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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

STAMP DUTIES DEPARTMENT—continued.

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Number of Persons. 1940 -41. 1939-40 1940-41 1939- 40 VOTE—STAMP DUTIES continued. Voted Expended. Subdivision No. I.—Stamp Duties —continued. £ £ f Other Charges foe and incidental to —continued. Fuel, light, power, and vtater .. .. .. .. 250 300 224 Interest on succession duty overpaid .. .. .. 25 50 13 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. (a) 4-00 300 (a) 529 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 75 75 61 Office equipment, fittings, and requisites, &c. .. .. 650 1,010 860 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 250 250 234 Payment to Department of Internal Affairs : Cleaning and messenger service .. .. .. .. .. 250 400 (b) 250 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 1,750 1,250 (c) 1,723 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 1,250 1,500 1,206 Refunds of — Death duty after statutory period has elapsed .. 10 10 10 Overseas-passenger duty paid by officers returning to Fiji from furlough in New Zealand and by officers transferred to Samoa or Cook Islands .. .. 50 10 28 Totalizator duty on race meetings held in aid of patriotic funds .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. .. 2,300 2,400 2,183 Stamp-production (printing) .. .. .. .. (d) 2,425 1,450 (d) 425 Stamping machinery .. .. .. .. 50 50 15 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. 325 300 310 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 150 350 (e) 61 Travelling expenses and allowances .. .. .. 100 100 (/) 90 Typewriters and calculating machines— £ Purchase of .. .. .. .. 50 Maintenance of .. .. .. 40 90 150 (g) 41 Valuation fees .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 (a) 317 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 10 20 (h) 3 Stamp duty, Firemen's and Cleaners' Association .... 38 38 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Law-costs and miscellaneous .. .. 100 Postage on parcels of stamped forms .. 300 Salaries (including Subdivision No. II) . . 1,200 1,600 13,565 11,238 9,292 Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 42,845 39,365 38,167 Subdivision No. 11. —Land and Deeds Registry. Salaries — Professional Division. 1 1 1 (£800) .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 800 " Other Salaries. 141 155 141 (£65 to £715) .. .. .. .. .. (i) 41,440 45,516 L 45J7Q 142 156 Cadets' lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 135 85 Cashiers' allowances .. .. .. .. .. 5 5 Total Number — of Persons. 42,380 46,406 251 260 Less amount provided but not required .. ., .. 88 42,380 46,318 45,379 ' ' 1 "