Appropriation Act 1952-53 - Legislation

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION 1952–53.

No. 59 of 1952.

An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted by the Parliament for that year.

[Assented to 10th October, 1952.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1952–53.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Issue and application of £276,504,000.

3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, the sum of Two hundred and seventy‑six million five hundred and four thousand pounds.

4. All

F.4385.—Price 6s. 6d.

Appropriation of supply £425,532,000.

4. All sums granted by this Act and by the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Four hundred and twenty‑five million five hundred and thirty‑two thousand pounds, are appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated, as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑two, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑three.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.
	£
Act No. 18 of 1952	149,028,000
Under this Act	276,504,000
	425,532,000

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

Abstract.

PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
		£
PARLIAMENT..................................................		718,000
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT..................................		2,016,000
DEPARTMENT OP EXTERNAL AFFAIRS..............................		1,851,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY...................................		9,661,000
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT........................		1,161,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...................................		3,230,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS........................................		1,806,000
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION..................................		11,055,000
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.............................		3,179,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH .......................................		1,230,000
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.....................		1,481,000
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.................................		2,146,000
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.........................		1,025,000
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES....................................		194,000
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION...................................		1,340,000
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE...................		1,795,000
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.........................		1,180,000
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION		3,381,000
DEFENCE SERVICES—	£
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.........................	730,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY........................	47,290,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY........................	75,370,000
DEPARTMENT OF AIR..............................	55,830,000
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY..........................	12,730,000
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION..............	8,050,000
		200,000,000
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES......................................		20,752,000
REFUNDS OF REVENUE..........................................		13,000,000
ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER....................................		15,000,000
SUBSIDIES....................................................		23,855,000
WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES................................		16,071,000
TOTAL PART 1................................		337,127,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS ....................................		3,862,000
POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT......................		69,895,000
BROADCASTING SERVICES.......................................		4,533,000
TOTAL PART 2...............................		78,290,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
NORTHERN TERRITORY..........................................		2,498,000
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.................................		1,967,000
NORFOLK ISLAND..............................................		15,300
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA ........................................		5,634,700
TOTAL PART 3................................		10,115,000
TOTAL .....................................		425,532,000

PART 1.

DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES ‑ OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

I.—PARLIAMENT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
1	SENATE........................	41,000	42,000	37,469
2	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES......	66,700	72,000	65,428
3	PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF.	34,600	32,000	33,398
4	LIBRARY.......................	43,000	37,000	34,879
5	JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT........	108,000	94,400	114,324
6	PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS	2,700	2,600	2,771
7	PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING........	89,000	63,000	86,164
8	MISCELLANEOUS ................	333,000	250,000	288,107
	TOTAL ....................	718,000	593,000	662,540

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	305,400	265,900	287,949
General expenses...................	42,700	43,700	50,996
Other services.....................	369,900	283,400	323,595
Total.....................	718,000	593,000	662,540

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.........................	718,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.......................	662,540
Increase............................	55,460

I.—Parliament.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 1.—SENATE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 128.	13,500	16,400	15,990
2. Temporary and casual employees............	7,000	5,700	5,512
3. Extra duty pay.........................	200	200	159
	20,700	22,300	21,661
B.—General Expenses	1,400	1,100	1,472
C.—Other Services—
1. Postages and telegrams for Senators..........	2,700	5,400	5,353
2. Standing and Select Committees—Expenses.....	2,500	900	638
3. Senators' sessional travelling allowance........	13,700	12,300	8,345
	18,900	18,600	14,336
Total Division No. 1...........	41,000	42,000	37,469
Division No. 2.—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 128.	23,600	24,200	21,064
2. Temporary and casual employees............	9,300	8,200	10,864
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,000	1,000	473
	33,900	33,400	32,401
B.—General Expenses	2,800	2,800	3,039
C.—Other Services—
1. Postages and telegrams for Members..........	5,350	10,650	10,650
2. Standing and Select Committees—Expenses.....	200	200	..
3. Conveyance of Members and their luggage in Canberra	250	250	172
4. Members' sessional travelling allowance.......	24,200	24,700	19,166
	30,000	35,800	29,988
Total Division No. 2...........	66,700	72,000	65,428
Division No. 3.—PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 128.	29,900	27,800	27,998
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,000	2,200	2,824
3. Extra duty pay.........................	100	100	63
	33,000	30,100	30,885
B.—General Expenses	1,600	1,900	2,513
Total Division No. 3...........	34,600	32,000	33,398
Division No. 4.—LIBRARY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 128.	28,000	23,000	20,748
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,600	3,750	3,913
3. Extra duty pay.........................	400	250	341
	32,000	27,000	25,002
B.—General Expenses—
1. Books, maps, plates and documents...........	6,400	5,900	5,217
2. Subscriptions to newspapers, periodicals and annuals	2,750	2,500	2,639
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	1,850	1,600	2,021
	11,000	10,000	9,877
Total Division No. 4...........	43,000	37,000	34,879

I.— Parliament.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 5.—JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 129	25,600	23,500	23,054
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	54,450	42,500	56,244
3. Extra duty pay.....................	2,450	900	1,420
	82,500	66,900	80,718
B.—General Expenses—
1. Postage, telegrams, telephone and fire services	15,500	14,500	17,258
2. Fuel............................	2,200	2,500	2,079
3. Parliament gardens..................	300	750	617
4. Repairs and maintenance..............	1,800	2,100	1,943
5. Purchase of plant and equipment.........	3,600	5,700	8,939
6. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,100	1,950	2,770
	25,500	27,500	33,606
Total Division No. 5.........	108,000	94,400	114,324
Under Control of Joint House Department.
Division No. 6.—PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 129	2,260	2,150	2,282
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	40	50	..
	2,300	2,200	2,282
B.—General Expenses	400	400	489
Total Division No. 6.........	2,700	2,600	2,771
Under Control op Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 7.—PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING.
1. Printing of Hansard, including cost of distribution	53,000	37,000	51,952
2. Parliamentary papers.................	18,000	12,000	17,063
3. Other printing and binding.............	18,000	14,000	17,149
Total Division No. 7.........	89,000	63,000	86,164
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 8.—MISCELLANEOUS.
1. Conveyance of Members of Parliament and others	173,000	123,000	142,181
2. Maintenance of Ministers' and Members' rooms, including salaries of staff	(a) 160,000	(a) 127,000	(a) 145,926
Total Division No. 8.........	333,000	250,000	288,107
Total Parliament............	718,000	593,000	662,540

(a) Includes salaries of staff—1952–53, £101,000 ; 1951–52, Vote £84,000 ; Expenditure £95,000.

II.‑PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
9	ADMINISTRATIVE...............	196,000	180,000	209,751
10	AUDIT OFFICE..................	459,000	422,000	421,843
11	PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD..........	437,000	408,000	394,113
12	GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S OFFICE	10,500	18,000	21,210
13	NATIONAL LIBRARY.............	107,000	100,000	96,338
14	HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM.	643,000	566,000	618,086
15	COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION	15,500	14,000	13,973
16	OFFICE OF EDUCATION...........	148,000	209,000	200,174
	TOTAL...................	2,016,000	1,917,000	1,975,488

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary...	1,534,260	1,453,280	1,474,892
General expenses......................	444,340	419,220	468,345
Other services........................	37,400	44,500	32,251
Total..........................	2,016,000	1,917,000	1,975,488

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.......................	2,016,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.....................	1,975,488
Increase...............	40,512

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 9.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 130.	94,700	87,000	90,467
2. Temporary and casual employees............	25,300	26,500	32,800
3. Extra duty pay.........................	2,000	2,000	4,232
	122,000	115,500	127,499
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	19,000	15,000	17,487
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	6,000	5,000	5,741
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	13,000	10,000	13,413
4. Commonwealth Gazettes—Printing and distribution (including postage)	25,000	22,000	23,419
5. Commonwealth Ministers—Travelling expenses..	8,000	6,800	14,531
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	3,000	1,700	3,881
Upkeep of official residence...............	..	1,000	1,000
Commonwealth Statutes—Special distribution...	..	3,000	2,780
	74,000	64,500	82,252
Total Division No. 9...........	196,000	180,000	209,751
Division No. 10.—AUDIT OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 130.	361,400	323,000	319,645
2. Temporary and casual employees............	80,500	81,200	86,348
3. Extra duty pay.........................	700	800	364
	442,600	405,000	406,357
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	10,700	10,770	9,498
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	2,600	2,650	2,703
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	4,620	5,000	4,705
	17,920	18,420	16,906
Less—
Amount recoverable from special funds.......	780	780	780
Amounts provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates	740	640	640
	1,520	1,420	1,420
	16,400	17,000	15,486
Total Division No. 10..........	459,000	422,000	421,843
Division No. 11.—PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 131.	320,000	294,000	290,008
2. Temporary and casual employees............	21,500	23,700	23,182
3. Extra duty pay.........................	3,000	4,300	2,573
	344,500	322,000	315,763
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	20,400	14,000	19,755
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	13,300	16,100	11,027
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	17,000	16,000	14,602
4. Medical fees—New appointees.............	6,200	8,400	4,797
5. Incidental and other expenditure.............	7,200	6,000	6,420
	64,100	60,500	56,601
Carried forward..............	408,600	382,500	372,364

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 11.—PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.........	408,600	382,500	372,364
C.—Other Services—
1. Examinations—Expenses.................	10,500	10,500	11,252
2. Overseas study and training................	4,500	3,000	1,620
3. Recruitment—Advertising.................	8,000	8,000	6,734
4. Instructional films......................	5,400	4,000	2,143
	28,400	25,500	21,749
Total Division No. 11..........	437,000	408,000	394,113
Division No. 12.—GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 131.	4,200	3,850	3,808
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,120	2,720	2,880
3. Extra duty pay.........................	80	80	124
Salary of Administrator..................	..	3,750	4,033
	7,400	10,400	10,845
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	1,500	1,000	1,285
2. Incidental and other expenditure.............	1,600	1,400	1,887
Visit abroad of Governor‑General.....	..	5,200	5,860
Purchase of motor car....................	..	..	1,333
	3,100	7,600	10,365
Total Division No. 12..........	10,500	18,000	21,210
Division No. 13.—NATIONAL LIBRARY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 131.	51,400	47,400	36,008
2. Temporary and casual employees............	15,000	12,000	19,986
3. Extra duty pay.........................	600	600	394
	67,000	60,000	56,388
B.—General Expenses—(Moneys received by way of fines on overdue books, from the sale of films and film catalogues and amounts received from other authorities may be credited to this vote)
1. Books, maps, plates and documents...........	15,000	15,000	11,649
2. Roosevelt memorial—Books, maps, plates and documents	1,000	1,000	144
3. Collection and publication of Australian historical records	1,500	1,000	..
4. Printing and publications..................	500	1,000	417
5. Purchase and copying of films..............	4,000	6,000	10,126
6. Subscriptions to newspapers, periodicals and annuals	2,500	2,500	1,697
7. Purchase of film equipment................	1,500	1,500	1,586
8. Library service for overseas establishments......	2,800	2,500	3,647
9. Travelling and subsistence.................	1,200	2,100	550
10. Freight charges.......................	3,000	2,000	3,036
11. Incidental and other expenditure............	7,000	5,400	7,098
	40,000	40,000	39,950
Total Division No. 13..........	107,000	100,000	96,338
Division No. 14.—HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 132.	161,000	103,350	98,885
2. Temporary and casual employees............	220,000	226,250	255,655
3. Extra duty pay.........................	2,000	2,000	4,150
	383,000	331,600	358,690
Carried forward.............	383,000	331,600	358,690

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 14.—HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..........	383,000	331,600	358,690
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	14,270	12,050	12,497
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	15,090	11,370	21,540
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	62,120	57,500	62,517
4. Cablegrams..........................	28,000	24,000	25,818
5. Municipal and other taxes.................	10,890	10,400	10,044
6. General upkeep of " Australia House ".........	(a) 42,120	(a) 37,600	(a) 40,671
7. Upkeep of official residences...............	5,570	4,160	5,910
8. Allowance to High Commissioner for expenses of official residence	2,510	2,510	2,282
9. Entertainment allowance to High Commissioner..	2,510	2,010	1,825
10. Leasehold office premises—Rental, upkeep and alterations	(b) 59,640	(b) 59,250	(b) 60,628
11. National Insurance (Employers') Contributions...	8,180	5,550	6,784
12. Minor expenditure for all Departments........	2,700	4,700	2,608
13. Incidental and other expenditure.............	6,400	3,300	6,272
	260,000	234,400	259,396
Total Division No. 14..........	643,000	566,000	618,086
Division No. 15.—COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 132.	12,200	10,600	11,264
2. Temporary and casual employees............	500	1,000	293
	12,700	11,600	11,557
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	1,800	1,400	1,526
2. Incidental and other expenditure.............	1,000	1,000	890
	2,800	2,400	2,416
Total Division No. 15..........	15,500	14,000	13,973
Division No. 16—OFFICE OF EDUCATION.(c)
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 132.	101,000	105,000	110,921
2. Temporary and casual employees............	22,500	64,000	57,236
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,000	2,000	1,549
	124,500	171,000	169,706
B.—General Expenses—	124,500	171,000	169,706
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	5,000	8,500	5,812
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,500	4,400	3,541
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	5,000	4,700	7,474
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	2,000	1,400	3,139
	14,500	19,000	19,966
C.—Miscellaneous—	14,500	19,000	19,966
1. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization—Expenses	5,850	8,800	2,492
2. Research projects.......................	1,400	1,400	357
3. Publications..........................	750	800	676
4. Teaching aids.........................	1,000	3,000	251
General educational and cultural activities......	..	5,000	6,726
	9,000	19,000	10,502
Total Division No. 16..........	148,000	209,000	200,174
Total Prime Minister's Department..	2,016,000	1,917,000	1,975,488

(a) Includes wages of staff employed on upkeep as follows:—1952–68, £20,680; 1951–52, Vote, £17,760; Expenditure, £11,252. (b) Includes wages of staff employed on upkeep as follows:—1952–58, £9,880; 1951–52, Vote, £8,420 ; Expenditure, £6,835. (c) Includes provision for University Commission.

III.—DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
17	ADMINISTRATIVE................	442,000	452,000	442,479
	EMBASSIES—
18	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.....	281,000	204,000	272,816
19	UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS	84,000	89,000	78,059
20	FRANCE......................	76,000	64,000	69,066
21	THE NETHERLANDS.............	38,000	29,000	30,081
22	REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA............	37,000	38,000	33,307
23	REPUBLIC OF IRELAND..............	12,000	16,000	10,775
24	JAPAN.......................	83,000	..	..
25	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.	36,000	..	..
25a	CHINA.......................	..	12,000	2,097
	LEGATIONS—
26	BRAZIL......................	39,000	35,000	37,013
27	ISRAEL......................	31,000	32,000	30,744
28	ITALY.......................	32,000	38,000	34,419
29	EGYPT.......................	32,000	27,000	30,817
30	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.............	39,000	38,000	34,065
31	THAILAND.....................	26,000	..	..
32	ASSOCIATED STATES OF INDO‑CHINA	32,000	..	6,351
33	BURMA......................	32,000	..	5,172
	HIGH COMMISSIONS—
34	CANADA.....................	50,000	43,000	50,604
35	NEW ZEALAND ................	22,000	25,000	23,124
36	INDIA........................	41,000	43,000	38,535
37	PAKISTAN....................	44,000	38,000	40,483
38	SOUTH AFRICA ................	29,000	25,000	19,719
39	CEYLON......................	23,000	22,000	17,352
40	CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD	236,000	234,000	244,756
41	OTHER REPRESENTATION ABROAD	54,000	64,000	50,711
	TOTAL ..................	(a) 1,851,000	1,568,000	1,602,545

(a) Includes £321,500 estimated expenditure on account of other Departments.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.......	1,067,000	862,900	875,991
General expenses.........................	784,000	705,100	726,554
Total.....................	1,851,000	1,568,000	1,602,545

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...........................	1,851,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.........................	1,602,545
Increase............................	248,455

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 17.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 133.	151,900	129,800	142,268
2. Temporary and casual employees............	38,600	36,400	39,544
3. Extra duty pay.........................	7,000	6,100	7,102
	197,500	172,300	188,914
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	12,300	8,000	11,342
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	16,000	16,900	14,490
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	120,000	136,000	112,419
4. Training of diplomatic cadets...............	6,000	3,800	4,242
5. Cablegrams and radiograms................	80,000	108,000	100,903
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	10,200	7,000	10,169
	244,500	279,700	253,565
Total Division No. 17..........	442,000	452,000	442,479
Division No. 18.—EMBASSY—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 133.	62,400	49,200	56,632
2. Temporary and casual employees............	82,800	56,000	70,669
	145,200	105,200	127,301
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	8,700	5,400	8,714
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	100,500	78,500	111,631
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	17,700	9,700	16,449
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	8,900	5,200	8,721
	135,800	98,800	145,515
Total Division No. 18..........	281,000	204,000	272,816

Division No. 19.—EMBASSY—UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 133.	37,300	41,700	32,730
2. Temporary and casual employees............	21,700	15,300	21,261
	59,000	57,000	53,991
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	3,300	4,000	3,108
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	4,100	7,000	4,056
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	6,600	10,000	6,216
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	11,000	11,000	10,688
	25,000	32,000	24,068
Total Division No. 19..........	84,000	89,000	78,059

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 20.—EMBASSY—FRANCE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 134	26,900	24,900	25,271
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	21,100	15,500	19,471
	48,000	40,400	44,742
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	3,000	3,200	2,883
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	10,000	12,000	10,386
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	5,000	4,000	4,477
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	10,000	4,400	6,578
	28,000	23,600	24,324
Total Division No. 20........	76,000	64,000	69,066
Division No. 21.—EMBASSY—THE NETHERLANDS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 134.	12,500	12,300	10,653
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	6,600	6,100	6,431
	19,100	18,400	17,084
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,800	1,800	1,613
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	6,200	3,500	6,254
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	2,000	2,000	1,596
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	8,900	3,300	3,534
	18,900	10,600	12,997
Total Division No. 21........	38,000	29,000	30,081
Division No. 22.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 134	17,500	17,200	16,613
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	5,200	6,400	5,125
	22,700	23,600	21,738
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,800	3,000	1,620
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	5,500	4,600	3,249
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	2,300	3,800	2,029
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,700	3,000	4,671
	14,300	14,400	11,569
Total Division No. 22.......	37,000	38,000	33,307

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 23.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 134	7,900	7,200	7,040
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	1,300	1,200	1,137
	9,200	8,400	8,177
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,000	3,000	1,001
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	500	1,600	445
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	600	1,200	453
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	700	1,800	699
	2,800	7,600	2,598
Total Division No. 23........	12,000	16,000	10,775
Division No. 24.—EMBASSY—JAPAN.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 135	49,100	..	..
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	8,200	..	..
	57,300	..	..
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	3,000	..	..
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	15,000	..	..
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	3,500	..	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,200	..	..
	25,700	..	..
Total Division No. 24........	83,000	..	(a) ..
Division No. 25.—EMBASSY—FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 135	16,900	..	..
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	2,100	..	..
	19,000	..	..
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	2,700	..	..
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	6,000	..	..
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	3,000	..	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	5,300	..	..
	17,000	..	..
Total Division No. 25........	36,000	..	(a)..

(a) Representation previously provided for under War and Repatriation Services.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 25a.‑EMBASSY—CHINA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 135	..	3,800	1,928
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	..	2,200	169
	..	6,000	2,097
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	..	2,000	..
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	..	1,000	..
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	..	1,000	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	..	2,000	..
		6,000	..
Total Division No. 25a.......	..	12,000	2,097
Division No. 26.—LEGATION—BRAZIL.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 135	15,800	15,100	17,156
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	8,400	6,300	6,630
	24,200	21,400	23,786
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	2,000	3,200	2,363
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	2,100	3,600	1,883
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	7,200	4,700	5,014
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,500	2,100	3,967
	14,800	13,600	13,227
Total Division No. 26........	39,000	35,000	37,013
Division No. 27.—LEGATION—ISRAEL.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 136	18,400	16,800	18,804
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	4,000	3,200	3,283
	22,400	20,000	22,087
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,000	1,500	942
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	1,700	2,700	1,639
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	3,600	5,600	3,497
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,300	2,200	2,579
	8,600	12,000	8,657
Total Division No. 27........	31,000	32,000	30,744

F.4385.—2

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 28.—LEGATION—ITALY.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186	13,800	11,800	10,389
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	7,900	9,900	7,675
	21,700	21,700	18,064
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,300	1,500	443
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	4,000	6,900	4,009
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	1,000	2,900	981
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,000	5,000	10,922
	10,300	16,300	16,355
Total Division 28...........	32,000	38,000	34,419
Division No. 29.—LEGATION—EGYPT.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 136	17,800	12,600	14,854
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	4,900	3,900	4,753
	22,700	16,500	19,607
B.—General Expense—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,500	1,000	287
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	3,100	2,900	3,160
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	2,000	2,600	1,441
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,700	4,000	6,322
	9,300	10,500	11,210
Total Division No. 29........	32,000	27,000	30,817
Division No. 30.—LEGATION—PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 137	24,600	22,700	20,857
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	3,700	3,700	3,575
	28,300	26,400	24,432
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,500	2,200	527
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	1,800	2,000	1,630
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	4,700	4,900	4,591
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,700	2,500	2,885
	10,700	11,600	9,633
Total Division No. 30........	39,000	38,000	34,065
Division No. 31.—LEGATION—THAILAND.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 137	15,500	..	..
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	900	..	..
	16,400	..	..
B.—General Expenses—		..	..
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,800	..	..
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	2,000	..	..
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	3,600	..	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,200	..	..
	9,600	..	..
Total Division No. 31........	26,000	(a)	(a)

(a) Previously provided under Consular Representation Abroad.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 32.—LEGATION—ASSOCIATED STATES OF INDO‑CHINA.	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 137.	14,800	..	1,954
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,000	..	..
	17,800	..	1,954
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	2,200	..	639
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	3,000	..	217
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	6,000	..	300
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	3,000	..	3,241
	14,200	..	4,397
Total Division No. 32..........	32,000	..	6,351
Division No. 33.—LEGATION—BURMA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 138.	16,400	..	1,351
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,000	..	..
	19,400	..	1,351
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	2,500	..	501
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	3,000	..	200
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	4,000	..	200
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	3,100	..	2,920
	12,600	..	3,821
Total Division No. 33..........	32,000	..	5,172
Division No. 34.—HIGH COMMISSION—CANADA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 138	19,600	18,700	18,973
2. Temporary and casual employees............	10,500	9,000	9,818
	30,100	27,700	28,791
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	3,300	2,500	4,457
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	9,600	6,500	9,741
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	4,100	3,500	4,928
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	2,900	2,800	2,687
	19,900	15,300	21,813
Total Division No. 34..........	50,000	43,000	50,604
Division No. 35.‑HIGH COMMISSION—NEW ZEALAND.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 138.	10,200	11,500	10,725
2. Temporary and casual employees............	5,300	6,300	6,268
	15,500	17,800	16,993
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	800	1,000	735
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	1,100	1,400	1,152
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence.....	3,200	2,800	1,817
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	1,400	2,000	2,427
	6,500	7,200	6,131
Total Division No. 35..........	22,000	25,000	23,124

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 36.—HIGH COMMISSION—INDIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 139	24,300	23,700	21,851
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	6,400	7,500	6,768
	30,700	31,200	28,619
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	2,500	3,000	1,735
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	3,200	3,300	3,184
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	2,300	2,500	2,280
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,300	3,000	2,717
	10,300	11,800	9,916
Total Division No. 36........	41,000	43,000	38,535
Division No. 37.—HIGH COMMISSION—PAKISTAN.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 139	20,200	22,500	20,547
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	4,700	4,000	4,410
	24,900	26,500	24,957
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,900	2,400	3,233
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	3,900	3,900	3,892
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	9,400	2,200	5,169
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,900	3,000	3,232
	19,100	11,500	15,526
Total Division No. 37........	44,000	38,000	40,483
Division No. 38.—HIGH COMMISSION—SOUTH AFRICA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 139	13,800	11,400	6,674
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	4,400	3,400	2,366
	18,200	14,800	9,040
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	2,200	2,300	1,991
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	1,000	2,300	819
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	5,600	3,600	2,897
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,000	2,000	4,972
	10,800	10,200	10,679
Total Division No. 38........	29,000	25,000	19,719

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 39.—HIGH COMMISSION—CEYLON
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 139	14,200	11,500	8,776
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	2,000	2,000	2,110
	16,200	13,500	10,886
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,000	1,400	609
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	2,000	2,600	1,748
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence..	2,200	2,200	1,388
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	1,600	2,300	2,721
	6,800	8,500	6,466
Total Division No. 39........	23,000	22,000	17,352
Division No. 40.—CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 141	52,100	52,900	46,323
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	92,900	101,600	101,759
	145,000	154,500	148,082
B.—General Expenses—
1. Representation in New York............	63,400	46,400	61,558
2. Representation in San Francisco..........	10,100	8,100	8,489
3. Representation in New Caledonia.........	4,000	3,200	2,543
4. Representation in Portuguese Timor.......	2,000	3,200	1,311
5. Representation in Geneva..............	11,000	6,300	13,837
6. Representation in Shanghai.............	500	4,200	920
Representation in Thailand.............	(a)	8,100	8,016
	91,000	79,500	96,674
Total Division No. 40........	236,000	234,000	244,756
Division No. 41.—OTHER REPRESENTATION ABROAD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 142	27,500	31,100	24,989
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	9,000	8,500	8,309
	36,500	39,600	33,298
B.—General Expenses—
1. Representation in the United Kingdom.....	2,700	7,200	2,523
2. Representation in Malaya..............	14,800	17,200	14,890
	17,500	24,400	17,413
Total Division No. 41........	54,000	64,000	50,711
Total Department of External Affairs..	1,851,000	1,568,000	1,602,545

(a) Provided under Division 31—Legation—Thailand.

IV.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
42	ADMINISTRATIVE .................	360,000	352,000	352,936
43	COMMONWEALTH STORES SUPPLY AND TENDER BOARD	14,100	10,000	10,392
44	TAXATION BRANCH................	6,429,000	5,986,000	6,076,665
45	TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW.......	10,600	11,500	10,919
46	LAND VALUATION BOARD..............	1,600	1,500	1,343
47	SUPERANNUATION BOARD..............	78,700	73,000	72,772
48	CENSUS AND STATISTICS............	517,000	448,000	461,433
49	GOVERNMENT PRINTER.............	(a)	(a)	(a)
49k	PROVISION FOR AUGUST 1952 BASIC WAGE INCREASE	(b) 2,250,000	..	..
	TOTAL...................	9,661,000	6,882,000	6,986,460

(a) Expenditure charged to Parliament and Departments concerned. (b) In addition £1,750,000 provided under Post Office.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary...	8,653,700	6,046,550	6,021,711
General expenses......................	1,007,300	835,450	964,749
Total...................	9,661,000	6,882,000	6,986,46

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...............................	9,661,400
Expenditure, 1951–52............................	6,986,460
Increase..............................	2,674,540

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 42.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 143	253,000	246,000	228,516
2. Temporary and casual employees............	50,000	52,500	58,350
3. Extra duty pay.........................	6,000	4,500	5,781
	309,000	303,000	292,647
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	10,100	11,300	9,462
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	7,600	7,300	10,915
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	25,900	21,200	27,519
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	7,400	9,200	12,393
	51,000	49,000	60,289
Total Division No. 42..........	360,000	352,000	352,936

Division No. 43.—COMMONWEALTH STORES SUPPLY AND TENDER BOARD.
1. Administrative expenses..................	14,100	10,000	10,392
Division No. 44— TAXATION BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 145	4,077,000	3,764,000	3,753,569
2. Temporary and casual employees............	1,320,700	1,309,000	1,312,819
3. Extra duty pay.........................	230,300	253,000	234,120
	5,628,000	5,326,000	5,300,508
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	109,000	106,200	96,775
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	305,200	219,500	290,956
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	177,000	166,300	172,551
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation...	17,000	13,400	16,187
5. Law costs............................	25,000	23,400	27,035
6. Payments to Commonwealth Departments and State Governments for office cleaning and other services rendered	7,800	7,500	8,545
7. Payment for services rendered in connexion with sale of tax instalment stamps and entertainments tax tickets	36,000	26,000	38,734
8. Uniform income tax—Compensation to State Governments for use of accommodation, furniture and equipment	68,000	58,200	61,362
9. Incidental and other expenditure (repayments of advances to valuers for the purchase of motor cars may be credited to this vote)	56,000	39,500	64,012
	801,000	660,000	776,157
Total Division No. 44..........	6,429,000	5,986,000	6,076,665
Division No. 45.—TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 146.	6,140	6,580	6,520
2. Temporary and casual employees............	360	320	316
	6,500	6,900	6,836
B.—General Expenses	4,100	4,600	4,083
Total Division No. 45..........	10,600	11,500	10,919

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 46.—LAND VALUATION BOARD.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Temporary and casual employees...........	700	650	615
B.—General Expenses	900	850	728
Total Division No. 46..........	1,600	1,500	1,343
Division No. 47.—SUPERANNUATION BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 146	46,500	41,000	38,472
2. Temporary and casual employees...........	20,000	20,000	24,012
3. Extra duty pay........................	5,000	5,000	4,960
	71,500	66,000	67,444
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure............	7,200	7,000	5,328
Total Division No. 47..........	78,700	73,000	72,772
Division No. 48.—CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 146	263,000	222,000	224,384
2. Temporary and casual employees...........	120,000	119,000	121,287
3. Extra duty pay........................	5,000	3,000	7,990
	388,000	344,000	353,661
B.—General Expenses—	388,000	344,000	353,661
1. Travelling and subsistence................	15,000	11,000	12,167
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and other printing	36,000	31,000	29,304
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	23,000	15,500	20,398
4. Printing of official publications.............	24,500	20,600	16,734
5. Hire, service and maintenance of machines for tabulation of statistics	22,500	20,000	18,935
6. Incidental and other expenditure............	8,000	5,900	10,234
	129,000	104,000	107,772
Total Division No. 48..........	517,000	448,000	461,433
Division No. 49.—GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and wages as per Schedule, page 147...	91,000	80,400	79,134
2. Temporary and casual employees...........	115,500	110,900	98,861
3. Extra duty pay........................	7,500	4,700	6,394
	214,000	196,000	184,389
Less amounts chargeable for Parliamentary and Departmental printing	214,000	196,000	184,389
Total Division No. 49..........	(a)	(a)	(a)
Division No. 49k.—PROVISION FOR AUGUST 1952 BASIC WAGE INCREASE (to be allotted to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation,	2,250,000	..	..
Total Department of the Treasury......	9,661,000	6,882,000	6,986,460

(a) Expenditure changed to Parliament and Departments concerned.

V.—ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
50	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	151,000	130,000	149,021
51	REPORTING BRANCH.............	85,000	75,000	86,788
52	CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE.......	220,000	197,000	205,245
53	HIGH COURT....................	48,000	40,000	46,995
54	BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION....	95,000	83,000	86,269
55	COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION	116,000	95,000	116,917
56	PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR'S OFFICE	13,000	11,000	11,738
57	COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE	93,000	84,000	85,980
58	PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS	293,000	217,000	318,614
59	LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU..........	47,000	44,000	44,488
60	PEACE OFFICER GUARD...........	(a)	(a)	5,120
	Total...........	1,161,000	976,000	1,157,175

(a) Expenditure recoverable from Departments concerned.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary...	830,500	749,000	789,641
General expenses......................	330,500	227,000	367,534
Total ..................	1,161,000	976,000	1,157,175

	£
Estimate, 1952–53........................	1,161,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.....................	1,157,175
Increase........................	3,825

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 50.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148	80,000	72,000	70,190
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	9,600	7,500	11,145
3. Extra duty pay.....................	400	500	334
	90,000	80,000	81,669
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	13,000	12,000	14,810
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	4,000	3,000	3,312
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	12,000	8,000	15,540
4. Publication of Commonwealth Statutes and Statutory Rules	10,000	6,000	7,977
5. Legal expenses.....................	15,000	15,000	21,479
6. Law books........................	2,500	2,000	1,089
7. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,500	4,000	3,145
	61,000	50,000	67,352
Total Division No. 50........	151,000	130,000	149,021
Division No. 51.—REPORTING BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148	29,000	24,000	18,973
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	40,950	40,950	52,893
3. Extra duty pay.....................	50	50	..
	70,000	65,000	71,866
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	6,000	4,000	6,572
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	6,500	3,000	6,849
3. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,500	3,000	1,501
	15,000	10,000	14,922
Total Division No. 51........	85,000	75,000	86,788
Division No. 52.—CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148	180,000	158,000	159,627
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	16,000	17,000	23,165
3. Extra duty pay.....................	1,000	1,000	891
	197,000	176,000	183,683
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	5,500	4,500	6,193
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	7,500	6,000	7,319
3. Legal expenses.....................	3,000	3,000	771
4. Law books........................	2,000	2,500	2,286
5. Incidental and other expenditure.........	5,000	5,000	4,993
	23,000	21,000	21,562
Total Division No. 52........	220,000	197,000	205,245

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 53.—HIGH COURT.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149	15,000	12,000	11,665
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	8,980	9,980	10,523
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20	20	..
	24,000	22,000	22,188
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	15,500	11,500	13,875
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	2,500	1,500	2,218
3. Law books........................	2,500	2,000	2,479
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,500	3,000	6,235
	24,000	18,000	24,807
Total Division No. 53........	48,000	40,000	46,995
Division No. 54.—BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149	74,000	66,000	65,157
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	6,500	5,970	7,496
3. Extra duty pay.....................	500	30	622
	81,000	72,000	73,275
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	3,000	2,500	2,860
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,000	2,000	1,753
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	3,500	3,000	3,359
4. Payments to States for services of Judges and officers	3,500	2,500	3,226
5. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,000	1,000	1,796
	14,000	11,000	12,994
Total Division No. 54........	95,000	83,000	86,269
Division No. 55.—COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149	45,000	36,000	41,126
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	16,200	15,000	20,529
3. Extra duty pay.....................	800	1,000	592
	62,000	52,000	62,247
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	22,500	15,500	20,909
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	14,000	12,000	14,614
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	5,000	5,500	4,952
4. Reports of cases....................	4,500	3,500	5,612
5. Boards of Reference—Fees and other expenses	500	500	543
6. Compulsory conferences—Fees and other expenses	1,000	1,000	254
7. Legal expenses.....................	2,000	2,000	2,087
8. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,500	3,000	5,699
	54,000	43,000	54,670
Total Division No. 55..........	116,000	95,000	116,917

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 56.—PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR'S OFFICE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149	8,000	6,000	6,778
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	480	980	1,188
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20	20	4
	8,500	7,000	7,970
B.—General Expenses—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,000	2,000	1,351
2. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,500	2,000	2,417
	4,500	4,000	3,768
Total Division No. 56........	13,000	11,000	11,738
Division No. 57.—COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 150	69,000	57,000	58,820
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	10,500	14,800	13,715
3. Extra duty pay.....................	500	200	448
	80,000	72,000	72,983
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	4,000	4,000	3,777
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	1,500	2,000	949
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	4,000	3,000	3,841
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,500	3,000	4,430
	13,000	12,000	12,997
Total Division No. 57........	93,000	84,000	85,980
Division No. 58.—PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 150	106,000	95,000	89,089
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	60,000	60,000	69,347
3. Extra duty pay.....................	9,000	8,000	9,653
	175,000	163,000	168,089
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	2,200	2,000	2,159
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and other printing	6,000	5,000	5,939
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	5,000	3,500	3,844
4. Printing of specifications and publications...	100,000	39,500	133,690
5. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,800	4,000	4,893
	118,000	54,000	150,525
Total Division No. 58........	293,000	217,000	318,614

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 59.—LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 150	27,000	19,000	25,671
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	15,950	20,950	14,867
3. Extra duty pay.....................	50	50	13
	43,000	40,000	40,551
B.—General Expenses—
1. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	1,300	1,500	1,095
2. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,700	2,500	2,842
	4,000	4,000	3,937
Total Division No. 59........	47,000	44,000	44,488
Division No. 60.—PEACE OFFICER GUARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances...............	305,000	280,000	279,278
Less amount recoverable from other Departments	305,000	280,000	274,158
	..	..	5,120
B.—General Expenses—
1. Clothing and equipment...............	8,500	7,500	3,690
2. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,500	3,500	3,277
	12,000	11,000	6,967
Less amount recoverable from other Departments	12,000	11,000	6,967
	..	..	..
Total Division No. 60........	..	..	5,120
Total Attorney‑General's Department	1,161,000	976,000	1,157,175

VI.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
61	ADMINISTRATIVE................	1,550,000	1,332,000	1,356,362
62	ELECTORAL BRANCH.............	460,000	372,000	341,384
63	METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH.......	469,000	399,000	439,657
64	OBSERVATORY..................	67,000	60,000	60,188
65	FORESTRY BRANCH..............	104,000	87,000	86,280
66	GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENTS	35,000	34,000	32,585
67	RENT OF BUILDINGS..............	545,000	520,000	500,406
	TOTAL ................	3,230,000	2,804,000	2,816,862

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	1,678,000	1,451,000	1,537,756
General expenses...................	640,000	552,000	505,299
Other services.....................	912,000	801,000	773,807
Total...................	3,230,000	2,804,000	2,816,862

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	3,230,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	2,816,862
Increase........................	413,138

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 61.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.	427,000	383,000	382,225
2. Temporary and casual employees............	727,000	650,000	687,273
3. Extra duty pay.........................	16,000	13,000	13,757
	1,170,000	1,046,000	1,083,255
Less—
Amount provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates	170,000	149,000	166,000
Amount chargeable to trust accounts.........	35,000	30,000	32,959
Amount recoverable from other Administrations.	9,000	7,000	8,027
	214,000	186,000	206,986
	956,000	860,000	876,269
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	34,000	32,000	30,125
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	32,000	28,000	26,526
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	28,000	28,000	28,036
4. Fuel, light and power....................	32,000	21,000	27,194
5. Office cleaning, other than salaries...........	43,000	40,000	47,579
6. Water supply and sanitation................	13,000	9,000	10,427
7. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	2,500	1,500	1,837
8. Plan printing, papercoating and reproduction of maps	17,000	9,500	14,299
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	34,500	31,000	26,283
10. Incidental and other expenditure............	25,000	20,000	26,213
	261,000	220,000	238,519
Less—
Amount provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates	31,000	27,000	30,000
Amount recoverable from other Administrations.	3,000	2,000	1,827
	34,000	29,000	31,827
	227,000	191,000	206,692
C.—Miscellaneous (amounts recovered from other departments and authorities may be credited to the item to which they relate)—
1. Transport services for other departments.......	80,000	52,000	66,837
2. Fuel, light and power for departments in Canberra.	26,000	23,000	23,871
3. Water supply and sanitation for departments in Canberra	1,500	1,500	1,356
4. Commonwealth Survey Committee—Payments for work carried out by States	7,000	7,000	6,307
5. Commonwealth Survey Committee—Payments to Department of Air for aerial photography	80,000	80,000	47,160
6. Publicity materials and services.............	47,600	44,000	38,305
7. Film production........................	45,000	37,000	33,002
8. Film distribution.......................	100	100	..
9. Illustrations..........................	3,800	3,400	3,885
10. Commonwealth rented properties—Local Government services	65,000	25,000	42,425
11. Reimbursement to Attorney‑General's Department of expenses of Peace Officers	11,000	8,000	10,253
	367,000	281,000	273,401
Total Division No. 61..........	1,550,000	1,332,000	1,356,362

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 62.—ELECTORAL BRANCH.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.–Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.	292,000	241,000	256,220
2. Temporary and casual employees............	22,500	25,500	23,015
3. Extra duty pay.........................	500	500	5
	315,000	267,000	279,240
B.—General Expenses—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	6,000	4,000	4,135
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	6,000	4,000	3,986
3. Administration of Electoral Act (moneys received from States in connexion with joint electoral administration may be credited to this vote)	120,000	87,000	43,157
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	13,000	10,000	10,866
	145,000	105,000	62,144
Total Division No. 62..........	460,000	372,000	341,384
Division No. 63.—METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.	500,000	425,000	433,897
2. Temporary and casual employees............	56,000	35,000	62,350
3. Extra duty pay.........................	77,000	54,000	71,442
	633,000	514,000	567,689
Less—
Amount provided under the votes of Department of Civil Aviation	264,000	220,000	220,000
Amount provided under the votes of Department of Air	95,000	80,000	80,000
	359,000	300,000	300,000
	274,000	214,000	267,689
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	24,000	21,000	17,610
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	18,000	12,500	24,313
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	37,500	16,000	15,939
4. Fuel, light and power....................	2,400	2,000	2,006
5. Motor vehicles—Purchase, upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	9,600	8,600	10,920
6. Meteorological instruments and apparatus......	200,000	216,000	191,454
7. Publication of meteorological data...........	6,000	5,200	3,696
8. Allowances to country observers............	35,500	32,000	30,027
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	20,000	17,700	22,003
	353,000	331,000	317,968
Less—
Amount provided under the votes of Department of Civil Aviation	100,000	93,000	93,000
Amount provided under the votes of Department of Air	58,000	53,000	53,000
	158,000	146,000	146,000
	195,000	185,000	171,968
Total Division No. 63..........	469,000	399,000	439,657

