Appropriation Act 1957-58 - Legislation

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION 1957-58.

No. 51 of 1957.

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

[Assented to 6th November, 1957.]

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 1957-58.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £297,711,000.

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-eight, the sum of Two hundred and ninety-seven million seven hundred and eleven thousand pounds.

4. All

F.6686/57.—Price 7s. 3d.

Appropriation of supply £534,462,000.

4. All sums granted by section three of this Act and by the other Acts 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-eight, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Five hundred and thirty-four million four hundred and sixty-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-seven, 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-eight.

Issue, application and appropriation of further £119,363,000.

5.—(1.) In addition to the sum referred to in section three of this Act, 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-eight, the sum of One hundred and nineteen million three hundred and sixty-three thousand pounds.

(2.) The sum granted by the last preceding sub-section is appropriated for the purposes of the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve established by the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve Act 1955.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

	£
Act No. 19 of 1957....................................	184,212,000
Act No. 49 of 1957....................................	52,539,000
Under Section three of this Act............................	297,711,000
	534,462,000

SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.

Abstract.

Page Reference.	PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
			£
6	PARLIAMENT....................................		986,000
9	PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.....................		2,837,000
14	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.................		2,221,000
24	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.....................		9,807,000
27	ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.................		1,845,000
32	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR......................		4,553,000
37	DEPARTMENT OF WORKS...........................		3,393,000
40	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION....................		9,862,000
43	DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE...............		4,060,000
45	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH..........................		1,639,000
48	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE............................		1,733,000
57	DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.................		1,584,000
60	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES...................		3,014,000
62	DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT...........		1,168,000
64	DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES......................		273,000
66	DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION......................		1,958,000
71	DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE......		2,147,000
73	DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT............		1,348,000
76	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION		5,474,000
78	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION...........		1,411,000
79	DEFENCE SERVICES—	£
	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE................	960,000
	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY...............	43,791,000
	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY...............	57,389,000
	DEPARTMENT OF AIR.....................	58,021,000
	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY..................	15,318,000
	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.....	12,372,000
	OTHER SERVICES........................	2,149,000
			190,000,000
97	MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.........................		27,429,000
105	REFUNDS OF REVENUE.............................		22,000,000
105	ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER.......................		16,000,000
106	BOUNTIES AND SUBSIDIES..........................		13,500,000
108	WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES...................		76,937,000
	TOTAL PART 1....................		407,179,000
	PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
116	COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.......................		4,207,000
118	POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT...............		94,180,000
133	BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES............		7,376,000
	TOTAL PART 2....................		105,763,000
	PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
136	NORTHERN TERRITORY............................		4,625,000
136	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY...................		3,025,000
136	NORFOLK ISLAND.................................		33,000
136	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA...........................		11,258,000
136	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.........................		29,000
	TOTAL PART 3....................		18,970,000

SECOND

Second Schedule—continued.

Page Reference.
Page Reference.	PART4.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES.	£
146	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH..........................	2,550,000
	TOTAL.........................	534,462,000

PART 1.

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

I.—PARLIAMENT.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
1	SENATE................................	61,800	55,610	58,918
2	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..............	78,100	73,700	69,757
3	PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF.........	67,700	69,860	67,730
4	LIBRARY...............................	63,500	55,000	54,151
5	JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT................	146,600	140,000	141,600
6	PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS	3,900	4,050	3,954
7	PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS	6,400	5,700	5,742
8	PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING.................	116,000	88,000	138,861
9	MISCELLANEOUS........................	442,000	402,580	434,603
	TOTAL..............................	986,000	(a)894,500	975,316

(a) Includes £19,500 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.........	461,700	419,330	430,267
General expenses...........................	68,500	65,820	66,845
Other services.............................	455,800	409,350	478,204
Total................................	986,000	894,500	975,316

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	986,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	975,316
Increase..........................	10,684

I.—Parliament.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 1.—SENATE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148............	30,000	27,970	27,633
2. Temporary and casual employees.......................	2,150	1,800	1,815
3. Extra duty pay....................................	350	100	84
	32,500	29,870	29,532
B.—General Expenses...................................	3,200	3,270	3,618
C.—Other Services—
1. Standing and Select Committees—Expenses................	9,000	7,000	8,291
2. Senators’ sessional travelling allowance...................	12,090	12,000	11,424
3. Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference—Representation........	5,010	3,470	6,053
	26,100	22,470	25,768
Total Division No. 1.......................	61,800	55,610	58,918
Division No. 2.—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148............	34,150	31,300	31,143
2. Temporary and casual employees.......................	11,600	11,100	10,580
3. Extra duty pay...................................	1,500	1,200	1,299
	47,250	43,600	43,022
B.—General Expenses...................................	4,150	3,800	4,026
C.—Other Services—
1. Standing and Select Committees—Expenses................	500	200	..
2. Conveyance of Members and their luggage in Canberra........	200	200	180
3. Members’ sessional travelling allowance..................	26,000	25,900	22,529
	26,700	26,300	22,709
Total Division No. 2.......................	78,100	73,700	69,757
Division No. 3.—PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148...........	59,000	61,760	60,878
2. Temporary and casual employees.......................	5,100	4,800	4,397
3. Extra duty pay...................................	600	300	290
	64,700	66,860	65,565
B.—General Expenses	3,000	3,000	2,165
Total Division No. 3......................	67,700	69,860	67,730
Division No. 4.—LIBRARY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 148...........	41,500	33,500	29,470
2. Temporary and casual employees.......................	4,000	5,000	8,027
3. Extra duty pay...................................	1,500	1,500	2,225
	47,000	40,000	39,722
B.—General Expenses—
1. Books, maps, plates and documents.....................	8,000	7,500	7,316
2. Subscriptions to newspapers, periodicals and annuals.........	5,500	5,000	3,812
3. Incidental and other expenditure.......................	3,000	2,500	3,301
	16,500	15,000	14,429
Total Division No. 4......................	63,500	55,000	54,151

I.—Parliament.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 5.—JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149.......	35,000	33,500	31,993
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	67,500	64,100	64,841
3. Extra duty pay..............................	5,000	3,800	4,644
	107,500	101,400	101,478
B.—General Expenses—
1. Postage, telegrams, telephone and fire services.........	25,000	25,900	25,154
2. Fuel.....................................	3,750	3,750	5,123
3. Parliament gardens............................	1,000	900	724
4. Repairs and maintenance........................	2,100	2,100	1,879
5. Purchase of plant and equipment...................	4,100	3,000	2,427
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,150	2,950	3,178
Publication—The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia	..	..	1,637
	39,100	38,600	40,122
Total Division No. 5..................	146,600	140,000	141,600
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 149.......	2,210	2,180	2,182
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	940	920	869
	3,150	3,100	3,051
B.—General Expenses	750	950	903
Total Division No. 6..................	3,900	4,050	3,954
Under Control of Joint House Department.
Division No. 7.—PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 149.......	3,830	3,640	3,482
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	730	760	652
3. Extra duty pay...............................	40	100	26
	4,600	4,500	4,160
B.—General Expenses	1,800	1,200	1,582
Total Division No. 7..................	6,400	5,700	5,742
Under Control of Department of the Treasury.
Division No. 8.—PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING.
1. Printing of Hansard, including cost of distribution.......	65,000	44,000	68,094
2. Parliamentary papers...........................	21,000	16,000	37,730
3. Other printing and binding.......................	30,000	28,000	33,037
Total Division No. 8..................	116,000	88,000	138,861
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 9.—OTHER SERVICES.
1. Conveyance of Members of Parliament and others.......	220,000	196,200	227,445
2. Maintenance of Ministers’ and Members’ rooms, including salaries of staff	(a) 222,000	(a) 206,380	(a) 207,158
Total Division No. 9..................	442,000	402,580	434,603
Total Parliament..............	986,000	894,500	975,316

(a) Includes salaries of staff—1937-58, £155,000; 1956-57, Vote £130,000; Expenditure £143,737.

II.—PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
10	ADMINISTRATIVE........................	288,300	285,000	284,246
11	AUDIT OFFICE...........................	611,300	601,000	598,435
12	PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD...................	622,600	600,900	574,500
13	GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S OFFICE	21,300	25,500	24,109
14	NATIONAL LIBRARY......................	198,000	164,000	167,749
15	HIGH COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM	754,000	739,200	722,602
16	COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION	22,000	20,500	18,346
17	OFFICE OF EDUCATION....................	199,000	196,200	186,418
18	OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS................	120,500	114,500	116,240
	Total...............................	2,837,000	(a)2,746,800	2,692,645

(a) Includes £57,800 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.........	2,084,600	2,047,130	2,025,919
General expenses...........................	533,700	516,470	493,001
Other Services.............................	218,700	183,200	173,725
Total...............................	2,837,000	2,746,800	2,692,645

	£
Estimate; 1957-58.......................	2,837,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	2,692,645
Increase..........................	144,355

II.—Prime Minister’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 10.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 150.......	146,000	145,600	134,799
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	31,800	31,400	38,422
3. Extra duty pay...............................	7,500	6,000	7,392
	185,300	183,000	180,613
B.—Genera] Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	18,000	18,000	17,298
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	8,500	8,500	8,316
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	13,500	11,000	14,495
4. Commonwealth Gazettes—Printing and distribution (including postage)	35,000	39,000	37,200
5. Travelling allowances—Ministers and Leader of Opposition.	24,000	21,000	21,868
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	4,000	4,500	4,456
	103,000	102,000	103,633
Total Division No. 10.................	288,300	285,000	284,246
Division No. 11.—AUDIT OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 150.......	626,400	598,620	591,298
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	44,120	48,500	55,238
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,500	1,500	1,274
	672,020	648,620	647,810
Less—
5. Amount recoverable from special funds..............	15,720	15,020	15,420
6. Amounts provided under parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates....	74,300	61,600	61,600
	90,020	76,620	77,020
	582,000	572,000	570,790
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	19,990	17,690	16,955
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	2,690	6,000	2,722
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	3,500	3,300	3,295
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	5,600	4,190	6,853
	31,780	31,180	29,825
Less—
5. Amount recoverable from special funds..............	780	780	780
6. Amounts provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates....	1,700	1,400	1,400
	2,480	2,180	2,180
	29,300	29,000	27,645
Total Division No. 11.................	611,300	601,000	598,435
Division No. 12.—PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.......	441,400	430,000	419,763
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	31,700	27,630	31,420
3. Extra duty pay...............................	2,000	4,370	2,000
	475,100	462,000	453,183
4. Less amount recoverable from Division 217k (Colombo Plan Technical Assistance and Economic Development)	7,800	13,000	11,918
	467,300	449,000	441,265

II.—Prime Minister’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 12.—PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
B.—General Expenses—	£	£	£
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	29,000	32,500	24,994
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	12,600	12,700	12,140
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	16,500	17,000	15,988
4. Medical fees—New appointees....................	4,400	4,000	4,274
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	9,500	7,500	8,044
	72,000	73,700	65,440
C.—Other Services—
1. Examinations—Expenses.......................	13,300	13,300	13,189
2. Scholarship assistance, including overseas training.......	10,000	7,000	7,125
3. Recruitment—Advertising.......................	12,000	16,000	10,814
4. Instructional aids and films......................	5,000	5,000	1,981
5. Typist-in-training scheme.......................	40,000	36,900	34,686
6. Public Service recruitment—Enquiry................	3,000	..	..
	83,300	78,200	67,795
Total Division No. 12.................	622,600	600,900	574,500
Division No. 13.—GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.......	8,020	7,200	7,040
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	6,480	7,700	7,160
3. Extra duty pay...............................	300	300	278
Salary of Administrator.........................	..	2,500	2,285
	14,800	17,700	16,763
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	1,800	1,300	1,946
2. Purchase of motor car..........................	1,500	2,000	..
3. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,200	3,200	2,768
Visit abroad of Governor-General..................	..	1,300	2,632
	6,500	7,800	7,346
Total Division No. 13.................	21,300	25,500	24,109
Division No. 14.—NATIONAL LIBRARY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 151.......	99,000	81,000	72,354
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	18,200	21,300	35,311
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,800	1,500	1,512
	119,000	103,800	109,177
B.—General Expenses—
1. Books, maps, plates and documents.................	30,000	22,500	21,518
2. Subscriptions to newspapers, periodicals and annuals.....	5,000	4,500	4,311
3. Collection and publication of Australian historical records..	3,500	3,200	1,042
4. Roosevelt memorial—Books, maps, plates and documents..	2,000	1,500	828
5. Purchase and copying of films....................	8,000	8,000	7,156
6. Library service for overseas establishments............	4,000	3,000	3,984
7. Australian Bibliographical Centre..................	1,500	1,000	..
8. Printing and publications........................	2,500	500	..
9. Purchase of film equipment......................	1,000	1,000	371
10. Travelling and subsistence.......................	3,500	3,000	5,638
11. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	6,500	2,500	2,512
12. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	2,500	2,500	2,840
13. Freight charges..............................	3,000	2,500	3,517
14. Removal of books............................	2,000	2,000	1,312
15. Incidental and other expenditure...................	4,000	2,500	3,543
	79,000	60,200	58,572
Total Division No. 14.................	198,000	164,000	167,749

II.—Prime Minister’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 15.—HIGH COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 152.......	206,400	185,000	183,205
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	275,800	277,300	274,796
3. Extra duty pay...............................	25,300	22,900	23,056
	507,500	485,200	481,057
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	11,500	12,000	10,125
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	9,700	10,000	9,151
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	72,400	72,400	66,931
4. Cablegrams.................................	29,000	21,800	27,227
5. Municipal and other taxes.......................	14,600	18,000	13,681
6. General upkeep of “Australia House”................	(a) 74,200	(a) 80,500	(a) 77,757
7. Upkeep of official residences.....................	8,700	7,300	7,145
8. Leasehold office premises—Rental, upkeep and alterations.	6,700	6,500	6,509
9. National Insurance (Employers’) Contributions.........	9,700	9,300	9,241
10. Minor expenditure for all Departments...............	900	900	888
11. Incidental and other expenditure...................	9,100	8,900	8,803
Allowances to High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner for expenses of official residences	(b)	2,700	2,237
Entertainment allowance to High Commissioner........	(b)	3,700	1,850
	246,500	254,000	241,545
Total Division No. 15.................	754,000	739,200	722,602
Division No. 16.—COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 152.......	15,050	15,180	13,315
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	1,250	620	1,134
	16,300	15,800	14,449
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	3,300	2,500	1,780
2. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,400	2,200	2,117
	5,700	4,700	3,897
Total Division No. 16.................	22,000	20,500	18,346
Division No. 17.—OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 152.......	163,000	173,000	150,495
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	30,750	35,500	38,092
3. Extra duty pay...............................	5,000	5,000	4,460
	198,750	213,500	193,047
4. Less amount recoverable from Division No. 217k (Colombo Plan Technical Assistance and Economic Development)	36,750	53,000	38,950
	162,000	160,500	154,097

(a) Includes wages of-staff employed on upkeep as follows:—1957-58, £25,800; 1956-57, Vote, £31,630; Expenditure, £31,663. (b) Provided under Division 15/a/1.

II.—Prime Minister’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 17.—OFFICE OF EDUCATION—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
B.—General Expenses—	£	£	£
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	5,750	6,000	5,330
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.	3,500	3,000	2,939
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..........	7,750	7,200	7,663
4. Incidental and other expenditure.................	4,500	4,500	4,204
	21,500	20,700	20,136
5. Less amount recoverable from Division No. 217k (Colombo Plan Technical Assistance and Economic Development)	4,000	4,000	3,550
	17,500	16,700	16,586
C.—Other Services—
1. International, relations in education, including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	(a) 8,800	10,600	10,217
2. Research materials..........................	500	600	592
3. Publications..............................	9,700	7,300	4,435
4. Teaching aids—Migrant education...............	(b) 500	500	491
	19,500	19,000	15,735
Total Division No. 17...............	199,000	196,200	186,418
Division No. 18.—OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
1. Allowance to Governor-General for upkeep of Governor-General’s establishments	48,400	22,000	25,000
2. Wages of staff, other than Governor-General’s establishments	4,600	28,500	26,045
3. Telephone services.........................	4,500	4,300	4,428
4. Repairs and maintenance to buildings.............	20,000	18,000	16,931
5. Maintenance of grounds......................	19,000	17,000	20,530
6. Repairs, maintenance, replacements and additions to contents of buildings	10,000	11,000	10,012
7. Fuel, light and power........................	8,000	7,500	6,388
8. Incidental and other expenditure.................	6,000	6,200	6,906
Total Division No. 18...............	120,500	114,500	116,240
Total Prime Minister’s Department....	2,837,000	2,746,800	2,692,645

(a) Provision is also made under Division 217, Item 8. (b) Provision is also made under Division 227h, Item 2.

