Appropriation Act 1945
Appropriation Act 1945
Appropriation Act 1945
Appropriation Act 1945
Public Act |
1945 No 48 |
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Date of assent |
7 December 1945 |
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Contents
An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and forty-six, 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, 1945.
2 Grant and appropriation of £32,274,665 and £4,532,700 (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-six, 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 thirty-two million two hundred and seventy-four thousand six hundred and sixty-five pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Fund a further sum not exceeding four million five hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred 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.
Ibid., p. 28
(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£49,668,940 out of separate accounts.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Second 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 forty-nine million six hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and forty pounds.
(2)
The sums hereinbefore authorized to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Second Schedule hereto.
(3)
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 £8,197,318 and £645,450 (credits in aid) out of accounts outside the Public Account. Ibid.
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the accounts outside the Public Account 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 eight million one hundred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred and eighteen 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 Third Schedule hereto a sum not exceeding six hundred and forty-five thousand four hundred and fifty 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 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.
6 Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £4,167,847 19s. 4d., and debts irrecoverable, £431,705 12s. Ibid., pp. 11, 28, and 32
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 forty-five, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Fourth Schedule hereto, out of the Consolidated Fund and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of four million one hundred and sixty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-seven pounds nineteen shillings and fourpence, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Fourth Schedule, and has also discharged from the Public Account and other accounts the sum of four hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and five pounds twelve shillings 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.
7 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 that Minister prescribes, to be expended by those 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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 those 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.
11 Authority to transfer £16,650,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts. 1941, No. 7
There may be transferred from the National Development Loans Account to the respective accounts mentioned in the Fifth Schedule hereto any sums which, together with the sums that have been so transferred during the current financial year under the provisions of section four of the National Development Loans Act, 1941, and the several Imprest Supply Acts passed during this present session, do not exceed in respect of any such account the appropriate amount specified in that Schedule, and do not exceed in the aggregate the sum of sixteen million six hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
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, 1946.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | CONSOLIDATED FUND. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT | |||
| £ | £ | ||
| 1 | Legislative | 126,965 | 2,484 |
| 2 | Prime Minister’s Department | 37,012 | 250 |
| 3 | External Affairs | 209,096 | 19,910 |
| 4 | Treasury | 75,578 | 77,021 |
| 5 | Customs | 193,559 | 22,507 |
| 6 | Land and Income Tax | 388,833 | 134,200 |
| 7 | Stamp Duties | 178,111 | 800 |
| 8 | Audit | 90,191 | |
| 9 | Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 30,375 | 1,600 |
| 10 | Internal Affairs | 645,440 | 159,904 |
| 11 | Island Territories | 390,753 | |
| 12 | Printing and Stationery | 413,469 | |
| 13 | Marine | 278,067 | 39,870 |
| 14 | Labour | 131,081 | 1,725 |
| 15 | Native | 365,636 | 34,000 |
| 16 | Valuation | 76,725 | 10,130 |
| 17 | Electoral | 25,393 | 25 |
| 18 | Census and Statistics | 131,500 | 5,500 |
| 19 | National Service | 382,887 | |
| 20 | National Employment Service | 215,378 | 8,230 |
| 21 | Rehabilitation | 299,830 | 75 |
| 22 | Justice and Prisons | 298,765 | 107,335 |
| 23 | Crown Law | 10,187 | 250 |
| 24 | Police | 875,795 | 9,250 |
| 25 | Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 2,116,000 | 1,928,137 |
| 26 | Organization for National Development | 14,258 | |
| 27 | Lands and Survey | 582,061 | 83,675 |
| 28 | Agriculture | 1,059,146 | 498,805 |
| 29 | Scientific and Industrial Research | 345,943 | 110,297 |
| 30 | Mines | 100,370 | 30,300 |
| 31 | Transport | 115,812 | 17,343 |
| 32 | Industries and Commerce | 960,298 | 170,790 |
| 33 | Tourist and Publicity | 259,786 | 37,070 |
| 34 | Health | 2,621,616 | 276,550 |
| 35 | Mental Hospitals | 848,520 | 73,725 |
| 36 | Education | 6,348,686 | 190,935 |
| 37 | War and other Pensions | 4,298,591 | 97,110 |
| 38 | Social Security | 7,000,000 | |
| 39 | National Provident and Friendly Societies | 115,839 | 10 |
| Total, Ordinary Revenue Account | 32,274,665 | 4,532,700 | |
| TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND | £32,274,665 | £4,532,700 |
SECOND 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 1946.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. |
|---|---|---|
| Vote. | SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. | Appropriation. |
| PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT | ||
| £ | ||
| 40 | Railway-construction | 211,000 |
| 41 | Housing Construction | 5,590,000 |
| 42 | Public Buildings | 780,000 |
| 43 | Education Buildings | 1,205,000 |
| 44 | Lighthouses and Harbour-works | 47,350 |
| 45 | Roads, &c. | 210,000 |
| 46 | Soil Conservation and Rivers Control | 200,000 |
| 47 | Lands, Miscellaneous | 57,540 |
| 48 | Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage | 640,670 |
| 49 | Linen Flax Development | 536,917 |
| Total, Public Works Account | 9,478,477 | |
| EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND | £ | |
| 50 | Earthquake and War Damage | 12,600 |
| ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT | ||
| 51 | Electric Supply | 5,016,934 |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT | ||
| 52 | Land for Settlements | 169,245 |
| 53 | Small Farms Development | 3,628,700 |
| 54 | Native Land Settlement | 1,366,500 |
| Total, Land for Settlements Account | 5,164,445 | |
| MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT | ||
| 55 | Main Highways | 2,090,000 |
| SOCIAL SECURITY FUND | ||
| 56 | Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits | 839,226 |