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 64.—OBSERVATORY.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 152.	30,000	26,000	25,028
2. Temporary and casual employees............	18,000	14,000	16,047
	48,000	40,000	41,075
B.—General Expenses—	48,000	40,000	41,075
1. Scientific equipment.....................	2,000	3,000	1,181
2. Ionospheric Prediction Service—Maintenance....	6,500	10,000	8,448
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	10,500	7,000	9,484
	19,000	20,000	19,113
Total Division No. 64..........	67,000	60,000	60,188
Division No. 65.—FORESTRY BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 152.	44,000	42,000	37,414
2. Temporary and casual employees............	28,000	16,000	22,888
	72,000	58,000	60,302
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	6,000	7,500	5,137
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,500	2,000	1,428
3. Field and laboratory equipment.............	4,000	3,000	2,729
4. Commonwealth forestry scholarships—University fees and sustenance payments	8,000	6,600	6,366
5. Incidental and other expenditure................	11,500	9,900	10,318
	32,000	29,000	25,978
Total Division No. 65..........	104,000	87,000	86,280
Division No. 66.—GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENTS.
1. Wages of staff.........................	13,000	12,000	13,181
2. Maintenance of house and grounds...........	16,000	15,500	12,793
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	6,000	6,500	6,611
Total Division No. 66..........	35,000	34,000	32,585
Division No. 67.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Prime Minister........................	14,000	14,000	12,818
2. External Affairs........................	1,600	800	1,028
3. Treasury............................	130,000	120,000	121,048
4. Attorney‑General................	39,000	37,000	39,436
5. Interior.............................	54,500	46,000	42,503
6. Works..............................	66,500	65,200	61,869
7. Trade and Customs.....................	14,000	17,000	11,067
8. Health..............................	12,000	9,000	11,250
9. Commerce and Agriculture................	8,400	8,000	6,953
10. Social Services.......................	40,000	43,000	36,060
11. Shipping and Transport..................	13,000	8,500	12,996
12. Territories..........................	2,000	1,000	373
13. Immigration.........................	57,000	56,000	57,267
14. Labour and National Service..............	77,000	77,500	70,363
15. National Development..................	13,000	14,000	12,683
16. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	3,000	3,000	2,692
Total Division No. 67..........	545,000	520,000	500,406
Total Department of the Interior....	3,230,000	2,804,000	2,816,862

F.4385.—8

VII.—DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
68	ADMINISTRATIVE ..................	1,006,000	1,296,000	1,480,594
69	REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE..........	800,000	768,000	705,099
	TOTAL .....................	1,806,000	2,064,000	2,185,693

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	735,000	1,033,000	1,161,365
General expenses...................	271,000	263,000	319,229
Other services.....................	800,000	768,000	705,099
Total...................	1,806,000	2,064,000	2,185,693

	£
Estimate, 1952–53................	1,806,000
Expenditure, 1951–52..............	2,185,693
Decrease.................	379,693

VII.—Department of Works.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 68.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 154	1,381,000	1,177,000	1,237,584
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	2,312,000	2,261,000	2,352,041
3. Extra duty pay.....................	23,000	32,000	22,156
	3,716,000	3,470,000	3,611,781
Less—
Amount recoverable from Commonwealth Bank and other administrations	128,600	147,650	152,401
Amount chargeable to trust accounts......	634,000	150,000	174,092
Amount provided under Division No. 211, War Service Homes Division	5,400	9,850	8,025
Amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services	2,213,000	2,129,500	2,115,898
	2,981,000	2,437,000	2,450,416
	735,000	1,033,000	1,161,365
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	144,000	121,300	124,627
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	86,750	86,050	73,175
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	89,550	89,400	86,614
4. Fuel, light and power.................	16,400	15,300	15,863
5. Water supply and sanitation............	3,050	2,300	3,354
6. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	2,750	6,300	1,403
7. Plan printing......................	31,200	27,700	29,968
8. Advertising.......................	14,750	24,400	14,368
9. Field and laboratory testing equipment.....	17,100	12,900	11,824
10. River Murray Commission—Expenses....	1,000	750	675
11. Motor vehicles—Purchase, upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	317,850	245,300	333,728
12. Maintenance of office machines.........	5,550	5,000	4,271
13. Office cleaning (other than in rentals).....	9,500	7,300	9,666
14. Removal expenses of officers..........	9,700	6,800	13,393
15. Armoured car payroll service...........	10,850	6,400	9,651
16. Purchase of office machines...........	26,750	20,000	7,269
17. Incidental and other expenditure.........	43,250	43,800	32,843
	830,000	721,000	772,692
Less—
Amount recoverable from Commonwealth Bank and other administrations	25,600	31,410	30,354
Amount chargeable to trust accounts....	90,000	..	..
Amount provided under Division No. 211, War Service Homes Division	1,100	590	881
Amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services	442,300	426,000	422,228
	559,000	458,000	453,463
	271,000	263,000	319,229
Total Division No. 68........	1,006,000	1,296,000	1,480,594

VII.—Department of Works.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 69.—REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.	£	£	£
1. Parliament........................	20,000	25,000	17,927
2. Prime Minister.....................	7,000	5,000	15,721
3. External Affairs....................	1,250	1,500	735
4. Treasury.........................	37,000	50,000	51,008
5. Attorney‑General.............	26,500	22,000	17,787
6. Interior..........................	160,000	150,000	138,599
7. Governor‑General.............	5,000	5,000	9,927
8. Works...........................	65,000	52,000	44,966
9. Trade and Customs..................	35,000	35,000	33,546
10. Health..........................	60,000	60,000	50,391
11. Commerce and Agriculture............	2,000	2,000	2,545
12. Social Services....................	16,000	20,000	16,636
13. Shipping and Transport..............	21,000	30,000	18,759
14. Territories.......................	500	500	427
15. Immigration......................	258,000	225,000	224,208
16. Labour and National Service...........	11,750	30,000	10,157
17. National Development...............	62,000	40,000	38,352
18. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	12,000	15,000	13,408
Total Division No. 69........	800,000	768,000	705,099
Total Department of Works...	1,806,000	2,064,000	2,185,693

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VIII.—DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Division Number.		1952–53.	1951–52.
	—		1951–52.
			Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
70	ADMINISTRATIVE	3,814,000	3,815,000	3,571,161
71	MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION..	2,959,000	2,504,000	2,526,060
72	DOMESTIC AIR SERVICES.	919,000	816,000	794,542
73	INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES	2,646,000	2,512,000	2,479,763
74	RENT....	23,000	18,000	20,366
75	METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES	364,000	313,000	313,000
76	REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	330,000	340,000	276,475
	TOTAL	(a) 11,055,000	(a) 10,318,000	(a) 9,981,367

(a) Amount recoverable from Postmaster‑General's Department and other sources for conveyance of mails 1952–53, £3,156,000; 1951–52, Estimate, £2,401,000, Actual, £2,827,030.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	4,560,000	4,455,000	4,205,729
General expenses...................	759,0001	693,000	725,432
Other services.....................	5,736,000	5,170,000	5,050,206
Total.....................	11,055,000	10,318,000	9,981,367

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	11,055,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	9,981,367
Increase...................	1,073,633

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 70.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 155.	1,870,000	1,525,000	1,487,032
2. Temporary and casual employees............	2,530,000	2,875,000	2,637,245
3. Extra duty pay.........................	136,000	135,000	161,452
	4,536,000	4,535,000	4,285,729
Less—
Amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services	240,000	300,000	300,000
Amount chargeable to Maintenance and Development of Civil Aviation	1,141,000	1,020,000	1,047,000
	1,381,000	1,320,000	1,347,000
	3,155,000	3,215,000	2,938,729
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling, subsistence and removal expenses....	330,000	283,000	335,694
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	130,000	139,000	96,506
3. Postage and telegrams...................	20,000	20,000	18,511
4. Telephone and fire services................	40,000	41,500	37,131
5. Light and power.......................	12,000	11,200	11,431
6. Water supply and sanitation................	4,500	2,500	573
7. International Civil Aviation Organization—Contribution	44,000	33,000	38,223
8. Maps, text books and publications............	25,000	30,000	19,750
9. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	4,000	6,000	3,062
10. Air courts of inquiry and appeal............	3,000	3,000	927
11. Staff training.........................	17,000	..	..
12. Incidental and other expenditure............	29,500	30,800	42,624
Payments on account of damages sustained....	..	..	28,000
	659,000	600,000	632,432
Total Division No. 70..........	3,814,000	3,815,000	3,571,161
Division No. 71.—MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
1. Aero and gliding clubs—Grants and advances (repayments of advances may be credited to this vote)	140,000	129,000	112,384
2. Aeradio communication and navigation facilities—Operation and maintenance	550,000	390,000	442,437
3. Direct current and audio frequency control lines—Maintenance and rent	25,000	30,500	19,701
4. Electrical energy for aerodromes, aeradio stations and air routes	95,000	60,000	91,774
5. Power generation and distribution plant and lighting equipment—Maintenance	225,000	155,000	211,739
6. Petrol, fuel oil and lubricating oils............	200,000	168,000	155,860
7. Telephone and fire services at out‑stations	198,000	236,500	203,263
8. Maintenance of landing grounds.............	570,000	508,000	471,153
9. General stores and equipment...............	250,000	262,000	208,760
10. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment— Maintenance	400,000	356,000	351,939
11. Freight and cartage.....................	100,000	75,000	98,727
12. Teletype services for airway communication....	80,000	70,000	61,081
13. Search and Rescue Organization............	120,000	73,000	104,009
14. Water supply and sanitation at out‑stations	15,000	10,000	10,941
15. Miscellaneous expenditure................	20,000	7,000	8,292
	2,988,000	2,530,000	2,552,060
Less amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services	29,000	26,000	26,000
Total Division No. 71..........	a 2,959,000	a 2,504,000	a 2,526,060

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–58, £1,141,000; 1951–52, Vote, £1,020,000, Expenditure, £1,047,000.

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 72. DOMESTIC AIR SERVICES.
	£	£	£
1. Conveyance of mails—Payments to contractors.	919,000	816,000	794,542
Division No. 73.—INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES.
A.—Australia‑New Zealand Service—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to Tasman Empire Airways Ltd.	73,000	62,000	68,773
B.—Australia‑Pacific Islands and Other Services—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to contractor..	75,000	53,000	61,089
C.—Australia‑United Kingdom Service—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to contractor..	1,928,000	1,900,000	1,899,814
D.—Australia‑America Service—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd.	286,500	280,000	281,645
2. Ground facilities in Pacific—Contributions towards cost	110,000	180,000	132,055
3. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd.—Contribution to operating deficit	105,000	..	..
	501,500	460,000	413,700
E.—Australia‑Hong Kong‑Japan Service—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to contractor..	43,500	18,000	30,000
F.—Australia‑South Africa Service—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to contractor..	20,000	5,000	..
G.—Development of International Services—
1. Conveyance of mails—Payment to contractor..	5,000	10,000	..
Survey flight to Cocos Island.............	..	4,000	2,585
Survey flight to South America............	..	..	3,802
	5,000	14,000	6,387
Total Division No. 73.........	2,646,000	2,512,000	2,479,763
Total Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation	10,338,000	9,647,000	9,371,526
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 74—RENT.
1. Domestic services....................	23,000	18,000	20,366
Division No. 75.—METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Department of the Interior	264,000	220,000	220,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Department of the Interior	100,000	93,000	93,000
Total Division No. 75.........	364,000	313,000	313,000
Total under Control of Department of the Interior	387,000	331,000	333,366
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 76.—MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
1. Repairs and maintenance................	330,000	340,000	276,475
Total Department of Civil Aviation....	11,055,000	10,318,000	9,981,367

IX.—DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
77	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	3,114,000	2,700,000	2,868,072
78	TARIFF BOARD ..................	30,000	28,000	29,759
79	FILM CENSORSHIP...............	13,000	12,000	13,124
80	PRICES BRANCH .................	22,000	20,000	20,011
	TOTAL....................	3,179,000	2,760,000	2,930,966

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary....	2,808,600	2,430,400	2,571,249
General expenses......................	370,400	329,600	359,717
Total.........................	3,179,000	2,760,000	2,930,966

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	3,179,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	2,930,966
Increase.................	248,034

IX.—Department of Trade and Customs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 77.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 157	2,222,000	1,926,400	1,949,981
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	433,000	358,500	425,282
3. Extra duty pay.....................	100,000	95,100	144,013
	2,755,000	2,380,000	2,519,276
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	95,355	80,075	91,208
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	50,050	39,500	51,647
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	58,700	57,300	63,594
4. Fuel, light and power.................	15,550	10,600	13,159
5. Law costs........................	2,770	2,200	1,997
6. Freight and cartage, including removal expenses	15,900	11,300	16,361
7. Payment to Postmaster‑General's Department for services rendered (sale of Beer Duty Stamps and collection of duty on goods imported through the parcels post)	50,000	50,000	49,923
8. Hire, maintenance and operation of launches, and the supply of equipment	7,590	11,700	7,285
9. Honoraria to members of Commonwealth Book Censorship Board and to Appeal Censor	625	625	625
10. Laboratory apparatus and supplies.......	11,530	9,000	9,903
11. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	1,000	..	1,000
12. Printing Customs General Orders........	8,000	..	..
13. Incidental and other expenditure.........	41,930	32,200	26,706
Printing official tariff guide............	..	15,500	15,388
	359,000	320,000	348,796
Total Division No. 77........	3,114,000	2,700,000	2,868,072
Division No. 78.—TARIFF BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158	25,000	23,900	24,610
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	580	480	731
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20	20	3
	25,600	24,400	25,344
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure.........	4,400	3,600	4,415
Total Division No. 78........	30,000	28,000	29,759
Division No. 79.—FILM CENSORSHIP.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158	8,550	7,950	8,258
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	1,070	1,030	1,099
3. Extra duty pay.....................	80	20	222
	9,700	9,000	9,579
B.—General Expenses—
1. Fees to members of Censorship Board and Appeal Censor	1,830	1,650	1,877
2. Incidental and other expenditure.........	1,470	1,350	1,668
	3,300	3,000	3,545
Total Division No. 79........	13,000	12,000	13,124

IX.—Department of Trade and Customs.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 80.—PRICES BRANCH.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158	14,000	13,000	13,175
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	3,500	3,700	3,214
3. Extra duty pay.....................	800	300	661
	18,300	17,000	17,050
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,200	850	931
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	250	250	76
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	1,500	1,400	1,358
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	750	500	596
	3,700	3,000	2,961
Total Division No. 80........	22,000	20,000	20,011
Total Department of Trade and Customs..	3,179,000	2,760,000	2,930,966

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X.—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
81	ADMINISTRATIVE ..................	431,000	361,000	352,717
82	QUARANTINE ......................	277,000	146,000	160,962
83	HEALTH SERVICES..................	522,000	357,000	342,894
84	SERUM LABORATORIES...............	(a)	(a)	(a)
	TOTAL ....................	1,230,000	864,000	856,573

(a) Expenditure charged to Serum Laboratories Trust Account.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary....	869,000	616,000	626,029
General expenses......................	361,000	248,000	230,544
Total.....................	1,230,000	864,000	856,573

	£
Estimate, 1952–53..................	1,230,000
Expenditure, 1951–52................	856,573
Increase..................	373,427

X.—Department of Health.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 81.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 159.	228,000	160,000	174,937
2. Temporary and casual employees............	80,000	84,000	82,161
3. Extra duty pay.........................	5,000	6,000	4,552
	313,000	250,000	261,650
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	11,700	12,900	8,713
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	14,500	10,100	10,473
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	13,300	12,400	9,462
4. Health conferences......................	2,400	1,100	1,974
5. Hospital benefits administration—Payments to States	12,000	10,000	9,633
6. Tuberculosis Agreement administration—Payments to States	40,000	40,000	37,220
7. Nutrition of children—Payments to States......	11,000	15,000	2,169
8. Incidental and other expenditure.............	13,100	9,500	11,423
	118,000	111,000	91,067
Total Division No. 81..........	431,000	361,000	352,717
Division No. 82.—QUARANTINE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 159.	72,000	62,000	55,080
2. Temporary and casual employees............	25,000	9,000	15,407
3. Extra duty pay.........................	9,000	7,000	10,572
	106,000	78,000	81,059
B.—General Expenses—
1. Allowances for services of State officers and others	38,400	25,400	34,175
2. Overhaul and repairs to Departmental vessels....	6,600	5,600	1,748
3. Free issue of biological products.............	5,000	10,000	5,029
4. Control of Foot and Mouth disease...........	83,000	..
5. Incidental and other expenditure (moneys paid for expenses of quarantine may be credited to this item)	38,000	27,000	35,340
Compensation for cattle destroyed under Section 47 of Quarantine Act	..	..	3,611
	171,000	68,000	79,903
Total Division No. 82..........	277,000	146,000	160,962
Division No. 83.—HEALTH SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 161.	335,000	190,000	175,116
2. Temporary and casual employees............	109,000	95,000	101,940
3. Extra duty pay.........................	6,000	3,000	6,264
	450,000	288,000	283,320
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	18,000	16,000	13,009
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	15,900	13,000	15,577
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	14,100	8,000	10,576
4. Laboratory supplies.....................	7,100	12,000	5,028
5. Incidental and other expenditure.............	16,900	20,000	15,384
	72,000	69,000	59,574
Total Division No. 83.............	522,000	357,000	342,894

X.—Department of Health.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 84.—SERUM LABORATORIES.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 161	238,000	164,000	179,392
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	352,000	220,000	290,189
3. Extra duty pay.....................	10,000	4,000	9,810
	600,000	388,000	479,391
Less amount chargeable to Serum Laboratories Trust Account	600,000	388,000	479,391

B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	3,000	2,000	2,762
2. Stationery, printing and advertising.......	25,000	16,000	20,747
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams	12,000	6,000	9,549
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation	25,000	25,000	18,587
5. Livestock and fodder.................	15,000	15,000	16,952
6. Stores and plant....................	470,000	377,000	581,565
7. Incidental and other expenditure.........	60,000	50,000	75,952
	610,000	491,000	726,114
Less amount chargeable to Serum Laboratories Trust Account	610,000	491,000	726,114
	..	..	..
Total Division No. 84........	..	..	..
Total Department of Health......	1,230,000	864,000	856,573

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XI.—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
85	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	385,000	351,000	332,609
86	ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905–1950	632,000	579,000	582,145
87	COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD	325,000	280,000	298,544
88	DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS	97,000	88,000	83,564
89	DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION	42,000	43,000	38,668
90	FLAX PRODUCTION..............	(a)	(a)	(a)
	TOTAL ................	1,481,000	1,341,000	1,335,530

(a) Expenditure met from proceeds of sales of materials.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	1,177,000	1,054,000	1,020,484
General expenses..................	304,000	287,000	315,046
Total..................	1,481,000	1,341,000	1,335,530

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.............	1,481,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...........	1,335,530
Increase.................	145,470

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 85.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 162	219,000	190,000	165,976
2. Temporary and casual employees............	79,000	78,000	81,785
3. Extra duty pay.........................	5,000	5,000	4,721
	303,000	273,000	252,482
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	34,000	32,000	33,378
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	27,000	25,000	27,369
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	21,000	21,000	18,994
Accident involving Commonwealth vehicle—Payment of costs	..	..	386
	82,000	78,000	80,127
Total Division No. 85..........	385,000	351,000	332,609
Division No. 86.—ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905–1950.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary (Payments by State Dried Fruits Boards may be credited to the items to which they relate)—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 162.	303,000	272,000	260,803
2. Temporary and casual employees............	216,000	200,000	201,201
3. Extra duty pay.........................	22,000	21,000	22,645
	541,000	493,000	484,649
B.—General Expenses (Payments by State Dried Fruits Board may be credited to the items to which they relate)—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	55,000	52,000	59,312
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	5,000	5,000	5,034
3. Payments to States for services in connexion with inspections of fresh fruit, seeds, plants, vegetables and other items	18,000	15,000	19,159
4. Payments to Australian Wheat Board for services in connexion with inspections of flour mills	4,500	5,500	3,817
5. Incidental and other expenditure.............	8,500	8,500	10,174
	91,000	86,000	97,496
Total Division No. 86..........	632,000	579,000	582,145
Division No. 87.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 165.	152,000	118,000	123,774
2. Temporary and casual employees............	76,000	70,000	68,099
	228,000	188,000	191,873
B.—General Expenses—
1. Representation in Canada.................	7,500	7,800	8,815
2. Representation in New Zealand.............	4,500	4,000	3,333
3. Representation in Egypt and Middle East.......	4,000	2,800	1,856
4. Representation in United States of America.....	18,000	22,000	28,409
5. Representation in India...................	15,000	13,000	13,028
6. Representation in United Kingdom...........	3,000	3,000	5,728
7. Representation in France..................	2,000	2,500	1,494
8. Representation in Indonesia................	3,000	3,500	5,166
Carried forward...............	57,000	58,600	67,829

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 87.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
B.—General Expenses—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward...........	57,000	58,600	67,829
9. Representation in Singapore............	3,000	3,800	5,896
10. Representation in Hong Kong..........	6,500	4,100	8,319
11. Representation in South Africa..........	6,000	8,000	9,026
12. Representation in Japan..............	6,000	1,000	3,300
13. Representation in Pakistan............	3,500	3,500	2,772
14. Representation in Ceylon.............	3,000	4,000	3,295
15. Representation in Northern Europe.......	2,500	1,000	..
16. Representation in Southern Europe.......	5,000	3,000	2,145
17. Representation in British West Indies.....	3,000	4,000	2,196
18. Relieving staff—Expenses in Australia....	1,500	1,000	1,893
	97,000	92,000	106,671
Total Division No. 87........	325,000	280,000	298,544
Division No. 88.—DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 165	75,000	70,000	57,470
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	22,000	20,000	21,606
3. Extra duty pay.....................	1,000	900	1,222
	98,000	90,900	80,298
Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Account	24,000	23,900	17,875
	74,000	67,000	62,423
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	18,000	18,000	12,992
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	3,000	2,000	3,871
3. Incidental and other expenditure.........	16,000	9,000	10,202
	37,000	29,000	27,065
Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Account	14,000	8,000	5,924
	23,000	21,000	21,141
Total Division No. 88........	97,000	88,000	83,564
Division No. 89.—DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 165	11,000	10,000	9,022
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	19,000	22,000	19,691
3. Extra duty pay.....................	1,000	1,000	344
	31,000	33,000	29,057
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	5,000	5,000	5,314
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	3,000	2,500	2,862
3. Incidental and other expenditure.........	3,000	2,500	1,435
	11,000	10,000	9,611
Total Division No. 89........	42,000	43,000	38,668
Division No. 90.—FLAX PRODUCTION.
1. General expenses...................	605,000	460,000	424,247
Less amount recoverable from sales of flax fibre	605,000	460,000	424,247
Total Division No. 90........	..	..	..
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture	1,481,000	1,341,000	1,335,530

XII.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
91	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.......	114,000	109,000	108,810
92	STATE ESTABLISHMENTS..........	2,032,000	1,912,000	1,865,469
	TOTAL...................	2,146,000	2,021,000	1,974,279

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	1,507,000	1,392,500	1,371,028
General expenses..................	639,000	628,500	603,251
Total......................	2,146,000	2,021,000	1,974,279

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...............	2,146,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.............	1,974,279
Increase...............	171,721

F.4385.‑4

XII.—Department of Social Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 91.—CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 166	72,000	72,000	67,924
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	20,000	13,500	20,880
3. Extra duty pay.....................	1,000	1,000	359
	93,000	86,500	89,163
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	9,000	11,000	7,448
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	6,000	6,500	5,330
3. Incidental and other expenditure.........	6,000	5,000	6,869
	21,000	22,500	19,647
Total Division No. 91........	114,000	109,000	108,810
Division No. 92.—STATE ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 167	1,038,000	1,000,000	799,038
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	346,000	266,000	429,815
3. Extra duty pay.....................	30,000	40,000	53,012
	1,414,000	1,306,000	1,281,865
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	36,000	38,000	36,127
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	108,500	90,000	103,344
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	175,000	183,000	166,693
4. Fuel, light and power.................	7,000	7,000	6,360
5. Services of Magistrates, Police, Registrars and Agents	12,000	18,000	19,443
6. Services of Registrars of Births and Deaths..	2,500	8,000	9,994
7. Medical examinations................	13,000	12,000	12,122
8. Commission on benefit payments made by banks and post offices	240,000	230,000	206,371
9. Incidental and other expenditure.........	24,000	20,000	23,150
	618,000	606,000	583,604
Total Division No. 92........	2,032,000	1,912,000	1,865,469
Total Department of Social Services...	2,146,000	2,021,000	1,974,279

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XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
93	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	143,000	139,000	123,495
94	MARINE BRANCH ................	791,000	664,000	747,557
95	SHIP CONSTRUCTION.............	91,000	90,000	84,665
	TOTAL ....................	1,025,000	893,000	955,717

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	671,900	579,200	601,561
General expenses...................	353,100	313,800	354,156
Total.....................	1,025,000	893,000	955,717

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	1,025,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	955,717
Increase...................	69,283

XIII.—Department of Shipping and Transport.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 93.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 168	80,200	83,100	71,207
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees...	24,300	18,900	22,271
3. Extra duty pay.....................	2,500	3,000	3,028
	107,000	105,000	96,506
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	9,000	8,000	8,162
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing....	5,000	2,500	2,183
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	14,000	14,500	11,783
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	8,000	9,000	4,861
	36,000	34,000	26,989
Total Division No. 93........	143,000	139,000	123,495
Division No. 94.—MARINE BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 168	358,200	304,400	239,047
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	101,700	74,700	169,650
3. Extra duty pay.....................	21,000	14,100	17,974
4. Miscellaneous allowances under regulations and issues in lieu thereof	1,000	1,000	492
	481,900	394,200	427,163
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	13,600	13,700	12,776
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	7,800	7,800	7,343
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	8,400	7,800	8,638
4. Lighthouses, buoys and beacons—Operation and maintenance	65,700	50,000	55,441
5. Lighthouses—Conveyance of stores and mails, including hire of launches	27,400	29,200	26,670
6. Lighthouse workshops—Equipment, tools, stores, &c.	2,200	2,200	993
7. Lighthouse steamers—Cost of operating....	170,700	148,000	198,225
8. Navigation Act—Miscellaneous expenses...	4,500	4,000	1,983
9. Incidental and other expenditure.........	8,800	7,100	8,325
	309,100	269,800	320,394
Total Division No. 94........	791,000	664,000	747,557
Division No. 95.—SHIP CONSTRUCTION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances, as per Schedule, page 168	17,200	14,500	14,318
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	64,800	65,000	63,342
3. Extra duty pay.....................	1,000	500	232
	83,000	80,000	77,892
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure.........	8,000	10,000	6,773
Total Division No. 95........	91,000	90,000	84,665
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.....	1,025,000	893,000	955,717

XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
96	ADMINISTRATIVE ................	194,000	156,000	158,304
	TOTAL ..................	194,000	156,000	158,304

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	167,100	136,600	138,068
General expenses..................	26,900	19,400	20,236
Total......................	194,000	156,000	158,304

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	194,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	158,304
Increase.................	35,696

XIV.—Department of Territories.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 96.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 169	127,100	83,700	93,959
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	34,000	46,900	38,962
3. Extra duty pay.....................	6,000	6,000	5,147
	167,100	136,600	138,068
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	6,600	3,500	4,291
2. Office requisites and equipment..........	4,500	2,800	3,566
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	10,000	9,000	10,246
4. Visits to Australian Territories by Members of Parliament	3,000	..	..
5. Incidental and other expenditure.........	2,800	4,100	2,133
	26,900	19,400	20,236
Total Department of Territories...	194,000	156,000	158,304

XV.— DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
97	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	1,340,000	1,214,000	1,230,431
	TOTAL ..................	1,340,000	1,214,000	1,230,431

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	990,000	899,000	897,280
General expenses..................	350,000	315,000	333,151
Total.....................	1,340,000	1,214,000	1,230,431

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...................	1,340,000
Expenditure, 1951–52................	1,230,431
Increase..................	109,569

XV.—Department of Immigration.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 97.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 170	611,000	530,000	518,064
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	349,000	354,000	350,196
3. Extra duty pay.....................	30,000	15,000	29,020
	990,000	899,000	897,280
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	150,000	138,500	137,917
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	55,000	59,000	60,906
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	60,000	50,000	61,560
4. Fuel, light and power.................	5,000	2,500	3,851
5. Payment for services performed by Government authorities including services under Immigration, Nationality and Passports Acts	47,000	10,000	22,317
6. Incidental and other expenditure.........	33,000	55,000	46,600
	350,000	315,000	333,151
Total Department of Immigration..	1,340,000	1,214,000	1,230,431

XVI.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
98	ADMINISTRATIVE ................	1,795,000	1,846,000	1,798,101
	TOTAL ...................	1,795,000	1,846,000	1,798,101

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	1,472,000	1,487,000	1,471,140
General expenses...................	311,000	324,000	286,361
Other services.....................	12,000	35,000	40,600
Total.....................	1,795,000	1,846,000	1,798,101

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	1,795,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	1,798,101
Decrease.................	3,101

XVI.—Department of Labour and National Service.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 98.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 171	1,060,000	829,800	821,383
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	392,000	634,200	630,042
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20,000	23,000	19,715
	1,472,000	1,487,000	1,471,140
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	76,400	74,800	70,378
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	40,000	33,400	34,255
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	107,000	135,200	109,204
4. Fuel, light and power.................	12,700	10,300	10,022
5. Office cleaning.....................	23,300	18,300	21,029
6. Incidental and other expenditure.........	51,600	52,000	41,473
	311,000	324,000	286,361
C.—Miscellaneous—
1. Fares, travelling expenses and allowances to workers— Advances (amounts recovered may be credited to this vote)	500	1,000	4,123
2. Staff training......................	1,500	1,800	319
3. Maritime Industry Commission—Administration	6,500	6,200	5,998
4. Commonwealth‑State Apprenticeship Inquiry	3,000	..	2,245
5. Act of grace payments on account of losses by fire	500	..	2,243
Hostels Trust Account—Working advance (to be recovered)	..	25,000	25,000
International Labour Organization—Silicosis Conference	..	1,000	..
International Labour Organization Fellowship—Contribution towards cost	..	..	672
	12,000	35,000	40,600
Total Department of Labour and National Service..	1,795,000	1,846,000	1,798,101

XVII.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
99	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	457,000	465,000	451,744
100	BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES...	723,000	611,000	480,148
	TOTAL ...................	1,180,000	1,076,000	931,892

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	601,500	659,000	561,792
General expenses...................	94,500	91,000	98,274
Other services.....................	484,000	326,000	271,826
Total.....................	1,180,000	1,076,000	931,892

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...................	1,180,000
Expenditure, 1951–52................	931,892
Increase.....................	248,108

XVII.—Department of National Development.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 99.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 172.	182,000	174,000	175,623
2. Temporary and casual employees............	112,600	170,000	156,539
3. Extra duty pay.........................	2,400	2,000	3,303
	297,000	346,000	335,465
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	30,000	25,000	30,885
2. Office requisites, equipment, stationery and printing	7,000	7,000	7,361
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	21,000	20,000	25,022
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	15,000	16,000	16,007
	73,000	68,000	79,275
C.—Miscellaneous—
1. Publications and publicity.................	28,000	19,000	6,321
2. Resources and development projects—Investigation expenses	34,000	18,000	18,426
3. European scientists and technicians—Expenses of employment in Australia	3,000	8,000	1,257
4. Grant towards Nepean district planning scheme...	2,000	6,000	2,000
5. Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress in Australia— Contribution	4,000	..	4,000
6. Dedication of roads—Villawood.............	16,000	..	5,000
	87,000	51,000	37,004
Total Division No. 99..........	457,000	465,000	451,744
Division No. 100.—BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 172.	163,000	138,000	106,657
2. Temporary and casual employees............	140,000	174,000	118,143
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,500	1,000	1,527
	304,500	313,000	226,327
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	12,000	16,000	10,151
2. Office requisites, equipment, stationery and printing	2,000	1,500	1,353
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	1,000	500	853
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	6,500	5,000	6,642
	21,500	23,000	18,999
C.—Miscellaneous—
1. Operational expenses....................	390,000	260,000	218,899
2. Publications..........................	6,000	3,000	2,639
3. Assistance to mining....................	1,000	..	7,284
Exploratory drilling.....................	..	7,000	6,000
Assistance to oil companies................	..	5,000	..
	397,000	275,000	234,822
Total Division No. 100.........	723,000	611,000	480,148
Total Department of National Development	1,180,000	1,076,000	931,892

XVIII.— COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
101	ADMINISTRATIVE ...............	3,381,000	2,810,000	2,894,596
	TOTAL.................	3,381,000	2,810,000	2,894,596

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	2,922,279	2,414,154	2,486,677
General expenses...................	55,000	79,600	105,406
Other Services.....................	403,721	316,246	302,513
Total...................	3,381,000	2,810,000	2,894,596

	£
Estimate, 1952–53................	3,381,000
Expenditure, 1951–52..............	2,894,596
Increase..................	486,404

XVIII.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Division No. 101.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1952–53.	1951–52.
(For Payment to Credit of Science and Industry Trust Account.)	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 173	146,900	133,600	128,623
2. Temporary and casual employees............	43,000	46,100	48,772
3. Extra duty pay.........................	7,000	4,500	6,409
	196,900	184,200	183,804
B.—General Expenses—
1. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	11,000	7,000	9,473
2. Scientific research liaison officers overseas—Expenses	14,000	9,800	12,062
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	30,000	29,800	34,739
Printing of journals and bulletins...................	(b)	33,000	49,132
	55,000	79,600	105,406
C.—Investigations—
1. Animal health and production..............	(a) 498,500	(a) 376,200	380,900
2. Plant industry.........................	(a) 444,300	(a) 317,100	331,902
3. Entomology..........................	(a) 142,300	113,800	117,703
4. Soils and irrigation......................	(a) 226,300	(a) 200,500	198,802
5. Food preservation and transport.............	(a) 163,900	(a) 131,450	135,563
6. Forest products........................	(a) 219,800	(a) 192,500	196,545
7. Mining and metallurgy...................	(a) 23,300	(a) 21,400	18,922
8. Radio research........................	(a) 33,000	(a) 23,300	26,708
9. Research services......................	(a) 207,600	(a) 75,700	70,974
10. Industrial chemistry....................	(a) 301,400	(a) 240,300	251,981
11. Fisheries investigations..................	(a) 146,800	(a) 133,000	145,093
12. Mathematical statistics..................	41,900	33,650	30,885
13. National Standards Laboratory.............	379,100	316,900	320,516
14. Tribophysics.........................	61,000	52,500	49,148
15. Building research......................	108,600	97,600	102,041
16. Biochemistry and general nutrition..........	(a) 101,100	(a) 87,500	78,953
17. Plant fibre (c)........................	33,400	28,400	28,980
18. Radiophysics.........................	226,900	193,400	203,292
19. Physical metallurgy....................	6,900	6,100	6,361
20. Nuclear energy.......................	60,800	46,400	48,553
21. Meteorological physics..................	44,800	35,600	32,905
22. Dairy research........................	31,300	25,950	24,797
23. Wool textile research...................	(a) 246,300	(a) 194,550	177,010
24. Fuel research.........................	114,600	84,900	89,372
25. Wild life (including rabbit investigations)......	(a) 33,200	(a) 20,900	21,692
26. Land research and regional survey...........	(a) 74,500	(a) 46,500	37,305
27. Genetics investigations..................	(a) 28,800	(a) 15,900	13,342
28. Unforeseen and urgent investigations.........	1,000	800	..
29. Miscellaneous........................	7,100	(a) 13,550	14,913
	4,008,500	3,126,350	3,155,158
Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources and from sales of produce, &c., in connexion with investigations and other receipts available in the Science and Industry Trust Account	881,735	573,740	546,364
	3,126,765	2,552,610	2,608,794
Less amount payable from the Science and Industry Trust Account	29,665	33,010	33,010
Total Investigations...........	3,097,100	2,519,600	2,575,784
D.—Grants—
1. Research associations....................	11,500	10,000	10,000
2. Research studentships....................	(a) 27,800	(a) 27,800	31,473
	39,300	37,800	41,473
Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	7,300	11,200	11,871
	32,000	26,600	29,602
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.	3,381,000	2,810,000	2,894,596

(a) Includes expenditure from contributions from outside sources. (b) Included under Item C.9—Research Services. (c) Previously titled "Flax Research"

XIX.—DEFENCE SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
102‑108	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE............	730,000	611,000	539,120
109‑126	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY..........	47,290,000	34,444,000	37,725,283
127‑142	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY..........	75,370,000	47,411,000	55,955,910
143‑154	DEPARTMENT OF AIR.................	55,830,000	48,446,000	48,356,550
155‑172	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.............	12,730,000	43,066,000	19,782,465
173‑186	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION	8,050,000	7,725,000	7,135,391
	TOTAL ......................	200,000,000	181,703,000	169,494,719

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries, pay and allowances in the nature of salary and pay	65,337,000	49,776,000	50,862,751
General expenses.........................	34,494,000	24,874,000	30,340,613
Other services...........................	100,169,000	107,053,000	88,291,355
Total.......................	200,000,000	181,703,000	169,494,719

	£
Estimate, 1952–53...................	200,000,000
Expenditure, 1951–52.................	169,494,719
Increase..................	30,505,281

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.		1951–52.
Division No. 102.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 174.	149,000	126,000	121,916
2. Temporary and casual employees............	114,000	100,000	113,261
3. Extra duty pay.........................	3,000	2,000	2,392
	266,000	228,000	237,569
Less amount recoverable from Divisions Nos. 103 and 108 and other Departments	98,000	83,000	82,733
	168,000	145,000	154,836
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	9,000	17,000	23,699
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.......	4,500	4,000	3,919
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone and teleprinter services	8,700	8,000	8,755
4. Books and papers for Defence Library including binding and repairs of books	500	400	344
5. Barracks maintenance, including cleaning materials	8,000	6,000	7,184
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	3,500	2,600	3,963
	34,200	38,000	47,864
Less amount recoverable from Divisions Nos. 103 and 108 and other Departments	7,200	5,000	6,590
	27,000	33,000	41,274
Total Division No. 102.........	195,000	178,000	196,110
Division No. 103.—JOINT INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 174	93,700	72,000	57,246
2. Temporary and casual employees............	24,300	18,000	21,353
3. Extra duty pay.........................	4,000	1,000	2,754
	122,000	91,000	81,353
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	4,300	4,000	1,986
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.......	14,300	9,500	2,268
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	1,800	1,500	1,451
4. Books, maps and papers..................	1,500	1,000	1,075
5. Incidental and other expenditure.............	7,100	5,000	3,488
	29,000	21,000	10,268
Total Division No. 103.........	151,000	112,000	91,621
Division No. 104.—DEFENCE SIGNALS BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 174.	83,000	92,000	65,952
2. Temporary and casual employees............	43,000	19,000	33,539
3. Extra duty pay.........................	6,000	4,000	6,915
	132,000	115,000	106,406
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	10,700	12,000	8,345
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.......	25,000	10,000	4,644
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	1,900	1,500	2,026
4. Books, maps and papers..................	100	500	556
5. Hire and maintenance of plant and equipment....	14,300	16,000	12,772
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	10,000	5,000	7,153
	62,000	45,000	35,496
Total Division No. 104.........	194,000	160,000	141,902
Division No. 105.—PLANT AND EQUIPMENT......	60,000	60,000	21,488
Total Under Control of Department of Defence.....	600,000	510,000	451,121

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 106.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	50,000	25,000	12,677
Division No. 107.—REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	10,000	10,000	11,437
Total Under Control of Department of Works	60,000	35,000	24,114
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 108.—TREASURY DEFENCE DIVISION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 175	50,600	47,500	46,392
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees...	11,300	10,000	10,580
3. Extra duty pay.....................	100	500	9
	62,000	58,000	56,981
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	1,700	2,000	1,145
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing and postage	2,000	2,000	2,028
3. Cleaning services...................	3,300	3,000	2,832
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	1,000	1,000	899
	8,000	8,000	6,904
Total Under Control of Department of the Treasury	70,000	66,000	63,885
Total Department of Defence.......	730,000	611,000	539,120

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F.4385.—5

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 109.—PERMANENT NAVAL FORCES.	£	£	£
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 176	11,361,000	9,661,000	9,139,782
2. Deferred pay, interest and service gratuities..	213,000	195,000	226,428
	11,574,000	9,856,000	9,366,210
B.—General Expenses—(Moneys received from sales of provisions to officials, from sales of food refuse and from sales to contractors of material to complete Naval contracts may be credited to this vote)
1. Provisions and allowances in lieu of provisions; payments to ships' funds	984,000	721,000	1,110,801
2. Clothing (outfit gratuities and gratuitous issues)	470,000	596,000	795,348
3. Medical and dental expenses and treatment..	45,000	104,000	42,102
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	55,000	90,000	60,257
	1,554,000	1,511,000	2,008,508
Total Division No. 109.......	13,128,000	11,367,000	11,374,718
Division No. 110.—CIVILIAN SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 177	424,000	371,000	370,000
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	486,000	428,000	492,344
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20,000	20,000	25,907
Total Division No. 110.......	930,000	819,000	888,251
Division No. 111.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 177	10,000	8,000	8,821
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	6,000	6,000	4,132
	(a) 16,000	14,000	12,953
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	8,000	5,000	8,035
2. Provisions........................	10,000	9,000	9,586
3. Clothing, uniforms and kit upkeep allowances	25,000	11,000	22,782
4. Incidental and other expenditure.........	6,000	4,000	6,155
	49,000	29,000	46,558
Total Division No. 111.......	65,000	43,000	59,511
Division No. 112.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVES.
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances..................	240,000	300,000	117,403
B.—General Expenses	205,000	384,000	185,511
Total Division No. 112.......	445,000	684,000	302,914
Division No. 113.—NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 177	636,000	516,000	576,491
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	4,424,000	3,338,000	3,698,437
3. Extra duty pay.....................	20,000	20,000	33,128
Total Division No. 113.......	5,080,000	3,874,000	4,308,056

(a) Salaries of members of Permanent Naval Forces attached to Royal Australian Naval College provided under Division No. 109.

