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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1945

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAND TERRITORIES —continued

(а) Includes £5,500 for establishment of timber-mill. ~,,, o =<= (б) Increases in cost of labour, stores, freight, insurances, &o. Estimated receipts for 1944-40, ti11,,500. (c) Includes £23,540 expenditure on account 1942-43 which did not come to charge until 1943-44. (<i) This expenditure will be fully recouped from sale of bananas. (e) Includes £1,000 for restoration of storm damage and £8,000 for erection of tuberculosis sanatorium, (/) Includes £700 for provision of additional radio equipment.

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, N p uraber 1943-44. of Persons. 1944-45. 1011 151013 11 VOTE —ISLAND TERRITORIES continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I. Head Office —continued £ £ t Other Charges foe and incidental to —continued Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) .. .. HO HO Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 30 30 16 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote .. .. .. 20 20 3 Monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased officer .. • ■ 8 7 3,375 2,623 3,496 Total—Subdivision No. I .. .. 6,989 7,014 7,121 Subdivision No. II.—New Zealand Reparation Estates Salaries, Wages, Purchase op Stores, Maintenance op Plantations, and General Expenses (including capital expenditure)— Improvements .. .. .. •• ( a ) 8,655 2,084 890 Maintenance of plantations .. .. .. .. 46,271 39,221 40,305 Public Service Superannuation Fund contribution .. 148 58 105 Renewals .. .. .. . • ■ • • • 240 766 25 Salaries and wages .. .. .. .. •• 2,871 2,704 4,147 Stores and general expenses .. .. .. .. 37,761 36,763 59,357 Estimated credits-in-aid under section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Stores and general .. .. .. 600 Total—SubdivisionNo.il .. .. (6) 95,946 81,596 (c) 104,829 Subdivision No. III.—Export of Bananas from Samoa Purchase of bananas, stores, and general expenses .. 48,000 66,000 50,278 Estimated credits-in-aid under section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Miscellaneous .. .. • • • - 000 Total —Subdivision No. Ill .. ■■ (d) 48,000 66,000 50,2/8 I Subdivision No. IV —Cook and other Islands Subsidies, Sc., to Cook and other Islands : — Other Charges for and Incidental to —• Airport, Rarotonga .. .. •. • • • • 81,350 Reimbursement of Samoan Administration lor expenditure incurred on behalf of Tokelau Islands .. .. 600 800 619 Subsidy to — Cook Islands Administration .. .. . • (e) 36,000 27,000 27,000 Niue Island Administration .. .. •• (/) 10,700 10,000 10,000 Total —Subdivision No. IV .. ■■ 128,650 37,800 37,619