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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued.

(a) Photographs and other exhibits are being despatched to United States of America for inclusion in a collection for the proposed New Zealand Hall. (b) Expenditure did not come to charge until current year. (>:) Expenditure offset to some extent by free accommodation granted by the Canterbury Provincial Buildings Board to Government Departments,

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Number , ofPer8ons - VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS— continued. 1942-43. 1941-42. J 942-43 1941-42 on... Voted I Expended Subdivision No. VI.—Miscellaneous Services. Salaries (including Relieving Staff)— £ £ £ NoN-PERMANENT. 1 1 (£850) 850 - Other Salaries. 117; 255 117 (£25 to £715) 21,656 46,737 Cost-of-living allowances . . . . . . . . 2,684 . Allowances to officers .. .. .. .. 75 242 117 256 Lodging-allowances (cadets) .. .. .. .. 485 948 Special allowances to shorthand writers and typists Total Number employed in Ministers' offices .. .. . . 307 450 of Persons. Salaries of staff of National Art Gallery and Dominion 1,240 1,386 Museum (recoverable) .. .. .. .. 7,146 7,556 Payments to other Departments— £ Education Department ...... 231 I 88,730 Department of Industries and Commerce .. 191 422 900 32,775 57,683 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — National Art Gallery and Dominion £ Museum : Salaries .. .. .. 7,146 Salaries of officers relieving in other Departments .. .. .. .. 15,853 22,999 32,775 57,683 68,730 Other Charges for and incidental to — , American Museum of Natural History: Purchase, assembly, and despatch of exhibits . . .. . . (a) 25 Anzac Day Services, London: New Zealand's proportion of . cost .. .. .. .. .... 10 10 11 Camping-equipment for His Excellency the Governor-General 523 523 (b) Colonial appointments. Board of Selection: Travellingexpenses of applicants in New Zealand and members of Board of Selection .. .. .. .. 10 10 Cook Memorials, erection of .. .. .. .. 25 250 38 Cost-of-living bonus to annuitants under the Public Service and Teachers' Superannuation Funds and Civil Service Act, 1908, and to other persons in receipt of retiringallowances (part recoverable) .. .. .. 770 800 827 Dogs Registration Amendment Act, 1937, prevention of hydatids under (recoverable) .. .. .. 5,000 5,000 1,441 Emergency Regulations Act, 1939 : Fees and other expenses of members of committees or other bodies appointed by regulations under the Act .. .. .. .. 50 500 Empire exhibition of war cartoons in Canada : Expenses relative to exhibits from New Zealand .. .. 25 25 (6) Entertaining visitors to the Dominion and official functionsAllowances to officers in connection with .... 65 65 83 Cost of .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,000 6,129 Exhibition of British and New Zealand war paintings in New Zealand (part recoverable) . . .. .. 500 500 256 Exhibition of New Zealand Art in United States of America and Canada .. .. .. .. 100 800 40 Exhibits for Museums, railage on .. .. 10 10 6 Fire Boards, subsidies to (Fire Brigades Act, 1926, section 26) .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,400 4,300 4,247 Flood damage, grants in relief of .. .. .. 500 j 1,750 432 Fuel for Government offices, including Canterbury Provincial Buildings, Christchurch .. .. .. .. (c) 2,000 | 2,000 1,702