15.—1 [PT. I].

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1942-1943.

ABSTRACT of the UNATHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1943.

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( Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) £ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND. Ordinary Revenue Account. FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. Legislative Department:— Allowance granted to Miss B. H. Veitch for extra duties performed .. .. .. .. • • 33 6 8 Allowances and expenses of special Select Committees of the House of Repreaentativea : Statutes Revision Committee on the Mareo Petition; Joint Committee on Otaki-Porirua and Papawai-KLaikokirikiri Native Trusts 125 0 0 Grant to Mr. J. Smyth, Hansard Reporter, towards meeting the coat of repairs to his motor-car damaged during earthquake whilat he waa on fire-watching duties 50 0 0 208 6 8 Prime Minister's Department: — Purchase of motor-car for High Commiaaioner, Ottawa.. 423 9 5 Travelling-expenaea of Mra. Nash whilst in United States of America .. .. .. .. .. 79 7 7 502 17 0 Treasury Department:— Ex gratia payment to— Mrs. E. D. Brimmer in full satisfaction and discharge of all claima in reapect of two £5 Reserve Bank notea partly burnt .. .. .. . • .. 10 0 0 Miss I. Finlayson as compenaation for loss of property arising from a fire started by an inmate of Porirua Mental Hospital .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 Increase in subsidy to the Government Railways Employees'Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. 2,000 0 0 Payment towards net cost of operating " The Hermitage," Mount Cook .. .. .. .. .. 650 0 0 2,910 0 0 Customs Department:— Compassionate grant to widow of the late J. M. O'Reilly .. 308 0 0 Stamp Duties Department:— Refund of amount equal to duty paid in England in the estate of Philbriek Valentine Smith, deceased .. 58 13 0 Refund of estate duty and succession duty paid in— Estate of Charles Cookham McMillan, deceased ,. 8,584 6 5 Estate of Peter Guthrie Rintoul Tait, deceased .. 30 16 2 Estate of Marion Manifold Watson, deceased .. 394 4 4 Refund of racing taxation where meeting held for patriotic purposes .. .. .. .. .. 8,210 14 3 Refund of stamp duty paid on memoranda of transfer .. 6 10 Remisaion of interest paid in the estate of — Allen Wiremu Edmund Armatrong, deceased .. 0 15 3 Arthur Nattle Grigg, deceased .. . . .. 16 5 0 Robert George Thompson, deceased .. .. 12 0 8 — 17,313 16 1 Internal Affairs Department:— Compassionate grant to widow of the late Hon. H. T. Armstrong .. .. .. • . • • 1,250 0 0 Cost of State funeral of the late Hon. H. T. Armstrong.. 305 6 4 Grants to Messrs. Lowry and Endean, members of Parliament, to attend the Empire Parliamentary Conference 499 18 0 Payment to F. T. Sandford to cover fares, England to New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 Purchase of Pompallier House and furniture .. .. 2,023 15 0 — 4,378 19 4 External Affairs Department :■ — Payments of monetary equivalents of annual and retiring leave to widows of the late A. B. Ross and the late W. H. Roberts, killed on active service .. .. .. , 178 8 1 M arine Department Final payment in respect of waiting-room erected on French Pass Wharf .. .. .. . • • . 87 5 10 Labour Department:— Balance of travelling-expenses, &c., of members of Committee appointed to inquire into circumstances of the Timber Industry . . .. .. .. 17 5 7 Payments of monetary equivalent of leave due, to estates of undermentioned officers killed on active service— W. J. Ferguson, deceased .. .. .. 24 8 2 H. McCann, deceased .. .. .. .. 57 5 1 Payment to A. F. Moncur, Esq., M.P., of travelling-allow-ances, &c., incurred in furtherance of the industrial war effort .. .. .. .. .. . • 83 8 9 — 182 7 7 Native Department:— Amount short-received when cashing salary cheques .. 10 0 Compassionate grant to widow of the late LieutenantColonel E. te W. Love, killed on active service .. 102 0 0 Salary of Judge Whitehead, appointed a Judge of the Native Land Court from 1st January, 1943 .. 200 0 0 303 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 26,373 0 7