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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE—continued

(a) Includes £951 liability from previous year. (b) Includes liability of £5lB from previous year. (c) Additional office accommodation required. (d) To obtain data for purpose of standardizing an adequate range of basic measurements. Amount provided for previous year was for part year only but did not come to charge. (e) Overexpenditure due to Committee members being drawn from other parts of New Zealand. (/) Expenses of two delegates to London Conference did not come to charge in previous year. (g) Purchase of capsules for Standards Specifications, lis. 6d. (k) Now included in Public Accounts as " Departmental Receipts." Anticipated receipts, 1946-47, £19,690.

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VOTE—INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE— continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Subdivision No. II—New Zealand Standards Voted. Expended. Institute —continued Other Charges for and incidental to — continued £ £ £ Payments to Post and Telegraph Department Printing and stationery, office fittings, and requisites Publicity in connection with standardization and the use of the Standard Mark Purchase of specifications and reports Rent Survey of children's feet for standardizing footwear, expenses in connection with, including wages and travelling-expenses, &c. Travelling-expenses Travelling allowances and expenses of delegates to the Empire Standards Conference Contingencies 500 1,000 (a) 3,000 (b) 900 (c) 1,000 (d) 1,500 1,250 (/) 714 10 450 1,250 2,000 900 865 500 750 750 10 462 868 1,049 482 800 (e) 1,261 36 (9) 1 11,244 8,835 5,839 Total —Subdivision No. II 27,98^0 20,412 18,180 Gross Total 656,331 1,131,088 1,193,615 Credits-in-aid (h) 170,790 195,076 NET TOTAL 656,331 960,298 998,539