8.—7 [PT. I].

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PRISONS— continued.

(a) More overtime found necessary than was anticipated. (6) Number of officers, 7. Travelling-allowances, £18. (c) Payment to Registrars of Social Security Department acting as Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, £5.

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, N " mber . 1941-42. of Persons. 1942-43. 1M2-43 1041-42 VOTE-JUSTICE AND PRISONS-conimua*. Vo tod! Expended. Subdivision No. 1.—Justice —continued. £ £ £ Registrar-General's Office —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. Maintenance and repairs .. ■ • • • • • £ 20 10 29 Office fittings, furniture, and requisites .. .. .. 200 200 127 Overtime and meal allowances .. • • ■ • 300 150 (a) 327 Payment in lieu of leave to widows of deceased officers .. 110 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. .. '•. 250 1,450 1,158 Printing and stationery .. .. •■ •• 1,000 1,350 955 Refund of registration and license fees .. .. .. 40 40 31 Rents . . •• 300 675 799 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. • ■ 150 150 152 Transfer and removal expenses .. ■. • • 200 50 23 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 20 10 (b) 18 Typewriters — *• Purchase .. .. . • • • • • 20 RepairS "• " - 50 40 47 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision .. .. 5 5 (c) 5 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote)— £ Miscellaneous .. .. . • ■ ■ 100 7,725 7,600 6,166 Total 21,790 18,750 18,532 Total-Subdivision No. I 196,735 210,976 196,809 Subdivision No. II. — Prisons. Salaries — 309 325 309 (£80 to £665) 85,425 90,670^ Allowances to instructing and other officers .. .. 750 650 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. •• •• 6,750 .. 85,586 Total Number —— ( of Officers 92,925 91,320 | (J Pr,-son s r d Less proportion of salaries transferred to Probation Branch 2,800 3,300 J 693 723 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Salaries .. • • • • • ■ 50 90,125 88,020 85,586 Other Charges for and incidental to — Prisons and institutional upkeep — Burial of deceased prisoners .. .. .. •• 10 10 Clothing, bedding, furniture, &o. .. .. •• 1,500 1,000 1,540 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers .. 175 Equipment and instructional work .. .. 250 150 156 Euel, light, power, and water .. .. .. •• 6,000 5,000 5,614 Locality allowances .. .. •• •• ■■ 500 520 489