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 114.—GENERAL SERVICES.	£	£	£
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	577,000	430,000	496,496
2. Freight and cartage..................	150,000	75,000	142,843
3. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	50,000	25,000	52,252
4. Postage, telegrams, telephone and teleprinter services	145,000	145,000	128,641
5. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation	230,000	200,000	240,712
6. Naval aviation and other personnel—Special training fees	700,000	645,000	172,012
7. Compensation payable under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	35,000	(a)	(a)
8 Incidental and other expenditure..........	150,000	130,000	156,435
Total Division No. 114.......	2,037,000	1,650,000	1,389,391
Division No. 115.—GENERAL EXPENSES H.M.A. SHIPS, FLEET AUXILIARIES AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
(Moneys received from sales to contractors of material to complete Naval contracts, and freight earnings of Fleet Auxiliaries, may be credited to this vote.)
1. Victualling equipment, band instruments and music	83,000	27,000	61,984
2. Naval and air stores..................	5,430,000	3,500,000	3,879,685
3. Ordnance, torpedo stores and ammunition...	4,853,000	3,000,000	5,895,461
4. Medical and dental stores..............	75,000	40,000	50,409
5. Coal and oil fuel....................	2,225,000	1,500,000	1,247,451
6. Repair and refit of ships...............	1,218,000	486,000	883,903
7. Miscellaneous expenditure.............	70,000	60,000	44,430
Total Division No. 115.......	13,954,000	8,613,000	12,063,323
Division No. 116.—AIRCRAFT AND AERO ENGINES—Repair and other charges	438,000	444,000	376,867
Division No. 117.—NAVAL CONSTRUCTION...	5,317,000	2,500,000	3,302,275
Division No. 118.—AIRCRAFT AND AERO ENGINES	2,297,000	558,000	300,800
Division No. 119.—MACHINERY AND PLANT FOR NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS	483,000	410,000	248,332
Division No. 120.—MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE	90,000	100,000	57,047
Division No. 121.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	2,000	5,000	1,612
Total Under Control of Department of the Navy	44,266,000	31,067,000	34,673,097
Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service.
Division No. 122.—ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE ACT.
1. Proportion of expenditure provided under Division No. 138.—Department of the Army	6,000	6,000	4,316

(a) Previously provided under Division No. 109—Permanent Naval Forces—General Expenses, Item 4—Incidental and Other Expenditure.

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department or the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 123.—RENT..................	25,000	21,000	20,034
Division No. 124.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	150,000	100,000	142,238
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	175,000	121,000	162,272
Under Control of Department of Works.......
Division No. 125.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	2,270,000	2,825,000	2,421,885
Division No. 126.—MAINTENANCE..........	573,000	425,000	463,713
Total Under Control of Department of Works	2,843,000	3,250,000	2,885,598
Total Department of the Navy....	47,290,000	34,444,000	37,725,283

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XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.		1951–52.
Division No. 127.—AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—	£	£	£
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 178..	19,530,000	14,638,000	14,921,440
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...............	380,000	373,000	348,854
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.....	82,000	57,000	66,775
3. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..	300,000	254,000	272,924
4. Freight and cartage....................	400,000	246,000	383,154
5. Rations...........................	1,670,000	966,000	1,024,793
6. Petrol, oil and lubricants................	150,000	250,000	70,712
7. General stores.......................	50,000	67,000	7
8. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty	16,000	30,000	11,576
9. Incidental and other expenditure...........	12,000	13,000	12,016
	3,060,000	2,256,000	2,190,811
Total Division No. 127........	22,590,000	16,894,000	17,112,251
Division No. 128.—CIVILIAN SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 178	652,000	520,000	502,226
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees.....	3,253,000	2,329,000	2,663,832
3. Extra duty pay.......................	10,000	7,000	12,553
Total Division No. 128........	3,915,000	2,856,000	3,178,611
Division No. 129.—CITIZEN MILITARY FORCES AND CADETS.
A.—Pay and allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances...................	5,146,000	2,903,000	3,011,968
B.—General Expenses—
1. Camps of training, schools and courses of instruction, regimental exercises and bivouacs	2,100,000	1,300,000	1,543,080
2. Home training.......................	317,000	192,000	208,872
3. Welfare and betterment allowance..........	6,000	5,000	2,172
4. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty	8,000	20,000	5,988
5. Incidental and other expenditure...........	10,000	20,000	3,246
	2,441,000	1,537,000	1,763,358
Total Division No. 129........	7,587,000	4,440,000	4,775,326
Division No. 130.—GENERAL SERVICES.
1. Travelling and subsistence...............	200,000	165,000	190,768
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing, textbooks and publications	240,000	150,000	172,885
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.....	120,000	110,000	107,556
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..	24,000	21,000	22,268
5. Freight and cartage....................	400,000	380,000	391,650
6. Compensation for hired properties..........	10,000	50,000	9,747
7. Educational facilities..................	10,000	9,000	7,967
8. Medical and dental services..............	900,000	500,000	518,131
9. Australian Survey Corps................	5,000	5,000	2,733
10. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty	12,000	15,000	11,249
11. Expenses of officers sent abroad on training...	100,000	70,000	123,924
12. Recruiting campaign..................	500,000	300,000	732,692
13. Incidental and other expenditure..........	90,000	105,000	83,982
Total Division No, 130........	2,611,000	1,880,000	2,375,552

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 131.—ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 178.	21,100	18,900	18,216
2. Temporary and casual employees............	3,800	3,000	3,471
3. Extra duty pay.........................	100	100	64
	25,000	22,000	21,751
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling, subsistence, freight and cartage......	15,000	13,000	14,196
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing, postage, telegrams and telephone services	3,500	3,000	2,624
3. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation...	18,000	17,000	15,110
4. Staff Cadets' maintenance and clothing allowances.	71,000	58,000	52,436
5. Medical and dental services................	1,000	1,000	887
6. Maintenance of transport vehicles............	4,000	4,000	4,531
7. Rations.............................	30,000	28,000	31,133
8. Incidental and other expenditure.............	5,500	7,000	4,633
	148,000	131,000	125,550
Total Division No. 131.........	173,000	153,000	147,301
Division No. 132.—RIFLE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
A.—Salaries and payments in the nature of salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 178.	16,000	14,300	14,043
2. Temporary and casual employees............	2,500	1,200	2,199
3. Extra duty pay.........................	500	500	489
	19,000	16,000	16,731
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	7,000	7,500	6,286
2. Office requisites, postage and telephone services..	500	600	611
3. Freight and cartage.....................	4,000	4,500	4,004
4. Grants for ranges, efficiency, Commonwealth Council, State Associations and prize meetings	26,400	34,000	34,364
5. Incidental and other expenditure.............	100	400	2
	38,000	47,000	45,267
Total Division No. 132.........	57,000	63,000	61,998
Division No. 133.—FORCES IN JAPAN AND KOREA—MAINTENANCE	2,991,000	1,743,000	839,104
Division No. 134.—ARMS AND EQUIPMENT—MAINTENANCE.
1. Replacement of existing arms, armament, clothing, equipment and stores	8,300,000	4,130,000	6,597,955
2. Maintenance and repairs of army vehicles and equipment	2,000,000	1,770,000	1,541,184
3. Repair of general stores, camp equipment and clothing	200,000	100,000	145,666
Total Division No. 134.........	10,500,000	6,000,000	8,284,805
Division No. 135.—ARMS, ARMAMENT, AMMUNITION, MECHANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT.	14,590,000	5,000,000	9,641,033
Division No. 136.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	850,000	(a)	..
Division No. 137.—MAINTENANCE..............	100,000	(a)	..
Total Under Control of Department of the Army	65,964,000	39,029,000	46,415,981

(a) Provided under Divisions 141 and 142 respectively.

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service.	£	£	£
Division No. 138.—ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE ACT.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 98a	68,000	22,000	26,099
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	17,000	29,000	18,484
3. Extra duty pay.....................	17,000	18,000	22,420
	102,000	69,000	67,003
Less amount provided under Divisions Nos. 122 and 150	29,000	20,000	18,426
	73,000	49,000	48,577
B.—General Expenses—
1. Expenses incidental to the administration of the National Service Act, including fares, travelling allowance, office requisites and other incidental expenditure	18,000	16,000	16,305
Less amount provided under Divisions Nos. 122 and 150	5,000	4,000	4,484
	13,000	12,000	11,821
C.—Miscellaneous—
1. Medical examinations and expenses incidental thereto	52,000	57,000	47,038
2. Fares, allowances and other expenses associated with call‑up for training	17,000	48,000	17,769
3. Miscellaneous.....................	29,000	40,000	24,550
	98,000	145,000	89,357
Less amount provided under Divisions Nos. 122 and 150	28,000	39,000	24,573
	70,000	106,000	64,784
Total Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service	156,000	167,000	125,182
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 139.—RENT..................	21,000	10,000	11,478
Division No. 140.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS.	400,000	300,000	311,797
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	421,000	310,000	323,275
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 141.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	8,240,000	7,105,000	8,456,703
Division No. 142.—MAINTENANCE..........	589,000	800,000	634,769
Total Under Control of Department of Works	8,829,000	7,905,000	9,091,472
Total Department of the Army........	75,370,000	47,411,000	55,955,910

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF AIR.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 143.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—	£	£	£
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 179..	12,440,000	9,484,000	9,921,465
2. Service gratuities and other payments........	20,000	10,000	27,415
3. Citizen Air Force and National Service Trainees—Pay and allowances	1,220,000	836,000	510,040
	13,680,000	10,330,000	10,458,920
Less amount recoverable from other Departments	420,000	500,000	271,612
Total Division No. 143........	13,260,000	9,830,000	10,187,308
Division No. 144.—CIVILIAN SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 179	390,000	300,000	331,691
2. Temporary and casual employees..........	1,540,000	1,140,000	1,382,325
3. Extra duty pay.......................	15,000	10,000	14,964
Total Division No. 144........	1,945,000	1,450,000	1,728,980
Division No. 145.—GENERAL SERVICES.
1. Travelling and subsistence...............	700,000	565,000	654,751
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing and text books	120,000	120,000	135,488
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.....	350,000	270,000	287,544
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..	495,000	375,000	455,905
5. Rations...........................	1,270,000	930,000	1,020,366
6. Freight and cartage....................	300,000	300,000	390,016
7. Repair and overhaul of aircraft and equipment..	1,200,000	1,150,000	1,492,370
8. Compensation for hired properties..........	45,000	40,000	79,216
9. Meteorological services.................	115,000	133,000	133,000
10. Training of personnel at other than R.A.A.F. establishments	70,000	235,000	155,498
11. Medical and dental services.............	90,000	80,000	90,619
12. Incidental and other expenditure..........	18,000	32,000	64,263
Total Division No. 145........	4,773,000	4,230,000	4,959,036
Division No. 146.—R.A.A.F. SQUADRONS OVERSEAS—MAINTENANCE	2,650,000	3,925,000	3,112,969
Division No. 147.—EQUIPMENT AND STORES.
1. Aircraft ancillary and other technical stores....	4,000,000	2,190,000	1,135,816
2. Ammunition, explosives, pyrotechnics, torpedoes and accessories	500,000	290,000	56,471
3. Mechanical and transport equipment........	900,000	854,000	271,916
4. Communications.....................	1,300,000	866,000	719,241
5. Personnel equipment...................	2,400,000	1,590,000	1,609,959
6. Camp, barrack and hospital stores and equipment	750,000	700,000	680,181
7. Petrol and oil........................	950,000	700,000	830,428
Total Division No. 147........	10,800,000	7,190,000	5,304,012
Division No. 148.—AIRCRAFT, SPARE ENGINES AND INITIAL RANGES OF SPARES	16,600,000	15,500,000	18,197,840
Division No. 149.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	150,000	100,000	9,799
Total Under Control of Department of Air.......	50,178,000	42,225,000	43,499,944

XIX.—Defence Services.

DEPARTMENT OF AIR—continued.	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF AIR—continued.	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service.	£	£	£
Division No. 150.—ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE ACT.
1. Proportion of expenditure provided under Division No. 138.— Department of the Army	56,000	57,000	43,167
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 151—RENT..................	16,000	14,000	13,774
Division No. 152.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS.	100,000	400,000	135,635
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	116,000	414,000	149,409
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 153.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	4,600,000	4,800,000	3,747,828
Division No. 154.—MAINTENANCE..........	880,000	950,000	916,202
Total Under Control of Department of Works	5,480,000	5,750,000	4,664,030
Total Department of Air.........	55,830,000	48,446,000	48,356,550

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 155.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 180	450,000	360,000	356,466
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	353,000	355,000	321,835
3. Extra duty pay.....................	12,000	8,000	12,889
	815,000	723,000	691,190
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	40,000	27,000	40,428
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing....	17,000	20,000	17,260
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	42,000	35,000	41,352
4. Freights, cartage and packing...........	11,000	5,000	10,827
5. Training of scientific personnel..........	100,000	..	..
6. Incidental and other expenditure.........	50,000	28,000	49,589
	260,000	115,000	159,456
Total Division No. 155.......	1,075,000	838,000	850,646
Division No. 156.—GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 181	200,000	121,000	62,820
Less amount payable from Trust Fund......	200,000	121,000	62,820
B.—General Expenses	130,000	..	..
Total Division No. 156.......	130,000	..	..
Division No. 157.—SUPPLY RESEARCH LABORATORIES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 181	333,000	314,000	272,974
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	475,000	474,000	432,532
3. Extra duty pay.....................	12,000	8,000	11,295
	820,000	796,000	716,801
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	14,000	31,000	13,535
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing....	15,000	6,000	14,976
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	8,000	9,000	6,601
4. Freights, cartage and packing...........	9,000	7,000	8,684
5. Materials and other operational stores......	85,000	100,000	81,701
6. Incidental and other expenditure.........	44,000	24,000	44,021
	175,000	177,000	169,518
Total Division No, 157.......	995,000	973,000	886,319

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 158.—ARMY BRANCH—INSPECTION AND DESIGN.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 181	203,000	157,000	119,232
2. Temporary and casual employees..........	460,000	291,000	432,425
3. Extra duty pay.......................	12,000	6,000	14,986
	675,000	454,000	566,643
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...............	40,000	26,000	39,626
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing......	3,000	2,500	1,651
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.....	4,000	4,500	3,873
4. Freights, cartage and packing.............	6,000	3,000	5,309
5. Materials and other stores...............	35,000	18,000	24,305
6. Developmental and technical services.......	157,000	..	..
7. Incidental and other expenditure...........	45,000	17,000	30,927
	290,000	71,000	105,691
Total Division No. 158........	965,000	525,000	672,334
Division No. 159.—STORAGE SERVICES.	530,000	..	..
Division No. 160.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	4,944,000	3,500,000	3,549,297
Division No. 161.—DEFENCE MINERAL REQUIREMENTS.
1. Operations.........................	45,000	30,000	35,978
Division No. 161k.—RESERVES OF STORES AND MATERIALS.
1. Stores and materials...................	68,000	25,000	..
Less amount recoverable from sales of materials	..	25,000	..
Total Division No. 161k.......	68,000	..	..
Division No. 162.—NEW GUINEA RESOURCES PROSPECTING CO. LTD.—Contribution to share capital	13,000	..	..
Division No. 163.—MACHINERY AND PLANT	460,000	640,000	330,515
Total Under Control of Department of Supply.	9,225,000	6,506,000	6,325,089
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 163a.—STRATEGIC STORES AND EQUIPMENT RESERVE (for payment to Strategic Stores and Equipment Reserve Trust Account)	..	32,500,000	10,048,826
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 164.—HEALTH SERVICES...........	2,000	5,000	1,696
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 165.—RENT.................	35,000	31,000	29,217

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior—continued.	£	£	£
Division No. 166.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS.	115,000	10,000	44,844
Division No. 167.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	10,000	100,000	106,199
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	160,000	141,000	180,260
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 168.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	460,000	150,000	225,647
Division No. 169.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	2,643,000	3,500,000	2,778,143
Division No. 170.—MAINTENANCE.............	10,000	4,000	8,213
Division No. 171.—MAINTENANCE OF FACTORIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS	75,000	60,000	57,277
Division No. 172.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT—MAINTENANCE	155,000	200,000	157,314
Total Under Control of Department of Works	3,343,000	3,914,000	3,226,594
Total Department of Supply.............	12,730,000	43,066,000	19,782,465

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XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 173.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 182	410,000	368,000	307,681
2. Temporary and casual employees.........	370,000	373,000	363,456
3. Extra duty pay.....................	10,000	6,000	9,165
	790,000	747,000	680,302
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	33,000	28,000	46,943
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing....	17,000	20,000	17,990
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	30,000	35,000	27,639
4. Freights, cartage and packing...........	15,000	5,000	14,301
5. Incidental and other expenditure.........	35,000	32,000	32,257
	130,000	120,000	139,130
Total Division No. 173..........	920,000	867,000	819,432
Division No. 174.—GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKINGS AND ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 182	850,000	800,000	451,778
Less amount payable from Trust Fund.....	850,000	800,000	451,778
	..	..	..
B.—General Expenses	2,500,000	2,000,000	2,508,190
Total Division No. 174..........	2,500,000	2,000,000	2,508,190
Division No. 175.—DEFENCE PRODUCTION MATERIALS (for payment to credit of Defence Production Materials Trust Account)	500,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
Division No. 176.—STORAGE SERVICES......	375,000	735,000	720,255
Division No. 177.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.	160,000	(a)	(a)
Division No. 178.—MACHINERY AND PLANT..	1,825,000	1,855,000	1,047,045
Division No. 179.—DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION	20,000	600,000	..
Division No. 180.—CONVERSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SYSTEM	98,000	(b)	..
Total Under Control of Department of Defence Production	6,398,000	7,057,000	6,094,922
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 181.—HEALTH SERVICES.....	25,000	17,000	23,290
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 182.—RENT.................	3,000	70,000	49,749
Division No. 183.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS.	47,000	80,000	52,832
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior...	50,000	150,000	102,581

(a) Provided under Department of Supply. (b) Previously provided under Miscellaneous Services, Division No. 201a.

XIX.—Defence Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£	£
Division No. 184.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE.	1,397,000	350,000	736,829
Division No. 185.—MAINTENANCE..........	5,000	11,000	22
Division No. 186.—MAINTENANCE OF FACTORIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS	175,000	140,000	177,747
Total Under Control of Department of Works	1,577,000	501,000	914,598
Total Department of Defence Production	8,050,000	7,725,000	7,135,391
Total DEFENCE SERVICES.............	200,000,000	181,703,000	169,494,719

XX.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
187‑189	PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.......	1,691,000	3,103,000	1,500,977
190	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS...	950,000	973,000	950,760
191	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY......	706,000	640,000	705,698
192	ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT	7,000	5,000	11,796
193	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.......	257,000	244,000	246,729
194	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.	67,000	34,000	53,000
195	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.............	391,000	403,000	348,354
196	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE	328,000	338,000	461,513
197	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.....	96,000	92,000	86,898
198	DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT	191,000	163,000	185,651
199‑200	DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.......	10,733,000	14,329,000	12,256,589
201	DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	746,000	948,000	922,404
201a	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.............	..	55,000	47,525
202	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	101,000	68,000	83,012
203	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF	4,488,000	9,906,000	4,859,456
	TOTAL ......................	(a)20,752,000	(a)31,301,000	(a)22,720,362

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £1,804,600 ; 1951–52, Vote, £1,506,300 ; Expenditure, £1,853,930.

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	20,752,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	22,720,362
Decrease...................	1,968,362

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 187.—PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
1. Australian Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association—Grant	1,640	1,640	1,630
2. Minor International Associations—Contributions..	810	540	450
3. Commonwealth Economic Committee—Contribution	5,800	5,800	5,792
4. Imperial Institute—Contribution.............	990	990	990
5. Commonwealth Shipping Committee—Contribution	180	180	176
6. Mrs. H. A. Hinkler—Annual allowance........	104	104	104
7. Ex‑members of Parliament or their dependants—Annual allowances	2,912	3,066	3,291
8. Returned soldiers and their dependants—Grant for relief of distress	1,000	1,000	1,000
9. Commonwealth Literary Fund (for payment to credit of Commonwealth Literary Fund Trust Account)	10,000	6,000	6,000
10. Conferences of Commonwealth and State Ministers and of officials—Administrative expenses	964	355	917
11. Distinguished guests, visitors and officials—Hospitality	12,000	8,000	13,581
12. Historical memorials of representative men.....	1,600	1,100	356
13. Historical and other paintings..............	1,500	400	1,411
14. Special investigations on scientific matters—Publication of results	600	600	389
15. Chair of Natural Philosophy at Melbourne University— Contribution to Meteorological Section	5,900	5,340	6,212
16. Jubilee celebrations 1951.................	5,000	85,100	91,566
17. Australian National University—Running expenses—Supplementary grant	(a) 275,000	(a) 125,000	(a) 125,000
18. Royal Life Saving Society and Surf Life Saving Association— Grants	10,000	10,000	10,000
19. Representation at Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second	25,000	..	..
20. Cultural matters, exhibitions—Grant towards expenses	3,000	3,000	..
21. United Nations head‑quarters building—Gift of panelling of Australian timber	1,800	600	993
22. Royal Visit 1952......................	20,000	240,000	78,817
23. British Commonwealth Scientific Official Conference 1952— Expenses	300	2,000	1,681
24. Sirex Wasp Committee of Inquiry—Expenses...	550	..	2,088
25. Commonwealth Consultative Committee Meeting—Karachi	100	..	1,797
26. Visit Abroad of Prime Minister, 1952........	2,000	..	10,120
27. Boy Scouts Association—Grant............	5,000	..	5,000
28. Unveiling of Commonwealth War Memorial, Greece	100	..	741
29. The late Hon. E. S. Spooner—State funeral.....	50	..	199
30. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference— Ottawa	3,000	..	..
31. The late His Excellency Monsieur Gabriel Padovani— State funeral	500	..	..
32. The late Rt. Hon. Sir George Pearce—State funeral	400	..	..
33. Visit abroad of Minister for Immigration, 1952..	4,200	..	..
35. Sixth British Commonwealth Forestry Conference— Ottawa, 1952	2,000	..	..
36. Pacific Council Conference, Honolulu........	5,000	..	..
Federal Guide........................	..	500	505
Specialists Conference in Agriculture—Administrative expenses	..	1,370	1,536
Commonwealth Defence Ministers' Conference, London, 1951	..	4,500	4,503
The late Hon. W. G. Higgs—State funeral......	..	250	206
The late Rt. Hon. J. B. Chifley—State funeral...	..	1,200	3,791
Visit abroad of Minister for External Affairs, 1951	..	2,800	2,829
Visit abroad of Minister for Health, 1951......	..	4,100	4,509
Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board—Ex gratia furlough payments to former employees	..	465	463
Visit abroad of Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, 1951	..	6,000	13,132
Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference—London— January, 1952	..	..	9,466
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association General Council, Colombo, 1952	..	..	354
The late Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blarney—State funeral	..	..	567
Carried forward..............	409,000	522,000	412,162

(a) In addition, £325,000 provided under Special Appropriations.

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XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division. No. 187.—PRIME MINISTERS' DEPARTMENT— continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..............	409,000	522,000	412,162
South Pacific Tours Guide—Grant towards publication	..	..	1,000
Boy Scouts Association—Representation at All‑Ceylon Jamboree—1951	..	..	1,000
Bushfire relief—New South Wales..........	..	..	25,000
Brachina to Leigh Creek North Coalfields Railways—Royal Commission	..	..	2,435
Australian National Airlines Commission and Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd.—Financial investigation	..	..	1,050
Committee of Inquiry into Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances	..	..	566
Visit of Minister for Army to Korea and Japan..	..	..	474
South African War veterans—Grant for fiftieth anniversary function	..	..	1,125
Australian Shipping Line—Financial investigation	..	..	509
Olympic Federation—Grant towards expenses 1952 Games	..	..	8,000
The late Hon. T. Patterson—State funeral......	..	..	179
Bushfire relief—Victoria................	..	..	10,000
Visit abroad of Minister for Civil Aviation 1952.	..	..	313
Flood relief—New South Wales............	..	..	8,376
Total Division No. 187.......	409,000	522,000	472,189
Division No. 188.—SECURITY SERVICE.
1. Administrative expenses...............	331,000	266,000	276,200
Division No. 189.—OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
1. Commonwealth scholarship scheme.......	926,800	809,200	741,772
2. South‑east Asia—Scholarships....	4,700	3,490	3,641
3. Australian Council for Educational Research.	5,000	5,000	5,000
4. Occupational Therapy Training—Grant in aid	1,500	..	1,500
5. Federation of British Industries Scholarships—Contribution towards cost	3,000	..	20
6. Adult education publications—University of Sydney— Contribution towards cost	4,000	..	..
7. School of Oriental Languages at Canberra University College— Grant	6,000	..	..
Commonwealth grants to universities......	..	1,496,000	..
Industrial welfare course—University of Melbourne—Contribution towards cost	..	1,310	655
Total Division No. 189.......	951,000	2,315,000	752,588
Total Prime Minister's Department.......	1,691,000	3,103,000	1,500,977

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 190.—DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
1. International Labour Conferences—Representation	6,000	11,000	16,836
2. International Labour Organization—Contribution.	62,000	62,000	61,848
3. Representation at minor conferences	7,500	10,000	7,438
4. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—Representation and contribution	14,800	17,600	16,198
5. Australian works of art for overseas establishments	1,000	1,000	988
6. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization—Contribution, representation and publicity	51,200	57,800	53,876
7. United Nations—Representation.............	169,000	172,000	171,250
8. United Nations—Contribution..............	320,000	350,000	329,650
9. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—Contribution and representation	83,000	81,000	80,860
10. South Pacific Commission—Contribution and representation	50,600	49,100	49,775
11. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition	164,000	149,000	144,587
12. Assistance to destitute Australians abroad, including funeral expenses	1,600	700	821
13. National Institute of Oceanography—Contribution	6,300	6,300	6,269
14. International Red Cross—Contribution........	1,000	1,000	1,000
15. International Materials Conference—Contribution	4,000	4,000	3,864
16. Australian Association for the United Nations—Grant	4,000	..	5,000
17. New Hebrides—Legal expenses in connexion with land tenure claims	3,000	..	..
18. Inter‑Allied Reparation Agency—Contribution and representation	1,000	..	..
Scott Polar Research Institute—Grant........	..	500	500
Total Department of External Affairs	(a) 950,000	(a) 973,000	(a) 950,760
Division No. 191.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
1. Exchange on remittances for payment of interest in London and New York	417,000	424,000	415,343
2. Exchange on remittances within the Commonwealth	15,000	12,000	14,868
3. Loan management expenses—Works and States (amounts recovered from State Governments may be credited to this vote)	16,000	13,000	15,807
4. Commonwealth loan securities in United States of America— Annual management expenses (amounts recovered from State Governments may be credited to this vote)	5,000	4,300	1,767
5. Stamp duty on transfers of Commonwealth loan securities in London (amounts recovered from State Governments may be credited to this vote)	25,000	38,000	23,470
6. Interest at three and one‑half per cent. per annum on the value of properties transferred to Commonwealth but excluded from the Financial Agreement	3,900	3,900	3,889
7. Interest on income tax certificates of credit......	100	100	137
8. Taxes and fines—Refund and remission under special circumstances	196,600	104,200	169,712
9. Counterfeit coin prosecutions...............	100	100	..
10. Census, including collection, compilation, printing, maps and miscellaneous services	15,300	10,400	8,080
11. National savings campaign...............	10,000	20,000	1,800
12. Expert Committee on Taxation.............	2,000	5,000	2,543
Banking Act 1947—Legal costs and expenses...	..	5,000	37,808
Superannuation pensions—Act of grace payments in special circumstances	..	..	6,241
Visit of officers of the International Bank......	..	..	1,505
Conference of British Commonwealth Statisticians	..	..	2,728
Total Department of the Treasury......	706,000	640,000	705,698

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £104,600 ; 1951–52, Vote, £106,300, Expenditure £104,930.

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 192.—ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
	£	£	£
1. International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property —Contribution	900	650	..
2. Office of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works—Contribution	900	700	612
3. Central Fingerprint Bureau—Contribution	3,420	2,240	4,754
4. International Police Commission—Membership and representation	600	900	328
5. Central Preference Board—Expenses	190	100	135
6. Annual allowance under special circumstances	410	410	402
7. Judges pensions—Increased payments	580	..	565
Departmental law library and library for the High Court	..	..	5,000
Total Attorney‑General's Department	7,000	5,000	11,796
Division No. 193.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
1. Riverview College Observatory—Grant	1,200	700	1,200
2. Commonwealth Government motor vehicles—Registration	1,300	1,250	343
3. Construction of relief map of Australia—Contribution to University of Melbourne towards cost	1,050	1,300	1,208
4. Payments as acts of grace for injuries sustained	1,750	8,750	7,060
5. Commonwealth elections and referendum	250,000	232,000	231,201
6. World Meteorological Organization—Contribution to	1,700	..	5,609
Lands Acquisition Act 1906–1936—Appeal by Grace Bros. Pty. Ltd.—Legal costs	..	..	108
Total Department of the Interior	257,000	244,000	246,729
Division No. 194.—DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.
1. International Sugar Council—Contribution	600	600	588
2. Duty—Remission under special circumstances	60,250	30,250	47,406
3. International Bureau of Customs Tariffs (Brussels)—Contribution	2,700	2,700	2,669
4. International Cotton Advisory Committee—Contribution	450	450	448
5. Committee of Inquiry into Sugar Industry	500	..	1,654
6. Consultative Committee on Import Policy	2,500	..	235
Total Department of Trade and Customs	67,000	34,000	53,000
Division No. 195.—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
1. Medical research	129,500	144,500	144,500
2. Child Health Centres (for payment to credit of National Health Campaign Trust Account)	25,000	25,000	25,000
3. Commonwealth Council for National Fitness	72,500	72,500	72,500
4. Aerial medical services—Subsidy	22,500	22,500	15,021
5. Cattle tick control in New South Wales and Queensland— Subsidy	53,325	53,000	53,325
6. Interest on investments of Endowment Funds (for payment to credit of relative Trust Fund)	530	530	518
7. Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London—Contribution	670	670	669
8. International Veterinary Bureau—Subscription	560	1,100	1,094
9. World Health Organization	68,615	62,900	27,518
10. Blood fractionation—Grant to Red Cross Society	12,000	12,000	..
11. Potassium iodine tablets—Free issue	800	800	709
12. Plant quarantine publicity campaign	5,000	7,500	7,500
Total Department of Health	391,000	403,000	348,354

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 196. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.	£	£	£
1. Australian Agricultural Council and Standing Committee on Agriculture—Contribution and expenses	1,000	1,000	1,020
2. Primary Production Control Boards—Election of representatives	500	200	323
3. Industry conferences and committees—Expenses of representatives	300	700	129
4. International Wheat Council—Contribution.....	3,400	4,000	3,100
5. Overseas trade publicity..................	17,000	14,000	13,787
6. Agricultural machinery—Purchase...........	100	100	..
7. Farm mechanization research...............	5,000	5,000	1,110
8. Wool appraisement centres—Expenses........	100	150	..
9. Joint Dairy Industry Advisory Committee—Expenses	100	1,000	1,429
10. Drought relief—Dairy industry.............	1,000	1,000	739
11. Tobacco—Grant to States for experimental work on tobacco leaf production	2,000	10,000	10,275
12. Dairy industry—Efficiency grant...........	250,000	250,000	292,674
13. Exhibitions overseas—Representation........	25,000	12,500	17,153
14. International Whaling Commission—Contribution	200	250	157
15. Honey—Promotion of sales in United Kingdom..	9,000	11,300	1,963
16. International Dairy Federation—Contribution...	300	300	269
17. Wool products bounty—Reimbursement to Australian Wool Realization Commission of administrative expenses	1,000	20,000	13,171
18. Air Beef Pty. Ltd.—Subsidy...............	12,000	..	11,604
Pedigree stock—Assistance to importers.......	..	3,000	1,110
Wool marketing scheme—Referendum........	..	2,500	4,895
Nelungaloo Pty. Ltd.—Appeal to Privy Council—Law costs	..	1,000	1,099
Australian Apple and Pear Marketing Board—Loss on trading in case and packing materials purchased in 1948–49	..	..	82,163
Honey shipped to Malaya—Irrecoverable costs...	..	..	3,343
Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture	328,000	338,000	461,513
Division No. 197.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
1. Compassionate allowances—Payments under special circumstances	68,670	65,500	61,097
2. Age and invalid pensioners, &c.—Repatriation under special circumstances	500	500	161
3. Exchange on remittances within the Commonwealth	14,000	14,000	13,816
4. Housekeeper service—Grant...............	12,000	12,000	11,824
5. Special allowances paid on behalf of other Departments	830	..	..
Total Department of Social Servicer	96,000	92,000	86,898
Division No. 198.—DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
1. Marine salvage service...................	5,000	9,500	7,054
2. Maintenance of salvage vessels.............	80,000	32,000	28,485
3. Tasmanian shipping service—Subsidy.........	84,000	90,000	101,000
4. Sydney‑Vancouver shipping service—Subsidy	22,000	27,000	34,548
Port congestion—Visit of overseas expert......	..	4,500	6,297
Requisitioned ships.....................	..	..	8,267
Total Department of Shipping and Transport....	191,000	163,000	185,651

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 199.—DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.		1951–52.
(Repayments by migrants and others may be credited to the items to which they relate.)		Vote.	Expenditure.

A.—Assisted Migration—	£	£	£
1. Child migration, British and foreign..........	55,000	40,000	25,790
2. British migration (other than child)...........	4,677,000	5,190,000	5,261,236
3. Empire and Allied ex‑service personnel..	46,000	95,000	120,212
4. Maltese migration......................	72,000	125,000	52,140
5. Displaced persons from Europe.............	50,000	220,000	192,274
6. Citizens of Republic of Ireland..............	10,000	20,000	16,868
7. Dutch migration.......................	379,000	800,000	182,750
8. Italian migration.......................	220,000	575,000	272,901
9. Other European migration.................	180,000	220,000	450
10. Reception, training and holding centres—Maintenance (for payment to credit of Immigration Centres Trust Account)	2,000,000	2,600,000	2,701,670
11. Provisional Inter‑governmental Committee for the movement of migrants from Europe—Contribution to administration	33,000	..	65,296
	7,722,000	9,885,000	8,891,587
B.—Grants and Subsidies—
1. Approved child and youth organizations—Capital grants	50,000	70,000	56,762
2. Good Neighbour Councils and New Settlers Leagues—Commonwealth contribution	20,000	20,000	14,560
	70,000	90,000	71,322
C.—Establishments—
1. Reception depots for British migrants—Contributions to States towards establishment	10,000	20,000	17,476
D.—Medical—
1. Medical and hospital treatment for migrants in initial period of settlement	400,000	725,000	716,311
E.—Publicity—
1. Migration publicity.....................	40,000	60,000	38,312
F.—Commonwealth Hostels Limited—
1. Contribution to maintenance of migrant families..	1,600,000	436,000	303,500
Contribution to administrative costs..........	(b)	124,000	77,500
Working advances (to be recovered)..........	..	100,000	..
	1,600,000	660,000	381,000
G.— Other—
1. Repatriation and deportation...............	8,000	10,000	7,478
2. Distressed Australians abroad—Relief and repatriation	1,000	4,500	1,532
3. Education of non‑British migrants in the English language	205,000	160,000	190,721
4. Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council—Expenses	2,250	1,000	1,574
5. Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council—Expenses	1,750	1,500	1,523
6. Assimilation activities...................	10,000	5,000	11,904
7. Trade testing..........................	3,000	20,000	160
Losses on workers' hostels (for payment to credit of Hostels Trust Account)	(c)	780,000	800,000
Pre‑school child facilities..........	..	2,000	..
	231,000	984,000	1,014,892
Total Under Control of Department of Immigration	10,073,000	12,424,000	11,130,900
Under Control of Department of Supply.
Division No. 200.—EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT.
1. Equipment for reception, training and holding centres	160,000	445,000	303,402
2. Equipment for migrant workers' hostels, operated by Commonwealth Hostels Ltd.	500,000	1,460,000	822,287
Total Under Control of Department of Supply..	660,000	1,905,000	1,125,689
Total Department of Immigration	10,733,000 (a)	14,329,000 (a)	12,256,589 (a)

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £1,700,000; 1951–52, Vote, £1,400,000; Expenditure, £1,749,000, (b) Provision for 1952–53 is Included to Item 1. (c) Provision now included under Sub‑division F./1 above.

XX.—Miscellaneous Services.

Division No. 201.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 201.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Joint Coal Board—	£	£	£
1. Contribution to welfare fund...............	230,000	258,200	258,200
2. Contribution to administrative costs..........	134,000	127,300	127,300
3. Prospecting, research and other expenditure.....	349,000	362,500	330,050
B.—Miscellaneous—	713,000	748,000	715,550
1. Callide‑Gladstone road improvement—Contribution towards cost	33,000	200,000	200,000
Glen Davis water supply—Repairs to pipeline.....	..	..	4,354
Coal subsidy—Act of grace payment in special circumstances	..	..	2,500
	33,000	200,000	206,854
Total Department of National Development..	746,000	948,000	922,404
Division No. 201a.—DEPARTMENT OP SUPPLY.
1. Conversion of Western Australian electricity supply system to 50 cycle frequency	(e)	55,000	47,525
Division No. 202.—COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
1. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux—Contributions	(a) 38,500	21,000	20,358
2. Standards Association of Australia—Grant......	40,000	33,000	48,000
3. Australian National Research Council—Grant....	3,000	3,000	3,000
4. Chair of Aeronautics at Sydney University—Contribution to establishment and maintenance	5,000	5,000	5,000
5. National Association of Testing Authorities.....	8,400	6,000	6,000
6. Assembly in Australia of the International Union of Radio Service—Grant towards expenses	5,350	..	654
7. Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science—Grant	750	..	..
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	101,000	68,000	83,012
Division No. 203.—INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF.
1. Colombo Plan—Technical assistance and economic development	3,750,000	8,950,000	4,225,193
2. United Nations technical assistance, relief and rehabilitation	738,000	..	..
United Nations technical assistance programme...	(f)	50,000	50,000
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund— Grant..............................	(f)	250,000	250,000
Korean relief...........................	(f)	500,000	..
Palestine relief........................	(f)	156,000	156,800
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration— Contribution	..	..	177,463
Total International Development and Relief..	4,488,000	9,906,000	4,859,456
	20,752,000	31,301,000	22,720,362
Division No. 204.—REFUNDS OF REVENUE(b).....	13,000,000	12,000,000	11,272,483
Division No. 205.—ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER.
To enable the Treasurer to make advances and to meet expenditure, particulars of which will afterwards be included in a Parliamentary Appropriation	15,000,000	15,000,000	(d)
	48,752,000	58,301,000	33,992,845
Deduct Refunds of Revenue and Advance to the Treasurer	28,000,000	27,000,000	11,272,483
Total MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.....	20,752,000	31,301,000	22,720,362

(a) Includes the following grants in sterling which are payable through the Executive Council of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux :—Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, £22,000 ; Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, £2,400 ; Commonwealth Mycological Institute, £2,200 ; Commonwealth Bureaux of Biological Control, £4,000. (b) To be applied by the Treasurer in making refunds of amounts which have been collected but which do not properly belong to Revenue such as —Value of postage stamps repurchased by the Postmaster‑General's Department; Unexpired portion of telephone fees, and of fees for private boxes and bags ; Moneys paid to Revenue in error; Proportion of radio and cable traffic receipts due to Overseas Telecommunications Commission. Refunds of tax overpaid under various taxation Acts ; Refunds of tax rebated by the Boards appointed under section 265 of the Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1936–1952 and the corresponding sections of the previous Act; section 66 of the Land Tax Assessment Act 1910–1952 ; section 34 of the War‑time (Company) Tax Assessment Act 1940–1947 ; and section 70 of the Pay Roll Tax Assessment Act 1941–42 ; Moneys paid to Revenue for the purposes of the following Acts :—Dried Fruits Export Control Act 1924–1938, Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924–1947, Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929–1945, Canned Fruits Export Control Act 1926–1950, Wine Export Bounty Act 1947, Broadcasting Act 1942–1951, Meat Export Control Act 1935–1950, Apple and Pear Organization Act 1938–1948, Rabbit Skins Export Charges Act 1940–1942. (d) Expenditure shown throughout the Estimates under the heads to which it will be finally charged when specially appropriated. (e) Provided under Defence Services. (f) Provision included under Item 2.

