8.—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1945

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued

(a) Number of officers, 27. Travelling-allowances, £483 Is. Id. ; travelling-expenses, £432 15s. (3d.; motor hire, £132 13s. 9d. (b) Now provided in item " Historical buildings and monuments, &c.," Subdivision V.

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Number 1943-44. <rfFers °" 9 - VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued 1944-45. i 044—451 q43_44 V o ted. Expended. Subdivision No. /. —Head Office —continued Other Charges for and incidental to —continued £ £ £ Physical welfare and recreation (part recoverable) — Area instructors, expenses in connection with .. .. 5,250 4,750 4,312 Accident compensation to cover voluntary leaders while engaged on behalf of Department in carrying out physical-welfare activities (including medical expenses) 100 Expenses of National Council and of Committees set up under its control .. .. • • • • 125 125 86 General expenses .. .. .. . • • • 450 250 512 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes (part recoverable) .. 850 900 S2J Printing and stationery .. .. ■ • • • 800 900 944 Publications (including newspapers and books) .. .. 650 600 634 Rent . . 245 245 245 Stranded New-Zealanders — Assistance to return to New Zealand (recoverable) .. 600 800 524 Small grants .. .. • - • • • • 10 10 4 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. ■ • • ■ 600 881 Totalizators, expenses incidental to inspection of .. 600 650 560 Transfer expenses of officers .. .. - ■ .. 50 50 21 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. ■ ■ 900 900 (a) 1,049 War Funds Act, administration of .. • • 10 10 War graves and memorials — Battlefield memorials: France, Belgium, and Gallipoli, maintenance of .. .. • • • • ■ • 50 50 War graves and memorials (including those to be erected in provincial cemeteries) to soldiers and others (including wives and daughters of officers, and also of men of the British and allied navies who were killed or died in connection with the Maori and Great Wars), headstones and permanent work for, maintenance, renovation of, and expenses in connection therewith, ! also funeral expenses of indigent soldiers (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. 4,000 4,000 4,466 War-risks insurance .. .. . ■ 500 1,250 1,299 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 10 10 Grave of late Right Eon. W. F. Massey at Point Halswell, and Seddon Memorial, Sydney Street: Expenses in connection with .. .. . • • • • • ('') 20 o Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Auctioneers'licenses .. .. •• 17,000 Cinematograph films appeal fees .. 20 Commissions of Inquiry .. .. 75 Deer .. • • • • • • 13,000 Emergency Fire Service .. . ■ 500 Emergency Precautions Scheme .. .. 1,000 Fresh-water fisheries and game .. .. 300 Physical welfare .. .. • • 2,950 Postage .. .. • • • • 25 Stranded New-Zealanders .. • • 600 War graves .. .. • • • • 500 Miscellaneous .. .. • • • • 100 36,070 95,046 58,930 64,813 Total—Subdivision No. I.. •• 148,302 104,725 115,2/9