Appropriation Act 1939
Appropriation Act 1939
Appropriation Act 1939
Appropriation Act 1939
Public Act |
1939 No 24 |
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Date of assent |
25 September 1939 |
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Contents
An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and forty, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Present Session.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums hereinafter mentioned, and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1939.
2 Grant and appropriation of £23,036,252, and £2,610,890 (credits in aid), out of Consolidated Fund.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Consolidated Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and forty, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund under the provisions of section forty-seven of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, and the several Imprest Supply Acts passed during this present session, do not exceed the sum of twenty-three million and thirty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Fund a further sum not exceeding two million six hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and ninety pounds, as shown in the fourth column of the First Schedule hereto, being the aggregate amount estimated to be received as credits in aid of the several votes specified in that Schedule:
Provided that the authority conferred by this subsection to issue and apply moneys shall not, in the case of any vote, be deemed to authorize the expenditure of any moneys in excess of the amount that may be actually received in the year as credits in aid of that vote.
(3)
For the purposes of the last preceding subsection the expression “credits in aid”
in relation to any vote has the same meaning as in section fifty-one of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.
(4)
The sums hereinbefore authorized to be applied, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorized to retain the same in lieu of salary, are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the First Schedule hereto.
3 Grant and appropriation of £15,189,100, and £2,518,408 (credits in aid), out of Public Works Fund.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Public Works Fund, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services as aforesaid, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Public Works Fund under the provisions of section forty-seven of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, and the several Imprest Supply Acts passed during this present session, do not exceed the sum of fifteen million one hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the Public Works Fund a further sum not exceeding two million five hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and eight pounds, as shown in the fourth column of the Second Schedule hereto, being the aggregate amount estimated to be received as credits in aid of the several votes specified in that Schedule:
Provided that the authority conferred by this subsection to issue and apply moneys shall not, in the case of any vote, be deemed to authorize the expenditure of any moneys in excess of the amount that may be actually received in the year as credits in aid of that vote.
(3)
For the purposes of the last preceding subsection the expression “credits in aid”
in relation to any vote has the same meaning as in section fifty-one of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.
(4)
The sums hereinbefore authorized to be applied are hereby appropriated for the works and services expressed in the several votes specified in the Second Schedule hereto.
(5)
Where any of the moneys appropriated by this section for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of roads, bridges, and other public works are by the estimates for the current financial year as approved by the House of Representatives allocated for the construction, maintenance, or supervision of any particular road or bridge, the moneys so allocated, or any portion thereof, may be expended for the construction or maintenance of any other road or bridge (within the district of the same local authority) for which no specific provision is made by the said estimates.
4 Grant and appropriation of £16,969,872, and £2,917,562 (credits in aid), out of separate accounts.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services as aforesaid, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the said accounts under the provisions of section forty-seven of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, and the several Imprest Supply Acts passed during this present session, do not exceed the sum of sixteen million nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-two pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Third Schedule hereto a further sum not exceeding two million nine hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred and sixty-two pounds, as shown in the fourth column of the Third Schedule hereto, being the aggregate amount estimated to be received as credits in aid of the several votes specified in that Schedule:
Provided that the authority conferred by this subsection to issue and apply moneys shall not, in the case of any vote, be deemed to authorize the expenditure of any moneys in excess of the amount that may be actually received in the year as credits in aid of that vote.
(3)
For the purposes of the last preceding subsection the expression “credits in aid”
in relation to any vote has the same meaning as in section fifty-one of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.
(4)
The sums hereinbefore authorized to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Third Schedule hereto.
5 Grant and appropriation of £5,777,802, and £351,124 (credits in aid), out of accounts outside the Public Account.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the accounts outside the Public Account mentioned in the Fourth Schedule hereto, towards making good the supplies granted to His Majesty for the services as aforesaid, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the said accounts under the provisions of section forty-seven of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, and the several Imprest Supply Acts passed during this present session, do not exceed the sum of five million seven hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and two pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the accounts outside the Public Account mentioned in the Fourth Schedule hereto a sum not exceeding three hundred and fifty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-four pounds, as shown in the fourth column of the Fourth Schedule hereto, being the aggregate amount estimated to be received as credits in aid of the several votes specified in that Schedule:
Provided that the authority conferred by this subsection to issue and apply moneys shall not, in the case of any vote, be deemed to authorize the expenditure of any moneys in excess of the amount that may be actually received in the year as credits in aid of that vote.
(3)
For the purposes of the last preceding subsection the expression “credits in aid”
in relation to any vote has the same meaning as in section fifty-one of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.
(4)
The sums hereinbefore authorized to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Fourth Schedule hereto.
