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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1 936-1937.

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1937.

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(Undeb Section 58 or the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND. Ordinary Revenue Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Legislative Departments :— Sessional bonus to parliamentary staff .. .. 1,095 0 0 Sessional bonus to temporary messenger .. .. 5 0 0 Allowance to policemen in attendance during session .. 30 8 3 Compassionate grant to the widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Sandle, Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 1,430 8 3 Treasury Department:— Medical and optical expenses incurred by H. R. Brown, Clerk, Treasury Department, as a result of an accident to his eye sustained during the course of his duties .. 13 6 3 Grant to Dr. A. R. E. Mackay, Assistant Accountant, to cover out-of-pocket expenses during transfer from London to Wellington .. .. .. .. 175 0 0 . 188 6 3 Land and Income Tax Department:— Grant to officer on retirement for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. .. ,. 46 17 6 Stamp Duties Department:— Refund to Manakau Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, and Kouku Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, of stamp duty on transfer of shares to Kuku— Manakau Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited .. 93 10 0 Payment to officers, proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year, of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year .. .. .. .. 73 8 7 " 166 18 7 Audit Department:— Compassionate grant to the widow of the late C. E. K. Hesketh, Clerk, Wellington .. .. .. .. 74 0 0 Department of External Affairs :— Expenses incurred by Mrs. O'Brien, necessitated as the result of an accident sustained on board M.v. " Maui Pomare," returning from official visit to Samoa .. .. 45 8 6 Department of Internal Affairs :— Grant to cover cost of the visit of the Hon. Minister of Finance and staff to Great Britain . . .. 4,577 8 0 Grant to the Rev. Clyde Carr, M.P., representing the New Zealand Government as the Empire Parliamentary Association delegate at the Centenary Celebrations, Adelaide .. .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 Grant to J. E. Lovelock, to meet additional expense of his return to England through America .. .. 150 0 0 Grant towards the expenses of the Exhibition of Chinese Art .. .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Part payment for Maori material in possession of Mrs. Elsdon Best .. .. .. .. ,. 100 0 0 Purchase of portrait of the late John Ballance .. 63 0 0 Grants to representatives of the New Zealand Branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association visiting England for the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI . . 800 0 0 Payment to J. W. Mawson, Director of Town Planning, of half of the authorized fee of £500, for preparation of plan for proposed Parliamentary and Government Centre .. .. .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Expenses incurred by Mr. J. W. Mawson in visiting Tauranga and Rotorua in connection with the preparation of plans for proposed Parliamentary and Government centre .. .. .. .. 9 0 0 Grant to the widow of the late T. Battersby, night cleaner, Invercargill, equivalent to one month's leave on full pay •. .. .. . . .. .. 20 0 0 Pay, allowances, and expenses incidental to the New Zealand Contingent proceeding to the Coronation of His Majesty King George VI .. .. .. 6,460 18 2 —— 12,805 6 2 Carried forward .. .. .. j .. 14,757 5 3