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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued

(a) Number of officers, 42. Travelling-allowances, £664 6s. Id. ; travelling-expenses, £349 3s. 2d. ; car hire, £91 16s. 3d.

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Number ° fPe '' aon8, VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued 1945-46. 1944-45. 1945—46 1944--45 Voted. Kxpended. Subdivision No. I.—Head Office —continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued Totalizators, expenses incidental to inspection of .. 800 600 i 731 Transfer expenses of officers .. .. .... 50 50 : 1 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 1,000 900 (a) 1,105 War Funds Act, administration of .. .. 10 10 War graves and memorials — Battlefield memorials: France, Belgium, and Gallipoli, maintenance of .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 War graves and memorials (including those to be erected in provincial cemeteries) to soldiers and others (including wives and daughters of officers, and also of men of the British and allied navies who were killed or died in connection with the Maori and Great Wars), headstones and permanent work for, maintenance, renovation of, and. expenses in connection therewith, also funeral expenses of indigent soldiers (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. ... .. 4,500 4,000 4,897 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 10 10 Emergency Fire Service: Transfer to War Expenses Account of part cost of equipment .. .. .. .. 32,000 32,000 Emergency Precautions Scheme (includes travelling expenses and allowances, rents, postages, and other incidental expenses) (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 98 Fire-watching expenses .. .. .. .. .. 8 War-risk insurance .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 1,079 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Auctioneers'licenses .. .. .. 18,400 Cinematograph films appeal fees .. 20 Commissions of Inquiry .. .. 1,500 Beer .. .. .. .. 15,000 Emergency Fire Service .. .. 100 Fresh-water fisheries and game .. .. 500 Physical welfare .. .. .. 2,750 Postage .. .. .. .. 10 Stranded New-Zealanders .. .. 400 War graves .. .. .. .. 500 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 100 39,280 78,377 95,546 102,387 Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 138,269 148,802 155,627 I Subdivision No. II.—Ministers' Secretaries Salaries— Other Salaries 29 ! 23 29 (£300 to £690) .. .. .. .. .. 18,189 15,547 \ 0 42 Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments . . 1,151 1,454 If 19,340 17,001 18,042 Other Charges for and incidental to — Meal-allowance .. .. .. .. 50 50 39 Total —Subdivision No. II .. .. .. 19,390 17,051 | 18,081