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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY

Minister in Charge of Tourist and Health Resorts AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1946, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the Department of Tourist and Publicity. Summary

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1945-46. 1944-45. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote —Tourist and Publicity — £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision 1. —Tourist and Publicity .. 69,506 186,087 255,593 210,988 250,010 „ II. —Development of Tourist Resorts .. 30,600 30,600 41,177 38,550 Gross Total 69,506 216,687 286,193 252,165 288,560 Credits-IN-AID .. .. .. 320 36,750 37,070 34,820 57,237 NET TOTAL .. 69,186 179,937 249,123 217,345 231,323 Number of Persons. 1944r-45. 1945-46. 1945-461944-45 VOTE-TOURIST AND PUBLICITY Vote d. Subdivision No. I.—Tourist and Publicity £ £ £ Administrative Division 1 1 1 at £1,125 (General Manager), (also allowance as Deputy Chairman, Wheat Committee, £200, recoverable). £763 charged to vote, Industries and Commerce .. .. 562 525 Other Salaries 57 337 220 208 220 (£85 to £840) .. .. .. .. .. 68,894 54,166 Special allowances to officers travelling with parties of 221 209 tourists .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— Amounts deducted from salaries of em- £ ployees for board .. .. .. 250 Post and Telegraph Department .. 70 320 (a) 69,506 54,741 {b) 57,337 ■ | (a) Additional provision to meet salary increases, (i) Overexpenditure due to increase in staff.