| 57 | Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits | 5,372,000 |
| Total, Social Security Fund | 6,211,226 | |
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT | ||
| 58 | State Coal-mines | 2,375,452 |
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT | ||
| 59 | State Forest Service | 1,254,369 |
| WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT | ||
| 60 | Working Railways | 16,465,437 |
| 61 | Railways Improvements and Additions to Open Lines | 1,600,000 |
| Total, Working Railways Account | 18,065,437 | |
| TOTAL, SEPARATE ACCOUNTS | £49,668,940 |
THIRD 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, 1946.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| POST OFFICE ACCOUNT | £ | £ | |
| 62 | Post and Telegraph Working-expenses | 6,190,089 | 420,450 |
| 63 | Telegraph Extension | 425,000 | 225,000 |
| Total, Post Office Account | 6,615,089 | 645,450 | |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | |||
| 64 | Public Trust Office | 443,528 | |
| NATIVE TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | |||
| 65 | Native Trust Office | 30,876 | |
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| 66 | Government Insurance | 197,034 | |
| PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT | |||
| 67 | Public Service Superannuation Fund Office | 7,030 | |
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| 68 | State Fire Insurance | 107,470 | |
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| 69 | Government Accident Insurance | 64,570 | |
| DAIRY INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | |||
| 70 | Export Marketing | 31,250 | |
| MEAT INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | £ | £ | |
| 70 | Export Marketing | 50,800 | |
| SUNDRY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT | |||
| 70 | Export Marketing | 20,900 | |
| WOOL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | |||
| 70 | Export Marketing | 12,200 | |
| INTERNAL MARKETING ACCOUNT | |||
| 71 | Internal Marketing | 147,315 | |
| BROADCASTING ACCOUNT | |||
| 72 | Broadcasting | 463,440 | |
| IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | |||
| 73 | Iron and Steel Industry | 5,816 | |
| TOTAL | £8,197,318 | £645,450 |
FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1944–45
| (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:— | |||||||||||||
| Salary, Assistant Law Draftsman, Law Drafting Office | 56 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| External Affairs Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Rent of residence occupied by the High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada during repairs and renovations to the official residence | 197 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Treasury Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of various Departments the expenditure of which is appropriated in the Consolidated Fund | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| 797,804 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Less credits in reduction | 3,207 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 794,596 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cost of National Savings Bonds issued in lieu of accumulated annual leave to officers of various Departments | 17,125 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Less credits in reduction and amounts transferred to votes | 17,167 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Cr. 41 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Refund to Awatere County Council of duty paid on motor-spirits | 44 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 794,599 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Stamp Duties Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Refund of overseas passenger duty paid by member of Australian Imperial Forces, on return passage to Australia | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Refund of equivalent of Native succession duty paid on succession orders in respect of Hana Hinemanu, deceased, and Roka Tukotabi, deceased | 106 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 107 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Internal Affairs Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Additional expenditure incurred in connection with the M. J. Savage Memorial | 5,313 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late Brigadier James Hargest, M.P. | 500 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Compensation paid to Mr. R. M. G. Butcher for expenses incurred in connection with an accident whilst on duty | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Purchase of— | |||||||||||||
| Fire-fighting appliances for the Taupo district | 137 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Motor-vehicle for Government messenger service | 209 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicle | 11 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Installation of water-supply, Waitangi | 316 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Payment to Westland County Council, being contribution towards expenditure incurred in clearing deer tracks in Westland | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement (J. Bennett) | 42 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6,631 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Island Territories Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Cost of National Savings Bonds issued in lieu of accumulated annual leave to officers of the Department | 492 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late W. H. Roberts | 107 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Part expenses of visit of Prime Minister and party to various territories under administration of the Department | 50 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 650 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Printing and Stationery Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Ex gratia payments in respect of damage to private motor-cars— | |||||||||||||
| E. Ware | 3 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||
| N. Falconer | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Marine Department:— | |||||||||||||
Cost of t.s.s. “Wairua,”purchased to take over the Bluff-Stewart Island ferry service |
