	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Grant and appropriation of £139,698,955 out of Consolidated Fund.
3	Grant and appropriation of £110,088,270 out of separate accounts.
4	Grant and appropriation of £21,424,283 out of accounts outside the Public Account.
5	Power to make contracts in excess of appropriation.
6	Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £3,719,771 9s. 4d. and debts irrecoverable, £452,170 10s. 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 £36,500,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts.
	FIRST SCHEDULE
	SECOND SCHEDULE
	THIRD SCHEDULE
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1951–52
	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-three, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this year.

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 year, 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 1952.

2 Grant and appropriation of £139,698,955 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 Her Majesty for the services of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, 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 year, do not exceed the sum of one hundred and thirty-nine million six hundred and ninety-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-five 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 £110,088,270 out of separate accounts.

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the respective accounts mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto, towards making good the supplies granted to Her 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 year, do not exceed the sum of one hundred and ten million eighty-eight thousand two hundred and seventy 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 £21,424,283 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 Her 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 year, do not exceed the sum of twenty-one million four hundred and twenty-four thousand two hundred and eighty-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 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 Her Majesty the Queen, for carrying on the works and services for which money is appropriated by this Act.

6 Indemnity as to unauthorized expenditure of £3,719,771 9s. 4d. and debts irrecoverable, £452,170 10s. 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 year that ended on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, 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 three million seven hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-one pounds nine shillings and fourpence, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the said Fourth Schedule, and has also discharged from the Public Account and other accounts the sum of four hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and seventy pounds ten 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 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, that 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 £36,500,000 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 year, 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-six million five hundred thousand pounds.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Section 2

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 31 March 1953.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	CONSOLIDATED FUND.	Appropriation.
		£
1	Legislative	199,900
2	Prime Minister’s Office	19,500
3	External Affairs	1,817,000
4	Treasury	260,000
5	Stabilization	15,905,200
6	Customs	406,500
7	Inland Revenue	1,166,810
8	Audit.	174,000
9	Public Service Commission	97,000
10	Internal Affairs.	2,624,340
11	Island Territories	875,000
12	Printing and Stationery	1,959,250
13	Marine	506,420
14	Labour and Employment.	3,216,000
15	Maori Affairs	845,500
16	Valuation	403,010
17	Census and Statistics	180,000
18	Rehabilitation.	1,574,000
19	Justice	1,108,250
20	Crown Law	21,600
21	Police.	1,475,225
22	Navy.	5,670,000
23	Army.	9,109,000
24	Air	7,521,000
25	Defence Construction and Maintenance	2,700,000
26	Maintenance of Public Works and Services.	8,510,000
27	Highways Maintenance	5,150,000
28	Lands and Survey	1,825,000
29	Forest Service.	1,803,000
30	Agriculture	2,896,850
31	Milk Marketing.	655,000
32	Scientific and Industrial Research.	1,020,720
33	Mines.	153,000
34	Transport	730,000
35	Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services	2,427,100
36	Industries and Commerce.	392,100
37	Tourist and Publicity	1,231,870
38	Health	4,792,000
39	Subsidies to Hospital Boards.	9,500,000
40	Education.	17,972,810
41	War and other Pensions	6,805,000
42	Social Security.	14,000,000
	TOTAL, CONSOLIDATED FUND	£139,698,955

SECOND SCHEDULE

Section 3

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 31 March 1953.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.	Appropriation.
		£
	EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND
43	Earthquake and War Damage	31,255
	ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT
44	Electric Supply	16,250,000
	LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT
45	Crown Lands	1,186,700
46	Settlement of Ex-servicemen	6,373,000
47	Maori Land Settlement	3,688,000
	TOTAL, LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT	11,247,700
	PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT
48	Railway Construction	1,788,100
49	Housing Construction	9,300,000
50	Public Buildings	1,450,000
51	Education Buildings	3,500,000
52	Roads, &c.	940,000
53	Soil Conservation and Rivers Control	500,000
54	Irrigation, Water Supply, and Drainage	635,000
55	Highways Construction	3,250,000
56	Forest Development	2,071,140
57	Harbour Development	200,000
	TOTAL, PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT	23,634,240
	SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
58	Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits	2,670,000
59	Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits	10,621,000
	TOTAL, SOCIAL SECURITY FUND	13,291,000
	STATE COAL MINES ACCOUNT
60	State Coal Mines	7,324,140
	WORKING RAILWAYS ACCOUNT
61	Working Railways	32,709,935
62	Improvements and Additions to Open Lines	5,600,000
	Total, Working Railways Account	38,309,935
	TOTAL, SEPARATE ACCOUNTS	£110,088,270

THIRD SCHEDULE

Section 4

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 31 March 1953.

