Appropriation Act 1928
Appropriation Act 1928
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Appropriation Act 1928
Appropriation Act 1928
Public Act |
1928 No 57 |
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Date of assent |
9 October 1928 |
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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 twenty-nine, 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, 1928.
2 Grant and appropriation of £8,020,558, and £1,184,823 (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 twenty-nine, 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 eight million and twenty thousand five hundred and fifty-eight pounds.
(2)
In addition to the aforesaid sum there may be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Fund a further sum not exceeding one million one hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-three 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 £5,321,898, and £918,399 (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 five million three hundred and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and ninetyeight 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 nine hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred and ninety-nine 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 £9,365,284, and £1,312,012 (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 nine million three hundred and sixty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-four 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 one million three hundred and twelve thousand and twelve 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 £3,069,253, and £154,095 (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 three million and sixty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty-three 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 one hundred and fifty-four thousand and ninety-five 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, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to enter into any contracts, or to incur any liabilities, 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 £127,848 0s. 10d., and debts irrecoverable, £456,763 10s. 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 twenty-eight, 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 one hundred and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-eight pounds 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 four hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and sixty-three pounds ten shillings 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 Indemnity as to emergency expenditure, £17,451 13s. 9d.
Whereas the Minister of Finance has under the authority of section fifty-nine of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, issued during the twelve months ended the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, without the appropriation of Parliament the respective sums mentioned in the Seventh Schedule hereto out of the Consolidated Fund as emergency expenditure amounting in the whole to the sum of seventeen thousand four hundred and fifty-one pounds thirteen shillings and nine pence, and has caused the said sum to be applied to the purposes and services mentioned in the said Seventh Schedule, be it enacted that the expenditure of the said sum is hereby ratified as required by the said section fifty-nine.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 Authority to transfer £500,000 from Consolidated Fund to Public Works Fund.
The Minister of Finance is hereby empowered, without further appropriation than this section, to transfer any sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand pounds from the Ordinary Revenue Account of the Consolidated Fund to the Public Works Fund to be issued and applied for the purposes and services provided for in this Act.
14 Payment of £12,035 to State Forests Account, and £1,745 to Electric Supply Account.
The Minister of Finance may, without further appropriation than this section, issue out of the Ordinary Revenue Account of the Consolidated Fund twelve thousand and thirty-five pounds to the State Forests Account and one thousand seven hundred and forty-five pounds to the Electric Supply Account in the Public Works Fund, on account of expenditure incurred by the Crown in the purchase of lands which were subsequently vested in the Corporation of the City of Wellington by the Wellington City and Suburban Water-supply Act, 1927.
15 Authority for payment of moneys by way of commission to officers of the Government Service.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Service Act, 1912, payments may lawfully be made by way of commission to any officer of the National Provident Fund Office:
Provided that no such payment by way of commission shall be made to the administrative head of such Office.
(2)
The moneys paid under this section out of any fund or account shall not exceed such amount as may be appropriated by Parliament for payment out of that fund or account in accordance with the estimates as approved by the House of Representatives for the current financial year.
16 Authorizing payments to members of the Legislature for services as members of National Industrial Conference, 1928.
The provisions of the Electoral Act, 1927, or any other Act, shall not apply to any payments which, under the authority of any appropriation now or hereafter made by Parliament, are received by any member of the General Assembly by way of remuneration for services rendered by him in connection with the National Industrial Conference convened by the Government and held at Wellington in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
17 Authorizing payment to members of parliamentary delegation in respect of visit to Canada.
The payment of two hundred pounds to each of four members of Parliament in respect of a visit to Canada in connection with the proceedings of the Empire Parliamentary Association is hereby authorized, anything to the contrary in any Act notwithstanding.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Schedule of Sums granted to defray the Charges on the Consolidated Fund or the several Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the Course of Payment during the Year ending 31st March, 1929.
