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STATE IRON AND STEEL DEPARTMENT Iron and Steel Industry Account

In addition to the' above net expenditure of Employment Promotion and Loan moneys amounting to £260,418 out of the Iron and Steel Industry Account, payments from War Expenses Account amounting to £65,272 were made during the period 1941 to 1945 on the reconditioning of the plant at Onekaka which was undertaken as a war measure, and maintenance costs of the plant totalling £1,563 were charged against vote " Industries and Commerce " during the year 1947-48. R. Y. Jackson, Commissioner. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor- General.

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• 1938-39. 1939-40. 1940-41. 1941-42. 1942-43. 1943-44. I 1944-45. J 1945-46. 1946-47. 1947-48. ; Total. Receipts £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Salaries recovered 4,123 1,931 3,122 1,896 2,699 1,484 1,620 268 17,143 Refund of petrol-tax ' ' 18 ' 114 104 46 71 353 Sale of assets 21 86 92 18 ' '50 8 '225 i25 625 Refund of travelling-expenses 44 5 42 8 11 1 111 Recoveries from reconditioning : Onekaka 909 909 Hire of tractors ' '30 ' "l9 49 Rents, wharfage, &c. -1 ' '51 ' '24 ' 112 162 '413 '328 '370 '373 '250 2,087 Employment Promotion Fund 65,500 65,500 Loans 4," 000 8 j 000 2j000 2:000 oiooo 172 j 918 194,918 f 65,522 230 8,342 10,253 5,400 2,370 3,944 4,080 8,118 173,436 281,695 Payments £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Salaries 1,635 6,576 4,123 3,197 2,839 2,946 2,381 2,634 1,742 150 28,223 Audit fees 28 49 52 13 57 26 225 Fuel, light, and power ' 19 36 1 56 Furniture and equipment 477 55 1 2 ' 30 565 Postages 143 43 32 107 ' '57 ' '24 ' 'l0 25 ' '26 " 8 475 Printing and stationery 53 43 7 2 2 1 8 3 4 123 Rent 186 227 85 29 41 5 573 Telephone 36 61 32 31 19 9 ' 'l0 198 Library and books 61 85 20 18 26 16 4 230 Office expenses 42 48 7 4 5 ' '32 2 140 Travelling-expenses .. 155 191 80 205 ' 35 ' '39 5 710 Stfrvey and preliminary wofk 27,063 20,366 6,381 5,464 1,427 51 'l88 ' 'l7 60,957 Reconditioning : Onekaka 909 '387 498 225 11 2,030 Consultant's fees 4^000 '■440 4,440 Court costs '307 90 '324 ' '20 2 j 061 289 8 j 867 16,958 Claims 165,792 165,792 29,870 31,759 10,818 9,418 4,989 4,381 2,851 5,256 7,506 | 174,847 281.695-