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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1948-1949

ABSTRACT of the UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1949

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(Under Section 58 op the Public Revenues Act, 1926) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONSOLIDATED FUND Ordinary Revenue Account FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Agriculture Department— Grant to New Zealand Poultry Board for administration expenses 5,000 0 0 Air Department— Expenses of South Pacific Air Transport Conference 114 11 4 Grant to Canterbury Aero Club to meet costs incurred in change-over from i Wigram to Harewood 1,500 0 0 Payment to New Zealand National Airways Corporation to meet excess of expenditure over revenue, Pacific Regional Services, for the period 1st November, 1947, to 31st March, 1948 21,733 16 8 Payment to Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., to meet estimated deficiency in operational costs for financial year ended 31st March, 1949 85,000 0 0 108 34-8 8 0 Army Department— IvO J UTO C7 V' Ex gratia payment to wife of exserviceman for loss of luggage whilst in transit from Middle East to New • Zealand 50 0 0 Ex gratia payment to Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., in full settlement of its claim for damage to cargo contaminated through shipj ment of bales of proofed sand-bags .. 375 0 0 425 0 0 Census and Statistics Department— Graat to officer in lieu of leave on retirement 133 7 8 External Affairs Department— m Cost of bronze memorial plaque commemorating use of building in Charing Cross Road, London, as New Zealand Forces Club 16 10 0 Carried forward .. .. j 113,923 5 8 1