| Col. 1. | Col 2. | Col 3. | Col 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | CONSOLIDATED FUND. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT. | |||
| £ | £ | ||
| 1 | Legislative Departments | 93,175 | 6,243 |
| 2 | Prime Minister’s Department | 13,124 | |
| 3 | Treasury Department | 39,236 | 4,075 |
| 4 | National Provident and Friendly Societies Department | 25,525 | 438 |
| 5 | Land and Income Tax Department. | 63,347 | 1,410 |
| 6 | Stamp Duties Department. | 96,801 | 16,000 |
| 7 | Public Buildings | 87,600 | 103,358 |
| 8 | Government and other Domains | 6,400 | 2,358 |
| 9 | Maintenance and Repairs to Roads. | 103,000 | 3,150 |
| 10 | Maintenance of Irrigation Works, &c. | 14,200 | 386 |
| 11 | Native Department | 32,374 | 9,850 |
| 12 | Department of External Affairs | 38,236 | 2,041 |
| 13 | Cook Islands | 42,687 | 23,983 |
| 14 | Department of Industries and Commerce | 31,928 | 3,750 |
| 15 | Department of Justice | 135,906 | 12,255 |
| 16 | Prisons Department. | 95,659 | 68,450 |
| 17 | Crown Law Office. | 5,889 | 990 |
| 18 | Police Department. | 450,815 | 5,910 |
| 19 | Pensions Department | 168,168 | 2,832 |
| 20 | Mines Department. | 42,747 | 1,380 |
| 21 | Department of Internal Affairs | 345,164 | 63,018 |
| 22 | Audit Department | 29,617 | 25,000 |
| 23 | Public Service Commissioner’s Office | 7,270 | 25 |
| 24 | Printing and Stationery Department. | 230,487 | |
| 25 | Mental Hospitals Department | 294,910 | 130,000 |
| 26 | Department of Health | 249,046 | 101,770 |
| 27 | Naval Defence | 485,861 | 40,950 |
| 28 | Defence Department | 464,191 | 24,450 |
| 29 | Customs Department | 119,968 | 10,750 |
| 30 | Marine Department | 119,382 | 5,940 |
| 31 | Department of Labour | 63,787 | 1,800 |
| 32 | Department of Lands and Survey | 188,133 | 116,995 |
| 33 | Scenery Preservation | 17,203 | 31 |
| 34 | Valuation Department | 55,108 | 13,235 |
| 35 | Electoral Department | 90,767 | 2,000 |
| 36 | Department of Agriculture | 443,957 | 97,748 |
| 37 | Department of Tourist and Health Resorts | 83,563 | 1,003 |
| 38 | Department of Education | 3,082,811 | 265,835 |
| 39 | Department of Scientific and Industrial Research | 61,916 | 15,414 |
| TOTAL ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT | 8,019,958 | 1,184,823 | |
| NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 40 | Nauru and Ocean Islands. | 600 | |
| TOTAL CONSOLIDATED FUND. | £8,020,558 | £1,184,823 |
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, 1929.
| Col. 1. | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | PUBLIC WORKS FUND. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT. | |||
| £ | £ | ||
| 41 | Public Works, Departmental | 139,265 | 156,207 |
| 42 | Railway-construction | 984,000 | 80,000 |
| 43 | Additions to Open Lines Public Buildings:— | 400,000 | 200,000 |
| 44 | General | 11,000 | 500 |
| 45 | Courthouses | 15,000 | 100 |
| 46 | Prison Buildings and Works. | 25,500 | 500 |
| 47 | Police-stations | 10,200 | 100 |
| 48 | Postal and Telegraph | 105,783 | 500 |
| 49 | Agricultural | 3,950 | 50 |
| 50 | Mental Hospital Buildings | 125,000 | 500 |
| 51 | Health and Hospital Institutions | 21,500 | 3,000 |
| 52 | Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c., for Public Works Department | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| 53 | Acquisition and Operation of Quarries for Public Works Department | 20,000 | 30,000 |
| 54 | Lighthouses | 9,500 | 200 |
| 55 | Harbour-works | 16,200 | 1,000 |
| 56 | Development of Tourist Resorts | 40,500 | 2,200 |
| 57 | Department of Immigration | 75,000 | 107,122 |
| 58 | Roads, &c. | 856,000 | 140,000 |
| 59 | Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts. | 55,000 | 5,000 |
| 60 | Roads, &c., on Goldfields | 3,500 | 100 |
| 61 | Telegraph Extension | 650,000 | 60,000 |
| 62 | Contingent Defence. | 50,000 | |
| 63 | Lands, Miscellaneous | 115,000 | 4,000 |
| 64 | Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage | 75,000 | 5,320 |
| 65 | Plant, Material, and Stores | 40,000 | 75,000 |
| 66 | Transfer to Main Highways Account Construction Fund | 200,000 | |
| Total General Purposes Account | 4,061,898 | 886,399 | |
| ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT | |||
| 67 | Development of Water-power. | 990,000 | 30,000 |
| 68 | Working Expenses and Maintenance | 270,000 | 2,000 |
| TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND. | £5,321,898 | £918,399 |
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, 1929.
