	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Grant and appropriation of £86,329,662 out of Consolidated Fund.
3	Grant and appropriation of £65,486,323 out of separate accounts.
4	Grant and appropriation of £12,247,155 out of accounts outside the Public Account.
5	Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
6	Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £2,532,677 19s. 5d. and debts irrecoverable, £892,738 19s. 7d.
7	Payment to local authorities for construction of roads, &c.
8	Money appropriated for roads, &c. defined.
9	Payments for which no specific appropriation.
10	Payments to local authorities for construction of main highways.
11	Authority to transfer £26,875,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts.
	FIRST SCHEDULE
	SECOND SCHEDULE
	THIRD SCHEDULE
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1946–47
	FIFTH SCHEDULE

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-eight, 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, 1947.

2 Grant and appropriation of £86,329,662 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-eight, 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 eighty-six million three hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-two pounds.

(2)

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 £65,486,323 out of separate accounts.

Ibid.

(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 sixty-five million four hundred and eighty-six thousand three hundred and twenty-three 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 £12,247,155 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 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 twelve million two hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-five 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 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 £2,532,677 19s. 5d. and debts irrecoverable, £892,738 19s. 7d.

Ibid., pp. 11, 28, and 32

Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of sections three 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-seven, 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 two million five hundred and thirty-two thousand six hundred and seventy-seven pounds nineteen shillings and fivepence, 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 eight hundred and ninety-two thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight pounds nineteen shillings and sevenpence 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 £26,875,000 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 twenty-six million eight hundred and seventy-five 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, 1948.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	CONSOLIDATED FUND.	Appropriation.
	ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT	£
1	Legislative	146,877
2	Prime Minister’s Department	146,608
3	External Affairs	595,200
4	Treasury	337,993
5	Stabilization	14,105,201
6	Customs	277,645
7	Land and Income Tax	660,125
8	Stamp Duties	202,586
9	Audit	113,252
10	Public Service Commission	67,750
11	Internal Affairs	3,021,616
12	Island Territories	614,603
13	Printing and Stationery	569,484
14	Marine	477,874
15	Labour and Employment	1,184,424
16	Native	561,757
17	Valuation	171,494
18	Electoral	36,785
19	Census and Statistics	81,400
20	Rehabilitation	430,037
21	Justice and Prisons	537,372
22	Crown Law	13,231
23	Police	1,048,893
24	Navy	1,902,853
25	Army	3,756,000
26	Air	4,512,928
27	Maintenance of Public Works and Services	5,357,835
28	Highways Maintenance	3,427,089
29	Lands and Survey	1,195,664
30	Agriculture	1,885,550
31	Scientific and Industrial Research	743,005
32	Mines	134,375
33	Transport	230,072
34	Industries and Commerce	1,309,690
35	Tourist and Health Resorts	499,810
36	Health	5,133,709
37	Mental Hospitals	1,264,557
38	Education	8,777,001
39	War and other Pensions	4,797,317
40	Social Security	16,000,000
	Total, Ordinary Revenue Account	86,329,662
	TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND	£86,329,662

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, 1948.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.	Appropriation.
	EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND	£
41	Earthquake and War Damage	15,775
	ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT
42	Electric Supply	7,500,000
	LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT
43	Land for Settlements	76,090
44	Small Farms Development	5,678,150
45	Native Land Settlement	1,296,300
	Total, Land for Settlements Account	7,050,540
	PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT
46	Railway-construction	145,000
47	Housing Construction	7,490,622
48	Public Buildings	2,400,000
49	Education Buildings	1,250,000
50	Lighthouses and Harbour-works	32,000
51	Roads, &c.	412,000
52	Soil Conservation and Rivers Control	400,000
53	Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage	400,000
54	Highways Construction	947,000
	Total, Public Works	13,476,622
	SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
55	Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits	1,011,472
56	Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits	6,662,800
	Total, Social Security Fund	7,674,272
	STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT
57	State Coal-mines	4,276,935
	STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT
58	State Forest Service	1,969,490
	WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT
59	Working Railways	20,522,689
60	Improvements and Additions to Open Lines	3,000,000
	Total, Working Railways Account	23,522,689
	TOTAL, SEPARATE ACCOUNTS	£65,486,323