6 Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
It shall be lawful for the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, to enter into any contracts, or to incur any liabilities, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, for carrying on the works and services for which money is appropriated by this Act:
Provided that in the case of the works and services specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto the amount of liability thereby incurred shall not, together with the sum appropriated therefor, exceed the sum set down in the ninth column in that Schedule opposite to each such work or service.
7 Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £2,702,255 14s. 10d., and debts irrecoverable, £335,332 0s. 3d.
Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of sections three, fifty-one, and fifty-eight of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, issued during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Sixth Schedule hereto, out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of two million seven hundred and two thousand two hundred and fifty-five pounds fourteen shillings and tenpence, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Sixth Schedule, and has also discharged from the Public Account the sum of three hundred and thirty-five thousand three hundred and thirty-two pounds and threepence, mentioned in the said Schedule as being moneys due to but irrecoverable or abandoned by the Crown, together with the value of stores written off departmental accounts: Be it enacted that the application and discharge of the said sums are hereby sanctioned.
8 Payment to local authorities for construction of roads, &c.
Out of the moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction of public roads, and such other public works as are usually constructed by or are under the control of local authorities, sums may be paid over to such local authorities as the Minister in charge of the Department in connection with which such roads or works are constructed determines, to such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as such Minister prescribes, to be expended by such authorities upon any of the works or services for which the same are appropriated by this Act; and the Minister of Finance may make all such payments accordingly.
9 Money appropriated for roads, &c., defined.
(1)
The moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction or improvement of railways, roads, bridges, buildings, and other public works shall be available for all or any of the following purposes: —
(a)
The construction of railways, and the construction and repair of roads, drains, buildings, bridges, jetties, and wharves:
(b)
The protection of rivers and lakes, and the improvement of the navigation thereof:
(c)
The acquisition of land, and the payment of interest in respect thereof where necessary:
(d)
The payment of salaries, allowances, and travelling-expenses, and the wages of workers:
(e)
The purchase of material and provisions:
(f)
The purchase of furniture and fittings for public buildings, and the payment of wages and purchase of furniture, provisions, and other necessaries for the maintenance of sanatoria and other establishments for which money is appropriated:
(g)
The purchase of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, and other requisites connected with the employment of labour, whether or not the same are to be used for the benefit of or sold or lent to workers employed on public works:
(h)
The payment of fares and freights by land or sea in respect of the carriage of such workers, their families and effects, to or from their work:
(i)
The cost of any material or stores required for the effectual carrying-out of any of the aforesaid works or purposes:
(j)
The payment of compensation and costs payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1922, and amendments, in respect of injuries to workers employed on any of the aforesaid works:
(k)
The payment of damages, compensation, or costs in respect of any injury or damage arising out of the construction or improvement of any such railway, road, bridge, building, or other public work, or out of the taking or acquisition of land for the purposes thereof.
(2)
The cost of tools, plant, provisions, clothing, or other requisites sold or lent to any worker as aforesaid may be deducted from time to time, in one or more sums of money, from the money earned, whether by day labour or by co-operative contract, by the said worker.
10 Payments for which no specific appropriation.
When any of the votes specified in the Schedules hereto contains an item under any title which does not specifically appropriate expenditure for any particular purpose, such item shall be deemed to be an appropriation for expenditure on purposes other than those of the other items of the vote.
