THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 65, 11 December 1918, Page 5

THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES

SEVERAL BIG ITEMS INCREASES IN SALARY The Supplementary' Estimates" were \ brought down in the Houee of-Represon- ■ tativos at 5.40 a.m. yesterday. l> Following are somo of the , more interesting items on the Estimates:— War bonus (additional) to officers of tho Legislative Council, .£SO. Increases to Salaries.—Second clerk assistant, .£25; render and clerk of Bills, .£ls; accountant and record clerk, .£ls; three committee clerks, each .£ls; clerk, House Committee, .£4O; war bonus to staff of House (additional), ,£550; chief librarian, .£35; assistant librarian, J25; four library assistants (ono at ,£25, one (at .£2O, one at .£lO, one at £75; bookbinder, .£ls; library messenger, JEIS; Hansard reporters (six at .£5, three Rt ' VSIO, one at one at .£ls), .£9O; Haneard supervisor, ,£200; Hansard indexor, i;is; officer in charge of Parliament Buildings, .£SO. ■ . ' Attendants, charwomen, and watchmen, Is. per day increase, '.£620. Bonus to extra clerks, messengers, asd tederlies during session, ,£320. Bonus to watchmen, charwomen, and attendants, ,£303.. ■ ■ Grant to Bellamy's (additional), JMfiO. Travelling expenses of members of Parliament during influenza epidemic, #00. Treasury. Increases to Salaries—ln the administrative division one officer receiving .£7OO receives an increase of i! 100. : Four clerks receive j>2s, .£ls, .£ls, and *E25-jeßo. : National Provident Fund. ' Friendly . Societies'. Department.-In-ercases to salaries: One officer receiving '.£650, increase'of .£SO; increases'to four clerks (three at .£ls, and one at £10), *Cl 5. ' ■' • ' • ' j ' Assistance to sick and' funeral funds of friendly societies on account/ of deficiencies duo to the war, .£IO,OOO. . Land and- Income Tax Department. • One officer receiving ,£BSO, increase of salary, .€IOO. . ' ■ \ ■• One officer receiving eight months' increase at .£SO, ,£33. Pensions Department, .'. ' One officer receiving ,£650, increase of salarj-, .£SO: . -.. Post and Telegraph Department. One officer at .£525 receives increase ':'£ii; ono at'.£47s, increase .£25; three at ' £310 (increases ,£ls each), <£15. ; ' Compassionate allowance to widow of late W. I. Dawson, clerk, G.P.0., .£330. War bonus (additional), • ,£33,000. Railway Department. Cash stolen by burglars at Auckland goods office, £195. . .."■.' Special allowance to private secretary, 1C260. , . ■-• Additional war bonus; ,£95,000. Justice Department. ' . Compassionate allowance to widow, of late \V. J. Buckley, Magistrate's Court, .£290. , ' Compassionate allowance to widow of late. W. Gollan, Justice Department, .£385. Remuneration |o Magistrates for extra duties during "war period, .£BOO. War bonus to officers of Department, 31100. .''■■■ Increase of salary of secretary of Department from i'Bso to .£9OO, £50.Expenses connected with prison farms, 'jeiooo. lnvercargill Reformatory, ,£2OOO, Increase of pay to prison employees, '.£3335. V •■ War bonus to officers, -,£2OO. Supervisor of law drafting, also Solici-tor-General, increase of salary, six months at dS2SO, .£125. ■. ■..;", . Law draughtsman, increase of salary, '.£2OO. •',.-■.■ Increase of pay to police, .£26,300. War bonus to officers of the Police Department, . ": Reward for recovery of body of Onslow Jlayhew, charged with -murder, ,£SO. Stamp Department. . Increases of salary—. One at .£BOO, receives increase J2IOO. One at i' 375, receives increase .£3O. One at .£315, receives increase ,£ls. ■ . Internal Affairs Department. Increases of salary— One at receives .£SO. One at ,£375, receives increase .£3O. ■ One at J305, receives £25., Cost of administration and expenses in connection with the censorship of kinema films, ma. Private.secretary .to Sir Joseph from to .£550-r.£50.; ■ • Museum, one officer at ,£350 receives £15. . . :.; Purchase of museum specimens and .£3OO.