XXI.—SUBSIDIES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951—52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
206	SUBSIDIES.........................	23,855,000	30,915,000	26,611,732

Estimates, 1952–53.................	23,855,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	26,611,732
Decrease...................	2,756,732

XXI.—Subsidies.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 206.—SUBSIDIES.
1. Dairy products........................	16,800,000	16,800,000	17,843,396
2. Tea ...............................	4,800,000	7,750,000	(a) 5,576,587
3. Coal...............................	1,100,000	5,210,000	1,519,000
4. Nitrogenous fertilizers...................	500,000	1,000,000	(b) 1,521,182
5. Wheat shipped to Tasmania—Freight subsidy....	50,000	125,000	142,753
6. Stock feed...........................	600,000	..	..
7. Other items..........................	5,000	30,000	8,814
Total Subsidies..............	23,855,000	30,915,000	26,611,732

(a) As a partial offset the following recoveries of subsidy on exports were made in 1951–52 under the Customs Tariff (Export Duties) Act No. 77, 1951 and credited to Customs Revenue :—Tea. £51,762. (b) £500,000 of this expenditure will be recovered in 1952–53 and credited to revenue.

XXII.—WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951‑62.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
207‑210	DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.......	13,292,000	12,117,000	11,637,472
211	WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION........	696,000	621,000	630,781
212‑216	RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION	2,759,000	4,478,000	2,515,907
216a‑220	MISCELLANEOUS ...................	1,324,000	1,689,000	1,625,798
		18,071,000	18,905,000	16,409,958
221‑222	Less MISCELLANEOUS CREDITS.........	2,000,000	1,800,000	2,964,537
	TOTAL.......................	16,071,000	17,105,000	13,445,421

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	7,080,700	6,607,600	6,408,539
General expenses..................	648,000	668,100	615,788
Other services....................	8,219,300	9,706,300	6,303,881
Exchange.......................	123,000	123,000	117,213
Total...................	16,071,000	17,105,000	13,445,421

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION.	£	£	£
Division No. 207.—REPATRIATION COMMISSION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 183.	1,542,400	1,553,900	1,359,517
2. Temporary and casual employees............	844,000	904,500	814,741
3. Extra duty pay.........................	43,600	44,700	33,642
	2,430,000	2,503,100	2,207,900
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	73,700	89,400	68,444
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	53,000	58,800	61,385
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	80,000	81,100	68,640
4. Fuel, light and power....................	19,300	14,700	12,630
5. Medical examinations....................	58,000	53,500	52,470
6. Services of Registrars, Police and officers of Postmaster‑General's Department	142,000	123,700	132,999
7. Fares and expenses of war pensioners under review	18,000	16,400	14,423
8. Incidental and other expenditure.............	35,000	40,500	31,750
	479,000	478,100	442,741
C.—Repatriation Benefits—
1. Small business loans....................	196,000	364,000	277,730
2. Medical treatment......................	3,112,000	2,942,800	2,937,567
3. Maintenance of departmental institutions.......	(a) 5,453,500	(a) 5,002,000	(a) 4,912,308
4. Living allowances......................	1,771,000	1,234,000	1,399,057
5. Miscellaneous.........................	260,500	301,000	231,255
	10,793,000	9,843,800	9,757,917
Less recoveries from Service Departments and other receipts available in the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Trust Account	1,488,000	1,577,000	1,614,861
	9,305,000	8,266,800	8,143,056
For payment to credit of Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Trust Account	12,214,000	11,248,000	10,793,697
D.—Soldiers' Children Education Scheme—
(for payment to credit of Repatriation of Australian Soldiers— Contributions—Trust Account)
1. Education of children of deceased and of permanently and totally incapacitated soldiers	316,000	200,000	208,789
Total Division No. 207.........	12,530,000	11,448,000	11,002,486

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £4,064,700; 1951–52, Vote, £3,828,500, Expenditure, £3,692,308.

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION—continued.	£	£	£
Division No. 208.—MISCELLANEOUS.
1. Seamen's war pensions and allowances.......	22,400	23,000	19,651
2. Compassionate allowances paid on behalf of other departments	23,000	18,000	21,873
3. Allowances to or in respect of representatives of various organizations who have served abroad	15,000	13,800	14,777
4. Education of children of deceased and of permanently and totally incapacitated seamen	600	700	657
5. New Guinea civilian war pensions, education benefits and medical treatment	32,500	31,000	31,643
6. Assistance under special circumstances to ex‑service personnel or their dependants	500	500	379
Total Division No. 208........	94,000	87,000	88,980
Total under Control of Department of Repatriation	12,624,000	11,535,000	11,091,466
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 209.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Rent.............................	18,000	22,000	16,491
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 210.—MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
1. Repairs and maintenance................	650,000	560,000	529,515
Total Department of Repatriation	13,292,000	12,117,000	11,637,472
Under Control of Department of Social Services.
Division No. 211.—WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 183	398,100	300,900	289,367
2. Temporary and casual employees..........	235,400	234,200	266,308
3. Extra duty pay.......................	18,100	11,350	19,405
4. Payments to Department of Works..........	5,400	9,850	8,025
	657,000	556,300	583,105
Less amount chargeable to Insurance Fund and recoveries in respect of technical and other Services	113,000	110,300	108,335
	544,000	446,000	474,770
Carried forward.............	544,000	446,000	474,770

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 211.—WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward...........	544,000	446,000	474,770
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	25,200	15,000	18,255
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	15,000	16,400	17,652
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...	14,300	13,980	13,360
4. Payments to Postmaster‑General's Department for collection of repayments	16,500	11,640	14,161
5. Payments to State Government Institutions in respect of the provision of War Service Homes	67,200	53,000	48,443
6. Payments to Department of Supply for hire of motor vehicles	18,200	23,590	19,671
7. Payments to Department of Works for services rendered	1,100	590	881
8. Incidental and other expenditure.........	15,500	34,750	27,189
Interest allowed on sinking fund deposits....	(a)	24,800	15,430
	173,000	193,750	175,042
Less amount chargeable to Insurance Fund and recoveries in respect of technical services	21,000	18,750	19,031
	152,000	175,000	156,011
For payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account	696,000	621,000	630,781
C.—Relief Services—
1. Relief under Sections 29aa and 39a of the War Service Homes Act 1918–1951	6,600	5,620	5,679
Less amount payable from the War Service Homes Relief Trust Account	6,600	5,620	5,679
For payment to credit of War Service Homes Relief Trust Account	..	..	..
Total War Service Homes Division	696,000	621,000	630,781
RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 212.—UNIVERSITY TRAINING.
1. Tuition, text‑books, equipment, &c..	173,000	290,800	133,180
2. Living allowances...................	174,000	515,000	365,118
Buildings and equipment..............	..	12,200	11,285
Total Division No. 205.......	347,000	818,000	509,583
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 213.—WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT.
1. Financial assistance to States in connection with War Service Land Settlement	1,652,000	1,600,000	521,365

(a) Excess payments by purchasers and borrowers now credited to principal.

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 214.—RE‑ESTABLISHMENT LOANS FOR AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS.
1. Loans—Advances by lending authorities....	224,000	500,000	269,292
Less repayments of principal by borrowers available for further advances	(a) 224,000	500,000	269,292
	..	..	..
2. Allowances.......................	57,000	78,000	56,500
3. Expenses of administration.............	130,000	140,000	131,413
Total Division No. 214.......	187,000	218,000	187,913
Division No. 215.—RURAL TRAINING.
1. Instruction and administration...........	3,300	35,000	23,292
2. Allowances.......................	27,500	53,000	29,863
3. Buildings and equipment..............	200	8,000	7,692
Total Division No. 215.......	31,000	96,000	60,847
Under Control of Department of Repatriation.
Division No. 216.—TECHNICAL TRAINING.
1. Tuition, text‑books, equipment, &c..	370,000	1,275,000	1,103,779
2. Living allowances...................	70,000	200,000	75,151
3. Buildings and equipment..............	102,000	271,000	57,269
Total Division No. 216.......	542,000	1,746,000	1,236,199
Total Reconstruction and Rehabilitation...	2,759,000	4,478,000	2,515,907
MISCELLANEOUS.
Division No. 216a.—DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Distressed Australians in liberated areas—Relief and repatriation	..	6,000	1,053
Allied Control Commission for Germany and Austria	(b)	27,000	34,536
Allied Control for Japan................	(b)	69,000	51,562
Inter‑Allied Reparation Agency—Contribution and representation	(c)	1,000	557
Total Division No. 216a......	..	103,000	87,708

(a) Additional repayments totalling £1,190,000 will be transferred to Revenue. (b) Provided under Divisions Nos. 25 and 24. (c) Provided under Miscellaneous Services Division No. 190.

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
MISCELLANEOUS—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 217. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.	£	£	£
A.—Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Registries—
1. Loan management expenses................	230,000	230,000	215,377
B.—Miscellaneous—
1. Exchange on remittances for payment of interest in London	123,000	123,000	117,213
2. Payments as acts of grace for loss of property not covered by National Security Regulations	2,000	5,000	1,600
3. Lend‑lease Settlement Fund—Interest on investments	13,000	15,000	13,719
4. International Monetary Fund—Charges........	73,000	40,000	39,508
5. Prisoner‑of‑war Trust Fund—Administrative expenses	5,000	5,000	2,384
6. War inventions awards...................	2,000	..	2,250
Prisoner‑of‑war Trust Fund—Grant	..	250,000	250,000
	218,000	438,000	426,674
Total Division No. 217.........	448,000	668,000	642,051
Division No. 218.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
1. Australian official war artists—Expenses.......	3,500	3,400	2,950
2. Australian war history 1939–45—Compilation (contributions by Australian War Memorial towards cost of printing may be credited to this vote)	40,000	35,000	23,370
3. Official war paintings and pictures—Exhibition...	1,500	1,500	1,413
4. War graves—Contribution to Imperial War Graves Commission, for care and maintenance	250,000	197,000	195,371
5. Australian war memorials—Erection, restoration and maintenance	6,000	19,000	3,272
6. Demolition of protective measures at bulk oil installations (for payment to credit of Oil Installations Protection Trust Account)	450,000	600,000	600,000
7. American War Memorial in Canberra.........	50,000	..	..
Adjustment of recoverable expenditure incurred on account of other Administrations	..	1,100	1,050
Total Division No. 218.........	801,000	857,000	827,426
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 219.—AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 183.	16,000	12,000	10,299
2. Temporary and casual employees............	26,000	18,000	23,262
	42,000	30,000	33,561
B.—General Expenses	17,000	15,000	17,036
Total Division No. 219.........	59,000	45,000	50,597

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
MISCELLANEOUS—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 220.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
1. Evacuees—Reception, sustenance and aftercare...	130	130	130
2. War Injuries and Civil Defence Workers Regulations— Compensation and expenses	1,710	1,800	1,684
3. Civil Constructional Corps—Employees' compensation	12,000	11,470	12,742
4. Disabled ex‑members of the Forces not eligible for repatriation benefits—Rehabilitation and allowances	2,000	2,000	600
5. Compassionate allowances paid on behalf of other Departments	160	600	2,860
Total Division No. 220.........	16,000	16,000	18,016
Total Miscellaneous..........	1,324,000	1,689,000	1,625,798
MISCELLANEOUS CREDITS.
Division No. 221.—OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS—RECOVERABLE EXPENDITURE.(a)
Gross expenditure........................	4,000,000	2,000,000	5,891,991
Less recoveries.........................	Cr. 6,000,000	Cr. 2,100,000	Cr. 4,820,631
	Cr. 2,000,000	Cr. 100,000	1,071,360
Division No. 221a.—CREDITS FROM DISPOSALS...	(b)	Cr. 700,000	Cr. 1,183,422
Division No. 221b.—OTHER CREDITS............	(b)	Cr. 1,000,000	Cr. 2,852,475
Division No. 222.—REPARATIONS.
1. Proceeds from sale of reparations received in kind.	Cr. 40,000	Cr. 53,000	Cr. 42,664
2. German external assets...................	Cr. 2,000	..	Cr. 71,278
3. Procurement expenses...................	6,000	5,000	12,262
4. Disposal expenses......................	1,000	2,000	4,631
	Cr. 35,000	Cr. 46,000	Cr. 97,049
Less amount paid to National Debt Commission..	35,000	46,000	97,049
Total Division No. 222.........	..	..	..
Total Miscellaneous Credits..................	Cr. 2,000,000	Cr. 1,800,000	Cr. 2,964,537
Total WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES..	16,071,000	17,105,000	13,445,421

(a) Munitions, stores, &c., supplied to Governments of United Kingdom and other administrations. (b) From 1952–53 receipts will be credited to the revenue head of the relevant Department.

PART 2.

BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

F.4385.—7

I.—COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
223	TRANS‑AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.	1,403,000	1,783,000	1,539,539
224	CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY....	1,455,000	1,249,000	1,178,320
225	NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY......	104,000	80,000	90,966
226	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY RAILWAY	39,000	30,000	37,058
227	GENERAL SERVICES..............	739,000	514,100	513,837
228	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.............	2,000	1,900	1,900
229	MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES........	120,000	122,000	121,381
	TOTAL ....................	3,862,000	3,780,000	3,483,001

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	1,899,920	1,842,820	1,721,006
Stores and material.................	972,000	1,098,000	997,684
Other expenses....................	870,080	717,180	642,930
Exchange.......................	120,000	122,000	121,381
Total...................	3,862,000	3,780,000	3,483,001

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	3,862,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	3,483,001
Increase.................	378,999

I.—Commonwealth Railways.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
ANNUAL VOTES.		1951–52.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 223.—TRANS‑AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 184	926,000	989,000	917,844
B.—Stores and Materials........................	409,000	639,000	550,985
C.—General Expenses..........................	68,000	155,000	70,710
Total Division No. 223.........	1,403,000	1,783,000	1,539,539
Division No. 224.—CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 184	862,000	766,000	705,268
B.—Stores and Materials........................	542,000	445,000	428,463
C.—General Expenses..........................	51,000	38,000	44,589
Total Division No. 224.........	1,455,000	1,249,000	1,178,320
Division No. 225.—NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 184	81,000	65,000	69,340
B.—Stores and Materials.......................	19,000	13,000	17,658
C.—General Expenses.........................	4,000	2,000	3,968
Total Division No. 225.........	104,000	80,000	90,966
Division No. 226.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 184	29,000	21,000	26,734
B.—Stores and Materials.......................	2,000	1,000	578
C.—General Expenses.........................	8,000	8,000	9,746
Total Division No. 226.........	39,000	30,000	37,058
Division No. 227.—GENERAL SERVICES.
1. Concessions to members and ex‑members of the Forces in special circumstances	1,000	1,200	928
3. Commonwealth Railways—Passes...............	500	1,000	192
4. Goods for patriotic and charitable purposes—Free carriage over Commonwealth Railways	50	10	39
5. Freight concessions—North Australia Railway and Central Australia Railway	737,450	500,100	512,678
Long service leave due to employees.............	..	11,790	..
Total Division No. 227.........	739,000	514,100	513,837
Total Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport	3,740,000	3,656,100	3,359,720
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 228.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 10a..	1,920	1,820	1,820
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 10b	80	80	80
Total Under Control of Prime Minister's Department..	2,000	1,900	1,900
Under Control of Department of the Treasury............
Division No. 229.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1, Exchange on remittances for payment of interest in London and New York	120,000	122,000	121,381
Total Commonwealth Railways...................	3,862,000	3,780,000	3,483,001

II.—POSTMASTER‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
230	CENTRAL OFFICE ................	3,674,000	3,511,000	3,454,862
231	NEW SOUTH WALES..............	25,288,000	21,833,000	22,212,252
232	VICTORIA ......................	16,563,000	14,568,000	14,576,576
233	QUEENSLAND...................	9,350,000	8,568,000	8,215,380
234	SOUTH AUSTRALIA...............	5,437,000	4,701,000	4,818,200
235	WESTERN AUSTRALIA.............	3,875,000	3,455,000	3,351,872
236	TASMANIA.....................	2,133,000	2,031,000	1,850,307
237	NORTHERN TERRITORY............	180,000	188,000	181,093
237k	PROVISION FOR AUGUST, 1952, BASIC WAGE INCREASE	1,750,000	..	..
238	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.............	30,000	25,000	25,000
239	MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES...........	675,000	691,000	692,526
240	RENT OF BUILDINGS..............	240,000	235,000	198,149
241	MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS......	700,000	762,000	652,362
	TOTAL ................	69,895,000	60,568,000	60,228,579

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

	£	£	£
Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	50,796,500	43,414,300	43,833,342
Stores and material.................	5,780,000	5,135,250	4,424,350
Mail services.....................	5,839,000	5,285,000	5,319,659
Other expenses....................	6,804,500	6,042,450	5,958,702
Exchange.......................	675,000	691,000	692,526
Total...................	69,895,000	60,568,000	60,228,579

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	69,895,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	60,228,579
Increase....................	9,666,421

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 230.—CENTRAL OFFICE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 185	743,000	660,000	651,984
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	95,000	110,500	109,956
3. Extra duty pay.....................	8,000	15,700	6,800
	846,000	786,200	768,740
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	490,000	452,000	441,714
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services	36,000	32,000	40,936
	526,000	484,000	482,650
	320,000	302,200	286,090
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	29,500	31,700	35,450
2. Fuel, light and power.................	10,700	9,800	5,502
3. Water supply and sanitation............	1,600	2,800	1,095
9. Incidental and other expenditure.........	10,200	14,700	16,231
10. Payments of pensions to officers on retirement	500	500	150
11. Advertising and publicity.............	25,000	18,000	15,445
	77,500	77,500	73,873
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	25,000	28,800	29,864
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services	2,500	2,400	1,175
	27,500	31,200	31,039
	50,000	46,300	42,834
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	23,400	26,700	17,131
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment....	186,000	201,200	59,689
	209,400	227,900	76,820
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	58,000	69,200	41,947
Amount chargeable to Capital Works....	116,000	122,000	18,854
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services	12,400	10,400	Dr. 1,105
	186,400	201,600	59,696
	23,000	26,300	17,124
D.—Mail Services—
5. Airmail services....................	2,215,000	2,112,700	2,112,700
6. Conveyance of Australian mails in other countries	300,000	300,000	300,000
	2,515,000	2,412,700	2,412,700
Carried forward...............	2,908,000	2,787,500	2,758,748

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 230.—CENTRAL OFFICE—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.................	2,908,000	2,787,500	2,758,748
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	25,000	23,000	21,475
2. Trunk line services......................	16,000	14,000	13,072
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services.........	6,000	5,000	4,668
4. Other services.........................	9,000	8,000	7,469
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	517,000	500,000	466,840
	573,000	550,000	513,524
Less amount chargeable to votes of other Departments	1,000	5,000	403
	572,000	545,000	513,121
F.—Other Services—
1. Overseas Telecommunications Commission—Contribution towards cost of coastal wireless stations	140,000	120,000	125,250
2. Postal institutes—Contributions.............	22,700	22,200	21,494
3. Radio research........................	8,300	6,300	6,250
4. International Communications Union—Contribution	23,000	30,000	29,999
	194,000	178,500	182,993
Total Division No. 230.........	3,674,000	3,511,000	3,454,862
Division No. 231.—NEW SOUTH WALES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186.	12,400,000	9,472,000	10,424,204
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	7,463,000	7,809,600	7,460,486
3. Extra duty pay.........................	2,510,000	2,255,000	2,299,030
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	1,313,000	1,126,000	1,212,783
	23,686,000	20,662,600	21,396,503
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	7,480,000	6,601,000	6,765,879
Amount chargeable to Capital Works.......	2,676,000	2,510,000	2,512,704
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	440,000	331,000	498,530
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services..	216,000	129,600	133,027
	10,812,000	9,571,600	9,910,140
	12,874,000	11,091,000	11,486,363
Carried forward.............	12,874,000	11,091,000	11,486,363

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 231.—NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward................	12,874,000	11,091,000	11,486,363
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	685,000	665,000	647,306
2. Fuel, light and power....................	244,500	182,000	230,701
3. Water supply and sanitation................	38,500	31,000	33,087
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	431,000	360,000	430,001
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	1,316,000	1,164,000	1,181,579
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	70,000	35,000	51,314
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	105,000	60,000	85,539
8. Minor building works....................	50,000	11,000	11,222
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	140,000	114,000	132,644
	3,080,000	2,622,000	2,803,393
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,053,000	871,000	986,556
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	466,000	473,000	425,889
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	120,000	60,000	226,216
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	39,000	33,000	37,816
	1,678,000	1,437,000	1,676,477
	1,402,000	1,185,000	1,126,916
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	314,000	192,000	222,368
2. Other general stores.....................	265,000	160,000	193,186
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	70,000	60,000	43,452
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	155,000	387,000	59,026
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	30,000	21,000	17,515
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment.........	8,237,000	8,261,000	9,440,030
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet).	344,000	400,000	210,341
8. Welfare equipment......................	6,000	7,000	2,432
	9,421,000	9,488,000	10,188,350
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,970,000	1,891,000	1,789,088
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	6,251,000	6,346,000	7,638,233
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	160,000	392,000	39,585
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	28,000	32,000	18,728
	8,409,000	8,661,000	9,485,634
	1,012,000	827,000	702,716
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	855,000	688,000	693,176
2. Railway mail services....................	320,000	297,000	324,865
3. Coastwise mail services..................	2,000	2,000	1,285
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries' services	120,000	85,000	91,495
	1,297,000	1,072,000	1,110,821
Carried forward..............	16,585,000	14,175,000	14,426,816

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 231.—NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	16,585,000	14,175,000	14,426,816
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	3,600,000	3,094,000	3,152,144
2. Trunk line services......................	1,300,000	1,171,000	1,139,469
3. Telegraph services......................	140,000	106,800	131,769
4. Other services.........................	1,700,000	1,788,000	1,637,181
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	3,763,000	3,203,200	3,480,960
	10,503,000	9,363,000	9,541,523
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	1,800,000	1,705,000	1,756,087
	8,703,000	7,658,000	7,785,436
Total Division No. 231.........	25,288,000	21,833,000	22,212,252
Division No. 232.—VICTORIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186	8,900,000	7,427,000	7,589,577
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	4,686,500	4,307,400	4,732,006
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,405,000	1,630,700	1,283,217
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	1,236,500	1,035,000	1,089,418
	16,228,000	14,400,100	14,694,218
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	5,038,000	4,384,000	4,582,193
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	1,865,000	1,808,000	1,763,559
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	340,000	299,850	329,057
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	245,000	157,350	217,735
	7,488,000	6,649,200	6,892,544
	8,740,000	7,750,900	7,801,674
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	308,000	316,000	328,691
2. Fuel, light and power....................	195,000	138,000	153,821
3. Water supply and sanitation................	14,500	13,500	13,473
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	350,000	275,500	332,382
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	830,000	829,000	688,646
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	81,000	59,800	64,881
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	106,100	78,000	113,145
8. Minor building works....................	10,000	10,000	2,098
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	117,000	98,000	88,023
Carried forward.........	2,011,600	1,817,800	1,785,160
Carried forward.........	8,740,000	7,750,900	7,801,674

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 232.—VICTORIA—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	8,740,000	7,750,900	7,801,674
B.—General Expenses—continued.
Brought forward.............	2,011,600	1,817,800	1,785,160
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	700,000	609,000	608,932
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	241,000	218,000	209,411
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	70,600	60,000	88,014
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	56,000	54,800	47,799
	1,067,600	941,800	954,156
	944,000	876,000	831,004
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	249,000	182,000	162,315
2. Other general stores.....................	90,000	80,000	86,385
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	65,000	50,000	33,201
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	173,000	192,000	26,482
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	10,000	9,900	6,255
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	6,545,000	6,713,600	7,166,560
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet).	216,000	231,700	89,277
8. Welfare equipment......................	7,000	5,500	2,924
	7,355,000	7,464,700	7,573,399
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,600,000	1,655,000	1,394,649
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	4,901,000	5,013,000	5,732,857
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	223,000	200,000	40,729
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	55,000	55,100	44,629
	6,779,000	6,923,100	7,212,864
	576,000	541,600	360,535
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	473,000	425,000	389,370
2. Railway mail services....................	140,000	128,500	143,821
3. Coastwise mail services..................	17,000	17,000	16,206
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries' services	35,000	38,000	28,871
	665,000	608,500	578,268
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	2,228,000	1,808,300	2,034,071
2. Trunk line services......................	635,000	540,800	557,677
3. Telegraph services......................	95,000	96,700	78,477
4. Other services.........................	1,680,000	1,549,100	1,617,335
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	2,700,000	2,653,100	2,299,721
	7,338,000	6,648,000	6,587,281
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	1,700,000	1,857,000	1,582,186
	5,638,000	4,791,000	5,005,095
Total Division No. 232.........	16,563,000	14,568,000	14,576,576

F.4385.—0

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 233.—QUEENSLAND.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 187.	5,500,000	4,520,000	4,477,312
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	1,924,000	2,371,000	2,087,885
3. Extra duty pay.........................	512,000	491,000	487,053
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	670,000	583,000	628,402
	8,606,000	7,965,000	7,680,652
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	2,630,000	2,373,000	2,315,989
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	945,000	840,000	873,943
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	132,000	124,500	134,475
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	156,000	101,900	120,495
	3,863,000	3,439,400	3,444,902
	4,743,000	4,525,600	4,235,750
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	199,500	189,800	216,372
2. Fuel, light and power....................	122,000	83,000	99,573
3. Water supply and sanitation................	15,200	14,200	9,923
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	70,000	51,000	54,363
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	596,500	447,000	516,400
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	30,500	45,000	24,815
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	35,600	22,400	30,143
8. Minor building works....................	15,000	9,000	9,157
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	51,500	38,800	41,433
	1,135,800	900,200	1,002,179
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	440,000	348,000	412,280
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	233,000	168,000	196,896
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	70,500	65,000	104,890
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	29,300	22,200	18,721
	772,800	603,200	732,787
	363,000	297,000	269,392
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	157,300	132,000	115,067
2. Other general stores.....................	88,000	72,000	66,532
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	20,000	18,500	17,638
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	50,000	118,000	24,341
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	7,000	5,000	4,729
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	3,370,700	3,408,900	3,215,906
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet).	81,000	93,000	63,948
8. Welfare equipment......................	4,000	7,000	4,358
Carried forward............	3,778,000	3,854,400	3,512,519
Carried forward............	5,106,000	4,822,600	4,505,142

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 233.—QUEENSLAND—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	5,106,000	4,822,600	4,505,142
C.—Stores and Material—continued.
Brought forward.............	3,778,000	3,854,400	3,512,519
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	909,000	782,000	772,826
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	2,427,000	2,601,000	2,412,614
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	60,000	132,600	39,329
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	38,000	27,900	26,070
	3,434,000	3,543,500	3,250,839
D.—Mail Services—	344,000	310,900	261,680
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	521,000	434,000	442,104
2. Railway mail services....................	164,000	165,000	175,924
3. Coastwise mail services..................	2,500	2,500	1,663
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries' services	15,500	12,000	8,556
	703,000	613,500	628,247
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	1,170,000	1,001,000	1,007,495
2. Trunk line services......................	580,000	464,000	503,758
3. Telegraph services......................	75,000	67,000	64,348
4. Other services.........................	754,000	665,000	700,598
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	1,400,000	1,306,000	1,224,896
	3,979,000	3,503,000	3,501,095
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	782,000	682,000	680,784
	3,197,000	2,821,000	2,820,311
Total Division No. 233.........	9,350,000	8,568,000	8,215,380
Division No. 234.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188.	3,140,000	2,536,300	2,624,582
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	1,334,400	1,334,600	1,324,982
3. Extra duty pay.........................	310,500	266,100	274,326
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	335,500	319,100	323,807
	5,120,400	4,456,100	4,547,697
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,560,000	1,355,000	1,341,549
Amount chargeable to Capital Works.......	439,000	391,000	405,651
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	98,300	83,850	95,217
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services..	89,100	51,250	79,274
	2,186,400	1,881,100	1,921,691
	2,934,000	2,575,000	2,626,006
Carried forward.............	2,934,000	2,575,000	2,626,006

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
Division No. 234—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	2,934,000	2,575,000	2,626,006
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	88,000	87,450	89,236
2. Fuel, light and power....................	64,500	50,500	73,190
3. Water supply and sanitation................	6,000	5,600	4,295
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	47,000	32,600	47,572
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	293,100	238,800	226,143
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	19,500	19,000	20,250
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	25,000	21,500	24,346
8. Minor building works....................	5,000	11,000	1,816
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	39,500	31,000	46,486
	587,600	497,450	533,334
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	202,000	180,500	177,836
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	67,000	60,000	58,515
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	46,000	46,000	48,717
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	8,600	7,050	12,579
	323,600	293,550	297,647
	264,000	203,900	235,687
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	86,000	73,000	59,179
2. Other general stores.....................	57,000	51,000	70,110
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	10,000	9,500	10,430
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	28,000	40,400	13,561
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	3,000	4,600	798
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	2,107,500	1,992,500	2,153,614
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet)	63,000	60,200	40,477
8. Welfare equipment......................	5,000	6,000	2,666
	2,359,500	2,237,200	2,350,835
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	684,000	471,000	484,167
Amount chargeable to Capital Works.......	1,411,000	1,511,000	1,659,972
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	30,000	42,800	16,461
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services..	14,500	14,300	10,455
	2,139,500	2,039,100	2,171,055
	220,000	198,100	179,780
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	117,500	114,000	112,680
2. Railway mail services....................	176,000	142,000	163,781
3. Coastwise mail services..................	6,500	7,500	5,680
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries' services	10,000	8,000	7,592
	310,000	271,500	289,733
Carried forward.............	3,728,000	3,248,500	3,331,206

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 234.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.		1951–52.
Division No. 234.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	3,728,000	3,248,500	3,331,206
E. ‑Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	695,000	579,000	605,122
2. Trunk line services......................	284,000	251,300	245,391
3. Telegraph services......................	42,000	31,200	40,767
4. Other services.........................	700,000	511,500	463,052
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	725,000	633,500	649,220
	2,446,000	2,006,500	2,003,552
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	737,000	554,000	516,558
	1,709,000	1,452,500	1,486,994
Total Division No. 234.........	5,437,000	4,701,000	4,818,200
Division No. 235.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189.	2,322,000	1,919,000	1,956,481
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	8.:5,300	920,400	832,916
3. Extra duty pay.........................	168,000	166,000	174,600
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	233,300	215,000	220,815
	3,558,600	3,220,400	3,184,812
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,070,000	985,400	950,881
Amount chargeable to Capital Works.......	330,000	295,500	307,418
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	128,300	111,700	111,460
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services..	85,300	69,000	77,878
	1,613,600	1,461,600	1,447,637
	1,945,000	1,758,800	1,737,175
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	73,000	79,000	72,040
2. Fuel, light and power....................	47,500	37,000	39,578
3. Water supply and sanitation................	10,900	14,000	6,737
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	44,750	27,000	20,757
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	245,000	200,000	209,288
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	36,000	23,000	29,369
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	10,500	9,000	9,375
8. Minor building works....................	5,000	5,000	3,309
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	23,400	19,500	16,823
Carried forward..........	496,050	413,500	407,276
	1,945,000	1,758,800	1,737,175

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 235.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	1,945,000	1,758,800	1,737,175
B.—General Expenses—continued.
Brought forward.............	496,050	413,500	407,276
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	176,000	146,000	158,019
Amount chargeable to Capital Works...........	65,500	55,500	56,846
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	30,000	25,300	22,933
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services.....	20,550	22,000	21,659
	292,050	248,800	259,457
	204,000	164,700	147,819
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	57,000	56,000	38,117
2. Other general stores.....................	45,000	36,000	30,820
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	9,500	7,000	8,203
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	22,000	27,700	15,109
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	2,500	2,500	1,312
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	1,369,500	1,252,600	1,416,230
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet).	39,000	33,600	16,195
8. Welfare equipment......................	3,000	5,000	3,026
	1,547,500	1,420,400	1,529,012
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	478,000	352,600	396,903
Amount chargeable to Capital Works.......	872,500	886,000	1,004,350
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	24,000	30,900	18,340
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services..	22,000	17,000	15,454
	1,396,500	1,286,500	1,435,047
	151,000	133,900	93,965
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	130,400	119,000	115,011
2. Railway mail services....................	75,000	66,600	69,810
3. Coastwise mail services..................	8,500	7,000	7,168
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries' services	11,100	10,000	9,023
	225,000	202,600	201,012
E—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	510,000	455,000	446,266
2. Trunk line services......................	265,000	211,500	235,221
3. Telegraph services......................	39,000	38,000	33,450
4. Other services.........................	345,000	283,500	296,676
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	565,000	496,000	494,190
	1,724,000	1,484,000	1,505,803
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	374,000	289,000	333,902
	1,350,000	1,195,000	1,171,901
Total Division No. 235.........	3,875,000	3,455,000	3,351,872

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 236.—TASMANIA.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189	1,073,000	885,000	892,051
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	560,200	638,200	550,206
3. Extra duty pay.........................	118,000	102,000	109,197
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	224,000	180,600	197,165
5. Payments as acts of grace to officers and dependants of officers transferred from the State Service of Tasmania	1,000	1,000	809
	1,976,200	1,806,800	1,749,428
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	570,000	498,500	503,537
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	177,000	147,500	157,081
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	50,000	42,400	40,610
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	49,200	35,400	37,896
	846,200	723,800	739,124
	1,130,000	1,083,000	1,010,304
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	45,000	46,000	44,307
2. Fuel, light and power....................	19,800	20,000	14,739
3. Water supply and sanitation................	1,600	1,500	1,478
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	10,000	9,000	9,491
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	116,700	98,000	90,569
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	14,000	14,000	13,915
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	8,000	6,500	5,044
8. Minor building works....................	8,200	4,000	6,257
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	10,000	10,000	6,355
	233,300	209,000	192,155
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	100,000	105,100	86,613
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	30,500	25,500	26,670
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	7,400	7,600	2,863
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	5,400	3,800	4,203
	143,300	142,000	120,349
	90,000	67,000	71,806
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	43,000	36,900	26,193
2. Other general stores.....................	24,500	22,800	16,322
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	3,500	3,000	4,032
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	12,000	16,200	3,769
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	700	750	183
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	668,000	695,250	678,850
7. Motor vehicles and accessories (additions to fleet).	32,000	31,500	26,360
8. Welfare equipment......................	2,500	2,000	1,713
Carried forward.............	786,200	808,400	757,422
Carried forward.............	1,220,000	1,150,000	1,082,110

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 236.—TASMANIA—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	1,220,000	1,150,000	1,082,110
C.—Stores and Material—continued.
Brought forward.............	786,200	808,400	757,422
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	200,000	176,900	161,301
Amount chargeable to Capital Works...........	463,500	511,000	514,068
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	14,000	17,900	5,595
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services.....	7,700	8,800	3,818
	685,200	714,600	684,782
	101,000	93,800	72,640
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	95,700	83,000	74,012
2. Railway mail services....................	16,000	14,000	16,223
3. Coastwise mail services..................	250	150	180
4. Overseas mail services by non‑contract vessels and other countries', services	50	50	..
	112,000	97,200	90,415
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	227,000	215,500	196,103
2. Trunk line services......................	190,000	164,700	157,966
3. Telegraph services......................	9,000	10,400	6,557
4. Other services.........................	150,000	117,900	130,056
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	294,000	272,000	260,770
	870,000	780,500	751,452
Less amount chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account and to Broadcasting Services	170,000	90,500	146,310
	700,000	690,000	605,142
Total Division No. 236.........	2,133,000	2,031,000	1,850,307
Division No. 237.—NORTHERN TERRITORY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 190	93,800	96,700	80,512
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees ; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	33,000	25,100	33,892
3. Extra duty pay.........................	17,000	15,100	14,865
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non‑official post offices, including railway offices	5,000	4,400	4,332
	148,800	141,300	133,601
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	60,000	59,000	52,443
Amount chargeable to Capital Works...........	7,000	6,000	8,884
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services.....	6,800	5,200	6,776
	73,800	70,200	68,103
	75,000	71,100	65,498
Carried forward.............	75,000	71,100	65,498

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	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division No. 237.—NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	75,000	71,100	65,498
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	14,500	13,100	12,716
2. Fuel, light and power....................	2,800	1,800	1,466
3. Water supply and sanitation................	150	500	247
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	100	100	66
5. Freights and cartage expenses..............	12,250	15,050	13,370
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	500	1,000	471
7. Repairs and maintenance engineer's movable plant.	1,000	600	1,303
9. Incidental and other expenditure.............	1,700	1,600	1,464
	33,000	33,750	31,103
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	18,000	21,500	19,393
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	4,000	2,000	2,760
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	1,000	450	1,293
	23,000	23,950	23,446
	10,000	9,800	7,657
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	700	600	648
2. Other general stores.....................	1,100	1,200	1,141
3. Uniforms and protective clothing............	200	200	134
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	1,100	750	712
5. Bicycles and accessories..................	100	200	32
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment........	38,500	36,500	42,346
Welfare equipment.....................	..	..	..
	41,700	39,450	45,013
Less—
Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	26,000	26,000	39,496
Amount chargeable to Capital Works........	12,000	10,000	2,548
Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Transport Trust Account	1,200	350	650
Amount chargeable to Broadcasting Services...	500	500	301
	39,700	36,850	42,995
	2,000	2,600	2,018
D.—Mail Services—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)..	12,000	7,000	8,463
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...............	15,000	16,400	16,395
2. Trunk line services......................	36,000	40,900	40,901
3. Telegraph services......................	3,000	3,100	3,100
4. Other services.........................	26,000	24,100	28,939
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	24,000	22,000	21,996
	104,000	106,500	111,331
Less amount chargeable to votes of other Departments	23,000	9,000	13,874
	81,000	97,500	97,457
Total Division No. 237............	180,000	188,000	181,093

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 237k.—PROVISION FOR AUGUST 1952 BASIC WAGE INCREASE (to be allotted to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation)	1,750,000	..	..
Total Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department	68,250,000	58,855,000	58,660,542
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 238.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 10—A	29,500	24,600	24,600
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 10—B	500	400	400
Total Division No. 238.........	30,000	25,000	25,000
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 239.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1. Exchange on remittances for payment of interest in London and New York	675,000	691,000	692,526
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 240.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 61—A	32,000	28,000	31,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 61—B	8,000	7,000	7,000
3. Rent...............................	200,000	200,000	160,149
Total Division No. 240.........	240,000	235,000	198,149
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 241.—MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS.
1. Repairs and maintenance..................	700,000	762,000	652,362
Total Postmaster‑General's Department..	69,825,000	60,568,000	60,228,579

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III.—BROADCASTING SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number.	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
242	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD	71,000	78,000	60,702
243	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION	2,434,000	2,106,000	2,253,895
244	TECHNICAL AND OTHER SERVICES.....	2,011,000	1,748,000	1,807,146
245	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS................	2,000	2,000	2,000
246	REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE..........	15,000	15,000	11,581
	TOTAL.......................	4,533,000	3,949,000	4,135,324

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	2,527,130	2,262,360	2,262,632
General expenses..................	86,900	81,500	77,253
Other services....................	1,918,970	1,605,140	1,795,439
Total..........................	4,533,000	3,949,000	4,135,324

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	4,533,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	4,135,324
Increase....................	397,676

III.—Broadcasting Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.	£	£	£
Division No. 242.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary.—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 191.	48,200	52,500	44,994
2. Temporary and casual employees............	2,800	4,000	1,696
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,000	1,000	551
	52,000	57,500	47,241
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	7,000	8,000	5,811
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	2,000	2,000	1,907
3. Incidental and other expenditure.............	5,500	6,000	4,037
	14,500	16,000	11,755
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,000	2,000	1,454
2. Technical equipment....................	2,500	2,500	252
	4,500	4,500	1,706
Total Division No. 242.........	71,000	78,000	60,702
Division No. 243—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 192.	235,300	190,900	216,993
2. Temporary and casual employees............	1,800	4,700	1,985
3. Extra duty pay.........................	12,500	11,100	12,306
4. Contributions to superannuation pensions of retired officers and dependants of deceased officers	8,000	4,700	6,493
	257,600	211,400	237,777
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	13,400	10,800	12,339
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	6,800	6,800	13,640
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	10,000	11,900	8,563
4. Rent and rates.........................	14,000	11,800	6,702
5. Repairs and renewals....................	4,300	3,500	3,512
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	23,900	20,700	20,742
	72,400	65,500	65,498
C.—Programme Expenses—
1. Music and variety......................	719,700	669,800	695,618
2. Drama and features.....................	112,600	109,600	104,051
3. Youth education.......................	180,300	148,000	163,770
4. Spoken transmissions....................	229,700	203,200	210,778
5. News service.........................	305,900	281,500	280,089
6. Concert activities.......................	187,500	186,300	192,074
7. Public relations and publicity...............	54,600	38,600	46,400
8. The A.B.C. Weekly......................	57,300	49,000	57,686
9. General programme expenses...............	634,800	524,600	583,549
	(a) 2,482,400	(a) 2,210,600	(a) 2,334,015
Total Gross Expenditure..............	2,812,400	2,487,500	2,637,290
Carried forward..............	2,812,400	2,487,500	2,637,290

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £1,832,130 ; 1951–52 Vote, £1,218,260, Expenditure, £1,261,597.

