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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1949-1950

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1950

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(Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926) CONSOLIDATED FUND Ordinary Revenue Account FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Agriculture Department — £ s. d. Compensation payments to Hawke's Bay £ s. d. £ s. d. growers for fruit damaged by hail .. 10,844 0 0 Air Department— Cost of funeral expenses and repatriating ashes of person killed in accident with departmental truck 86 13 6 Air Department (Civil Aviation) — Payments to New Zealand National Airways Corporation of — (a) Losses incurred — Year ended 31st March, 1949 243,318 7 6 Year ended 31st March, 1950 (on account) 100,000 0 0 (b) Excess of expenditure over income, Pacific Regional Services, year ended 31st March, 1949 45,808 13 9 389,127 1 3 Army Department— Reimbursement of amount misappropriated from Imprest Account (see also Labour and Employment Department) 265 10 3 Ex gratia payment to wife of ex-service-man, being equivalent of allotment and child allowance 63 0 0 Ex gratia payment to officer as equivalent to war service gratuity 193 14 8 522 4 11 External Affairs Department— New Zealand Legation, Paris : Cost of official entertainment 612 17 6 New Zealand Legation, Moscow : Refund to officers of medical expenses incurred whilst serving in Moscow .. 197 4 9 810 2 3 Health Department— Grant to King George V Memorial Fund for completion of the Pakuranga 57,000 0 0 Health Camp Carried forward 458,390 1 11