III.—DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
19	ADMINISTRATIVE.....................	611,800	577,200	580,276
20	OVERSEAS TRANSFERS AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES	90,700	71,300	76,052
	EMBASSIES—
21	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA..........	225,600	210,400	206,072
22	REPUBLIC OF FRANCE................	86,500	72,600	73,327
23	KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS.......	35,000	37,600	33,162
24	REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA..............	76,900	82,600	73,479
25	REPUBLIC OF IRELAND...............	13,600	14,300	14,492
26	JAPAN.............................	75,100	81,200	71,276
27	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.......	47,900	42,100	44,212
28	REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.........	48,500	48,300	46,526
29	THAILAND................	73,600	57,600	57,211
30	BURMA............................	41,600	37,900	35,646
	LEGATIONS—
31	UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL............	30,900	24,100	22,089
32	ISRAEL............................	24,500	28,700	25,685
33	REPUBLIC OF ITALY..................	43,000	41,750	41,061
34	EGYPT............................	..	36,000	21,595
35	VIETNAM AND LAOS.................	31,600	35,000	27,374
35k	CAMBODIA.........................	38,900	19,600	18,356
	HIGH COMMISSIONS—
36	CANADA...........................	69,200	59,600	62,887
37	NEW ZEALAND......................	31,600	29,900	28,962
38	INDIA.............................	52,600	56,100	52,759
39	PAKISTAN..........................	52,500	50,100	50,087
40	UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.............	34,200	34,800	34,360
41	CEYLON...........................	31,400	31,500	27,837
	COMMISSIONS—
42	SINGAPORE........................	58,200	59,450	55,495
43	MALAYA..........................	30,400	35,300	25,216
44	CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD....	238,100	246,700	232,696
45	OTHER REPRESENTATION ABROAD.......	27,100	27,300	25,559
	TOTAL..........................	(a)2,221,000	(b)2,149,000	2,063,749

(a) Includes £307,900 estimated expenditure on account of other Departments. (b) Includes £88,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.....	1,372,800	1,353,000	1,289,674
General expenses.......................	848,200	796,000	771,075
Total...........................	2,221,000	2,149,000	2,063,749

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	2,221,000
Expenditure, 1956-57....................	2,063,749
Increase.........................	157,251

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 19.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 153........	282,200	252,500	251,587
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	45,800	39,300	45,023
3. Extra duty pay................................	15,500	14,500	15,446
	343,500	306,300	312,056
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	22,600	22,800	21,923
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	30,000	26,300	26,671
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	95,000	95,000	94,008
4. Courier service...............................	38,000	33,400	36,282
5. Cablegrams and radiograms.......................	76,200	85,900	83,511
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	6,500	7,500	5,825
	268,300	270,900	268,220
Total Division No. 19..................	611,800	577,200	580,276
Division No. 20.—OVERSEAS TRANSFERS AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES.
B.—General Expenses—
1. Fares, travelling allowances and expenses.............	65,000	54,000	56,816
2. Removal and other expenses......................	22,000	17,300	19,236
3. Regional conferences of heads of missions.............	3,700	..	..
	90,700	71,300	76,052
Total Division No. 20..................	90,700	71,300	76,052
Division No. 21.—EMBASSY—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 153........	65,900	60,500	59,620
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	85,000	80,500	80,012
	150,900	141,000	139,632
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	2,500	2,700	1,989
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams.....	54,800	52,900	50,340
3. Maintenance, office............................	6,000	4,500	4,045
4. Maintenance, Ambassador’s residence................	4,000	2,600	2,650
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	2,400	2,200	2,442
7. Incidental and other expenditure....................	5,000	4,500	4,974
	74,700	69,400	66,440
Total Division No. 21..................	225,600	210,400	206,072
Division No. 22.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF FRANCE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 154........	30,500	26,600	26,674
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	30,300	25,000	24,670
	60,800	51,600	51,344
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	700	600	745
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams.....	9,000	7,200	10,870
3. Maintenance, office and Ambassador’s residence.........	12,000	9,000	6,575
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	1,400	1,700	1,469
7. Incidental and other expenditure....................	2,600	2,500	2,324
	25,700	21,000	21,983
Total Division No. 22..................	86,500	72,600	73,327

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 23.—EMBASSY—KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 154.......	16,000	16,600	15,519
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	8,500	8,300	7,832
	24,500	24,900	23,351
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	400	400	325
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	3,000	5,000	2,765
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	1,600	1,500	1,437
4. Maintenance, Ambassador’s residence...............	3,600	3,800	3,564
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	700	700	541
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,200	1,300	1,179
	10,500	12,700	9,811
Total Division No. 23.................	35,000	37,600	33,162
Division No. 24.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 154.......	35,100	36,100	33,735
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	14,100	15,900	13,399
	49,200	52,000	47,134
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	900	1,600	865
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	11,400	9,000	8,570
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	2,800	4,700	4,478
4. Maintenance, Ambassador’s, residence...............	2,300	900	1,947
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings..........	2,300	2,000	1,318
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	2,300	4,400	3,062
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	5,700	8,000	6,105
	27,700	30,600	26,345
Total Division No. 24.................	76,900	82,600	73,479
Division No.25.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 155.......	6,300	7,800	7,136
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	3,000	2,700	2,766
	9,300	10,500	9,902
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	100	100	44
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,000	1,200	919
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	1,400	1,100	1,096
4. Maintenance, Ambassador’s residence...............	600	500	801
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	500	300	636
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	700	600	1,094
	4,300	3,800	4,590
Total Division No. 25.................	13,600	14,300	14,492

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 26.—EMBASSY—JAPAN.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 155.......	45,100	44,700	41,038
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	9,000	12,000	10,594
	54,100	56,700	51,632
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	400	600	424
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	12,500	14,700	11,144
3. Maintenance, office and Ambassador’s residence........	3,800	4,500	3,811
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings..........	600	750	511
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and funning expenses.......	1,700	1,950	1,708
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,000	2,000	2,046
	21,000	24,500	19,644
Total Division No. 26.................	75,100	81,200	71,276
Division No. 27.—EMBASSY—FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 155.......	24,900	23,100	23,304
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	7,600	7,000	6,996
	32,500	30,100	30,300
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	800	500	739
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	6,500	4,200	6,415
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	1,650	1,700	1,650
4. Rent and maintenance, Ambassador’s residence.........	2,700	2,000	1,856
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	1,900	2,100	1,852
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,550	1,500	1,400
8. Increase in imprest advance......................	300	..	..
	15,400	12,000	13,912
Total Division No. 27.................	47,900	42,100	44,212
Division No. 28.—EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 156.......	27,800	28,000	26,553
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	5,500	4,200	4,433
	33,300	32,200	30,986
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	300	600	172
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	4,300	2,800	4,355
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	4,200	4,000	3,949
4. Rent and maintenance, Minister’s residence...........	2,900	2,800	2,590
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	1,600	1,600	1,160
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,900	2,900	1,914
Increase in imprest advance......................	..	1,400	1,400
	15,200	16,100	15,540
Total Division No. 28.................	48,500	48,300	46,526

F.6686/57.—2

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 29.—EMBASSY—THAILAND.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 156.......	35,600	33,900	33,710
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	9,400	9,500	8,830
	45,000	43,400	42,540
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	500	800	456
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	3,100	2,750	2,805
3. Rent and maintenance, office and Minister’s residence....	20,000	4,500	5,027
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	2,000	2,000	1,943
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,000	2,650	2,940
Increase in imprest advance......................	..	1,500	1,500
	28,600	14,200	14,671
Total Division No. 29.................	73,600	57,600	57,211
Division No. 30.—EMBASSY—BURMA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 156.......	25,800	21,900	21,549
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	3,800	4,200	3,143
	29,600	26,100	24,692
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	200	600	305
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	2,100	2,500	1,925
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	5,300	4,000	3,811
4. Maintenance, Minister’s residence..................	900	1,700	1,184
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	1,800	1,700	1,629
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,700	1,300	2,100
	12,000	11,800	10,954
Total Division No. 30.................	41,600	37,900	35,646
Division No. 31.—LEGATION—UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 157.......	14,500	12,500	11,218
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	6,000	4,700	4,544
	20,500	17,200	15,762
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	3,500	200	23
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,850	1,000	1,588
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	950	1,200	838
4. Rent and maintenance, Minister’s residence............	1,850	2,000	1,805
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	1,000	1,200	959
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,250	1,300	1,114
	10,400	6,900	6,327
Total Division No. 31.................	30,900	24,100	22,089

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 32.—LEGATION—ISRAEL.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 157.......	14,900	17,200	16,150
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	2,300	2,100	1,926
	17,200	19,300	18,076
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	250	400	10
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,800	1,500	1,850
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	1,400	2,700	1,446
4. Rent and maintenance, Minister’s residence...........	2,350	1,400	1,279
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	700	900	607
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	800	700	662
Increase in imprest advance......................	..	1,800	1,755
	7,300	9,400	7,609
Total Division No. 32.................	24,500	28,700	25,685
Division No. 33.—LEGATION—REPUBLIC OF ITALY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 157......	16,700	16,100	16,009
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	12,300	12,500	10,948
	29,000	28,600	26,957
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	850	750	796
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	7,150	6,650	7,139
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence...........	2,600	2,350	2,761
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	2,200	2,200	2,269
7. Incidental and other expenditure..................	1,200	1,200	1,139
	14,000	13,150	14,104
Total Division No. 33.................	43,000	41,750	41,061
Division No. 34.—LEGATION—EGYPT.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158......	..	22,700	10,816
Temporary and casual employees.................	..	4,800	3,479
	..	27,500	14,295
B.—General Expenses—
Travelling and subsistence......................	..	300	697
Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams...	..	1,700	3,357
Rent and maintenance, office....................	..	1,900	926
Maintenance, Minister’s residence................	..	1,550	551
Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.....	..	800	466
Incidental and other expenditure..................	..	2,250	1,303
	..	8,500	7,300
Total Division No. 34................	..	36,000	21,595

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 35.—LEGATION—VIETNAM AND LAOS.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158.......	23,100	22,300	20,099
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	1,100	900	870
	24,200	23,200	20,969
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	800	1,000	750
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	2,500	7,000	2,540
3. Maintenance, office and residence..................	1,700	1,300	1,195
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	600	900	470
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,500	1,600	1,450
8. Increase in imprest advance......................	300	..	..
	7,400	11,800	6,405
Total Division No. 35.................	31,600	35,000	27,374
Division No. 35k.—LEGATION—CAMBODIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 158.......	15,000	14,200	12,492
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	700	600	414
	15,700	14,800	12,906
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	300	300	45
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	3,000	2,000	2,402
3. Rent and maintenance, office and residence............	16,900	1,000	1,216
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	900	500	490
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,500	1,000	1,297
8. Increase in imprest advance......................	600	..	..
	23,200	4,800	5,450
Total Division No. 35k.................	38,900	19,600	18,356
Division No. 36.—HIGH COMMISSION—CANADA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 159.......	28,400	23,500	24,742
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	16,800	15,300	15,691
	45,200	38,800	40,433
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	1,000	700	263
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	13,450	11,800	13,413
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	4,150	3,300	3,413
4. Maintenance, High Commissioner’s residence..........	2,600	2,900	2,655
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	800	600	691
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,000	1,500	2,019
	24,000	20,800	22,454
Total Division No. 36..................	69,200	59,600	62,887

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 37. HIGH COMMISSION NEW ZEALAND.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 159.......	14,800	14,300	114,197
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	7,500	7,800	7,084
	22,300	22,100	21,281
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	500	400	412
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,800	1,400	1,786
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	2,700	2,800	2,584
4. Maintenance, High Commissioner’s residence..........	950	1,000	832
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings..........	250	..	..
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	650	500	902
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,200	1,700	1,165
8. Increase in imprest advance......................	1,250	..	..
	9,300.	7,800	7,681
Total Division No. 37.................	31,600	29,900	28,962
Division No. 38.—HIGH COMMISSION—INDIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 159.......	31,000	34,300	31,831
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	8,400	8,000	7,920
	39,400	42,300	39,751
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	700	1,000	820
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	3,250	2,900	3,334
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	2,050	2,000	1,814
4. Rent and maintenance, High Commissioner’s residence...	3,450	4,000	3,767
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings..........	700	360	371
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	1,150	1,140	1,153
7. Incidental and other expenditure..................	1,900	2,400	1,749
	13,200	13,800	13,008
Total Division No. 38.................	52,600	56,100	52,759
Division No. 39—HIGH COMMISSION—PAKISTAN.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 160......	26,900	29,200	28,391
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	8,000	8,400	7,288
	34,900	37,600	35,679
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	700	1,900	787
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams...	6,000	2,850	6,105
3. Rent and maintenance, office....................	2,900	2,300	2,597
4. Rent and maintenance, High Commissioner’s residence...	4,200	1,750	1,156
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings.........	150	500	109
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	800	1,400	782
7. Incidental and other expenditure..................	2,850	1,800	2,872
	17,600	12,500	14,408
Total Division No. 39................	52,500	50,100	50,087

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 40—HIGH COMMISSION—UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 160.......	15,800	18,700	18,260
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	5,500	3,600	3,600
	21,300	22,300	21,860
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	2,300	2,300	2,525
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,800	1,800	1,744
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	4,450	4,000	3,736
4. Accommodation, High Commissioner...............	1,850	2,200	1,978
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	700	400	769
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,800	1,800	1,748
	12,900	12,500	12,500
Total Division No. 40.................	34,200	34,800	34,360
Division No. 41.—HIGH COMMISSION—CEYLON.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 160.......	18,100	19,000	16,507
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	4,000	3,700	3,620
	22,100	22,700	20,127
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	100	450	56
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	2,200	2,000	1,900
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	4,200	2,600	2,700
4. Maintenance, High Commissioner’s residence..........	850	1,400	1,248
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	750	700	693
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,200	1,650	1,113
	9,300	8,800	7,710
Total Division No. 41.................	31,400	31,500	27,837
Division No. 42.—COMMISSION—SINGAPORE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 161......	29,700	30,700	28,388
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	10,300	10,400	10,230
	40,000	41,100	38,618
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	550	650	489
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	4,250	5,100	4,186
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	5,250	5,200	4,983
4. Maintenance, Commissioner’s residence.............	2,000	1,500	1,462
5. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings..........	1,700	1,450	1,391
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	1,700	1,800	1,690
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,750	2,650	2,676
	18,200	18,350	16,877
Total Division No. 42.................	58,200	59,450	55,495

III.—Department of External Affairs.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 43.—COMMISSION—MALAYA.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per schedule, page 161.......	19,400	22,300	17,510
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	4,300	3,000	2,690
	23,700	25,300	20,200
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	650	1,600	377
2. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	1,500	3,400	1,211
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	1,800	1,650	1,114
4. Maintenance, Commissioner’s residence..............	750	1,050	535
6. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	800	800	614
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,200	1,500	1,165
	6,700	10,000	5,016
Total Division No. 43.................	30,400	35,300	25,216
Division No. 44.—CONSULAR REPRESENTATION ABROAD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 162.......	48,200	62,500	46,346
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	113,200	110,000	110,822
	161,400	172,500	157,168
B.—General Expenses—
1. Representation in New York.....................	47,100	45,400	43,310
2. Representation in San Francisco...................	11,400	10,500	14,361
3. Representation in New Caledonia..................	3,600	3,500	3,692
4. Representation in Portuguese Timor................	1,600	2,000	1,365
5. Representation in Geneva.......................	13,000	12,800	12,800
	76,700	74,200	75,528
Total Division No. 44.................	238,100	246,700	232,696
Division No. 45.—OTHER REPRESENTATION ABROAD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 163.......	19,100	19,700	19,483
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	4,100	3,200	2,540
	23,200	22,900	22,023
B.—General Expenses—
1. Representation in the United Kingdom..............	1,900	1,700	1,848
2. Representation in Hong Kong....................	2,000	2,700	1,688
	3,900	4,400	3,536
Total Division No. 45.................	27,100	27,300	25,559
Total Department of External Affairs.....	2,221,000	2,149,000	2,063,749

IV.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
46	ADMINISTRATIVE......................	643,000	585,800	580,346
47	COMMONWEALTH STORES SUPPLY AND TENDER BOARD	42,400	33,500	40,647
48	TAXATION BRANCH....................	7,802,000	7,677,000	7,753,717
49	TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW...........	17,300	17,600	16,634
50	VALUATION BOARDS...................	1,600	1,600	1,428
51	SUPERANNUATION BOARD...............	89,700	89,500	86,746
52	BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS......	1,211,000	871,000	860,587
53	GOVERNMENT PRINTER.................	(a)	(a)	(a)
	TOTAL...........................	9,807,000	(b)9,276,000	9,340,105

(a) Expenditure charged to Parliament and Departments concerned. (b) Includes £118,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.........	8,423,225	7,934,800	7,950,449
General expenses...........................	1,383,775	1,341,200	1,389,656
Total.........................	9,807,000	9,276,000	9,340,105

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	9,807,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	9,340,105
Increase..........................	466,895

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 46.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 165.......	490,000	455,800	435,918
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	45,400	43,300	48,166
3. Extra duty pay...............................	11,000	7,200	9,888
	546,400	506,300	493,972
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	22,000	19,100	24,769
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	24,000	15,000	11,045
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	37,500	34,000	35,594
4. Fuel, light, power and office cleaning................	5,100	4,400	4,375
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	8,000	7,000	10,591
	96,600	79,500	86,374
Total Division No. 46.................	643,000	585,800	580,346
Division No. 47.—COMMONWEALTH STORES SUPPLY AND TENDER BOARD.
1. Administrative expenses........................	42,400	33,500	40,647
Division No. 48.—TAXATION BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 166.......	5,545,000	5,383,000	5,426,244
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	1,181,000	1,168,000	1,177,356
3. Extra duty pay...............................	110,000	120,000	111,490
	6,836,000	6,671,000	6,715,090
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	132,000	124,000	129,963
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	341,000	411,000	418,874
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	215,000	191,000	210,074
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..........	45,000	39,500	39,952
5. Law costs..................................	89,000	100,000	96,494
6. Payments to Commonwealth Departments and State Governments for office cleaning and other services rendered	18,000	14,000	16,907
7. Payment for services rendered in connexion with sale of tax instalment stamps	52,000	48,000	50,587
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	74,000	78,500	75,776
	966,000	1,006,000	1,038,627
Total Division No. 48.................	7,802,000	7,677,000	7,753,717
Division No. 49.—TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 167.......	8,350	8,150	8,187
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	450	430	414
Payment in lieu of furlough to dependant of deceased member	..	820	813
	8,800	9,400	9,414
B.—General Expenses—
1. Reporting..................................	5,000	5,000	4,496
2. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,500	3,200	2,724
	8,500	8,200	7,220
Total Division No. 49.................	17,300	17,600	16,634

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 50.—VALUATION BOARDS.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Temporary and casual employees..................	1,125	1,100	1,122
B.—General Expenses	475	500	306
Total Division No. 50.................	1,600	1,600	1,428
Division No. 51.—SUPERANNUATION BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 167.......	58,900	60,000	56,365
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	22,700	20,000	20,666
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,700	4,000	3,943
	83,300	84,000	80,974
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure...................	6,400	5,500	5,772
Total Division No. 51.................	89,700	89,500	86,746
Division No. 52.—BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 168.......	801,000	530,000	507,845
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	139,000	125,000	135,237
3. Extra duty pay...............................	7,600	8,000	6,795
	947,600	663,000	649,877
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	18,000	16,500	16,531
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and other printing	53,600	38,000	38,818
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	43,700	28,200	31,157
4. Printing of official publications....................	52,700	34,300	37,151
5. Hire, service and maintenance of machines for tabulation of statistics	65,000	52,000	47,461
6. Wool statistical service—Contribution towards.........	13,500	13,500	13,500
7. Reimbursement to Commonwealth and State Departments for statistical services	2,250	15,000	13,920
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	14,650	10,500	12,172
	263,400	208,000	210,710
Total Division No. 52.................	1,211,000	871,000	860,587
Division No. 53.—GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
A. —Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and wages as per Schedule, page 168..........	140,000	144,000	129,356
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	195,000	175,000	167,783
3. Extra duty pay...............................	27,000	22,500	29,443
	362,000	341,500	326,582
4. Less amounts for Parliamentary and Departmental printing chargeable to Government Printer Trust Account	362,000	341,500	326,582
Total Division No. 53.................	(a)	(a)	(a)
Total Department of the Treasury.......	9,807,000	9,276,000	9,340,105

(a) Expenditure charged to Parliament and Departments concerned.