| Col. 1 | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 69 | Expenses of Management | 40,000 | |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 70 | Land for Settlements Expenses. | 3,465 | 5 |
| LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT (DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT). | |||
| 71 | Land for Settlement of Discharged Soldiers: Expenses | 3,885 | 50 |
| MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. | |||
| (Main Highways Revenue Fund.) | |||
| 72 | Maintenance of Main Highways. | 1,017,208 | 20,000 |
| MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. | |||
| (Main Highways Construction Fund.) | |||
| 73 | Main Highways | 940,000 | 60,000 |
| NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT. | |||
| 74 | Native Land Purchase Expenses. | 7,437 | 100 |
| STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT. | |||
| 75 | State Coal-mines. | 315,654 | 2,350 |
| STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 76 | State Forest Service. | 304,303 | 1,832 |
| WESTPORT HARBOUR ACCOUNT. | |||
| 77 | Westport Harbour | 61,995 | 675 |
| WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT. | |||
| 78 | Working Railways | 6,671,337 | 1,227,000 |
| TOTAL SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. | £9,365,284 | £1,312,012 |
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, 1929.
| Col. 1 | Col. 2. | Col. 3. | Col. 4. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote. | ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. | Appropriation. | Credits in Aid. |
| POST OFFICE ACCOUNT. | £ | £ | |
| 79 | Post and Telegraph Working-expenses | 2,529,969 | 127,700 |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT. | |||
| 80 | Public Trust Office | 252,113 | |
| NATIVE TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT. | |||
| 81 | Native Trust Office | 13,571 | |
| GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 82 | Government Insurance | 113,202 | 875 |
| PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT. | |||
| 83 | Public Service Superannuation Fund Office. | 7,969 | |
| STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 84 | State Fire Insurance | 40,844 | 8,550 |
| GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. | |||
| 85 | Government Accident Insurance | 18,645 | |
| STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT. | |||
| 86 | State Advances. | 92,940 | 16,970 |
| TOTAL | £3,069,253 | £154,095 |
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, 1929; 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. Estimated Expenditure required on Length stated in Column 5. | 7. Amount authorized during the Year ending 31st March, 1929. | 8. Balance for Future Appropriations. | 9. Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Name. | 2. Estimated Length of the Whole Line. | 3. From | 4. To | 5. Estimated Length of Section. | ||||||
| Railways. | M. | ch. | M. | ch. | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| North Auckland Main Trunk. | 200 | 75 | Okaihau. | Mangamuka | 30 | 0 | 1,100,000 | 130,000 | 970,000 | 300,000 |
| Huarau. | Kirikopuni | 29 | 36 | 15,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | |||
| Dargavile Branch. | 17 | 40 | Kirikopuni | Dargaville | 17 | 40 | 342,000 | 120,000 | 222,000 | 60,000 |
| Rotorua-Taupo | 54 | 40 | Rotorua. | Reparoa. | 28 | 0 | 400,000 | 75,000 | 325,000 | 50,000 |
| East Coast Main Trunk | 379 | 26 | Tahawai. | Tauranga. | 24 | 33 | 90,000 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Tauranga | Opotiki. | 89 | 62 | |||||||
| Gisborne. | Wairoa | 65 | 12 | 1,200,000 | 260,000 | 1,840,000 | 400,000 | |||
| Wairoa | Eskdale. | 60 | 21 | 900,000 | ||||||
| Waikokopu Branch. | 24 | 58 | Wairoa | Waikokopu | 24 | 58 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Stratford - Main Trunk | 91 | 50 | Okahukura | Ohura | 19 | 10 | 950,000 | 190,000 | 760,000 | 200,000 |
| Tahora | Ohura | 22 | 40 | |||||||
| Miland | 244 | 0 | Kawatiri. | Inangahua | 46 | 43 | 1,600,000 | 20,000 | 1,580,000 | 60,000 |
| Westport-Inangahua. | 26 | 0 | Te Kuha | Inangahua | 22 | 0 | 630,000 | 80,000 | 550,000 | 60,000 |
| Lawrence-Roxburgh. | 37 | 44 | Miller’s Flat | Roxburgh | 9 | 10 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Permanent-way material required on account of sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5 | 11,000 | |||||||||
SIXTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1927–28
| (Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) | ||||||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED FUND. | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Legislative Departments— | ||||||||||||
| Bonus for employees whose salaries do not exceed £350 per annum, 1927 session | 565 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| National Provident and, Friendly Societies Department— | ||||||||||||
| Salary of A. J. E. Wiggs, clerk, from 1st April, 1928, to 26th July, 1928, granted special leave on retirement. | 121 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||
| Post and Telegraph Department— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation and medical expenses to G. F. McKay, storeman, injured whilst on duty. | 235 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation to— | ||||||||||||
| J. W. Duffy for cost of repairs to motor-car and injury to finger sustained through collision with rope stretched across road by line party whilst replacing a telegraph pole | 140 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J. D. Haar, labourer, for injuries sustained whilst on duty, and cost of artificial limb supplied | 288 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| H. G. Kammel, linesman, for injuries sustained through collision with guy-rope used by line party replacing a broken telegraph-pole | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| H. M. Keith for damages to motor-car caused in collision with departmental truck. | 53 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| W. T. Morrison, labourer, for injuries sustained whilst on duty | 387 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| R. Stewart, labourer, for injuries sustained whilst on duty | 149 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| F. Wagner, labourer, for injuries sustained whilst on duty | 519 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Marine Department, being proportion of subsidy to Bluff - Stewart Island services | 333 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2,181 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Native Department— | ||||||||||||
| Cost of food supplies, &c., to indigent Natives | 448 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
| Department of External Affairs— | ||||||||||||
| Grant to J. D. Gray, Secretary, Department of External Affairs, equivalent to six months’ salary in lieu of leave on retirement | 412 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands Department— | ||||||||||||
