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Appropriations for Government Insurance Account.

GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT—continued.

Item. 1916-17. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT— continued. £ £ [VOTE No. 130— continued. I i Salaries— continued. Chief Medical Officer For auditing accounts High Commissioner's Office, London Half salary of one clerk ... 450 240 150 Less salaries of officers on active service . ... 32,786 3,095 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, printing, and stationery 3 Bank exchange and agency fees 4 Carriage and freight 5 : Commission 6 Commission to district managers on the net increase in new business 7 Compassionate allowance to the mother of the late W. H. Woon ... 8 Contribution to Department of Internal Affairs for services of messengers, night-watchmen, and char29,691 2,500 200 25 25,000 300 LOO women 9 Fees for certificates of death, &c. 10 Fuel 11 Furniture, goods, &c. 12 Insurance premiums 13 i Legal expenses 14 I Lighting and electric power ... 15 Medical fees 16 Office-cleaning 17 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 18 Rates L9 Remuneration to Post and Telegraph Department for services rendered I ,100 10 160 200 350 250 320 5,500 100 2,500 600 20 Rent 21 Repairs, &c. 22 Subscriptions to insurance magazines, newspapers, &c. 23 , Telephones 24 Temporary Assistance— Extra Clerks ... 25 Travelling allowances and expenses 26 Valuation fees 27 War bonus to officers of the Department 28 ! Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 525 750 750 IOO 200 800 1,000 100 1,000 150 44,890 74,581 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 4,000 Total —Vote No. 130 ... 70 70,581 GOVEENMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT £70,581 0,681