7,832 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Police Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to H. O. Dean on account of injuries sustained when endeavouring to prevent the commission of an offence | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late Sergeant R. C. Lean | 750 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Payment of claim arising out of collision with departmental car | 39 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 886 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lands and Survey Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Subsidy to Karamea Shipping Co., Ltd. | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Transport Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Expenses of inquiry into competition of Railways Department with coastal shipping | 208 | 16 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mental Hospitals Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Ex gratia payments made in respect of losses incurred through theft by escapees from Mental Hospital, Porirua | 62 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Education Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Grant to New Zealand Library Association towards expenses of Children’s Book Week | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| National Provident and Friendly Societies Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement (R. Sinel) | 70 | 16 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Grant to E. Binns for loss of kit of tools when dinghy overturned at Cuvier Island Lighthouse | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ex gratia payment to P. Graham and Son, Ltd., in full settlement of claim for interest in connection with contract for the erection of the Male Pavilion, Hanmer Hospital | 200 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 235 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Social Security Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Salary of Lt.-Col. J. Kennedy Elliott as part-time orthopædic surgeon to the War Pensions Division of the Social Security Department | 292 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 812,869 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES Vote 1—Legislative | 4,711 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Vote 4—Treasury | 12,026 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vote 7—Stamp Duties | 1,300 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Vote 8—Audit | 297 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vote 9—Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 1,349 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Vote 11—Island Territories | 2,414 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vote 16—Valuation | 2,695 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vote 21—Justice and Prisons | 7,696 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vote 24—Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 185,714 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vote 32—Health | 10,869 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Vote 33—Mental Hospitals | 40,166 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Vote 34—Education | 45,622 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Vote 35—War and other Pensions | 10,865 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 325,729 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND | £1,138,598 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| SEPARATE ACCOUNTS | |||||||||||||
| Public Works Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Public Works:— | |||||||||||||
| Costs in connection with Turakina Tunnel inquiry | 419 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 63,763 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 64,182 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Housing Construction:— | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers | 7 | 15 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to J. Proctor in lieu of holiday pay | 6 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 14,799 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 14,813 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Linen Flax:— | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 22,489 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 101,485 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE | |||||||||||||
| Vote 38—Public Works, Departmental | 5,908 | 18 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 107,393 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT | £107,393 | 19 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Electric Supply Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 35,487 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT | £35,487 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Land for Settlements Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Lands and Survey Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Compensation and legal expenses paid in connection with loss of a dog | 54 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in wages to officers of the Department | 2,897 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2,951 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT | £2,951 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Main Highways Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Public Works Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 994 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT | £994 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Social Security Fund | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Social Security Department:— | |||||||||||||
| Remuneration and expenses of temporary medical officers employed at Ngaruawahia | 376 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Payment to officer in settlement of claim for damages on account of injuries received while on duty | 553 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 29,354 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Less credits in reduction | 384 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 28,969 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 29,898 | 13 | 5 | |||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES | |||||||||||||
| Vote 56—Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits | 381,713 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 411,612 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, SOCIAL SECURITY FUND | £411,612 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| State Coal-mines Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Purchase of— | |||||||||||||
| Ohai Opencast Colliery | 14,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wairaki Colliery | 40,313 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Morley Coal Lease | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74,313 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Working-expenses, Wairaki Colliery | 2,608 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 76,921 | 16 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 1,284 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 78,206 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL,STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT | £78,206 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| State Forests Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 15,655 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT | £15,655 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Earthquake and War Damage Fund | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 132 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND | £132 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Working Railways Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 767,951 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT | £767,951 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||
| ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT | |||||||||||||
