Grant and appropriation of £377,904,725 out of Consolidated Revenue Account

Grant and appropriation of £131,910,000 out of Works and Trading Account

Grant and appropriation of £45,113,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account

Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £4,079,824

Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to £1,213,494

Authority to transfer £102,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts

FIRST SCHEDULES Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1964–65

SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1964–65

THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1964–65

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account for the Year 1963–64

FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off

SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised From National Development Loans Account for the Year 1964–65

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Appropriation Act 1964

Public Act		1964 No 120
Date of assent		4 December 1964

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Grant and appropriation of £377,904,725 out of Consolidated Revenue Account
3	Grant and appropriation of £131,910,000 out of Works and Trading Account
4	Grant and appropriation of £45,113,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account
5	Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £4,079,824
6	Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to £1,213,494
7	Authority to transfer £102,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts
	FIRST SCHEDULES Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1964–65
	SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1964–65
	THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1964–65
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account for the Year 1963–64
	FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off
	SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised From National Development Loans Account for the Year 1964–65
	Administrative information

An Act to appropriate and apply certain sums of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Account and other accounts to the services of the year ending with the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, 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

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1964.

(2)

This Act relates to the year ending with the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-five (hereinafter referred to as this year).

2 Grant and appropriation of £377,904,725 out of Consolidated Revenue Account

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Account, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Account during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of three hundred and seventy-seven million nine hundred and four thousand seven hundred and twenty-five pounds.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied, together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorised to retain them instead of salary, are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the First Schedule to this Act.

3 Grant and appropriation of £131,910,000 out of Works and Trading Account

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Works and Trading Account, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Works and Trading Account during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of one hundred and thirty-one million nine hundred and ten thousand pounds.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.

(3)

Where any of the money appropriated by this section for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of roads, bridges, and other public works is by the estimates for this year as approved by the House of Representatives allocated for the construction, maintenance, or supervision of any particular road or bridge, the money 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 £45,113,000 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 to this Act, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of those accounts during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of forty-five million one hundred and thirteen thousand pounds.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the Third Schedule to this Act.

5 Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of £4,079,824

Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of sections 51 and 76 of the Public Revenues Act 1953, issued during the year that ended with the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-four, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, out of the Consolidated Revenue Account and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of four million and seventy-nine thousand eight hundred and twenty-four pounds, and has caused those sums to be applied to the several services mentioned in the said Fourth Schedule: Be it therefore enacted that the application of the said sums is hereby sanctioned.

6 Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to £1,213,494

Whereas the losses of public money and public stores specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act have occurred, amounting in the whole to one million two hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety-four pounds: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1)

The amounts specified in the said Fifth Schedule, being sums of public money and the value of public stores, are hereby written off.

(2)

No person, other than an accounting officer within the meaning of the Public Revenues Act 1953, shall be deemed to be discharged, by reason only of the fact that the said amounts are written off, from any liability in respect of any public money or public stores (other than debts remitted) to which this section applies.

7 Authority to transfer £102,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts

There may be transferred from the National Development Loans Account to the respective accounts mentioned in the Sixth Schedule to this Act any sums which, together with the sums that have been so transferred during this year under section 12 of the New Zealand Loans Act 1953 and the 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 one hundred and two million pounds.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULES Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1964–65

Section 2(2)

Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
		£
1	Legislative	329,000
2	Prime Minister’s Office	35,000
3	External Affairs	4,196,000
4	Audit	316,000
5	Customs	975,725
6	Inland Revenue	2,836,000
7	Stabilisation	17,325,000
8	Treasury	771,000
9	Broadcasting	4,000
10	Government Printing Office	2,398,000
11	Internal Affairs	2,752,500
12	Island Territories	1,541,500
13	Labour	2,248,000
14	Maori Affairs	1,424,000
15	Marine	1,170,000
16	State Services Commission	286,000
17	Statistics	452,500
18	Valuation	592,000
19	Crown Law	71,000
20	Justice	3,635,000
21	Police	4,533,500
22	Defence	36,582,000
23	Public Works and Services	16,765,000
24	Roads, etc.	2,150,000
25	Agriculture	7,871,000
26	Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services	4,827,500
27	Forest Service	2,631,000
28	Industries and Commerce	1,137,000
29	Lands and Survey	2,230,000
30	Mines	383,000
31	Scientific and Industrial Research	3,036,500
32	Tourist and Publicity	1,893,000
33	Transport	1,296,000
34	Education	60,910,000
	Carried forward	189,603,725
	Brought forward	189,603,725
35	Family Benefit Capitalisation	4,000,000
36	Health	5,885,000
37	Health Benefits	15,700,000
38	Hospitals	44,903,000
39	Social Security Monetary Benefits	99,120,000
40	Social Security Expenses and Emergency Benefits	3,598,000
41	War and other Pensions	15,095,000
	TOTAL	£377,904,725

SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1964–65

Section 3(2)

Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
		£
42	Airport Development	2,280,000
43	Crown Lands	9,135,000
44	Electric Supply	36,468,000
45	Forest Development	6,025,000
46	Housing Construction	8,000,000
47	Maori Land Settlement	5,793,000
48	Public Buildings	6,725,000
49	State Coal Mines	7,840,000
50	University and Technical Institute Buildings	3,400,000
51	Working Railways	46,244,000
	TOTAL	£131,910,000

THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1964–65

Section 4

Vote	ACCOUNT AND SERVICE	Appropriation
	EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND	£
52	Earthquake and War Damage	82,700
	GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
53	Government Life Insurance	474,000
	MAORI TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
54	Maori Trust Office	205,000
	POST OFFICE ACCOUNT
55	Post Office Working Expenses	33,318,000
56	Telecommunications Development	8,775,000
	Total	42,093,000
	PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
57	Public Trust Office	1,343,000
	STATE ADVANCES CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNT
58	State Advances Corporation	11,300
	STATE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
59	State Insurance Office	904,000
	TOTAL	£45,113,000

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Account for the Year 1963–64

Section 5

Under Section 51(5) of the Public Revenues Act 1953 CONSOLIDATED FUND
For Services Not Provided for—
Army Department—	£	£	£
Reimbursement to Imprest Account of moneys stolen	1,664
Payment in final settlement of New Zealand’s outstanding share of the cost of United States Army logistic support provided to Commonwealth forces in Korea	135,798
		137,462
Customs Department—
Ex gratia payment of an amount equivalent to customs duty paid on drug thalidomide subsequently destroyed	3,080
Ex gratia payment of an amount equivalent to excise duty paid for experimental stout subsequently destroyed	735
		3,815
Island Territories Department—
Half share of amount paid in settlement of action for damages against Crown for alleged breach of agreement to appoint to judicial office in Western Samoa		1,159
Marine Department—
Subsidy to shipping company to offset loss on freight service operated in the Hauraki Gulf		2,283
		144,719
For Services in Excess of Votes—
Vote—Customs	28,052
Vote—Education	578,920
Vote—Government Printing Office	25,577
Vote—Industries and Commerce	19,969
Vote—Inland Revenue	38,854
Vote—Internal Affairs	21,484
Vote—Island Territories	1,691
Vote—Labour	75,374
Vote—Maori Affairs	13,867
Vote—Mines	711
Vote—Police	4,806
Vote—Public Hospitals	278,958
Vote—Public Works and Services	175,277
Vote—Stabilisation	214,198
Vote—Statistics	25,681
Vote—Transport	21,635
Vote—War and Other Pensions	80,684
		1,605,738
Total, Consolidated Fund			1,750,457
Carried forward			1,750,457
	£	£	£
Brought forward			1,750,457
ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes— Vote—Electric Supply			1,437,733
LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes Vote—Crown Lands			305,231
NATIONAL ROADS FUND
Ex gratia payments in lieu of refunds of petrol tax, etc.		956
Bridge and motorway openings		635
Entertainment expenses		165
			1,756
PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT
Compensation paid for loss of grazing and injurious effect to land resulting from Crown construction work		535
For Services in Excess of Votes Vote—Forest Development		92,832
			93,367
SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Administration Expenses and Emergency Benefits			331,189
STATE COAL MINES ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes Vote—State Coal Mines			3,251
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes Vote—Government Insurance			9,473
POST OFFICE ACCOUNT
Payment in respect of a voucher wrongfully negotiated by an unknown person through a Post Office Savings Bank		354
For Services in Excess of Votes Vote—Post Office Working Expenses		147,013
			147,367
			£4,079,824