V.—ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
54	ADMINISTRATIVE......................	309,000	268,600	269,455
55	REPORTING BRANCH...................	96,000	101,000	92,885
56	CROWN SOLICITOR’S OFFICE.............	338,000	325,000	326,610
57	HIGH COURT..........................	74,000	67,000	67,667
58	BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION..........	165,000	152,000	155,629
59	CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ADMINISTRATION	156,000	136,000	140,750
60	PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR’S OFFICE....	(a)	18,000	2,555
61	COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE.	134,000	124,000	123,064
62	PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS.....	421,000	390,000	396,197
63	LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU................	65,000	66,000	64,388
64	PEACE OFFICER GUARD.................	87,000	83,000	94,530
	Total..........................	1,845,000	(b)1,730,600	1,733,730

(a) Provided under Department of Labour and National Service, Division No. 126k. (b) Includes £1,600 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.............	1,402,500	1,341,500	1,337,789
General expenses...............................	442,500	389,100	395,941
Total................................	1,845,000	1,730,600	1,733,730

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,845,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	1,733,730
Increase..........................	111,270

V.—Attorney-General’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 54.—ADMINISTRATIVE.		£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 169...	154,500	150,300	150,259
2. Temporary and casual employees..............	15,500	12,400	14,973
3. Extra duty pay...........................	1,000	1,300	858
	171,000	164,000	166,090
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...................	22,500	20,000	22,121
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	6,500	5,000	6,399
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.........	21,500	17,000	21,615
4. Publication of Commonwealth Statutes and Statutory Rules	50,700	25,000	15,917
5. Legal expenses..........................	30,000	30,500	29,552
6. Law books...............	1,800	1,500	1,711
7. Incidental and other expenditure...............	5,000	5,600	6,050
	138,000	104,600	103,365
Total Division No. 54..............	309,000	268,600	269,455
Division No. 55.—REPORTING BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 169...	46,000	40,000	42,753
2. Temporary and casual employees..............	54,800	63,800	49,352
3. Extra duty pay...........................	200	200	138
	101,000	104,000	92,243
4. Less amount recoverable from other Departments and administrations	20,000	20,000	13,163
	81,000	84,000	79,080
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...................	9,000	10,000	9,156
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	7,000	6,500	6,707
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.........	1,500	2,000	1,335
4. Incidental and other expenditure...............	1,500	2,000	1,108
	19,000	20,500	18,306
5. Less amount recoverable from other Departments and administrations	4,000	3,500	4,501
	15,000	17,000	13,805
Total Division No. 55..............	96,000	101,000	92,885
Division No. 56.—CROWN SOLICITOR’S OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 169...	289,500	278,000	277,358
2. Temporary and casual employees..............	16,500	16,600	19,294
3. Extra duty pay...........................	2,000	2,400	1,982
	308,000	297,000	298,634
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence..................	6,000	6,500	5,320
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	4,000	4,000	3,907
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services........	10,000	9,300	9,584
4. Law books.............................	3,000	2,200	3,105
5. Incidental and other expenditure...............	7,000	6,000	6,060
	30,000	28,000	27,976
Total Division No. 56..............	338,000	325,000	326,610

V.—Attorney-General’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 57.—HIGH COURT.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 170.......	23,500	19,000	16,434
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	18,400	16,900	20,209
3. Extra duty pay...............................	100	100	13
	42,000	36,000	36,656
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	20,500	21,500	20,223
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	3,000	2,200	2,619
3. Law books.................................	3,000	2,200	2,659
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	5,500	5,100	5,510
	32,000	31,000	31,011
Total Division No. 57.................	74,000	67,000	67,667
Division No. 58—BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 170.......	126,000	117,000	115,797
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	11,500	10,000	12,987
3. Extra duty pay...............................	4,500	4,000	3,942
	142,000	131,000	132,726
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	6,000	5,000	5,689
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	4,500	5,000	4,495
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	6,000	5,000	6,100
4. Payments to States for services of Judges and officers.....	2,700	3,000	2,700
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,800	3,000	3,919
	23,000	21,000	22,903
Total Division No. 58.................	165,000	152,000	155,629
Division No. 59.—CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ADMINISTRATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule; page 170.......	60,000	51,000	51,216
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	27,500	27,500	26,622
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,500	1,500	1,178
	89,000	80,000	79,016
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	35,000	26,000	30,609
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	8,500	7,500	9,059
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	10,500	9,000	10,657
4. Reports of cases..............................	4,000	4,500	3,663
5. Boards of Reference—Fees and other expenses.........	300	300	216
6. Compulsory conferences—Fees and other expenses......	300	100	24
7. Court conducted ballots (amounts recovered from trade unions may be credited to this vote)	3,000	3,000	2,179
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	5,400	5,600	5,327
	67,000	56,000	61,734
Total Division No. 59..................	156,000	136,000	140,750

V.—Attorney-General’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 60.—PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR’S OFFICE.(a)	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 170.........	..	9,000	1,804
Temporary and casual employees....................	..	3,850	350
Extra duty pay.................................	..	150	..
	..	13,000	2,154
B.—General Expenses—
Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	..	1,500	43
Incidental and other expenditure.....................	..	3,500	358
	..	5,000	401
Total Division No. 60.................	(a)	18,000	(b) 2,555
Division No. 61.—COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 171.......	90,000	85,000	81,894
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	17,500	14,800	16,415
3. Extra duty pay...............................	2,500	2,200	1,915
	110,000	102,000	100,224
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	5,500	12,500	11,969
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	2,500	2,300	2,598
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	5,000	4,200	5,097
4. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	7,500	..	..
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,500	3,000	3,176
	24,000	22,000	22,840
Total Division No. 61.................	134,000	124,000	123,064
Division No. 62.—PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 171......	205,000	180,000	188,538
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	89,000	89,000	84,867
3. Extra duty pay..............................	20,000	23,000	17,884
	314,000	292,000	291,289
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	6,500	6,500	6,808
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and other printing	14,000	13,000	13,571
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	9,000	7,500	8,723
4. Printing of specifications and publications............	70,500	62,500	68,973
5. Incidental and other expenditure..................	7,000	8,500	6,833
	107,000	98,000	104,908
Total Division No. 62................	421,000	390,000	396,197

(a) Provided under Department of Labour and National Service, Division No. 126k. (b) Portion of year only.

V.—Attorney-General’s Department.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 63.—LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 171.......	45,000	46,000	44,415
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	16,400	16,400	16,444
3. Extra duty pay...............................	100	100	87
	61,500	62,500	60,946
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	650	750	628
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	750	750	736
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	1,200	400	1,177
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	900	1,600	901
	3,500	3,500	3,442
Total Division No. 63.................	65,000	66,000	64,388
Division No. 64.—PEACE OFFICER GUARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 171.......	578,000	495,000	570,043
2. Extra duty pay...............................	62,000	..	..
	640,000	495,000	570,043
3. Less amount recoverable from Defence and Repatriation establishments and other administrations	556,000	415,000	479,069
	84,000	80,000	90,974
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	8,500	2,500	8,546
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery, printing and advertising	2,500	3,000	1,068
3. Clothing and equipment.........................	16,000	14,000	17,076
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	5,000	5,500	4,265
	32,000	25,000	30,955
5. Less amount recoverable from Defence and Repatriation establishments and other administrations	29,000	22,000	27,399
	3,000	3,000	3,556
Total Division No. 64..................	87,000	83,000	94,530
Total Attorney-General’s Department........	1,845,000	1,730,600	1,733,730

VI.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
65	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	1,275,000	1,291,700	1,235,269
66	ELECTORAL BRANCH....................	623,000	577,000	506,689
67	BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY...............	1,143,000	1,088,150	1,012,003
68	IONOSPHERIC PREDICTION SERVICE........	46,000	79,000	73,775
69	FORESTRY BRANCH.....................	148,000	131,250	125,565
70	NEWS AND INFORMATION BUREAU.........	426,000	403,050	393,831
71	RENT OF BUILDINGS.....................	892,000	840,250	816,136
	TOTAL..........................	4,553,000	a 4,410,400	4,163,268

(a) Includes £76,400 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary..........	1,856,600	1,876,750	1,825,037
General expenses............................	1,249,400	1,152,150	971,421
Other services..............................	1,447,000	1,381,500	1,366,810
Total...........................	4,553,000	4,410,400	4,163,268

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	4,553,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	4,163,268
Increase.........................	389,732

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 65.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 172.......	605,000	610,000	589,069
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	450,000	457,000	444,717
3. Extra duty pay...............................	30,000	36,000	30,465
	1,085,000	1,103,000	1,064,251
Less—
4. Amount provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates.....	270,000	265,000	265,000
5. Amount chargeable to trust accounts................	96,000	87,000	94,504
6. Amount recoverable from other administrations.........	65,500	47,000	50,297
	431,500	399,000	409,801
	653,500	704,000	654,450
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	21,500	18,950	17,856
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	20,000	13,000	14,398
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	25,000	22,000	22,382
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	22,500	17,000	18,128
5. Office cleaning, other than salaries.................	86,500	64,000	58,739
6. Water supply and sanitation......................	12,000	12,000	11,235
7. Payments under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	2,500	5,000	4,165
8. Plan printing................................	11,500	11,000	10,113
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	35,000	40,000	33,000
10. Advertising.................................	4,000	5,000	2,540
11. Incidental and other expenditure...................	12,500	13,000	12,041
	253,000	220,950	204,597
Less—
12. Amounts provided under Parts 2 and 3 of the Estimates....	50,000	46,000	46,000
13. Amount recoverable from other administrations.........	3,500	3,000	2,952
	53,500	49,000	48,952
	199,500	171,950	155,645
C.—Other Services—
1. Transport services for other departments in Canberra.....	100,000	90,000	98,426
2. Fuel, light and power for departments in Canberra.......	110,500	100,000	102,702
3. Water supply and sanitation for departments in Canberra...	2,500	2,450	2,460
4. Office cleaning for departments in Canberra...........	128,000	141,800	148,487
5. Commonwealth rented properties—Local Government services	80,000	80,500	72,099
6. Commonwealth properties, Perth—Payment to State of Western Australia for eradication of argentine ants	1,000	1,000	1,000
	422,000	415,750	425,174
Total Division No. 65.................	1,275,000	1,291,700	1,235,269

F.6686/57.—3

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 66.—ELECTORAL BRANCH.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 172.......	387,000	370,000	375,791
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	19,900	25,000	18,266
3. Extra duty pay...............................	100	100	2
	407,000	395,100	394,059
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	4,000	2,850	3,845
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	4,000	4,500	2,925
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	41,500	34,500	33,851
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	4,000	4,000	3,553
5. Office cleaning..............................	7,500	7,000	6,499
6. Administration of Electoral Act (moneys received from States in connexion with joint electoral administration may be credited to this vote)	151,000	125,000	57,952
7. Freight and transport...........................	2,000	1,550	2,123
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,000	2,500	1,882
	216,000	181,900	112,630
Total Division No. 66.................	623,000	577,000	506,689
Division No. 67.—BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 172.......	670,000	637,000	632,252
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	76,000	61,650	71,269
3. Extra duty pay...............................	109,000	98,500	103,580
	855,000	797,150	807,101
Less—
4. Amount provided under the votes of Department of Civil Aviation	299,000	276,000	280,003
5. Amount provided under the votes of Department of Air....	128,000	119,000	121,243
	427,000	395,000	401,246
	428,000	402,150	405,855
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	55,000	51,000	51,802
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	33,000	22,000	26,847
3. Postage, telegrams and telephones services............	700,000	793,000	653,455
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	15,000	6,000	11,352
5. Motor vehicles—Purchase, upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	10,000	9,500	9,217
6. Meteorological instruments and apparatus.............	350,000	250,000	221,210
7. Meteorological publications......................	9,000	7,500	7,026
8. Allowances to country observers...................	64,000	60,000	63,737
9. Freight....................................	24,000	14,000	20,409
10. Incidental and other expenditure...................	17,000	12,000	17,567
	1,277,000	1,225,000	1,082,622
Less—
11. Amount provided under the votes of Department of Civil Aviation	358,000	343,000	303,143
12. Amount provided under the votes of Department of Air....	204,000	196,000	173,331
	562,000	539,000	476,474
	715,000	686,000	606,148
Total Division No. 67..................	1,143,000	1,088,150	1,012,003

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 68.—IONOSPHERIC PREDICTION SERVICE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 173........	20,000	41,500	36,712
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	11,000	14,500	15,124
3. Extra duty pay................................	100	1,500	1,622
	31,100	(a) 57,500	53,458
B.—General Expenses—
1. Ionospheric Prediction Service—Maintenance...........	14,900	12,400	11,432
Travelling and subsistence........................	..	350	173
Office requisites and equipment....................	..	450	412
Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	..	1,400	614
Fuel, light and power...........................	..	2,250	2,474
Transport...................................	..	2,150	2,413
Maintenance of time service.......................	..	500	134
Scientific equipment............................	..	1,000	1,330
Workshop stores..............................	..	650	910
Incidental and other expenditure....................	..	350	425
	14,900	(a) 21,500	20,317
Total Division No. 68	46,000	(a) 79,000	73,775
Division No. 69.—FORESTRY BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 173........	59,500	56,500	57,231
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	31,000	30,000	29,619
3. Extra duty pay................................	1,500	1,500	1,482
	92,000	88,000	88,332
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	9,000	5,120	5,144
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	8,000	7,500	3,717
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	2,000	1,480	1,552
4. Fuel, light and power............................	3,400	2,700	2,875
5. Transport...................................	6,900	5,750	6,051
6. Field and laboratory equipment.....................	9,500	6,500	5,657
7. Seeds and materials for research....................	3,100	2,000	1,436
8. Library.....................................	1,000	900	973
9. Forestry scholarships—University fees and sustenance payments	9,400	9,100	8,403
10. Advertising..................................	1,200	1,200	419
11. Incidental and other expenditure....................	2,500	1,000	1,006
	56,000	43,250	37,233
Total Division No. 69..................	148,000	131,250	125,565
Division No. 70—NEWS AND INFORMATION BUREAU.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 173........	19,000	20,000	18,170
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	223,000	207,500	207,836
3. Extra duty pay................................	3,000	2,500	2,877
	245,000	230,000	228,883
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	16,000	13,050	11,109
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	7,500	6,700	6,812
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	13,500	16,550	12,062
4. Fuel, light and power...........................	3,500	3,500	2,467
5. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	4,000	4,250	4,011
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	3,500	3,500	2,987
	48,000	47,550	39,448

(a) Includes provision for Observatory now transferred to Australian National University.