11 Payments to local authorities for construction of main highways.
Out of the moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction of main highways (including bridges), sums may be paid over to such local authorities as the Main Highways Board determines in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Main Highways Board prescribes, to be expended by such local authorities upon any of the works for which the same are appropriated by this Act, and the Minister of Finance may make all such payments accordingly.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums granted to defray the Charges on the Consolidated Fund for the several Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1940.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | CONSOLIDATED FUND. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 1 | Legislative | 109,995 | 1,293 |
| 2 | Prime Minister’s Department | 26,000 | |
| 3 | Treasury | 48,200 | 9,336 |
| 4 | Customs | 174,958 | 28,425 |
| 5 | Land and Income Tax | 167,600 | 122,220 |
| 6 | Stamp Duties | 103,778 | 1,200 |
| 7 | Audit | 42,979 | 37,000 |
| 8 | Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 14,860 | 880 |
| 9 | Internal Affairs | 607,342 | 135,389 |
| 10 | External Affairs | 219,260 | 41,500 |
| 11 | Printing and Stationery | 299,200 | |
| 12 | Marine | 204,112 | 4,965 |
| 13 | Labour | 2,723,443 | 15,973 |
| 14 | Native | 539,210 | 23,841 |
| 15 | Valuation | 53,000 | 19,000 |
| 16 | Electoral | 14,000 | 28 |
| 17 | Census and Statistics | 36,600 | 2,200 |
| 18 | Justice and Prisons | 308,000 | 79,137 |
| 19 | Crown Law | 8,449 | 350 |
| 20 | Police | 629,259 | 5,534 |
| 21 | Navy | 919,970 | 65,395 |
| 22 | Army | 1,594,468 | 51,380 |
| 23 | Air | 700,000 | 114,400 |
| 24 | Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 771,400 | 920,300 |
| 25 | Lands and Survey | 339,656 | 69,150 |
| 26 | Agriculture | 1,032,954 | 136,595 |
| 27 | Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity | 371,729 | 52,968 |
| 28 | Scientific and Industrial Research | 174,470 | 50,911 |
| 29 | Mines | 90,000 | 13,960 |
| 30 | Transport | 85,433 | 14,967 |
| 31 | Health | 1,546,978 | 75,990 |
| 32 | Mental Hospitals | 364,000 | 320,811 |
| 33 | Education | 4,510,482 | 192,657 |
| 34 | War and other Pensions | 2,080,000 | 3,130 |
| 35 | Social Security | 2,000,000 | |
| 36 | National Provident and Friendly Societies | 124,467 | 5 |
| Total Ordinary Revenue Account. | 23,036,252 | 2,610,890 | |
| TOTAL CONSOLIDATED FUND | £23,036,252 | £2,610,890 |
SECOND SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums appropriated out of the Public Works Fund to defray the Charges of Public Works and other Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1940.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | PUBLIC WORKS FUND. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 37 | Public Works, Departmental | 210,000 | 330,588 |
| 38 | Railway-construction | 1,255,000 | 46,000 |
| 39 | Railways Improvements and Additions | 3,300,000 | 305,850 |
| 40. | Public Buildings | 1,250,000 | 16,800 |
| 41 | Education Buildings | 900,000 | 7,000 |
| 42 | Lighthouses and Harbour-works | 42,100 | 110 |
| 43 | Development of Tourist Resorts | 50,000 | 500 |
| 44 | Roads, &c | 1,400,000 | 75,000 |
| 45 | Telegraph Extension | 600,000 | 250,000 |
| 46 | Lands, Miscellaneous | 330,000 | 22,200 |
| 47 | Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage | 390,000 | 9,300 |
| 48 | Swamp Land Drainage | 14,000 | 7,450 |
| 49 | Settlement of Unemployed Workers | 695,000 | 55,000 |
| 50 | Native Land Settlement | 675,000 | 675,000 |
| 51 | Defence | 2,200,000 | 700,000 |
| Total General Purposes Account | 13,311,100 | 2,500,798 | |
| ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. | |||
| 52 | Development of Water-power | 1,878,000 | 17,610 |
| TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND | £15,189,100 | £2,518,408 |
THIRD SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums appropriated to defray the Charges out of the respective Separate Accounts hereinafter mentioned for the respective Services particularly specified which will come in Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1940.
| Col. 1 | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 53 | Land for Settlements | 287,800 | 100 |
| MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 54 | Main Highways | 5,517,200 | 100,000 |
| SOCIAL SECURITY FUND. | |||
| 55 | Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits | 563,225 | 55,800 |
| 56 | Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits | 1,194,400 | 500 |
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT. | |||
| 57 | State Coal-mines | 338,363 | 1,650 |
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 58 | State Forest Service | 650,000 | 10,362 |
| WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 59 | Working Railways | 8,418,884 | 2,749,150 |
| TOTAL SEPARATE ACCOUNTS | £16,969,872 | £2,917,562 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums appropriated to defray the Charges out of the respective Accounts, outside the Public Account, hereinafter mentioned for the respective Services particularly specified which will come in Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1940.
| Col. 1 | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| POST OFFICE ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 60 | Post and Telegraph Working-expenses | 4,220,886 | 296,280 |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT. | |||
| 61 | Public Trust Office | 367,356 | 540 |
| NATIVE TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT. | |||
| 62 | Native Trust Office | 16,700 | |
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 63 | Government Insurance | 223,139 | 500 |
| PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT. | |||
| 64 | Public Service Superannuation Fund Office | 9,143 | 50 |
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 65 | State Fire Insurance | 190,838 | 22,250 |
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 66 | Government Accident Insurance | 45,895 | 50 |
| DAIRY INDUSTRY ACCOUNT. | |||
| 67 | Dairy Industry | 49,773 | 4,554 |
| INTERNAL MARKETING ACCOUNT. | |||
| 68 | Internal Marketing | 116,388 | 200 |
| BROADCASTING ACCOUNT. | |||
| 69 | Broadcasting | 312,008 | 26,500 |
| IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT. | |||
| 70 | Iron and Steel Industry | 225,676 | 200 |
| TOTAL | £5,777,802 | £351,124 |
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Schedule showing the Railways on which Expenditure is authorized by this Act; the Sections thereof on which the Expenditure is to be incurred; the Definition and Length of such Sections; the Estimated Expenditure required to render the same available for Use; the Amounts authorized for the Year ending 31st March, 1940; the Balances for Future Authorization; and the Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred under this Act.
