8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT —continued.

(it) Increase due to pressure of work. (6) Claims not paid at 31st March. (c) Number of officers, 6. Travelling-allowances, £76 ; travelling-expenses, £80. (A) Refund of stamp duty to American Legation, £1 13s. 6d.

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f£ mber 1942-43. oi Persons. 1943-44. 1943-44 11)42-43 VOTE —STAMP DUTIES cotltinued. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I.—Stamp Duties —continued. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Fuel, light, power, and -water .. .. .. - • 250 195 240 Interest on succession duty overpaid .. .. .. 100 150 61 Law-costs .. .. • • . • • • • • 600 500 -1,001 Office-cleaning .. .. .. • • .. ' 75 75 bJ Office equipment, fittings, and requisites, &c. .. .. 50 50 . Overtime and meal allowances .. .. •• 1,000 500 (a) 1,427 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 1,500 1,700 1,463 Printing and stationery .. .. • • • • 750 950 665 Refunds of overseas - passenger duty paid by officers returning to Fiji from furlough in New Zealand and by officers transferred to Samoa or Oook Islands .. .. 10 10 14 Rent of offices .. .. •• •• •• 2,500 2,500 Stamp-production (printing) .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 (b) 864 Stamping machinery .. .. • • • • 50 50 23 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. • • 350 300 346 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. •• 50 150 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 150 100 (c) 15b Typewriters and calculating-machines, maintenance of .. 25 25 78 Valuation fees .. 300 200 364 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 5 5 (d) 2 Bondholders' Incorporation Commission, expenses of (recoverable) .. .. .. • • • • •• 10 Refund of estate and succession duty paid in estate of Norman Keith Macfarlane, deceased .. .. .. • • 550 550 . Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Law-costs and miscellaneous .. .. 250 Postage on parcels of stamped forms .. 300 Salaries (including Subdivision No. II) .. 800 1,350 9,960 10,300 10,198 Total —Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 36,960 40,560 37,181 Subdivision No. II.—Land and Deeds Registry. Salaries — Professional Division. 1 i 1 (£800) .. .. .. • • • • 800 800 Other Salaries. 103 106 103 (£65 to £715) 29,750 38,590 32 m I 104 107 Cadets' lodging-allowances .. .. • • ■ • 60 60 ' Cashiers' allowances .. .. .. • • • • 5 5 Total Number Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. •• 2,500 2,350 __ of Persons. 204 199 — 33,115 41,805 32,411