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Number ° iPerSOnS - 1942-43. 1942-43 1941-42 Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ £ £ General Administration —continued. Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. L50 150 106 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. .. 2,500 3,000 (a) 3,906 Organization of National Security: Fees of member of Medical Committee ... .. ■ .... 18 18 17 Overtime and meal-allowances .. .. .. (b) 2,000 500 1,719 Postage and telegrams (part recoverable) .. .. (c) 5,000 4,500 6,136 Printing and stationery (part recoverable) .. .. 3,000 2,4:50 3,288 Quackery Prevention Act .. .. .. .. 5 5 Rent .. (d) 8,500 4,300 4,901 Repairs to privately-owned motor-cars damaged in collision with departmental cars .. ,. .. .. 100 50 152 Services rendered by other Departments— Post and Telegraph Department .. .. .. (e) 10,500 85 91 Justice Department .. .. .. . . (e) 500 Steamer fares and expenses of Medical officers proceeding from overseas to take up duty .. .. .. 750 500 156 Stores and material .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 107 Supply of apples to school-children .. .. ..(/) 37,500 36,750 28,484 Supply of milk to school-children, scheme for .. .. ('</) 164.000 174,000 173,155 Supply of textiles and other equipment to Hospital Boards (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. (h) 41,000 Telephone services (including installations, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. (i) 3,000 1,500 1,511 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 500 500 (j) 1,183 Transfer expenses and maintenance, New Zealand lepers at Makogai .. ;. .. .. .. .. 350 350 366 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 10,000 10,600 (k) 9,783 Typewriters— Purchase of .. .. .. .. .. 150 100 249 Maintenance of .. .. .. .. 100 100 68 Uniforms, allowances to nurses for .. .. .. 1,250 1,250 1,086 Waikato Hospital Board : Payment for hospital treatment afforded at Rotorua Hospital to members of the NgatiWhakaue sub-tribe of the Arawas .. .. .. 10 10 11 Westland Hospital Board : Grant of half-cost of maintenance (including salaries) of casualty stations at Bruce Bay and Jackson's Bay (maximum grant, £350) 350 305 305 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of the vote) .. .. .. .. 25 23 {I) 23 Bounty to parents of quadruplets born at Dunedin .. (m) 100 100 Bursaries for course in occupational therapy .. .. .. 400 400 Community Welfare Centre, Freeman's Bay, Auckland .. .. 2,000 2,000 Grants to— Officers on retirement, equivelent to leave due .. 23 23 Thames Hospital Board towards cost of allowance to ex-employee .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Widow of H. C. Jermyn, late engineer, Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs, of one month's salary equivalent to leave due .. .. .. .. 32 32 Widow of H. W. Johnson, late Technical Inspector, of six weeks' salary, equivalent to leave due .... 59 59 Office accommodation — District office— Auckland: Alterations .. .. .. .. .. 386 380 Hamilton: Alterations (on account) .. .. .. 500 Wellington: Alterations .. .. .. .. .. 730 614 Head OfficeSubdivision of new offices, State Fire building .. .. 6,900 3,922 Rest-homes for destitute and old people : Special rates on land purchased at Otaki .. .. .. (n) 7 Westland Hospital Board : Grant towards cost of equipment for casualty stations at Bruce Bay and Jacksons Bay .. 25 25 343,568 295,047 277,661