| Railway or other Work. | The Railway or Sections thereof for which Provision is made in this Act. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | 3. | 4. | 5. | Estimated Expenditure required on Length stated in Column 5. | Amount authorized during the Year ending 31st March. 1940. | Balance for Future Appropriations. | Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred. | ||
| Name. | Estimated Length of the Whole Line. | From | To | Estimated Length of Section. | ||||||
| M. | ch. | M. | ch. | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Dargaville Branch | 17 | 28 | Kirikopuni | Dargaville | 17 | 28 | 135,000 | 40,000 | 95,000 | 50,000 |
| Paeroa-Pokeno | 42 | 15 | Paeroa | Pokeno | 42 | 15 | 938,522 | 275,000 | 663,522 | 344,000 |
| Taneatua-OPotiki | 26 | 33 | Taneatua | Opotiki | 26 | 33 | 747,933 | 50,000 | 697,933 | 62,500 |
| East Coast Main Trunk (Gisborne-Napier) | 131 | 52 | Gisborne | Waikokopu | 35 | 40 | 755,000 | 370,000 | 385,000 | 462,500 |
| Waikokopu | Wairoa | 24 | 35 | 60,000 | 7,0001 | 15,000 | 56,000 | |||
| Wairoa | Putorino | 34 | 17 | 38,000 | ||||||
| South Island Main Trunk (Picton–Waipara) | 174 | 52 | Wharanui | Pamassus | 74 | 32 | 1,200,877 | 485,000 | 715,877 | 606,000 |
| Westport-Inangahua | 26 | 00 | Te kuina | Inangahua | 22 | 00 | 374,470 | 150,000 | 224,470 | 187,000 |
| 1 | ||||||||||
SIXTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1938–39
| (Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| CONSOLIDATED FUND. | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislative Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| General regrading of and special allowances to members of staff | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Prime Minister’s Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand contribution to Singapore Bureau, League of Nations | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Treasury Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Grant of one month’s salary in lieu of leave on retirement: G. C. Rodda | 137 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Amount required to meet the deficit in the Dairy Industry Account arising out of the operations of the 1936–37 season | £ | S. | d. | |||||||||||||
| 272,108 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest from 21st June, 1938, to 31st March, 1939, on deficit of £272,108 19s. 3d. | 4,741 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 276,850 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 276,987 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Customs Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to Miss S. S. Thompson, daughter of the late J. E. A. Thompson, Locker, Dunedin | 130 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Medical expenses of officer injured whilst on duty | 10 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Payment of medical and funeral expenses of the late J. E. A. Thompson | 38 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Refund of proportionate part of a license fee paid in excess under the Tobacco Act, 1908 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 204 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Land and Income Tax Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Extra expenditure resulting from the Department removing to new premises | 12,510 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Grant for special work performed by an officer of the Department | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hire of adding-machines | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 12,541 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Stamp Duties Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount of interest on succession duty to be paid by way of refund in estate of Ruth King (deceased) | 367 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to widow of the late J. A. Parry | 112 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payment by way of refund of duty on transfer of property to the Trustees of New Zealand Sheepfarmers’ Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund | 191 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 671 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Audit Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late W. R. Chambers, Examiner, Audit Department | 112 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Public Service Commissioner’s Office:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Defendant’s costs and disbursements in official case, Boyes v. Carlyon | 20 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Disbursements in official case, Carlyon v. Boyes | 22 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Internal Affairs Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Grant to cover expenses of New Zealand delegate to International Labour Conference, Geneva | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Expenses in connection with Coronation celebrations in New Zealand | 246 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Subsidy in connection with Centennial Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, and Dominion Museum | 245 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Portion of grant to Mr. J. Hodgens, M.P., to cover expenses of a visit to Australia in connection with the engagement of labour | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1,626 | 17 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Printing and Stationery Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Salaries of officers for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year | 45 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Marine Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional expenditure arising out of the Ellsworth Relief Expedition: New Zealand Government’s proportion | 57 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Amount awarded Mrs. M. A. McGrath as damages arising from an accident on board s.s. “Matai” |
25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payments towards expenses incurred attending Science Congress, Canberra— | ||||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||||
| D. F. Hobbs | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| A. M. Rapson | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Labour Department:— | 132 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Damages and costs in respect of car involved in collision with departmental vehicle | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payment to officer of Agriculture Department for special services rendered to the tobacco-growing industry | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Refund of extra expenditure incurred by Assistant Secretary during inquiries overseas | 22 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 104 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Justice Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Final balance of remuneration for administration of Loveridge Estate payable to Deputy Official Assignee, Wanganui, out of commission received in Public Account | 428 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Police Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to mother of late Constable James Butler | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grants to widows of deceased members of Police Force— | ||||||||||||||||
| Widow of Sergeant P. H. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||||
| Boulton | 12 | 19 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Constable J. Bruton | 32 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Constable D. J. Callanan | 45 | 16 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Constable C. Woodley | 65 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Constable F. W. Mallabond | 17 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Senior Sergeant E. Finch | 41 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of Sergeant J. Cantlon | 57 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 273 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 523 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Navy Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of repairing electric refrigerator damaged when being transported from H.M.S. “Leander” |