| Expenses and allowances of Chief Clerk accompanying the Hon. Minister for Cook Islands to Fiji to consider matters in connection with Makogai Leper Station. | 74 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| Grants to— | ||||||||||||
| P. Ruston, teacher, equivalent to salary and half tropical allowance in lieu of leave on retirement. | 35 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
| R. B. Wicks, teacher, equivalent to salary and half tropical allowance in lieu of leave on retirement. | 70 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| 180 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Department of Industries and Commerce— | ||||||||||||
| Expenses in connection with the return to London of the Ministry of Health exhibit loaned to New Zealand Government for display at the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition | 246 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| Department of Justice— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowances to— | ||||||||||||
| Widow of the late Mr. Justice Alpers | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late J. W. Poynton | 900 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2,400 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Police Department— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance to widow of the late Senior Sergeant T. Barratt | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Part cost of extradition of J. M. Smith, from Australia, being amount in excess of deposit | 8 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| 98 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mines Department— | ||||||||||||
| Half cost of flooding Dobson Mine subsequent to the mine explosion. | 43 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||
| Department of Internal Affairs— | ||||||||||||
| Expenditure incurred in connection with search for missing airmen, Captain Hood and Lieutenant Monorieff1 | 226 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
| Grant to the Hon the Acting - Minister of Internal Affairs and Cook Islands, in connection with visit to Fiji | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Locomotion expenses and allowances to delegates attending Special Medical Committee Meeting on Hospital Staffing and Control of Operations— | ||||||||||||
| Amount issued in anticipation of the Appropriation Act, but not included in the Estimates, pursuant to section 58(6) of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| Marine Department—Services of G.S.S. “Tutanekai,” parliamentary trip to Pieton | 55 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| State Advances Office—Interest and principal on loan to W. J. Mather, permanently incapacitated whilst a State employee | 24 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Subsidy, 3s per carcass, or pair of hind-quarters, on export of deer. | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 365 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Printing and Stationery Department— | ||||||||||||
| Grant to Mrs. Kroupa, equivalent to six weeks’ leave, due to the late V. L. Kroupa, compositor. | 35 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mental Hospitals Department— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowances to— | ||||||||||||
| Widow of the late J. H. Anderson, Chief Engineer, Porirua Mental Hospital | 640 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late J. A. Fraser, Deputy Head Attendant, Seacliff Mental Hospital | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ex gratia payment to Miss A. Brown, because of her partial dependency upon her late brother, Robert Mark Brown, fatally injured whilst employed in the Public Service. | 300 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Repayment of funeral expenses to Mrs. E. Vroblfski in connection with the late R. M. Brown | 19 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1,109 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Department of Health— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation to widow of Richard James McKenzie, late Inspector of Health, Christchurch, who died from injuries sustained whilst on duty. | 1,018 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Grants to widows and dependants of deceased officers, equivalent to salary for leave due, as under:— | ||||||||||||
| R. J. McKenzie, late Inspector of Health, Christchurch | 41 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| A. E. Skynner, late Inspector of Health, Auckland | 26 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||
| W. A. Keeble, late clerk, Head Office | 29 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| C. E. Eccles, late clerk, Head Office | 24 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| Travelling and other expenses of Dr. Sydney Allen for investigating and preparing report on maternal mortality in Holland | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1,290 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Defence Department— | ||||||||||||
| Grants to— | ||||||||||||
| Corporal A. J. Cheater, equivalent to three months’ salary on retirement. | 79 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Corporal J. A. Maher, equivalent to three months’ leave and accrued war leave on retirement | 132 | 18 | 4 | |||||||||
| Colonel C. G. Powles, equivalent to three months’ leave on retirement (£212 10s.) and accrued war leave (£191 5s.) | 403 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Captain J. T. Rockstrow, equivalent to three months’ salary (£128 15s.) and three months’ accrued war leave on retirement (£113 15s.) | 242 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Captain E. H. Sawle, equivalent to three months’ salary in lieu of leave on retirement (£128 15s.) and three months’ accrued war leave (£113 15s.) | 242 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widows of equivalent of leave due to their late husbands, as under:— | ||||||||||||
| Mrs. M. Thomson, widow of late Lieutenant J. Thomson | 123 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mrs. A. E. Hicks, widow of late Private A. E. Hicks | 30 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of W.O. I., W. H. Grigg, for period 1st April to 31st May, 1928, on returning to England on termination of engagement with New Zealand Government. | 57 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1,312 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Customs Department— | ||||||||||||
| Moneys misappropriated by an officer of the Customs Department, Auckland. | 963 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| Department of Labour— | ||||||||||||