| Post Office Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers | 3,238 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cost of repairs to Post and Telegraph private railway siding at Waterloo Quay, Wellington | 182 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Transportation expenses from the United Kingdom to New Zealand of M. B. Esson and family | 714 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Funeral expenses of the late D. H. B. Hill | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries and wages to officers of the Department | 290,159 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 294,320 | 19 | 2 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, POST OFFICE ACCOUNT | £294,320 | 19 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Public Trustee’s Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 30,182 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | £30,182 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Government Insurance Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Compassionate grant to the widow of the late T. Casserley | 120 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 4,034 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4,155 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT | £4,155 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Public Service Superannuation Fund Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 277 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT | £277 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| State Fire Insurance Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 7,651 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT | £7,651 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Dairy Industry Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 1,993 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, DAIRY INDUSTRY ACCOUNT | £1,993 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Internal Marketing Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Grant to New Zealand Poultry Board to cover expenses incurred by members conducting a campaign for increased egg-production. | 256 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 6,225 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6,481 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE | |||||||||||||
| Vote 71—Internal Marketing | 8,711 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 15,193 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, INTERNAL MARKETING ACCOUNT | £15,193 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Broadcasting Account | |||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR | |||||||||||||
| Payment of increases in salaries to officers of the Department | 14,179 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Purchase of sound-recording plant, Auckland | 1,990 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 16,169 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL, BROADCASTING ACCOUNT | £16,169 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE (IN TERMS OF SECTIONS 58 AND 98 OF THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926) | £2,928,928 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| (Under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926) | |||||||||||||
| SURPLUS CREDITS IN AID applied in Terms of Section 51, Subsection (3), of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 | |||||||||||||
| ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT | |||||||||||||
| Vote 7—Stamp Duties | 227 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Vote 19—National Service | 7,185 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Vote 24—Maintenance of Public Works and Services | 363,709 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Vote 27—Agriculture | 9,960 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vote 28—Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity | 14,561 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Vote 29—Scientific and Industrial Research | 122 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vote 33—Mental Hospitals | 10,804 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Vote 35—War and other Pensions | 27,779 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 434,350 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Public Works Account | |||||||||||||
| Vote 38—Public Works, Departmental | 31,972 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Social Security Fund | |||||||||||||
| Vote 53—Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits | 44,014 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Working Railways Account | |||||||||||||
| Vote 60—Working Railways | 728,581 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL, SURPLUS CREDITS IN AID | £1,238,919 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL | £4,167,847 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||||
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. | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Treasury— | ||||||||
| Securities | Loss on realization | 1,416 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| War Assets Realization Board— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 43 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Customs— | ||||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 2 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Land and Income Tax— | ||||||||
| Land and income tax | Debtors left New Zealand, &c. | 3,962 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Audit— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Internal Affairs— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 352 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 32 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Island Territories— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 52 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 993 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| Printing and Stationery— | ||||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. (excesses, £765 8s. 5d.) | 1,004 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| Marine— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 5 | 16 | 6 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 2,894 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| Labour— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 50 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 24 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 62 | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Native— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 206 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or missing | 12,763 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Security | Loss on realization | 67 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 617 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Electoral— | ||||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| National Service— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 128 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 967 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Rehabilitation— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 0 | 17 | 7 | ||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 22 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 18 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Justice and Prisons— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died, destroyed, &c. | 1,974 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| Cash lost | Nugatory expenditure | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 479 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| Police— | ||||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| Lands and Survey— | ||||||||
