8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT—continued.

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Number Persons. VOTE No. 30. —TRANSPORT—continued. 1937-38. 1937-38. Subdivision No. I. —General Administration—continued. £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to -^continued. 8 Office cleaning (including wages of charwoman, supply of cleaning materials, laundering, window-cleaning, and rubbish removal) .. . . . . .. .. 200 Office furniture, fittings, and requisites— 9 Head Office .. .. .. .. .. 255 10 District offices .. .. . . .. .. 350 11 Overtime and mealfallowances .. . . .. 150 12 Postage, telegrams, freight, and cartage .. .. 1,000 13 Printing and stationery .. . . .. .. 850 14 Refunds to local bodies of duty on sodium-gas lights and fittings .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Rent of office accommodation — £ 15 Auckland .. .. .. .. 235 16 Wellington .. .. .. .. 375 17 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 284 894 18 Road Transport Compensation Tribunal, expenses of (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. . . 3,500 19 Safety propaganda .. .. .. .. .. 6,500 20 Services rendered by— £ Census Office .. .. .. .. 5 Post and Telegraph Department .. .. 5 — 10 21 Telephone services (including installations, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) . . .. .. 450 Transport Licensing Act, 1931 — 22 Allowances and expenses of licensing authorities .. 3,000 23 Conference of licensing authorities . . .. .. 50 24 Refunds of fees .. .. . . .. .. 200 25 Services of Registrar of Motor-vehicles .. .. 350 Travelling-expenses and transfer of officers — £ 26 Inspection of accounts, &c. .. .. .. 600 27 Other .. .. . . .. .. 350 28 Secretaries of licensing authorities and stenographers .. .. .. .. 600 1,550 29 Vehicle authority holders .. .. .. .. 212 30 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote) .. .. .. 10 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 36 Printing and stationery .. .. 10 Road Transport Compensation Tribunal, expenses of .. .. .. 1,750 1,796 21,083 Total—Subdivision No. I .. .. 35,481 Subdivision No. II. —Vehicle Inspection. 31 Salaries— Professional Division. Class G— 1 1 at £470 .. .. .. .. .. 470 Clerical Division. Glass VII— £ 1 at £250 .. .. .. .. 250 1 at £250 (2 months), £230 (10 months) .. 233 3 1 at £150 (4 months), £80 (4 months) .. 77 — 560