| Expenses in connection with the Industrial Conference. | 360 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Grant to R. A. Bolland, Inspector of Scaffolding, &c., equivalent to three months’ salary in lieu of leave on retirement | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 450 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Department of Lands and Survey— | ||||||||||||
| Additional grant to the Wanganui River Trust to enable urgent work to be undertaken while the river is at a low level | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compassionate allowances to— | ||||||||||||
| Widow of the late S. Parkinson, draughtsman and computer, Lands and Survey Department | 89 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late A. L. H. Hay, surveyor, Lands Department. | 122 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late W. J. Burch, clerk, Lands and Survey Department | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Payment to Mrs. J. C. Burch of monetary equivalent to six weeks’ leave due to the late W. J. Burch | 44 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Payment of launch-hire incurred in connection with the visit of a parliamentary party to Kapiti Island | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of E. Reweti, clerk, Lands and Survey Department, for period 1st to 17th April, 1928 | 8 | 19 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1,422 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Valuation Department— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowances to— | ||||||||||||
| Widow of the late R. W. Elley, clerk, Valuation Department, Invercargill | 84 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late W. F. Thompson, District Valuer, Whangarei | 282 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 366 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Agriculture— | ||||||||||||
| Compensation under Workers’ Compensation Act, 1922, for death of G. W. Jessen, temporary butter-moisture tester, Wellington, paid to Public Trustee in terms of section 38 of the Act | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Funeral and medical expenses paid to mother of the late G. W. Jessen. | 19 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Grants to— | ||||||||||||
| C. W. Branigan, Inspector of Stock, equivalent to one month’s salary in lieu of leave on retirement | 31 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||
| Widow of the late W. R. Harkness, Dairy Instructor, Hamilton, being equivalent of one month’s leave. | 42 | 18 | 4 | |||||||||
| A. J. Hickman, Veterinarian, equivalent to one month’s salary in lieu of leave on retirement | 37 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Compensation to C. Stanton, temporary butter-moisture tester, under the Workers’ Compensation Act, for injuries sustained whilst on duty. | 265 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| Travelling-expenses, &c., of C. S. M. Hopkirk, officer in charge Veterinary Laboratory, Wallaceville, visiting Australia for the purpose of attending the Australian Veterinary Association’s Conference | 64 | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
| 711 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Department of Tourist and Health Resorts— | ||||||||||||
| Subsidy granted to Rakiura Tennis Club, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Department of Education— | ||||||||||||
| Grant to Miss Maria Douds, teacher, in consideration of loss accrued through being injured during employment | 150 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Refund of passage-money from London to New Zealand to Mr. James Masterton, Art Lecturer at Christchurch Training College | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of W. A. Ballantyne, late Inspector of Schools, for period 1st to 15th April, 1928, on retirement | 27 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||
| Salary of Mrs. I. C. Greensmith, Native-school teacher, for period 1st to 30th April, retired from the Service. | 13 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| 266 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Scientific and Industrial Research Department— | ||||||||||||
| Compassionate allowance granted to widow of the late P. G. Morgan, Director, Geological Survey | 800 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15,942 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Vote 1—Legislative Departments | 14,439 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||
| Vote 2—Prime Minister’s Department | 12 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Vote 3—Treasury Department | 1,427 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| Vote 5—Land and Income Tax Department. | 1,451 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vote 6—Stamp Duties Department. | 6,551 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vote 16—Department of Justice | 3,559 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
| Vote 17—Prisons Department | 2,760 | 14 | 4 | |||||||||
| Vote 20—Pensions Department | 2,088 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||
| Vote 22—Department of Internal Affairs | 7,410 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vote 29—Defence Department | 11,438 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
| Vote 35—Valuation Department | 420 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| 51,560 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL CONSOLIDATED FUND | £67,503 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||
| PUBLIC WORKS FUND. | ||||||||||||
| General Purposes Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Compassionate allowance to widow of the late C. H. Lawn, Office Engineer | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Salary of J. R. Marks, District Engineer, for April, 1928, on retirement | 63 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| 263 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Electric Supply Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Vote 68—Development of Water-power | 49,340 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND | £49,604 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
| SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. | ||||||||||||
| State Coal-mines Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| Vote 76—State Coal-mines. | 1,334 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| TOTAL STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT | £1,334 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| State Forests Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Payment of estimated judgment in action N.Z. Redwoods, Ltd v. The Crown | 250 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Compensation to F. Gill, labourer, for injuries sustained whilst employed at Riverhead Plantation | 308 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| 558 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. | £558 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT. | ||||||||||||
