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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued 1946-47. 1945-46. S\nnnmm qqnw /V/i \/——Ivli qppIInwprillQ tO IAjUxaj v VVo v\J/V 2.1 U, r JJUL voVtsvvWfv&i/'lwd /Jv/ (/frl/vO continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. American Museum of Natural History: £ £ £ purchase, assembly, and despatch of exhibits 25 25 Anzac Day Services, London : New Zealand's proportion of cost 20 10 24 Assistance to stranded New Zealanders (part recoverable) 1,500 810 848 Civil Aviation Conference, Wellington, 1946 : charges for transportation, accommodation, overtime for staff, &c. .. 700 Colonial appointments, Board of Selection : travelling-expenses of applicants in New Zealand and members of Board of Selection 10 10 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers 200 200 427 Cost-of-living bonus to annuitants under the Public Service and Teachers' Super- . annuation Funds and Civil Service Act, 1908, and to other persons in receipt of retiring-allowances (part recoverable) 75,520 81,500 89,191 Dogs Registration Amendment Act, 1937, prevention of hydatids under (recoverable) 250 5,750 4,581 Emergency Precautions Scheme — Storage and handling charges on equipment pending disposal (a) 700 Subsidies to local authorities (a) 3,500 Entertaining visitors to the Dominion and official functions — Allowances to officers in connection with . . 140 50 133 Cost of 7,000 6,000 8,281 Ex gratia payment to ex-officer for special services 75 Exhibition of New Zealand art overseas 50 100 58 Exhibits for museums, railage on 15 10 14 Expenses of visit to Australia of Private Secretary to Minister of Transport 90 Fares and expenses on transfer of Finance Officer and family to London 1,500 , . Fares of Lady M. G. Rutherford from and to England 316 Fire Services — Equipment: purchase and transportation (a) 2,500 Registration of departmental fire units .. (a) 500 Standardization of equipment for protection I of Government property 350 1 (a) Previously charged to War Expenses Account,