B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR—continued

(a) Previously a charge to War Expenses Account (£12,000 recoverable). (b) Provision for increase in assessors' fees from £1 Is. to £1 7s. 6d. and travelling-expenses for assessors 12s. 6d. to 17s. 6d. per diem. (c) Increased provision to cover estimated increase in travelling. (d) Greater volume of work away from headquarters. Court absent from Wellington for extended periods.

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1946-47. 1945-46. Voted. Expended. V OTE—LABOUR —continued £ £ £ Subdivision No. I—Labour—continued Other Charges for and incidental to — Allowances to police and other officers acting as departmental agents 925 90Q 908 Auxiliary Workers' Training Scheme: final debits, adjustments, &c. 1,000 Bicycles — Purchase of .. 50 15 16 Maintenance of and repairs to .. 25 25 20 Building Committees, national and local: expenses in connection therewith 20 150 143 Cargo Control Committees' expenses (part recoverable) (a) 15,000 , . Conciliation Councils under Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925 — Fees to assessors (6) 4,000 2,750 2,867 Travelling allowances and expenses of assessors and Conciliation Commissioners (ib) 5,000 3,250 3,383 Compensation Court (Compensation Court Regulations 1940): travelling allowances and expenses, &c. (c) 1,250 900 1,032 Court of Arbitration : travelling allowances and expenses (c) 1,850 1,500 (d) 2,512 of Justice : services of officers of Registrar-General's Branch 50 50 50 Emergency Disputes Committees under Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939 : expenses in connection therewith 200 200 426 Expenses in connection with conferences re disputes in industry 300 300 | 457