Col. 1.	Col. 2.	Col. 3.
Vote.	ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT.	Appropriation.
	POST OFFICE ACCOUNT	£
63	Post and Telegraph Working Expenses	14,283,875
64	Telegraph Extension	3,950,000
	Total, Post Office Account	18,233,875
	PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
65	Public Trust Office	655,854
	MAORI TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
66	Maori Trust Office	34,069
	GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
67	Government Insurance	489,750
	STATE FIRE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
68	State Fire Insurance.	421,225
	GOVERNMENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
69	Government Accident Insurance.	235,900
	MARKETING ACCOUNT
70	Marketing.	227,930
	BROADCASTING ACCOUNT
71	Broadcasting	1,125,680
	TOTAL, ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT	£21,424,288

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorized Expenditure Account for the Year 1951–52

Section 6

(Under Section 58 of the Public Revenues Act 1926)				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
CONSOLIDATED FUND
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR
External Affairs Department—
Grant towards cost of memorial to Katherine Mansfield at Mentone, France				100	0	0
Loss on advance purchase of tickets for Festival of Britain for resale to visiting New Zealanders				136	10	0
Contribution to International Material Conference				1,041	12	5
							1,278	2	5
Internal Affairs Department—
Payment of travelling-allowance to two members of Parliament while attending meeting of Council of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Ceylon							82	1	3
Island Territories Department—
Temporary advance to Cook Islands Fruit Account							15,200	0	0
Justice Department—
Ex gratia payment by way of compensation for unlawful imprisonment							77	2	0
Labour and Employment Department—
Grant on retirement from position of Judge of the Compensation Court							1,125	0	0
Lands and Survey Department—
Ex gratia payment of cost of conveying body of officer killed on duty and for the transfer of his furniture and effects							154	2	0
Ministry of Works—
Gift to Fijian Government towards hurricane relief				2,109	11	6
Payment of compensation to dependants of Government servants killed in aircraft accident				12,178	2	0
							14,287	13	6
New Zealand Forest Service—
Salaries and incidental expenses of welfare officers for youths recruited under junior woodsmen training scheme.							362	5	4
Police Department—
Ex gratia payment for transfer of furniture and effects of widow of officer killed on duty				95	10	0
Ex gratia payment of legal fees in civil actions brought against police officers				104	0	0
							199	10	0
Rehabilitation—
Grant to Sydney University in respect of rehabilitation bursars							403	4	6
Scientific and Industrial Research—
Compassionate grant to widow of deceased officer							127	15	0
Tourist and Publicity—
Ex gratia payment to officer as compensation for injuries received in course of employment
Expenses of officers travelling overseas				132	12	4
Ex gratia payment to tourist as compensation for accident				30	0	0
							1,838	17	0
Transport Department—
Subsidy to Dunedin Goods Transport Control Committee							71	8	2
Treasury Department—
Ex gratia payment for loss of bank-note accidentally burnt				5	0	0
Compassionate grant to widow of deceased officer				465	0	0
Ex gratia payment to offset succession duty on bequest to Lepers’ Trust Board (Inc.)				429	19	1
Ex gratia payment in lieu of refund of petrol tax not claimed—
	£	s.	d.
Eketahuna Borough Council	4	0	0
Tasman Empire Airways	426	6	4
				430	6	4
							1,330	5	5
							36,537	6	7
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES
Vote—Island Territories				17,349	18	6
Vote—Printing and Stationery				1,153,632	3	8
Vote—Labour and Employment				4,020	5	8
Vote—Valuation				41,003	15	2
Vote—Rehabilitation				324	15	11
Vote—Justice				68,601	12	11
Vote—Police				34,362	12	5
Vote—Maintenance of Public Works and Services				79,979	0	8
Vote—Highways Maintenance				485,095	5	4
Vote—Agriculture				173,618	9	4
Vote—Scientific and Industrial Research				45,933	2	9
Vote—Industries and Commerce				6,189	7	10
Vote—Tourist and Publicity				51,739	13	9
Vote—Health				1,127,833	6	0
							3,437,683	9	11
Total, Consolidated Fund										3,474,220	6	6
ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT
Expenses of officers travelling overseas										18	15	11
LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT
Ex gratia payment for injuries received whilst acting as caretaker of departmental property										25	12	9
PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES
Vote—Railway Construction							90,652	14	6
Vote—Highways Construction							49,655	6	3
										140,308	0	9
SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote—Medical, Hospital, &c., Benefits										99,027	3	3
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
State Fire Insurance Account
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTE
Vote—State Fire Insurance										6,171	0	2
Total										£3,719,771	9	4
TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE (in terms of Sections 58 and 98 of the PUBLIC REVENUES ACT 1926)										£3,719,771	9	4

Statement showing the Detail of Sums irrecoverable by the Crown or Value of Stores &c., required to be written off Departmental Accounts