20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Incidental expenses in connection with design and preparation of plans of proposed trawler for mine-sweeping and training purposes | 176 | 19 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Legal costs incurred at inquest of three Naval ratings accidentally drowned at Auckland | 17 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 214 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Army Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to Mrs. Vera Macpherson in respect of the loss of her husband, accidentally shot | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Grant to Chief of the General Staff for purchase of tropical clothing | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Grant of £15 each to four territorial officers engaged in publicity work to aid recruiting | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payment for benefit of widow and dependent children of late Staff Sergeant-Major A. W. Johnson | 31 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Salary of officer for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 619 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Air Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of erecting Territorial Air Force buildings at Railway Workshops, temporary timber hangars at Air Force Stations, and air firing and bombing range at Lake Grassmere | 9,562 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Fares and travelling-allowances for New Zealand Government representatives attending Trans-Tasman Air Service Conference in Melbourne | 193 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Grant of one month’s salary in lieu of leave on retirement of Flight Lieutenant W. Man | 46 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Repairs to car and legal expenses in connection with a collision between private car and a departmental car | 17 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Steamer fares and incidental luggage charges for A. P. Hunt, Aircraft Inspector, and his wife | 125 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Subsidy to Union Airways, Ltd., for year ended 31st March, 1939 | 12,500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 22,445 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Costs and disbursements of Crown Solicitor, Auckland, re claim of C. G. Chatfield | 166 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Payment to Government Fire Insurance Fund | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payment to settle the claim of C. G. Chatfield, who was injured at Auckland | 1,061 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 51,227 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lands and Survey Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to widow of the late T. H. Reid | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of re-erecting picket fence demolished as the result; of an accident by a departmental car | 10 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Payment of accounts for goods supplied by Challenge Phosphate Co. to former mortgagors of the Department | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 41 | 6 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grants to widows of deceased | ||||||||||||||||
| officers— | £ | S. | d. | |||||||||||||
| The late J. Watt | 160 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| The late J. A. Campbell | 241 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 401 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Compensation and funeral expenses under Workers’ Compensation Act of the late W. Muir, Inspector of Stock, Rotherham, drowned whilst on duty | 1,023 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Expenses of officer attending International Horticultural Congress, Berlin | 24 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ex gratia payment to orchardists in connection with citrus canker | 843 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ex gratia payments in connection with burglary at Ruakura Farm— | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||||
| Students’ Association | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tennis Club | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| A. Swinburne | 1 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 2,310 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Department of Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Payments to officer proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year | ||||||||||||||||
| Refund value of suitcase and contents lost in transit from Chateau Tongariro to National Park Railway-station | 15 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Transport Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Damage caused by mishap of a vehicle during a brake test | 64 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Damage to motor-vehicle caused by collision with departmental car | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Payment of compensation under Workers’ Compensation Act, expenses, and legal costs in connection with the death of the late Traffic Inspector Allcock, killed on duty | 96 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 175 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Department of Health:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Bonus granted to Dr. H. B. Turbott, Medical Officer of Health, in respect of all past additional services | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Expenditure in connection with the special nursing of the maoritriplets at Te Puia | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Less credits in reduction | 0 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Expenses in connection with Cancer Conference | 124 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Grant towards fare from Australia of Dr. Muriel Rippin, School Medical Officer | 12 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hospital fees on account of Miss M. K. Gill, District Health Nurse | 15 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Salary: Dr. R. H. Makgill, Consulting Medical Officer to the Department, for part of financial year | 93 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Salary and allowance: Dr. A. T. M. Blair, Medical Officer, Rotorua, for part of financial year | 320 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 685 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Education Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Allowance granted former gardener, School for Deaf, Sumner, equivalent to annual leave due at retirement | 12 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of reclamation work at Auckland Point, Nelson, for play-area for school-children | 2,946 | 17 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of recordings for broadcasting purposes of school choir at Hiruharama Native School | 40 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Transfer expenses of H. C. D. Somerset from Oxford, Canterbury, to Feilding | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3,071 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 2—Prime Minister’s Department | 248 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 4—Customs | 5,110 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 5—Land and Income Tax | 9,499 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 6—Stamp Duties | 4,261 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 9—Internal Affairs | 11,757 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 10—External Affairs | 6,467 | 19 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 11—Printing and Stationery | 9,325 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 12—Marine | 191 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 13-—Labour | 28,955 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 14—Native | 10,500 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 16—Electoral | 8,871 | 19 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 21—Navy | 33,135 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 22—Army | 2,848 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 23—Air | 63,304 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 24—Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 55,464 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 26—Agriculture | 112,312 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 28—Scientific and Industrial Research | 1,770 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 30—Transport | 1,074 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 33—Education | 27,891 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 34—Pensions | 22,583 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 415,576 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL CONSOLIDATED FUND | £790,156 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| PUBLIC WORKS FUND. | ||||||||||||||||
