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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT—continued.

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Number Persons. V0TE No - 4—CUSTOMS—continued. 1938-39. 1938-39. Subdivision No. I. —Customs Offices and Services—continued. £ ■ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other I publications .. . . . . . . . . 75 : Head Office and local offices —•. 3 Launch-hire . . .. .. . . .. 350 « 4 Lighting, heating, and fuel .. .. . . .. 410 5 Sundry expenses . . .. .. . . .. 820 6 Uniforms for officers . . .. .. .. 300 7 Immigration Restriction Act: Administrative expenses .. 100 8 Office-cleaning .. . . . . . . .. 125 9 Office fittings and requisites . . .. . . . . 1,500 Official Representatives, London— 10 Special allowances while stationed away from New Zealand . . . . . . . . .. 385 11 Travelling and general expenses . . .. . . 500 j Official Representative, New York— 12 j Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand 410 13 Travelling and general expenses .. .. .. 1,300 14 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 5,000 15 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. . . .. 1,500 16 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 2,500 17 Prosecutions and seizures and legal expenses .. .. 150 18 Rent of offices . . .. . . . . . . 1,130 19 Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and the detection of offences against the Customs Acts or the Immigration Restriction Acts .. .. .. 350 | 20 j Services rendered by Post and Telegraph Department . . 1,900 21 } Telephone services (including installation, extension, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. 1,125 22 Testing and gauging instruments . . . . . . 50 23 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 2,000 24 Travelling allowances and expenses . . . . . . 1,150 25 Typewriters, purchase of . . .. . . . . 125 26 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. . . 25 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Recoveries of overtime, postage, legal and £ miscellaneous expenses .. .. 4,300 23,280 Total —Subdivision No. I .. .. ——— 154,710 Subdivision No. II. —Customs : Miscellaneous Services. Charges for and incidental to— Compassionate allowances to —■ 27 Widow of the late H. J. Kent, Locker, Chrisfcchurch .. 109 28 Widow of the late W. C. Thomas, Collector, Napier .. 246 29 Customs Building, Wellington .. .. .. 500 30 Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments of an amount equivalent to the Customs duties collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to those islands .. 4,839 1 31 Grant to widow of deceased officer .. .. .. 68 32 Payment to Otago Harbour Board of amount to cover cost of special internal partitions and fittings in new wharf office for Customs Department at Dunedin . . .. 500 33 Refund of duty payable on apple, pear, and quince trees imported from Australia for planting in fireblight-free area of Otago and under such conditions as may be approved by the Minister ., ., ,, .. 50 !