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(4) Subdivision 111: Immigration (£770,707 Net). —The main items of expenditure tinder this subdivision were — £ £ (i) Passage-money for immigrants other than " Atlantis . .. 32,805 (ii) Accommodation for immigrants— Capital expenditure .. .. .. .. 50,095 Less capital recoveries .. .. .. 1,946 Net capital cost .. .. .. 48,149 Operational expenditure (including cost of operating Pahiatua Camp for displaced persons) .. 105,854 Less board receipts .. .. .. 54,409 Cash working deficit .. .. .. 51,445 (iii) Reconversion of " Atlantis " to increase carrying-capacity .. 190,975 (iv) Charter costs of "Atlantis" .. .. .. 309,425 Less payments of part passage-money .. .. 29,287 280,138 (v) Survey costs, " Atlantis " .. .. .. .. .. 160,000(vi) Other expenses, advertising, printing, &c. .. .. .. 7,195 Net cost of immigration .. .. .. £770,707 (5) Subdivision IV: Industrial Courts, Tribunals, Committees, &c. (£29,503 Net). — The expenditure under this heading covers the expenses of the Arbitration and Compensation Courts, Conciliation Commissioners, Disputes Committees, and Tribunals. Salaries accounted for £7,843 of the above figure, and the balance of £21,660 was expended on fees, allowances, and expenses. (6) Subdivision V: Waterfront Control (£21,501 Net). —The main item under thissection is a grant of £17,160 towards the expenses of the Waterfront Commission. (b) War Expenses Account (1) Expenditure which prior to Ist April, 1948, would have been debited to this Department's section of War Expenses Account, is now included under Subdivision I of the Department's vote. (2) The following credits, however, have been received during the year ended 31st March, 1950, from the Disposal of Surplus Assets, which were originally purchased from War Expenses Account £ Administration expenses .. .. .. .. 72 Defaulters' detention camps .. .. .. 236. Emergency Fire Service .. .. .. .. 476 .£784

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