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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

NAVAL SERVICE— continued

(а) Personnel who purchase their discharge or are discharged " Services no longer required " forfeit their right to deferred pay or superannuation gratuity. An ex gratia payment equivalent to the deferred pay or superannuation gratuity forfeited is paid in deserving compassionate cases. (б) In order to improve the fire-fighting services in naval establishments at Devonport it is intended to subsidize the proposed Devonport Fire Board to the extent of £2,500 per annum. It is estimated that the amount payable this financial year will not exceed £l,OOO. (c) The mast at Waitangi was erected by a naval party, and in view of the Navy's historical association with Waitangi it is intended that the maintenance of the mast shall in future be undertaken by the Royal New Zealand Navy.

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1947-48. 1946-47. VOTE—NAVY—continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. VIII—Miscellaneous Services —continued £ £ £ Grants in lieu of deferred pay and superannuation gratuity forfeited by naval personnel on discharge (part recoverable)* (a) 12,500 Grants for purchase of civilian clothing, &c. .. 30,000 Interments 50 50 Laundry 2,000 2,500 1,650 National health insurance : contributions payable to Admiralty 200 625 415 Office expenses 2,750 7,600 2,303 Office fittings, furniture, and requisites 1,018 Overtime and meal allowances 3,550 250 "5,266 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department.. 16,000 4,500 8,042 Pension contributions payable to Admiralty in respect of loan personnel 12,000 21,625 12,109 Printing and stationery 2,500 1,250 2,470 Refuse collection 1,000 1,000 914 Rebate to personnel on account of duty paid on uniforms 50 50 Subsidies to Fire Boards (b) 1,000 Training and improvement funds 100 225 214 Training fees of New Zealand personnel in establishments in the United Kingdom and Australia 2,500 1,000 1,776 Waitangi mast: repair and maintenance (o) 75 Widows' pensions : contributions payable to Admiralty 700 1,000 1,307 Amount required to cover cost of work done for Government Departments and other parties at H.M.N.Z. Dockyard (recoverable) 79,250 50,000 42,725 Contingencies 100 100 Compensation for injuries, &c. 50 Total—Subdivision No. VIII 185,513 113,175 95,693 TOTAL .. 1,806,103 1,207,664 1,309,869