| Public Service Superannuation Fund Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | £ | s | d. | |||||||||
| Vote 83—Public Service Superannuation Fund Office | 73 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||
| TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT | £73 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||
| State Advances Account. | ||||||||||||
| FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Brokerage, advertising expenses, and underwriting-commission, &c., on issue of £400,000 5-per-cent rural advances bonds. | 5,693 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES. | ||||||||||||
| Vote 86—State Advances | 3,080 | 17 | 4 | |||||||||
| 8,774 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL STATE ADVANCES ACCOUNT | £8,774 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
| GRAND TOTAL | £127,848 | 0 | 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 Departments— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Bellamy’s: Silver, glassware, &c. | Loss by breakages, &c. | 268 | 17 | 8 | |||
| Treasury Department— | |||||||
| Office furniture and fittings | Difference between book value and amount realized | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Office furniture and fittings | Worn out | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
| National Provident and Friendly Societies Department— | |||||||
| Office furniture and fittings | Broken, untraceable, &c. | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bicycle | Stolen | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Land and Income Tax Department— | |||||||
| Income-tax. | Debtors untraceable, &c. | 488 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Office furniture and fittings | Difference between book value and amount realized | 50 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Stamp Duties Department (Lands and Deeds)— | |||||||
| Office furniture and fittings | Difference between book value and amount realized | 620 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Native Department— | |||||||
| Native Land Court fees | Irrecoverable. | 239 | 19 | 6 | |||
| Stores, &c. | Missing | 3 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Office furniture and fittings | Difference between book value and amount realized | 69 | 13 | 10 | |||
| Cook Islands— | |||||||
| Bad debt | Debtor in poor circumstances | 35 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Department of Justice— | |||||||
| Fines | Defendants deceased, untraceable, &c. | 74 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Motor-car | Difference between book value and amount realized | 37 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Prisons Department— | |||||||
| Medical fees. | Defendants deceased, untraceable, &c. | 7 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors bankrupt, &c. | 31 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Cottages | Difference between book value and amount realized | 774 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Horses | Died, killed, destroyed, &c. | 84 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Lost, deficient at stock-taking, or unfit for consumption, &c. | 136 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Live-stock and poultry | Died or accidentally killed | 426 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Police Department— | |||||||
| Stores | Broken, lost, or deficient at stock-taking. | 14 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 46 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Pensions Department— | |||||||
| Dictaphone. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 41 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Franking-machine | Difference between book value and amount realized | 19 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Missing | 4 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Mines Department— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors in poor circumstances, bankrupt, untraceable, &c. | 157 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Coal and coke shortages | Due to handling, loss in transit, and stone picked out in yard (percentage of loss on total quantity handled, 1.53) | 1,028 | 14 | 8 | |||
| Horses | Difference between book value and amount realized | 31 | 13 | 6 | |||
| Kumara Water-races. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 2,850 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Furniture and fittings. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 1 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Firewood Depot | Difference between book value and amount realized | 1,034 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Rope and oil-can | Lost by hirers and charged to them at actual cost—irrecoverable | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 255 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Stores | Deficient at stock-taking | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Advances made to Taranaki Oil Lands Acquisition Company during 1916–20 | Not repaid—irrecoverable | 15,289 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Timber | Supplied free of cost to repair house of widow of late employee of State Coal-mines | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Department of Internal Affairs— | |||||||
| Advances by High Commissioner | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 31 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Cost of cables by High Commissioner | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 9 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &c. | 18 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Office furniture and equipment. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 5 | 14 | 11 | |||
| Mental Hospitals Department— | |||||||
| Bicycles and motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 67 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Plant and equipment. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 22 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 45 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Live-stock and poultry | Died from natural causes, &c. | 800 | 10 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Broken, damaged, and deficient at stocktaking | 1,389 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Department of Health— | |||||||
