	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Grant and appropriation of £95,726,597 out of Consolidated Fund.
3	Grant and appropriation of £80,355,527 out of separate accounts.
4	Grant and appropriation of £16,925,048 out of accounts outside the Public Account.
5	Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
6	Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £2,822,310 10s. 7d. and debts irrecoverable, £406,737 11s. 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 £37,490,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts.
	FIRST SCHEDULE
	SECOND SCHEDULE
	THIRD SCHEDULE
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1948–49
	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 fifty, 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, 1949.

2 Grant and appropriation of £95,726,597 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 fifty, 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 ninety-five million seven hundred and twenty-six thousand five hundred and ninety-seven 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 £80,355,527 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 eighty million three hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and twenty-seven 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 £16,925,048 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 sixteen million nine hundred and twenty-five thousand and forty-eight 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 £2,822,310 10s. 7d. and debts irrecoverable, £406,737 11s. 7d.

Ibid., pp. 32 and 48

Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of sections fifty-eight and ninety-eight of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, issued during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, 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 eight hundred and twenty-two thousand three hundred and ten pounds ten shillings and sevenpence, 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 six thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven pounds eleven 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 those 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 £37,490,000 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 thirty-seven million four hundred and ninety 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, 1950.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	CONSOLIDATED FUND.	Appropriation.
	ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT	£
1	Legislative	172,794
2	Prime Minister’s Department	186,175
3	External Affairs	737,861
4	Treasury	395,250
5	Stabilization	13,947,410
6	Customs	353,511
7	Land and Income Tax	775,880
8	Stamp Duties	211,380
9	Audit	128,062
10	Public Service Commission	85,083
11	Internal Affairs	1,555,306
12	Island Territories	950,442
13	Printing and Stationery	791,745
14	Marine	472,940
15	Labour and Employment	1,611,911
16	Maori Affairs	495,108
17	Valuation	249,229
18	Electoral	261,553
19	Census and Statistics	95,000
20	Rehabilitation	346,695
21	Justice and Prisons	714,345
22	Crown Law	16,540
23	Police	1,275,721
24	Navy	3,213,969
25	Army	2,989,330
26	Air	4,692,407
27	Maintenance of Public Works and Services	7,705,450
28	Highways Maintenance	4,533,430
29	Lands and Survey	1,284,998
30	Forest Administration	736,435
31	Agriculture	2,129,110
32	Milk Marketing	321,543
33	Scientific and Industrial Research	974,476
34	Mines	144,615
35	Transport	388,010
36	Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services	1,992,299
37	Industries and Commerce	443,840
38	Tourist and Health Resorts	793,503
39	Health	8,855,250
40	Education	11,325,251
41	War and other Pensions	5,372,740
42	Social Security	12,000,000
	Total, Ordinary Revenue Account	95,726,597
	TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND	£95,726,597

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, 1950.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.	Appropriation.
	EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND	£
43	Earthquake and War Damage	20,335
	ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT
44	Electric Supply	8,750,000
	LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT
45	Crown Lands	1,077,444
46	Settlement of Ex-servicemen	6,991,050
47	Maori Land Settlement	1,861,800
	Total, Land Settlement Account	9,930,294
	PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT	£
48	Railway-construction	405,000
49	Housing Construction	9,850,740
50	Public Buildings	1,050,000
51	Education Buildings	2,250,000
52	Lighthouses and Harbour-works	50,000
53	Roads, &c.	475,000
54	Soil Conservation and Rivers Control	580,000
55	Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage	312,800
56	Highways Construction	2,500,000
57	Forest Development	2,300,400
58	Christmas Island Phosphate Rights	125,000
	Total, Public Works Account	19,898,940
	SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
59	Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits	1,110,920
60	Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits	8,259,000
	Total, Social Security Fund	9,369,920
	STATE COAL-MINES ACCOUNT
61	State Coal-mines	5,417,925
	WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT
62	Working Railways	23,866,078
63	Improvements and Additions to Open Lines	3,102,035
	Total, Working Railways Account	26,968,113
	TOTAL, SEPARATE ACCOUNTS	£80,355,527

