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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued.

ofPersons, | Item - 1926-27. j VOTE No. 22.—DEPARTMENT OP INTERNAL 1926-27. APFAIRS—continued. £ £ Subdivision No. X.—Miscellaneous Services—continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 217 Opossum fees and royalties on skins : Amounts aliocated to other than Acclimatization Societies ... 4,500 218 Parliaments of the Empire : Contribution towards cost of producing journal (London publication) ... 200 219 Pouto Point Bird Sanctuary, checking sand-drift, work in connection with .. ... ... 50 220 Provision of a nominal amount to cover repatriations of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Scholarship holders in the United Kingdom ... ... 100 221 Public Buildings Board, travelling allowance and expenses of members of ... ... ... 25 222 Returned Soldiers' Association Conference: Rail fares of delegates ... ... ... 138 223 Returned Soldiers Association: Railway pass for Secretary ... ... ... 90 224 Reuter's Telegram Company: Payment for special telegrams ... ... ... 450 225 Royal Commission to inquire into Agricultural Banks and Rural Credits abroad, expenses of ... 3 ; 713 226 Stephen's Island, protection of bush on... ... 50 Stores Control Board, expenses of— 227 Advertising ... ... ... 150 228 Alterations to oflice ... ... ... 115 229 Cloth-testing machine ... ... ... 140 230 General expenses ... ... ... 25 231 Overtime and meal allowances ... ... 50 232 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 550. 233 Rent ... ... ... 185 234 Travelling-expenses ... ... ... 50 Stranded New-Zealanders— 235 Assistance to return to New Zealand (recoverable) 500 236 Board and lodging for, and small advances to those in destitute condition ... ... ... 100 Subsidy towards— 237 Dominion Boy Scouts' Association (£1 for £1 up to £1,000) " ... ... ... 1,000 238 Memorial to late Hon. Tame Parata, M.L.C., and C. Parata, M.P. (£1 for £1 up to £150) ... 150 239 Superannuation contributions on house allowance of officers of Public Service absent on war service ... 120 240 Telegrams beyond the Dominion ... ... 200 241 Totalizators, expenses incidental to inspection of (part recoverable) ... ... ... 1,000 242 Town-planning legislation, expenses in connection with ... ... ... 500 Turnbull Library— 243 Expenses in connection with ... ... 1,750 244 i Grant to Charles Wilson, Advisory Director, for year 1925-26 ... ... ... 50 245 ! Grant to Dr. G. H. Scholefield, Advisory Director 50 246 Unemployment relief: Cost of carriage of clothing, &c. ... ... ... 150 247 ; United States of America Fleet, visit of, to New Zealand, expenses in connection with ... 100 248 1 Visit of His Excellency the Governor-General to the Pacific Islands : Cost of gifts to Natives ... 50 1249 Visit of T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand ... ... ... 5,000 250 War Funds Act, expenses in connection with adi ministration of ... ... ... 1 100