III.—Broadcasting Services.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 243.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	2,812,400	2,487,500	2,637,290
Less amounts recoverable—
1. Revenue from public concerts..............	187,500	201,500	200,821
2. Subsidies for symphony orchestras from State Governments, municipal and other authorities	100,100	91,300	95,555
3. Revenue from A.B.C. Weekly...............	47,600	47,800	44,739
4. Revenue from sale of news service...........	7,000	6,700	6,588
5. Miscellaneous sources...................	36,200	34,200	35,692
	378,400	381,500	383,395
Total Division No. 243.........	2,434,000	2,106,000	2,253,895
Division No. 244.—TECHNICAL AND OTHER SERVICES.
1. Maintenance and operating of stations and studios.	970,500	840,200	852,304
2. Provision of land line services..............	654,500	582,000	636,062
3. Issuing and recording listeners' licences........	218,200	194,800	173,504
4. Inspections, observations and research.........	167,800	131,000	145,276
Total Division No. 244.........	a 2,011,000	a 1,748,000	a 1,807,146
Total Under Control of Postmaster‑General's Department	4,516,000	3,932,000	4,121,743
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 245.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 10—A	2,000	2,000	2,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 246.—REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE..	15,000	15,000	11,581
Total Broadcasting Services.............	4,533,000	3,949,000	4,135,324

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £883,400 ; 1951–52, Vote, £773,200, Expenditure, £714,017.

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PART 3.

TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Division Number	—	1952–53.	1951–52.
Division Number	—	1952–53.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
	NORTHERN TERRITORY.
247	General Services...................	1,280,000	1,112,000	972,421
248	Works Services...................	727,000	698,000	599,846
249	Audit of Accounts..................	3,000	3,000	3,000
250	Courts Office.....................	21,000	14,000	21,150
251	Health Services...................	467,000	364,000	376,472
		2,498,000	2,191,000	1,972,889
	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
252	Audit of Accounts..................	3,000	3,000	3,000
253	Courts and Titles Office..............	15,000	14,000	14,298
254	General Services...................	940,000	782,000	939,033
255	Australian Capital Territory Police.......	73,000	50,000	63,995
256	Works Services...................	776,000	867,000	718,749
257	Health Services...................	160,000	155,000	164,652
		1,967,000	1,871,000	1,903,727
	NORFOLK ISLAND.
258	Miscellaneous Services..............	15,300	15,300	15,323
	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
259	Miscellaneous Services..............	5,619,700	5,690,400	5,512,725
260	Lighthouse Services................	15,000	15,300	12,795
		5,634,700	5,705,700	5,525,520
	Total.............	10,115,000	9,783,000	9,417,459

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary	2,597,840	2,184,825	2,305,146
General expenses..................	196,660	138,160	154,307
Other services....................	7,320,500	7,460,015	6,958,006
Total...................	10,115,000	9,783,000	9,417,459

	£
Estimate, 1952–53.................	10,115,000
Expenditure, 1951–52...............	9,417,459
Increase.........	697,541

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 247.—GENERAL SERVICES.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 193.	253,000	220,000	184,902
2. Temporary and casual employees............	152,000	155,000	150,497
	405,000	375,000	335,399
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	33,000	29,000	22,647
2. Incidental and other expenditure.............	37,000	30,000	34,116
	70,000	59,000	56,763
C.—Other Services—
1. Motor cars—Running expenses and maintenance..	50,000	50,000	43,205
2. Prisons—Maintenance...................	9,000	6,000	7,386
3. Police services—Maintenance..............	4,000	4,000	2,821
4. Survey camps—Maintenance...............	13,000	20,000	10,775
5. Alleviation of distress....................	3,000	2,900	2,303
6. Educational services and scholarships.........	89,200	74,500	75,838
7. Sanitary and garbage services...............	22,000	23,300	21,129
8. Municipal expenditure...................	63,500	63,500	52,436
9. Coastal shipping service—Subsidy...........	3,800	3,800	3,800
10. Airmail service—Subsidy................	11,000	11,000	5,200
11. Payments under Commonwealth and State Compensation Acts	1,000	1,000	15
12. Agriculture—Botanic gardens and eradication of noxious weeds	11,000	11,000	9,816
13. Commonwealth hostels—Loss on operations....	22,000	20,900	14,185
14. Buoys and beacons—Operation and maintenance.	600	650	354
15. Legislative Council—Expenses............	2,000	3,600	1,842
16. Transport—Loss on omnibus services (for payment to credit of Northern Territory Services Trust Account)	500	..	..
17. Aboriginal affairs—Maintenance...........	220,000	187,180	213,260
18. Payments to missions for aboriginal welfare....	80,000	60,000	72,781
19. Mines branch—Maintenance of batteries and ore sampling	16,000	38,850	18,422
20. Purchase of tailings....................	18,000	33,000	818
21. Assistance to and development of mining industry	13,500	18,000	743
22. Animal Industry Branch—Operational expenses.	8,000	8,750	3,604
23. Animal Industry Branch—Equipment........	5,000	13,050	5,798
24. Transport, of stud stock to the Northern Territory—Subsidy	3,000	3,000	622
25. Destruction of dingoes..................	12,000	14,400	11,641
26. Encouragement of primary production........	2,000	3,700	525
27. Agricultural research...................	21,900	..	32
28. Drought relief........................	100,000	..	..
Operating costs—Darwin to Night Cliffs bus service	..	1,530	766
Patrol vessels—Running expenses...........	..	390	142
	(a) 805,000	(a) 678,000	(a) 580,259
Total Division No. 247.........	1,280,000	1,112,000	972,421
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 248.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Other Services—
1. Repairs and maintenance..................	150,000	150,000	113,396
2. Electric supply........................	300,000	315,000	280,064
3. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Health.	30,000	8,000	12,686
4. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Works.	15,000	15,000	11,837
5. Hostels—Contribution to cost of operation......	22,000	15,000	15,000
6. Commonwealth Cold Stores, Darwin—Running and maintenance	25,000	20,000	22,542
7. Town water supplies—Running and maintenance.	65,000	55,000	56,151
	(b) 607,000	(b) 578,000	(b) 511,676
Carried forward..............	607,000	578,000	511,676

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £175,500 ; 1951–52, Vote £170,500, Expenditure £133,000. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £335,400 ; 1951–52, Vote £267,000, Expenditure £285,600.

F.4385.—9

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52
NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 248.—GENERAL SERVICES—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	607,000	578,000	511,676
B.—Developmental Services—
1. Maintenance of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes	120,000	120,000	88,170
Total Division No. 248..............	727,000	698,000	599,846
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 249.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 10‑a	2,920	2,920	2,920
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 10‑b	80	80	80
Total Division No. 249.........	3,000	3,000	3,000
Under Control of Attorney‑General's Department.
Division No. 250.—COURTS OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 193.	8,500	5,500	5,976
2. Temporary and casual employees............	6,000	4,500	8,307
	14,500	10,000	14,283
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	2,000	1,200	2,472
2. Incidental and other expenditure.............	4,500	2,800	4,395
	6,500	4,000	6,867
Total Division No. 250.........	21,000	14,000	21,150
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 251.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 193.	120,000	103,000	106,601
2. Temporary and casual employees............	110,000	106,000	99,490
3. Extra duty pay.........................	1,000	1,000	840
	231,000	210,000	206,931
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	15,000	12,500	13,610
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	2,000	1,000	1,583
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	4,000	3,000	2,979
4. Fuel, light and power....................	45,000	14,000	20,694
5. Launch services........................	2,000	1,500	1,481
6. Incidental and other expenditure.............	13,000	11,000	12,640
	81,000	43,000	52,987
Carried forward..............	312,000	253,000	259,918

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 251—GENERAL SERVICES—continued.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	312,000	253,000	259,918
C.—Other Services—
1. Motor cars and aeroplane—Running expenses and maintenance	30,000	25,000	25,997
2. Medical services—Maintenance (amounts received from the Government of Western Australia for the maintenance of lepers may be credited to this item)	(a) 80,000	64,000	70,456
3. Transport equipment—Aeroplanes, ambulances and other transport	34,500	7,000	12,050
4. Health surveys........................	1,000	500	95
5. Equipment for hospitals..................	9,000	14,000	7,956
6. Transport of lepers......................	500	500	..
	155,000	111,000	116,554
Total Division No. 251.........	467,000	364,000	376,472
Total Northern Territory........	(b)2,498,000	(b)2,191,000	b 1,972,889
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 252.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 10‑a	2,920	2,920	2,920
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 10‑b	80	80	80
Total Division No. 252.........	3,000	3,000	3,000
Under Control of Attorney‑General's Department.
Division No. 253.—COURTS AND TITLES OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 194.	7,500	7,000	5,958
2. Temporary and casual employees............	5,400	4,900	6,107
3. Extra duty pay.........................	100	100	81
	13,000	12,000	12,146
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure.............	2,000	2,000	2,152
Total Division No. 253.........	15,000	14,000	14,298

(a) In addition, £28,000 provided from National Welfare Fund. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:— 1952–53, £1,184,320; 1951–52, Vote £1,035,420, Expenditure £978,133.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 254.—GENERAL SERVICES.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and General Expenses—
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 61‑a	138,000	121,000	135,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 61‑b..	23,000	20,000	23,000
	161,000	141,000	158,000
B.—Works Services—
1. Maintenance of parks and gardens and recreation reserves	199,000	175,000	189,546
2. Maintenance and upkeep of property at Jervis Bay.	12,000	11,000	10,810
	(a) 211,000	(a) 186,000	(a) 200,356
C.—Other Services—
1. Forestry section—Maintenance of plantations and fire protection (for payment to the credit of Interior Services Trust Account)	10,000	12,000	12,000
2. General lands services (including ti‑tree and briar destruction)	21,000	29,500	18,778
3. Eradication of noxious weeds...............	2,000	1,500	1,520
4. Rabbit and dingo extermination.............	16,000	16,000	14,736
5. Bush fire prevention.....................	5,000	6,500	10,951
6. River gaugings and other hydrometric work.....	1,000	2,000	465
7. Surveys.............................	25,000	20,000	24,806
8. Caretaking and maintenance—Public buildings, camps and tenements	8,500	5,500	7,606
9. Garbage removal and disposal..............	20,000	16,000	17,333
10. Sanitary services.......................	3,000	3,300	2,236
11. Grants in aid of social services..............	3,600	3,600	3,590
12. To recoup the State of New South Wales for payments under the Child Welfare Act of 1923 and in maintenance of juvenile offenders and mental patients in State institutions	4,600	3,500	4,045
13. Swimming pool—Maintenance.............	2,500	2,500	2,425
14. Printing of ordinances and regulations.........	500	500	379
15. Local Government registration..............	2,000	2,000	1,976
16. Publicity............................	1,000	4,300	3,418
17. Advisory Council—Allowances and expenses...	500	1,000	482
18. Care of aborigines at Jervis Bay settlement......	3,000	1,800	2,933
19. Street cleaning........................	7,000	5,000	6,187
20. Fire Brigade—Working expenses and purchase of new appliances	6,500	4,500	4,988
21. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1951	4,000	3,100	3,321
22. Cemetery—Maintenance.................	3,600	2,200	2,180
23. National Capital Planning and Development Committee— Canberra National Memorials Committee—Expenses	1,000	800	694
24. Transport—Loss on City Omnibus Service (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)	60,000	50,000	63,000
25. Soil erosion and water conservation..........	9,000	9,000	9,319
26. Australian Capital Territory hostels—Loss on operations	10,000	20,000	50,400
27. Canberra City Band—Maintenance...........	2,000	2,000	1,894
28. Orchard and agricultural extension service......	500	500	..
29. Social welfare activities..................	900	800	824
30. Firewood supplies......................	1,000	1,000	1,000
31. Cultural and community activities...........	4,000	3,500	2,550
32. Bushfires—Fire fighting and restoration of damage to Commonwealth improvements	45,500	..	54,440
33. Incidental and other expenditure.............	2,800	2,100	3,107
	(b) 287,000	(b) 236,000	(b) 333,583
Carried forward..............	659,000	563,000	691,939

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £188,000 ; 1951–52, Vote £166,000, Expenditure, £179,000. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows :—1952–53, £223,000 ; 1951–52, Vote £163,000, Expenditure, £198,000.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52.
Under Control of Department of the Interior—continued.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 254.—GENERAL SERVICES—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	659,000	563,000	691,939
D.—Education—
1. University College—Grant in aid............	54,500	48,000	48,000
2. University scholarships and bursaries.........	800	100	100
3. Secondary school bursaries................	3,000	2,300	2,433
4. Conveyance of school children..............	28,000	20,000	26,831
5. Cleaning schools.......................	23,000	19,000	19,426
6. Fuel, light and power....................	4,000	3,000	3,316
7. School books, stationery and equipment........	3,000	2,500	2,758
8. Payments to the Department of Education, New South Wales, for services rendered	110,000	84,600	101,080
9. Canberra Technical College—Technical vocational training	35,000	28,000	28,005
10. Nursery school and pre‑school centres..	17,500	10,000	12,690
11. Incidental and other expenditure............	2,200	1,500	2,455
	(a) 281,000	(a) 219,000	(a) 247,094
Total Division No. 254............	940,000	782,000	939,033
Division No. 255.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 194.	54,500	37,000	47,656
2. Temporary and casual employees............	1,500	1,000	1,413
3. Extra duty pay.........................	3,000	2,000	2,548
	59,000	40,000	51,617
B.—General Expenses—
1. Motor cars—Maintenance and repairs.........	5,000	3,500	4,334
2. Police Superannuation Ordinance—Pensions and refunds of contributions	1,500	1,500	1,207
3. Clothing and equipment..................	3,500	2,500	3,226
4. Incidental and other expenditure.............	4,000	2,500	3,611
	14,000	10,000	12,378
Total Division No. 255............	73,000	50,000	63,995
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior........	1,013,000	832,000	1,003,028
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 256.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Works Services—
1. Repairs and maintenance—Department of the Interior	160,000	183,000	120,894
2. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Health.	20,000	30,000	14,885
3. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Works.	10,000	14,000	7,749
4. Maintenance of roads and bridges............	180,000	205,000	184,824
5. Maintenance of water supply and sewerage......	80,000	80,000	56,190
6. Electric supply........................	325,000	350,000	329,707
7. Workmen's hostels—Contribution to cost of operation	1,000	5,000	4,500
Total Division No. 256.........	(b) 776,000	(b) 867,000	(b) 718,749

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:‑1952–53, £106,000; 1951–52, Vote £160,000, Expenditure £188,000. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £567,000 ; 1951–52, Vote £445,000, Expenditure £522,000.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1952–53.	1951–52.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.		1951–52.
Under Control of Department of Health.		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 257.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.	£	£	£
1. Canberra Community Hospital................	(a) 116,000	(a) 118,500	124,300
2. Health and dental services...................	17,600	14,000	14,742
3. Abattoir services.........................	18,000	15,100	17,736
4. Veterinary services.......................	3,300	2,500	2,972
5. Compensation for destruction of cattle infected with disease and control of undulant fever	450	300	302
6. Canberra Mothercraft Society—Subsidy.........	4,650	4,600	4,600
Total Division No. 257.........	(b) 160,000	(b) 155,000	(b) 164,652
Total Australian Capital Territory.....	c 1,967,000	c 1,871,000	(c) 1,903,727
NORFOLK ISLAND.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 258.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1. Towards expenses of Administration (for payment to credit of Norfolk Island Trust Account)	15,000	15,000	15,000
2. Library services........................	300	300	323
Total Norfolk Island..........	15,300	15,300	15,323
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 259.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1. Grant to Administration towards expenses, including native welfare, development, war damage and reconstruction	5,400,000	5,371,000	5,284,309
2. Grant to Administration for Rabaul harbour and road works	70,000	..	..
3. Printing and consolidation of laws of Papua and New Guinea	16,000	6,000	31
4. Australian School of Pacific Administration.....	(d) 22,300	(d) 20,000	(d) 19,107
5. Shipping service (amounts earned may be credited to this vote)	48,000	192,000	174,830
6. New Guinea and Papua Superannuation Funds—Deficiency	40,500	..	..
7. Restoration of plantations, land and roads.......	20,000	35,000	13,168
8. Library services........................	1,200	1,000	1,047
9. Customs policy—Inquiry.................	1,700	..	752
Report on Administration.................	..	4,000
Bulolo timber investigation................	..	2,000	2,620
Former Papua and New Guinea Administrations—Payments on behalf of	..	59,400	16,861
Total Division No. 259.........	5,619,700	5,690,400	5,512,725
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport and Department of Works.
Division No. 260.—LIGHTHOUSE SERVICES.
1. Lighthouses—Maintenance................	6,300	7,650	5,226
2. Lighthouse vessel—Operation..............	8,700	7,650	7,569
Total Division No. 260.........	15,000	15,300	12,795
Total Papua and New Guinea.......	5,634,700	5,705,700	5,525,520
Total Territories of the Commonwealth.......	10,115,000	9,783,000	9,417,459

(a) Additional grant from National Welfare Fund—1952–53, £24,000 ; 1951–52, £26,100. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £28,600; 1951–52, Vote £23,000, Expenditure, £23,980. (c) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:— 1952–53, £1,415,520; 1951–52, Vote £1,132,920, Expenditure £1,812,663. (d) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1952–53, £18,000, 1951–52, Vote £16,485, Expenditure, £14,850.

SCHEDULE

SALARIES and ALLOWANCES.

SUPPORTING PROVISION MADE IN VOTES INCLUDED ON PAGES 6‑126.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

I.—Parliament.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Senate. (See Division No. 1.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	(a)	The President...................................	..	1,600
1	(a)	The Chairman of Committees........................	..	900
1	1	Clerk of the Senate...............................	2,300	2,200
1	1	Clerk Assistant (b)...............................	2,074	1,990
1	1	Second Clerk Assistant............................	1,776	1,638
1	1	Usher of the Black Rod and Clerk of Committees...........	1,530	1,390
1	1	Clerk of the Records and Assistant Clerk of Committees......	1,310	1,205
2	2	Clerk of the Papers and Accountant, Accounts and Reading Clerk	2,040	1,848
8	8	Attendants.....................................	6,14(5	5,633
			17,176	18,404
		Special (Canberra) allowance........................	24	24
			17,200	18,428
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,700	2,028
17	15	Total Senate (see page 7)...............	(c) 13,500	(c) 16,400
		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (See Division No. 2.)
1	(a)	The Speaker...................................	..	1,600
1	(a)	The Chairman of Committees........................	..	900
1	1	Clerk of the House of Representatives..................	2,400	2,200
1	1	Clerk Assistant..................................	2,074	1,987
1	1	Second Clerk Assistant............................	1,795	1,662
1	1	Serjeant‑at‑Arms and Clerk of Committees...	1,547	1,414
1	1	Clerk of the Records and Assistant Clerk of Committees......	1,319	1,217
1	1	Clerk of the Papers and Accountant....................	1,118	1,021
3	3	Clerks.......................................	2,623	2,289
		Serjeant‑at‑Arms Staff.
13	13	Attendants.....................................	9,933	8,938
			22,809	23,228
		Special (Canberra) allowance........................	12	12
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad......................	250	490
		Allowance to officer temporarily stationed abroad..........	240	470
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.....	289	..
24	22	Total House of Representatives (see page 7)..	(c) 23,600	(c) 24,200
		PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF. (See Division No. 3.)
1	1	Principal Parliamentary Reporter......................	2,000	1,900
1	1	Second Reporter.................................	1,950	1,834
1	1	Third Reporter..................................	1,826	1,710
14	14	Parliamentary Reporters and Assistant Reporter............	22,176	20,644
1	1	Clerk and Accountant.............................	1,106	972
1	1	Attendant and Reader.............................	818	716
			29,876	27,776
		Special (Canberra) allowance........................	24	24
19	19	Total Parliamentary Reporting Staff (see page 7)	(c) 29,900	(c) 27,800
		LIBRARY. (See Division No. 4.)
1	1	Parliamentary Librarian............................	2,000	1,900
1	1	Deputy Librarian................................	1,826	1,742
1	1	Chief Reference Officer............................	1,454	1,382
1	1	Chief Preparation Officer...........................	1,454	1,382
13	13	Librarians.....................................	13,465	10,416
5	5	Chief Clerk and Accountant and Clerks.................	4,590	4,168
15	15	Supervisor, Attendants, Assistants and Typists.............	9,577	8,610
			34,366	29,600
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.....	200	150
			34,566	29,750
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	6,566	6,750
37	37	Total Library (see page 7)..............	(c) 28,000	(c) 23,000

(a) Allowances provided under Special Appropriation—Parliamentary Allowances Act No. 2 of 1952. (b) Is also paid £80 per annum as Secretary, Joint House Department. (c) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulations or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

I.—Parliament.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT. (See Division No. 5.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
..	..	Secretary (a)...................................	80	80
1	1	Chief Clerk and Accountant.........................	1,299	1,191
3	3	Accounts Clerk, Staff Clerk and Clerk..................	2,191	1,960
			3,570	3,231
		Housekeeping and Cleaning Staff.
1	1	Housekeeper (b).................................	992	895
15	15	Deputy Housekeeper, Head Doorkeeper, Doorkeepers, Senior Cleaner, Cleaners and Night‑watchman	9,826	6,927
			10,818	7,822
		Refreshment Rooms.
1	1	Manager......................................	1,181	1,082
..	1	Chef........................................	1,256	..
14	14	Assistant Manager, Bar Attendants, Stewards, Waiters, Cooks, Storeman	10,564	9,448
			13,001	10,530
		Parliament Gardens.
4	4	Foreman Gardener, Gardeners........................	2,852	2,556
		Miscellaneous.
1	1	Chief Engineer..................................	1,304	1,311
1	1	Assistant Engineer...............................	971	863
10	10	Fitters, Boiler Attendants, Maintenance Officer, Foreman Painter	7,580	6,992
			9,855	9,166
			40,096	33,305
		Allowances to officers performing additional duties.........	200	150
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payment in lieu......	1,376	..
		Officer on unattached list pending a suitable vacancy........	..	635
			41,672	34,090
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from Housekeeper on account of rent..	58	58
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	16,014	10,532
			16,072	10,590
51	52	Total Joint House Department (see page 8)...	(c) 25,600	(c) 23,500
		PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
		(See Division No. 6.)
1	1	Secretary.....................................	1,580	1,500
1	1	Clerk........................................	680	540
			2,260	2,040
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu....	..	110
2	2	Total Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (see page 8)	(c) 2,260	(c) 2,150

(a) Is also Clerk‑Assistant of the Senate. (b) Less £58 deduction for rent; is granted fuel, light and water. (c) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

F.4385.—10

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (Set Division No. 9.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,350	3,250
4	4	Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries................	8,338	7,576
1	1	Chief Economist...............................	2,346	2,366
45	48	Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Senior Executive Officer, Hospitality Officer, Secretary to Federal Executive Council, Research Officers, Accountants, Clerks and Librarian	49,170	42,733
50	49	Gazette Officers, Cabinet and Ministerial Officer, Motor Driver, Stores and Transport Officer, Reproduction Officers, Assistants and Typists	30,067	27,050
			93,271	82,975
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	3,255	1,470
		Private Secretaries (6) filling unclassified positions (a)......	7,319	10,224
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	5,437	2,974
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	5,346	12,559
		Living and child allowances to officer stationed abroad......	600	188
		Exchange on salary paid abroad.....................	414	180
			115,642	110,750
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	20,942	23,570
101	103	Total Administrative (see page 10).......	(b) 94,700	(b) 87,000
		AUDIT OFFICE. (See Division No. 10.)
1	1	Secretary and Chief Inspector.......................	2,198	2,238
1	1	Assistant Secretary and Chief Inspector................	1,950	1,866
14	13	Chief Auditors and Assistant Chief Auditors.............	22,417	22,180
364	365	Senior Audit Inspectors, Senior Clerk, Audit Inspectors and Clerks	378,066	349,280
35	35	Typists, Machinists and Assistants....................	17,388	15,959
			422,019	391,523
		Officers occupying unclassified positions...............	35,308	29,154
		Officers on loan from other Departments and officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies or retirement	5,889	9,140
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,094	4,642
		Allowances to officers appointed or transferred away from home	250	160
		Cost of living allowances (United Kingdom).............	1,027	1,027
		District allowances..............................	2,675	2,450
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	3,693	3,604
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	7,910	7,437
		Allowances to married officers (Papua and New Guinea).....	300	..
			483,165	449,137
		Less—
		Amount recoverable from the Papua and New Guinea Administration	12,152	11,377
		Amount recoverable from special funds..............	15,570	16,970
		Amounts provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates...	40,000	34,260
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	54,043	63,530
			121,765	126,137
415	415	Total Audit Office (see page 10).........	(b) 361,400	(b) 323,000

(a) Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister (1), Leaders of the Opposition in Senate (1), and House of Representatives (2), Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate (1), and House of Representatives (1). (b) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD. (See Division No. 11.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
		Central Staff.
2	1	Assistant Commissioner..........................	2,384	3,740
2	2	Chairmen—Promotions Appeal Committees.............	4,000	3,740
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,136	1,994
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,826	1,689
33	37	Senior Inspectors, Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors.........	60,239	51,140
99	77	Senior Recruitment and Research Officer, Research Officers, Training Officers, Examination Officers, Investigators, Welfare Officers, Librarians, Clerks and Cadets (Personnel)	75,382	79,604
51	44	Steno‑Secretary, Typists, Accounting Machinists and Assistants	22,428	23,714
189	163		168,395	165,621
		Inspectors' Staffs.
18	20	Public Service Inspectors, Deputy Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors	33,016	28,278
89	88	Examinations and Training Officers, Recruitment and Training Officers, Clerks and Cadets (Personnel)	70,210	63,029
90	93	Employment Officer, Typists and Assistants.............	47,023	41,598
197	201		150,249	132,905
			318,644	298,526
		Chairman and Members (2), Public Service Board—Additional remuneration	300	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,500	2,220
		Special (Canberra) allowance.......................	1,000	1,023
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	150	850
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies or retirement	20,469	24,995
		Classification Committees—Salaries..................	..	1,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	..	1,850
			343,063	330,464
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	23,063	36,464
386	364	Total Public Service Board (see page 10)...	(a) 320,000	(a) 294,000
		GOVERNOR‑GENERAL'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 12.)
1	1	Official Secretary and Comptroller...................	1,826	1,772
1	1	Military Secretary..............................	1,610	1,394
1	1	Clerk.......................................	946	866
			4,382	4,032
		Less amount to be withheld on account of rent............	182	182
3	3	Total Governor‑General's Office (see page 11)	(a) 4,200	(a) 3,850
		NATIONAL LIBRARY. (See Division No. 13.)
4	4	Chief Film Officer, Director of Training, Chief Extensions Officer, and Chief Archives Officer	5,000	4,704
28	31	Clerks, Librarians, Assistant Librarians, Films Officers and Archives Officers	28,430	24,146
42	44	Technicians, Assistants and Typists...................	25,991	23,483
			59,421	52,333
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	300	150
		Officers filling unclassified positions abroad (London and New York)	3,965	3,650
		Honorarium to Chairman Commonwealth Archives Committee.	158	158
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	2,150	2,103
			65,994	58,394
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	14,594	10,994
74	79	Total National Library (see page 11)......	(a) 51,400	(a) 47,400

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

Number of Persons.		HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM. (See Division No. 14.) Under Public Service Act.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
1	1	Deputy High Commissioner........................	3,000	3,000
1	1	Official Secretary...............................	2,028	1,888
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,492	1,542
2	..	Clerks......................................	..	2,226
1	..	Steno‑Secretary..........................	..	555
			6,520	9,211
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	404
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,778	1,700
		Cost of living allowance (United Kingdom)..............	1,632	2,711
		Allowances—Entertainment, representation.............	1,750	2,144
		Exchange on salaries of officers paid abroad.............	3,053	4,132
		Exchange on salary of High Commissioner..............	875	..
6	3		15,608	20,302
		Under High Commissioner Act.
1	1	Assistant Secretary (Finance).......................	2,122	2,086
..	1	Agricultural Counsellor...........................	2,000	..
..	3	Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Procurement Officers.....	4,569	..
277	341	Accountant, Shipping Officer and Officers of the Second Class.	164,472	124,892
20	25	Tradesmen, Labourers and Lift Attendants..............	10,770	7,511
			183,933	134,489
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	640	950
		Allowances (United Kingdom) and representation.........	845	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	120	..
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	47,424	33,111
298	371		232,962	168,550
			248,570	188,852
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	450	..
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	87,120	85,502
			87,570	85,502
304	374	Total High Commissioner's Office (see page 11)	(a) 161,000	(a) 103,350
		COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION. (See Division No. 15.)
3	3	Commissioners (b)..............................	1,400	700
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,022	1,855
8	8	Senior Investigation Officer, Investigation Officers, Librarian and Clerk	8,080	7,098
2	2	Typists......................................	1,106	980
			12,608	10,633
		Fees for Commissioners (b)........................	1,680	1,575
			14,288	12,208
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,088	1,608
14	14	Total Commonwealth Grants Commission (see page 12)	(a) 12,200	(a) 10,600
		OFFICE OF EDUCATION. (See Division No. 16.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,500	2,400
2	1	Assistant Director..............................	2,074	3,864
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,700	1,560
6	3	Officers‑in‑charge..................	3,942	7,507
45	36	Education Officers, Cadet Education Officer and Teachers....	38,083	44,763
40	39	Accountant and Chief Clerk, Sub‑Accountant and Clerks	34,182	32,944
35	35	Typists, Librarian and Assistants.....................	17,998	15,783
			100,479	108,821
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	490	5,241
		Officers on loan from other Departments and on unattached list	8,462	36,968
		District allowance..............................	125	125
		Cost of living allowance (United Kingdom)..............	667	667
		Exchange on salary paid abroad.....................	328	29
			110,551	152,117
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	5,581	47,117
		Amount chargeable to Northern Territory votes.........	3,970	..
			9,551	47,117
130	116	Total Office of Education (see page 12)....	(a) 101,000	(a) 105,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority. (b) Part‑time only.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 17.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,100	3,000
3	3	Assistant Secretaries.............................	6,553	5,466
59	55	Counsellors, First, Second and Third Secretaries..........	65,657	58,206
..	3	Scientists....................................	2,708	..
2	2	Assistant Officers‑in‑charge...........	3,031	2,478
76	78	Clerks......................................	66,064	55,350
13	18	Cadets (External Affairs and Personnel)................	13,556	8,505
3	4	Librarian and Assistant Librarians....................	2,411	1,655
93	89	Typists, Assistants and Maintenance Officer.............	47,275	43,677
3	3	Attendant, Ministerial Messenger and Supervisor (Female)...	2,000	1,793
		...........................................	212,355	180,130
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	11,094	13,266
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,898	7,148
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position.............	..	1,056
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	4,523	6,207
			232,870	207,807
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	69,786	71,007
		Amount provided under Antarctic Research Expedition vote	11,184	7,000
			80,970	78,007
252	256	Total Administrative (see page 14).......	(a) 151,900	(a) 129,800
		EMBASSY—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (See Division No. 18.)
1	1	Ambassador..................................	3,500	3,500
6	5	Counsellor, First, Second or Third Secretaries............	6,923	7,428
		Australian Mission to United Nations—New York.
1	1	Minister.....................................	2,000	2,000
5	3	Counsellor, First, Second or Third Secretaries............	3,993	4,733
			16,416	17,661
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	14,334	14,334
		Representation allowance to Minister..................	2,000	2,000
		Provision for long service leave for former Ambassador.....	..	1,742
		Special allowances to officers.......................	17,018	18,813
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	66	362
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	38,438	34,441
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	2,892	781
			91,164	90,134
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	64	5,934
		Amount provided under vote for United Nations—Representation	28,700	35,000
			28,764	40,934
13	10	Total Embassy—United States of America (see page 14)	(a) 62,400	(a) 49,200
		EMBASSY—UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. (See Division No. 19.)
1	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	2,500
4	4	First, Second and Third Secretaries...................	4,358	4,118
			6,858	6,618
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	5,000	5,000
		Special allowances to officers.......................	18,284	22,980
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	388	1,077
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	580	1,552
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	15,015	24,977
			46,125	62,204
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	8,825	20,504
5	5	Total Embassy—Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see page 14)	(a) 37,300	(a) 41,700

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	EMBASSY FRANCE. (See Division No. 20.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	2,500
4	4	Counsellor, First, Second or Third Secretaries............	4,247	4,278
			6,747	6,778
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	16,430	12,103
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	144	684
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	..	884
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,198	2,839
			27,019	25,788
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	119	888
5	5	Total Embassy—France (see page 15).....	(a) 26,900	(a) 24,900
		EMBASSY—THE NETHERLANDS. (See Division No. 21.)
1	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	First, Second or Third Secretaries....................	1,987	2,008
			4,487	4,508
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	4,567	4,947
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	120	240
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	..	764
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	826	1,068
			12,500	14,027
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	1,727
3	3	Total Embassy—The Netherlands (see page 15)	(a) 12,500	(a) 12,300
		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. (See Division No. 22.)
1	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	2,500
2	3	First, Second or Third Secretaries....................	3,843	2,232
	1	Clerk.......................................	842	..
			7,185	4,732
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	9,889	8,572
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	228	576
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	1,162	727
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	781	762
			21,745	17,869
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,245	669
3	5	Total Embassy—Republic of Indonesia (see page 15)	(a) 17,500	(a) 17,200
		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. (See Division No. 23.)
1	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	Counsellor, Second and Third Secretaries...............	2,752	3,134
			5,252	5,634
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	1,673	2,200
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	278	689
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	604	754
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,326	1,366
			11,633	13,143
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,733	5,943
3	3	Total Embassy—Republic of Ireland (see page 16)	(a) 7,900	(a) 7,200

(a) Salaries and allowances are la accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	EMBASSY—JAPAN. (See Division No. 24.)	£	£
..	1	Ambassador..................................	2,600	..
..	5	Counsellor and Third Secretaries.....................	5,060	..
			7,560	..
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	..
		Special allowances to officers.......................	26,739	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,072	..
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	4,261	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	6,968	..
			49,100	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	..
..	6	Total Embassy—Japan (see page 16)......	(a) 49,100	..
		EMBASSY—FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. (See Division No. 25.)
..	1	Ambassador..................................	2,500	..
..	3	Second and Third Secretaries.......................	3,157	..
..	1	Clerk.......................................	760	..
			6,417	..
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	2,500	..
		Special allowances to officers.......................	6,717	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	410	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,856	..
			17,900	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,000	..
..	5	Total Embassy—Federal Republic of Germany (see page 16)	(a) 16,900	..
		EMBASSY—CHINA. (See Division No. 25a.)
1	..	Ambassador..................................	..	2,500
5	..	First, Second and Third Secretaries...................	..	4,876
1	..	Accounting Officer..............................	..	854
			..	8,230
		Representation allowance to Ambassador...............	..	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	..	13,015
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	199
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	..	698
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	..	4,894
			..	29,536
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	25,736
7	..	Total Embassy—China (see page 17)......	..	(a) 3,800
		LEGATION—BRAZIL. (See Division No. 26.)
1	1	Minister.....................................	2,500	2,500
1	2	Second and Third Secretaries.......................	1,222	1,144
			3,722	3,644
		Representation allowance to Minister..................	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	9,578	8,956
			15,800	15,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	..
2	3	Total Legation—Brazil (see page 17)......	(a) 15,800	(a) 15,100

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	LEGATION—ISRAEL. (See Division No. 27.)	£	£
1	1	Minister...................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	First and Third Secretaries.......................	1,758	1,623
			4,258	4,123
		Representation allowance to Minister................	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.....................	9,280	8,382
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..	262	171
		Officers filling unclassified positions................	575	669
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad........	1,525	1,198
			18,400	17,043
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	243
3	3	Total Legation—Israel (see page 17).....	(a) 18,400	(a) 16,800
		LEGATION—ITALY. (See Division No. 28.)
1	1	Minister...................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	First, Second or Third Secretaries..................	1,949	3,228
			4,449	5,728
		Representation allowance to Minister................	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.....................	5,438	6,080
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..	404	360
		Officers filling unclassified positions................	..	764
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad........	1,009	1,172
			13,800	16,604
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	4,804
3	3	Total Legation—Italy (see page 18).....	(a) 13,800	(a) 11,800
		LEGATION—EGYPT. (See Division No. 29.)
1	1	Minister...................................	2,500	2,500
1	2	First Secretaries..............................	2,166	1,523
		Representation allowance to Minister................	4,666	4,023
			2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.....................	6,327	3,561
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..	454	423
		Officers filling unclassified positions................	1,823	1,288
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad........	2,030	1,231
			17,800	13,026
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	426
2	3	Total Legation—Egypt (see page 18)....	(a) 17,800	(a) 12,600

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	LEGATION—PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. (See Division No. 30.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Minister.....................................	2,000	2,000
1	1	First Secretary.................................	1,274	1,382
..	1	Consular Clerk................................	962	..
			4,236	3,382
		Representation allowance to Minister..................	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	8,275	7,854
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	210	190
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	..	870
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	9,379	8,031
			24,600	22,827
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	127
2	3	Total Legation—Philippine Islands (see page 18)	(a) 24,600	(a) 22,700
		LEGATION—THAILAND. (See Division No. 31.)
..	1	Minister.....................................	1,802	..
..	2	Third Secretaries...............................	1,906	..
..	1	Clerk.......................................	842	..
			4,550	..
		Representation allowance to Minister..................	2,500	..
		Special allowances to officers.......................	6,741	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	120	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	2,067	..
			15,978	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	478	..
..	4	Total Legation—Thailand (see page 18)....	(a) 15,500	(b)
		LEGATION—ASSOCIATED STATES OF INDO‑CHINA. (See Division No. 32.)
..	1	Minister.....................................	2,500	..
..	2	Second and Third Secretaries.......................	2,130	..
			4,630	..
		Representation allowance to Minister..................	2,500	..
		Special allowances to officers.......................	9,885	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	270	..
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	942	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,039	..
			19,266	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,466	..
..	3	Total Legation—Associated States of Indo‑China (see page 19)	(a) 14,800	..