| Advances | Loss on realization of securities | 1,490 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| Advances (small farms) | Loss on realization of securities | 1,926 | 15 | 6 | ||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 6,075 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died, destroyed, &c. | 26,932 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 1,364 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 194 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Agriculture— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 22 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 3,069 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 132 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 619 | 19 | 10 | ||||
| Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 315 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 33 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 460 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Scientific and Industrial Research— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 50 | 18 | 9 | ||||
| Replacement of private stores burnt | Nugatory expenditure | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 21 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Mines— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 18,967 | 18 | 11 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 2,595 | 13 | 8 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 104 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Health— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 315 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 2,738 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Mental Hospitals— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 11 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died, destroyed, &c. | 1,265 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 1,605 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| Education— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 13,650 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 73 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 134 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Public Works— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 1,218 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 25 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicles | Nugatory expenditure | 89 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 14,498 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| Housing Construction Branch— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 71 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 3,543 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Social Security— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 1,755 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 1 | 17 | 9 | ||||
| State Forest Service— | ||||||||
| Live-stock | Died or destroyed | 28 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 668 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| Navy— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 91 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 10,553 | 12 | 5 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 254 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| Army— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 5,612 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Cash | Losses arising out of Greek and Libyan campaigns | 59,405 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 86,843 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 88 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Air— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 535 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 66,872 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 3,433 | 14 | 2 | ||||
| Working Railways— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 326 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Stores | Lost broken, deficient, &c. | 6,289 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| Ministry of Supply— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 52 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Repairs to motor-vehicle | Nugatory expenditure | 58 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 484 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Post and Telegraph— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Irrecoverable | 218 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient. &c. | 3,705 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Various | Nugatory expenditure | 1,784 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Public Trust— | ||||||||
| Securities | Loss on realization | 42,700 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 5 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Marketing— | ||||||||
| Internal Marketing Division— | ||||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 201 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 239 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| Broadcasting— | ||||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, deficient, &c. | 46 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| State Advances Corporation— | ||||||||
| Rents, &c. | Debtors unfinancial, &c. | 1,687 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 256,495 | 1 | 3 | 169,283 | 17 | 0 | |||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Claims abandoned | 425,778 | 18 | 3 | |||||
| Customs— | ||||||||
| Customs duty on sales tax | 4,387 | 16 | 11 | |||||
| Stamp Duties— | ||||||||
| Interest on death duties assessed on estates of members of the Armed Forces | 1,536 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Industries and, Commerce, Tourist and Publicity— | ||||||||
| Penalty for late payment of of water rates | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||||
| TOTAL | £431,705 | 12 | 0 | |||||
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums authorized to be transferred from the National Development Loans Account to the several Accounts herein particularly mentioned during the Year ending 31st March, 1946.
| Account. | Amount. |
|---|---|
| £ | |
| The Public Works Account | 6,873,000 |
| The Electric Supply Account | 4,000,000 |
| The Land for Settlements Account | 2,500,000 |
| The Main Highways Account | 300,000 |
| The State Coal-mines Account | 400,000 |
| The State Forests Account | 700,000 |
| The Working Railways Account | 1,600,000 |
| The Post Office Account | 275,000 |
| The Iron and Steel Industry Account | 2,000 |
| TOTAL | £16,650,000 |