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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

(a) Salary of one attendant and relief. Previously included in item " Salaries," Subdivision 111. (6) £702 represents the total assistance granted, of which amount £627 was paid from Unauthorized Expenditure Account last year. . (c) Expenditure offset to some extent by free accommodation granted by the Canterbury I rovmcial Buildings Board to Government Departments. _ (d) To provide assistance in the production of Centennial or other publications of a national character.

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Number 1941-42. of Persons. VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. 1942 43. oTcui Voted. Expended. 1942 Ag 194l-4g Subdivision No. VI.—Miscellaneous Services— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. £ £ Government Buildings Refreshment-rooms•-Wellington : Grant towards cost of relief attendant . . 78 la Auckland : Grant to tea-rooms committee .. .. («) 127 • ■ Grants in settlement of petitions .. •• •• 250 A:,u Boy" Scouts'Association, New Zealand .. .. 600 600 600 Institute of Public Administration: Towards cost of publication l0 ° 10U National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Board of Trustees for maintenance 8,600 8,500 8,500 Now Zealand Returned Services'Association— " T-, • i, yr> 14 6* Freight on poppies .. .. ■ • ■ • " .„ Towards rail fares of delegates attending annual Council 50 M ou Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Rail #• t x 450 450 w" passes for Inspectors .. .. • • • ■ * JU South African War Veterans' Association : Rail fares of delegates to annual meeting .. .. •• 30 30 6V Swimming and Life-saving Societies 400 400 WV United Fire Brigades' Association of New Zealand-— Towards expenses of administration and conference .. 750 750 | Towards rail fares of delegates to conference and demonstration .. 75 ° 75 ° 5 Waitangi National Trust Board: Towards cost of construction of Centennial war-canoe house . . .. (b) 75 . . War Funds Council, for South African veterans .. 250 250 40U Light, power, and water for Government buildings and Canterbury Provincial Buildings, Christchurch .. (c) 11,000 11,000 10 , 207 Memorial to the late Right Hon. M. J. Savage, erection of, including preliminary expenses 5,000 12,000 17,414 New Zealand Centennial celebrationsBiographical, Historical Pictorial, kv. Survey , and Atlas (recoverable) MOO 3,550 2.H0 Expenses in connection with .. ■• •• 500 000 New Zealand Centennial and other publications (part recoverable) .. .. •• •• •• W 500 .. New Zealand Gazette : Cost of printing (part recoverable) .. 7,000 7,000 0, 0|J Overtime and meal allowance .. .. • • 25 10 Parliaments of the Empire : Contribution towards cost of producing journal (London publication) .. -. 200 200 Payment of the monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased officers .. . • • • • • •• 1°° Payment to Department of External Affairs : Cost of free passages granted on N.Z.M.V. " Maui Pomare" .. 50 50 Personal effects of Ministers, transfer of .. . • 20- 20 Post Office Account— 1 nrn Franked Government telegrams 1,000 1,000 1,000 Franked telephone communications .. .. •• 3,o00 S,MV Ministerial and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' telegraphic memoranda .-• 3,800 3,800 3,500 Printing, stationery, and requisites, Ministers' and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries'offices 1,000 1,000 854 Publications for despatch to United States of America . . 50 50 Publications (including newspapers and books), Ministers and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' offices .. .. 550 550 04U Public Service Superannuation Fund— ; - Contribution to (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 50) .. .. 86,000 86,000 86,000 Contribution to meet increased allowances to widows and | ji „„, children (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 114) .. .. 21,600 22,000 21,091 Contribution to : Under provisions of Statutes Amend- | ment Act, 1936, section 27 837 | 800 «/ Regulations Act, 1936 : Expenses of printing regulations, Ic. (recoverable) .. 2,000 2,000 1,788