B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1947

DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS—continued

(a) Replacement of worn-out vehicles. (b) Additional provision to meet liabilities from previous year and increased cost of office-cleaning. (c) To provide for alterations to Tourist Bureaux at Wellington, Ckristchurch, and Dunedin. (d) Overexpenditure due to increased business at Tourist Bureaux. (e) Additional provision to meet office rental at Sydney and Melbourne. (/) Additional provision to cover major building repairs. (g) Overexpenditure due to increase in number of staff and in rates of pay. ( h) Overexpenditure due to increased wages paid, and to furniture replacements.

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VOTE—TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS — continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I—Tourist and Health Resorts —continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to —ctd. Maintenance of hostels, baths, or reserves at Little Barrier Island, Waiotapu, Te Puia, Morere, Tarawera, Pukaki, and Te Anau Tourist Tracks, and reserves vested in Department Minor agencies in New Zealand : grants and expenses in connection therewith Motor-vehicles, purchase of Office expenses Office fittings and requisites Overtime and meal allowances Passenger bookings : payment of claims made by tourists for losses incurred while travelling in New Zealand Payments to estates of equivalent of leave due to deceased officers Payments to Post and Telegraph Department (part recoverable) Printing and stationery Queenstown Reserves : maintenance, improvements, &c. Rents of offices (part recoverable) Rotorua Baths : wages, repairs, baths and treatments for visiting doctors, staff, &c., sundry expenses, and compensation to workmen Rotorua electric system: expenses in connection with the change-over from 110 volts to 230 volts system Rotorua Sanatorium— Maintenance, including furniture, supplies, repairs, and compensation to workmen .. Medical stores, drugs, and instruments 1,000 150 (a) 2,500 (b) 3,082 (c) 2,000 2,500 50 50 7,826 1,500 250 (e) 8,594 (/) H 3 850 500 8,200 275 1,000 150 1,000 2,000 600 1,500 50 150 5,700 850 250 4,967 8,374 500 7,100 250 507 69 1,152 2,219 422 (d) 2,485 (d) 7,626 (d) 1,349 169 4,263 (9) 10J35 48 (h) 8,958 263