VI.—Department of the Interior.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 70—NEWS AND INFORMATION BUREAU —continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
C.—Other Services (for payment to credit of Publicity Services Trust Account)—
1. Publicity, materials and services....................	65,000	60,000	60,000
2. Film production..............................	60,000	60,000	60,000
3. Film distribution..............................	5,000	2,500	2,500
4. Illustrations.................................	3,000	3,000	3,000
	133,000	125,500	125,500
Total Division No. 70	426,000	403,050	393,831
Division No. 71.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Prime Minister...............................	50,000	43,520	42,885
2. External Affairs..............................	2,200	2,200	2,182
3. Treasury...................................	303,000	347,200	337,272
4. Attorney-General.............................	63,000	57,400	56,647
5. Interior....................................	58,000	52,610	52,704
6. Works.....................................	97,000	70,050	71,354
7. Customs and Excise............................	17,800	14,000	14,646
8. Health.....................................	28,000	30,600	27,522
9. Trade.....................................	7,000	4,760	5,522
10. Primary Industry..............................	13,500	10,100	9,343
11. Social Services...............................	45,000	43,320	39,800
12. Shipping and Transport.........................	16,500	14,500	13,782
14. Immigration.................................	54,500	35,690	29,275
15. Labour and National Service......................	106,000	87,300	86,916
16. National Development..........................	25,500	24,100	23,579
17. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Territories..................................	5,000 ..	2,350 550	2,168 539
Total Division No. 71	892,000	840,250	816,136
Total Department of the Interior	4,553,000	4,410,400	4,163,268

VII.—DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
72	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	2,083,000	2,139,000	2,102,995
73	REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.............	1,310,000	1,179,000	1,085,126
	TOTAL.........................	3,393,000	(a)3,318,000	3,188,121

(a) Includes £184,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	1,618,000	1,781,000	1,770,269
General expenses........................	465,000	358,000	332,726
Other services..........................	1,310,000	1,179,000	1,085,126
Total.........................	3,393,000	3,318,000	3,188,121

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	3,393,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	3,188,121
Increase.......................	204,879

VII.—Department of Works.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 72.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 175.......	2,480,000	2,284,000	2,235,910
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	2,380,000	2,289,000	2,315,693
3. Extra duty pay...............................	90,000	91,000	84,426
	4,950,000	4,664,000	4,636,029
Less—
4. Amount recoverable from other administrations.........	522,000	467,000	492,205
5. Amount chargeable to trust accounts................	768,500	765,000	758,375
6. Amount provided under Division No. 240, War Service Homes Division	16,000	10,000	9,803
7. Amount chargeable to Works Votes.................	2,025,500	1,641,000	1,605,377
	3,332,000	2,883,000	2,865,760
	1,618,000	1,781,000	1,770,269
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	185,000	169,400	181,295
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	74,000	66,100	69,290
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	94,000	90,000	86,956
4. Fuel, light and power...........................	26,000	23,500	25,228
5. Water supply and sanitation......................	3,000	3,700	2,829
6. Payments under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	6,000	4,550	5,345
7. Plan printing and photography.....................	30,000	26,300	24,323
8. Advertising.................................	20,000	25,300	17,234
9. Field and laboratory testing equipment—Purchase and maintenance	22,000	23,000	17,683
10. Site investigations and surveys....................	12,000	..	..
11. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire, including use of private vehicles for departmental purposes	247,000	249,500	242,490
12. Maintenance of office machines...................	6,000	5,800	4,842
13. Office cleaning (other than in rentals)................	10,500	12,500	12,870
14. Removal expenses of officers.....................	17,500	16,500	18,737
15. Armoured car payroll service.....................	11,000	9,950	10,496
16. Purchase of office machines......................	12,100	8,300	3,554
17. Publications, text-books and periodicals..............	8,000	4,550	6,344
18. Fees of private architects and consultants.............	300,000	135,000	120,334
19. Legal costs.................................	13,000	10,700	18,146
20. Incidental and other expenditure...................	20,000	30,600	21,195
River Murray Commission—Expenses...............	(a)	1,250	1,250
	1,117,100	916,500	890,441
Less—
21. Amount recoverable from other administrations.........	102,200	91,260	96,940
22. Amount chargeable to trust accounts................	132,600	137,240	137,756
23. Amount provided under Division No. 240, War Service Homes Division	3,300	2,000	1,942
24. Amount chargeable to Works Votes.................	414,000	328,000	321,077
	652,100	558,500	557,715
	465,000	358,000	332,726
Total Division No. 72..................	2,083,000	2,139,000	2,102,995

(a) Provided under Department of National Development, Division No. 127.

VII.—Department of Works.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 73.— REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
1. Parliament.................................	40,000	20,000	26,635
2. Prime Minister...............................	24,000	24,000	21,309
3. External Affairs..............................	1,500	1,500	686
4. Treasury...................................	20,000	41,000	16,320
5. Taxation...................................	63,000	60,000	48,474
6. Attorney-General.............................	19,000	18,000	10,972
7. Interior....................................	500,000	(a) 355,000	354,691
8. Works....................................	80,000	80,000	74,483
9. Customs and Excise...........................	53,500	50,000	44,057
10. Health................................	100,000	90,000	70,047
11. Trade.....................................	32,000	12,000	7,042
12. Primary Industry.............................	3,000	4,000	1,862
13. Social Services..............................	20,000	20,000	15,131
14. Shipping and Transport.........................	48,000	48,000	43,660
15. Territories..................................	2,000	1,000	502
16. Immigration................................	210,000	268,500	270,522
17. Labour and National Service.....................	30,000	28,000	27,066
18. National Development.........................	14,000	13,000	7,985
19. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	50,000	45,000	43,682
Total Division No. 73.................	b1,310,000	b1,179,000	b1,085,126
Total Department of Works.................	3,393,000	3,318,000	3,188,121

(a) Includes £27,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Total amount provided throughout the Estimates for Repairs and Maintenance by the Department of Works is:—

	1957-58.		1956-57.
	Vote.		Actual.
	£		£
Civil Departments...........................	4,800,000	..	4,265,497
Defence Services...........................	5,571,000	..	4,779,012
Total.................................	10,371,000	..	9,044,509

VIII.—DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
74	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	3,304,000	3,229,500	3,180,730
75	MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF CIVIL AVIATION FACILITIES	5,076,000	4,705,000	4,671,833
76	DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.........	762,000	386,500	376,041
76k	RENT (TERRITORIES)....................	1,500	..	..
77	RENT................................	61,500	47,900	46,181
78	METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.............	657,000	619,000	583,146
	TOTAL.........................	9,862,000	(a)8,987,900	8,857,931

(a) Includes £240,900 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	5,813,000	5,627,000	5,589,679
General expenses........................	751,000	766,500	719,197
Other services..........................	3,298,000	2,594,400	2,549,055
Total.............................	9,862,000	8,987,900	8,857,931

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	9,862,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	8,857,931
Increase.......................	1,004,069

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 74.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 176.....	3,420,000	3,306,000	3,202,670
2. Temporary and casual employees................	2,020,000	1,967,000	2,036,597
3. Extra duty pay............................	390,000	389,000	381,409
	5,830,000	5,662,000	5,620,676
Less—
4. Amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services.....	316,000	311,000	311,000
5. Amount chargeable to Maintenance and Operation of Civil Aviation Facilities	2,603,000	2,545,000	2,545,000
	2,919,000	2,856,000	2,856,000
	2,911,000	2,806,000	2,764,676
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling, subsistence and removal expenses........	141,000	141,000	138,561
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.	95,000	92,500	90,772
3. Postage and telegrams.......................	18,000	19,000	18,120
4. Telephone and fire services....................	44,500	44,500	42,124
5. Light and power...........................	22,500	20,500	20,964
6. Water supply and sanitation....................	2,000	2,500	1,742
7. Maps, text books and publications................	13,000	13,000	10,501
8. Payments under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	15,000	15,000	18,842
9. Cleaning and laundry services..................	8,000	6,000	5,050
10. Advertising—Tenders and staff vacancies..........	5,000	4,500	5,539
11. Night-watching and caretaking services............	5,500	5,500	5,368
12. Incidental and other expenditure.................	23,500	23,500	22,998
Payments on account of damages sustained.........	..	36,000	35,473
	393,000	423,500	416,054
Total Division No. 74...............	3,304,000	3,229,500	3,180,730
Division No. 75.—MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF CIVIL AVIATION FACILITIES.
1. Aerodromes..............................	1,800,000	1,542,340	1,556,654
2. Air route and airway facilities..................	1,506,000	1,486,360	1,450,764
3. Search and rescue services.....................	150,000	143,560	143,361
4. Electrical energy...........................	370,000	320,000	348,202
5. Telephone services..........................	39,000	32,000	37,540
6. Water supply and sanitation....................	17,000	15,000	17,199
7. Movable plant and equipment—Maintenance........	440,000	411,680	418,203
8. Petrol, fuel oil and lubricating oils................	200,000	180,000	185,696
9. General stores and equipment...................	130,000	135,000	124,817
10. Travelling, subsistence and removal expenses........	305,000	307,000	285,789
11. Freight and cartage.........................	90,000	100,000	82,709
12. Staff training.............................	20,000	25,020	12,900
13. Incidental and other expenditure.................	9,000	7,040	7,999
Total Division No. 75...............	a5,076,000	a4,705,000	a4,671,833
Division No. 76.—DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
1. Aero and gliding clubs—Grants.................	175,000	168,000	167,997
2. International Civil Aviation Organization—Contribution.	33,500	36,000	34,605
3. Ground facilities in Pacific—Contribution towards cost..	540,000	170,500	167,538
4. Incidental and other expenditure.................	13,500	12,000	5,901
Total Division No. 76...............	762,000	386,500	376,041
Total Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation	9,142,000	8,321,000	8,228,604

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957-58, £2,603,000; 1956-57 Vote, £2,545,000, Expenditure, £2,545,000.

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Under Control of Department of Territories.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 76k.—RENT (TERRITORIES)................	1,500	..	..
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 77.—RENT.............................	61,500	47,900	46,181
Division No. 78.—METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Department of the Interior	299,000	276,000	280,003
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Department of the Interior	358,000	343,000	303,143
Total Division No. 78..................	657,000	619,000	583,146
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	718,500	666,900	629,327
Total Department of Civil Aviation.........	9,862,000	8,987,900	8,857,931

IX.—DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
79	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	4,024,500	3,915,000	3,890,115
80	FILM CENSORSHIP.......................	35,500	32,200	29,688
	TOTAL............................	4,060,000	(a)3,947,200	3,919,803

(a) Includes £25,200 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	3,578,500	3,487,700	3,454,080
General expenses........................	481,500	459,500	465,723
Total.........................	4,060,000	3,947,200	3,919,803

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	4,060,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	3,919,803
Increase.......................	140,197

IX.—Department of Customs and Excise.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 79.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 178.......	3,090,000	2,950,000	2,933,518
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	247,000	289,250	283,925
3. Extra duty pay (Money received as payment of overtime charges in connexion with services of officers for the purposes of the Customs Act, may be credited to this item)	220,000	228,750	217,822
	3,557,000	3,468,000	3,435,265
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	129,000	129,000	127,954
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	78,000	67,900	77,518
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	70,000	69,000	67,331
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	27,500	23,500	26,525
5. Law costs.................................	5,000	6,500	901
6. Freight and cartage, including removal expenses........	15,000	15,000	15,507
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)	65,000	65,000	65,000
8. Hire, maintenance and operation of launches, and the supply of equipment	9,000	6,000	8,105
9. Honoraria to members of Commonwealth Book Censorship Board and to Appeal Censor	1,125	1,130	1,125
10. Laboratory apparatus and supplies.................	10,000	10,300	9,450
11. Uniforms and protective clothing..................	14,000	13,100	12,073
12. Payments under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	775	3,400	3,665
13. Training of staff.............................	2,100	2,300	270
14. Incidental and other expenditure..................	41,000	34,870	39,426
	467,500	447,000	454,850
Total Division No. 79.................	4,024,500	3,915,000	3,890,115
Division No. 80.—FILM CENSORSHIP.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 179.......	14,400	12,200	12,085
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	6,100	5,900	5,486
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,000	1,600	1,244
	21,500	19,700	18,815
B.—General Expenses—
1. Fees to members of Censorship Board and Appeal Censor..	5,200	7,900	7,021
2. Equipment.................................	6,200	2,000	2,147
3. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,600	2,600	1,705
	14,000	12,500	10,873
Total Division No. 80.................	35,500	32,200	29,688
Total Department of Customs and Excise........	4,060,000	3,947,200	3,919,803

X.—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
81	ADMINISTRATIVE....................	611,000	563,800	555,710
82	QUARANTINE...............	297,000	283,000	261,070
83	HEALTH SERVICES...................	731,000	674,000	639,196
84	SERUM LABORATORIES...............	(a)	(a)	(a)
	TOTAL......................	1,639,000	(b)1,520,800	1,455,976

(a) Expenditure charged to Serum Laboratories Trust Account. (b) Includes £4,800 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary...	1,131,000	1,053,600	1,032,584
General expenses.....................	508,000	467,200	423,392
Total..........................	1,639,000	1,520,800	1,455,976

	£
Estimate. 1957-58.....................	1,639,000
Expenditure, 1956-57...................	1,455,976
Increase....................	183,024

X.—Department of Health.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 81. ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 180.......	326,000	294,000	279,588
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	95,400	98,000	109,484
3. Extra duty pay...............................	5,000	5,000	4,597
	426,400	397,000	393,669
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	25,200	20,500	22,297
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	24,300	20,000	18,207
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	15,200	14,000	13,961
4. Health conferences............................	4,500	4,000	3,934
5. Hospital benefits administration—Payments to States.....	13,100	16,000	12,027
6. Tuberculosis Agreement administration—Payments to States	73,700	66,000	65,471
7. Nutrition of children—Payments to States.............	9,600	7,900	7,732
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	19,000	18,400	18,412
	184,600	166,800	162,041
Total Division No. 81.................	611,000	563,800	555,710
Division No. 82.—QUARANTINE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 180.......	99,000	94,000	87,392
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	15,900	13,000	15,307
3. Extra duty pay...............................	13,700	13,000	13,708
	128,600	120,000	116,407
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	13,100	12,000	11,120
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	4,200	4,400	1,503
3. Stores and supplies including fumigants..............	19,000	25,000	15,697
4. Allowances for services of State officers and others......	111,300	104,000	103,145
5. Overhaul and repairs to Departmental vessels..........	6,000	4,400	1,320
6. Free issue of biological products...................	2,000	2,000	1,560
7. Control of foot and mouth disease..................	2,400	1,300	1,349
8. Incidental and other expenditure (moneys paid for expenses of quarantine may be credited to this item)	10,400	9,900	8,969
	168,400	163,000	144,663
Total Division No. 82.................	297,000	283,000	261,070
Division No. 83.—HEALTH SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 182.......	486,300	442,100	436,364
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	84,200	88,000	81,532
3. Extra duty pay..............................	5,500	6,500	4,612
	576,000	536,600	522,508
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	22,900	24,500	20,071
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	42,200	36,000	35,400
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	19,500	16,400	16,996
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	10,200	..	..
5. Laboratory supplies...........................	14,000	13,300	10,442
6. Purchase and analysis of drugs....................	13,600	..	..
7. Publicity..................................	3,000	3,000	266
8. Incidental and other expenditure..................	29,600	44,200	33,513
	155,000	137,400	116,688
Total Division No. 83.................	731,000	674,000	639,196

X.—Department of Health.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 84.—SERUM LABORATORIES.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 183.......	362,000	314,800	301,232
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	487,000	441,200	416,476
3. Extra duty pay...............................	51,000	50,000	51,139
	900,000	806,000	768,847
4. Less amount chargeable to Serum Laboratories Trust Account	900,000	806,000	768,847
	..	..	..
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	10,000	9,000	7,700
2. Stationery, printing and advertising.................	30,000	23,000	28,454
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone services and cablegrams....	14,000	14,000	11,541
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..........	109,000	75,000	90,033
5. Livestock and fodder...........................	140,000	55,000	126,455
6. Stores and plant..............................	1,160,000	534,000	712,812
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	168,000	52,000	76,040
	1,631,000	762,000	1,053,035
8. Less amount chargeable to Serum Laboratories Trust Account	1,631,000	762,000	1,053,035
	..	..	..
Total Division No. 84.................	..	..	..
Total Department of Health..............	1,639,000	1,520,800	1,455,976

XI.—DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
85	ADMINISTRATIVE.....................	1,050,000	893,200	917,931
86	TARIFF BOARD.......................	84,000	75,200	73,355
	COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—
87	BRITISH WEST INDIES.................	11,900	11,380	11,189
88	BURMA............................	11,600	7,340	6,372
89	CANADA...........................	47,400	41,500	38,789
90	CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION........	13,500	10,740	9,833
91	CEYLON...........................	8,800	9,000	8,594
92	EGYPT AND MIDDLE EAST.............	..	14,200	7,535
93	FRANCE...........................	17,900	14,930	12,993
94	INDIA.............................	59,500	49,430	48,950
95	INDONESIA.........................	19,100	25,000	19,353
96	HONG KONG........................	31,100	33,010	31,969
97	JAPAN.............................	32,500	29,820	27,211
97k	MALAYA...........................	9,000	..	..
98	NEW ZEALAND......................	36,100	27,310	25,542
99	NORTHERN EUROPE..................	19,000	17,450	17,330
100	PAKISTAN..........................	11,000	9,960	8,221
101	PHILIPPINES........................	16,100	15,650	16,154
102	SINGAPORE.........................	18,500	19,580	18,390
103	SOUTH AFRICA......................	18,400	18,360	17,856
104	SOUTHERN EUROPE..................	17,600	13,020	13,974
105	UNITED KINGDOM...................	17,900	14,500	15,035
106	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...........	98,500	89,120	86,907
107	RELIEVING, TRANSIT AND OTHER STAFF..	83,600	69,300	69,619
	TOTAL........................	1,733,000	(a)1,509,000	1,503,102

(a) Includes £69,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary....	1,369,300	1,184,420	1,186,090
General expenses......................	363,700	324,580	317,012
Total.......................	1,733,000	1,509,000	1,503,102

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,733,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	1,503,102
Increase.........................	229,898