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, 1950.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT.	Appropriation.
	POST OFFICE ACCOUNT	£
64	Post and Telegraph Working-expenses	10,229,180
65	Telegraph Extension	3,589,500
	Total, Post Office Account	13,818,680
	PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
66	Public Trust Office	568,564
	MAORI TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
67	Maori Trust Office	19,256
	GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
68	Government Insurance	304,585
	GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION FUND ACCOUNT
69	Government Superannuation Fund Office	32,030
	STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
70	State Fire Insurance	305,690
	GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
71	Government Accident Insurance	240,200
	MARKETING ACCOUNT
72	Marketing	594,493
	BROADCASTING ACCOUNT
73	Broadcasting	1,041,550
	TOTAL, ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT	£16,925,048

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1948–49

(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—
Grant to New Zealand Poultry Board for administration expenses				5,000	0	0
Air Department—
Expenses of South Pacific Air Transport Conference	114	11	4
Grant to Canterbury Aero Club to meet costs incurred in change-over from Wigram to Harewood	1,500	0	0
Payment to New Zealand National Airways Corporation to meet excess of expenditure over revenue, Pacific Regional Services, for the period 1st November, 1947, to 31st March, 1948	21,733	16	8
Payment to Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., to meet estimated deficiency in operational costs for financial year ended 31st March, 1949	85,000	0	0	108,348	8	0
Army Department—
Ex gratia payment to wife of ex-serviceman for loss of luggage whilst in transit from Middle East to New Zealand	50	0	0
Ex gratia payment to Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand, Ltd., in full settlement of their claim against the New Zealand Government for damage to cargo contaminated through shipment of bales of proofed sand-bags	375	0	0	425	0	0
Census and Statistics Department—
Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement				133	7	8
External Affairs Department—
Cost of bronze memorial plaque commemorating use of building in Charing Cross Road, London, as New Zealand Forces Club				16	10	0
Education Department—
Grant towards cost of extensions to Selwyn College Hostel for benefit of Otago University students				6,800	0	0
Health Department—
Cost of medical and hospital services for patient alleged to have been injuriously affected by a combined vaccine				19	14	6
Industries and Commerce Department—
Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement	94	12	11
Increase of honorarium payable to Honorary New Zealand Government Agent, Johannesburg (Mr. H. T. Constable)	175	0	0	269	12	11
Internal Affairs Department—
Grant to Ornithological Society of New Zealand for conduct of bird-ringing scheme	50	0	0
Grant to South African War Veterans’ Association towards costs of representatives attending London reunion during July, 1949	750	0	0
Travelling and other expenses: Committee on Fire Service Training	144	12	7	944	12	7
Island Territories Department—
Costs of charter of “Skymaster” aircraft from Trans-Australia Airlines between Western Samoa and Auckland	2,324	0	0
Erection of additional school classrooms, Raratonga and Mauke	327	0	0
Fares, allowances, and expenses of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Mr. A. G. Osborne: Visit to Cook Islands	125	2	0	2,776	2	0
Justice and Prisons Department—
Ex gratia payment to Thames Saw-milling Co., Ltd., on account of loss by theft (three persons convicted and fined £1,000)				250	0	0
Lands and Survey Department—
Consideration payable to Gear Meat Co., Ltd., for transfer to the Crown of lands comprising part of the Hutt River bed containing 8 acres 1 rood	100	0	0
Cost of purchasing two cottages at Thornton for housing workmen employed at Rangitaiki Drainage Works	200	0	0	300	0	0
Milk Marketing Division—
Additional freight on fodder to meet emergency conditions				98	19	1
Police Department—