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority (b) Representation previously provided for under Consular Representation Abroad.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
1951–52.	1952–53.	LEGATION—BURMA. (See Division No. 33)
			£	£
..	1	Minister	2,500	..
..	2	Second and Third Secretaries	2,130	..
			4,630	..
		Representation allowance to Minister	2,500	..
		Special allowances to officers	9,701	..
		Officers filling unclassified positions	1,423	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad	1,470	..
			19,724	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,324	..
..	3	Total Legation—Burma (see page 19)	(a) 16,400	..
		HIGH COMMISSION—CANADA. (See Division No. 34.)
1	1	High Commissioner	2,500	2,500
2	2	Official and Assistant Secretaries	2,356	2,506
1	1	Clerk	770	764
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner	5,626	5,770
			2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers	1,850	1,850
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	48	239
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad	11,089	10,873
			21,113	21,232
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,513	2,532
4	4	Total High Commission—Canada (see page 19)	(a) 19,600	(a) 18,700
		HIGH COMMISSION—NEW ZEALAND. (See Division No. 35.)
1	1	High Commissioner	2,500	2,500
2	2	Official and Assistant Secretaries	2,540	2,464
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner	5,040	4,964
			2,000	2,000
		Special allowances to officers	1,107	1,643
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	60	209
		Officers filling unclassified positions	728	645
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad	2,265	2,258
			11,200	11,719
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,000	219
3	3	Total High Commission—New Zealand (see page 19)	(a) 10,200	(a) 11,500

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	HIGH COMMISSION—INDIA. (See Division No. 36.)	£	£
1	1	High Commissioner.............................	2,500	2,500
3	3	Official and Assistant Secretaries....................	3,713	3,494
2	2	Accounting Officer and Clerk.......................	1,712	1,960
			7,925	7,954
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner..........	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	9,638	9,943
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	254	156
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	1,066	1,205
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	2,917	2,989
			24,300	24,747
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	1,047
6	6	Total High Commission—India (see page 20)	(a) 24,300	(a) 23,700
		HIGH COMMISSION—PAKISTAN. (See Division No. 37.)
1	1	High Commissioner.............................	2,500	2,500
2	2	Official and Assistant Secretaries....................	2,449	2,402
			4,949	4,902
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner..........	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	9,268	12,352
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	286	282
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	1,896	1,842
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,301	1,173
			20,200	23,051
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	551
3	3	Total High Commission—Pakistan (see page 20)	(a) 20,200	(a) 22,500
		HIGH COMMISSION—SOUTH AFRICA. (See Division No. 38.)
1	1	High Commissioner.............................	2,500	2,500
3	2	Official and Assistant Secretaries....................	3,548	4,007
			6,048	6,507
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner..........	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	4,762	4,666
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	48	398
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,393	1,738
			14,751	15,809
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	951	4,409
4	3	Total High Commission—South Africa (see page 20)	(a) 13,800	(a) 11,400
		HIGH COMMISSION—CEYLON. (See Division No. 39.)
1	1	High Commissioner.............................	2,500	2,500
2	2	Official and Assistant Secretaries....................	2,339	2,348
			4,839	4,848
		Representation allowance to High Commissioner..........	2,500	2,500
		Special allowances to officers.......................	4,064	5,735
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	166	461
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	1,307	573
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,324	1,242
			14,200	15,359
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	3,859
3	3	Total High Commission—Ceylon (see page 21)..	(a) 14,200	(a) 11,500

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD. (See Division No. 40.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
		Consulate‑General—New York.	£	£
1	1	Consul‑General..........................	2,052	1,919
2	2	Consul—1st Class and Vice‑Consul............	2,260	2,618
1	1	Accounting Officer..............................	1,334	1,252
			5,646	5,789
		Representation allowance to Consul‑General.......	4,484	4,484
		Special allowances to officers.......................	3,986	4,262
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	304	442
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	10,180	10,408
			24,600	25,385
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	4,985
4	4	Total Consulate‑General—New York	(a) 24,600	(a) 20,400
		Consulate‑General—Geneva.
1	1	Consul‑Genera..........................	2,089	1,872
2	2	Vice Consuls..................................	2,899	1,924
			4,988	3,796
		Representation allowance to Consul‑General.......	1,000	1,000
		Special allowances to officers.......................	6,400	5,413
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	268
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	1,512	1,324
			13,900	11,801
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,000	2,801
3	3	Total Consulate‑General—Geneva.	(a) 10,900	(a) 9,000
		Consulate‑General—San Francisco.
1	1	Consul‑General..........................	1,578	1,346
1	1	Vice Consul..................................	1,106	1,028
			2,684	2,374
		Representation allowance to Consul‑General.......	900	4,484
		Special allowances to officers.......................	3,190	2,213
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	268	..
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	6,598	3,928
			13,640	12,999
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,840	7,299
2	2	Total Consulate‑General—San Francisco	(a) 8,800	(a) 5,700
		Consulate‑General—Shanghai.
1	..	Consul‑General..........................	..	1,532
1	..	Vice Consul..................................	..	854
		Special allowances to officers.......................	..	2,386
			..	7,101
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	144
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	..	806
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	..	1,473
			..	11,910
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	8,910
2	..	Total Consulate‑General—Shanghai	..	(a) 3,000
11	9	Carried forward............	44,300	38,100

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
11	9	Brought forward...............	44,300	38,100
		Consulate—Thailand.
1	..	Consul......................................	..	1,494
1	..	Vice Consul..................................	..	916
1	..	Clerk.......................................	..	812
			..	3,222
		Special allowances to officers.......................	..	4,848
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	176
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	..	868
			..	9,114
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	214
3	..	Total Consulate—Thailand............	(b)	(a) 8,900
		Consulate—New Caledonia.
1	1	Consul......................................	1,160	1,052
1	1	Vice Consul..................................	962	836
1	1	Clerk.......................................	842	764
			2,964	2,652
		Special allowances to officers.......................	2,887	3,238
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	114	144
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	532	523
			6,497	6,557
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,497	3,357
3	3	Total Consulate—New Caledonia........	(a) 5,000	(a) 3,200
		Consulate—Portuguese Timor.
1	1	Consul......................................	1,106	950
..	1	Clerk.......................................	842	..
			1,948	950
		Special allowances to officers.......................	3,000	1,700
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	160
			4,948	2,810
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,148	110
1	2	Total Consulate—Portuguese Timor......	2,800	2,700
18	14	Total Consular Representation Abroad (see page 21)	(a) 52,100	(a) 52,900

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority. (b) Provided under Legation—Thailand.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	OTHER REPRESENTATION ABROAD. (See Division No. 41.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
		External Affairs Office—London.
5	4	Counsellor, First, Second and Third Secretaries...........	5,491	6,101
		Special allowances to officers.......................	2,940	4,237
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	48	62
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	128	2,698
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	2,193	3,002
			10,800	16,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	..	1,800
5	4	Total External Affairs Office—London	(a) 10,800	(a) 14,300
		Commission—Malaya.
1	1	Commissioner.................................	2,500	1,550
3	3	Political, Official and Assistant Secretaries..............	3,749	3,680
1	1	Clerk.......................................	842	818
			7,091	6,048
		Allowance to Commissioner........................	2,500	2,300
		Special allowances to officers.......................	7,006	6,054
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	256	395
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	2,462	3,060
			19,315	17,857
		Lees amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,615	1,057
5	5	Total Commission—Malaya..................	16,700	16,800
10	9	Total Other Representation Abroad (see page 21)....	(a) 27,500	(a) 31,100

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with the rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 42.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	(a) 4,100	(a) 4,000
1	2	Clerks......................................	2,142	1,093
		Budget and Accounting Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,446	2,376
6	6	Chief Finance Officers and Senior Finance Officers........	8,946	9,357
19	19	Investigation Officers and Clerk.....................	18,514	16,565
26	26		29,906	28,298
		Banking Trade and Industry Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,694	2,613
10	10	Chief Finance Officers, Senior Finance Officers and Finance Officers	14,646	13,928
9	9	Investigation Officers and Clerk.....................	8,911	8,423
20	20		26,251	24,964
		General Financial and Economic Policy Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,644	2,501
4	4	Chief Finance Officers and Senior Finance Officers........	6,856	6,219
15	15	Senior Research Officers, Research Officers and Clerks......	15,301	13,650
20	20		24,801	22,370
		Loans and General Services Branch.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	(b) 2,322	(b) 2,117
4	4	Chief Finance Officer, Senior Finance Officers and Finance Officer	6,311	5,900
16	15	Clerks......................................	11,441	11,412
53	54	Supervisor, Typists, Assistants, Senior Checkers, Checkers and other Fourth Division Officers	25,382	23,900
74	74		45,456	43,329
		Social Services Branch.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	2,322	2,114
2	2	Chief Finance Officer and Senior Finance Officer..........	3,182	3,130
7	7	Investigation Officers and Clerks....................	6,678	6,434
10	10	Insurance and Capital Issues Branch.	12,182	11,681
1	1	Commonwealth Actuary and Insurance Commissioner......	2,756	2,675
1	1	Assistant Actuary...............................	1,826	1,474
2	2	Senior Finance Officer and Finance Officer..............	2,692	2,534
6	5	Investigation Officers and Clerks....................	3,876	4,124
2	2	Typists......................................	1,184	1,201
12	11	Sub‑Treasuries.	12,334	12,008
10	10	Chief Finance Officers, Senior Finance Officers, Finance Officers	14,864	13,948
75	76	Clerks and Investigation Officers....................	64,072	56,780
65	87	Typists, Accounting Machinists, Machinists, Assistants, Attendant and Messenger	40,124	29,834
150	173	Overseas.	119,060	100,562
3	3	Chief Finance Officer and Senior Finance Officers, London and Washington	4,856	4,600
			281,088	252,905
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	3,481	1,400
		Allowance to Secretary of Loan Council and National Debt Commission	237	237
		Special allowance..............................	24	5
		Special allowances to officers stationed abroad...........	1,456	1,099
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	1,602	1,535
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	1,378	3,357
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,704	1,300
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	11,000	5,000
			301,970	266,838
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	48,970	20,838
317	340	Total Administrative (see page 23).......	(c) 253,000	(c) 246,000

(a) Inclusive of all allowances. (b) Is also paid an allowance of £237 per annum as Secretary of the Loan Council and National Debt Commission. (c) Does not include Treasury Defence Division provided under Defence Services. Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Persona.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	TAXATION BRANCH. (See Division No. 44.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
		Head Office, Canberra.	£	£
..	..	Commissioner of Taxation—Additional remuneration.......	100	..
..	..	Assistant Commissioner of Taxation—Additional remuneration	100	..
6	6	Deputy Commissioners...........................	12,384	11,902
5	5	Assistant Deputy Commissioners....................	8,296	7,665
64	65	Inspectors, Clerks, Research Officers and Finance Officers...	72,581	65,105
22	24	Clerical Assistants and Typists......................	12,870	10,639
97	100		106,331	95,311
		Sales Tax, etc., Victoria.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,092	1,945
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners....................	3,652	3,445
21	21	Valuers and Draftsman...........................	24,615	24,685
318	324	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	320,524	289,151
211	212	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	117,043	101,494
653	560		467,926	420,720
		Sales Tax, etc., New South Wales.
2	2	Deputy Commissioners...........................	4,024	3,862
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,764	1,683
28	28	Valuers and Draftsman...........................	32,698	30,062
190	190	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	185,480	166,981
134	138	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	74,426	64,386
355	359		298,392	266,974
		Sales Tax, etc., Queensland.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	1,888	1,807
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,578	1,497
13	13	Valuers and Draftsman...........................	15,066	13,660
71	71	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	66,082	60,524
61	61	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	30,074	26,225
147	147		114,688	103,713
		Sales Tax, etc., South Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	1,764	1,683
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,454	1,373
13	13	Valuers and Draftsman...........................	14,469	13,564
54	54	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	48,762	43,348
31	31	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	16,177	13,851
100	100		82,626	73,819
		Western Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,260	2,182
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,826	1,748
20	20	Valuers and Draftsmen...........................	23,618	20,792
230	235	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	217,788	192,185
224	223	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	114,280	101,443
476	480		359,772	318,350
		Sales Tax, etc., Tasmania.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	1,578	1,472
3	3	Valuers.....................................	3,374	3,048
18	18	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	15,919	14,379
10	9	Clerical Assistants and Typists......................	5,241	5,656
32	31		26,112	24,555
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	1,393	1,280
7	7	Clerks and Assessors............................	5,996	5,028
6	6	Clerical Assistants and Typists......................	3,042	2,522
14	14		10,431	8,830
1,774	1,791	Carried forward.....................	1,466,278	1,312,272

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	TAXATION BRANCH—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1,774	1,791	Brought forward	1,466,278	1,312,272
		Income Tax, New South Wales.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,756	2,676
3	3	Assistant Deputy Commissioners....................	5,683	5,549
915	968	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	891,746	767,084
1,027	1,027	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	545,845	497,216
1,946	1,999		1,446,030	1,272,525
		Income Tax, Victoria.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,515	2,365
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners....................	3,776	3,613
596	644	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	628,764	545,916
566	566	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	316,893	269,430
1,165	1,213		951,948	821,324
		Income Tax, Queensland.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,239	2,118
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,888	1,798
444	455	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	430,643	384,112
410	457	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	235,445	185,443
856	914		670,215	573,471
		Income Tax, South Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	2,136	2,056
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners....................	3,528	3,368
209	224	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	211,616	179,878
179	175	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	90,490	75,468
391	402		307,770	260,770
		Income Tax, Tasmania.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner............................	1,888	1,808
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.....................	1,702	1,622
73	76	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.............	70,738	60,274
69	69	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists......	37,265	33,280
144	147		111,593	96,984
			4,953,834	4,337,346
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	77,453	68,969
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from home	270	150
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	68,470	144,795
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments........	3,582	4,481
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	21,633	22,234
		Salary increases under arbitration awards...............	..	438,000
			5,125,242	5,015,975
		Less—
		Amount recoverable from the State of—
		Queensland................................	7,650	6,685
		Western Australia............................	10,200	10,200
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,030,392	1,235,090
			1,048,242	1,251,975
6,276	6,466	Total Taxation Branch (see page 23)......	(a) 4,077,000	(a) 3,764,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

F.4385.—11

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
		TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW. (See Division No. 45.)
3	3	Clerks......................................	4,256	4,309
4	3	Assistant (Female) and Typists......................	1,884	2,271
7	6	Total Taxation Boards of Review (see page 23)	(a) 6,140	(a) 6,580
		SUPERANNUATION BOARD. (See Division No. 47.)
1	1	President....................................	1,900	1,800
1	1	Secretary....................................	1,379	1,265
31	33	Accountant, Senior Clerk and Clerks..................	24,411	22,248
44	44	Typists, Machinists, Examiners and Assistants............	25,578	22,279
			53,268	47,592
		Allowance to member of Board......................	200	200
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	432	906
		Living allowance...............................	100	65
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	..	837
			54,000	49,600
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	7,500	8,600
77	79	Total Superannuation Board (see page 24)	(a) 46,500	(a) 41,000
		CENSUS AND STATISTICS. (See Division No. 48.)
1	1	Statistician and Economic Adviser to the Treasury.........	(b)	(b)
2	2	Assistant Statisticians............................	4,238	3,950
1	1	Director of Research.............................	2,014	1,931
1	1	Editor of Publications............................	1,935	1,792
1	1	Supervisor of Census and Mechanical Tabulation..........	1,935	1,792
1	1	Supervisor of Compiling..........................	1,812	1,671
1	1	Deputy Statistician..............................	1,526	1,380
2	2	Administrative Assistants.........................	2,924	2,676
1	1	Principal Research Officer.........................	1,536	1,384
4	4	Economists...................................	6,353	5,840
230	230	Senior Research Officers, Research Officers, Assistant Research Officers, Supervisors, Assistant Supervisors, Senior Compilers, Compilers, Assistant Editors, Senior Clerk, Clerks, Librarians and Illustrator	211,029	191,797
49	48	Principal Field Officer, Supervising Field Officer, Senior Field Officers, Field Officers, Overseers, Technical Supervisor, Officer‑in‑charge, Clerical Assistants, Assistant Printing, Assistants, Junior Assistants and Statistical Tabulators	40,196	32,518
148	164	Typists, Supervisor, Accounting Machinists, Assistants, Card Punch Operators and Addressograph Machine Operator	82,698	58,386
			358,196	305,117
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,030	2,677
		Special (Canberra) Allowance......................	130	495
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	25,605	11,926
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	349	823
		Other living allowances...........................	1,348	970
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	553	767
			390,211	322,775
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	124,785	100,775
		Officers on loan to other Departments...............	2,426	..
			127,211	100,775
442	457	Total Census and Statistics (see page 24)...	(a) 263,000	(a) 222,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority. (b) Position at present vacant.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	GOVERNMENT PRINTER. (See Division No. 49.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Canberra.	£	£
1	1	Government Printer.............................	2,074	1,993
1	1	Accountant...................................	1,244	1,133
7	7	Clerks......................................	5,736	4,942
1	1	Supervisor...................................	1,124	1,043
6	6	Engineers and Overseers..........................	5,838	5,316
6	6	Assistants (Female), Machinist (Female) and Typists.......	3,084	2,674
92	92	Compositors, operators, machinists, binders, and other employees	73,756	64,102
			92,856	81,203
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,465	1,210
		Extra payment at night work rates during Parliamentary Session	2,000	1,600
114	114		96,321	84,013
		Melbourne.
1	1	Clerk.......................................	722	699
1	1	Assistant (Female)..............................	574	512
2	2		1,296	1,211
			97,617	85,224
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	6,617	4,824
116	116	Total Government Printer (see page 24)....	(a) 91,000	(a) 80,400

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 50.)
1951–52.	1952–53.	Central Administration.
			£	£
1	1	Solicitor‑General and Secretary...............	4,100	4,000
1	1	Assistant Secretary (Administration)..................	1,794 [	1,559
1	1	Administrative Officer...........................	1,361	1,223
21	21	Accountant and Clerks...........................	18,194	17,437
29	29	Ministerial Messenger, Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistant and Junior Assistants	15,909	14,518
		Legal Division.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	3,383	3,275
2	2	Assistant Secretaries.............................	5,264	4,854
2	2	Chief Assistants................................	4,644	4,337
11	11	Principal Legal Officers, Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers	15,627	14,200
		Parliamentary Drafting Division.
1	1	Parliamentary Draftsman..........................	3,456	3,327
1	1	Principal Assistant Parliamentary Draftsman.............	2,570	2,427
2	2	Assistant Parliamentary Draftsmen...................	4,582	4,366
5	8	Senior Legal Officer and Legal Officers................	9,577	5,638
1	1	Secretary to the Representatives of the Government in the Senate	1,454	1,343
		Crown Solicitor's Division.
1	1	Crown Solicitor................................	3,281	3,175
1	1	Assistant Crown Solicitor.........................	2,431	2,388
5	5	Principal Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers	7,093	6,494
			104,720	94,561
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,500	1,400
		Special (Canberra) allowance.......................	20	20
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position.............	1,192	1,183
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments........	1,228	..
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	1,950	4,861
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	2,570	264
			113,180	102,289
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	33,180	30,289
86	89	Total Administrative (see page 26).......	(a) 80,000	(a) 72,000
		REPORTING BRANCH. (See Division No. 51.)
2	2	Chief Reporter, Reporter‑in‑charge.......	3,165	2,894
18	18	Senior Reporter, Reporters.........................	23,838	21,669
7	7	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Junior Assistants............	4,168	3,657
			31,171	28,220
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	700	650
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	..	1,823
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy........	348	..
			32,219	30,693
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,219	6,693
27	27	Total Reporting Branch (see page 26)......	(a) 29,000	(a) 24,000
		CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 52.)
7	7	Deputy Crown Solicitors, Crown Law Officer and Draftsman..	15,644	15,963
3	3	Assistant Crown Solicitors, Assistant Deputy Crown Solicitors.	6,170	5,741
91	101	Principal Legal Officers, Senior Legal Officers, Legal Officers, Senior Securities Officer	126,005	106,571
3	3	Prosecutions and Conveyancing Officers...............	4,182	3,879
8	17	Clerks......................................	13,884	6,718
35	47	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistants, Junior Assistants.....	25,265	17,816
			191,150	156,688
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	6,000	5,000
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	18,023	15,481
		Officers on loan from other departments................	604	689
		District allowance..............................	1,100	905
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	2,188	..
			219,065	178,763
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	39,065	20,763
147	178	Total Crown Solicitor's Office (see page 26)	(a) 180,000	(a) 158,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	HIGH COURT. (See Division No. 53.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Principal Registrar	1,950	1,869
2	2	District Registrar, Senior Clerk and Deputy Registrar	3,156	2,902
2	3	Clerks	2,306	1,292
11	9	Tipstaffs, Typists	6,010	6,345
			13,422	12,408
		Associates to Justices (7) filling unclassified positions	6,351	6,125
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	100	100
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy	628	565
			20,501	19,198
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	5,501	7,198
16	15	Total High Court (see page 27)	(a) 15,000	(a) 12,000
		BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 54.)
1	1	Inspector‑General	1,826	1,807
6	6	Registrars, Deputy Registrars	8,830	8,010
7	7	Official Receivers	9,555	8,949
41	41	Accountants, Clerks	36,411	34,064
34	33	Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistants	19,644	17,971
			76,266	70,801
		Associate to Judge filling unclassified position	962	881
		Tipstaff to Judge filling unclassified position	755	687
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	500	500
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	875	..
		District allowances	200	200
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu	..	3,254
			79,558	76,323
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officer on account of rent	156	..
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	5,402	10,323
			5,558	10,323
89	88	Total Bankruptcy Administration (see page 27)	(a) 74,000	(a) 66,000
		COURT OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. (See Division No. 55.)
1	1	Industrial Registrar	2,054	1,869
4	4	Deputy Industrial Registrars, Assistant Deputy Industrial Registrar	6,112	5,535
11	13	Clerks	11,074	8,473
14	16	Assistants, Typists, Junior Assistants	9,100	6,891
			28,340	22,768
		Conciliation Commissioners (17)—Additional remuneration	1,700	..
		Clerks (17) to Conciliation Commissioners	16,354	14,693
		Associates to Judges (5) filling unclassified positions	4,508	4,405
		Tipstaffs to Judges (5) filling unclassified positions	4,127	3,975
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	400	400
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	..	2,213
			55,429	48,454
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	10,429	12,454
30	34	Total Court or Conciliation and Arbitration (see page 27)	(a) 45,000	(a) 36,000
		PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 56.)
1	1	Assistant to Public Service Arbitrator	2,074	1,681
3	3	Senior Clerk, Clerks	3,302	2,963
3	4	Clerical Assistant, Typists	2,201	1,584
			7,577	6,228
		Public Service Arbitrator—Additional remuneration	100	..
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy	514	725
			8,191	6,953
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	191	953
7	8	Total Public Service Arbitrator's Office (see page 28)	(a) 8,000	(a) 6,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	(See Division No. 57.)	£	£
1	1	Director.....................................	2,198	2,117
7	7	Assistant Director, Deputy Directors..................	10,885	10,347
24	20	Senior Clerk, Clerks, Section Officers, Research Officers....	16,324	18,799
70	42	Chief Investigator, Senior Investigators, Investigators, Assistant Investigators, Assistant Inquiry Officers	35,492	51,078
30	27	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistants, Junior Assistants.....	11,227	11,225
			76,126	93,566
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	800	794
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	2,651	5,698
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	3,511	1,322
			83,088	101,380
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	14,088	41,380
132	97	Total Commonwealth Investigation Service (see page 28)....	(a) 69,000	(a) 57,000
		PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS. (See Division No. 58.)
1	1	Commissioner of Patents and Registrar of Trade Marks and Designs	2,290	2,149
1	2	Deputy Commissioners and Deputy Registrars............	3,364	1,745
1	1	Deputy Commissioner (Administration)................	1,474	1,343
1	..	Chief Examiner of Patents.........................	..	1,343
68	63	Supervising Examiners, Examiners of Patents, Assistant Examiners of Patents	70,423	68,636
6	6	Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks, Supervising Examiner of Trade Marks and Examiners of Trade Marks	6,599	5,845
39	40	Clerks......................................	32,265	29,552
2	2	Publications Officers............................	1,758	1,576
2	2	Plan Printer, Assistant Plan Printer...................	1,493	1,282
64	66	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Card Punch Operator, Assistants, Junior Assistants	37,910	21,922
			157,576	135,393
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,000	1,000
		Payment to Department of Trade and Customs for services of officers	..	100
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	..	11,102
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	1,214	1,506
			160,790	149,101
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	54,790	54,101
185	183	Total Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (see page 28)	(a) 106,000	(a) 95,000
		LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU. (See Division No. 59.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,074	1,931
19	19	Senior Legal Officer, Officers‑in‑charge, Legal Officers	24,589	23,143
..	4	Clerical Assistants, Typists........................	1,993	..
			28,656	25,074
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	500	2,500
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	628	6,057
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	..	1,330
			29,784	34,961
		Leas amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,784	15,961
20	24	Total Legal Service Bureau (see page 29)...	(a) 27,000	(a) 19,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VI.—Department of the Interior.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 61.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,100	3,000
4	4	Assistant Secretaries.............................	7,574	7,565
3	3	Directors....................................	5,850	4,438
1	1	Assistant Secretary and Surveyor‑General........	2,198	1,945
6	1	Deputy Director................................	1,454	8,686
1	1	Assistant Surveyor‑General and Chief Surveyor, A.C.T.	1,764	1,634
1	2	Superintendents, Parks and Gardens and Lands and Agriculture	3,032	1,492
175	177	Surveyors and Cadet Surveyors, Draftsmen and Cadet Draftsmen, Computers, Architects, Botanists, Transport Manager, Assistant Superintendent Parks and Gardens, Land Settlement Officers, Field Investigation Officers, Film Producers and Directors, Cinematographers	170,702	161,697
265	286	Administrative Officer, Industrial Officer, Chief Property Officers and Property Officers, Accountants, Clerks, Inspectors, Housing Officers, Leasing Officers, Property Supervisors and Librarians	257,129	205,461
205	242	Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Firemen and Cadet Firemen, Plan Printer, Inspectors, Mechanics, Field Assistants, Meter Readers, Photographers, Engineers, Cleaners, Storemen, Caretakers, Lift Attendants	148,757	112,094
			601,560	508,012
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	23,897	11,610
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	5,400	7,100
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	5,000	4,500
		Other allowances...............................	2,500	2,500
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	5,000	5,000
			643,357	538,722
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	216,357	155,722
662	718	Total Administrative (see page 31)	(a) 427,000	(a) 383,000
		ELECTORAL BRANCH. (See Division No. 62.)
1	1	Chief Electoral Officer...........................	2,074	1,988
5	5	Commonwealth Electoral Officers....................	6,589	6,171
264	263	Divisional Returning Officers, Clerks..................	251,784	227,906
41	44	Indexers, Typists, Assistants........................	28,381	22,561
			288,828	258,626
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,767	1,674
		District allowance..............................	900	770
		Allowances to officers performing duties for the State of South Australia	550	550
		Allowances to officers in connexion with maintenance of Joint Roll in New South Wales,
		Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania................	7,850	3,895
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	2,989	3,559
			302,884	269,074
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	10,884	28,074
311	313	Total Electoral Branch (see page 32)	(a) 292,000	(a) 241,000
		METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH. (See Division No. 63.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,010	2,236
7	7	Assistant and Deputy Directors......................	11,234	10,909
208	226	Scientific Officers, Meteorologists and Assistants, Superintendents, Inspectors, Weather Officers, Draftsmen and Technicians	227,436	202,703
31	31	Clerks, Statistical Officers and Librarians...............	26,155	24,628
446	464	Assistants, Observers, Storemen, Typists, Machinists, Recorders, Tracers and Instrument Makers	331,123	304,437
			597,958	544,913
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	2,623	1,712
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,469	2,259
		District allowances..............................	18,462	19,445
		Other allowances...............................	2,524	136
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	3,322	4,063
			629,358	572,528
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	129,358	147,528
693	729	Total Meteorological Branch (see page 32)	(a) 500,000	(a) 425,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are In accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VI.—Department of the Interior.

Number of Persona.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
		OBSERVATORY. (See Division No. 64.)
			£	£
1	1	Commonwealth Astronomer........................	2,446	2,360
18	18	Chief Assistant, Principal Research Assistant, Senior Scientific Officer, Scientific Officers, Officer‑in‑charge Prediction Service and Engineer	20,277	18,309
1	9	Clerk and Scientific Assistants......................	5,969	716
29	20	Technicians, Mechanics, Typists, Librarian, Tracers and Assistants	12,171	14,781
			40,863	3,6??? (missing text)
		Special allowances..............................	274
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	410	1?? (missing text)
			41,547	36,402
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	11,547	10,402
49	48	Total Observatory (see page 33).........	(a) 30,000	(a) 26,000
		FORESTRY BRANCH. (See Division No. 65.)
1	1	Director‑General.........................	2,446	2,174
1	1	Principal.....................................	2,198	2,086
43	36	Forestry Officers, Lecturers, Research Officers and Assistants, Officers‑in‑charge, Technical Officers, Photogrammetrist, Cadet Draftsmen, Draftsmen, Foresters	39,036	40,070
13	14	Administrative Officer, Clerks and Librarian.............	11,964	9,869
21	21	Typists, Machinists, Caretakers, Assistants, Photo Interpreters, Tracer and Laboratory Attendants	11,870	10,631
			67,514	64,830
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	500	500
		Special allowances..............................	600	600
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	2,469	..
		Less—	71,083	65,930
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	19,083	23,930
		Amount to be recovered from Interior Services Trust Account.	8,000	..
			27,083	23,930
79	73	Total Forestry Branch (see page 33).......	(a) 44,000	(a) 42,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VII.—Department of Works.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 68.)
		Central.
			£	£
1	1	Director‑General.........................	3,350	3,250
1	1	Deputy Director‑General....................	3,056	2,996
2	2	Assistant Directors‑General..................	4,985	4,802
1	1	Director of Engineering...........................	2,694	2,605
1	1	Director of Architecture..........................	2,694	2,605
85	83	Chief Engineers, Engineers, Chief Architect, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	122,421	95,339
11	10	Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Officer, Superintendent of Staff, Chief Industrial Officer, Manager Food Services, Administrative Officer, Inspectors and Training Officer	15,352	14,960
1	1	Director of Finance..............................	2,198	2,120
4	4	Assistant Chief Finance Officer, Finance Officer and Inspectors	5,858	5,312
48	46	Clerks, Cadet Personnel Officers and Librarian‑in‑charge	46,601	44,781
52	62	Assistants, Typists, Tracer and Machinist...............	33,054	25,973
207	212		242,263	204,743
		New South Walks.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,539	2,374
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	2,198	2,106
158	216	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	281,141	110,946
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	3,006	2,813
4	4	Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Industrial Officer and Inspector (Personnel)	5,530	3,804
106	113	Clerks, Librarian, Cadet Personnel Officers and Furniture Officers	92,558	60,004
103	104	Assistants, Typists, Machinists and Storemen............	59,387	43,430
375	441		446,359	225,477
		Victoria and Tasmania.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,446	2,317
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	2,012	1,884
1	1	Controller of Works (Hobart).......................	1,584	1,426
175	172	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	205,619	151,870
2	4	Accountant, Assistant Accountants, Accountant and Administrative Officer (Tasmania)	5,051	2,822
4	4	Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Industrial Officer and Inspector (Personnel)	5,110	5,681
107	104	Clerks, Librarian, Cadet Personnel Officer and Furniture Officer	84,121	72,475
63	62	Assistants, Machinists, Typists and Sto[ILLEGIBLE TEXT]..	32,786	33,805
354	349		338,729	272,280
		Queensland.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,297	2,114
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	1,913	1,672
84	83	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	92,618	68,312
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	2,723	2,468
4	4	Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Industrial Officer, Inspector (Personnel)	5,152	4,374
74	77	Clerks, Cadet Personnel Officers and Furniture Officers.....	67,037	58,211
55	54	Assistants, Machinists, Typists and Storemen............	30,899	23,986
221	222		202,639	161,137
		Papua and New Guinea.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,167	2,016
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	1,779	1,644
23	25	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	33,123	20,525
5	5	Administrative Officer, Senior Clerk and Senior Clerk (Lae), Senior Clerk (Rabaul) and Senior Clerk (Manus Island)	5,697	5,050
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	2,598	2,260
11	12	Clerks......................................	12,692	9,536
4	4	Foreman Storeman and Senior Storemen................	3,699	3,620
47	50		61,755	44,651
1204	1274	Carried forward..................	1,291,745	908,288

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VII.—Department of Works.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1204	1274	Brought forward	1,291,745	908,288
		South Australia.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,300	1,986
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	1,950	1,748
72	73	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	83,040	74,571
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	2,544	2,510
5	5	Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Staff Clerk, Industrial Officer and Inspector (Personnel)	5,275	5,378
67	67	Clerks and Furniture Officer........................	57,607	42,080
46	46	Assistants, Machinists and Typists....................	22,643	14,740
194	195		175,359	143,013
		Western Australia.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,198	2,146
51	51	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	58,644	56,372
..	1	Accountant and Administrative Officer................	1,394	..
2	..	Administrative Officer and Senior Clerk................	..	2,116
..	2	Assistant Administrative Officer and Assistant Accountant...	2,154	..
2	..	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	..	2,262
18	18	Clerks, Staff and Industrial Officer, Assistant Librarian, Cadet Personnel Officer and Furniture Officer	16,098	14,165
13	13	Transport Officer, Senior Storemen, Assistants, Machinists and Typists	6,248	5,339
87	86		86,736	82,400
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,260	1,704
34	33	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	42,904	34,178
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	2,605	2,394
3	4	Administrative Officer, Senior Clerk, Staff and Industrial Officer, [ILLEGIBLE TEXT] Clerk (Alice Springs)	4,833	3,430
53	52	Clerks and Furniture Officer........................	48,231	40,492
15	15	Machinists, Typists and Junior Assistant................	11,790	8,020
108	107		112,623	90,218
		Australian Capital Territory.
1	1	Director of Works..............................	2,260	2,110
1	1	Assistant Director of Works........................	1,888	1,750
84	84	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	112,590	72,760
4	4	Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Industrial Inspector and Inspector (Personnel)	5,186	4,820
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant.................	2,714	2,410
79	77	Clerks, Cadet Personnel Officer, Librarian and Furniture Officer	64,998	47,090
36	42	Assistants, Machinists, Typists and Foreman Storeman......	29,004	14,590
207	211		218,640	145,530
			1,885,103	1,369,449
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	102,687	88,900
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position.............	1,154	1,166
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	27,438	29,036
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	5,472	19,539
		District allowances..............................	16,156	13,360
		Other allowances...............................	..	411
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	6,912	3,563
			2,044,922	1,525,424
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	663,418	347,707
		Amount withheld from officers on account of rent.......	504	717
			663,922	348,424
1800	1873	Total Administrative (see page 35).......	(a) 1,381,000	(a) 1,177,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 70.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Director‑General.........................	3,100	3,000
3	3	Assistant Directors‑General..................	6,390	6,682
6	6	Directors—Head Office...........................	10,526	11,888
7	7	Directors—Regional.............................	13,052	13,892
3	3	Overseas Representatives..........................	4,910	4,462
640	677	Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, Superintendents, Inspectors, Supervisors, Draftsmen, Air Traffic Controllers, Examiners of Airmen, Technical Investigation Officer, Agrostologist, Cartographers, Modellers	781,905	650,793
387	424	Accountants, Airport Managers, Controller of Stores, International Relations Officers, Librarians, Superintendents, Personnel Officers, Cadet Personnel Officers, Investigation Officers, Inspectors, Property Officers, Research Officers, Public Relations Officers, Supply Officers, Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Clerks	376,816	318,950
1353	1461	Accounting Machinists, Assistants, Chainmen, Communications Officers, Card Punch Operators, Forklift Drivers, Mechanics, Line Foreman, Line Inspectors, Linemen, Motor Drivers, Photolitho Camera Operator, Carpenters, Technicians, Stationer, Storemen, Stores Officers, Supervisor (Female), Tracers, Workshop Supervisors, Typists	1,050,544	826,741
			2,247,243	1,836,408
		Officers on unattached list.........................	236,097	95,500
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments........	5,000	5,000
		District allowances..............................	23,545	20,000
		Miscellaneous allowances (Administrative, Living Away, Field, Flying)	6,000	10,670
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	50,000	20,000
		Special allowances to officers stationed abroad...........	2,500	2,500
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	1,750	1,750
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	5,000	6,000
			2,577,135	1,997,828
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant	698,635	465,328
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	8,500	7,500
			707,135	472,828
2400	2581	Total Administrative (see page 38).......	(a) 1,870,000	(a) 1,525,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Trade and Customs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 77.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
		Central Staff.
1	1	Comptroller‑General......................	3,100	3,000
6	6	Assistant Comptroller‑Generals...............	(a) 10,317	(a) 9,733
1	1	Commonwealth Analyst and Chief Analyst (Victoria).......	1,935	1,990
1	1	Director of Research.............................	1,826	1,744
185	200	Senior Investigation Officer, Chief Clerk, Chief Inspector Personnel, Principal Research Officer, Research Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	193,086	166,127
39	39	Typists, Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Junior Assistants and Attendant	21,411	19,529
233	248		231,675	202,123
		London Office.
1	1	Australian Customs Representative...................	1,374	1,230
2	2	Investigation Officers............................	2,438	2,380
		Married officers' allowance........................	975	975
		Special child endowment..........................	..	52
3	3		4,787	4,637
		New York Office.
1	1	Australian Customs Representative...................	1,331	1,259
1	1	Investigation Officer.............................	1,174	1,108
		Married officers' allowance........................	1,200	1,200
		Special child endowment..........................	200	200
2	2		3,905	3,767
		New South Wales.
1	1	Collector....................................	2,446	2,353
2	2	Assistant Collectors.............................	3,652	3,452
23	23	Chief Analyst, Senior Analyst and Analysts.............	23,732	21,833
4	4	Sub‑Collectors..........................	5,096	4,725
10	10	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors.....................	13,493	12,836
484	453	Assistant Inspectors, Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	421,301	403,810
301	349	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants, and other Fourth Division officers	242,301	180,961
825	842		712,021	629,970
		Victoria.
1	1	Collector....................................	2,320	2,117
2	2	Assistant Collectors.............................	3,510	3,105
20	20	Senior Analyst and Analysts........................	20,466	18,678
4	4	Sub‑Collectors..........................	4,815	5,136
14	14	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors.....................	18,140	15,236
357	346	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	316,864	267,864
251	249	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	175,781	147,544
649	636		541,896	459,680
		Queensland.
1	1	Collector....................................	2,074	1,993
2	2	Assistant Collectors.............................	3,032	2,875
9	10	Sub‑Collectors..........................	10,564	8,711
5	7	Senior Inspector and Inspectors......................	8,519	5,840
181	181	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	149,105	146,697
105	111	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	98,773	65,158
303	312		272,067	231,274
2,015	2,043	Carried forward..................	1,766,351	1,531,451

(a) Assistant Comptroller‑General (Tariff Board) is Chairman, Tariff Board, and salary is provided under Tariff Board.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Trade and Customs.

		ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
2,015	2,043	Brought forward	1,766,351	1,531,451
		South Australia.
1	1	Collector....................................	2,012	1,931
..	2	Assistant Collectors.............................	2,906	..
7	7	Chief Analyst and Analysts........................	7,199	6,492
2	1	Sub‑Collectors..........................	1,154	2,569
6	8	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors.....................	9,526	6,963
156	163	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	140,991	123,429
63	67	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	41,924	33,702
235	249		205,712	175,086
		Western Australia.
1	1	Collector....................................	1,858	1,907
2	2	Assistant Collectors.............................	2,984	2,821
4	5	Chief Analyst and Analysts........................	4,750	3,598
6	7	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors.....................	8,441	6,680
7	7	Sub‑Collectors..........................	6,637	5,896
124	115	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	103,913	100,970
72	86	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	57,129	39,728
216	223		185,712	161,600
		Tasmania.
1	1	Collector....................................	1,578	1,497
1	1	Analyst.....................................	812	761
3	3	Sub‑Collectors..........................	3,138	2,870
1	1	Inspector....................................	1,214	1,133
29	29	Senior Clerk, Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Jerquer, and Clerks	24,799	22,933
18	18	Lockers, Caretaker, Typists, Machinist, Assistant and Preventive Officers	11,975	10,221
53	53		43,516	39,415
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Sub‑Collector...........................	1,028	1,059
8	8	Clerks and Examining Officers......................	6,865	6,331
11	11	Lockers, Typist and Patrol Officers...................	7,854	6,840
20	20		15,747	14,230
		Central Import Licensing Branch.
1	1	Chief Inspector................................	1,826	1,621
1	1	Assistant Chief Inspector..........................	1,578	1,373
57	57	Clerks......................................	60,571	51,068
6	6	Typists......................................	5,047	2,900
65	65		69,022	56,962
			2,286,060	1,978,744
		Private Secretaries filling unclassified positions...........	1,980	1,750
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	36,874	34,303
		District allowances..............................	5,605	5,280
		Allowances to officers temporarily stationed abroad........	1,700	1,785
		Other allowances...............................	555	789
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..........	9,800	9,000
		Officers on unattached list and on loan from other departments.	88,819	30,758
		Payments to other departments for services rendered........	707	458
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	17,563	11,278
			2,449,663	2,074,145
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	3,710	3,123
		Payments by other Departments for services rendered.....	90	190
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	223,863	144,432
			227,663	147,745
2,604	2,653	Total Administrative (see page 41).......	(a) 2,222,000	(a) 1,926,400

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Trade and Customs.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	TARIFF BOARD. (See Division No. 78.)	£	£
1	1	Chairman....................................	2,850	2,750
1	1	Secretary....................................	1,578	1,497
12	12	Senior Clerk, Investigators, Research Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	12,722	11,748
4	4	Typists and Junior Assistant........................	1,600	1,413
			18,750	17,408
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	72	72
		Salaries of Members (3)..........................	7,050	6,750
			25,872	24,230
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	872	330
18	18	Total Tariff Board (see page 41).........	(a) 25,000	(a) 23,900
		FILM CENSORSHIP. (See Division No. 79.)
1	1	Chief Censor..................................	1,764	1,683
9	9	Administrative Officer, Clerk, Film Cutter and Biograph Operator, Assistants and Typists	6,786	6,267
10	10	Total Film Censorship (see page 41)......	(a) 8,550	(a) 7,950
		PRICES BRANCH. (See Division No. 80.)
1	1	Prices Consultant...............................	2,850	2,750
1	1	Controller of Prices.............................	1,454	1,373
10	10	Deputy Controller, Clerks.........................	9,633	8,695
6	6	Assistant and Typists............................	3,592	3,263
			17,529	16,081
		District allowances..............................	400	400
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	200	400
			18,129	16,881
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,129	3,881
18	18	Total Prices Branch (see page 42)........	(a) 14,000	(a) 13,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 81.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Director‑General.........................	3,100	3,000
46	42	Deputy Directors, Senior Medical Officers, Medical, Dental and Veterinary Officers, Pharmacists	76,678	79,705
106	106	Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Administrative Officers, National Fitness Officers, Finance Officer, Chief Clerk, Senior Clerks, Accountants, Administrative Assistant, Inspector (Personnel), Personnel Officer, Secretary, Clerks, Librarian	99,165	90,150
85	84	Typists, Assistants, Machinists, Health Inspectors, Nursing Sisters, Foreman Assistant	48,570	44,455
			227,513	217,310
		Ministerial Staff (4) filling unclassified positions..........	2,979	2,679
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,302	3,737
		District and special allowances......................	1,792	1,608
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	7,314	5,594
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	19,072	16,131
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	10,963	..
			273,935	247,059
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	25,197	56,506
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments.........	5,687	15,152
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	473	445
		Salaries of officers paid from National Fitness Fund.......	2,466	2,349
		Salaries of officers paid from Australian Capital Territory votes	12,112	12,607
			45,935	87,059
238	233	Total Administrative (see page 44).......	(a) 228,000	(a) 160,000
		QUARANTINE. (See Division No. 82.)
3	3	Director and Assistant Director of Veterinary Hygiene, and Director, Plant Quarantine	5,850	5,502
9	10	Medical Officers...............................	16,660	15,015
4	4	Senior Investigating Officers (Plants) and Clerks..........	4,414	4,064
82	82	Sanitary Inspectors, Foreman Mechanic, Foreman Assistants, Engine‑drivers, Masters of Launches, Quarantine Assistants, Typist	57,807	51,590
			84,731	76,171
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	435	434
		District and special allowances......................	1,354	1,183
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	1,384	1,216
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	1,000	..
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	2,668	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	714	..
			92,286	79,004
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	17,113	14,913
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	2,517	2,091
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments.........	656	..
			20,286	17,004
98	99	Total Quarantine (see page 44)..........	(a) 72,000	(a) 62,000
		HEALTH SERVICES. (See Division No. 83.)
		Pharmaceutical Services.
17	17	Director, Assistant Director, Senior Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacists and Pharmacists	23,186	19,957
25	28	Clerks......................................	22,883	17,798
64	76	Typists, Assistants and Checkers.....................	38,254	28,009
			84,323	65,764
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,000	634
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	11,816	7,292
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	5,378	..
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	3,924	..
			106,441	73,690
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	12,421	11,358
		Salaries of officers on loan.......................	2,732	3,332
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	5,288	..
			20,441	14,690
106	121	Total Pharmaceutical Services..........	86,000	59,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
		Acoustic Laboratories.
			£	£
13	14	Director, Assistant Director, Medical Officer, Physicists, Psychologists and Engineers	15,234	12,578
22	22	Clerk, Technical Officers, Typists and Assistants..........	15,998	13,559
			31,232	26,137
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	455	24
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	1,200	545
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	1,400	768
			34,287	27,474
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	10,287	9,474
35	36	Total Acoustic Laboratories............	24,000	18,000
		Division of Child Health.(a)
3	3	Director, Senior Medical Officer and Medical Officer.......	6,796	5,553
3	3	Senior Biochemist, Biochemist and Nutritionist...........	3,560	3,356
3	3	Clerk, Typist and Assistant........................	1,829	1,503
			12,185	10,412
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,185	4,412
9	9	Total Division of Child Health	10,000	6,000
		School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
12	12	Director, Senior Medical Officers and Medical Officers......	24,602	21,307
20	20	Entomologists, Scientific Officers, Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists	20,219	17,924
7	6	Clerks, Typists, Assistants, Laboratory Assistants and Junior Assistant	4,015	3,937
			48,836	43,168
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	..	593
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	50	150
			48,886	43,911
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	13,386	8,911
39	38	Total School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine	35,500	35,000
		Central Training School.
8	10	Medical Officers...............................	12,804	9,553
20	20	Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists...................	14,771	13,065
			27,575	22,618
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	23,575	14,618
28	30	Total Central Training School...........	4,000	8,000
		Institute of Anatomy.
2	2	Biochemist and Zoologist.........................	1,960	1,808
4	4	Curator, Laboratory Assistant, Typist and Librarian........	2,670	2,470
			4,630	4,278
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	100
			4,630	4,378
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,130	1,878
6	6	Total Institute of Anatomy.............	1,500	2,500

(a) Includes Institute of Child Health.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Tuberculosis.	£	£
1	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	2,012	1,870
8	8	Administrative Officer, Finance Officer, Senior Investigating Officer, Investigating Officer, Research Officers and Clerks	8,856	8,241
2	2	Typists and Radiographer.........................	1,416	1,301
			12,284	11,412
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	200
			12,284	11,612
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	784	2,612
11	11	Total Tuberculosis..................	11,500	9,000
		X‑ray and Radium Laboratory.
9	9	Director, Assistant Director, Senior Physicists and Physicists..	10,541	9,405
11	11	Radiographer, Clerk, Technical Officers, Technical Assistants, Laboratory Mechanics, Junior Mechanics and Assistants	6,181	6,462
			16,722	15,867
		Allowances for performing duties of a higher class.........	36	12
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	778	..
			17,536	15,879
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	5,036	3,379
20	20	Total X‑ray and Radium Laboratory	12,500	12,500
		National Health Service.
2	1	Principal Matron...............................	1,340	4,025
51	54	Executive Officers, Administrative Officers, Finance Officers, Principal Research Officers, Research Officers, Chief Investigating Officer, Investigating Officers, Clerks, Assistants and Typists	50,782	43,913
			52,122	47,938
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,000	350
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	5,330	563
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	1,752	791
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	102,462	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	1,000	..
			163,666	49,642
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	12,735	9,642
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments..........	931	..
			13,666	9,642
53	55	Total National Health Services..........	150,000	40,000
307	326	Total Health Services (see page 44).......	(a) 335,000	(a) 190,000
		SERUM LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 84.)
1	1	Director.....................................	3,256	3,032
4	4	Deputy Directors...............................	9,780	9,077
7	7	Medical Officers...............................	11,558	10,832
23	23	Veterinary Officers, Specialist Scientific Officers, Consultants, Assistant Section Controllers and Officer‑in‑charge, Media	33,519	30,898
64	64	Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists...................	53,818	48,206
4	4	Administrative Officers, Personnel Officer and Commercial Officer	5,537	5,047
60	60	Accountant and Clerks...........................	48,289	42,552
69	47	Supervisors and Laboratory Assistants.................	31,803	34,756
66	83	Typists, Telephonists, Stores Officers, Assistants and Machinists	45,395	31,892
13	14	Plant Attendants, Watchmen and Motor Driver...........	9,886	8,641
25	31	Foreman and Assistants, Farm, Abbatoir and Small Animals..	21,114	15,250
			273,955	240,183
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,682	1,362
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	12,631	5,606
		Salaries of officers on loan.........................	1,154	1,473
			289,422	248,624
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	51,149	84,379
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	273	245
			51,422	84,624
336	338	Total Serum Laboratories (see page 45)....	(a) 238,000	(a) 164,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

F.4385.—12

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 86.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,100	3,000
1	1	Director of Marketing............................	2,622	2,484
4	4	Assistant Secretaries.............................	7,880	7,414
1	1	Director of Fisheries.............................	2,198	1,937
1	1	Chairman (Flax)................................	2,074	1,999
162	176	Trade, Finance, Chief Marketing, Executive, Research, Project, Liaison, Personnel, Investigation and Administrative Officers, Director, Assistant Director, Assistant Chiefs, Inspector, Chief Clerk, Deputy Director, Officers‑in‑charge, Accountants, Clerks and Librarians	170,069	137,451
63	76	Typists, Assistants and Machinists....................	38,730	26,983
			226,673	181,268
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	1,100	..
		Private Secretaries (2) filling unclassified positions.........	2,388	2,130
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	580	4,608
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	33,649	20,504
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	4,000	4,000
		Allowances to junior officers living away from home.......	500	500
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	3,298	..
			272,188	213,010
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	53,188	23,010
233	260	Total Administrative (see page 47).......	(a) 219,000	(a) 190,000

		ADMINISTRATION OF COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905‑1950. (See Division No. 86.)
1	1	Chief Veterinary Officer and Fruit Inspector.............	2,198	2,117
1	1	Commonwealth Dairy Expert.......................	1,930	1,869
..	1	Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer.....................	1,930	..
..	1	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer....................	1,826	..
1	1	Supervisor of Fresh Fruit Exports....................	1,609	1,501
77	81	Fruit Inspection Officers, Dairy Produce Inspectors, Veterinary Officers, Dried Fruits Supervisors and Clerks	83,875	73,993
234	234	Meat Inspectors................................	207,654	188,700
10	9	Assistants (Dairy), Fruit Inspector....................	6,722	6,254
			307,744	274,434
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	2,638	1,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,500	2,000
		District allowances..............................	300	300
324	329		313,182	278,234
		London Office.
4	4	Veterinary Officer, Fruit Inspector, and Dairy Produce Inspectors	5,104	4,942
			5,104	4,942
		Cost of living allowances..........................	898	1,200
		Special child allowance...........................	52	156
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	1,530	1,540
4	4		7,584	7,838
			320,766	286,072
		Less—
		Amount recoverable from Queensland Government on account of meat inspection	5,000	4,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	12,766	10,072
			17,766	14,072
328	333	Total Administration of Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905–1950 (see page 47)	(a) 303,000	(a) 272,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD. (See Division No. 87.)
		Trade Representation, Canada
			£	£
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,838	3,626
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,312	1,299
		Allowances...................................	2,800	2,902
3	3		7,950	7,827
		Trade Representation, New Zealand.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,826	1,937
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,128	1,199
		Allowances...................................	1,038	925
2	2		3,992	4,061
		Trade Representation, Indonesia.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,695	1,565
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	962	887
		Allowances...................................	2,650	1,350
2	2		5,307	3,802
		Trade Representation, Egypt and Middle East.
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,652	3,440
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,312	1,199
		Allowances...................................	4,511	4,022
3	3		9,475	8,661
		Trade Representation, Singapore.
1	1	Commercial Counsellor and Trade Commissioner.........	2,074	1,751
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,274	887
		Allowances...................................	3,700	2,525
2	2		7,048	5,163
		Trade Representation, France.
1	1	Commercial Counsellor...........................	1,826	1,751
		Allowances...................................	1,750	1,200
1	1		3,576	2,951
		Trade Representation, United Kingdom.
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,754	4,092
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,056	1,379
		Allowances...................................	2,075	2,375
3	3		6,885	7,846
		Trade Representation, Brazil.
1	1	First Secretary (Commercial).......................	962	887
		Allowances...................................	600	1,100
1	1		1,562	1,987
		Trade Representation, United States of America.
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,734	3,626
3	3	Assistant Trade Commissioners.....................	3,564	3,285
1	1	Commercial Counsellor...........................	1,764	1,813
1	1	Commercial Attaché.............................	1,424	1,199
		Allowances...................................	9,202	7,902
7	7		19,688	17,825
		Trade Representation, India.
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,340	3,502
2	2	Assistant Trade Commissioners.....................	2,182	2,406
		Allowances...................................	5,265	5,550
4	4		10,787	11,458
		Trade Representation, Pakistan.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,766	1,603
		Allowances...................................	1,633	1,735
1	1		3,399	3,338
29	29	Carried forward..................	79,669	74,919

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
29	29	Brought forward	79,669	74,919
		Trade Representation, China.
1	1	Commercial Counsellor...........................	1,660	1,555
1	1	Commercial Attaché.............................	902	887
		Allowances...................................	2,675	2,675
2	2		5,297	5,117
		Trade Representation, Hong Kong.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	2,074	1,999
1	2	Assistant Trade Commissioners.....................	2,708	1,199
		Allowances...................................	5,108	2,450
2	3		9,890	5,648
		Trade Representation, Philippines.
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	1,424	1,379
		Allowances...................................	1,775	1,775
1	1		3,199	3,154
		Trade Representation, South Africa.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	2,012	1,875
2	2	Assistant Trade Commissioners.....................	2,580	2,086
		Allowances...................................	2,350	2,100
3	3		6,942	6,061
		Trade Representation, Japan.
1	1	Commercial Counsellor...........................	1,826	1,751
1	1	Commercial Attaché.............................	962	887
		Allowances...................................	2,470	1,428
2	2		5,258	4,066
		Trade Representation, Ceylon.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,274	1,555
		Allowances...................................	1,450	1,450
1	1		2,724	3,005
		Trade Representation, Northern Europe.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,764	1,689
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	962	887
		Allowances...................................	2,225	2,225
2	2		4,951	4,801
		Trade Representation, Southern Europe.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,826	1,565
		Allowances...................................	2,130	1,350
1	1		3,956	2,915
		Trade Representation, British West Indies.
1	1	Trade Commissioner.............................	1,826	1,565
		Allowances...................................	1,732	1,350
1	1		3,558	2,915
		Trade Representation, Chile.
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner......................	962	887
		Allowances...................................	925	925
1	1		1,887	1,812
45	46	Carried forward...............	127,331	114,413

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
1951–52.	1952–53.	COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ABROAD—continued.
			£	£
45	46	Brought forward	127,331	114,413
		Relieving Staff.
2	2	Trade Commissioners............................	3,838	3,316
3	3	Assistant Trade Commissioners.....................	3,510	3,285
5	5		7,348	6,601
			134,679	121,014
		Special child allowance...........................	2,500	2,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,000	700
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	57,600	58,300
		Officers filling unclassified positions..................	1,000	2,681
			196,779	184,695
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	44,779	66,695
50	51	Total Commercial Intelligence Service Abroad (see page 47)	(a) 152,000	(a) 118,000
		DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. (See Division No. 88.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,136	1,967
1	1	Assistant Directors..............................	3,394	1,683
79	80	Research Officers, Investigation Officers, Field Officers, Wool Economist, Draftsman, Investigation Assistants and Clerks	80,925	71,495
12	15	Typists, Machinists and Assistants....................	7,843	4,587
			94,298	79,732
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,000	1,000
			95,298	80,732
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	20,298	10,732
93	97	Total Division of Agricultural Economics (see page 48)	(a) 75,000	(a) 70,000
		DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. (See Division No. 89.)
9	9	Supervisors, Executive, Agricultural, Tobacco and Investigation Officers, Senior Clerk and Clerks	10,096	9,883
1	1	Typist......................................	604	541
			10,700	10,424
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	300	337
			11,000	10,761
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority		761
10	10	Total Division of Agricultural Production (see page 48)	(a) 11,000	(a) 10,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XII.—Department of Social Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 91.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Director‑General.........................	3,100	3,000
1	1	Deputy Director‑General....................	2,446	2,341
4	4	Assistant Director‑Generals..................	7,976	7,645
1	1	Principal Medical Officer.........................	2,448	2,367
3	3	Senior Inspector, Project Officer and Administrative Assistant.	5,004	4,795
1	1	Chief Accountant...............................	1,454	1,371
2	2	Administrative Officers...........................	2,694	2,507
57	57	Senior Research Officer, Inspectors, Senior Examiner, Sub‑Accountant, Senior Clerks, Training Officer, Examiners, Clerks, Assistant Administrative Officer, Research Officer, Assistant Research Officers, Librarian, Social Workers, Assistant Librarians, Cadets (Personnel) and Cadets (Social Services)	53,563	48,055
27	28	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Junior Assistants..........	15,830	13,650
			94,515	85,731
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,000	2,000
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position.............	1,236	1,127
		Ministerial typists filling unclassified positions...........	1,256	1,090
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	2,358	3,242
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,098	..
			102,463	93,190
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	30,463	21,190
97	98	Total Central Administration (see page 50)	(a) 72,000	(a) 72,000
		STATE ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 92.)
		New South Wales.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,219	2,079
1	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	2,073	2,241
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	6,068	5,736
241	238	Accountant, Administrative Officer, Determining Officers, Senior Education and Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Chief Clerk, Senior District Inspector, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Registrars, Sub‑Accountant, District Inspectors, Assistant Registrars, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Examiners, Senior Social Worker, Social Workers and Cadet (Personnel)	209,636	194,382
389	390	Officer‑in‑charge, Inquiry Officers, Supervisors, Clerical Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Telephonists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	220,164	187,989
636	634		440,160	392,427
		Victoria.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,198	2,115
..	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	2,073	..
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	5,800	5,343
182	185	Accountant, Administrative Officer, Determining Officers, Senior Education and Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Senior District Inspector, Senior Special Magistrate, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Registrars, Sub‑Accountant, District Inspectors, Assistant Registrars, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Examiners, Senior Social Worker, Social Workers and Cadet (Personnel)	159,454	137,978
291	292	Officer‑in‑charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Supervisors, Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants, Telephonist and Senior Sister	165,645	138,468
478	483		335,170	283,904
		Queensland.
1	1	Director.....................................	1,950	1,867
1	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	1,910	2,241
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	5,328	4,974
133	136	Accountant, Senior Education and Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Senior District Inspector, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Registrar, District Inspectors, Assistant Registrar, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Examiners, Senior Social Worker, Social Workers and Cadet (Personnel)	115,080	103,535
183	188	Officer‑in‑charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	106,402	94,986
322	330		230,670	207,603
1,436	l,447	Carried forward..................	1,006,000	883,934

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XII.—Department of Social Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	STATE ESTABLISHMENTS—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1,436	1,447	Brought forward.................	1,006,000	883,934
		South Australia.
1	1	Director.....................................	1,722	1,743
1	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	2,136	2,241
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	4,868	4,530
86	86	Accountant, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrar and Special Magistrate, Senior Education and Training Officer, Registrar, District Inspectors, Assistant Registrar, Senior Clerk, Education and Training Officer, Clerks, Examiners and Social Workers	73,203	63,784
93	100	Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	61,219	51,244
185	192		143,148	123,542
		Western Australia.
1	1	Director.....................................	1,826	1,728
1	1	Senior Medical Officer...........................	2,014	2,241
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	4,844	4,482
72	70	Accountant, Senior Education and Training Officer, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrar, District Inspectors, Assistant Registrar, Clerks, Examiners and Social Workers	60,561	56,056
85	83	Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	46,730	43,730
163	159		115,975	108,237
		Tasmania.
1	1	Director.....................................	1,578	1,571
1	1	Assistant Director..............................	1,266	1,153
35	37	Administrative Officer, Senior Clerk, Registrar and Special Magistrate, District Inspector, Clerks, Examiners and Social Workers	30,665	26,240
34	36	Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Machinists, Typists and Junior Assistants	20,293	18,577
71	75		53,802	47,541
			1,318,925	1,163,254
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	24,703	26,378
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	64,078	95,963
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	7,383	11,013
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payment in lieu...	4,736	3,043
		Less—	1,419,825	1,299,651
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	381,825	299,651
1,855	1,873	Total State Establishments (see page 50)....	(a) 1,038,000	(a) 1,000,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIII.—Department of Shipping and Transport.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 93.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,600	2,500
2	2	First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretary.............	3,952	3,641
3	3	Director, Assistant Directors.......................	4,490	4,709
1	..	Senior Mechanical Engineer........................	..	1,313
..	1	Technical Administrative Officer....................	1,394
69	67	Administrative Officers, Superintendent of Personnel, Executive Officer (Planning), Finance Inspector, Accountants, Sub‑Accountant, Liaison Officer, Senior Research Officer, Research Officers, Librarians, Clerks	60,953	54,311
48	47	Assistants, Teleprint Operator, Accounting Machinists, Reproduction Officer (Plan Printing) Typists	24,503	22,135
			97,892	88,609
		Private secretaries filling unclassified positions...........	2,033	1,768
		Ministerial typists..............................	1,256	1,110
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	914	3,420
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	5,257	3,509
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	3,000	2,550
			110,352	100,966
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	30,152	17,866
124	121	Total Administrative (see page 52).......	(a) 80,200	(a) 83,100
		MARINE BRANCH. (See Division No. 94.)
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,950	1,839
2	2	Director of Navigation, Director of Lighthouses...........	3,776	3,614
5	5	Deputy Directors of Lighthouses and Navigation..........	7,770	7,365
41	43	Surveyors, Examiners, Lighthouse Engineers.............	55,790	49,440
12	12	Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents, Mercantile Marine Office	12,390	11,167
47	47	Clerks......................................	38,525	34,613
183	188	Inspector of Seamen, Workshop Supervisor, Lightkeepers, Mechanics (Lighthouse), Carpenter, Storemen, Labourer	135,185	115,869
35	38	Assistants, Typists..............................	20,553	16,500
86	86	Crews, Lighthouse Steamers and Scow.................	65,961	58,769
			341,900	299,176
		Adjustment of salaries............................	1,144	5,248
		Allowances to lighthouse steamer crew................	8,319	6,976
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,181	3,440
		District and other allowances.......................	34,809	28,144
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	3,218	12,587
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	1,184	..
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments........	644	611
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	3,775	3,764
			397,174	359,946
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	38,682	55,356
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	292	190
			38,974	55,546
412	422	Total Marine Branch (see page 52).......	(a) 358,200	(a) 304,400
		SHIP CONSTRUCTION. (See Division No. 95.)
1	1	General Manager...............................	2,546	2,408
..	1	Assistant General Manager........................	2,012	..
1	1	Senior Engineer................................	1,154	1,079
			5,712	3,487
		Allowance to Officers performing duties of a higher class....	230	..
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	2,452	1,979
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	9,826	9,034
			18,220	14,500
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,020	..
2	3	Total Ship Construction (see page 52).....	(a) 17,200	(a) 14,500

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIV.—Department of Territories.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 96.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary	2,850	2,500
1	1	Special Advisor to Minister	2,600	2,500
1	1	First Assistant Secretary	2,094	1,948
3	3	Assistant Secretaries	5,680	5,247
82	97	Administrative Officer, Official Representative, Senior Project Officer, Commerce Officer, Principal Research Officer, Economist, Senior Research Officer, Research Officer, Finance Officer, Accountant, Investigation Officers, Librarian, Registrar and Clerks	102,337	74,689
32	37	Typists, Assistants and Examiner	18,956	13,444
			134,517	100,328
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	1,100	650
		Special (Canberra) allowances	350	100
		Officers on loan from other Departments	3,020	2,679
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies	2,180	3,754
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu	150	100
			141,317	107,611
		Less—
		Amount provided under Papua and New Guinea—Australian School of Pacific Administration	1,454	1,314
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	12,763	22,597
			14,217	23,911
120	140	Total Administrative (see page 54)	(a) 127,100	(a) 83,700

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XV.—Department of Immigration.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 97.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Central Staff.	£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,100	3,000
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,275	2,120
6	6	Liaison Officers, Investigation Officer, Clerks............	6,702	6,421
2	2	Typists......................................	1,232	1,110
10	10		13,309	12,651
		Administrative Division.
..	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,640	..
55	54	Personnel Officer, Inspector Administrative, Senior Clerk, Clerks	44,237	41,745
69	69	Assistants (Male and Female), Junior Assistants, Typists.....	30,807	31,952
124	124		76,684	73,697
		Accounts Division.(a)
93	83	Finance Officer, Finance Inspector, Accountants, Clerks.....	64,595	67,366
7	7	Assistants (Male and Female), Typists, Accounting Machinist.	3,325	3,970
100	90		67,920	71,336
		Assisted Migration Division.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	2,022	1,859
36	36	Senior Investigation Officers, Investigation Officers, Senior Migration Officers, Migration Officers, Clerks	34,567	31,670
37	37		36,589	33,529
		General Immigration Division.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	2,058	1,914
51	51	Senior Migration Officers, Clerks, Examining Officers......	42,797	39,892
52	52		44,855	41,806
		Assimilation Division.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,960	1,807
10	11	Liaison Officer, Clerks...........................	10,940	8,478
3	3	Welfare Officer, Assistants........................	1,850	1,589
14	15		14,750	11,874
		Planning and Research Division.
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,980	1,874
17	18	Principal Research Officer, Senior Research Officers, Research Officers, Clerks, Librarian	18,405	16,177
9	8	Assistants, Typist...............................	4,015	4,130
27	27		24,400	22,181
		Migrant Accommodation Centres.
1	1	Controller....................................	1,593	1,745
6	6	Administrative Assistant, Procurement Officer, Inspection Officers, Clerks	7,592	5,894
7	7		9,185	7,639
		London.
3	2	Chief Migration Officer, Deputy Chief Migration Officer....	3,539	4,850
		State Branches.
269	269	Commonwealth Migration Officers, Accountants, Clerks.....	214,833	194,460
139	139	Assistants, Typists, Accounting Machinists..............	74,624	64,159
408	408		289,457	258,619
			580,688	538,182
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments........	10,442	6,766
		Salaries of unattached officers......................	32,179	55,174
		Salaries and allowances (including exchange) of officers stationed abroad	172,310	44,321
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	8,500	12,145
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	100	100
		Salary increases under arbitration awards...............	..	40,000
			804,219	696,688
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval ' by competent authority	193,219	166,688
782	772	Total Administrative (see page 56).......	(b) 611,000	(b) 530,000

(a) Includes permanent accounts staff at Immigration Centres. (b) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVI.—Department of Labour and National Service.

Number of Persons			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 98.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,850	2,750
3	3	Assistant Secretaries.............................	6,030	5,546
110	105	Executive and Senior Administrative Officers............	133,542	128,225
346	338	Employment Officers............................	306,775	315,599
38	31	Industrial Relations Officers........................	33,968	37,760
86	73	Professional, Technical and Research Officers and Librarians..	75,736	84,192
33	23	Catering Officers...............................	21,617	27,575
365	334	Clerks and Inspectors............................	282,487	302,051
224	223	Typists, Machinists..............................	120,309	111,351
70	65	Assistants....................................	36,042	32,330
			1,019,356	1,047,379
		Private Secretary to Minister filling unclassified position.....	1,318	1,160
		Salaries of officers on unattached list..................	20,484	36,920
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	18,000	18,000
		Adjustment of salaries............................	..	500
		District and other special allowances..................	3,200	2,670
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	..	15,339
		Permanent officers occupying uncreated positions.........	71,430	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave or payment in lieu....	10,000	..
		Provision for reclassified positions including arrears........	37,000	..
			1,180,788	1,121,968
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	52,613	264,104
		Amount recoverable from Hostels Trust Account.........	..	5,171
		Amount chargeable to National Service votes...........	68,175	22,893
			120,788	292,168
1276	1196	Total Administrative (see page 58).......	a) 1,060,000	(a) 829,800

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVII.—Department of National Development.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 99.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,350	3,250
..	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,136	..
1	1	Assistant Secretary (Administration)..................	1,826	1,726
41	50	Accountant, Staff Inspector, Administrative Officer, Assistant Accountant, Senior Clerk, Staff Clerk, Clerks, Librarian, Typists, Teleprinter Operators, Accounting Machinists, Clerical Assistants and Assistants	37,792	26,780
43	53		45,104	31,756
		Development Policy.
1	1	Director.....................................	..	2,092
1	1	Assistant Co‑ordinator‑General of Works...	2,193	2,056
9	12	Investigation Officer, Senior Project Officers, Senior Research Officers, Principal Research Officer and Senior Research Officers, Research Officers and Clerk	14,094	10,252
..	1	Finance Officer................................	1,578	..
11	14		17,865	14,400
		Industrial Development.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,193	2,051
10	10	Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Deputy Assistant Directors	18,132	15,230
53	53	Officers‑in‑charge, Assistant Officers‑in‑charge, Project Officers, Project Officers (Costs), Assistant Project Officers, Economist, Senior Research Officers, Research Officers, Clerks	68,468	58,190
9	9	Materials Handling Officers, Senior Examiners, Examiners, Draftsmen, Chemical Engineer, Textile Adviser	10,417	10,274
7	7	Librarian, Typists, Assistants.......................	5,982	3,636
80	80		105,192	89,381
		Regional Development.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,172	2,028
1	1	Assistant Director..............................	1,531	1,405
11	12	Senior Research Officers, Research Officers, Assistant Research Officer, Draftsman, Clerks	15,077	11,199
4	..	Typists......................................	..	1,874
17	14		18,780	16,506
		Building Industry.
1	..	Finance Officer................................	..	1,465
13	..	Investigation Officers, Principal Research Officer, Senior Research Officer, Research Officer, Senior Clerk, Clerks, Area Planning Officer, Architect	..	12,173
14	..		..	13,638
		Fuel.
1	1	Director.....................................	1,759	1,618
9	9	Fuel Technologist, Assistant Fuel Technologist, Administrative Officer, Clerks	10,706	8,488
10	10		12,465	10,106
			199,406	175,787
		Commonwealth Coal Commissioner..................	1,702	1,100
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position.............	1,310	1,122
		Ministerial typist filling unclassified position.............	604	543
		Officers on loan from other departments or unattached pending suitable vacancies	29,470	49,690
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	3,504	3,929
			235,996	232,171
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	53,996	58,171
175	171	Total Administrative (see page 60).......	(a) 182,000	(a) 174,000
		BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES. (See Division No. 100.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,310	2,180
1	1	Deputy Director................................	2,043	1,932
122	145	Chief Petroleum Technologist, Supervising Petroleum Technologist, Senior Petroleum Technologists, Petroleum Technologists, Chief Geologist, Supervising Geologists, Senior Geologists, Geologists, Chief Geophysicist, Supervising Geophysicists, Senior Geophysicists, Geophysicists, Cadet Geologists, Cadet Geophysicists, Chemists, Draftsmen, Assistant Draftsmen	153,668	118,461
3	5	Chief Mineral Economist, Senior Mineral Economist, Mineral Economist, Mining Engineer, Assistant Mining Engineer	7,805	4,891
10	20	Administrative Officer, Clerks, Cost Investigator, Computor, Librarian	15,573	8,113
8	16	Typists, Clerical Assistants........................	7,955	3,680
12	13	Senior Instrument Maker, Instrument Makers, Storemen, Field Assistants, Maintenance Mechanics, Senior Technician (Radio), Technician (Radio)	9,728	7,716
			199,082	146,973
		Officers on loan from other departments or unattached pending suitable vacancies	580	30,425
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	..	1,186
			199,662	178,584
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	36,662	40,584
157	201	Total Bureau of Mineral Resources (see page 60)	(a) 163,000	(a) 138,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVIII.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 101.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
		(Payable from the Science and Industry Trust Account.)	£	£
		Head Office.
1	1	Chairman....................................	3,350	3,250
1	1	Chief Executive Officer...........................	3,100	3,000
3	3	Executive Members.............................	(a) 3,350	(a) 3,250
1	2	Assistant Executive Officers........................	4,188	2,144
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,260	2,182
4	5	Assistant Secretaries.............................	8,696	6,744
32	14	Research Officers and Technical Officers...............	(b) 17,962	33,117
81	84	Accountants, Finance Officers, Staff Officers and Clerks.....	69,821	53,665
61	58	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, Telephonist, Caretaker, Cleaner and Tradesmen	34,446	30,149
			147,173	137,501
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	988	386
		Representation allowances, officers overseas.............	913	713
		Provision for typing assistance, Washington, United States of America	3,800	3,160
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	5,078	3,535
		Payments to members, Editorial Board (part‑time)...	..	700
		Advisory Council members—Sitting fees...............	400	400
		Part‑time secretaries of State Committees.........	150	150
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	2,104	..
			160,606	146,545
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	13,706	12,945
185	169	Total Head Office..................	146,900	133,600
		Investigations.
15	15	Chiefs of Divisions..............................	37,992	35,608
23	27	Assistant Chiefs, Officers‑in‑charge and Advisers	(d) 45,118	35,683
1,251	1,364	Research Officers, Technical Officers and Draughtsmen.....	1,415,724	1,213,046
1,689	1,727	Assistants, Technical Assistants, Typists, Labourers, Station Hands, Animal Attendants, Tracers, Machinists, Tradesmen, Cleaners, Storemen, Unclassified and Miscellaneous	1,074,833	878,673
137	171	Clerks and Librarians............................	125,823	99,743
23	21	Part‑time officers.........................	5,750	5,476
			2,705,240	2,268,229
		Temporary and casual employees....................	43,759	36,339
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	3,790	1,240
			2,752,789	2,305,808
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	27,410	75,854
3,138	3,325	Total Investigations.................	2,725,379	2,229,954
3,323	3,494	Total Head Office and Investigations......	2,872,279	2,363,554
3,138	3,325	Less amount chargeable to Investigations...............	2,725,379	2,229,954
185	169	Total Administrative (see page 62).......	(c) 146,900	(c) 133,600

(a) Includes two part‑time members. (b) Includes one part‑time officer. (c) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award or other competent authority. (d) Includes five part‑time officers.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 102.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	4,100	4,000
1	1	Deputy Secretary...............................	2,612	2,467
1	1	First Assistant Secretary..........................	2,198	2,055
7	8	Assistant Secretaries.............................	15,721	12,560
1	1	War Book Officer..............................	2,198	2,117
1	1	Scientific Assistant to Defence Scientific Adviser..........	1,966	1,823
54	55	Chief Clerk, Administrative Assistants, Personnel Officer, Assistant Secretaries Defence Committee, Research Officers, Clerks and Librarians	52,470	46,511
54	55	Barracks Officer, Assistant Barracks Officer, Attendant, Artisan, Cleaners, Assistants, Typists and Messengers	32,119	27,234
			113,384	98,767
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	4,530	..
		Provision for proposed reclassification of positions.........	..	400
		Salary of officer seconded for duty as Private Secretary to Minister	1,200	..
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	4,846	4,650
		Service officers seconded for full‑time duty with the Defence Department	38,000	31,350
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	..	966
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	200	200
		Special (Canberra) allowance.......................	26	40
		Allowance to Acting Director of Works................	125	125
			162,311	136,498
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	13,311	10,498
120	123	Total Administrative (see page 64).......	(a) 149,000	(a) 126,000
		JOINT INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. (See Division No. 103.)
1	1	Director.....................................	1,888	1,931
24	24	Principal Research and Defence Officer, Heads of Branches, Senior Research and Defence Officers, Senior Journalist, Senior Reference Officer and Librarian, and Officer‑in‑Charge, Photo Interpretation Section	28,846	26,330
53	54	Research and Defence Officers, Translators, Clerks, Technical Officer, Reference Officer and Librarian	42,221	36,837
10	10	Draftsmen, Senior Plan Printer and Assistant Plan Printer....	9,125	8,096
32	32	Typists, Assistants and Messenger....................	15,440	13,259
			97,520	86,453
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	..	1,277
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,196	..
		Service officers seconded for full‑time duty with the Defence Department	14,048	6,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	200	200
		Special (overseas) allowances.......................	5,300	4,195
			118,264	98,625
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	24,564	26,625
120	121	Total Joint Intelligence Bureau (see page 64).	(a) 93,700	(a) 72,000
		DEFENCE SIGNALS BRANCH. (See Division No. 104.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,012	1,869
21	18	Heads of Sections and Senior Technical Officers..........	23,583	25,784
49	51	Technical Officers, Assistant Technical Officers, Clerks, Librarian and Draftsman	43,641	37,311
88	84	Typists, Assistants, Teletype and Cypher Operators, Technicians and Messenger	53,233	48,107
			122,469	113,071
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	16,038	4,971
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	300	300
			138,807	118,342
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	55,807	26,342
159	154	Total Defence Signals Branch (see page 64)	(a) 83,000	(a) 92,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
1951–52.	1952–53.	TREASURY DEFENCE DIVISION.
		(See Division No. 108.)	£	£
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	2,350	2,250
1	1	Chief Finance Officer............................	1,916	1,723
10	10	Senior Finance Officers, Finance Officers and Senior Investigation Officers	15,088	13,836
28	27	Clerks......................................	23,152	22,302
24	24	Assistants, Senior Examiners, Examiners, Machinists and Typists	11,464	10,202
			53,970	50,313
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies and officers on loan from other Departments	965	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	500	200
			55,435	50,513
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,395	2,361
		Amount chargeable to Special Appropriation—War Gratuity Act 1945–1948	440	652
			4,835	3,013
64	63	Total Treasury Defence Division (see page 65)	(a) 50,600	(a) 47,500

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
		PERMANENT NAVAL FORCES. (See Division No. 109.)	£	£
		Pay and allowances under Naval Financial Regulations under Naval Defence Act in respect of personnel of the Royal Australian Navy detailed hereunder.
		Living out, provision and separation allowances payable to personnel.
		Additional amount for pay at Royal Navy rates, of officers on loan from the Royal Navy.
		Contributions towards pension and gratuity rights and United Kingdom National Insurance of personnel on loan from the Royal Navy.
		Arrears of pay ; pay of officers and men prior to taking up duty and subsequent to ceasing duty.
		Payment of gratuity and allowance for Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
		Pay of officers discharged to the half‑pay list prior to retirement.
		Retiring gratuities to medical officers under regulation.
		Pay of personnel on retirement leave and payments in lieu.
		Exchange on pay of personnel serving abroad.
1	1	Chief of Naval Staff............................	3,600	3,500
7	7	Rear Admirals................................
3	4	Commodores, 2nd Class.........................
42	45	Captains....................................
136	148	Commanders................................
836	973	Lieutenant‑Commanders, Lieutenants and Sub‑Lieutenants
94	132	Midshipmen and Cadet‑Midshipmen...........
13	16	Chaplains...................................
280	309	Branch Officers...............................
1412	1635
13461	14629	Petty Officers and Seamen........................
14873	16264
		Women's Royal Australian Naval Service.
1	1	Chief Officer................................	13,378,400	10,612,214
9	13	First, Second and Third Officers....................	(a)	(a)
10	14
290	286	Ratings....................................
300	300
		Dockyard Police.
1	1	Superintendent...............................
4	5	Inspector and Sub‑Inspectors................
67	67	Sergeants, 1st and 2nd Class......................
364	363	Constables..................................
436	436
			13,382,000	10,615,714
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,957,000	923,714
		Amount recoverable from other Departments.........	64,000	31,000
			2,021,000	954,714
15609	17000	Total Permanent Naval Forces (see page 66)	11,361,000	9,661,000

(a) Pay and allowances are fixed by Naval Financial Regulations under Naval Defence Act.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote. 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1952–53.	Vote. 1951–52.
		CIVILIAN SERVICES. (See Division No. 110.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,850	2,750
913	921	Technical, clerical and other administrative staff..........	774,000	635,820
			776,850	638,570
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	10,000	10,000
		Additional salaries under tentative classification...........	3,000	3,000
		Pay in lieu of furlough on retirement..................	3,700	827
		Permanent officers on loan from other Departments........	2,000	4,548
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	600	600
		Allowances to officers in United Kingdom..............	600	663
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	800	165
			797,550	658,373
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	373,550	287,373
914	922	Total Civilian Services (see page 66)......	(a) 424,000	(a) 371,000
		ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE. (See Division No. 111.)
		Civil Staff.
7	10	Professorial staff...............................	12,520	8,202
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	12,520	8,202
			2,520	202
7	10	Total Royal Australian Naval College (see page 66)	(a) 10,000	(a) 8,000
		NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 113.)
1	1	Works Manager................................	1,664	1,745
1299	1439	Administrative, technical, clerical and other staff..........	1,167,000	890,637
			1,168,664	892,382
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	25,000	25,000
		Additional salaries under tentative classifications..........	3,000	3,000
		Pay in lieu of furlough on retirement..................	2,500	1,117
		Permanent officers on loan from other Departments........	1,000	1,744
		Allowances to officers performing duties' of a higher class....	1,000	1,000
		Allowances to officers in United Kingdom..............	1,625	102
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad....................	1,000	443
			1,203,789	924,788
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	451,406	391,244
		Williamstown Dockyard employees (financed through Williamstown Dockyard Trust Account)	116,383	15,544
		Amount recoverable from other Governments..........	..	2,000
			567,789	408,788
1300	1440	Total Naval Establishments (see page 66).......	(a) 638,000	(a) 516,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

F.4385.—13

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
		AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY. (See Division No. 127.)
1	1	Chief of the General Staff.........................	3,600	3,500
3	4	Lieutenant‑Generals(b).....................	12,400	9,000
12	11	Major‑Generals(b)........................	28,600	30,000
23	20	Brigadiers....................................
36	34	Colonels.....................................
198	225	Lieutenant‑Colonels.......................
2514	3257	Majors, Captains and Lieutenants....................
1923	2297	Warrant Officers...............................	23,055,400	18,303,500
707	965	Staff Sergeants................................	(a)	(a)
2985	3203	Sergeants....................................
3849	5790	Corporals....................................
14749	17193	Lance Corporals, Privates, Gunners, Sappers, Drivers, &c.....
			23,100,000	18,346,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority and recoverable for duties performed for other Government Authorities	3,570,000	3,708,000
27000 (c)	33000 (c)	Total Australian Regular Army (see page 69)....	19,530,000	14,638,000
		CIVILIAN SERVICES. (See Division No. 128.)
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,100	2,750
3	3	Assistant Secretaries.............................	6,300	5,658
1	1	Administrative Officer...........................	1,690	1,505
1	1	Chief Finance Officer............................	2,130	1,992
3	3	Directors of Finance.............................	5,640	5,104
12	12	Command and Branch Secretaries, Secretary Military Board and Assistant Military Secretary	19,400	17,714
20	20	Chief Ordnance Officer, Deputy Chief Ordnance Officers and Ordnance Officers	22,960	20,466
653	718	Command Paymasters, Accountants, Inspectors, Staff and Industrial Officers, Publications Officer, Property Officer. Draftsmen. Production Illustrator, Clerks, Librarians and Cadet (Personnel)	647,270	497,787
261	285	Assistants, Typists, Machinists and Messengers...........	168,050	119,240
317	317	Foremen, Ammunition Examiners, Storemen, Range Superintendents, Range Assistants, Tradesmen	231,960	193,888
			1,108,500	866,104
		Provision for proposed new staff and proposed reclassification of existing positions	160,000	25,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	9,000	12,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,277,500	903,104
			625,500	383,104
1272	1361	Total Civilian Services (see page 69)......	(e) 652,000	(e) 520,000
		ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE. (See Division No. 131.)
		Military.
1	1	Staff Officer, New Zealand Forces....................	(d)	(d)
		Civil.
11	12	Professors and Lecturers..........................	17,700	14,700
1	1	Finance and Civil Secretary........................	1,430	1,290
5	5	Clerks and Librarians............................	4,320	3,506
2	2	Typists......................................	1,050	840
			24,500	20,336
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,400	1,436
20	21	Total Royal Military College (see page 70)	(e) 21,100	(e) 18,900
		RIFLE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS. (See Division No. 132.)
20	20	Supervisors, Inspectors, Range Clerks and Clerks..........	19,450	16,881
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,450	2,581
20	20	Total Rifle Clubs and Associations (see page 70)	(e) 16,000	(e) 14,300

(a) Pay and allowances for the above positions are in accordance with rates fixed by Financial (Military) Regulations. (b) Expenditure in respect of three of these positions is recoverable from votes controlled by other Departments. (c) These positions are based on Army establishments approved under the Defence programme. (d) Pay at service rates is provided under Division No. 127. (e) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF AIR.
1951–52.	1952–53.
		ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. (See Division No. 143.)	£	£
		Officers.
1	1	Chief of Air Staff...............................	(a) 4,352	3,500
6	7	Air Vice‑Marshals........................
13	12	Air Commodores...............................
1853	1997	Croup Captains, Wing Commanders, Squadron Leaders, Flight Lieutenants, Flying Officers and Pilot Officers
15	21	Chaplains....................................
		Nursing Service.
1	1	Matron in Chief................................
78	84	Matrons, Senior Sisters and Sisters...................	13,052,039	9,878,750
		Airmen.
5955	6460	Warrant Officers, Flight Sergeants, Sergeants and Corporals...
5673	7334	Aircraftsmen..................................
		Trainees.
96	96	Cadets......................................
435	435	Aircrew and Ground Staff (excluding Apprentices).........
570	570	Apprentices..................................
14696	17018		13,056,391	9,882,250
(d)	(d)
		Women's Royal Australian Air Force.
		Officers.
30	30	Wing, Squadron, Flight and Section Officers.............
		Airwomen.	355,144	340,250
250	250	Flight Sergeants, Sergeants and Corporals...............
582	582	Aircraftwomen................................
862	862		355,144	340,250
			13,411,535	10,222,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	50,000	50,000
		Pay in lieu of long service leave, &c...................	22,000	35,000
			13,483,535	10,307,500
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,043,535	823,500
15558	17880	Total Royal Australian Air Force (see page 72)	(b) 12,440,000	(b) 9,484,000
		CIVILIAN SERVICES. (See Division No. 144.)
1	1	Secretary....................................	2,850	2,750
2	4	First Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.........	7,866	4,000
1	..	Secretary, Air Board.............................	..	1,628
4	3	Chief Finance Officer, Assistant Chief Finance Officer and Finance Officers	5,187	6,884
5	5	Area Finance Officers and Assistant Area Finance Officers...	7,787	6,604
17	17	Director of Studies, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, Psychologists and Education Officers	20,247	19,826
1	1	Staff Inspector.................................	1,605	1,442
..	2	Inspector and Investigator.........................	2,572	..
..	7	Administrative Assistants.........................	10,265	..
312	311	Clerks......................................	278,853	247,104
167	162	Librarian, Assistants, Typists, Accounting Machinists and Junior Assistants	83,336	78,640
12	12	Engineers and Draftsmen..........................	12,320	10,380
34	149	Director Aeronautical Inspection, Assistant Director, Inspectors and Examiners	145,655	27,694
			578,543	406,952
		Private Secretary to the Minister occupying unclassified position	..	1,140
		Officers on loan from other Departments and officers occupying positions not yet classified	6,000	10,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	2,000	2,500
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	50,000	50,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu...	4,430	4,572
			640,973	475,164
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	250,973	175,164
556	674	Total Civilian Services (see page 72)......	(c) 390,000	(c) 300,000

(a) Pay and allowances as R.A.F. officer on loan to R.A.A.F.

