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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943

TREASURY DEPARTMENT—continued.

(a) Provision made for cost of installation of private exchange in new offices. (b) Item underestimated. (c) Number of officers, 19. Travelling-allowances, £260 ; travelling-expenses, £356. (d) Includes £50,000 exchange previously charged to " Permanent Appropriations—Exchange." (e) Expenditure dependent on shipping available. Recovered as credits-in-aid. (/) E.P.S. expenses, £1 14s. 4d.; medical expenses, £2 Is.; photographing lease-lend documents, £2 Is. Bd.; ex-gratia payment, £1 ; sundry, £1 9s. Bd.: total, £8 6s. 6d. (g) The funds in the General Purposes Relief Deposit Account are available for the purpose of assisting by way of loan any persons who have suffered loss through fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster. (h\ drpdits-m-aid aoWi™, Other Estimated. Recovered. W uremts m " am Salailes. ohar g eg . "oteJ. 1942-43. 104&-43. £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision I .. .. .. 4,496 .. 4,496 4,058 2,897 II .. .. .. 4,880 .. 4,880 4,715 5,865 111 .. .. .. .. 271,125 271,125 131,000 4-79,610 Totals .. .. 9,376 271,125 280,501 139,773 488,372

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Number I °fPersons. VOTE —TREASURY—continued. 1943-44. 9 " ' 1943 441942-43 . . r rTT _ . . 1 Voted. Expended, I subdivision Jyo. 111. —Miscellaneous bervices —-continued. Charges fob and incidental to—continued. £ £ £ Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. (a) 1,000 500 (b) 863 Travelling-allowances, &c., and transfer expenses .. 500 600 (c) 616 War-risk insurance (recoverable) .. .. .. (<2)250,000 100,000 (e) 459,345 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .., .. 20 25 (f) 8 Compassionate grant to widow of late G. King, Cashier, Treasury .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 235 235 Public Trustee's commission .. .. .. .. .. 2,170 Transfer to General Purposes Relief Deposit Account for making loans available for purposes mentioned in section 6 (3) of Finance Act, 1932 .. .. .. .. 200,000 (g) 200,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Exchange .. .. .. .. 2,000 Public Service Superannuation Fund .. 3,025 Telegrams beyond the Dominion .. 16,000 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 100 War-risk insurance .. .. (d) 250,000 271,125 Total —Subdivision No. Ill .. .. 317,815 364,630 727,570 GROSS TOTAL .. .. .. .. 361,565 411,818 772,442 Credits-IN-AID (h) .. .. .. .. 280,501 139,773 488,372 NET TOTAL 81,064 272,045 284,070 s