Ex gratia payment as compensation for alleged damage	100	0	0
Refund to King-Country clubs of proceeds of the sale of liquor forfeited for breach of Licensing Act, 1908	182	5	8	282	5	8
Prime Minister’s Department—
Office and other expenses: New Zealand Consulate-General, San Francisco	90	1	10
Transfer and removal expenses of employee of National Film Unit	115	17	7	205	19	5
Public Service Commission—
Grant to widow of officer in lieu of leave on retirement				39	2	6
Rehabilitation Department—
Grant to widow of officer in lieu of leave on retirement				52	18	8
State Forest Service—
Ex gratia payment to mother in respect of her son, accidentally killed whilst employed at Golden Downs Plantation	500	0	0
Expenses incurred supplying panelling and flooring for reconstruction of portion of British Empire Society Building, London	225	2	7	725	2	7
Tourist and Health Resorts—
Compassionate grant to widow of deceased officer				169	16	9
Transport Department—
Monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased officer				27	16	5
Treasury Department—
Ex gratia payment in lieu of refund of petrol-tax—
Hamilton City Council	89	8	9
W. J. Anderson	6	12	0
Payment to Bank of New Zealand of unclaimed dividends on shares acquired by the Crown for refund to legal representatives of shareholders	68	19	6
Purchase of shares in Hutt Valley Milk Treatment	500	0	0	665	0	3
War Assets Realization Board—
Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement				250	0	0	127,800	9	0
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES
Vote—Legislative				11,843	5	9
Vote—External Affairs				34,232	2	7
Vote—Stabilization				219,301	18	7
Vote—Valuation				7,719	8	4
Vote—Justice and Prisons				4,631	13	3
Vote—Health				311,381	4	5
Vote—Education				13,469	19	3
Vote—War and Other Pensions				15,270	19	1	617,850	11	3
TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND							£745,651	0	3
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Electric Supply Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Compassionate grant to the widow of a deceased officer							193	13	6
TOTAL, ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT							£193	13	6
Land Settlement Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Ex gratia payment to estate of Pani Ramiha, representing proceeds of sale of land							431	7	7
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE Vote—Maori Land Settlement							307,995	0	2
TOTAL, LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT							£308,426	7	9
Public Works Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES Vote—Housing Construction							875,367	15	0
Vote—Education Buildings							255,395	10	8
Vote—Soil Conservation and Rivers Control							14,941	14	5
Vote—Highway Construction							105,569	4	6
TOTAL, PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT							£1,251,274	4	7
Social Security Fund
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Ex gratia payment from proceeds of sale of house property applied in reduction of moneys due under maintenance order							95	0	0
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE Vote—Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits							63,447	15	1
TOTAL, SOCIAL SECURITY FUND							£63,542	15	1
Working Railways Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE Vote—Working Railways							143,921	8	10
TOTAL, WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT							£143,921	8	10
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
Maori Trustee’s Account
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR Contribution towards cost of erecting and equipping the Rotorua Guest House							500	0	0
TOTAL, MAORI TRUSTEES’ ACCOUNT							£500	0	0
Poet Office Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE Vote—Post and Telegraph Working-expenses							30,705	11	7
Vote—Telegraph Extension							276,987	11	1
TOTAL, POST OFFICE ACCOUNT							£307,693	2	8
Sundry Products Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote—Marketing							1,107	17	11
TOTAL, SUNDRY PRODUCTS ACCOUNT							£1,107	17	11
TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE (IN TERMS OF SECTIONS 58 AND 98 OF THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926)							£2,822,310	10	7