Department and Particulars.	Reason for Writing Off.	Value of Stores, &c.			Cash.
Agriculture—		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				19	3	5
Live-stock	Died, &c.	2,121	19	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				411	16	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	454	14	4
Stores	Gratuitous issue	37	0	0
Air—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				240	9	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	89,808	0	2
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				350	15	7
Air crashes	Aircraft, &c., destroyed	36,001	0	0
Air (Civil Aviation)—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				95	1	4
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	15,019	6	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				17	8	9
Army—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				373	0	8
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	9,541	17	7
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				1,803	17	10
Education—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				707	11	7
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	792	8	0
Live-stock	Died, &c.	36	0	6
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				316	17	4
External Affairs—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				279	15	9
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	32	10	7
Health—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				1,088	5	8
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,395	6	8
Live-stock	Died, &c.	9	13	2
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents	Nugatory expenditure				413	3	9
Health (Mental Hygiene Division)—
Bad Debts	Irrecoverable				35	19	3
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	9,760	1	10
Live-stock	Died, &c.	1,265	4	11
Compensation for damaged property, repairs, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				38	4	11
Industries and Commerce—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				7,162	10	5
Stores	Lost	1	0	0
Inland Revenue—
Income-tax, &c.	Irrecoverable				17 ,080	1	2
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				373	9	10
Internal Affairs—
Stores	Lost, broken, &c.	116	11	1
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				805	17	11
Repairs to motor-vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				175	9	3
Justice—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				10	17	0
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	871	6	2
Live-stock	Died, &c.	1,581	10	9
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				40	5	0
Labour and Employment—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				555	10	8
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,351	4	8
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				65	7	11
Lands and Survey—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				3,491	17	8
Live-stock	Died, missing, &c.	39,577	1	2
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	2,453	11	1
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				734	15	0
Maori Affairs—
Maintenance costs on new housing	Nugatory expenditure				1,580	15	4
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				5,979	7	8
Stores	Lost, &c.	1,016	12	3
Live-stock	Died, &c.	18,853	10	3
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				417	6	5
Marine—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				9	14	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	90	2	7
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				251	14	10
Marketing—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				211	2	11
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	72	0	1
Mines—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				384	9	4
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	10,100	9	10
Live-stock	Died, &c.	39	18	0
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				407	10	4
Ministry of Works—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				848	5	0
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	31,193	4	6
Live-stock	Died, &c.	199	16	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				5,939	6	11
Housing Construction Branch—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				67	0	3
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				57	19	0
Navy—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				49	17	3
Stores	Lost, stolen, burnt, &c.	2,800	0	4
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				286	12	9
New Zealand Broadcasting Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				7	10	4
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	485	19	3
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				10	17	10
New Zealand Forest Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				33	15	0
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	5,448	17	5
Live-stock.	Died, &c.	66	12	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				192	9	3
Police—
Stores	Lost, burnt, &c.	24	10	10
Repairs to vehicles damaged in accidents, &c.	Nugatory expenditure				496	11	11
Post and Telegraph—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				810	11	3
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	7,995	18	5
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				9,978	9	6
Printing and Stationery—
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,018	14	6
Compensation for damage to property	Nugatory expenditure				52	3	11
Public Trust—
Stores	Lost, &c.	5	16	1
Advances on mortgage	Irrecoverable				8,850	15	1
Railways—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				360	3	7
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	10,631	11	7
Rehabilitation—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				23,840	3	1
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	1,346	7	9
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				97	7	1
Scientific and Industrial Research—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				3	1	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	112	14	1
Repairs to motor-vehioles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				107	12	0
Social Security—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				740	7	1
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	2	10	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				26	2	10
Slate Advances Corporation—
Housing Account—
Rents, &c.	Irrecoverable				1,019	2	7
State Hydro-electric—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				471	19	10
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	3,376	0	1
Live-stock	Died, missing, &c.	17	10	0
Repairs to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				885	7	10
Tourist and Publicity—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				297	10	11
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	5,167	0	8
Live-stock	Died, &c.	41	17	0
Repairs, &c., to motor-vehicles and private property	Nugatory expenditure				10	2	6
Transport—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				22	7	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	15	12	0
Compenstaion for damaged property	Nugatory expenditure				3	10	0
Treasury—
Miscellaneous advances, &c.	Irrecoverable, &c.				10,185	8	2
Sale of huts—rural housing	Loss on realization				265	14	6
Stores	Lost, stolen, &c.	35	6	2
Valutaion—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable				8	5	6
Repairs to motor-vehicles	Nugatory expenditure				12	17	6
		318,390	19	10	114,743	7	9
		£		s.		d.
Claims abandoned		433,134		7		7
Customs—
Remission of Customs duty and sales-tax		1,559		19		6
Education—
Loan repayments from Boards		2,057		9		7
Inland Revenue (Estates and Stamp Duties Division)—
Remission of death, estate, succession, and gift duties, &c.		7,130		11		5
Lands and Survey—
Remission of survey charges and debts		936		7		6
Ministry of Works—
Remission of irrigation, &c., charges		1,965		9		0
Railways—
Remission of claims for recovery of compensation, &c.		1,896		14		6
Treasury—
Outstanding claims on United States Armed Forces		3,489		11		6
	TOTAL	£452,170		10		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 31 March 1953.

Account.	Amount.
	£
The Electric Supply Account	13,500,000
The Public Works Account	13,000,000
The State Coal Mines Account	500,000
The Working Railways Account	6,000,000
The Post Office Account	3,500,000
TOTAL	£36,500,000

Appropriation Act 1952