| Bicycles and motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 281 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Live-stock | Difference between book value and amount realized | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Live-stock and poultry | Died or killed. | 68 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Serum | Lost or useless. | 12 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Stores | Handed over to Hospital Boards | 18 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Stores | Broken, destroyed by fire, &c. | 1,238 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Maintenance fees due to various institutions | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 2,509 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Land and buildings, Kahukura Cottage Hospital | Handed over to Waiapu Hospital Board | 2,218 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Naval Defence— | |||||||
| Clothing | Deficiency on issue at vocabulary rates | 306 | 6 | 1 | |||
| H.M.S. “Diomede,” £143 12s. 11d. | |||||||
| H.M.S. “Dunedin,” £162 13s. 2d. | |||||||
| Provisions | Deficiency on issue at vocabulary rates | 728 | 12 | 10 | |||
| H.M.S.” Wakakura,” £42 9s. 11d. | |||||||
| H.M.S. “Dunedin,” £150 11s. 4d. | |||||||
| H.M.S. “Diomede,” £339 2s lid. | |||||||
| H.M.S. “Philomel,” £196 8s. 8d. | |||||||
| Stores | Unfit lor use, lost overboard, &c. | 223 | 19 | 9 | |||
| Bad debts | Amounts irrecoverable. | 0 | 9 | 8 | |||
| Defence Department— | |||||||
| Launch and tug | Difference between book value and amount realized | 388 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avro plane | Irreparably damaged by crashing | 858 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Aeroplane-engines | Gift to Auckland University | 297 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Rifle-barrels. | Issued to New Zealand riflemen in Australia | 41 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Horses and live-stock. | Died, destroyed, &e. | 81 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Band uniforms. | Cost irrecoverable | 57 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Uniforms and equipment issued to trainees | Destroyed by fire, trainees deceased, untraceable | 272 | 10 | 9 | |||
| Stores and equipment. | Lost, broken, stolen, destroyed by fire | 1,335 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Rent | Debtors in poor circumstances | 21 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Customs Department— | |||||||
| Stores | Stolen | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Marine Department— | |||||||
| Machinery inspection fees | Debtors bankrupt, untraceable, &c. | 29 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Department of Labour— | |||||||
| Motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 243 | 14 | 10 | |||
| Penalties and costs imposed by Magistrates under Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908 | Endeavours to collect unsuccessful. Debtors untraceable, &c. | 38 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, destroyed, &c. | 20 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 14 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Overall coat | Lost | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Furniture and fittings. | Unfit for use, &c. | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Furniture and fittings. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 2 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Department of Lands and Survey- | |||||||
| Advances under Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act | Loss on realization of securities. | 318,876 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Arrears of rent | Debtors in poor circumstances, whereabouts unknown, deceased, &c. | 40,041 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Stores | Loss on realization | 281 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Lithographs. | Obsolete | 151 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Cash | Stolen from New Plymouth office | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Buildings (Swanson Block) | Loss on disposal | 36 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Motor-cars | Difference between book value and amount realized | 166 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Valuation Department— | |||||||
| Office furniture and fittings | Difference between book value and amount realized | 4 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Office furniture and fittings | Broken, untraceable, &c. | 7 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Valuation fees | Debtors in poor circumstances, deceased, &c. | 9 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Electoral Department— | |||||||
| Stores | Lost, broken, unfit for use, &c. | 1 | 19 | 10 | |||
| Ballot-boxes and screens | Lost, broken, &c. | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Ballot-boxes and screens | Difference between book value and amount realized | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Cabinets | Difference between book value and amount realized | 17 | 14 | 11 | |||
| Electoral rolls | Obsolete, &c. | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Department of Agriculture— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors in poor circumstances, bankrupt, &c. | 40 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Live-stock | Died from natural causes | 979 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Live-stock | Difference between book value and amount realized | 135 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Live-stock | Calf given as compensation for pedigree cow sold | 11 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Launch | Difference between book value and amount realized | 46 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 296 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Bicycles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Office equipment | Difference between book value and amount realized | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Orchard-tax. | Debts irrecoverable | 25 | 15 | 4 | |||
| Publications. | Free issue | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| Produce | Free issue, Ruakura State Farm. | 13 | 6 | 10 | |||
| House | Destroyed by fire | 90 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Stores and equipment. | Broken, lost, unfit for use, &c. | 54 | 4 | 11 | |||
| Stores and equipment. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 24 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Department of Tourist and Health Hesorls— | |||||||
| Live-stock and poultry | Died, missing, &c. | 37 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Sanatorium fees | Debtors in poor circumstances, deceased, &c. | 404 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 27 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, destroyed by fire, &c. | 736 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Horses | Difference between book value and amount realized | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Horses | Destroyed | 16 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Furniture | Unserviceable. | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Typewriter | Unserviceable. | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rotorua wharves | Rebate of wharfages to launch-owners | 49 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Lake Taupo harbour fees | Remitted | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Department of Education— | |||||||