SUMMARY

	Unauthorised Authority (Section 51(4) of the Public Revenues Act 1953)	Amount Expended
Unauthorised Expenditure
	£	£
For all services	6,619,768	4,079,824

FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off

Section 6

Department and Particulars	Reason for Writing Off	Value of Stores, etc.	Cash
Agriculture—		£	£
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		153
Livestock	Died, etc.	1,112
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	641
Stores	Stolen	2
Stores	Lost by fire	2,170
Stores	Gratuitous issues	1,381
Air—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		34
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		15
Stores	Stolen	265
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	4,676
Stores	Lost by fire	1,164
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		14
Cash	Debt remitted		10
Air (Civil Aviation)—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1,254
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	78
Stores	Stolen	28
Stores	Gratuitous issues	48,703
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		75
Cash	Debts remitted		17
Debt remitted	Remission of claim for airport dues payable by company		500
Army—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1,931
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		8
Stores	Gratuitous issues	6,184
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	4,966
Stores	Lost by fire	3,040
Stores	Stolen	649
Stores	Loss of loan stores, FARELF	1,534
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		18
Nugatory expenditure	Compensation for damaged or lost private property		2
Nugatory expenditure	Compensation in respect of motor-vehicle accidents		22
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		276
Carried forward		76,593	4,329
		£	£
Brought forward		76,593	4,329
Customs—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		5
Debt remitted	Remission of Customs duty and sales tax		3,123
Education—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		684
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1,196
Stores	Stolen	47
Stores	Lost by fire	4
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		40
Debt remitted	Remission of claim for arrears of rent		80
External Affairs—
Advances, stranded New Zealanders	Irrecoverable		553
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		1
Cash	Debt remitted		7
Stores	Stolen	40
Government Printing Office—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		45
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1,918
Stores	Lost by fire	12,009
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		3
Health—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		158
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1,306
Stores	Lost by fire	352
Stores	Stolen	39
Livestock	Died, etc.	1,457
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		1
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		65
Debt remitted	Remission of balance of debt made under a physiotherapy bursary		131
Debt remitted	Remission of claim for overpayment of subsidy		1,185
Debt remitted	Remission of claim for value of meals supplied		31
Debt remitted	Remission of claim being interest written off in respect of loans		3,013
Industries and Commerce—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		5
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		3
Inland Revenue—
Land and income tax, etc.	Irrecoverable		57,504
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		4
Debt remitted	Remission of claim for lottery duty		13
Internal Affairs—
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1
Advances to ex-servicemen	Irrecoverable		346
Debt remitted	Remission of part claim for return air fare		50
Carried forward		94,962	71,380
Brought forward		94,962	71,380
Island Territories—
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	9
Stores	Stolen	25
Advances and loans to industry	Irrecoverable		543,331
Justice—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		369
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	250
Stores	Lost by fire	5,373
Livestock	Died, etc.	326
Stores	Stolen	188
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		24
Labour—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		897
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	46
Stores	Lost by fire	19
Stores	Stolen	38
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		13
Debt remitted	Remission of two claims in respect of contract debts of assisted immigrants		218
Lands and Survey—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		398
Livestock	Died, etc.	130,494
Stores	Gratuitous issues	538
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	713
Stores	Lost by fire	2,829
Stores	Stolen	57
Debt remitted	Remission of claim in respect of liability under bond		213
Debt remitted	Remission of claim in respect of arrears of rent		44
Cash	Debts remitted		37
Legislative—
Stores	Lost by fire	43
Maori Affairs—
Advances on mortgage, etc.	Irrecoverable		1,443
Advances to ex-servicemen	Irrecoverable		100
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		3,097
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		12
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	960
Stores	Stolen	107
Livestock	Died, etc.	32,059
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		180
Stores	Lost by fire	57
Maori Trustee—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		4
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		70
Carried forward		269,093	621,830
Brought forward		269,093	621,830
Marine—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		82
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	99
Stores	Stolen	3
Stores	Lost by fire	3,194
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		14
Mines—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		2,929
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	87
Stores	Lost by fire	336
Stores	Stolen	69
Ministry of Works—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1,554
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	4,681
Stores	Stolen	2,325
Stores	Lost by fire	201,991
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		218
Nugatory expenditure	Compensation for damaged or lost private property		158
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		74
Debt remitted	Remission of two claims in respect of bonded employees		175
Debt remitted	Remission of claim in respect of rent under lease		1,080
Debt remitted	Remission of claim in respect of arrears of rent for departmental building		119
Navy—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		662
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1,906
Stores	Stolen	448
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		7
New Zealand Electricity—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		127
Stores	Gratuitous issues	6
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	1,990
Stores	Lost by fire	500
Stores	Stolen	1,778
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		241
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		2
Carried forward		488,506	629,272
Brought forward		488,506	629,272
New Zealand Forest Service—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		6,776
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	2,377
Stores	Lost by fire	2,004
Stores	Stolen	104
Livestock	Died, etc.	14
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		9
Stores	Gratuitous issues	47
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		13
Debt remitted	Remission of part claim for damage to a departmental vehicle		25
Police—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		226
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	717
Stores	Stolen	20