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 85.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 184.......	670,000	550,000	558,217
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	149,000	141,000	154,550
3. Extra duty pay...............................	50,000	55,000	53,155
	869,000	746,000	765,922
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	80,000	61,200	63,537
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	19,500	15,000	17,466
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	60,000	55,000	54,636
4. Trade publicity—Official entertainment..............	1,000	1,000	158
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	20,500	15,000	16,212
	181,000	147,200	152,009
Total Division No. 85.................	1,050,000	893,200	917,931
Division No. 86.—TARIFF BOARD.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 184.......	66,000	58,400	58,375
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	5,000	5,000	4,537
	71,000	63,400	62,912
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	4,200	4,000	4,053
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	1,000	1,000	930
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	1,300	1,300	1,065
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	6,500	5,500	4,395
	13,000	11,800	10,443
Total Division No. 86.................	84,000	75,200	73,355
Division No. 87.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— BRITISH WEST INDIES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 184.......	5,300	5,100	4,934
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	3,300	3,230	3,031
	8,600	8,330	7,965
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	900	710	930
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	600	640	634
3. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	600	600	568
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	300	200	214
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	900	900	878
	3,300	3,050	3,224
Total Division No. 87.................	11,900	11,380	11,189

F.6686/57.—4

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 88—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—BURMA.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 185........	8,200	4,940	4,521
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	2,100	1,400	1,152
	10,300	6,340	5,673
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	550	200	136
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	200	200	150
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	550	600	413
	1,300	1,000	699
Total Division No. 88..................	11,600	7,340	6,372
Division No. 89.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— CANADA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 185........	23,200	17,400	15,552
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	11,900	11,400	11,481
	35,100	28,800	27,033
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,500	2,000	1,184
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	1,700	1,800	1,755
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	5,930	5,500	5,606
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	300	400	318
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	2,870	3,000	2,893
	12,300	12,700	11,756
Total Division No. 89..................	47,400	41,500	38,789
Division No. 90.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 185........	4,500	4,200	3,888
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	4,400	2,600	2,194
	8,900	6,800	6,082
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	900	780	520
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	800	750	698
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	1,000	860	911
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	500	250	237
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	400	400	399
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,000	900	986
	4,600	3,940	3,751
Total Division No. 90..................	13,500	10,740	9,833

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 91.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— CEYLON.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 185........	5,000	5,200	5,171
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	2,500	2,500	2,288
	7,500	7,700	7,459
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	150	100	90
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	350	350	323
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	250	300	221
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	550	550	501
	1,300	1,300	1,135
Total Division No. 91..................	8,800	9,000	8,594
Division No. 92.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— EGYPT AND MIDDLE EAST.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186........	..	9,400	4,699
Temporary and casual employees...................	..	2,600	1,854
	..	12,000	6,553
B.—General Expenses—
Travelling and subsistence........................	..	800	285
Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	..	500	131
Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	..	400	214
Incidental and other expenditure....................	..	500	352
	..	2,200	982
Total Division No. 92..................	..	14,200	7,535
Division No. 93.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— FRANCE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186........	12,600	8,630	8,891
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	3,800	4,600	3,134
	16,400	13,230	12,025
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	600	600	335
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	500	600	347
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	400	500	286
	1,500	1,700	968
Total Division No. 93..................	17,900	14,930	12,993

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 94.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— INDIA.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186........	31,200	23,600	23,733
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	14,400	13,100	13,299
	45,600	36,700	37,032
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	2,000	1,500	1,317
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	3,000	2,950	2,426
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	3,300	3,080	3,132
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	1,100	1,200	1,200
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	4,500	4,000	3,843
	13,900	12,730	11,918
Total Division No. 94..................	59,500	49,430	48,950
Division No. 95.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— INDONESIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 186........	10,500	15,200	12,295
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	4,500	4,200	3,219
	15,000	19,400	15,514
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	500	600	328
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	1,000	1,300	956
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	300	950	1,069
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	800	800	145
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	500	600	432
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,000	1,350	909
	4,100	5,600	3,839
Total Division No. 95..................	19,100	25,000	19,353
Division No. 96.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— HONG KONG.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 187........	11,800	12,100	11,661
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	7,900	6,970	6,942
	19,700	19,070	18,603
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	300	600	375
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	1,800	1,600	1,736
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	7,150	6,900	6,469
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	600	600	771
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses.......	350	300	295
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,200	1,200	981
Increase in imprest advance.......................	..	2,740	2,739
	11,400	13,940	13,366
Total Division No. 96..................	31,100	33,010	31,969

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 97.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— JAPAN.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 187........	18,000	19,100	16,983
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	2,600	2,160	2,479
	20,600	21,260	19,462
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	800	450	530
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	2,600	2,860	2,546
.3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	2,250	2,350	2,259
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	4,000	900	555
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	2,250	2,000	1,859
	11,900	8,560	7,749
Total Division No. 97...................	32,500	29,820	27,211
Division No. 97k.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— MALAYA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 187........	5,500	..	..
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	2,000	..	..
	7,500	..	..
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	300	..	..
2. Postage, telephones, telegrams and cablegrams...........	300	..	..
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	900	..	..
	1,500	..	..
Total Division No. 97k..................	9,000	..	..
Division No. 98.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— NEW ZEALAND.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 187........	15,400	11,600	10,826
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	11,000	9,200	8,469
	26,400	20,800	19,295
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,000	900	768
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	1,700	1,430	1,305
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	2,800	1,020	1,019
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	700	660	537
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	300	290	281
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	3,200	2,210	2,337
	9,700	6,510	6,247
Total Division No. 98...................	36,100	27,310	25,542

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 99.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— NORTHERN EUROPE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188........	11,200	9,800	9,656
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	3,500	3,400	3,506
	14,700	13,200	13,162
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,100	1,200	1,199
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	1,100	1,050	1,050
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	900	800	800
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,200	1,200	1,119
	4,300	4,250	4,168
Total Division No. 99...................	19,000	17,450	17,330
Division No. 100.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— PAKISTAN.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188........	6,600	4,860	4,662
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	2,400	2,500	2,140
	9,000	7,360	6,802
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	500	900	399
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	400	350	311
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	500	500	209
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	600	850	500
	2,000	2,600	1,419
Total Division No. 100..................	11,000	9,960	8,221
Division No. 101—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— PHILIPPINES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188........	8,100	9,000	10,423
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	5,700	4,100	3,269
	13,800	13,100	13,692
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	650	600	635
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	750	750	748
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	900	1,200	1,079
	2,300	2,550	2,462
Total Division No. 101..................	16,100	15,650	16,154

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 102.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— SINGAPORE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188........	8,900	9,600	8,895
2. Temporary and casual employees...................	6,000	5,860	6,001
	14,900	15,460	14,896
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,000	1,200	1,047
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	600	550	550
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	600	650	474
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	400	320	449
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,000	1,400	974
	3,600	4,120	3,494
Total Division No. 102..................	18,500	19,580	18,390
Division No. 103.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— SOUTH AFRICA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 188........	8,500	8,500	8,542
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	4,400	4,300	4,074
	12,900	12,800	12,616
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,200	900	942
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	1,150	1,000	1,181
3. Rent and maintenance, office......................	1,500	1,500	1,483
4. Maintenance, other Commonwealth buildings...........	350	350	331
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	300	290	300
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,000	1,200	1,003
Increase in imprest advance.......................	..	320	..
	5,500	5,560	5,240
Total Division No. 103..................	18,400	18,360	17,856
Division No. 104.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— SOUTHERN EUROPE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189........	9,100	5,100	6,564
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	6,100	5,170	5,140
	15,200	10,270	11,704
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	1,100	900	1,273
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	600	800	462
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	700	1,050	535
	2,400	2,750	2,270
Total Division No. 104..................	17,600	13,020	13,974

XI.—Department of Trade.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 105.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— UNITED KINGDOM.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189.......	14,300	11,100	11,321
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	800	650	635
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	1,500	1,500	1,718
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,300	1,000	1,267
Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	..	250	94
	3,600	3,400	3,714
Total Division No. 105................	17,900	14,500	15,035
Division No. 106.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189.......	49,900	44,000	42,221
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	29,600	25,300	25,490
	79,500	69,300	67,711
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	3,700	4,000	2,872
2. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams..........	5,000	5,000	5,047
3. Rent and maintenance, office...........	5,800	6,320	6,975
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	4,500	4,500	4,302
	19,000	19,820	19,196
Total Division No. 106.................	98,500	89,120	86,907
Division No. 107.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE— RELIEVING TRANSIT AND OTHER STAFF.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 189.......	33,400	22,000	22,656
B.—General Expenses—
1. Relieving staff—Travelling and subsistence............	4,000	4,000	3,938
2. Overseas transfers—Fares, travelling and subsistence......	40,000	41,300	41,297
3. Trade correspondents...........................	5,000	..	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,200	2,000	1,728
	50,200	47,300	46,963
Total Division No. 107.................	83,600	69,300	69,619
Total Department of Trade.........	1,733,000	1,509,000	1,503,102

XII.—DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
108	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	382,000	361,000	342,553
109	ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT	1,059,000	1,012,000	996,282
110	DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS....	143,000	135,000	127,226
	TOTAL............................	1,584,000	(a) 1,508,000	1,466,061

(a) Includes £2,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	1,264,000	1,243,000	1,186,498
General expenses........................	320,000	265,000	279,563
Total...........................	1,584,000	1,508,000	1,466,061

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,584,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	1,466,061
Increase..........................	117,939

XII.—Department of Primary Industry.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 108.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 190.......	250,000	230,000	215,176
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	50,000	58,000	51,254
3. Extra duty pay...............................	5,000	7,000	4,263
	305,000	295,000	270,693
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	38,000	27,500	31,226
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	7,000	9,000	10,284
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	21,000	20,000	19,436
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	11,000	9,500	8,564
Payments under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	..	..	2,350
	77,000	66,000	71,860
Total Division No. 108.............	382,000	361,000	342,553
Division No. 109.—ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT
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 190.......	500,000	498,000	473,240
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	340,000	327,000	331,433
3. Extra duty pay (Money received as payment of overtime charges in connexion with the services of officers for the purposes of the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act may be credited to this item)	12,000	17,000	11,517
	852,000	842,000	816,190
B.—General Expenses (Payments by State Dried Fruits Boards may be credited to the items to which they relate)—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	100,000	95,000	97,596
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	7,500	6,500	6,302
3. Payments to States for services in connexion with inspections of fresh fruit, seeds, plants, vegetables and other items	80,000	49,500	56,399
4. Payments to Australian Wheat Board for services in connexion with inspections of flour mills	7,500	6,500	7,186
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	12,000	12,500	12,609
	207,000	170,000	180,092
Total Division No. 109.............	1,059,000	1,012,000	996,282
Division No. 110.—DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 191.......	110,000	112,000	104,369
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	24,000	24,500	24,135
3. Extra duty pay...............................	4,000	3,500	2,551
	138,000	140,000	131,055
4. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account	31,000	34,000	31,440
	107,000	106,000	99,615
Carried forward..................	107,000	106,000	99,615

XII.—Department of Primary Industry.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 110.—DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..................	107,000	106,000	99,615
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	25,000	21,000	15,331
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	7,500	5,000	5,348
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	3,500	3,500	2,952
4. Printing of publications.........................	11,000	10,000	11,244
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	1,000	1,500	1,743
	48,000	41,000	36,618
6. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account	12,000	12,000	9,007
	36,000,	29,000	27,611
Total Division No. 110.............	143,000	135,000	127,226
Total Department of Primary Industry......	1,584,000	1,508,000	1,466,061

XIII.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
111	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION...........	185,000	190,300	174,915
112	STATE ESTABLISHMENTS.............	2,829,000	2,651,500	2,592,194
	TOTAL........................	3,014,000	(a)2,841,800	2,767,109

(a) Includes £45,800 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary....	2,069,000	1,920,000	1,912,211
General expenses......................	945,000	921,800	854,898
Total..........................	3,014,000	2,841,800	2,767,109

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	3,014,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	2,767,109
Increase..........................	246,891

XIII.—Department of Social Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 111.—CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 192.......	126,000	120,000	18,087
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	24,000	20,000	18,739
3. Extra duty pay...............................	1,000	1,000	573
	151,000	141,000	137,399
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	12,100	11,700	11,236
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	7,000	7,500	6,002
3. Publicity...................................	7,000	20,000	10,765
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	7,900	10,100	9,513
	34,000	49,300	37,516
Total Division No. 111.................	185,000	190,300	174,915
Division No. 112.—STATE ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 193.......	1,527,000	1,389,000	1,395,785
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	336,000	335,000	331,765
3. Extra duty pay...............................	55,000	55,000	47,262
	1,918,000	1,779,000	1,774,812
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	60,000	55,000	59,786
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	173,000	146,500	128,048
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	303,000	297,000	271,589
4. Fuel, light and power...........................	14,500	14,000	13,606
5. Services of Magistrates, Police, Registrars and Agents.....	19,000	20,000	18,191
6. Services of Registrars of Births and Deaths............	5,500	4,000	5,151
7. Medical examinations..........................	22,000	24,000	18,699
8. Commission on benefit payments made by banks and post offices	276,000	278,000	269,379
9. Incidental and other expenditure...................	38,000	34,000	32,933
	911,000	872,500	817,382
Total Division No. 112.................	2,829,000	2,651,500	2,592,194
Total Department of Social Services......	3,014,000	2,841,800	2,767,109

XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
113	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	175,500	169,700	158,451
114	MARINE BRANCH.......................	976,500	954,000	952,520
115	SHIP CONSTRUCTION....................	16,000	16,000	16,000
	TOTAL.........................	1,168,000	(a)1,139,700	1,126,971

(a) Includes £700 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	795,900	771,600	759,607
General expenses........................	372,100	368,100	367,364
Total............................	1,168,000	1,139,700	1,126,971

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,168,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	1,126,971
Increase.......................	41,029

XIV.—Department of Shipping and Transport.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 113.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 194.......	114,500	111,800	101,107
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees.............	22,600	20,300	21,468
3. Extra duty pay...............................	2,800	2,500	2,448
	139,900	134,600	125,023
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	10,500	11,800	10,025
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing..............	4,100	3,400	3,704
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	12,750	12,500	12,452
4. Incidental and other expenditure...................	8,250	7,400	7,247
	35,600	35,100	33,428
Total Division No. 113................	175,500	169,700	158,451
Division No. 114.—MARINE BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 194.......	410,000	378,500	372,907
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	187,000	193,700	204,679
3. Extra duty pay...............................	44,000	49,800	41,998
	641,000	622,000	619,584
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	23,500	21,500	23,478
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	9,300	8,850	9,046
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	12,200	10,460	10,961
4. Lighthouses, buoys and beacons—Operation and maintenance	87,400	88,400	77,615
5. Lighthouses—Conveyance of stores and mails, including hire of launches	33,500	30,780	29,539
6. Lighthouse tenders—Cost of operating..............	141,500	144,490	150,675
7. Navigation Act—Miscellaneous expenses............	3,700	3,500	4,040
8. Payment to Postmaster-General’s Department for the inspection of maritime radio installations	10,200	10,200	10,200
9. Incidental and other expenditure...................	14,200	13,820	17,382
	335,500	332,000	332,936
Total Division No. 114................	976,500	954,000	952,520
Division No. 115.—SHIP CONSTRUCTION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances, as per Schedule, page 194......	19,700	24,100	22,436
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	82,200	80,400	74,361
3. Extra duty pay..............................	600	600	1,387
	102,500	105,100	98,184
4. Less amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services....	87,500	90,100	83,184
	15,000	15,000	15,000
B.—General Expenses—
1. Incidental and other expenditure...................	9,750	11,000	11,969
2. Less amount chargeable to Capital Works and Services....	8,750	10,000	10,969
	1,000	1,000	1,000
Total Division No. 115................	16,000	16,000	16,000
Total Department of Shipping and Transport...	1,168,000	1,139,700	1,126,971

XV.—DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
116	ADMINISTRATIVE........................	273,000	234,000	213,800
	TOTAL..........................	273,000	234,000	213,800

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary..........	226,500	181,550	181,873
General expenses............................	46,500	52,450	31,927
Total...............................	273,000	234,000	213,800

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	273,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	213,800
Increase.......................	59,200

XV.—Department of Territories.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 116.—ADMINISTRATIVE.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 195........	229,300	192,000	180,447
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	33,600	24,450	35,565
3. Extra duty pay................................	6,000	4,900	5,661
	268,900	221,350	221,673
4. Less amount recoverable from Territory Administrations....	42,400	39,800	39,800
	226,500	181,550	181,873
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	14,000	12,000	12,165
2. Office requisites and equipment.....................	6,300	4,650	5,262
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	14,500	14,250	14,286
4. Visits to Australian Territories by Members of Parliament...	4,000	4,500	3,380
5. Publicity....................................	11,200	20,100	39
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	3,000	2,750	2,595
	53,000	58,250	37,727
7. Less amount recoverable from Territory Administrations....	6,500	5,800	5,800
	46,500	52,450	31,927
Total Department of Territories............	273,000	234,000	213,800

F.6686/57.—5

XVI.—DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
117	ADMINISTRATIVE.....................	1,085,300	1,055,800	1,023,801
118	OVERSEAS TRANSFERS.................	95,000	50,000	45,730
	MIGRATION OFFICES—
119	UNITED KINGDOM...................	111,300	103,400	95,808
120	GERMANY..........................	138,400	147,600	145,636
121	THE NETHERLANDS..................	69,300	71,500	65,415
122	ITALY.............................	207,500	219,200	201,956
123	GREECE............................	74,900	95,000	71,005
124	AUSTRIA...........................	117,500	110,300	106,037
125	OTHER OVERSEAS POSTS..............	58,800	44,100	39,218
	TOTAL.......................	1,958,000	(a) 1,896,900	1,794,606