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, 1948.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT.	Appropriation.
	POST OFFICE ACCOUNT	£
61	Post and Telegraph Working-expenses	8,777,154
62	Telegraph Extension	1,120,000
	Total, Post Office Account	9,897,154
	PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
63	Public Trust Office	536,426
	NATIVE TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
64	Native Trust Office	17,770
	GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
65	Government Insurance	284,755
	PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT
66	Public Service Superannuation Fund Office	14,570
	STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
67	State Fire Insurance	131,047
	GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
68	Government Accident Insurance	84,670
	DAIRY INDUSTRY ACCOUNT
69	Export Marketing	14,115
	MEAT INDUSTRY ACCOUNT
69	Export Marketing	49,200
	SUNDRY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT
69	Export Marketing	33,650
	INTERNAL MARKETING ACCOUNT
70	Internal Marketing	189,572
	BROADCASTING ACCOUNT
71	Broadcasting	819,782
	IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ACCOUNT
72	Iron and Steel Industry	174,444
	TOTAL	12,247,155

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1946–47

(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
Agriculture Department:—
Advance to Veterinary Services Council under section 20 of the Veterinary Services Act, 1946	4,000	0	0
Fares and incidental expenses of Mrs. E. J. Fawcett accompanying her husband on official duty overseas	184	16	3
Milk Marketing Division—
Payment of additional costs incurred by milk supply associations or dairy companies in making emergency supplies of milk available in drought areas	1,673	7	11
Part cost of establishing a temporary milk-balancing station at Hamilton	498	8	0
				6,356	12	2
Army Department:—
Grant to National Rifle Association for expenses of meeting at Trentham				1,000	0	0
Customs Department:—
Expenses of delegates to the inter-Commonwealth and International Talks on Trade and Employment	770	11	0
Expenses of delegate to Preparatory Committee of the Economic and Social Council on Trade and Employment	1,036	8	7
Fares and incidental expenses of officer transferred to London	238	18	1
Refunds of sales tax paid in error	925	9	0
				2,971	6	8
Education Department:—
Grant to Wellington College and Girls’ High School Board to cover legal expenses in the case of McLean v. Wellington College Board of Governors				88	16	5
Health Department:—
Grant to assist in establishing the Wellington Hospital Nurses’ Convalescent Home and Beach Cottage, Plimmerton				2,000	0	0
Internal Affairs Department:—
Grant to K. J. Holyoake, M.P., for out-of-pocket expenses as representative attending Parliamentary Conference at Bermuda	35	0	0
Special grant to the Boy Scouts Association for Lone Scout activities	1,000	0	0
Additional expenditure in connection with purchase of camping equipment for the use of His Excellency the Governor-General	40	0	0
Purchase of motor-vehicle	255	18	4
				1,330	18	4
Justice and Prisons Department:—
Allowance to Prison officers not occupying departmental cottages				20	16	10
Land and Income Tax Department:—
Salaries in advance to officers proceeding on annual leave				107	11	11
Lands and Survey Department:—
Expenses of visit by Professor E. R. Hudson, Lincoln College, to development blocks	14	18	0
Transfer to Land for Settlements Account on account of ascertained and anticipated losses on developing land for rehabilitation purposes	500,000	0	0
				500,014	18	0
Legislative Department:—
Compassionate grant to the widow of a deceased officer				90	0	0
Marine Department:—
Cost of chartering vessel to relieve fodder shortage in North Auckland				64,218	6	11
Mental Hospitals Department:—
Cost of repairs to private vehicles damaged in accidents with departmental vehicles				157	6	0
Prime Minister’s Department:—
Cost of printing ten thousand copies of “Introduction to New Zealand”	4,119	1	1
Cost of screen advertising for “More Production” campaign	5,021	9	8
				9,140	10	9
Printing and Stationery Department:—
Compassionate grant to officer injured at work				470	15	8
Public Works Department:—
Compensation in respect of injuries received by a child visiting the excavating tower at Otaki	350	0	0