(b) Pay and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Regulations under the Air Force Act.

(c) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

(d) These positions are based on Air Force establishments approved under the Defence Programme.

F.4385.—14

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 155.)
			£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,350	3,250
1	1	Deputy Secretary...............................	2,449	2,372
1	4	Assistant Secretaries and Director of Finance.............	7,972	2,124
4	4	State Controllers...............................	6,436	5,735
1	1	Chief Scientist.................................	3,324	3,000
1	2	Controllers...................................	6,112	2,982
1	1	Controller, Stores and Transport.....................	1,826	1,752
..	2	Deputy Directors of Contracts......................	3,652	..
..	1	Chief Security Officer............................	1,826	..
..	1	Senior Scientific Officer..........................	1,394	..
4	4	Superintending Scientists..........................	8,792	7,752
3	3	Deputy and Assistant Controllers, Stores and Transport......	4,442	4,040
12	11	Security Officers...............................	13,030	13,697
7	2	Branch Secretaries and Administrative Officers...........	2,946	9,145
250	268	Accountants, Finance Officers, Personnel Officers, Research Officers and Clerks	243,056	195,635
3	7	Engineers, Technical Officers.......................	7,448	3,517
26	26	Assistant Security Officers.........................	23,176	20,434
1	2	Foremen, Technical Assistant and Labourer.............	1,570	570
153	168	Typists, Machinists and Assistants....................	93,251	74,953
			436,052	350,958
		Provision for furlough payments.....................	758	3,899
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	31,828	60,578
		Officers on loan................................	11,516	13,850
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	133,679	80,780
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	115,401	25,000
		Provision for proposed reclassification of existing positions...	..	2,000
		Employers' contributions to premiums on scientists' assurance policies	475	1,000
			729,709	538,065
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	279,709	169,750
		Amount chargeable to other Departments..............	..	8,315
			279,709	178,065
469	509	Total Administrative (see page 74).......	(a) 450,000	(a) 360,000
		GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 156.)
..	1	Chief Superintendent............................	2,384	..
1	1	Manager.....................................	2,070	2,000
3	4	Superintending Scientists..........................	8,534	5,814
1	..	Branch Secretary...............................	..	1,628
..	1	Superintending Engineer..........................	2,198	..
..	1	Principal Administrative Officer.....................	1,454	..
157	222	Scientific and Experimental Officers and Draftsmen........	255,591	135,054
6	6	Stores and Transport Officers.......................	8,336	7,584
4	4	Assistant Stores and Transport Officers................	5,216	4,672
93	157	Accountants, Sub‑Accountants, Clerks and Librarians.	142,956	72,238
11	8	Traffic Officers, Transport Officers, Supervisors and Storekeepers	7,746	8,909
12	12	Cadet Engineer and Cadet Draftsmen..................	5,400	4,904
67	124	Assistants, Machinists and Typists....................	71,438	33,927
27	37	Foremen and Forewomen.........................	32,910	21,619
			546,233	298,349
		Provision for furlough payments.....................	..	2,564
		Officers on loan................................	4,892	2,874
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	93,758	27,572
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	..	15,440
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	536,890	100,000
		Provision for proposed reclassification of existing positions...	452	1,000
		Employers' contributions to premiums on scientists' assurance policies	275	200
		Pay of Service personnel reimbursed to Service Departments..	545,000	..
			1,727,500	447,999
382	578	Carried forward...............	1,727,500	447,999

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OP SUPPLY.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS—continued.	£	£
382	578	Brought forward...............	1,727,500	447,999
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	397,500	62,999
		Amount chargeable to Defence Research and Development...	1,130,000	207,000
		Amount chargeable to other Departments...............	..	57,000
			1,527,500	326,999
382	578	Total Government Establishments (see page 74)....	(a) 200,000	(a) 121,000
		SUPPLY RESEARCH LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 157.)
..	2	Senior Superintending Scientists.....................	5,140	..
2	..	Chief Superintendents............................	..	5,010
..	1	Superintending Scientists..........................	2,194	..
4	..	Deputy and Assistant Superintendents.................	..	7,377
1	2	Assistant Manager (Administrative) and Administrative Officer	2,908	1,404
4	4	Superintending Scientists (Engineering)................	8,420	7,808
18	..	Heads of Branches and Sections,.....................	..	24,281
..	7	Principal Scientific Officers........................	12,782	..
345	187	Scientific, Research and Technical Officers and Draftsmen...	194,898	324,625
17	28	Accountants, Clerks and Librarian....................	24,730	13,775
82	78	Laboratory Officers and Assistants...................	68,666	55,243
69	72	Foremen and Tradesmen..........................	56,228	48,836
68	58	Typists, Assistants and Tracers......................	32,590	32,585
9	8	Labourers, &c..................................	6,042	5,146
			414,598	526,090
		Provision for furlough payments.....................	161	1,276
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	..	68,129
		Officers on loan................................	1,146	505
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	160,806	9,203
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	117,735	20,000
		Employers' contributions to premiums on scientists' assurance policies	..	150
			694,446	625,353
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	361,446	235,853
		Amount chargeable to Defence Research and Development..	..	75,500
			361,446	311,353
619	447	Total Supply Research Laboratories (see page 74).	(a) 333,000	(a) 314,000
		ARMY BRANCH—INSPECTION AND DESIGN. (See Division No. 158.)
1	1	Chief Inspector................................	2,074	1,814
2	2	Senior Inspectors...............................	2,548	2,160
..	1	Senior Scientific Officer..........................	1,394	..
..	9	Supervising Engineer and Senior Engineers..............	13,162	..
..	45	Engineers, Draftsmen and Technical Officers............	50,466	..
10	10	Inspectors....................................	10,784	9,168
2	11	Supervisors, Foremen and Technical Assistants...........	9,446	1,584
15	22	Clerks......................................	17,996	9,524
32	32	Chief Examiners and Senior Examiners................	26,882	23,712
1	7	Typists......................................	3,917	539
			138,669	48,501
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	5,910	1,482
		Officers on loan................................	782	681
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	..	32,991
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	124,190	50,000
		Pay of military personnel reimbursed to Department of the Army	120,000	110,000
		Provision for Cadet Training Scheme..................	17,328	..
			406,879	243,655
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	203,879	86,655
63	140	Total Army Branch—Inspection and Design (see page 75)	(a) 203,000	(a) 157,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Defence Services

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 173.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary....................................	3,350	3,250
1	1	Controller‑General Munitions Supply...........	3,100	2,780
4	5	Assistant Secretaries.............................	10,758	8,496
..	5	General Managers..............................	12,617	..
6	7	Directors, Assistant Directors and Branch Secretary........	12,656	10,636
1	1	Chief Works Officer.............................	1,764	1,607
1	1	Chief Industrial Officer...........................	1,826	1,752
1	1	Superintendent of Staff...........................	1,702	1,628
1	1	Chief Chemical Engineer..........................	2,322	2,062
1	..	Chief Safety Officer.............................	..	1,230
..	1	Controller Production Orders, Statistics and Stores.........	1,950	..
91	90	Professional and Technical Officers...................	107,912	97,524
202	178	Accountants, Finance Officers, Personnel Officers and Clerks..	175,614	178,949
3	8	Technical Assistants.............................	7,024	2,336
104	111	Typists, Machinists and Assistants....................	60,532	58,163
			403,127	370,413
		Provision for furlough payments.....................	2,736	..
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	9,502	55,216
		Officers on loan................................	6,574	4,619
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	51,900	36,717
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	209,012	10,000
		Provision for proposed reclassification of existing positions...	2,500	1,600
			685,351	478,565
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	275,351	110,565
417	411	Total Administrative (see page 77).......	(a) 410,000	(a) 368,000
		GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKINGS AND ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 174.)
5	..	General Managers..............................	..	12,029
8	7	Managers....................................	15,103	16,394
13	13	Assistant Managers.............................	23,042	20,728
5	4	Assistant Managers (Administrative)..................	6,622	7,706
2	2	Works Managers...............................	3,776	3,251
1	1	Chief Draftsman...............................	1,826	1,752
49	49	Heads of Sections...............................	66,884	60,933
2	..	Chief Test Pilot and Test Pilot......................	..	3,256
242	237	Engineers and Technical Officers....................	256,929	211,272
97	294	Accountant, Sub‑Accountants and Clerks.........	259,163	84,345
27	51	Cadet Engineers and Cadet Draftsmen.................	38,636	16,668
3	2	Welding Inspectors..............................	2,068	2,214
6	3	Supervisors and Storekeepers.......................	2,404	4,786
240	251	Foremen, Forewomen and Technical Assistants...........	243,486	199,304
35	32	Laboratory Assistant and Tracers....................	23,873	19,480
2	37	Assistants, Machinists and Typists....................	20,446	1,010
			964,258	665,128
		Provision for furlough payments.....................	1,794	2,132
		Officers on loan................................	1,272	8,908
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	145,640	126,024
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.......	..	74,145
		Provision for proposed new staff.....................	168,214	20,000
		Provision for proposed reclassification of existing positions...	..	1,652
		Provision for Cadet training scheme...................	36,822	..
			1,318,000	897,989
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	468,000	97,989
737	983	Total Government Undertakings and Establishments (see page 77)	(a) 850,000	(a) 800,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXII.—War and Repatriation Services.

Number of Persons.				1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	REPATRIATION COMMISSION. (See Division No. 207.)		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
				£	£
1	1	Chairman...................................		2,850	2,750
1	1	Deputy Chairman.............................		2,350	2,250
1	1	Commissioner................................		2,350	2,250
3	3
			Maximum per annum.
			£
4	4	Secretary and Assistant Commissioners...	2,074	8,200	7,650
6	6	Deputy Commissioners..............	2,198	10,900	10,660
1	1	Principal Medical Officer............	2,885	2,850	2,800
65	59	Medical Officers..................	2,698	99,300	115,500
1609	1480	Clerks.........................	1,702	1,240,900	1,242,800
398	357	Typists........................	820	176,600	188,900
101	100	Assistants.......................	752	58,200	54,460
19	15	Accounting Machinists..............	604	7,300	9,860
9	..	Telephonists.....................	.. ..	..	4,320
78	76	Male Cleaners, Watchmen, Lift Attendants and others	920	50,500	49,300
				1,662,300	1,693,500
		Remuneration of War Pensions Appeal Tribunals.........		20,500	19,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...		12,800	15,600
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.		13,500	14,400
		Payment to Postmaster‑General's Department for services of telephonists		2,600	..
				1,711,700	1,743,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority		169,300	189,100
2293	2101	Total Repatriation Commission (see page 91)...		(a) 1,542,400	(a) 1,553,900
		WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION. (See Division No. 211.)
1	1	Director....................................		2,322	2,241
2	2	Assistant Directors.............................		3,900	3,738
6	7	Deputy Directors..............................		11,525	9,125
6	6	Assistant Deputy Directors.......................		8,097	7,438
..	87	Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers.......		90,592	..
292	297	Accountants, Conveyancers and Clerks...............		251,967	219,850
95	114	Assistants, Typists and Machinists..................		59,072	42,639
				427,475	285,031
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies......		9,016	57,793
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...		958	608
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.		3,700	2,798
				441,149	346,230
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority		43,049	45,330
402	614	Total War Service Homes Division (see page 92)		(a) 398,100	(a) 300,900
		AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. (See Division No. 219.)
1	1	Director....................................		1,764	1,620
2	1	Assistant Director.............................		1,257	1,976
7	7	Clerks.....................................		6,254	5,104
19	29	Typists, Assistants, Superintendent and Attendants........		18,857	11,150
				28,132	19,850
		Unattached officer.............................		..	628
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...		935	433
				29,067	20,911
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority		13,067	8,911
29	38	Total Australian War Memorial (see page 95).		(a) 16,000	(a) 12,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

I.—Commonwealth Railways.

	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
CENTRAL STAFF.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
	£	£
Commissioner—Additional remuneration......................	(a) 100	(a) ..
Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts and Audit.................	2,026	1,852
Other Staff (Permanent and Temporary).......................	20,639	18,804
	22,765	20,656
OTHER THAN CENTRAL STAFF.
Chief Civil Engineer....................................	2,074	1,994
Chief Mechanical Engineer...............................	2,074	1,994
Chief Traffic Manager...................................	2,074	1,994
Comptroller of Stores...................................	1,764	..
Manager............................................	1,494	1,414
Engineer, Assistant Engineers, Superintendents, Foremen, Draftsmen, Stationmasters, Clerks, &c.	207,755	198,948
Other Staff (Permanent and Temporary).......................	1,658,000	1,444,000
	1,875,235	1,650,344
Total.......................	(b) 1,898,000	(b) 1,671,000

(a) In addition, salary at the rate of £3,500 per annum is provided under Special Appropriation. (b) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulations or other competent authority.

ALLOCATION OF SALARIES AND WAGES AS SHOWN ABOVE.

	1952–53.		1951–52.
	£		£
Trans‑Australian Railway............	926,000	..	989,000
Central Australia Railway..................	862,000	..	596,000
North Australia Railway...................	81,000	..	65,000
Australian Capital Territory Railway...........	29,000	..	21,000
Total...............	1,898,000	..	1,671,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
1951–52.	1952–53.	CENTRAL OFFICE. (See Division No. 230.)
			£	£
1	1	Director‑General.........................	(a) 4,100	(a) 4,000
1	1	Deputy Director‑General....................	3,456	3,378
9	9	Assistant Directors‑General..................	21,288	20,834
4	13	Assistant Heads of Branches.......................	22,872	7,326
223	231	Clerks......................................	211,554	170,390
55	61	Draftsmen....................................	61,638	45,210
156	164	Engineers....................................	191,954	179,608
29	24	Inspectors....................................	29,920	35,160
23	23	Traffic Officers................................	25,726	21,302
11	7	Postal Officers.................................	4,584	6,430
81	95	Assistants....................................	64,515	45,513
30	30	Junior Postal Officers............................	10,312	7,930
74	75	Technicians...................................	61,152	51,581
82	87	Typists and Machinists...........................	44,278	33,676
1	1	Lineman.....................................	782	734
6	5	Artisans.....................................	4,072	4,058
1	1	Overseer.....................................	884	806
1	1	Motor Driver..................................	698	608
			763,785	638,544
		Officers on duty overseas..........................	7,700	7,000
		Private Secretary and staff filling unclassified positions......	3,500	3,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	30,000	28,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	250	250
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	5,000	3,100
			810,235	679,894
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	67,235	19,894
788	829	Total Central Office (see page 101).......	(b) 743,000	(b) 660,000
		NEW SOUTH WALES. (See Division No. 231.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,694	2,615
1	1	Assistant Director..............................	1,764	1,621
35	36	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	58,614	53,457
812	870	Clerks......................................	725,276	588,769
119	127	Draftsmen....................................	121,692	92,638
219	231	Engineers....................................	259,814	228,679
20	18	Inquiry Officers................................	15,348	14,704
62	62	Inspectors....................................	69,722	65,240
981	1072	Postal Clerks..................................	842,419	700,599
455	491	Postmasters...................................	519,793	447,966
147	193	Supervisors...................................	159,850	110,892
736	736	Telegraphists..................................	550,122	484,609
63	71	Traffic Officers................................	69,658	53,859
284	299	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	209,317	173,754
1155	1443	Assistants....................................	910,660	656,587
2317	2323	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	1,651,859	1,463,478
287	337	Machinists and Typists...........................	171,900	135,182
1243	1680	Mail Officers..................................	1,190,409	773,438
2678	4137	Technicians...................................	3,157,516	1,852,603
1292	1453	Junior Postal Officers............................	541,702	402,258
3420	3420	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	1,637,781	1,428,329
79	89	Overseers....................................	73,897	58,973
171	281	Phonogram Attendants...........................	135,570	78,008
2635	2610	Postal Officers.................................	1,714,236	1,490,421
94	165	Storemen....................................	101,506	54,462
283	335	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	229,732	170,756
			15,122,851	11,583,897
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	1,910,142	1,775,627
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	250,000	250,000
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties..........	6,500	6,500
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	12,000	11,000
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	4,500	4,500
		District allowances..............................	14,000	14,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	45,000	55,000
			17,364,993	13,700,524
19589	22481	Carried forward...............	17,364,993	13,700,524

(a) Inclusive of all allowances, (b) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.	£	£
19589	22481	Brought forward.............	17,364,993	13,700,524
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	20,000	17,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,944,993	4,211,524
			4,964,993	4,228,524
19589	22481	Total New South Wales (see page 102)...	12,400,000	(a) 9,472,000
		VICTORIA. (See Division No. 232.)
1	1	Director....................................	2,460	2,273
1	1	Assistant Director‑General, Stores and Transport...	2,080	2,023
34	36	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches.......	56,010	50,698
669	688	Clerks.....................................	672,370	612,915
76	85	Draftsmen..................................	67,980	54,102
203	202	Engineers...................................	230,640	223,441
11	10	Inquiry Officers...............................	8,730	7,497
46	45	Inspectors...................................	50,670	49,022
554	636	Postal Clerks.................................	467,110	387,830
262	301	Postmasters.................................	350,920	255,764
104	156	Supervisors.................................	120,350	84,188
394	433	Telegraphists................................	305,340	253,120
59	63	Traffic Officers...............................	59,580	48,948
235	250	Artisans and General Workmen....................	176,280	152,415
728	895	Assistants...................................	512,910	422,330
1499	1499	Line Inspectors and Linemen......................	1,064,440	961,373
255	262	Machinists and Typists..........................	126,490	126,148
1174	1493	Mail Officers................................	862,960	679,360
2018	3633	Technicians.................................	2,590,050	1,431,500
885	925	Junior Postal Officers...........................	383,770	263,955
1591	2543	Monitors and Telephonists........................	1,106,080	691,100
61	70	Overseers...................................	60,720	47,997
118	176	Phonogram Attendants..........................	76,930	53,367
1796	1744	Postal Officers...............................	1,012,230	975,290
71	106	Storemen...................................	70,330	49,307
176	244	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers............	169,000	109,412
			10,618,430	7,995,375
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies......	1,664,900	1,391,130
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...	301,100	259,500
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties.........	4,440	4,220
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	5,340	4,860
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.....................	4,500	4,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	100,000	90,000
			12,698,710	9,749,085
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	10,500	10,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	3,788,210	2,312,085
			3,798,710	2,322,085
13021	16497	Total Victoria (see page 104)..........	(a) 8,900,000	(a) 7,427,000
		QUEENSLAND. (See Division No. 233.)
1	1	Director....................................	2,122	2,003
30	30	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches.......	41,946	37,483
384	399	Clerks.....................................	330,634	287,154
47	56	Draftsmen..................................	49,691	28,398
462	486	Carried forward..............	424,393	355,038

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	QUEENSLAND—continued.	£	£
462	486	Brought forward.................	424,393	355,038
97	98	Engineers....................................	102,933	102,673
6	5	Inquiry Officers................................	4,110	4,554
30	33	Inspectors....................................	37,984	33,560
364	395	Postal Clerks..................................	291,695	243,196
201	211	Postmasters...................................	208,883	175,544
73	94	Supervisors...................................	74,871	53,002
302	326	Telegraphists..................................	223,780	198,230
29	28	Traffic Officers................................	27,072	26,015
101	103	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	70,532	62,910
497	611	Assistants....................................	382,167	288,786
840	840	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	575,362	399,596
145	156	Machinists and Typists...........................	79,311	66,631
378	387	Mail Officers..................................	270,607	236,266
892	1416	Technicians...................................	1,059,167	587,482
456	588	Junior Postal Officers............................	192,915	113,175
1395	1395	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	622,336	501,288
32	37	Overseers....................................	30,111	22,500
101	101	Phonogram Attendants...........................	47,259	41,590
906	877	Postal Officers.................................	557,050	504,699
43	68	Storemen....................................	42,258	27,151
74	104	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	68,450	45,938
			5,393,246	4,089,824
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	730,486	754,357
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	128,000	110,000
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties..........	2,000	2,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	3,000	5,000
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	2,000	1,200
		District allowances..............................	55,000	56,000
		Functional allowances to permanent engineering workmen....	24,000	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	20,000	30,000
			6,357,732	5,048,381
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	13,000	13,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	844,732	515,381
			857,732	528,381
7424	8359	Total Queensland (see page 106).........	(a) 5,500,000	(a) 4,520,000
		SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (See Division No. 234.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,050	1,926
27	27	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	35,898	34,005
251	275	Clerks......................................	233,083	195,239
40	45	Draftsmen....................................	36,867	29,312
65	67	Engineers....................................	70,667	63,521
4	4	Inquiry Officers................................	3,452	3,164
16	17	Inspectors....................................	20,100	17,735
222	233	Postal Clerks..................................	172,240	146,547
138	156	Postmasters...................................	146,202	120,361
37	53	Supervisors...................................	38,303	25,286
197	197	Telegraphists..................................	145,250	129,996
17	21	Traffic Officers................................	19,813	15,109
66	67	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	46,273	40,932
202	259	Assistants....................................	153,831	104,805
475	482	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	311,642	274,685
94	98	Machinists and Typists...........................	51,757	42,918
282	348	Mail Officers..................................	233,850	168,770
526	1266	Technicians...................................	882,454	306,390
268	334	Junior Postal Officers............................	126,180	67,154
1057	1057	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	505,246	366,684
19	21	Overseers....................................	18,052	14,177
4004	5028	Carried forward..................	3,253,210	2,168,716

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
		SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.
			£	£
4004	5028	Brought forward...............	3,253,210	2,168,716
46	46	Phonogram Attendants...........................	22,030	19,180
582	574	Postal Officers.................................	349,472	308,821
25	47	Storemen....................................	30,725	14,659
48	75	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	40,920	27,472
			3,702,357	2,538,848
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	470,531	366,274
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	89,000	80,000
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties..........	1,200	1,100
		Allowance to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	1,100	800
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	500	500
		District allowances..............................	2,000	1,800
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	27,000	15,000
			4,293,688	3,004,322
		Less—
		Amounts to' be withheld from officers on account of rent...	12,000	11,500
		Amounts payable by States and other Commonwealth Departments	..	100
		Officers on loan...............................	32,000	20,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	1,109,688	436,422
			1,153,688	468,022
4705	5770	Total South Australia (see page 107)......	(a) 3,140,000	(a) 2,536,300
		WESTERN AUSTRALIA. (See Division No. 236.)
1	1	Director.....................................	1,932	1,851
27	27	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	34,878	33,049
170	187	Clerks......................................	148,138	127,759
17	19	Draftsmen....................................	16,502	12,699
47	47	Engineers....................................	50,050	46,792
3	4	Inquiry Officers................................	3,284	2,337
17	17	Inspectors....................................	18,352	15,968
219	239	Postal Clerks..................................	161,617	136,699
139	147	Postmasters...................................	135,726	113,057
26	31	Supervisors...................................	26,044	19,386
117	128	Telegraphists..................................	81,826	68,833
10	10	Traffic Officers................................	8,948	8,128
59	60	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	39,844	35,526
151	185	Assistants....................................	119,684	85,496
441	441	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	307,212	273,860
66	68	Machinists and Typists...........................	34,814	30,470
183	231	Mail Officers..................................	152,112	107,757
391	654	Technicians...................................	479,566	259,597
290	291	Junior Postal Officers............................	92,239	78,260
508	508	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	244,866	220,393
17	19	Overseers....................................	14,752	12,279
36	36	Phonogram Attendants...........................	17,412	15,682
386	365	Postal Officers.................................	218,308	206,746
19	46	Storemen....................................	30,104	10,911
52	86	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	56,476	30,512
			2,494,686	1,954,047
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	219,371	167,760
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	50,000	44,000
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties..........	1,100	1,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	1,500	1,500
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	1,100	700
		District allowances..............................	14,000	13,000
		Functional allowances to permanent engineering workmen....	11,400	11,400
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	17,000	15,000
			2,810,157	2,208,407
3392	3847	Carried forward..................	2,810,157	2,208,407

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General' s Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.

		WESTERN AUSTRALIA—continued.
			£	£
3392	3847	Brought forward	2,810,157	2,208,407
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	9,600	6,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	478,557	283,407
			488,157	289,407
3392	3847	Total Western Australia (see page 109).....	(a) 2,322,000	(a) 1,919,000
		TASMANIA. (See Division No. 236.)
1	1	Director.....................................	1,740	1,621
19	19	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	22,975	21,597
84	95	Clerks......................................	73,341	59,836
10	13	Draftsmen....................................	10,909	6,710
22	22	Engineers....................................	20,010	19,344
2	2	Inquiry Officers................................	1,576	1,454
6	6	Inspectors....................................	6,506	6,610
54	66	Postal Clerks..................................	50,538	36,528
44	51	Postmasters...................................	48,544	37,380
22	26	Supervisors...................................	20,334	16,206
49	49	Telegraphists..................................	33,944	32,846
6	7	Traffic Officers................................	5,923	4,483
27	27	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	18,459	14,102
100	131	Assistants....................................	84,557	58,055
196	196	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	136,654	118,406
36	38	Machinists and Typists...........................	18,704	15,969
89	91	Mail Officers..................................	67,376	54,509
176	280	Technicians...................................	206,122	97,554
94	117	Junior Postal Officers............................	34,047	27,377
393	393	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	191,216	148,395
8	10	Overseers....................................	8,180	5,782
20	20	Phonogram Attendants...........................	9,680	8,621
171	236	Postal Officers.................................	143,480	97,165
10	18	Storemen....................................	11,994	6,600
14	19	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	12,446	8,665
			1,239,255	905,815
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	128,949	74,245
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	40,000	30,000
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties..........	500	400
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	800	500
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	300	200
		District allowances..............................	600	600
		Functional allowances to permanent engineering officers.....	4,000	4,500
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	10,000	8,000
			1,424,404	1,024,260
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent...	2,100	1,700
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	349,304	137,560
			351,404	139,260
		Total Tasmania (see page 111)..........	(a) 1,073,000	(a) 885,000
1653	1933
		NORTHERN TERRITORY. (See Division No. 237.)
2	2	Clerks......................................	1,816	1,690
1	2	Engineers....................................	2,184	1,027
10	10	Postal Clerks..................................	6,942	6,182
5	5	Postmasters...................................	4,850	4,473
2	2	Supervisors...................................	1,792	1,666
9	9	Telegraphists..................................	6,290	5,603
6	6	Assistants....................................	4,310	3,878
9	9	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	4,591	4,191
24	24	Line Inspector and Linemen........................	17,038	15,526
68	69	Carried forward...............	49,813	44,236

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster‑General's Department.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.
		NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.
			£	£
68	69	Brought forward	49,813	44,236
2	2	Artisans....................................	1,438	1,312
22	22	Technicians.................................	17,312	15,890
8	8	Junior Postal Officers...........................	2,518	2,090
1	1	Typist and Machinist...........................	480	435
14	14	Postal Officers...............................	9,093	7,776
			80,654	71,739
		Officers on loan...............................	32,000	20,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...	3,600	2,600
		Allowances to officers performing counter duties.........	60	60
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	60
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.....................	..	30
		District allowances.............................	8,000	7,500
			124,374	101,929
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent.	500	500
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	30,074	4,729
			30,574	5,229
115	116	Total Northern Territory (see page 112).....	(a) 93,800	(a) 96,700

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Broadcasting Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD. (See Division No. 242.)	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
		Executive.
1	1	Chairman....................................	3,100	3,000
2	2	Members of Board..............................	5,700	5,500
		Administrative Division.
1	1	Secretary....................................	1,997	1,886
1	1	Assistant Secretary..............................	1,717	1,623
10	10	Administrative Officer, Finance Officer, Senior Research Officer and Clerks	10,762	10,120
10	9	Librarian, Typists and Junior Assistant.................	5,655	5,555
		Technical Services Division.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,048	1,990
2	2	Assistant Directors..............................	3,652	3,571
6	6	Engineers....................................	8,197	7,817
		Programme Services Division.
1	1	Director.....................................	2,062	1,963
2	2	Research Officers...............................	2,962	2,902
1	1	Clerk.......................................	914	804
			48,766	46,731
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy........	770	..
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,640	6,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,250	1,500
			52,426	54,731
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,226	2,231
38	37	Total Australian Broadcasting Control Board (see page 116)	(a) 48,200	(a) 52,500
		AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION. (See Division No. 243.)
		Administrative.
5	5	Commissioners................................	2,650	2,650
1	1	General Manager...............................	3,100	3,000
1	1	Assistant General Manager........................	2,570	2,489
4	4	Controller of Administration and Assistant Controllers of Administration	7,226	6,720
11	11	Managers and Assistant Managers....................	20,416	19,415
8	8	Accountants..................................	9,636	8,907
58	62	Technical Officer, Personnel Officers and Clerks..........	56,369	42,443
147	133	Machinists and Typists, Telephonists, Messengers and Despatch Assistants and Car Drivers	77,798	65,586
91	91	Miscellaneous Staff.............................	52,911	41,150
			232,676	192,360
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	5,500	1,000
			238,176	193,360
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,876	2,460
326	316	Total Administrative.................	235,300	190,900
		Programmes.
1	1	Controller of Programmes.........................	2,260	2,177
1	1	Assistant Controller of Programmes...................	1,826	1,697
6	6	Directors of Programmes..........................	11,948	11,412
5	4	Assistant Directors of Programmes...................	6,601	7,615
6	6	State Programme Directors........................	8,316	7,852
122	112	Studio Supervisors and Announcers...................	123,466	114,164
141	130	Carried forward.............	154,417	144,917
326	316		235,300	190,900

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Broadcasting Services.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION—continued.	1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.		£	£
326	316	Brought forward...............................	235,300	190,900
		Programmes—continued.
141	130	Brought forward	154,417	144,917
302	302	General Programme Officers.......................	286,837	250,384
24	22	Regional Officers...............................	19,682	20,468
152	152	Journalists...................................	165,043	150,704
9	9	Accompanists.................................	9,158	7,673
19	19	Composers, Orchestrators and Arrangers...............	17,785	15,443
6	4	Continuity Writers and Playwrights...................	5,448	6,452
62	63	Clerks..............................................	40,124	34,094
293	287	Machinists and Typists...........................	157,082	127,210
465	417	Members of Orchestras, Bands and Choruses.............	452,210	444,975
			1,307,786	1,202,320
		Extra duty pay.................................	38,668	35,440
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	4,500	2,000
			1,350,954	1,239,760
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	18,824	21,500

1473	1405	Total Programmes.....................	1,332,130	1,218,260
		Total Administrative and Programmes.......	1,567,430	1,409,160
		Less amount chargeable to Sub‑division C—Programmes	1,332,130	1,218,260
1799	1721	Total Australian Broadcasting Commission (see page 116)	(a) 235,300	(a) 190,900

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Staff Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
1951–52.	1952–53.	NORTHERN TERRITORY.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Under Control of Department of Territories.
		GENERAL SERVICES. (See Division No. 247.)	£	£
1	1	Administrator.................................	2,350	2,250
1	1	Government Secretary............................	1,846	1,696
3	3	Directors....................................	5,330	5,120
1	1	Chief Veterinary Officer..........................	1,950	1,872
1	1	Commissioner of Police..........................	1,266	1,116
42	40	Agricultural Officer, Chief Surveyor, Surveyors, Draftsmen, Veterinary Officer, Technical Officer, Cadet Surveyors and Draftsmen, Curator, Chief Fire Officer, Superintendent Transport, Botanist, Biologist and Chemist	42,670	33,948
136	140	Accountant. Clerks, Registrars, Inspectors, District Superintendents, Superintendents, Field Officers and Stock Inspectors	120,485	102,227
165	164	Police Superintendent, Inspectors, Sergeants, Constables, Gaolers, Guards, Meter Reader, Machinists, Typists, Librarians, Assistants, Patrol Officers and Nursing Sisters	121,259	108,769
			297,156	256,998
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	1,682	1,182
		Allowances to Police Officers for uniforms and shoeing.....	2,075	1,852
		Officers awaiting appointment......................	5,245	1,912
		Officers on loan from other Departments...............	1,060	..
		Other allowances...............................	45,355	44,320
			352,582	306,264
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	99,582	86,264
350	351	Total General Services (see page 121).....	(a) 253,000	(a) 220,000
		Under Control of Attorney‑General's Department.
		COURTS OFFICE. (See Division No. 250.)
1	1	Supreme Court Judge............................	2,500	2,250
1	1	Stipendiary Magistrate...........................	1,743	1,624
1	1	Clerk of Courts and Sheriff........................	1,318	1,205
1	1	Assistant Clerk and Assistant Bailiff..................	914	833
1	2	Clerk, Typist..................................	1,112	529
			7,587	6,441
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	100	100
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	770	689
		District allowances..............................	400	380
			8,857	7,610
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	357	2,110
5	6	Total Courts Office (see page 122).......	(a) 8,500	(a) 5,500
		Under Control of Department of Health.
		GENERAL SERVICES. (See Division No. 251.)
19	21	Medical Officers and Dentists.......................	36,614	30,312
86	97	Matrons, Sub‑matrons, Clinic Sisters, Senior Sisters, Sisters, Probationers and Nursing Assistants	51,922	40,097
5	7	Clerks and Catering Officer........................	5,486	3,520
39	33	Dental Mechanics, Health Inspectors, Superintendent Assistant, Assistants, Typists Physiotherapists, Radiographers, Dietitians and Nutritionist	19,499	24,091
			113,521	98,020
		District and special allowances......................	19,244	14,800
			132,765	112,820
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	4,265	5,674
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of keep....	8,500	4,146
			12,765	9,820
149	158	Total General Services (see page 122)......	(a) 120,000	(a) 103,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

Number of Persons.			1952–53.	Vote, 1951–52.
Number of Persons.		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
1951–52.	1952–53.	Under Control of Attorney‑General's Department.
1951–52.	1952–53.	COURTS AND TITLES OFFICE. (See Division No. 253.)
			£	£
1	1	Magistrate..................................	1,640	1,497
1	1	Clerk of Courts and Registrar(a)....................	1,377	1,269
6	6	Clerks.....................................	4,649	4,517
2	2	Typists....................................	1,112	966
			8,778	8,249
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...	100	100
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy.......		833
		Associate to a Justice filling unclassified position.........	784	718
			9,662	9,900
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	2,162	2,900
10	10	Total Courts and Titles Office (see page 123)	(a) 7,500	(a) 7,000
		Under Control of Department of the Interior.
		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICE. (See Division No. 255.)
1	1	Commissioner of Polite..........................	1,620	1,477
2	3	Inspectors...................................	3,735	2,228
11	11	Sergeants...................................	10,609	8,661
7	7	Senior Constables.............................	6,083	5,180
36	36	Constables..................................	29,048	24,342
1	1	Police Clerk.................................	809	631
..	2	Cadet Constables..............................	720	..
			52,624	42,519
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...	500	300
		Special allowances.............................	1,810	..
			54,964	42,819
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended for positions vacant or subject to approval by competent authority	464	5,819
58	61	Total Australian Capital Territory Police (see page 125)	(a) 54,500	(a) 37,000

(a) Salaries and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Arbitration Award, Public Service Regulation or other competent authority.

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