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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

MINES DEPARTMENT— continued.

(a) Mileage allowance (1 officer), £29 10s. sd. (6) Number of officers, 19. Travelling-allowances, £1,109 ; travelling-expenses, £390 ; motor-hire, £129. (c) Purchase of bentonite, 18s. ; examination and doctor's report, £3 35., and travclling-cxpcnses~to attend doctor, £4 Bs., by miner suffering from miners' nystagmus ; professional attendance to departmental officer, £1 Is. ; proportion of fire-watching expenses in Head Office, £7 45.: total, £16 14s. (d) Credits-in-aid : — Estimated Other 1942-43. Estimated Recovered Salaries. Charges. Total. 1041-42. 1941-42. £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision I ..50 .. 50 50 12 II .. 438 3,362 3,800 5,000 4,230 111 .... 13,700 13,700 13,445 7,440 IV .... 200 200 300 178 Totals .. 488 17,262 17,750 18,795 11,860

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Number • ofPersons - 1942-43. 2 " 1942 43 1941-42 . . . Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IV. — Miscellaneous Services—continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ £ £ Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 60 2 Motor-vehicles — Purchase of car .. .. .. .. 300 300 Maintenance and running costs (including mileage allowances) .. .. .. .. .. 800 600 {a) 769 Office fittings and requisites (including typewriters) .. 300 300 262 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. 100 100 77 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. .. 400 400 352 Printing and stationery (partly recoverable) .. .. 400 500 369 Eefunds of revenue under section 155 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926 (recoverable) .. .. .. .. 100 100 29 Eents (partly recoverable) .. .. .. .. 700 700 558 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and toll calls) .. .. .. 600 450 638 Transfer and removal expenses of staff .. .. .. 100 150 54 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 1,600 1,300 (b) 1 , 628 Visit of Electrical Inspector of Mines to Australia .. 150 150 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .. .. 15 15 (c) 17 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Collecting goldfields revenue .. .. 25 Printing and stationery, publications, &c... 50 Refunds of revenue .. .. .. 50 Rents and miscellaneous .. .. 75 200 Total-Subdivision No. IV .. .. 7,965 7,515 6,400 Gross Total .. .. .. .. 114,518 319,320 291,012 Credits-in-aid (d) .. .. .. .. 17,750 18,795 11,860 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 96,768 300,525 279,152