8.—7 [Pt. I],

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST AND PUBLICITY— continued.

(a) Overexpenditure due to purchase of stores for work chargeable to the Public Works Fund (recoverable). (b) It is estimated that revenue will at least equal expenditure for the year. (c) Night-watchman, Wellington Bureau, £3 ss. ; wreaths, £1 16s. 3d. ; exchange and duty stamps, £1 4s. 6d. ; payment for skis damaged, £8 ; passenger booking undercharges on tickets, &c, £12 Bs. ; value of suit-case destroyed at Milford, £1 7s. 6d. ; repairs to damage by Te Anau motor-truck, £5 13s. Id. ; fidelity-guarantee-insurance premium, £2 10s. ; medical expenses, £1 ; repairs to damage done during removal, 6s. 6d.; adjustment of items in credits-in-aid, £4165. lOd.: total, £42 7s. Bd.

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Number of Persons. lnJo An 1941-42. 1942-43 1049 431941 42 VOTE-INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST Z T~T~ ___ AND Voted. Expanded. Subdivision No. II. — Tourist and Publicity —continued. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. Rotorua Sanatorium— Maintenance, including furniture, supplies, repairs, and compensation to workmen .. .. .. 5,500 5,800 5,267 Medical stores, drugs, and instruments .. .. 250 300 .' 210 Rotorua works (including Whakarewarewa) — Wages, repairs, sundry expenses, and compensation to workmen— Electric light and power system .. .. .. 18,000 19,655 14,662 Reserves, gardens, parks, &c. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 1,840 Water-supply and sewerage .. .. .. 300 300 282 Wharves and beacons .. .. .. .. 25 25 3 Rotorua: Purchase of stores (including freight), (part recoverable) ' .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 10,500 (a) 14,239 Subsidies : Coach, motor, and steamer services— Bluff - Stewart Island Steamer Service .. .. 200 200 200 Fairlie-Pukaki-Hermitage-Queenstown .. .. 650 650 488 Pipiriki-Retaruke River Service .. .. .. 285 285 215 Te Anau Hotel: Maintenance of, including furniture, repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c. .. .. .. 2,000 9,000 8,910 Te Aroha Hot Springs : Maintenance of baths, gardens, music, furniture, and repairs .. .. .. 900 850 944 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls), (part recoverable) .. .. 850 1,200 868 Tongariro National Park— Chateau, huts, &c, maintenance of (including furniture, repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c), (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. (6)32,000 31,300 33,008 Maintenance and improvements of roads, bridges, tracks, &c .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 50 200 11 Transfer and removal expenses of staff to and from Australia and the United Kingdom.. .. .. 50 50 95 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 500 600 364 Travelling allowances and expenses of staff in Australia and the United Kingdom (also Industries and Commerce, £130) 50 150 36 Typewriters : Purchase of, repairs, &c. . . . . 50 50 24 Waikaremoana : Maintenance of Lake House, including furniture and repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c. 2,000 7,000 6,002 Waimangu Round-trips and Hostel: Wages, repairs, and sundry expenses .. .. .. ,. .. 100 100 24 Waitomo Caves and Hostel: Maintenance (including furniture and repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c.) 6,500 8,000 6,504 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote) .. .. .. 50 50 (c) 42 Establishment of office of Trade and Tourist Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada .. .. .. .. 776 239 Establishment of office of departmental representative for New Zealand in Western America .. . . .. 1,600 354 Franz Josef Glacier : Improvement of access, erection of bridge, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 Glade House and Milford Track: Funeral and burial I expenses of workman drowned .. .. .. ' 30 ' 31