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(iii) Promotion of Employment: Details of employment promotion expenditure are shown in the following table. It will be noted that the expenditure for 1948-49 was £97,945, compared with £88,740, in the previous year,Oi increase of £9,205 :

(4) Subdivision III: Immigration (£509,283 Net). —The main items of expenditure under this subdivision were : £ £ (i) Passage-money for immigrants .. .. .. 150,989 Less payments .. .. .. .. 14,433 Net payments for passage-money .. 136,556 (ii) Accommodation for immigrants— Capital expenditure .. .. .. .. 48,001 Less capital recoveries .. .. .. 85 Net capital cost .. .. .. 47,916 Operational expenditure .. .. .. 38,624 Less board receipts .. .. .. 22,653 Cash working deficit .. .. .. - 15,989 (iii) Beconversion of " Atlantis " to increase carrying-capacity .. 50,000 (iv) Charter costs of" Atlantis " .. .. .. .. 247,070 (v) Salaries and expenses, High Commissioner's Office .. .. 10,870 (vi) Other expenses .. .. .. ... .. .. 882 Net cost of immigration .. .. .. £509,283 (5) Subdivision IV : Industrial Courts, Tribunals, Committees, &c. (£26,817 Net). — The expenditure under this heading covers the expenses of the Arbitration and Compensation Courts, Conciliation Commissioners, and Emergency Disputes C6mmittees. Salaries accounted for £8,487 of the above figure, and the balance of £18,330 was expended on allowances and expenses. (6) Subdivision V: Waterfront Control (£22,302 Net). —The main item under this section is a grant of £17,230 towards the expenses of the Waterfront Commission. (b) War Expenses Account Expenditure which prior to Ist April, 1948, would have been debited to this Department's section of War Expenses Account is now included under Subdivision I of the Department's vote.

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Year ended Year ended 31st March, 1949. 31st March, 1948. £ £ Scheme 13 .. .. 62,550 76,442 Subsidized training in industry 415 176 Subsidized training for shearers 206 281 Youths' farm settlement 546 1,112 Insurance of workers 1 13 Separation allowances 4,213 i 5,636 Travelling-expenses of workers 6,826 4,351 Allowances to apprentices 23,129 722 Miscellaneous .. .. 59 7 97,945 88,740