8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT—continued

(a) Reduced shipping and use of naval launch at Wellington, for which no charge made. (b) Includes unforeseen expenditure of renovating new offices at New Plymouth. (c) Includes contribution of £370 to International Refugees Committee not payable last year. £50 of balanco estimated to be recoverable. (d) Reduced travelling on account of war. (e) Allowance increased from £695 to £950 per annum from Ist April, 1943. (/) Additional expenditure on account of extra overtime and increased rates. (g) Conservation of paper and stationery. (h) Additional prosecutions under Customs and Sales Tax Acts. Amount recovered, 1943-44, £137. (») Increased petty smuggling round wharves, sales of un-Customed cigarettes, &0., and breaches of Distillation Act. (j) Some expenditure for 1943-44 not brought to charge. (Ic) Not so many transfers as anticipated, but £500 is estimated to be required this year. (I) Number of officers, 48'. Travelling-allowances, £768 ; travelling-expenses, £112 ; taxi and motor hire, £80. (m) .Payment of medical expenses, £4 16s. (id.

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Number 01 Per80ri5 ' VOTB—CUSTOMS—continued 1944-45. 1943-44, . Subdivision No. I.—Customs Offices and Services—continued Voted. Lxponded. Other Charges joe and incidental to — £ £ £ Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications .. .. .. .. .. 60 60 59 Exchange on salaries and allowances payable abroad .. 506 506 506 Head Office and local offices— Launch-hire .. .. .. .. .. 300 800 (a) 196 Lighting, heating, and fuel .. .. .. .. 575 550 564 Sundry expenses .. .. .. .. .. 700 600 (b) 869 Uniforms for officers .. .. .. .. 600 490 583 Immigration Restriction Act: Administrative expenses (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. (c) 450 100 63 Office-cleaning .. .. .. .. .. 150 150 132 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. .. 500 750 437 Official Representatives, London— Special allowances while stationed away from New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 232 232 174 Travelling and general expenses .. .. .. 200 350 (d) 134 Official Representative, New York— Special allowance while stationed away from New Zealand (e) 950 695 (e) 949 Travelling and general expenses .. .. .. 1,500 1,500 1,300 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. (/) 12,000 9,000 (f)10,841 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes .. .. .. 2,300 2,500 2,204 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,300 (g) 868 Prosecutions and seizures and legal expenses .. .. (/«) 400 100 (h) 327 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. .. 1,575 1,350 1,518 Rewards in connection with the protection of the revenue and the detection of offences against the Customs Acts or the Immigration Restriction Acts .. .. .. {i) 750 400 (i) 610 Services rendered by Post and Telegraph Department .. 1,175 1,100 (j) 679 Telephone services (including installation, extension, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 1,932 Testing and gauging instruments .. .. .. 25 25 8 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 500 500 (k) 210 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 1,000 1,100 (I) 960 Typewriters, purchase of .. .. .. .. 100 I 125 182 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 25 25 (m) 5 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Recoveries of overtime, postage, legal and £ miscellaneous expenses, &c. .. .. 3,750 29,573 26,308 26,310 Total —Subdivision No. I .. .. 177,723 167,488 168,096 Subdivision No. II.—Customs: Miscellaneous Services Charges for and incidental to — Customs Building, Wellington .. .. .. 500 500 433 Grant to Cook and Niue Islands Governments of an amount equivalent to the Customs duties, petrol and tire-tax, and war taxation collected in New Zealand on goods afterwards shipped to those islands .. .. .. j 3,196 3,328 3,328