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Dominion Laboratory. The receipts during the year were as follows : Pees for a,nalyses, £39 ; fees for licenses under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, 1920, £1,153 ; charged on explosives stored in Government magazines, £1,357 : total, £2,549. The expenditure in 1921 22 was £9,887, and the estimate for the current year is £9,180, a reduction of £707. t Censorship of Cinematograph Films. Films to the number of 2,432, containing 5,672,720 ft., have been examined by the Censor. Of these forty-one were rejected, and excisions were made in 203. The revenue amounted to £1,564. Registrar-General's Office. The revenue of this Department for the last financial year amounted to £17,244, as against £19,569 for the previous year, the difference being accounted for by a decrease in the number of marriages. Census and Statistics. The expenditure in 1921-22 was £60,508, whilst the amount asked for this year is £31,537, a reduction of £28,971. Weights and Measures. The fees collected in connection with the administration of the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, up to the 31st December, 1921, amounted to £264. The administration of this Act was taken over by the Labour Department as from the Ist January, 1922. Passports. The fees collected for tin; issue of passports amounted to £J ,624, the total collected for renewals being £53. War Funds Office. From the latest details available the following are particulars of the funds : — Balances held by approved War Funds at the End of the Financial Year, 31st March, 1922. £ Incorporated societies .. .. .. 1,048,735 Local administering societies . . . . .. 9,049 Collecting societies . . . . . . . . 6,645 Red Cross organizations .. .. .. 211,017 Social funds . . . . . . .. . . 3,567 Returned soldiers' building funds .. .. .. 11,066 Memorial Park funds .. .. .. .. 3,335 Blinded soldiers funds .. .. .. .. 3,779 Navy relief funds . . .. .. . . 5,524 Maori organizations .. .. .. .. 2,807 Crippled Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel . . .. 3,774 Total held by approved war funds . . .1,309,298 National War Funds Council .. .. .. 127,623 New Zealand War Relief Fund .. . . .. 661 Convalescent Home Account .. . . .. 1,280 War Expenses Account . . . . . , .. 1,437 New Zealand Comforts Fund Account .. ... 1,475 Sundry small accounts .. .. . . .. 86 High Commissioner . , .. . . . . 9,657 Total .. .. .. .. £1,451,517

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