(a) Includes £34,900 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.....	1,476,200	1,455,700	1,395,850
General expenses.......................	481,800	441,200	398,756
Total...........................	1,958,000	1,896,900	1,794,606

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,958,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	1,794,606
Increase........................	163,394

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 117.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 196.......	624,000	598,200	593,680
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	243,000	230,000	225,109
3. Extra duty pay...............................	38,000	51,000	35,163
	905,000	879,200	853,952
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	50,000	52,000	46,760
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	36,000	36,000	37,272
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	60,000	55,000	58,213
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	5,500	5,000	5,171
5. Payment for services performed by Government authorities including services under the Immigration Act, the Nationality and Citizenship Act and the Passports Act	13,800	13,600	8,532
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	15,000	15,000	13,901
	180,300	176,600	169,849
Total Division No. 117..............	1,085,300	1,055,800	1,023,801
Division No. 118.—OVERSEAS TRANSFERS.
B.—General Expenses—
1. Fares, travelling allowances and expenses.............	75,000	45,000	36,588
2. Removal and other expenses......................	20,000	5,000	9,142
Total Division No. 118..............	95,000	50,000	45,730
Division No. 119:—MIGRATION OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 196...	76,600	74,200	67,484
3. Extra duty pay...............................	200	200	167
	76,800	74,400	67,651
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	20,000	17,500	15,155
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing....	10,000	7,000	8,803
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	4,000	4,000	3,805
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	500	500	394
	34,500	29,000	28,157
Total Division No. 119.............	111,300	103,400	95,808

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 120.—MIGRATION OFFICE—GERMANY.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 196.	62,500	72,000	70,789
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel................	38,000	38,000	37,858
3. Extra duty pay...............................	100	100	..
	100,600	110,100	108,647
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	10,000	9,400	9,494
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	4,600	6,000	4,555
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	12,500	11,000	12,443
4. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	7,200	7,800	7,144
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	3,000	2,600	3,008
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	500	700	345
	37,800	37,500	36,989
Total Division No. 120................	138,400	147,600	145,636
Division No. 121.—MIGRATION OFFICE—THE NETHERLANDS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 197.	43,600	43,000	42,826
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel................	14,600	14,000	13,815
3. Extra duty pay...............................	200	200	298
	58,400	57,200	56,939
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	2,000	4,000	1,565
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	2,200	1,500	1,552
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	3,000	5,000	2,090
4. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	2,700	2,600	2,651
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	500	500	256
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	500	700	362
	10,900	14,300	8,476
Total Division No. 121................	69,300	71,500	65,415
Division No. 122.—MIGRATION OFFICE—ITALY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 197.	94,000	110,000	97,440
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel...............	62,000	54,000	56,435
3. Extra duty pay..............................	1,500	1,500	1,154
	157,500	165,500	155,029
Carried forward............	157,500	165,500	155,029

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 122.—MIGRATION OFFICE—ITALY—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	157,500	165,500	155,029
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	17,500	17,600	17,132
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	5,000	6,500	4,200
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	16,000	17,000	15,462
4. Rent and maintenance, office......................	9,000	10,000	8,307
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	500	600	296
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	2,000	2,000	1,530
	50,000	53,700	46,927
Total Division No. 122..................	207,500	219,200	201,956
Division No. 123.—MIGRATION OFFICE—GREECE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 197...	37,700	48,000	39,663
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel.................	15,000	16,000	13,941
3. Extra duty pay................................	200	200	117
	52,900	64,200	53,721
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	8,000	16,900	4,978
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	2,000	2,500	1,448
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams...........	4,000	3,500	3,229
4. Rent and maintenance, office......................	6,800	6,700	6,470
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	400	400	275
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	800	800	884
	22,000	30,800	17,284
Total Division No. 123..................	74,900	95,000	71,005
Division No. 124.—MIGRATION OFFICE—AUSTRIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 197..	67,700	60,200	55,641
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel.................	19,000	17,000	18,686
3. Extra duty pay................................	100	100	..
	86,800	77,300	74,327
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	14,000	11,000	10,963
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	3,700	3,000	3,680
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cables..............	5,000	10,000	9,673
4. Rent and maintenance, office......................	4,000	5,300	3,537
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses........	3,000	2,700	2,968
6. Incidental and other expenditure....................	1,000	1,000	889
	30,700	33,000	31,710
Total Division No, 124.................	117,500	110,300	106,037

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 125.—MIGRATION OFFICES—OTHER OVERSEAS POSTS.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries—Australian based staff as per Schedule, page 198.	25,000	16,600	14,703
2. Salaries—Locally engaged personnel................	13,000	11,000	10,881
3. Extra duty pay...............................	200	200	..
	38,200	27,800	25,584
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	7,000	5,000	2,444
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	3,300	2,000	2,559
3. Postage, telegrams, telephones and cablegrams.........	5,000	3,500	4,165
4. Rent and maintenance, office.....................	4,400	5,000	3,888
5. Motor vehicles, maintenance and running expenses......	400	400	260
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	500	400	318
	20,600	16,300	13,634
Total Division No. 125................	58,800	44,100	39,218
Total Department of Immigration.........	1,958,000	1,896,900	1,794,606

XVII.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
126	ADMINISTRATIVE...................	2,123,000	2,014,500	1,995,533
126k	PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR’S OFFICE..	24,000	(b) 15,900	14,276
	TOTAL.....................	2,147,000	(a)2,030,400	2,009,809

(a) Includes £17,400 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Portion of year only. Previously provided under Attorney-General’s Department, Division No. 60.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary...	1,807,100	1,706,400	1,705,309
General expenses.....................	315,700	303,800	287,339
Other services.......................	24,200	20,200	17,161
Total.......................	2,147,000	2,030,400	2,009,809

	£
Estimate, 1957-58........................	2,147,000
Expenditure, 1956-57......................	2,009,809
Increase........................	137,191

XVII.—Department of Labour and National Service.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 126.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 199.......	1,399,100	1,293,000	1,257,662
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	370,800	376,700	413,945
3. Extra duty pay...............................	24,700	25,400	22,865
	1,794,600	1,695,100	1,694,472
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	85,000	91,900	80,583
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	34,900	34,900	31,662
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	112,700	98,600	105,550
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	17,700	15,200	16,431
5. Advertising and publicity........................	13,800	16,000	11,181
6. Payment for services of State officers................	5,100	5,000	5,450
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	35,000	37,600	33,043
	304,200	299,200	283,900
C.—Other Services—
1. Staff training................................	3,500	3,820	2,222
2. Boards of Reference under Stevedoring Industry Act—Fees and other expenditure	700	(b) 700	562
3. Ministry of Labour Advisory Council—Expenses........	20,000	2,110	1,591
Stevedoring Industry Act—Committee of Inquiry.......	..	(b) 13,570	12,786
	24,200	20,200	17,161
Total Division No. 126................	2,123,000	2,014,500	1,995,533
Division No. 126k.—PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR’S OFFICE.(a)
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 199.......	10,500	9,250	9,180
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	1,800	1,500	1,358
3. Extra duty pay.....................	200	550	299
	12,500	11,300	10,837
B.—General Expenses—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	2,700	2,200	1,692
2. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,300	2,400	1,747
3. Payment for services of Court Reporting Branch........	6,500	..	..
	11,500	4,600	3,439
Total Division No. 126k................	24,000	(a) 15,900	14,276
Total Department of Labour and National Service	2,147,000	2,030,400	2,009,809

(a) Portion of year only provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. Previously provided under Division No. 60. (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XVIII.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
127	ADMINISTRATIVE.......................	233,000	226,700	214,583
127k	DIVISION OF NATIONAL MAPPING...........	303,000	279,000	230,272
128	BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES..........	812,000	604,500	586,241
	TOTAL.........................	1,348,000	(a)1,110,200	1,031,096

(a) Includes £3,200 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	679,000	641,000	596,965
General expenses........................	114,100	95,200	89,713
Other services..........................	554,900	374,000	344,418
Total..........................	1,348,000	1,110,200	1,031,096

	£
Estimate, 1957-58........................	1,348,000
Expenditure, 1956-57......................	1,031,096
Increase........................	316,904

XVIII.—Department of National Development.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 127.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the Nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 200........	134,000	124,000	117,443
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	27,000	30,000	28,519
3. Extra duty pay................................	3,000	3,000	3,189
	164,000	157,000	149,151
4. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account	9,000	9,000	8,740
	155,000	148,000	140,411
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	10,500	9,600	9,344
2. Office requisites, equipment, stationery and printing.......	2,600	2,600	2,000
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	11,000	12,200	11,723
4. Incidental and other expenditure....................	5,500	6,000	5,065
	29,600	30,400	28,132
5. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account	1,500	1,700	Dr. 94
	28,100	28,700	28,226
C.—Other Services—
Resources and development projects—
1. Kimberley Research Station and Ord River gauging— Contribution to cost	25,000	25,000	24,414
2. Publications...............................	4,550	6,300	3,796
3. Water resources investigations..................	2,300	..	..
Northern Australia surveys.....................	..	17,000	17,000
4. Materials Handling Testing Station—Equipment and operational expenses	1,750	3,000	2,978
5. International Tin Council—Contribution...............	1,700	1,000	855
6. River Murray Commission—Expenses................	1,350	(a)	..
7. Gas Turbine Research—Equipment and operational expenses.	15,000	..	..
	51,650	52,300	49,043
8. Less amount recoverable from the Wool Research Trust Fund trust account	1,750	2,300	3,097
	49,900	50,000	45,946
Total Division No. 127..................	233,000	226,700	214,583
Division No. 127k.—DIVISION OF NATIONAL MAPPING.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the Nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 200........	63,000	60,000	57,771
2. Temporary and casual employees....................	50,000	39,500	38,675
3. Extra duty pay................................	11,000	10,500	8,204
	124,000	110,000	104,650
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	12,000	7,000	8,556
2. Office requisites, equipment, stationery and printing.......	2,500	3,500	1,795
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	1,000	1,000	923
4. Map printing.................................	9,000	11,000	4,823
5. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire...................	11,000	9,000	8,987
6. Hire of aircraft for aerial surveys....................	2,500	..	..
7. Incidental and other expenditure....................	6,000	2,500	4,202
	44,000	34,000	29,286
C.—Other Services—
1. Payments for mapping work carried out by States.........	15,000	15,000	13,720
2. Payments for aerial photography....................	120,000	120,000	82,616
	135,000	135,000	96,336
Total Division No. 127k.................	303,000	279,000	230,272

(a) Provided under Department of Works, Division No. 72, Administrative.

XVIII.—Department of National Development.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 128.—BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 200...	280,000	285,000	256,234
2. Temporary and casual employees...............	190,000	180,000	186,041
3. Extra duty pay...........................	15,000	10,000	11,278
	485,000	475,000	453,553
4. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission	135,000	146,000	146,000
	350,000	329,000	307,553
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...................	21,500	17,000	19,644
2. Office requisites, equipment, stationery and printing..	7,500	8,500	4,896
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.........	10,000	7,000	7,930
4. Removal expenses.........................	1,500	2,000	1,790
5. Incidental and other expenditure................	16,500	12,000	11,941
	57,000	46,500	46,201
6. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission	15,000	14,000	14,000
	42,000	32,500	32,201
C.—Other Services—
1. Operational expenses.......................	(a)(b) 540,000	(a) 400,000	(a) 370,961
2. Publications.............................	18,000	14,000	12,526
	558,000	414,000	383,487
3. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission	138,000	171,000	137,000
	420,000	243,000	246,487
Total Division No. 128.............	812,000	604,500	586,241
Total Department of National Development	1,348,000	1,110,200	1,031,096

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957-58, £50,000; 1956-57, Vote £54,000, Expenditure, £44,351. (b) Investigations are estimated to cost as follows:—Uranium search, £126,900; Metal search other than uranium, £77,300; Oil, search surveys, £236,800; Survey of sites for dams, bridges, &c., £6,600; Regional surveys and observatories (magnetic and seismic), £38,000; Laboratory investigations of rocks, minerals and fossils, £6,200; Resident geologists, £9,700 ; Miscellaneous investigations, £18,700 ; Drafting Office, £8,700; Workshops, £11,100.

XIX.—COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
129	ADMINISTRATIVE...................	5,474,000	5,012,400	4,958,724
	TOTAL.....................	5,474,000	5,012,400 (a)	4,958,724

(a) Includes £12,400 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.	4,781,000	4,434,140	4,392,911
General expenses....................	60,200	58,000	57,209
Other Services.....................	1,923,100	1,682,400	1,712,268
	(b) 6,764,300	6,174,540	6,162,388
Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources, sales of produce, &c.	1,290,300	1,162,149	1,203,664
Total.....................	5,474,000	5,012,400	4,958,724

(b) An additional £184,500 will be expended from Capital Works and Services, Division No. 48.

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	5,474,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	4,958,724
Increase.......................	515,276

XIX.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Division No. 129.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	1956-57.
(For Payment to Credit of Science and Industry Trust Account.)	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 201.......	185,000	186,000	178,923
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	53,400	51,500	54,200
3. Extra duty pay...............................	4,000	4,700	3,307
	242,400	242,200	236,430
B.—General Expenses—
1. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	14,000	13,500	13,526
2. Scientific research liaison officers overseas—Expenses....	10,000	11,000	9,196
3. Incidental and other expenditure...................	36,200	33,500	34,487
	60,200	58,000	57,209
C.—Investigations—
1. Animal health and production.....................	(a) 715,100	(a) 659,100	654,502
2. Plant industry...............................	(a) 741,700	(a) 681,300	683,030
3. Entomology................................	215,700	195,300	195,362
4. Soils and irrigation............................	(a) 369,500	(a) 335,000	332,657
5. Food preservation and transport...................	(a) 240,600	(a) 226,300	226,905
6. Forest products..............................	(a) 316,600	(a) 307,020	308,998
7. Mining and metallurgy.........................	(a) 47,300	(a) 40,830	42,426
8. Radio research...............................	(a) 52,500	(a) 44,000	43,635
9. Research services.............................	(a) 275,900	(a) 244,700	260,582
10. Industrial chemistry...........................	(a) 599,000	(a) 529,000	539,148
11. Fisheries..................................	(a) 175,300	(a) 169,900	172,000
12. Mathematical statistics.........................	61,500	57,900	55,988
13. National Standards Laboratory....................	(a) 562,300	525,700	526,637
14. Tribophysics................................	(a) 97,300	87,900	87,762
15. Building research............................	(a) 148,400	(a) 138,100	137,905
16. Biochemistry and general nutrition.................	(a) 123,500	(a) 118,400	114,628
17. Plant fibre.................................	39,600	37,400	36,565
18. Radiophysics...............................	(a) 377,800	(a) 322,400	333,552
19. Physical metallurgy...........................	12,000	11,700	9,020
20. Tobacco research.............................	(a) 34,000	(a) 34,500	22,770
21. Meteorological physics.........................	80,900	74,500	74,592
22. Dairy research...............................	(a) 71,400	(a) 60,200	60,101
23. Wool textile research..........................	(a) 386,800	(a) 342,500	346,634
24. Fuel research...............................	171,500	152,890	153,776
25. Wild life..................................	(a) 113,900	(a) 104,500	107,186
26. Land research and regional survey.................	(a) 155,100	(a) 141,000	135,745
27. Genetics investigations.........................	(a) 62,300	(a) 53,300	53,387
28. Unforeseen and urgent investigations................	1,800	1,000	1,000
29. Miscellaneous...............................	(a) 100,400	(a) 79,000	59,344
	6,349,700	5,775,340	5,775,837
30. 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	1,281,800	1,155,040	1,198,414
Total Investigations...................	5,067,900	4,620,300	4,577,423
D.—Grants—
1. Research associations..........................	43,000	43,000	41,500
2. Research studentships..........................	(a) 69,000	(a) 56,000	51,412
	112,000	99,000	92,912
3. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	8,500	7,100	5,250
	103,500	91,900	87,662
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	5,474,000	5,012,400	4,958,724

(a) Includes expenditure from contributions from outside sources.

XX.—AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	Under Control of Department of the Treasury.	£	£	£
130	AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
	1. Expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act (for payment to the credit of the Atomic Energy Trust Account)(a)	(b)1,411,000	(b) 778,000	(b) 698,978

(a) Details of estimated expenditure are shown in the Budget Papers, 1957-58, page 154. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957-58, £530,000; 1956-57, Vote, £362,400, Expenditure, £337,000.

