B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1948

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAND TERRITORIES— continued

(a) Additional equipment purchased. (b) Trench coat for Head Office, £3 14s. 6d.; wreath, £2 2s. : total, £5 16s. 6d. (c) Increased production necessitates additional labour and stores. The expenditure is fully recoverable in sales for the year.

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VOTE—ISLAND TERRITORIES—continued 1947-48. 1946-47. Subdivision No. I—Head Office —continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — continued Office expenses Office premises, renovation, removal to, and alterations Overtime and meal allowances Payments to Post and Telegraph Department Printing and stationery Rent Travelling allowances and expenses Tropical clothing, purchase and maintenance of Contingencies Cost of free ticket to Samoa (first prize in Public Service Committee's Victory Queen Carnival, 1941) £ 170 50 250 2,700 200 60 100 36 20 £ 110 100 250 2,520 150 60 80 30 20 34 £ (a) 228 22 216 2,518 214 35 107 39 (ib) 6 34 4,070 3,687 3,752 Total—Subdivision No. I 11,300 10,124 10,447 Subdivision No. II—New Zealand Reparation Estates Salaries, Wages, Purchase of Stores, Maintenance of Plantations, and General Expenses (including capital expenditure) — Improvements Maintenance of plantations Overtime and meal allowances Public Service Superannuation Fund contribution Salaries and wages Stores and general expenses 12,070 (c) 61,843 400 297 4,707 (c)118,957 10,293 45,747 250 308 4,641 102,317 7,897 (c) 52,101 315 356 4,404 (c) 138,673 Total —Subdivision No. II 198,274 163,556 203,746