8.—7 [Pt. I].

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT— continued.

(a) £231 recovered. (b) Increase due to shortage of staff owing to war conditions. (c) Reduced charges by Post and Telegraph Department. (d) Number of officers, 5. Motor expenses, £2 ; travelling-allowances, £39 ; travelling-expenses, £55. (e) Due to appeals against departmental valuations. (/) Refunds of stamp duty on transfers to patriotic bodies, £5 18s, ; repairs to bicycle, £2 ; exchange on cheques, 2s. : total, £8,

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Number ,q- 1 ,„ tf Persons. 1942-43 1942-43.941-42 VOTE-STAMP DUTIES-continued. Voted ; ~ Expended . Subdivision No. I.—Stamp Duties —continued. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. .. .. 195 245 225 Interest on succession duty overpaid .. .. .. 150 150 122 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 550 (a) 652 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 75 75 75 Office equipment, fittings, and requisites, &c. .. .. 50 100 54 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 500 200 (b) 556 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 1,700 1,875 1,732 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 950 1,100 1,204 Refund of estate and succession duty paid in estate of Norman Keith Macfarlane, deceased .. . . . . 550 Refunds of overseas - passenger duty paid by officers returning to Fiji from furlough in New Zealand and by officers transferred to Samoa or Cook Islands .. . . 10 50 17 Rent of offices 2,500 2,600 2,439 Stamp-production (printing) .. .. - .. .. 2,000 3,000 (c) 2,102 Stamping machinery .. .. .. .. 50 50 29 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. 300 310 306 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 150 150 43 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 100 50 (d) 96 Typewriters and calculating-machines, maintenance of .. 25 25 40 Valuation fees .. .. 200 200 (e) 409 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 5 5 (/) 8 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Law-costs and miscellaneous .. .. 50 Postage on parcels of stamped forms .. 300 Salaries (including Subdivision No. II) .. 1,000 1,350 10,300 11,035 10,400 Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 40,560 10,270 38,607 Subdivision No. II. — Land and Deeds Registry, Salaries — Professional Division. 1 I 1 (£800) .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 800 " Other Salaries. 106 140 106 (£65 to £715) .. .. .. .. .. 38,590 41,425 |> 38,334 107 141 Cadets' lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 60 45 — —— Cashiers' allowances .. .. .. .. .. 5 5 Total Number Cost-of-living allowances . . . . . . . . 2,350 of Persons. Relieving allowances .. .. . . , . .. 30 - _ 199 250 41,805 42,305 38,334