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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

MARINE DEPARTMENT—continued.

j a ) {a) Dredge on hire for special duties. (b) Additional maintenance-costs. (c) Number of officers, 1. Motor-car allowance, £7 ; travelling-allowance, £14 ; rail and boat fares, &c., £15. Salaries. r^^ er 1943-44*' Estimated. Recovered. (d) Credits-in-aid:— £ 'T' T"' T Subdivision I .. .... 200 200 200 1,030 » II .. .... 50 50 50 116 HI •• 505 505 555 352 IV .. •• •• 3,600 3,600 3,785 6,349 V .. .. .. 1,350 1,350 1,330 3,047 VI .. .... 150 150 600 644 » VII .. .. 75 60 135 135 84 Totals .. .. 75 5,915 5,990 6,655 (e)l 1,622 (e) Recovery of salaries of officers engaged on special duties.

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Number ° fFera0n8 - 1943 44 1942-43. 1943 441942 43 VOTE—MARINE—continued. ' ~ " [ V oted. Expended. Subdivision No. VII.—Westport Harbour—continued. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 20 21 Compensation for accidents .. .. .. .. 100 450 403 Dredging (including repairs and maintenance) .. .. 20,000 20,400 (a) 11,352 Endowments, cost of administration of .. .. 500 450 ' 565 Harbour maintenance and working-expenses .. .. 2,500 1,500 (b) 5,573 Launch, maintenance and working-expenses of .. .. 100 100 ' 49 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 64 Services for meteorological offices (recoverable) .. .. 20 20 10 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. . . 100 110 93 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 100 80 (c) 36 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote .. .. .. 10 10 Tug, working-expenses, repairs, and maintenance of .... 40 8 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Meteorological services .. .. 20 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 40 60 23,550 23,280 18,174 Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. 30,735 30,297 25,350 GROSS Total 155,230 155,095 155,219 Credits-in-aid (d) .. .. .. .. 5,990 6,655 11,622 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 149,240 148,440 143,597