| General Purposes Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Salaries of officers for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year | 74 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 36—Public Works, Departmental | 18,016 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 46—Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage | 24,480 | 19 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 48—Settlement of Unemployed Workers | 4,684 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 49—Native Land Settlement | 118,695 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 165,876 | 18 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND | £165,951 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| SEPARATE ACCOUNT. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Main Highways Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 52—Main Highways | 112,116 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT | £112,116 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| (Under Section 98 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) | ||||||||||||||||
| ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||||||
| Post Office Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowances to widows of deceased officers— | ||||||||||||||||
| Widow of C. W. Bassenden | 67 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of N. S. Brenjer | 68 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of E. M. Ellison | 46 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of A. G. Harman | 59 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of J. W. Hayes. | 69 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of H. Holdsworth | 133 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of H. P. Hooper | 69 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of H. C. Lorrmer | 66 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of F. M. McSweeney | 71 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of C. E. A. Meeeh | 57 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of W. J. T. Melville | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of L. V. Samuels | 190 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of W. J. Vocasivioh | 101 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of I. W. Walker | 70 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of J. Wight | 78 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of V. W. Willoughby | 52 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Widow of W. C. Winchcomb | 197 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1,438 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Expenses of J. Madden, Chief Postmaster, Wellington, attending Postal Union Conference, Buenos Aires | 900 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Expenses of E. H. R. Green, visting Australia re Trans-Tasman air service | 120 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Less amount recovered from Air Department and E. H. R. Green | 120 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2,338 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 56—Post and Telegraph Working Expenses | 25,204 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL POST OFFICE ACCOUNT | £27,542 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Public Trustee’s Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Payment to officer proceeding on leave before the close of the financial year of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to widow of the late James P. Wilson | 180 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | £184 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Government Insurance Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Further advance to F. J. Jones under section 11 of the Finance Act, 1933 | 450 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Salary of officer for leave on retirement during a portion of the ensuing financial year | 26 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | £476 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dairy Industry Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Income-tax payable by the Primary Products Marketing Department on salaries of members of the London staff | 988 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL DAIRY INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | £988 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Internal Marketing Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Grant to Honey Control Board to be used for preliminary organizing and administration | 500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Amount payable to Gollin and Co., Ltd., for cost of cancellation contract for freight | 910 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL INTERNAL MARKETING ACCOUNT | £1,410 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Broadcasting Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) Broadcasting— | ||||||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late C. Bell | 38 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Payment to officer proceeding on leave before close of the financial year of salary for a portion of the ensuing financial year | 33 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 71 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| (2) Commercial Broadcasting— | ||||||||||||||||
| C. G. Scrimgeour’s official visit to Canada and United States of America | 625 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL BROADCASTING ACCOUNT | £696 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Iron and Steel Industry Account. | ||||||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||||||
| Survey of Taranaki iron sands: Wages, &c. | 159 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | £159 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE (IN TERMS OF SECTIONS 58 AND 98 OF THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926) | £1,099,683 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| (Under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | S. | d. | |||||||
| SURPLUS CREDITS IN AID applied in Terms of Section 51, Subsection (3), of the Public Revenues Act, 1926. | ||||||||||||||||
| ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 2—Prime Minister’s Department | 22 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 4—Customs | 87 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 5—Land and Income Tax | 38 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 6—Stamp Duties | 840 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 9—Internal Affairs | 5,639 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 10—External Affairs | 296 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 12—Marine | 141 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 16—Electoral | 696 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 19—Crown Law | 118 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 21—Navy | 24,647 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 22—Army | 13,046 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 24—Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 608,074 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 32—Mental Hospitals | 1,043 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 34—Pensions | 1,202 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 655,895 | 14 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| PUBLIC WORKS FUND.—GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 36—Public Works Departmental | 85,266 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 48—Settlement of Unemployed Workers | 17,713 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vote 49—Native Land Settlement | 97,408 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 200,387 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 52—Main Highways | 68,015 | 13 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||||||
| Vote 55—Working Railways | 678,273 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL SURPLUS CREDITS IN AID | £1,602,572 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL | £2,702,255 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Statement showing the Detail of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown or Value of Stores, &c., required to be written off Departmental Accounts.
