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UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1948-49

78

(Under Section 58 of the P.ublic Revenues Act, 1926) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND Ordinary Revenue Account FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Agriculture Department— Grant to New Zealand Poultry Board for administration expenses 5,000 0 0 Air Department— Expenses of South Pacific Air Transport Conference Grant to Canterbury Aero Club to meet costs incurred in change-over from Wigram to Harewood Payment to New Zealand National Airways Corporation to meet excess of expenditure over revenue, Pacific Regional Services, for the period 1st November, 1947, to 31st March, 1948 Payment to Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., to meet estimated deficiency in operational costs for financial year ended 31st March, 1949 114 11 1,500 0 21,733 16 85,000 0 4 0 8 0 108,348 g 0 Army Department— Ex gratia payment to wife of exserviceman for loss of luggage whilst in transit from Middle East to New Zealand 50 0 0 Ex gratia payment to Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., in full settlement of its claim for damage to cargo contaminated through shipment of bales of proofed sand-bags .. 375 0 0 425 0 0 Census and Statistics Department—• Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement 133 7 8 ■External Affairs Department— Cost of bronze memorial plaque commemorating use of building in Charing Cross Road, London, as New Zealand Forces Club 16 10 0 Carried forward 113,923 5 8