13.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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

(а) Overexpenditure due to increase in number of patients admitted during year. (б) Increase in electrical energy purchased from the Public Works Department to cope with extensions to the Kotorua electric system ; extensions included installations at a new military hospital. (c) Overexpenditure due to salaries of a small number of replacement staff being charged to the " Maintenance item " instead of " Salaries item," also to additional cost-of-living allowance being paid during year to casual staff. (d) Overexpenditure due to minor increase in staff. (e) Overexpenditure due, in part, to liabilities carried forward from previous year and also expenditure incurred during the early part of the year under review and prior to economies being effected. (/) Overexpenditure due to proportion of rentals and calls at Head Office. Recoverable from War Expenses. (g) Chateau Tongariro closed to the travelling public. (h) Number of Officers, 8 ; Travelling-allowances, £18 ; travelling*expenses, £109. (») Underexpenditure due to falling off in business due to travel restrictions. L'rospeets for this year are better owing to removal of restrictions stated above, and number of United States of America Military and Naval personnel travelling on furlough. (j) Grants for services, £3; refunds of shortages in cash to staff, £5 6s. 4d.; medical expenses, £4; reimbursement of loss due to accident, £3 ; salvage expenses, £7 10s.; insurance premium, 175.; loss of departmental moneys, £5: total, £28 13s. 4d.

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Number oi Persons. 2 943 1 942-43. 1943 44 194 2 43 VOTE-INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE, TOURIST ' ' Expended. ' AND PUBLICITY —continued. j . £ £ £ Subdivision No. II. —Tourist and Publicity—continued. Other Charges fob and incidental to —continued. Rotorua Sanatorium — Maintenance, including furniture, supplies, repairs, and compensation to workmen .. .. .. 6,500 5,500 (a) 6,500 Medical stores, drugs, and instruments .. .. 250 250 253 Rotorua works (including Whakarewarewa) — Wages, repairs, sundry expenses, and compensation to workmenElectric light and power system .. .. .. 20,000 18,000 (b) 20,472 Reserves, gardens, parks, &c. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 (c) 2,060 Water-supply and sewerage .. .. .. 400 300 (d) 485 Wharves and beacons .. .. .. .. 25 25 Rotorua: Purchase of stores (including freight), (part recoverable) .. .. 12,000 10,000 10,909 Subsidies : Coach, motor, and steamer services— Bluff - Stewart Island Steamer Service .. .. 200 200 200 Fairlie-Pukaki-Hermitage-Queenstown .. .. 650 650 650 Pipiriki-Retaruke River Service .. .. .. 285 285 286 Te Anau Hotel: Maintenance of, including furniture, repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 (e) 3,688 Te Aroha Hot Springs : Maintenance of baths, gardens, music, furniture, and repairs .. .. .. 900 900 1,086 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls), (part recoverable) .. .. 850 850 (j) 1,056 Tongariro National ParkChateau, huts, &c., maintenance of (including furniture, repairs, and. compensation to workmen, &c.), (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 32,000 20,433 Maintenance and improvements of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 50 50 3 Transfer and removal expenses of staff to and from Australia and the United Kingdom.. .. .. 50 50 28 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 350 500 (h) 127 Travelling allowances and expenses of staff in Australia and the United Kingdom (also Industries and Commerce, £130) 50 50 78 Typewriters: Purchase of, repairs, &c. .. .. 50 50 24 Waikaremoana : Maintenance of Lake House, including furniture and repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c. 2,000 2,000 (e) 2,465 Waimangu Round-trips and Hostel: Wages, repairs, and sundry expenses .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 134 Waitomo Caves and Hostel: Maintenance (including furniture and repairs, and compensation to workmen, &c.) i 5,500 6,500 (j) 3,514 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental j to the other items of the vote) .. .. .. \ 50 50 (j) 29 Rotorua: Thermal hot-water pipe-line .. .. .. j .. 400 223