Medical and funeral expenses of officers killed in aircraft accident	99	14	9
Payment for loss of draught horse which fell into drain on departmental property	10	0	0
				459	14	9
Stamp Duties Department:—
Refund of overpayment of duty				365	14	11
Tourist and Health Resorts Department:—
Amount paid for the purchase and maintenance of Wairakei Hotel				50,328	8	8
Treasury Department:—
Additional grant to the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund	170,000	0	0
Compassionate grant to the widow of a deceased officer	233	6	8
Grant in lieu of refund of petrol-tax to Patea County Council	56	7	6
Payment to the Bank of New Zealand being accrued dividends due to the Crown, to be utilized by the bank to make payments to the legal representatives of shareholders concerned	102	10	10
Retaining-fee for artist employed by the Economic Information Service	100	0	0
Salaries in advance to officers proceeding on annual leave	14	15	11
				170,507	0	11
Valuation Department:—
Payment to estates of deceased officers of monetary equivalent of leave due at date of death				20	5	0
							809,649	3	11
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES
Vote 5—Stabilization				750,003	15	3
Vote 11—Internal Affairs				3,032	5	10
Vote 14—Marine				15,379	4	11
Vote 18—Electoral				9,439	8	11
Vote 21—National Employment Service				54,541	1	5
Vote 23—Justice and Prisons				11,904	7	3
Vote 24—Crown Law				590	19	8
Vote 26—Navy				102,204	16	3
Vote 29—Maintenance of Public Works and Services				186,949	8	8
Vote 37—Health				30,323	0	6
							1,164,368	8	8
TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND							£1,974,017	12	7
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Electric Supply Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote 44—Electric Supply							7,447	10	5
TOTAL, ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT							£7,447	10	5
Public Works Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR
Cost of alterations to provide temporary accommodation for School of Architecture, Auckland University College							177	5	7
Purchase in the Hutt Valley of land required for better utilization							12,253	13	0
TOTAL, PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT							£12,430	18	7
Social Security Fund
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR
Cost of repairs to a private car damaged in an accident with a departmental car				39	8	0
Payment to the Post and Telegraph Department, being reimbursement for theft by burglary from postal packets				37	16	11
							77	4	11
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote 58—Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits							385,579	19	10
TOTAL, SOCIAL SECURITY FUND							£385,657	4	9
State Coal-mines Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR
Advance to purchase a motor-truck for the purpose of carting timber used in mining operations							1,000	0	0
Compassionate grant to the widow of a deceased officer							90	2	5
Part cost, visit of State Coal-mines officials to Australia in connection with proposed mechanization of State coal-mines							57	0	0
Purchase of section and garage at Huntly							230	7	0
TOTAL,STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT							£1,377	9	5
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
Post Office Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR
Compensation paid in connection with purchase of site for a new post-office building at Pukekohe				295	0	0
Department’s contribution in respect of an ex gratia payment made by the Wellington City Council to a telephone user who was injured while leaving the booth				45	0	0
Ex gratia payment, being refund of cash deficiency				8	10	2
Funeral expenses of deceased officers				97	1	0
							445	11	2
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote 64—Telegraph Extension							148,910	11	8
TOTAL, POST OFFICE ACCOUNT							£149,356	2	10
Sundry Products Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote 71—Export Marketing							2,391	0	10
TOTAL, SUNDRY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT							£2,391	0	10
TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE (IN TERMS OF SECTIONS 58 AND 98 OF THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926)							£2,532,677	19	5