| Live-stock and poultry | Died or killed | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Deficient, broken, &c., at industrial and special schools | 69 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Maintenance fees | Debtors in poor circumstances, untraceable, &c. | 146 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Sums irrecoverable | Gramophone records supplied to Norfolk School | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Department of Scientific and Industrial Research— | |||||||
| Stores | Broken | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Public Works Department— | |||||||
| Bad debts | Debtors in poor circumstances, bankrupt, untraceable, &c. | 206 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Buildings | Destroyed by fire | 616 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defalcations. | Defalcations at Miller’s Flat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Power Account penalties | Rebate of penalty for late payment | 2,256 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Motor-lorry. | Proportion of damage irrecoverable | 56 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fares | Advanced to persons proceeding to employment | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Horses | Destroyed or died | 67 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Motor-cycle. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 46 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 2,078 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Stores | Deficient at stock-taking | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Stores and material | Broken, lost in transit, destroyed by fire, flood, &c. | 1,108 | 1 | 1 | |||
| State Forest Service— | |||||||
| Horses | Died or destroyed | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Office furniture | Missing | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stores and equipment. | Lost or destroyed | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Bad debts | Debtors untraceable, bankrupt, &c. | 65 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Motor-cycle. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Seed stocks. | Loss of seed through drying and cleaning. | 93 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Book | Missing from library | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| Railway Department— | |||||||
| Rents | Remitted owing to death, sickness, &c. | 57 | 16 | 5 | |||
| Cash irrecoverable | Debtors bankrupt, untraceable, indigent circumstances | 546 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Buildings | Destroyed by fire | 643 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Van. | Destroyed in collision | 192 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, &e. | 2,501 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Post and Telegraph Department— | |||||||
| Deficiencies at stock-taking | Unaccounted for (percentage of loss on issues 0–13; excesses for same period totalled £2,554 10s. 8d.) | 1,571 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 1,460 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Savings-bank forgeries | Fraudulent withdrawals. | 207 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Stores | Lost, broken, unfit for use, &c. | 2,303 | 16 | 10 | |||
| Stores | Difference between book value and amount realized | 282 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Toll fees | Debtors bankrupt, deceased, untraceable. | 141 | 15 | 9 | |||
| Buildings | Destroyed by fire | 268 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Public Trust Office— | |||||||
| Loans on mortgage | Loss on realization of securities. | 7,507 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Office equipment | Difference between book value and amount realized | 33 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Office equipment | Worn out | 21 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Furniture and fittings. | Difference between book value and amount realized | 73 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Furniture and fittings. | Worn out | 48 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Motor-vehicles | Difference between book value and amount realized | 6 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Bicycles | Stolen | 1 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Native Trust Office— | |||||||
| Moneys advanced | Loss on realization of security | 678 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Government Insurance Department— | |||||||
| Loans on mortgage | Loss on realization of securities. | 1,382 | 9 | 6 | |||
| State Advances Office (Housing Branch)— | |||||||
| Principal, interest, and rent. ·. | Judgments given, Magistrates refused to make orders, and debtors untraceable | 643 | 14 | 2 | |||
| State Advances Office (Settlers Branch)— | |||||||
| Principal, interest, and rent | Loss on realization of securities. | 11,874 | 12 | 5 | |||
| State Advances Office (Workers Branch)— | |||||||
| Principal | Loss on realization of securities. | 813 | 1 | 4 | |||
| State Advances Office (Repatriation Branch)— | |||||||
| Office furniture | Difference between book value and amount realized | 724 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Loans granted to discharged soldiers under Repatriation Act, 1918 | Loss on realization of securities. | 10,411 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Moa Seed-farm | Loss on realization of assets | 4,927 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 41,223 | 17 | 3 | 415,539 | 13 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | £456,763 10 3 | ||||||
SEVENTH SCHEDULE Emergency Expenditure Account
| CONSOLIDATED FUND. | |||
| Ordinary Revenue Account. | |||
| EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT. | |||
| Expenditure under Section 59 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, for Relief of Unemployment. | £ | s. | d. |
| Adams Road (Catlin’s District) | 24 | 3 | 8 |
| Balclutha protective works. | 2,764 | 6 | 0 |
| Chaslands-Waikawa Road | 1,725 | 4 | 0 |
| Dunedin-Port Chalmers Road | 1,336 | 8 | 6 |
| Dunedin-Portobello Road | 10,995 | 11 | 0 |
| Horeke-Taheke Road | 144 | 3 | 11 |
| Te Anau-Manapouri Road | 406 | 14 | 1 |
| Te Maiki Road | 55 | 2 | 7 |
| TOTAL EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE | £17,451 | 13 | 9 |
1 * See also amount (£673) provided in estimates for 1928–29. (Vote: Department of Internal Affairs, Subdivision X, Miscellaneous Services.)
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