B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1951

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VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued 1950-51. 1949-50. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. V —Miscellaneous Services —ctd. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Post Office Account— Franked Government telegrams 700 700 700 Franked telephone communications 5,500 5,500 5,500 Ministerial and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries' telegraphic memoranda 2,100 2,100 2,100 Printing, stationery, and requisites, Ministers' and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries' offices 1,250 1,250 1,195 Publications for despatch to United States of America 25 25 3 Publications (including newspapers and books), Ministers' and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries' offices 750 750 636 Public Service Refreshment Rooms equipment 200 Rail passes for ex-members of the Legislature and families of ex-members of the Legislature 7,000 6,600 5,692 Regulations Act, 1936 : expenses of printing regulations, &c. (recoverable) 3,500 3,000 4,253 Rental of offices occupied by High Commissioner for Australia in New Zealand (reciprocal) 696 696 812 Subsidies to Christian organizations towards cost of providing additional residential accommodation (a) 3,000 15,000 17,548 Telegrams beyond the Dominion 300 300 404 Telephone services, Ministers and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) 2,000 1,900 1,952 Transfer expenses of officers 50 50 5 Travelling allowances and expenses of — Members of the General Assembly (Finance Act, 1936, section 39) 50 50 Ministerial staff 750 750 " 1,367 Ministers and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1920, and the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936) 3,750 3,750 3,937 (a) Subsidy is limited to one-third of the cost of the land and buildings.