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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE—continued

(а) Overexpenditure due to liabilities from previous years. (б) Recoverable from fees collected from licensed industry. (c) Increased provision to cover wages of additional staff. (d) Rent of Sydney and Melbourne offices now included in item " Trade Offices, overseas." Office cleaning now included in item " office expenses." (e) The machinery for this work arrived later than anticipated. Expenditure approved for 1945-46 will come to charge this financial year. (/) Now included under item " Salaries and allowances to officers." (g) Maintenance of Trade Offices in London, Sydney, Melbourne, Washington, Ottawa, and Bombay. With the exception of Sydney and Melbourne offices and certain expenditure in the London office, these expenses were previously charged to War Expenses Account.

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VOTE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Subdivision No. I—Industries and Commerce — Voted. Expended. continued Other Charges for and incidental to — continued £ £ £ Office furniture, fittings, and other requisites Overtime and meal allowances Payments to Post and Telegraph Department Pharmacy Industrial Plan, administration of : fees, travelling-expenses of members of committee, office expenses, refund fees, advertising, &c. Price Tribunal, expenses in connection with, including wages, furniture and fittings, office rent, transfer expenses, travellingexpenses, &c. Printing and stationery Railway passes issued to ELM. Trade Commissioners and other Government Trade Commissioners and representatives ; Consuls and representatives of other countries Rebate to wheatgrowers on account of superphosphate purchased Rent of offices: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington Sugar-beet industry, experimental work in connection with, including purchase of equipment Tobacco-growing industry: guarantee of insurance fund Trade and Tourist Commissioner for New Zealand in Australia : representation allowances and entertaining-expenses (also Tourist and Publicity, £217) Trade Offices, overseas, maintenance of, including rent of offices, travelling-expenses, cables, telephones, and tolls, postages, office furniture and fittings, agency fees, &c. . 1,500 6,000 14,000 (6) 1,800 (c) 82,015 4,000 100 1,000 (d) 11,415 (e) 2,600 100 (/) (g) 42,330 5,000 20,000 26,000 1,800 66,168 5,500 100 1,250 18-, 387 2,600 100 318 (a) 5,626 14,185 19,463 1,659 67,825 3,834 27 632 16,254 228