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.	Value of Stores, &c.			Cash.
Agriculture—		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				766	9	10
Live-stock	Died. &c.	831	16	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				209	15	3
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	800	13	4
Air—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				845	1	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	48,705	6	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				722	19	4
Army—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				846	13	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	33,128	6	10
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				459	6	0
Customs—
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	36	17	11
Education—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				5,896	19	9
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	2,973	0	2
Live-stock	Died, &c.	89	17	10
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				143	16	3
External Affairs—
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	17	8	11
Air fare unused	Irrecoverable				17	10	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				25	1	4
Health—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				78	7	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	1,640	12	7
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				100	0	5
Health (Mental Hygiene Division)—
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	9,906	14	8
Live-stock	Died, &c.	2,286	11	4
Industries and Commerce—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				73	4	9
Stores	Lost	8,224	14	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				16	3	0
Internal Affairs—
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	99	17	9
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,104	19	10
Fishing licences	Complimentary issues				110	3	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				36	12	11
Island Territories—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				233	13	8
Stores	Lost	21,099	15	11
Justice and Prisons—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1	1	0
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	356	8	2
Live-stock	Died, &c.	1,302	13	0
Labour and Employment—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				797	4	11
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	1,917	1	9
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				71	5	6
Land and Income Tax—
Cash deficiencies, &c.	Irrecoverable				434	10	8
Compensation for loss of effects	Nugatory expenditure				4	10	0
Income-tax	Irrecoverable				26,126	6	7
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				93	10	7
Salaries overpaid	Irrecoverable				5	4	8
Lands and Survey—
Advances	Loss on realization				880	10	6
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				805	2	10
Consent fees	Returned servicemen’s loans				28	17	6
Land drainage rates	Compromise of amount due				3,719	19	11
Live-stock	Died, missing, &c.	40,610	2	7
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	1,806	1	7
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				244	8	4
Maori Affairs—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				10,993	9	5
Loss on plant seedlings	Destroyed	571	11	1
Stores	Lost, &c.	955	14	11
Live-stock	Died, &c.	5,384	14	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				55	18	11
Marine—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				30	14	11
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	2,969	4	11
Live-stock	Died, &c.	39	19	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				16	0	7
Marketing—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				6	6	10
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				73	6	6
Mines—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				5,379	15	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,290	14	8
Live-stock	Died, &c.	80	0	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				3	4	2
Ministry of Works—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,362	11	7
Compensation for loss	Nugatory expenditure				140	4	9
Fees remitted	Nugatory expenditure				498	2	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	17,448	18	9
Live-stock	Died, &c.	24	15	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				2,783	2	11
Housing Construction Branch—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				50	6	1
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	1,982	17	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				59	14	10
National Broadcasting—
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	76	4	10
Navy—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				19	14	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, burnt, &c.	24,438	11	0
Police—
Compensation for loss of property	Nugatory expenditure				10	3	8
Stores	Lost, burnt, &c.	3	17	0
Repairs to vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				280	4	2
Post and Telegraph—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				739	0	8
Stores	Lost, burnt, &c.	5,239	17	1
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				6,279	7	6
Prime Minister’s—
Supply of film	Part payment accepted in full satisfaction				45	0	6
Value of work on publications not proceeded with	Nugatory expenditure				52	10	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				23	11	9
Printing and Stationery—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2	13	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	2,065	3	8
Public Trust—
Stores	Lost, &c.	81	17	0
Advances on mortgage	Loss on realization				4,401	19	0
Railways—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				63	2	3
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	9,420	9	8
Rehabilitation—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				68	15	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	865	10	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				62	14	8
Scientific and Industrial Research—
Stores	Gratuitous issue to Dairy Research Institute	323	16	4
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	169	18	6
Various	Nugatory expenditure				417	7	6
Social Security—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2,051	0	3
Stores	Lost, &c.	14	17	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				7	3	0
Stamp Duties—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				55	11	0
State Advances Corporation—
Housing Account—
Rents, &c.	Irrecoverable				664	8	1
State Forest Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,803	10	5
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,352	19	6
Live-stock	Died, &c.	31	0	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				40	19	11
Compensation for loss of tools	Nugatory expenditure				11	11	8
State Hydro-electric—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				621	2	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	2,318	2	11
Compensation for loss of live-stock	Nugatory expenditure				20	2	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				797	13	2
Tourist and Health Resorts—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				651	0	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	900	7	4
Various	Nugatory expenditure				0	19	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				35	7	8
Rotorua water and drainage system	Loss on realization				53,141	8	0
Transport—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				2	11	7
Stores	Lost, &c.	127	6	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				131	17	7
Value of work performed on posters discontinued	Nugatory expenditure				20	0	0
Treasury—
Miscellaneous advances	Irrecoverable, &c.				3,240	12	5
Sale of huts—rural housing	Loss on realization				690	0	0
Valuation—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				5	10	0
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	4	17	1
Various	Nugatory expenditure				9	2	0
War Assets Realization Board—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				4	3	7
Stores	Lost, stolen, burnt, &c.	1,022	4	1
Various	Nugatory expenses				12	18	3
		259,039	12	10	142,837	8	6
	Claims abandoned
Customs—
Remission of Customs duty and sales tax						970	1	3
Health—
Maternity benefits overclaimed						28	15	0
Outstanding debt						51	0	0
Internal Affairs—
Loss on passport fees						55	16	5
Lands and Survey—
Remission of interest—Thames Valley Drainage Board						2,217	1	1
Stamp Duties—
Remission of unpaid death duty, gift duty, and outstanding interest and overseas passenger duty						1,518	7	9
Tourist and Health Resorts—
Accommodation						7	5	6
Overpayment of salary						1	3	3
Outstanding debt						11	0	0
					TOTAL	£406,737	11	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, 1950.

Account.	Amount.
The Electric Supply Account	£ 7,000,000
The Land Settlement Account	5,000,000
The Public Works Account	18,000,000
The State Coal-mines Account	2,000,000
The Working Railways Account	2,990,000
The Post Office Account	2,500,000
TOTAL	£37,490,000

Appropriation Act 1949