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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1943

NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES DEPARTMENT— continued.

(a) Increased charge for services. (b) Decrease due to change-over to payments by cheque to beneficiaries. (c) Subsidy higher on account of increased contributions to Fund during calendar year 1941. (d) Number of officers, 10. Travelling-allowances, £37 ; travelling-expenses, £67 ; mileage-allowances, £18. (e) Advertising cancellations, &c, Friendly Societies, £12 ; meal allowances, £22 ; overtime, £14 ; sundries, £5 : total, £53. a , . Other , Estimated. Recovered. Salaries. ChargoB _ 1942-43. 194142 mi _ 42 £ £ £ £ £ (/) Credits-in-aid .. .. ..1,348 120 1,468 510 669 Totals .. .. ..1,348 120 1,468 510 669

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Number of Persons. 1943-48 1941-42. ,„,".„,..., .„ VOTE—NATIONAL PROVIDENT AND 77~~ \~ ~~' 1942 43 1941-42 mT,TTiwr,r tt nAmnmrim .• 7 Voted. Expended. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES— continued. I Other Charges for and incidental to — continued. £ £ £ Services rendered by other Departments — Government Actuary's Office .. .. .. (a) 3,800 3,500 (a) 3,714 Post and Telegraph Department .. .. .. 440 600 (b) 478 State subsidy to National Provident Fund .. .. (c) 80,250 76,700 76,444 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. 172 165 200 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 200 300 (d) 122 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote) .. .. . 15 15 (e) 53 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Miscellaneous . . .. . . . . 120 93,980 91,270 89,861 Gross Total .. .. .. .. 106,960 103,710 101,514 Credits-in-aid (/) .. .. .. .. 1,468 510 669 NET TOTAL 105,492 103,200 100,845