B—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued

(а) Work not commenced last year. (б) Increase due to post-war intensification of activities.

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VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued 1945-46. 1946-47. Subdivision No. I—Head Office —continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued £ £ £ Deer, &c., destruction —continued Contribution to Westland County Council towards cost of track making and maintenance 788 788 (a) Expenses of (part recoverable) (6) 40,500 22,000 26,615 Fresh-water fisheries and game— Black shags, hawks, stoats, weasels, &c., destruction of (part recoverable) 850 300 405 Camping-grounds and access 20 20 363 Commission on sale of licenses 500 350 Expenses in connection with, including wages of workmen, purchase of land, erection of buildings, and maintenance of motor-vehicles (part recoverable) — Rotorua Acclimatization District 4,000 3,500 4,767 Southern Lakes Acclimatization District 2,500 2,000 1,107 Fines, penalties, and license fees payable to Tuwharetoa Trust Board under section 54 (2) of Native Purposes Act, 1931 332 107 107 Game farm, Rotorua, expenses in connection with (part recoverable) 700 700 901 Refund of fishing-license fees, camp-site V fees or rents as approved by the Minister 10 10 Native bush preservation and amenity planting — 10 Education and propaganda 10 National Advisory Committee expenses .. 10 10 New Zealand Council of Organizations for Relief Service Overseas: administration expenses and office equipment 250 1,535 " 1,754 Office expenses 1,750 Office fittings, furniture, and requisites 400 400 340 Opossums — Expenses under Animals Protection and Game Act 50 800 699 Ranging : contribution towards 2,000 2,000 2,000 Refund of opossum-trappers' license fees as 2 approved by the Minister 5 5 Overtime and meal allowances 1,000 900 1,294 Patriotic Purposes Emergency Regulations 1939 : administration expenses, including 2,663 overtime, also office equipment 1,750 3,500 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 2,500 1,900 2,612