Post Office—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		15,324
Cash, stamps, etc.	Stolen		1,116
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		130
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	3,501
Stores	Stolen	1,168
Stores	Lost by fire	19,041
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		3,135
Debt remitted	Remission of three claims in respect of damage to departmental property		101
Public Trustee—
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	2
Railways—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1,154
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	18,095
Stores	Lost by fire	1,665
Stores	Stolen	1,353
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		136
Cash, stamps, etc.	Stolen		18
Stores	Gratuitous issues	5
Scientific and Industrial Research—
Stores	Stolen	9
Stores	Lost by fire	1,976
Carried forward		540,604	657,435
Brought forward		540,604	657,433
Social Security—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		2
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	64
Overpayment salaries, benefits, etc.	Irrecoverable		3,863
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		603
Advances to ex-servicemen	Irrecoverable		331
Cash	Debt remitted		48
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		42
State Advances Corporation—
Housing Account—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		5,826
State Services Commission—
Stores	Stolen	3
Tourist and Publicity—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		254
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	170
Stores	Miscellaneous	100
Stores	Lost by fire	18
Nugatory expenditure	Miscellaneous		35
Transport—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		2,120
Stores	Lost, broken, etc.	7
Stores	Stolen	14
Treasury—
Bad debts	Irrecoverable		1,505
Cash, warrants, etc.	Stolen		10
Overpayment salaries, etc.	Irrecoverable		440
Totals		540,980	672,514
TOTAL			£ 1,213,494

SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised From National Development Loans Account for the Year 1964–65

Section 7

Account	Amount
	£
The Post Office Account	7,000,000
The State Advances Corporation of New Zealand Account	30,000,000
The Works and Trading Account	65,000,000
TOTAL	£102,000,000

This Act is administered in the Treasury.

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