| Department and Particulars. | Reason for writing off. | Claims abandoned. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value of Stores, &c. | Cash. | ||||||
| Legislative— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 145 | 13 | 11 | |||
| Treasury— | |||||||
| Advance under Land Settlement Finance Act, 1909, to Glengariff Land Settlement Association | Deficiency on winding up Association | 2,236 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Amount owing by the Marlborough Fruit and Preserving Co., Ltd. | Company in liquidation, all realizable assets sold | 4,218 | 15 | 4 | |||
| Balance of loan to Napier Borough Council, under Hawke’s Bay Earthquake | Balance of loan remitted | 347 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Act, 1931, section 58 Reserve Fund Securities | Loss on realization | 1,380 | 10 | 7 | |||
| Repatriation Branch— | |||||||
| Securities | Loss on realization | 37,735 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Government Actuary’s Office— | |||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 17 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Land and Income Tax— | |||||||
| Income-tax | Debtors left New Zealand, &c | 2,467 | 18 | 11 | |||
| Stamp Duties— | |||||||
| Bad debt | Debtor unfinancial | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Conveyance duty | Irrecoverable | 63 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gift duty | Irrecoverable | 21 | 15 | 1 | |||
| License duty | Irrecoverable | 1,129 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Audit— | |||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Internal Affairs— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 140 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 194 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Printing and Stationery— | |||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. (excesses), £229 15s. 6d. | 289 | 13 | 11 | |||
| Labour— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 86 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Buildings | Loss on realization | 97 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Repairs to ear | Nugatory expenditure | 39 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 199 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Employment Division— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 9,058 | 13 | 7 | |||
| Loan to New Zealand Honey Control Board | Balance remitted | 3,839 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Humphreys Gully Water-race | Loss on transfer of assets to the Mines Department | 62,673 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 1,166 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Native— | |||||||
| Interest | Voluntary settlement effected in Court of Review | 219 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Interest | Debtor unfinancial | 22 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 2,750 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Loss on stores on loan | Nugatory expenditure | 41 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Mortgages | Loss on realization | 9,351 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 136 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 85 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Valuation— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 17 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Census and Statistics— | |||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| Justice and Prisons— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 54 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 2,497 | 18 | 11 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 8 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 26 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 153 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Navy— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 0 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Cash Clothing Account | Losses on repayment issues, &c. | 1,292 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Provision Account | Losses on issues, condemnations, &c. | 314 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Naval stores | Losses on issues | 905 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Naval stores | Loss on realization | 86 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Naval stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 557 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Army— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 40 | 13 | 11 | |||
| Buildings. | Loss on demolition | 1,169 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Clothing and equipment | Lost or destroyed while on issue to trainees | 158 | 16 | 7 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 20 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Repairs to motor vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 110 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 224 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 595 | 13 | 11 | |||
| Air— | |||||||
| Airframe | Destroyed in crash | 733 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Aeroplanes | Destroyed in crash | 4,924 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Aeroplanes | Destroyed by fire | 405 | 15 | 11 | |||
| Boat | Damaged | 25 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Equipment | Destroyed in crashes | 18 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 224 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 76 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Lands and Survey— | |||||||
| Advances | Loss on realization of securities | 16,463 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Advances (small farms) | Loss on realization of securities | 14,044 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 12 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Buildings. | Useless | 432 | 13 | 9 | |||
| Building interest | Debtor unfinancial | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Departmental car | Loss on realization | 29 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Departmental car | Refund of purchase-price | 68 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Departmental car | Unsuitable for district | 71 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Equipment | Worn out, &c. | 15.165 | 6 | LI | |||
| Grazing fees | Debtors unfinancial | 13 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Insurance | Debtors unfinancial | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Interest | Debtors unfinancial | 2,892 | 13 | 9 | |||
| Interest | Reduction in rate to 5 per cent. | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Kauri-gum consignors’ account | Debtors unfinancial | 445 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Law-costs | Debtors unfinancial | 4 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Lithographs | Lost, obsolete, &c. | 17 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 12,666 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Plant and machinery | Reduction in book value | 7,769 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Re-erecting privately-owned fence | Nugatory expenditure | 10 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Repairs to cars | Nugatory expenditure | 190 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Rents | Debtors unfinancial | 10,846 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Royalties | Debtors unfinancial | 77 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 22 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 54 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Survey liens | Debtors unfinancial | 46 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Agriculture— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 2,359 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Publications | Free issues | 190 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Repairs to cars | Nugatory expenditure | 26 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 63 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 64 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Scientific and Industrial Research— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtor unfinancial | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Compensation | Nugatory expenditure | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 8 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 13 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Mines— | |||||||
