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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

PENSIONS DEPARTMENT— continued.

(a) Credits-in-aid— 1931-32. £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 2,400 Other charges . .. .. .. .. 2,332 Total .. .. .. .. .. 4,732

Number Item Iqoi on of Persons. ' VOTE No. 17.—PENSIONS DEPARTMENT— xvo continued. 1931-32. Othee Charges foe and incidental to —continued. £ £ 6 Eees for certificates of age (including £125 to Department of. Internal Affairs for services of officers, Registrar-General's Branch) ... ... 150 7 Fuel, light, power, and water ... ... 125 8 Grant to recipient of New Zealand Cross ... 10 9 Loading on life-insurance premiums on account of impaired health occasioned by war service ... 190 10 Medical fees ... ... ... 7,000 Medical treatment, burial expenses, and expenses incidental thereto — 11 Ex-members of New Zealand Expeditionary Force 76,000 12 Ex-members of New Zealand Defence and Naval Forces ... ... • • • 100 13 South African War veterans ... ... 50 14 Office fittings and requisites ... ... 200 15 Overtime ... • •• 90 16 Pensions to epidemic widows and their dependants... 5,500 17 Post and Telegraph Department for services of officers ... ... ... 16,614 18 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 5,200 19 Printing and stationery . . ... ... 2,000 20 Railway concessions to disabled ex-soldiers ... 1,900 21 Re-establishment of disabled soldiers in civil employment or occupation ... ... ... 2,000 22 Rent of offices ... ... ... 1,322 23 Special annuities ... ... ... 4,799 24 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 260 25 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 150 Travelling allowances and expenses — 26 . Departmental officers ... ... ... 900 27 Pensioners ... ... ... 2,000 28 War Pensions Appeal Board— £ Salaries and fees ... ... 2,300 Travelling-expenses ... ... 1,000 Other expenses ... ... 100 — 3,400 29 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote... ... 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) —. Grant from N.Z.E.F. Canteen and Regimental Trust Board towards re-establishment of disabled £ soldiers ... ... 2,000 Grants to supplement superannuation, Post and Telegraph Department ... ... 207 Internal Affairs Department ... 25 Miscellaneous ... ... 100 2,332 130,597 GBOSS Total ... ... .. — 167,581 Credits-in-aid (a) ... ... ... ... 4,732 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 17 ... 162,849