B. 7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT—continued.

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M i Number of Persons. VOTE —CUSTOMS —continued. 1940-41. _ 1940-411939-40 „ , . . , 7 , n . ruI . , „ . , Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I.—Customs Offices and Services—continued. Salaries—continued. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications .. .. .. .. .. 65 75 55 Head Office and local offices — Launch-hire .. .. .. .. .. 425 350 410 Lighting, heating, and fuel .. .. .. .. 550 450 528 Sundry expenses .. .. . . .. .. 750 820 760 Uniforms for officers .. .. .. .. 400 325 379 Immigration Restriction Act: Administrative expenses (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. (a) 450 750 (a) 325 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 140 150 128 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. .. 1,500 3,000 (b) 1,903 Official Representatives, London— Special allowances while stationed away from New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 385 385 338 Travelling and general expenses .. .. .. 250 500 225 Official Representative, New York — Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand 518 710 711 Travelling and general expenses .. .. .. 1,300 1,700 1, -150 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. ..(c) 8,000 11,700 10,148 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. .. {d) 4,500 3,000 3,438 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 3,500 5,000 (e) 3,377 Prosecutions and seizures and legal expenses .. .. 200 150 (/) 506 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. .. 1,250 1,250 1,177 & Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and the detection of offences against the Customs Acts or the Immigration Restriction Acts .. .. .. 400 350 376 Services rendered by Post and Telegraph Department .. (g) 1,250 2,150 (g) 1,218 Telephone services (including installation, extension, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. 2,250 2,000 2,121 Testing and gauging instruments .. .. .. 25 50 6 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 1,500 2,000 (A) 989 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 850 1,000 (i) 788 Typewriters, purchase of .. .. .. .. 75 350 93 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 25 25 (j) 7 Transfer and removal expenses of officers overseas .. .. 1,250 1,170 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, &c. .. .. 3,610 30,558 39,490 32,626 I Total —Subdivision No. 1 .. .. j 187,678 198,104 183,111 | Subdivision No. II. —Customs : Miscellaneous Services. jj Charges for and incidental to — Customs Building, Wellington .. .. .. j (k) 1,000 1,000 (k) 579 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 .. 3,699 3,854 3,854 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 .. .. .. .. 25 50 11 Refund of duty on arrowroot imported by the Presbyterian Foreign Missions Committee and disposed of for missionary purposes .. .. .. .. 15 15 13 -