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	1,411,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	698,978
Increase.......................	712,022

XXI.—DEFENCE SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
131-136	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE..........	960,000	914,000	856,720
137-151k	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.........	43,791,000	40,076,000	38,694,866
152-166k	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.........	57,389,000	61,557,000	60,032,496
167-179k	DEPARTMENT OF AIR...............	58,021,000	55,888,000	52,853,118
180-196	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY............	15,318,000	15,189,000	14,915,791
197-209	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION	12,372,000	20,939,000	20,511,618
209k-213k	OTHER SERVICES..................	2,149,000	1,051,000	632,349
	TOTAL.......................	190,000,000	a195,614,000	188,496,958

(a) Including £5,614,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries, pay and allowances in the nature of salary and pay	73,377,500	74,699,200	74,124,200
General expenses.........................	17,455,500	18,560,800	17,788,901
Other services...........................	99,167,000	102,354,000	96,583,857
Total.............................	190,000,000	195,614,000	188,496,958

	£
Estimate, 1957-58......................	190,000,000
Expenditure, 1956-57...................	188,496,958
Increase.........................	1,503,042

XXI.—Defence Services.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 131.—ADMINISTRATIVE.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 202.......	223,000	211,000	210,077
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	133,000	132,000	131,668
3. Extra duty pay...............................	5,000	4,000	4,350
	361,000	347,000	346,095
4. Less amount recoverable from Division No. 132 and other Departments	110,000	98,000	106,808
	251,000	249,000	239,287
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	20,700	17,100	18,450
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing..............	5,600	5,500	5,155
3. Postage, telegrams, telephone and teleprinter services.....	10,000	9,800	9,726
4. Books and papers for Defence Library including binding and repair of books	500	500	425
5. Barracks maintenance, including cleaning materials......	13,500	10,000	8,872
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	6,100	8,600	6,776
	56,400	51,500	49,404
7. Less amount recoverable from Division No. 132 and other Departments	12,400	8,500	7,940
	44,000	43,000	41,464
Total Division No. 131................	295,000	292,000	280,751
Division No. 132.—JOINT INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 202.......	181,500	161,000	156,492
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	28,000	28,000	27,761
3. Extra duty pay...............................	2,500	2,000	2,078
	212,000	191,000	186,331
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	6,100	8,800	7,964
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.............	8,100	7,600	5,805
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	4,500	4,200	3,450
4. Books, maps and papers........................	1,300	1,500	979
5. Incidental and other, expenditure..................	3,000	2,900	2,296
	23,000	25,000	20,494
Total Division No. 132................	235,000	216,000	206,825
Division No. 133.—DEFENCE SIGNALS BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 202.......	202,000	183,000	146,294
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	67,000	54,000	79,986
3. Extra duty pay..............................	5,000	10,000	11,021
	274,000	247,000	237,301
B.— General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	11,200	13,500	11,145
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.............	16,000	19,250	17,141
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	4,300	4,300	3,735
4. Freight and cartage...........................	4,400	4,800	3,081
5. Books, maps and papers........................	150	150	114
6. Hire and maintenance of plant and equipment..........	23,150	24,000	19,331
7. Incidental and other expenditure...................	2,800	3,000	2,205
	62,000	69,000	56,752
Total Division No. 133................	336,000	316,000	294,053

XXI.—Defence Services.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 134.—PLANT AND EQUIPMENT.............	37,000	27,000	25,864
Division No. 134k.—SOUTH-EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION MILITARY PLANNING OFFICE—CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS COST	..	9,000	8,922
Total Under Control of Department of Defence	903,000	860,000	816,415
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 135.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	38,000	35,000	22,830
Division No. 136—REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.........	19,000	19,000	17,475
Total Under Control of Department of Works..	57,000	54,000	40,305
Total Department of Defence...........	960,000	(a)914,000	856,720

(a) Includes £24,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

F.6686/57.—6

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 137.—PERMANENT NAVAL FORCES.
	£	£	£
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 203.........	10,860,000	11,600,000	11,579,768
2. Deferred pay, interest and service gratuities...........	110,000	140,000	132,734
	10,970,000	11,740,000	11,712,502
B.—General Expenses—(Moneys received from sales of provisions to officials, contractors, employees and other persons and from sales of food refuse may be credited to this vote)
1. Provisions and allowances in lieu of provisions; payments to ships’ funds	1,100,000	1,200,000	1,195,624
2. Clothing (outfit gratuities and gratuitous issues)........	222,000	150,000	149,881
3. Medical and dental expenses and treatment...........	60,000	60,000	61,429
4. Incidental and other expenditure..................	28,000	23,000	20,694
	1,410,000	1,433,000	1,427,628
Total Division No. 137...............	12,380,000	13,173,000	13,140,130
Division No. 138.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 204......	22,000	24,000	22,027
2. Temporary and casual employees.................	9,000	7,000	5,739
	(a) 31,000	(a) 31,000	27,766
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	8,000	9,000	6,137
2. Provisions................................	10,000	10,000	8,377
3. Clothing, uniforms and kit upkeep allowances.........	11,000	19,000	18,319
4. Incidental and other expenditure..................	8,000	6,000	4,802
	37,000	44,000	37,635
Total Division No. 138...............	68,000	75,000	65,401
Division No. 139.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVES.
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances..........................	128,000	326,000	318,936
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	26,000	32,500	36,828
2. Provisions................................	11,000	58,500	57,685
3. Clothing.................................	30,000	103,000	94,626
4. Training equipment..........................	46,000	61,000	59,968
5. Incidental and other expenditure..................	3,000	4,000	3,240
	116,000	259,000	252,347
Total Division No. 139...............	244,000	585,000	571,283
Division No. 140.—CIVIL PERSONNEL—NAVAL OFFICES AND ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 204......	2,248,500	2,096,000	2,026,051
2. Temporary and casual employees.................	6,098,500	5,627,000	5,671,368
3. Extra duty pay.............................	279,000	134,000	126,899
4. Civil personnel temporarily borne in Naval Establishments in lieu of Naval personnel short of complement	100,000	60,000	60,000
	8,726,000	7,917,000	7,884,318
5. Less wages of dockyard employees chargeable to other Divisions	2,144,000	1,877,000	1,881,485
Total Division No. 140...............	6,582,000	6,040,000	6,002,833

(a) Salaries of members of Permanent Naval Forces attached to Royal Australian Naval College provided under Division No. 137.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 141.—GENERAL SERVICES.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
(Receipts from canteen tenancies and associated rentals may be credited to this vote.)
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	745,000	710,000	714,394
2. Freight and cartage...........................	175,000	177,000	170,222
3. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	165,000	147,000	151,413
4. Postage, telegrams, telephone and teleprinter services....	200,000	185,000	190,860
5. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation.........	425,000	412,000	418,251
6. Naval aviation and other personnel—Special training fees.	350,000	370,000	256,971
7. Compensation payable under Commonwealth Employees’ Compensation Act	130,000	150,000	131,158
8. Incidental and other expenditure (including payments to ships’ funds)	55,000	87,000	47,488
Total Division No. 141...............	2,245,000	2,238,000	2,080,757
Division No. 142.—GENERAL EXPENSES—H.M.A. SHIPS, FLEET AUXILIARIES AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
(Moneys received from sales to contractors of material to complete Naval contracts, receipts from the sale of oil fuel and freight earnings of Fleet Auxiliaries may be credited to this vote.)
1. Victualling equipment........................	94,000	95,000	86,757
2. Naval and air stores..........................	5,482,000	5,002,000	4,967,722
3. Ordnance, torpedo stores and ammunition...........	2,407,000	2,727,000	2,428,426
4. Medical and dental stores......................	50,000	50,000	50,536
5. Oil fuel..................................	1,548,000	1,038,000	1,032,043
6. Repair and refit of ships.......................	1,286,000	1,352,000	1,113,222
7. Miscellaneous expenditure.....................	204,500	195,000	188,663
Total Division No. 142...............	11,071,500	10,459,000	9,867,369
Division No. 143.—AIRCRAFT AND AERO ENGINES—Repair and other charges	732,000	585,000	561,698
Division No. 144.—NAVAL CONSTRUCTION...........	5,833,000	3,598,000	3,391,668
Division No. 145.—AIRCRAFT AND AERO ENGINES......	1,840,000	412,000	411,144
Division No. 146.—MACHINERY AND PLANT FOR NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS	383,000	336,000	306,082
Division No. 147.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	30,000	80,000	43,053
Total Under Control of Department of the Navy	41,408,500	37,581,000	36,441,418

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 148.—RENT.........................	75,000	22,000	14,255
Division No. 149.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	160,900	120,000	74,510
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	235,900	142,000	88,765
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 150.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	1,000,000	1,250,000	1,067,617
Division No. 151.—MAINTENANCE	850,000	750,000	745,598
Total Under Control of Department of Works	1,850,000	2,000,000	1,813,215
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 151j.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	6,100	..	..
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 151k.—ADVANCES TO STATES UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT	290,500	353,000	351,468
Total Department of the Navy........	43,791,000	40,076,000 (a)	38,694,866

(a) Includes £1,011,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.	1957-58.	1956-57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 152.—AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 205..........	19,085,000	20,124,000	20,147,193
B.—General Expenses—(Moneys received for the supply of meals at Army Establishments may be credited to this vote)—
1. Travelling and subsistence.............	540,000	500,000	496,869
2. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	88,000	80,000	74,275
3. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..........	540,000	500,000	522,988
4. Freight and cartage............................	553,000	400,000	449,271
5. Rations....................................	1,935,000	2,353,000	2,241,329
6. Petrol, oil and lubricants........................	317,000	325,000	358,047
7. General stores...............................	54,000	35,000	24,015
8. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty........	40,000	40,000	59,317
9. Incidental and other expenditure...................	32,000	29,000	27,297
	4,099,000	4,262,000	4,253,408
10. Less transfers from items 5, 6 and 7 to Division No. 154b, Item 1	887,000	1,165,000	1,208,175
	3,212,000	3,097,000	3,045,233
Total Division No. 152.................	22,297,000	23,221,000	23,192,426
Division No. 153.—CIVILIAN SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 205.......	2,119,000	1,938,000	1,781,334
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees.............	2,421,000	2,699,000	2,633,489
3. Extra duty pay...............................	60,000	65,000	51,041
Total Division No. 153................	4,600,000	4,702,000	4,465,864
Division No. 154.—CITIZEN MILITARY FORCES (INCLUDING NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINEES) AND CADETS.
A.—Pay and allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances...........................	3,934,000	5,850,000	5,872,331
B.—General Expenses—
1. Camps of training, schools and courses of instruction, regimental exercises and bivouacs	1,439,500	2,238,000	2,246,890
2. Home training...............................	375,000	413,000	418,384
3. Welfare and betterment allowance..................	6,500	7,000	6,494
4. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty........	45,000	82,000	82,296
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	8,000	10,000	6,464
	1,874,000	2,750,000	2,760,528
Total Division No. 154................	5,808,000	8,600,000	8,632,859
Division No. 155.—GENERAL SERVICES.
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	172,000	170,000	166,132
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing, text-books and publications	240,000	250,000	247,061
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	130,000	110,000	127,457
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation..........	43,000	40,000	41,007
5. Freight and cartage............................	132,000	160,000	121,153
6. Educational facilities..........................	6,800	7,000	6,149
7. Payment to Repatriation Department and others for medical and dental services	525,000	720,000	561,236
8. Australian Survey Corps........................	7,000	7,000	6,853
9. Compensation for death, injury or illness on duty........	18,000	18,000	23,261
10. Expenses of officers sent abroad on training...........	165,000	140,000	157,571
11. Defence food research.........................	51,000	..	..
12. Incidental and other expenditure...................	99,200	63,000	70,703
Special survey—New Guinea.....................	..	20,000	..
Total Division No. 155................	1,589,000	1,705,000	1,528,583

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 156.—ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.		Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 205.......	40,200	39,400	38,704
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	8,500	6,750	5,522
3. Extra duty pay...............................	300	250	370
	49,000	46,400	44,596
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling, subsistence, freight and cartage............	22,500	22,500	18,866
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing, postage, telegrams and telephone services	5,500	5,500	4,353
3. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation.........	37,500	28,500	40,086
4. Staff Cadets’ maintenance and clothing allowances......	88,000	91,500	83,854
5. Medical and dental services......................	3,500	3,500	2,705
6. Maintenance of transport vehicles..................	16,000	7,500	10,369
7. Rations...................................	55,000	55,000	51,419
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	15,500	11,500	9,560
	243,500	225,500	221,212
9. Less recovery from New Zealand Government for maintenance of Cadets	28,500	25,500	28,500
	215,000	200,000	192,712
Total Division No. 156................	264,000	246,400	237,308
Division No. 157.—RIFLE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 205.......	25,500	23,700	22,985
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	2,250	2,150	1,740
3. Extra duty pay..............................	750	750	662
	28,500	26,600	25,387
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	7,500	7,300	6,987
2. Office requisites, postage and telephone services........	600	600	546
3. Freight and cartage...........................	7,000	6,700	6,111
4. Grants for ranges, efficiency, Commonwealth Council, State Associations and prize meetings	33,300	30,300	29,731
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	100	100	95
	48,500	45,000	43,470
Total Division No. 157................	77,000	71,600	68,857
Division No. 158.—FORCES OVERSEAS—MAINTENANCE.
1. Maintenance of forces overseas...................	1,900,000	2,390,000	2,389,987
2. Currency advances and other expenditure to be charged to this Division pending recovery	1,630,000	3,450,000	3,966,179
	3,530,000	5,840,000	6,356,166
3. Less recoveries..............................	1,500,000	3,280,000	3,799,461
Total Division No. 158................	2,030,000	2,560,000	2,556,705
Division No. 159.—ARMS AND EQUIPMENT—MAINTENANCE. (Moneys received from the sale of materials to contractors to complete Army contracts may be credited to this vote.)
1. Replacement of existing arms, armament, clothing, equipment and stores	5,540,000	6,063,000	5,907,318
2. Maintenance and repair of army vehicles and equipment...	1,252,000	1,238,000	1,259,690
3. Repair of general stores, camp equipment and clothing....	208,000	255,000	243,802
Total Division No. 159................	7,000,000	7,556,000	7,410,810

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 160.—ARMS, ARMAMENT, AMMUNITION, MECHANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT. (Moneys received from the sale of materials to contractors to complete Army contracts may be credited to this vote)	7,289,000	6,780,000	6,681,598
Division No. 160k.—SERVICE DWELLINGS—RENTALS...	80,000	17,000	15,874
Division No. 161.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	560,000	610,000	517,967
Division No. 162.—MAINTENANCE—WORKS AND BUILDINGS	190,000	190,000	181,880
Total Under Control of Department of the Army	51,784,000	56,259,000	55,490,731
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 163.—RENT..........................	27,000	26,000	23,601
Division No. 164.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	285,000	400,000	157,822
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	312,000	426,000	181,423
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 165.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	3,000,000	2,800,000	2,287,154
Division No. 166.—MAINTENANCE..................	1,784,000	1,570,000	1,579,898
Total Under Control of Department of Works	4,784,000	4,370,000	3,867,052
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 166j.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	15,000	..	..
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 166k.—ADVANCES TO STATES UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT	494,000	502,000	493,290
Total Department of the Army.........	57,389,000	61,557,000 (a)	60,032,496

(a) Includes £1,273,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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DEPARTMENT OF AIR.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 167.—ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.	£	£	£
A.—Pay and Allowances in the nature of Pay—
1. Pay and allowances as per Schedule, page 206........	14,542,000	14,561,000	14,520,721
2. Service gratuities and other payments..............	20,000	25,000	17,721
3. Citizen Air Force and National Service Trainees—Pay and allowances	143,000	724,000	703,565
	14,705,000	15,310,000	15,242,007
4. Less amount recoverable from other Departments......	780,000	720,000	826,745
Total Division No. 167...............	13,925,000	14,590,000	14,415,262
Division No. 168.—CIVILIAN SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 206......	1,193,000	1,160,000	1,053,405
2. Temporary and casual employees.................	1,287,000	1,110,000	1,203,456
3. Extra duty pay.............................	40,000	40,000	31,271
Total Division No. 168...............	2,520,000	2,310,000	2,288,132
Division No. 169.—GENERAL SERVICES.—(Amounts received for meals supplied at R.A.A.F. Establishments may be credited to this vote.)
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	1,050,000	1,080,000	1,070,699
2. Office requisites, stationery, printing and text-books....	300,000	235,000	218,048
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services...........	390,000	440,000	345,778
4. Fuel, light, power, water supply and sanitation........	640,000	680,000	690,781
5. Rations..................................	1,252,000	1,400,000	1,433,104
6. Freight and cartage..........................	670,000	564,000	614,217
7. Compensation for personal injury and damage to property.	50,000	50,000	44,574
8. Hire of equipment...........................	36,000	40,000	37,184
9. Training of personnel at other than R.A.A.F. establishments	177,000	210,000	195,024
10. Payment to Repatriation Department and others for medical and dental services	100,000	100,000	113,371
11. Incidental and other expenditure.................	30,000	40,000	27,941
	4,695,000	4,839,000	4,790,721
12. Less amount-recoverable from other Departments......	185,000	110,000	200,443
Total Division No. 169...............	4,510,000	4,729,000	4,590,278
Division No. 170.—R.A.A.F. SQUADRONS OVERSEAS—MAINTENANCE	2,000,000	1,594,000	1,222,365
Division No. 171.—REPAIR AND OVERHAUL OF AIRCRAFT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT	2,500,000	2,350,000	2,349,982
Division No. 172.—EQUIPMENT AND STORES. (Moneys received from the sale of unused equipment and stores which are to be replaced, from sales of clothing to personnel to replace lost or damaged issues and from sales of material to contractors to complete Air contracts may be credited to this vote.)
1. Aircraft ancillary and other technical stores..........	9,374,000	8,775,000	9,022,548
2. Ammunition, explosives, pyrotechnics, torpedoes and accessories	1,043,000	1,270,000	1,379,550
3. Mechanical and transport equipment...............	1,190,000	1,360,000	775,794
4. Communications and radar equipment..............	2,285,000	2,100,000	2,119,687
5. Personnel equipment..........	253,000	350,000	190,201
6. Camp, barrack and hospital stores and equipment.......	344,000	500,000	396,685
7. Petrol and oil..............................	2,054,000	2,350,000	2,310,200
	16,543,000	16,705,000	16,194,665
8. Less amounts recoverable from other Departments......	750,000	600,000	959,608
Total Division No. 172...............	15,793,000	16,105,000	15,235,057

