8.—7 [Pt. I].

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1941.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS —continued.

(a) Includes provision for two annual rail passes at £90 per annum. (b) Wreaths, £2 Is. 6d. ; piano-tuning, £1 ss. ; cables, High Commissioner, £1 2s. lid. ; extra labour, opening of Parliament, £15 lis. ; New Zealand Library Association: Grant for Conference expenses, registration and subscription fees, £6 16s. ; medical expenses : Charwoman and messenger, £2 3s. ; cartage, 6s. 6d. ; travelling-expenses of Chief Librarian viewing Library late Hon. A. P. Seymour, Nelson, £3 lis. 4d. ; taxi-hire, members and staff, £19 165.; total, £52 13s. 3d. Estimated. Other 1940-41. Estimated. Recovered. (c) Credits-in-aid — Salaries. Charges. Total. 1939-40. 1939-40. £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision II IV . . 377 .. 377 540 540 V 248 .. 248 240 248 VI . . 668 .. 668 479 592 VII .. 84 84 34 510 Totals .. 1,293 84 1,377 1,293 1,890

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Number ofPersops ' VOTE—LEGISLATIVE—continued. 1940-41. 1939-40. 1940 41 1939-40 „ . . at t/tt n i v ,■ 3 Voted. Expended. subdivision No. VI I. —breneral Expenses—continued. _ Charges foe and incidental to —continued. £ £ £ Railway sleeping-berths — £ Members . . .. .. .. .. 1,400 Members' wives .. .. .. .. 350 1,750 1,750 1,617 Refund to Post Office, being difference between special and ordinary rates for telegrams from members of the General Assembly .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 2,000 Supply of publications to Members of the Legislature .. 450 400 466 Telephone services (rents and calls) : Payment to Post and Telegraph Department of difference between full rates and half rates allowed to members of the House of Representatives and Legislative Council .. .. 1,300 1,300 1,062 Tram fares, freights, and cartage, &c. .. .. .. 10 10 8 Travelling allowances and expenses of Members travelling to and returning from Parliament .. .. .. 450 450 278 Travelling-expenses of Speakers of both Houses during recess 20 20 3 Travelling-expenses and annual rail passes, Clerks of both Houses .. .. .. .. .. .. («)200 200 180 Typewriters— £ Purchases .. .. .. .. 250 Maintenance .. .. .. .. 25 275 275 158 Uniforms for messengers and night-watchmen .. .. 200 300 405 Winding and repairing clocks, &c. .. .. .. 80 80 77 Window-cleaning, rubbish-removal, and chimney-sweeping 350 224 117 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision .. . . 50 50 (b) 53 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. 75 Window-cleaning .. .. .. 9 84 Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. 48,882 49,426 47,179 GROSS Total .. .. .. .. 110,377 111,288 107,371 Credits-in-aid (c) .. .. .. .. 1,377 1,293 1,890 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 109,000 109,995 105,481 I