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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued

Number owt< Name of Conference, &c. Persons Travelling. £ (a) Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference, London, 1949 .. .. .. 3 1,858 International Wood-pulp Conference, Canada, April-May, 1949 .. .. 2 1,370 Conference on social security reciprocal benefits, Canberra, March-April, 1949 .. 2 281 Visit to Western Samoa, May-June, 1949 .. .. .. .. .. 1 113 Consultation with Australian Government regarding supplies of steel and other construction materials for New Zealand, February, 1948 .. .. 3 45 Consultations with Australian Government regarding new wheat supply contract, Canberra, December, 1945 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 11 £3,678 (b) Offset to some extent by free accommodation granted by the Canterbury Provincial Buildings. Board to Government Departments.

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194.9-fiO. VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued 1950-51. Subdivision No. V —Miscellaneous Services—ctd. Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to— £ £ £ continued Emergency Precautions Scheme: subsidies to local authorities 50 100 Entertaining visitors to the Dominion and official functions— Allowances to officers in connection with .. 135 100 163 Cost of 18,000 10,000 11,010 Exhibition of New Zealand art overseas 50 50 1 Exhibits for museums, railage on 25 25 27 Expedition to Fiordland National Park : sea transport, foodstuffs, equipment, wages, and travelling-expenses of workmen, &c. 150 4,250 5,707 Expenses of Ministers and Private Secretaries travelling overseas 500 1,500 (a) 3,678 Fire Services — Contribution to Fire Service Council (Fire Services Act 1949, section 50).. 84,355 Equipment : purchase, reconditioning, storage, and transportation 1,000 8,000 8,598 Fire protection of small urban areas: purchase of fire-fighting equipment (recoverable) 800 3,000 451 Subsidies for emergency fire-protection: Auckland and Wellington districts 375 10,500 10,788 Flood, fire, &c., damage: grants in relief of, and miscellaneous expenditure 200 4,250 4,291 Fuel for Government offices, including Canterbury Provincial Buildings, Christchurch . . (ib) 5,000 4,500 4,460 Government Buildings: furnishings and fittings for retiring-rooms 50 50