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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1946

NATIONAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT —continued

(а) Additional postages and telephone services necessary owing to increase in man-power activities. (б) Increase provides for additional accommodation at Wellington and Whapgarei, and for outstanding claims. (c) Social Security Department, £4,000 ; Education Department, £3,500 ; Post and Telegraph Department, £250. (d) Number of officers, 202. Traveiling-allowance, £2,647 ; travelling-expenses, £1,771 ; mileage-allowance, £897 ; motor hire, £1,107. (e) Decrease due to reduction in work of Armed Forces Appeal Boards. (/) Increase due to appointment of one additional Member. (g) Decrease due to reduction in activities. (h) Repairs to private car damaged in collision with departmental car, £3 ; replacement of private bicycle which was stolen, £5: total, £8. Salaries Othor '1945-40'' Estimated. Recovered, baiaries. Charges. Total 1944-45. 1044-45. £££ ' £ £ (i) Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 269,458 132,320 401,778 357,100 364,285 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 269,458 132,320 401,778 357,100 364,285

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Number of Persona. in ,_ 1944-45. 1945-46. 1945-461944-45 VOTE-NATIONAL SERVICE continued Voted . Expended . Other Charges for and incidental to —continued £ £ £ Payments to the Post and Telegraph Department .. '25,390 16,255 (a) 25,60S Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 5,500 5,500 5,336 Rent .. .. .. .. .. •• (6) 14,900 11,600 11,527 Services rendered by other Departments .. .. (c) 7,750 8,000 7,659 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 750 500 901 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 6,000 5,900 (d) 6,422 Appeal Boards and Man-power Appeal Committees (includes travelling-expenses, members' fees, and other incidental expenses) (e) 11,500 19,700 (e) 14,298 Special Tribunal, alternative servicc (includes members' fees, travelling-expenses, and other incidental expenses) (/) 200 150 103 Women's War Service Auxiliary (includes rents, &c., and grants to cover incidental expenses) .. .. ■■([/) 1,200 1,950 (g) 1,484 Contingencies .. .. .. .. .. 20 20 (h) 8 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926— £ Recovery from vote " Labour " .. .. 2,110 Recovery from War Expenses Account . . 130,110 Other recoveries .. .. .. 100 132,320 132,320 128,374 129,870 GROSS Total 401,778 357,100 '364,285 Credits-in-aid (i) .. .. .. .. 401,778 357,100 364,285 NET TOTAL