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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued

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YOTE —LEGISLATIVE—continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. VI —Buildings, Grounds, and Catering Department —continued £ £ £ Catering Department—continued Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. Sessional allowance to Catering Department's staff (a) 1,000 1,290 3,135 2,810 2,858 13,800 11,477 12,744 Total—Subdivision No. VI 33,190 27,729 28,498 Subdivision No. VII —General Expenses Charges for and incidental to — Accident compensation Allowance to Police Constables in attendance during session Allowance to the Leader of the Opposition .. Compassionate grants to dependants of deceased officers Expenses incidental to rearrangement of accommodation, public functions, obsequies, purchase of memorials, &c. Expenses of Select Committees of the House sitting during the recess Eurniture and office requisites— £ Purchases .. .. .. 5,450 Maintenance and repairs .. 1,250 10 35 187 50 800 750 6,700 40 50 700 7,900 10 1,045 25 187 50 800 10 6,000 40 150 620 7,900 10 1,045 35 186 554 35 4,050 264 216 679 7,658 Hire of motor-cars for Speakers of both Houses and their wives Meals to Messengers, &c., on late-sitting nights Miscellaneous consumable stores Office expenses Passages and expenses of witnesses attending Committees (a) Now provided for in item " Overtime, meal and shift allowances. »