141

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT— continued.

Number if Persons. Item. VOTE No. 31.—CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT— continued. 1923-24. 1923-24. Subdivision No. I. — Customs Offices and Services — continued. £ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Cost of testing and gauging instruments and uniform trimmings Establishment of Inquiry Agency in America Expenses connected with prosecutions and seizures under the Customs Acts, and legal expenses Expenses of Head Office and local offices Expenses of Inquiry Agent and Assistant, London — Special allowances while stationed away from New Zealand Travelling and general expenses Expenses of Official Representative, New York— Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand Travelling and general expenses Office-cleaning Office fittings and requisites ... Overtime and meal allowances Payment to other Departments for services of officers— Police Post and Telegraph Tourist Working Railways Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... Printing and stationery Rent of offices Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and detection of offences under the Customs Acts Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) Temporary assistance Transfer and removal expenses Travelling allowances and expenses Typewriters Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision 295 777 75 1,400 350 400 280 500 175 100 1,400 10 4,700 50 10 1,000 2,400 650 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 700 23 750 ; 400 1,400 600 75 24 25 26 27 28 50 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 — Recoveries of postage, legal expenses, and miscellaneous ex- £ penses ... ... ... 100 Establishment of Inquiry Agency in America : Adjustment ... 777 18,947 877 Total — Subdivision No. I 18,070 102,567 Subdivision No. II. — Customs : Miscellaneous Services. 29 30 31 Charges for and incidental to — Allowance to Officers, granted an equivalent salary payment in lieu of six months' leave on retirement under Public Service Regulation 65— W. B. Montgomery W. J. Ilawlev R. B. D. Eyre 29 30 31 569 283 235 * Iiioludes oost-of-living inorease to aoale salaries or wages.