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is also associated with the State Advances Corporation. Increased staff was necessary to cope with additional work arising from these activities. The assumption by Government of commercial broadcasting throughout the Dominion necessitated the employment as at Ist April, 1988, of 267 employees. Salaries of employees engaged in trading services are not a direct charge on the Consolidated Fund.

(d) Administration, Law, and Order, &c.

Expansion in the above branches of the Service is a natural concomitant of the normal development of the country. Expansion, however, has been accelerated during the past year or two by the enactment of legislation. The formation and development of the Air Department has necessitated the appointment of civilian staff as shown. Sales-tax work and the reduction of working-hours of the outside staff of the Customs Department could be met only by increasing the number of officers in this Department. Some of the additional work thrown on Departments is of a temporary nature and has been provided for by the appointment of cadets to the relieving staff of the Internal Affairs Department. As this temporary work ceases any staff available will be drafted to vacancies in other Departments. The increase in the Land and Income Tax Department is due to the taking over by that Department of all work connected with the collection of employment-tax. It. was considered that the assumption of these duties by the Land and Income Tax Department would result in a more efficient check being instituted and would reduce to a minimum the possibility of any overlapping. The Post and Telegraph Department were also anxious to regain the services of their trained officers who were being utilized on employment-tax duties. The staff of the Navy Office was previously shown with the Internal Affairs Department (Relieving Staff), but is now listed separately. Increased activities in Maori welfare, Native-land development, Native-employment schemes, and Native housing have necessitated the increase in staff shown for the Native Department. The campaign for road safety and the transfer of authority from local bodies to the Department made essential the staff increase in the Transport Department.

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1st April, 1937. ls / p A P ril : 19 f/ r (-Provisional.) Permanent. Temporary. Total. Permanent. Temporary. Total. Air (civilian staff) .. .. j 9 .. 9 19 11 30 Army (civilian staff) . . .. | 28 132 160 30 147 177 Audit .. .. .. .. 181 4 185 191 4 195 Census and Statistics .. .. 65 69 134 66 36 102 Crown Law .. .. .. j 7 3 10 8 2 10 Customs .. .. .. j 369 21 390 384 26 410 External Affairs .. .. 8 4 12 14 5 19 Internal Affairs .. .. j 211 142 353 228 176 404 Justice and Prisons .. ... j 543 117 660 586 99 685 Land and Deeds .. .. j 120 26 146 119 31 150 Land and Income Tax .. .. 329 59 388 368 104 472 Marine .. .. .. 173 13 186 181 17 198 Native .. .. .. 155 105 260 178 152 330 Navy (civilian staff) .. .. 19 .. 19 22 30 52 Police (clerical) .. .. .. 8 1 9 8 1 9 Prime Minister's .. .. 5 .. 5 8 .. 8 Printing and Stationery . . . . 262 9 271 259 9 268 Public Service Commissioners .. 10 .. 10 12 .. 12 Public Service Superannuation .. 8 4 12 8 4 12 Stamp Duties .. .. .. 75 11 86 80 15 95 Transport .. . . . . 35 63 98 44 104 148 Treasury.. .. .. .. 77 20 97 97 32 129 Valuation .. .. .. 84 43 127 88 45 133 2,781 846 | 3,627 2,998 1,050 j 4,048