B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS—continued

(a) Number of officers, 25. Travelling-allowances, £246 ; travelling-expenses, £2Ol. (b) Official wreaths, £6 35.; certificate under the Law Practitioners' Act, 1931 £5 ss. : total, £ll Bs.

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1945-46. VOTE—INTERNAL AFFAIRS —continued 1946-47. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. V —Miscellaneous Services —ctd. £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Transfer expenses of officers 20 20 15 Travelling allowances and expenses of — Ministers and Parliamentary UnderSecretaries (allowances only as authorized by tlie Civil List Act, 1920, and the Civil List Amendment Act, 1936) 2,750 2,750 2,575 Ministers and their wives and Parliamentary . Under-Secretaries : expenses 10,500 8,500 10,666 Private Secretaries to Ministers 6,250 5,500" 6,168 Ministerial staff 500 500 (a) 447 Members of the General Assembly (Finance Act, 1936, section 39) 50 100 15 Turnbull Library— Acquisition of South Pacific historical records and grant towards cost of investigations 95 Administration and travelling expenses and furnishings 700 700 783 Binding of books 300 300 Purchase of books and microfilm 800 600 571 Renovations and alterations to premises ... 200 400 242 Works of art, Maori antiquities, and scientific specimens : acquisition (including travelling and other incidental expenses in connection with investigations) 300 300 364 Contingencies 25 50 (b) 11 Compassionate grant to widow of Mr. J. W. • Munro, M.P. (deceased) 500 500 Conference of permanent fire-brigadesmen: 37 transportation costs of delegates 50 Emergency Regulations Act, 1939 : fees and other expenses of members of committees or other bodies appointed by regulations under the Act - . 10 Expenses incurred as a result of Government House, Auckland, being in use for patriotic purposes : additional to amount provided 135 under Civil List Act, 1920 300 Forestry fire-engine, equipment for same, and standardization of Rotorua fire-fighting equipment " • • 1,000 1,158