| Advances to workmen | Irrecoverable | 62 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 271 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 79 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 30 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 125 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Coal lost in transit, deficient, &c. | 1,194 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Stone removed from coal | 32 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 9 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Transport— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 36 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 171 | 15 | 10 | |||
| Health— | |||||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 36 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 15 | 14 | 11 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 365 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Mental Hospitals— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 662 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Railage | Nugatory expenditure | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 258 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 3,190 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Education— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Compensation for stores lost | Nugatory expenditure | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 159 | 16 | 9 | |||
| Maintenance fees | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 4,806 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Repairs to cars | Nugatory expenditure | 68 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 331 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Pensions— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 55 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Loss on realization | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 2 | 19 | 4 | |||
| Public Works— | |||||||
| Amount owing to canteen | Remitted | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 467 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Buildings | Destroyed or demolished | 2,040 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Cost of electrical installation | Debtors unfinancial | 655 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Damage to oars | Nugatory expenditure | 680 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Damage to earth-wire | Nugatory expenditure | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Damage to power-line | Nugatory expenditure | 1 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Damage to private property | Nugatory expenditure | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Electricity | Debtors unfinancial | 69 | 4 | 11 | |||
| Heavy-traffic fees | Debtors unfinancial | 49 | 8 | 3 | |||
| License fees | Remitted | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Loss of pay | Nugatory expenditure | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 37 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Penalties | Remitted | 146 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Power Board rates | Remitted | 915 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Principal and interest | Remitted | 265 | 9 | 7 | |||
| Rates | Remitted | 1,464 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Rent | Debtors unfinancial | 130 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Repairs to engine | Nugatory expenditure | 14 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Replacing damaged stores | Nugatory expenditure | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 724 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 224 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 5,129 | 10 | 9 | |||
| Tent hire and fares | Debtors unfinancial | 19 | 8 | 7 | |||
| Value of land | Loss on realization | 64 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Value of work done | Remitted | 728 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Water rates | Debtors unfinancial | 5,713 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Social Security— | |||||||
| Bad debt | Debtor unfinancial | 71 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 0 | 11 | 8 | |||
| State Forest Service— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 19 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Publications | Free issues | 27 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 13 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, and deficient | 1,376 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Working Railways— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial. | 1,335 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, and deficient | 3,437 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Wagons | Damaged in accidents | 1,292 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Post and Telegraph— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 422 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Cash | Stolen | 10 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Stamps | Stolen | 16 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 821 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 1,895 | 7 | 11 | |||
| Telephones, &c. | Destroyed by fire | 686 | 19 | 2 | |||
| Toll accounts | Irrecoverable | 397 | 13 | 10 | |||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 423 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Public Trust— | |||||||
| Mortgages | Loss on realization | 29,139 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Overpayment | Nugatory expenditure | 4 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 104 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Primary Products Marketing— | |||||||
| Internal Marketing Division— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial | 78 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Deficient | 0 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 11 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Stores | Reduction in book value | 294 | 9 | 0 | |||
| National Broadcasting Service— | |||||||
| Stores | Deficient | 1 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 28 | 18 | 0 | |||
| National Commercial Broadcasting Service— | |||||||
| Advertising | Debtors unfinancial. | 867 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Exchange. | Short paid. | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 8,359 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 39 | 4 | 10 | |||
| State Iron and Steel— Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 42 | 10 | 1 | |||
| State Advances Corporation— | |||||||
| Housing Branch— | |||||||
| Rents, &c. | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 3,186 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 154,191 | 15 | 2 | 170,250 | 19 | 7 | ||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Claims abandoned. | 324,442 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| Stamp Duties— | |||||||
| Penal interest on racing revenue owing by the Wanganui Trotting Club (Inc.) under section 198 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1923 | 10,836 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Marine— | |||||||
| Flat rental, foreshore section, Tawharanui | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Foreshore rent | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Machinery-inspection fees | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Transport— | |||||||
| Annual fee for continuous goods service | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL | £335,332 | 0 | 3 | ||||
1 Note.— In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made under the Railway class for improvements and additions to open lines, £3,300,000; for land claims, &c., and other services, £8,400; and for automatic signalling installation (Gisborne-Napier), £8,000.