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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued

(a) Number of officers, 25. Travelling-allowances, £297 12s. lid. ; travelling-expenses, £403 4s. 4d. (b) Official wreaths, £2 2s. ; native plants forwarded to Australian Federal Government, Canberra, £9 Bs. od.; silver medal, " H.M.S. New Zealand," £2 6s. 2d. ; motor hire, funeral of Mrs. W. Marshall, £6 10s.; certificate under the Law Practitioners Act, 1931, £4 4s. : total, £24 10s. Bd.

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Number nu, A A of Persons. 1944-45. 1943-44. 1944-451943-44 Voted. Expended. VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued £ £ £ Subdivision No. V. —Miscellaneous Services —continued Other Charges foe and incidental to —continued Public Service Superannuation Fund— .Contribution to (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 50) .. .. 86,000 86,000 86,000 Contribution to meet increased allowances to widows and children (P.S.S. Act, 1927, section 114) .. .. 22,800 22,200 21,187 Contribution to : Under provisions of Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, section 27 .. .. .. 764 837 658 Regulations Act, 1936 : Expenses of printing regulations, &c. (recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 1,900 1,800 2,375 Rental of offices occupied by High Commissioner for Australia in New Zealand (reciprocal) .. .. 800 Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, fines paid to (Police Offences Act, 1927, section 15) .. 25 25 Superannuation funds: Reimbursement of amount of reduction of rate of interest on mortgages and loss on conversion .. .. .. .. .. 21,325 22,300 21,940 Telegrams beyond the Dominion .. .. .. 900 700 987 Telephone services, Ministers and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. .. .. 1,500 1,500 1,554 Town-planning: Expenses in connection with (including travelling - expenses of Board and Town - planning Adviser) .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 250 196 Transfer expenses of officers .. .. .. .. 20 20 Travelling allowances and expenses of— Ministers and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries (allowances only as authorized by the Civil List Act, 1920, and the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936) .. .. 2,500 1,500 3,177 Ministers and their wives and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries: Expenses .. .. .. .. 6,750 5,250 7,436 Private Secretaries to Ministers .. .. .. 5,000 2,750 6,073 Ministerial staff .. .. .. .. .. 500 400 (a) 701 Members of the General Assembly (Finance Act, 1.936, section 39) .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 44 Turnbull Library — Binding of books .. .. .. .. .. 300 300 63 Incidental expenses .. . .. .. 600 700 541 Purchase of books .. .. .. .. .. 400 400 328 Works of art, Maori antiquities, and scientific specimens: Acquisition (including travelling and other incidental expenses in connection, with investi'gations) .. .. 200 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision.. .. .. 50 50 (b) 25 Cook Memorials, erection of .. .. .. .. .. 25 Damage to private motor-car by departmental truck .... 10 10 Exhibition of British, and New Zealand war paintings in New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 5 Funeral of late Right Hon. J. G. Coates .. .. .. 1,250 1,773 Funeral of late Hon. H. T. Armstrong .. .. .. .. 232 239 Funeral of late Hon. P. K. Paikea (part recoverable) .. .. 2,000 2,711 Government Buildings, Masterton: Furnishings for retiring room .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' 111 11