8.—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1946

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY—continued

(а) Recoverable from fees collected from licensed industries. (б) Increase of 4d. per bushel in rate of subsidy, decrease in credit balance available from previous year, and loss on importation of flour. (c) Amount to cover exhibitions in main centres. (d) Costs did not come to charge. Vehicles are used in connection with supply matters. (e) Expenditure previous year covered part year only. ( f) Overestimated. (g) Overexpenditure clue to increase in staff. Added provision for wages increases. (h) Main portion recoverable from War Expenses Account. (t) Additional accommodation. (j) Insurance fund covering loss from crop damage guarantee.

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Number of Persons. 1944-45. 1945-46. 1945-461944-45 VOTE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE—continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. I.—Industries and Commerce —continued Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising New Zealand made goods .. .. .._ 100 500 Bureau of Industry: Fees, travelling expenses and allowances ; fees for reports on industrial matters; also miscellaneous expenditure on licensed industries including law-costs, advertising, &c. (recoverable) .. .. (a) 500 500 406 Cost of sending trial shipments of produce overseas .. 50 50 Development of industries, experimental work in connection with, including purchase of equipment .. .. 250 1,000 43 Fishing industry : Expenses in connection with administration, licensing plan, travelling-expenses of Committee members, refund of fees, &c. (recoverable) .. .. (a) 1,200 1,100 1,184 Flax industry : Expenses in connection with research and development, including purchase of equipment, payment of wages, compensation to workmen, &c. .. .. 3,500 8,000 2,686 Gas Regulations: Expenses of administration (recoverable) 3,700 3,600 3,698 Grants — Imperial Economic Committee .. .. .. 225 225 220 Subsidy on wheat to maintain price of bread and economic return to growers .. .. .. (6)681,659 472,476 442,476 Estates of deceased officers equivalent to leave due at date of death .. .. .. .. .. 200 150 194 Industrial exhibitions .. .. .. (c) 2,000 1,250 1,803 Motion-picture industry: Expenses in connection with inquiries into issue of licenses, refund fees, &c. .. 50 50 8 Motor-vehicles— Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 1,800 1,800 (d) Maintenance of .. .. .. .. (e) 600 300 244 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 4,500 4,700 4,022 Office furniture, fittings, and other requisites .. .. 5,000 5,000 5,139 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 20,000 25,000 20,273 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department .. .. 26,000 39,500 (f) 28,322 Pharmacy Industrial Plan: Administration of, fees, travelling - expenses of members of committee, office expenses, refund fees, advertising, &c. .. .. 1,800 1,500 (a) 1,781 Price Tribunal: Expenses in connection with, including wages, furniture and fittings, office rent, transfer expenses, travelling-expenses, &c. .. .. .. .. (g) 66,168 46,005 {g) 55,797 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 5,500 4,500 (h) 5,822 Railway passes issued to H.M. Trade Commissioners and other Government Trade Commissioners and representatives; Consuls and representatives of other countries.. .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 29 Rebate to wheatgrowers on account of superphosphate purchased .. .. ... .. .. 1,250 1,500 654 Rent of offices : Auckland, Ckristchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Sydney, and Melbourne .. .. .. 18,387 16,670 (i) 18,386 Tobacco-growing industry : Guarantee of insurance fund. . (j) 100