs at Wellington dur4us a space of two years, £50; compassionnto allowance to Mrs. M. lilliott on account of 6ervice3 of her late husband, ,£862; refund'of duty on oil-boring machinery, £5000 (£1777); refund on spirits, wines, and stores, exported from New 'Zealand to Western Australia by the New Zealand Whaling Company, owing to failure of whale-fishing.in the Dominion, £29; removal of, shags.and erection of beacons. Little Wanganui,'.£Bs; automatic light for . Nelson lighthouse, £350; for Portui' Passage lighthouse, £350; freshwater aquarium, Auckland Exhibition; £1750; plantiilg oysters in Hauraki Gulf, £300 (£23); stocking Westland and other rivers with -salmon, £150 (£49); picking «nd sale of oysters, £4000 (£3889); compensation to Captain Attwood, in connection with tho wreck of the' Elingamite, '£1000; renewal of cable to East Cape lighthouse, £750. Labour, Department of Labour, i £28,887 (£29,177). j Lands and Survey. ' "Department of Lands and Survey, £167,789 (£149,980). Miscellaneous services, £88,525 (£50,058). Valuation, £32,313 (£31,208). Total,' £288,027 (£231,246). Some items in tho vote are: Under-Sec-retary for' Crown Lailds, £800 (£750); Assistant Under-Secretary for Crown Lands, £525 (£500); grass-seed for .Crown lands 4nd settlers, £7500 (£s69);'reclamation of Band djmes nnd sand dune areas and purchase of Marram grass, £1000 (£27). Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce. Agi'ioultnre, Industries, and Commerce, £185,441 (£178,904).. ; r '. Following are-some ifceirisin the voterSecretary, £625 (£ooo);.Auckland Exhibition, £1000; contribution towards printing report of A. and I'. Societies' Biennial Conference, £50; contribution to Imperial Investigation of Insect Pests, £200; grant to prize fund Auckland A. and P. Societies' Dominion (Exhibition). Show, £500; experiments in control' of drifting sand ai'eas,. ,£200; co-operative fruit-test-ing plots, '£250. (£85); fostering 'the bee industry, £100 '(i 244); fisteWng the-fruit industry, £100 (£160); 'tomato experiments, £150; preparation iof kinematograph film and slides for advertising daily industry,. £150. ' ■ Head office;-£11,696 (£11,424). .

Elementary ' education, *708,351 '(*693,950).' ; " Secondary and higher' education,' <£84,015 (*81,197). ■ ■ Manual' and' technical ' instruction, ;'(J2G3 ) 971). - • ' '' Training colleges and training of 'teachers, *11,745 y(*37,603).'; -*-?:' - ;' • ■ Native schools, JC31,73G; - Infant life protection,-'* 1533 (JCI2GI). School for the deaf, JG3137 (42911). Education of the blind,-*264-(*11). Otekaike Home, '(*2627). ' Indujtrid; schools, *33,82) (=£31,013). Physical draining' .and-junior- cadets, *10,940* (*1878).' School buildings, furniture, and sites, *£119,200 (<£109,31-1). • Miscellaneous services, i 11,035 (<£13,673), Totals, ,£1,133,025 (.£1,084,042): Following are some items in the vote:— School and class libraries, .£3000; medical inspection, *2350 •(JJloS'i); travelling expenses of medical inspectors, .£I2OO (.£147); university colleges, bursaries, ,£1750 (.£739); scholarships and bursaries for technical schools, *750 .(*250 was' voted last year, but the-expenditure was nil);-courses of Instruction for , -p/hysical training for teachers (including- camps),' *5000. State' Forests. State Forests' Branch of the Lands and Survey Department* JC28.738 (X22.1G9). This vote includes tho expenses of the forestry Commission,!;*2soo.,., v i' p • i Public' -Trust Office. • • Public Trustee's Account, .£37,937 (*17,271). . :. Following nre;' ; a' few items:—Deputy f'ublic Trustee, '*700 (JE6OO);' inspector; £600 (,£350); accountant,"',£3Bs"(.£37s); State Advances. Advances to settlers, .£311,957 (,£285,103). Advances to workers,, ,£89,117 (=£63,401). Advances to local authorities, *85,750 P98,862). " ' Totals: *188321 (*458,368).' Minor Accounts.,State'coal mines, *3-19,GI!) (*231,677). Scenery observation, *7185 (*i6,813). Lands for settlement, *10,673 (*10,062). Government insurance, *K),GOS (*65,114). Government accident - insurance account, *7860 (*6677). State Pirn Insurance, *18,903 (*17,586). Nativo land jurchase, .£1250 (.*l9). The general manager of tho State Fire Oltico receives an increment in salary from *550 to *575.