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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS— continued

(a) Chief Justice, £2,500 per annum ; Judges, £2,250 per annum. (6) Salaries of Judges of the Arbitration Court, £2,250 per annum ; Deputy Judges, £1,750 per annum. (c) Judges on attaining the age of seventy-two years may retire on superannuation, calculated on length of service, up to two-thirds of salary at time of retirement. (d) " Thirds " and " fourths " of rentals, &c, received are paid to local bodies for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges and opening up Crown lands. (e) In accordance with an agreement between the Government and representatives of the Arawa Tribe with respect to ownership of lakes in the Arawa district, an annual payment of £6,000 is to be made to the Arawa District Trust Board to be expended for the general benefit of the Arawa Tribe or their descendants. ( f) The Act provides for the payment to the Tuwharetoa Trust Board of an annual sum of £3,000, as well as 50 per cent, of all fees above the sum of £3,000 received for licences issued for fishing or in respect of boats, &c, in Taupo waters during the preceding year, (a) The Act provides for the payment to the Ngaitahu Trust Board of an annual sum of £lO,OOO for a period of thirty years in settlement of all claims in respect of lands in the South Island referred to in parliamentary paper G.-5, 1921, under the heading "South Island Claims—Kemp's Purchase." (h) Official postage-stamps not exceeding £3 per month may be issued to any member of Parliament and £1 per month to members of the Legislative Council.

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1947-48. 1948-49. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE— ctd. Estimated. Expended. other special acts — continued £ £ £ MISCELLANEOUS— continued Finance Act (No. 2), 1943 (Section 24)— Superannuation allowance, retired Judge of Compensation Court 45 33 Finance Act (No. 2), 1943 (Section 7)— Exemption from taxation to diplomatic and other representatives 350 100 321 Finance Act, 1946 (Section 20)— Salary of Controller and Auditor-General 1,500 1,500 1,500 Finance Act, 1946 (Section 19 (1) )— Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court (a) 26,125 23,900 25,869 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925 (Section 64), and Amendments — Salaries of Judges of the Arbitration Court (b) 4,500 4,500 4,492 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act 1947 (Section 2)— Salaries of Deputy Judges of the Arbitration Court (6) 5,025 1,689 Judicature Act, 1908 (Sections 12-14)— Superannuation allowances, retired Judges of the Supreme Court (c) 4,950 4,900 4,397 Land Act, 1924 (Sections 139 and 358)— Amounts paid by Receivers of Land Revenue into Local Bodies' Deposit Accounts for payment to local authorities in respect of rents, royalties, &c. {d) 3,500 2,250 3,916 Local Government Commission Act, 1946 (Section 4) — Salary of Chairman, Local Government Commission .. 2,250 2,156 2,156 Maori Purposes Act, 1931 (Section 51) — Annual payment on account of Arawa District Lakes .. (e) 6,000 6,000 6,000 Maori Purposes Act, 1931 (Section 54) — Payment of annual sum to Tuwharetoa Trust Board .. (/) 3,000 3,000 3,000 Ngaiiahu Claim Settlement Act, 1944 (Section 2)— Annual payment in respect of settlement of claim for £300,000' (g) 10,000 10,000 10,000 Public Revenues Act, 1926 (Section 151)— Free issue of official postage-stamps to members of both Houses (h) 3,400 3,250 3,326