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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS— continued

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1947 -48. 1948-49. VOTE—LEGISLATIVE— continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. VII — General Expenses — continued Charges for and incidental to — continued Passages of — Members of both Houses — £ -\ Air .. 2,600 Steamer .. 1,300 Service car 50 3,950 3,770 4,181 Members' wives— £ Steamer 300 Service car 20 320 Payment of monetary eqi livalent of leave due _, deceased officers 50 50 39 Payments to Post and Te legraph Department 950 900 921 Printing of Statutes, Jo urnals, Appendices, Bills, Order Papers, Standing Orders, Statutory Regulations, &c. 10,000 10,000 10,289 Railway passes and concessions to members of the Legislature, families, relations, &c, cost of 22,200 19,200 20,599 Railway sleeping-berths — £ Members .. .. .. 1,450 Members' wives .. .. 300 1,750 1,450 1,739 Refund to Post Office, being difference between special and ordinary rates for telegrams from members of the General Assembly .. 1,500 1,500 1,500 Supply of publications to Members of the Legislature 400 400 342 Telephone services (rents and calls): Payment to Post and Telegraph Department of difference between full rates and half-rates allowed to members of the House of Representatives and Legislative Council, and provision of telephones in Parliament Buildings during the se ssion 1,500 1,400 1,556