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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

PENSIONS DEPARTMENT—continued.

(a) Credit s-in-aid— 1929-30. £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 Other Charges .. .. .. .. 1,489 Total .. .. .. .. .. 3,989

Number ltem - qoq_QA Of Persona. VOTE No. 19.—PENSIONS DEPARTMENT— 1 ou> — continued. ' 1929-30. Other Chaeges foe and incidentae to —continued. & £ 6 Commission to inquire into and report upon the position of physically and economically incapacitated soldiers ... ... ... 2,000 7 Department of Internal Affairs : Services of officers Registrar-General's Branch ... ... 1 125 8 Exchange and commission on money-orders ... 150 9 Fuel, light, power, and water ... ... 200 Grants — 10 To officer on retirement, equivalent to salary in lieu of leave, in terms of Public Service Regulations ... ... ... 1 475 11 To recipients of New Zealand Cross ... ... 20 12 | Loading on life-insurance premiums on account of impaired health occasioned by war service ... 1 215 13 Medical fees ... ... ... j 5,500 | Medical treatment, burial expenses, and expenses incidental thereto— 14 Returned soldiers ... ... ... 75,000 15 South African War veterans ... ... j 20 16 Disabled members of New Zealand Defence and Naval Forces ... ... ... 250 | 17 ! Office-cleaning .. ... ... 10 18 Office fittings and requisites ... ... 100 19 Overtime ... ... ... ; 100 20 j Payment to Mrs. A. G. McCullock, being monetary equivalent to one month's leave of her late husband, D. S. McCullock ... ... ... j 20 21 ! Pensions to epidemic widows and their dependants... 7,500 22 Post and Telegraph Department for services of j officers ... ... ... 15,476 23 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 2,750 24 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 2,000 25 Public Works Department: Fittings for new premises at Auckland ... ... ... 458 26 Railway concessions to disabled ex-soldiers ... 2,000 27 Rent of offices (£182 recoverable) ... ... 2,080 28 Special annuities ... ... ... 5,286 29 Special payment to T. G. Waitt in respect of services in Pensions Department during years 1917-20 ... j 150 30 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 275 31 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... I 200 32 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 3,500 33 War Pensions Appeal Board— £ Salaries and fees ... ... 2,500 Travelling-expenses ... ... 1,400 Other expenses ... ... 100 4,000 34 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote... ... 70 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Grants to supplement superannuation, £ Post and Telegraph Department 207 Rent from unoccupied offices at Auckland ... ... 182 Commission re incapacitated soldiers 1,000 Miscellaneous ... ... 100 1,489 j 130,206 Gross Total ... ... ... ... j 17.1,438 Credits-in-aid (a) ... ... ... ... 3,989 | NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 19 ... 167,449