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.
Department and Particulars.	Reason for writing off.	Value of Stores, &c.			Cash.
Agriculture—		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				609	9	5
Live-stock	Died or destroyed	1,649	7	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				191	0	11
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	1,454	7	9
Services vegetable projects’ stores	Loss on realization	40,746	10	2
Air—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				726	6	7
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	511,539	2	11
Various	Nugatory expenditure				647	19	8
Army—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2,160	17	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	71,709	4	11
Various	Nugatory expenditure				56	15	6
Broadcasting—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				14	19	9
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	119	10	0
Various	Nugatory expenditure				127	9	10
Customs—
Repairs to motor-vehicle	Nugatory expenditure				8	10	0
Education—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				3,499	15	0
Live-stock	Died or missing	119	0	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				66	4	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	661	14	2
Health—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2,911	10	4
Live-stock	Died	20	0	11
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				117	11	1
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	3,786	1	1
Industries and Commerce—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				0	13	9
Hotel accommodation not availed of	Nugatory expenditure				12	0	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	0	19	8
Internal Affairs—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				369	18	7
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	300	11	6
Various	Nugatory expenditure				12	6	3
Island Territories—
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	187	17	3
Justice and Prisons—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2	1	0
Live-stock	Died or destroyed	1,184	2	10
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	237	14	0
Labour—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				4	4	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				38	8	6
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient,&c.	97	0	1
Land and Income Tax—
Bad debts	Debtors unfinancial, &c.				5,943	18	2
Lands and Survey—
Advances	Loss on realization				2,357	18	8
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				6,370	11	9
Live-stock	Died or missing	28,046	7	11
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				215	6	9
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	913	5	9
Marine—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				200	19	3
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	886	8	8
Marketing—
Internal Marketing Division—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				70	8	2
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	71	5	2
Mental Hospitals—
Live-stock	Died or missing	2,448	2	3
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				168	2	0
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	5,579	10	3
Mines—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				167	5	9
Live-stock	Died or missing	86	12	2
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	3,068	19	5
Various	Nugatory expenditure				21	0	0
Ministry of Supply—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				7,786	17	11
Compensation for faulty material supplied	Nugatory expenditure				31,551	12	4
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	21,972	10	8
National Employment Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				292	3	2
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				121	19	2
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	1,502	4	8
Native—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				4,528	8	6
Live-stock	Died or missing	11,830	11	7
Repairs to private property	Nugatory expenditure				12	13	0
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	980	18	11
Navy—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				41	1	3
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	9,970	17	11
Various	Nugatory expenditure				1,430	4	9
Police—
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				7	18	6
Stores	Lost and stolen	0	17	0
Poet and Telegraph—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,441	19	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	7,670	5	10
Various	Nugatory expenditure				4,510	3	8
Printing and Stationery—
Exchange	Irrecoverable				0	5	4
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c., (excesses, £458 14s. 8d.)	816	19	7
Public Trust—
Securities	Loss on realization				13,802	8	3
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	75	2	11
Public Works—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,579	14	11
Live-stock	Died or destroyed	12	0	0
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	12,360	15	3
Various	Nugatory expenditure				73	3	4
Housing Construction Branch—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				12	18	0
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	1,790	12	3
Rehabilitation—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				28	13	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	95	0	1
Scientific and Industrial Research—
Stores	Gratuitous issue	717	9	0
Social Security—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				736	1	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	6	0	3
Stamp Duties—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2,584	16	10
State Advances Corporation—
Housing Branch—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,038	15	7
State Forest Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2	7	6
Live-stock	Died	14	7	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				39	14	6
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	2,767	16	9
State Hydro-electric—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				214	8	0
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	4,226	14	6
Various	Nugatory expenditure				618	14	9
Tourist and Health Resorts—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				123	3	9
Live-stock	Died	9	6	7
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	721	18	7
Various	Nugatory expenditure				5	4	4
Transport—
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				199	9	4
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	15,336	10	10
Treasury—
Securities	Loss on realization				1,772	13	11
War Assets Realization Board—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				141	5	8
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	2,130	4	11
Various	Nugatory expenditure				48	16	6
Working Railways—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				133	5	1
Stores	Lost, broken, deficient, &c.	8,502	11	3
		777,925	13	10	101,974	16	6
		£		s.		d.
Claims abandoned		879,900		10		3
Air—
Passage-money to New Zealand		67		10		0
Value of hut destroyed		25		0		0
Army—
Amount owing for use of Army car		12		12		6
Customs—
Customs duty and sales tax		1,520		5		5
Education—
Teachers’ Superannuation Board—
Overpayment of superannuation allowances		954		4		6
Rehabilitation—
Overpayment under Workers’ Compensation Act		2		7		4
Overpayment of subsistence allowance		6		10		1
Stamp Duties—
Death, estate, and succession duty: interest on death duties		10,242		9		5
Treasury—
Flood-relief loan		7		10		1
	TOTAL	£892,738		19		7

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, 1948.

Account.	Amount.
	£
The Electric Supply Account	6,100,000
The Land for Settlements Account	2,500,000
The Public Works Account	11,400,000
The State Coal-mines Account	2,500,000
The State Forests Account	1,400,000
The Working Railways Account	2,800,000
The Iron and Steel Industry Account	175,000
TOTAL	£26,875,000

Appropriation Act 1947