Dominion Laboratory, Increases of salary— One at i 750, receives ,£25. . Ono at £IM. •'jwflivps £2!>.. . Two at .£3OO, '.£lO each, £20. Printing and Stationery, l Increases of salaryOne at JE6SO, increase ,£IOO. .One. at .fii-00, increase £\5. Three at '.£3OO, increase, £V), J!SO. ' Additional amount required to pay permanent staff in accordance with revised schedule, ,22217." Public Service Commissioner's Office, _ Increase to salary, one at .£475, receives increase ,£SO. . Department of. Internal Affairs, Compassionate allowance to widow of H. J. H. Okey, .M.P., J4OO. . Compassionate allowance to widow of E. Fletcher, M.P., £M. . Compassionate allowance' to widow of 'late C. Parata, 31.P. (additional), ,£IOO. Compassionate allowance to widow of the late A. H. Stevenson, Munitions and Supplies Office, £100. Compassionate allowance to widow and family of the late Judge Wilson, Native Land Court, JCG2S. Compassionate allowance to family of ■the.late.-A. H. Hindmarah', M.P., .£4OO. Compassionate allowance to widow of H. Wellbourne, formerly of Bellamy's, ■ .A Grant to.A. W. Hogg, £100. ■ Grants to- cover expenses incurred by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance diirinj recent visit to England, .£3OOO. . Expenses' private secretaries, J2IOOO. Imperial Press Delegation, fares and expenses (to be recovered from Ministry of information), ' IJe-erection of memorial cnirn late Sir John Mackenzie, J!500. liangi Kerehoma Commission, -£TI2. Subsidies to' Boy Scout movement, ,£SOO. Expenses incidental to inspection of totalisators, .CCflfl. Turnbull Library, purchase of building and expenses, ,£IO,OOO. Y.W.C.A. subsidy on account of accommodation provided for girls •employed in Civil Service, .1600. ■ .Public Health Department, Increases of salary:— Three officers at ,£700; receive each 2100. i One at ,£650,, receives "' Maternity grants, ,£IOO6. Allowance to children's creches, JJ2SO. Aesistunce in maternity cases, X 250. Grants to 'hospital boards in special districts to supplement subsidies, i£3OQO. Influenza epidemic expenses, gratuities, etc., ,£IOO,OOO. Tourist Department, Increase of salary to head of Department from JEG7S to .£7OO, .£25. Defence Department. Cost of conducting Coal Trade Committees, ,£IOOO. Purchaso of coal from Admiralty and expenses incidental, .£I2OO. Customs Department, Increase of salary, one officer, from .£OOO to JEDSO, ,CSO. " Marine Department. Increase to head of Department, from ,£750 to .£775, ,£25. Inspection of Machinery Department Increase of salary from .£7OO to .£725, .£25. Department of Labour. ■Increase of salary to head of Department, .£((50 to ,£7OO, iCSO. Lands Department. Increase of salary to head of Department, .0850, to £M,,JW.

Forest tree-growing and planting, .£3500. Widening Little Wanganui-Wangapeka track, ,£351). Waimarino Fire Relief Association subsidy, ,£IO,OOO. Wanganui River impi'ovement, ,£IOOO, Valuation Department. - Increase of salary to head of Department, .£7OO to -£750^50. Compassionate allowance to widow of late E. G. M. .C. Kenny, accidentally killed, whilst on duty, .£SOO. Electoral Department. Expenses of special licensing poll, Preparation and printing of rolls, .£IB,OOO. Agricultural Department. Increase of salary—one at .£7OO receives increase of .£25. Bxpenses in connection with the establishment and administration of Industries and Commerce , Committee, JJIOOO. Grant (on account of .£9000) towards establishment of farm in Wairarapa for training discharged soldiers, X3OOO. Inquiry by Parliamentary Committee regarding promotion of local industries, ■eioqp. • , destruction of rabbita on Crown and Nativo lands, ,£SOOO. Education Department Increases of salary—one at ,£6OO to .£625, i£2s. One at .£7OO to .£750, ,£SO. Ono at .WGO to JJSOO (eight mouths), .£2<i. ■ Additions to incidental allowances for school committees, cleaning, etc., .£6OOO. Conveyance of fichooJ children, .£3OOO. Patriotic; Health, and other educational literature, .£3OOO. Teachers' salaries (additional)', -fi29,. r .OO. Capitation and grants, technical ami continuation classes,-,£looo. Salaries of Native teachers (additional), .£1250. Higher education (additional), .£9OO. ; Public schools, maintenance and iolaire of school, buildings, ,£lo,ooo'. Grants for dental seiyices, ,£60(1. Compassionate allowance (o next-of-kin of school teachers who died during the influenza epidemic, being salaries which each would have- received up to January 31, 1919,, if death had not supervened, ,£ISOO. Subsidies to public libraries, .£3OOO. AVar bonus to officers of the Department and teachers, .£30,000. • Public Works Department. Increase of salary—one officer from ,£9OO to .£950, .£SO. Toknanu' Cemetery Eoad, .£IOO. Waitotara Valley Eoad, .£BOO. 1 Weraweraongiv Road, ■■ £WO. ' State Forests. ■ Demarcation of forests, JE2500. / Purchase of lands for additions to State forests, ,£7500. Purchase and working of, plant -on State forests, .£15,000. State Coal Mines, Compassionate allowance to Mrs. Coulthard. inothea* of John Coulthard, murdered whilst employed by the Crorn, ,£SOO. Projected new State mine at AVaikokowai, prospecting and options', .£SOO. Prospecting work, JG3OOO. Lands for Settlement. Increase of salary to one officer from ,£725 to c£775, .£SO/ Government Insurance, Increase of salary of one officer from ■'£m-to-£BSO, £50.' Commission (additional), ,£3OOO. -Medical fees, .£IOOO.. Public Trust Office, Grant to E. P. Hay, office solicitor, on retirement, .£135. Compassionate allowance to widow cf late C. H. E. Stichbury, resident agent, Napier, =6365. \ ; State Fire Office. Increase of 'salary to one officer at ,£800,\£50.. . ' ' ■ Palmerston North office, site, and building, .£2050. State Advances Office. Increase to salary of one officer at .£650, .£SO. ' • Internal Affairs, Compassionate allowance to Mrs. A. T. Beehan widow of the late Hon. T. Beehan, M.L-C, J2300. Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late C. Parata, M.P., .£316. Payment to H. Worthington for 300 patent disc rat traps, ATO.