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DEPARTMENT OF AIR—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 173.—PURCHASE AND MANUFACTURE OF AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED INITIAL EQUIPMENT	10,510,000	8,550,000	7,895,240
Division No. 174.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	40,000	48,000	39,301
Total Under Control of Department of Air	51,798,000	50,276,000	48,035,617
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 175.—RENT..........................	74,000	29,000	22,405
Division No. 176.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	80,000	75,000	23,826
Division No. 177.—METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.......	332,000	319,000	294,575
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	486,000	423,000	340,806
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 178.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	3,500,000	3,350,000	2,638,386
Division No. 179.—MAINTENANCE..................	1,850,000	1,500,000	1,493,853
Total Under Control of Department of Works	5,350,000	4,850,000	4,132,239
Under Control of Department of National Development.......
Division No. 179k.—ADVANCES TO STATES UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE HOUSING AGREEMENT	387,000	339,000	344,456
Total Department of Air.............	58,021,000	55,888,000 (a)	52,853,118

(a) Includes £2,138,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

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DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 180.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 207.......	679,000	663,000	629,024
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	185,000	161,000	200,014
3. Extra duty pay...............................	6,000	7,000	3,614
	870,000	831,000	832,652
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	45,000	45,000	41,286
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing..............	24,000	23,000	22,501
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	48,000	43,000	42,518
4. Freights, cartage and packing.....................	16,000	15,000	15,853
5. Training of scientific personnel....................	30,000	49,000	47,203
6. Incidental and other expenditure...................	100,000	74,000	75,901
	263,000	249,000	245,262
Total Division No. 180................	1,133,000	1,080,000	1,077,914
Division No. 181.—GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS—ADMINISTRATION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 207.......	1,874,000	1,575,000	1,561,751
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	2,249,000	2,218,000	2,195,291
3. Extra duty pay...............................	158,000	208,000	237,691
	4,281,000	4,001,000	3,994,733
Less—
4. Amount recoverable from Division No. 185............	3,620,000	3,415,000	3,398,575
5. Amount recoverable from Division No. 186...........	15,000	15,000	15,000
6. Amount recoverable from Trust Accounts.............	646,000	571,000	581,158
	4,281,000	4,001,000	3,994,733
	..	..	..
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	53,000	34,000	39,179
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing..............	47,000	39,000	42,988
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	78,000	60,000	64,079
4. Freights, cartage and packing.....................	56,000	53,000	45,707
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	86,000	82,000	79,246
	320,000	268,000	271,199
Less—
6. Amount recoverable from Division No. 185............	268,000	220,000	225,844
7. Amount recoverable from Division No. 186............	7,000	7,000	7,000
8. Amount recoverable from Trust Accounts.............	45,000	41,000	38,355
	320,000	268,000	271,199
	..	..	..
Total Division No. 181.................	..	..	..
Division No. 182.—DEFENCE STANDARDS LABORATORIES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 208.......	373,000	355,000	350,974
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	353,000	325,000	331,276
3. Extra duty pay...............................	5,000	8,000	7,428
	731,000	688,000	689,678
4. Less amount recoverable from Industry...............	23,000	..	..
	708,000	688,000	689,678

XXI.—Defence Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 182.—DEFENCE STANDARDS LABORATORIES— continued.	£	£	£
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	15,000	7,000	10,529
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing...........	4,000	6,000	4,343
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..........	6,000	5,000	5,990
4. Freights, cartage and packing...................	6,000	6,000	5,803
5. Materials and other operational stores.............	50,000	48,000	48,483
6. Laboratory plant and equipment.................	60,000	65,000	60,070
7. Incidental and other expenditure.................	55,000	44,000	42,080
	196,000	181,000	177,298
8. Less amount recoverable from Industry............	5,000	..	..
	191,000	181,000	177,298
Total Division No. 182..............	899,000	869,000	866,976
Division No. 183.—DESIGN AND INSPECTION BRANCH.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 208....	508,000	405,000	380,434
2. Temporary and casual employees................	565,000	581,000	601,051
3. Extra duty pay............................	10,000	15,000	9,454
	1,083,000	1,001,000	990,939
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	55,000	51,000	47,444
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing...........	4,000	4,000	3,671
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..........	10,000	9,000	11,268
4. Freights, cartage and packing...................	21,000	21,000	23,882
5. Materials and other stores.....................	53,000	58,000	56,361
6. Developmental and technical services.............	100,000	129,000	66,468
7. Incidental and other expenditure.................	61,000	48,000	43,552
	304,000	320,000	252,646
Total Division No. 183..............	1,387,000	1,321,000	1,243,585
Division No. 184.—STORAGE SERVICES.............	434,000	434,000	426,737
Division No. 185.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Gross expenditure..........................	9,060,000	8,407,000	8,154,623
2. Less amount recoverable from the United Kingdom....	2,150,000	1,500,000	1,165,732
Total Division No. 185..............	6,910,000	6,907,000	6,988,891
Division No. 186.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 208.....	519,000	449,000	423,345
2. Temporary and casual employees........	382,000	324,000	327,768
3. Extra duty pay............................	28,000	18,000	20,249
4. Portion of Establishment Administration cost transferred from Division No. 181	15,000	15,000	15,000
	944,000	806,000	786,362
5. Less amount recoverable from Division No. 185......	77,000	..	..
	867,000	806,000	786,362
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	20,000	20,000	15,740
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing...........	4,000	5,000	4,368
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..........	5,000	5,000	4,702
4. Freights, cartage and packing...................	3,000	3,000	2,694
5. Materials and other operational stores.............	152,000	140,000	128,028
6. Portion of Establishment Administration cost transferred from Division No. 181	7,000	7,000	7,000
7. Laboratory plant and equipment.................	157,000	182,000	146,062
8. Incidental and other expenditure.................	133,000	110,000	106,242
	481,000	472,000	414,836
Total Division No. 186..............	1,348,000	1,278,000	1,201,198

XXI.—Defence Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 187.—NEW GUINEA RESOURCES PROSPECTING CO. LTD.—Contribution to share capital	..	13,000	12,750
Division No. 188.—MACHINERY AND PLANT..........	132,000	150,000	151,273
Division No. 188k.—COMMONWEALTH MICA POOL.—Mica Trust Account—Working advance	..	15,000	..
Total Under Control of Department of Supply	12,243,000	12,067,000	11,969,324
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 189.—HEALTH SERVICES...............	..	3,000	2,200
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 190.—RENT..........................	73,000	68,000	48,107
Division No. 191.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	3,000	21,000	19,837
Division No. 192.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT —ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	..	10,000	3,465
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	76,000	99,000	71,409
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 193.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	100,000	195,000	161,045
Division No. 194.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT —BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE
1. Gross expenditure...........................	3,035,000	2,860,000	2,148,855
2. Less amount recoverable from the United Kingdom.....	846,000	550,000	..
	2,189,000	2,310,000	2,148,855
Division No. 195.—MAINTENANCE OF FACTORIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS	110,000	55,000	52,712
Division No. 196.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT —MAINTENANCE	600,000	460,000	510,246
Total Under Control of Department of Works	2,999,000	3,020,000	2,872,858
Total Department of Supply..........	15,318,000	15,189,000 (a)	14,915,791

(a) Includes £57,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXI.—Defence Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 197.—ADMINISTRATIVE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 209.....	835,000	758,000	752,952
2. Temporary and casual employees................	478,000	528,000	532,297
3. Extra duty pay............................	12,000	15,000	6,864
	1,325,000	1,301,000	1,292,113
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	70,000	75,000	66,585
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing...........	28,000	25,000	28,838
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..........	34,000	32,000	32,773
4. Freights, cartage and packing...................	9,000	11,000	7,460
5. Incidental and other expenditure.................	44,000	42,000	43,566
	185,000	185,000	179,222
Total Division No. 197..............	1,510,000	1,486,000	1,471,335
Division No. 198.—GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKINGS AND ESTABLISHMENTS.
A.—Salaries and Payments to the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 209....	1,252,000	1,105,000	1,152,857
2. Less amount chargeable to Trust Accounts..........	1,224,000	1,078,000	1,145,980
3. Less amount chargeable to Division No. 200........	28,000	27,000	6,877
	1,252,000	1,105,000	1,152,857
	..	..	..
B.—Maintenance of production potential facilities and other non-recoverable factory costs	963,000	580,000	579,719
Total Division No. 198..............	963,000	580,000	579,719
Division No. 199.—BREAKING DOWN OF AMMUNITION.
1. Factory costs.............................	80,000	80,000	104,517
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of recovered materials	80,000	80,000	104,517
Total Division No. 199..............	..	..	..
Division No. 200.—STORAGE SERVICES.............	595,000	595,000	589,831
Division No. 201.—DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT	50,000	20,000	19,707
Division No. 202.—MACHINERY AND PLANT.........	2,077,000	2,336,000	2,104,499
Division No. 203.—PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT......	341,000	420,000	319,664
Division No. 204.—BUILDINGS AND WORKS..........	5,601,000	14,000,000	14,000,000
Total Under Control of Department of Defence Production	11,137,000	19,437,000	19,084,755

XXI.—Defence Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Health.
Division No. 205.—HEALTH SERVICES...............	..	40,000	34,852
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 206.—RENT.........................	17,000	29,500	22,948
Division No. 207.—ACQUISITION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS	60,000	57,000	56,279
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	77,000	86,500	79,227
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 208.—BUILDINGS, WORKS, FITTINGS AND FURNITURE	800,000	1,001,000	933,554
Division No. 209.—MAINTENANCE OF FACTORIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS	358,000	374,500	379,230
Total Under Control of Department of Works	1,158,000	1,375,500	1,312,784
Total Department of Defence Production	12,372,000	20,939,000 (a)	20,511,618

(a) Includes £1,048,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXI.—Defence Services.

OTHER SERVICES.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of External Affairs.
Division No. 209k.—ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEFENCE PROGRAMME OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA-TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES	1,000,000	250,000	25,852
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 210.—CIVIL DEFENCE...................	119,000	(a)133,000	129,714
Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service.
Division No. 211.—ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE ACT.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 126a...	65,600	68,170	61,655
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	23,600	23,030	26,942
3. Extra duty pay...............................	15,800	28,400	18,574
	105,000	119,600	107,171
B.—General Expenses—
1. Expenses incidental to the administration of the National Service Act including fares, travelling allowances, office requisites and other incidental expenditure	18,800	23,460	20,368
2. Medical examinations and expenses incidental thereto....	25,900	45,940	38,021
3. Fares, allowances and other expenses associated with call-up for training	11,900	27,000	19,856
4. Miscellaneous...............................	36,400	23,000	21,104
	93,000	119,400	99,349
Total Division No. 211................	198,000	239,000	206,520
Under Control of the Department of the Army.
Division No. 212.—RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries of staff of Recruiting Directorate.............	18,000	17,200	16,830
2. Proportion of salaries of staff of Commonwealth Loans Organization	20,000	20,400	19,282
	38,000	37,600	36,112
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.......................	11,000	9,000	8,967
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing..............	1,500	1,500	1,413
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.............	4,500	3,500	3,772
4. Medical fees................................	11,000	8,000	10,022
5. Advertising.................................	243,000	141,900	141,896
6. Repairs, maintenance, light and power...............	3,000	3,500	1,553
7. Rents.....................................	8,000	7,000	6,640
8. Incidental and other expenditure...................	3,000	3,000	2,300
	285,000	177,400	176,563
C.—Buildings, Works, Fittings and Furniture.............	7,000	11,000	10,954
Total Division No. 212................	330,000	226,000	223,629

(a) Includes £63,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXI.—Defence Services.

OTHER SERVICES—continued.	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of the Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 213.—RECONDITIONING OF MARINE SALVAGE VESSELS	2,000	18,000	18,000
Division No. 213k.—CONSTRUCTION OF JETTY FOR HANDLING OF EXPLOSIVES	500,000	185,000	28,634
Total Other Services..............	2,149,000	a1,051,000	632,349
Total DEFENCE SERVICES..............	190,000,000	195,614,000 (b)	188,496,958

(a) Including £63,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Including £5,614,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
214-216	PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.........	3,274,000	3,970,074	3,742,899
217	DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.....	1,347,000	1,784,094	1,734,021
217k	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF	5,850,000	5,330,000	5,668,432
218	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.........	450,000	381,317	379,546
219	ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.....	31,000	14,747	13,236
220	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR..........	89,000	95,963	88,519
221	DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE...	50,000	45,700	31,549
222	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH...............	1,162,000	1,242,000	1,238,242
223	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE................	423,000	364,800	392,016
224	DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.....	676,000	689,542	677,226
225	DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.......	1,940,000	845,136	884,047
226	DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT	2,388,000	2,068,750	1,975,115
227	DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION..........	9,111,000	8,624,800	7,660,558
228	DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	518,000	431,977	412,355
229	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	120,000	109,500	109,421
	TOTAL..........................	27,429,000	a 25,998,400	25,007,182

(a) Includes £2,617,400 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

	£
Estimate, 1957-58.......................	27,429,000
Expenditure, 1956-57.....................	25,007,182
Decrease..........................	2,421,818

F.6686/57.—7

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 214.—PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
1. Australian Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association—Grant	£	£	£
	2,508	2,508	2,508
2. Commonwealth Economic Committee—Contribution.....	11,166	9,416	9,416
3. Imperial Institute—Contribution...................	990	990	990
4. Commonwealth Shipping Committee—Contribution......	352	265	263
5. Ex-members of Parliament and others or their dependants— Annual allowances	4,756	(c) 4,828	4,650
6. Act of Grace payment in special circumstances.........	234	(b) 108	108
7. Returned ex-servicemen and their dependants—Grant for relief of distress	1,000	1,000	1,000
8. Commonwealth Literary Fund (for payment to credit of Commonwealth Literary Fund Trust Account)	12,000	12,000	12,000
9. Conferences of Commonwealth and State Ministers and of officials—Administrative expenses	369	263	372
10. Distinguished guests, visitors and officials—Hospitality...	17,000	17,000	18,357
11. Historical memorials of representative men............	650	600	841
12. Historical and other paintings.....................	2,000	2,000	1,421
13. Special investigations on scientific matters—Publication of results	100	350	400
14. Australian National University—Running expenses—Supplementary grant	(a) 852,000	(a) 640,000	640,000
15. Surf Life Saving Association—Grant................	5,000	5,000	5,000
16. Royal Life Saving Society—Grant.................	5,000	(c) 5,000	5,000
17. Social Science Research Council of Australia—Grant.....	3,500	3,500	3,500
18. Australian Academy of Science—Grant..............	10,000	10,000	10,000
19. Australian Humanities Research Council—Grant........	4,000	4,000	4,000
20. Royal Australian Historical Society—Grant...........	500	750	750
21. Boy Scouts Association—Grant...................	5,000	5,000	5,000
22. Girl Guides Association—Grant...................	2,000	2,000	2,000
23. Royal Institute of Public Administration—Australian Capital Territory Group—Grant	250	250	250
24. Cultural matters, exhibitions—Grant towards expenses....	3,000	1,500	..
25. Olympic Games, 1956—Contribution towards cost.......	100,000	(c) 650,000	575,000
26. Returned Sailors’, Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia—Travel facilities for Federal President	700	500	310
27. State funerals...............................	500	1,350	910
28. Federal Guide...............................	700	1,000	461
29. Inter-Parliamentary Union—Contribution.............	1,250	(b) 2,495	2,488
30. Pan-Indian Ocean Science Congress—Grant to Australian Academy of Science	2,514	..	..
31. Pacific Science Congress—Grant to Australian Academy of Science	1,311
32. Flood relief—Victoria.........................	17,000	(b) 177,000	165,000
33. Flood relief—South Australia....................	335,000	(b) 374,500	374,411
34. Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust—Grant..........	20,000	..	..
35. Royal Historical Society, Victoria—Grant............	500	..	..
36. Visit abroad of the Minister for Trade, 1957—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff..........	1,800	..	726
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials....	1,400	..	..
37. Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, London—
(a) Expenses of the Prime Minister and personal staff...	2,000	..	3,828
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials....	4,200	..	1,998
38. Visit abroad of the Minister for Labour and National Service, 1957—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff..........	1,300	..	5,710
39. Defence Equipment Mission to the U.S.A. 1957—
(a) Expenses of the Minister for Defence and personal staff	1,300	..	4,726
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials....	2,000	..	3,516
40. Visit abroad of the Minister for Health, 1957—
(a) Expenses of the Minister...................	900	(b) 4,400	3,504
41. Visit abroad of the Minister for Supply and Defence Production—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff..........	650	..	..
42. Australian Universities—Committee of Enquiry........	10,000	..	..
43. National Radiation Advisory Committee—Expenses.....	4,000	..	..
44. British Empire Service League Conference, Australia— Contribution	5,000	..	..
Carried forward..................	1,457,400	1,939,573	1,870,414

(a) In addition, £325,000 provided under Special Appropriations. (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (c) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
Division No. 214.—PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward...................	1,457,400	1,939,573	1,870,414
Minor International Associations—Contributions.........	..	895	897
Australian Life Saving Society—Grant................	..	1,000	..
International Geophysical Year Project—Grant to Australian Academy of Science	..	57,060	57,060
Visits abroad of the Minister for Trade, 1956—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff.........	..	(b) 8,350	8,601
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials...	..	(b) 9,450	10,438
Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, 1956...	..	35,000	33,846
Royal Commission on Espionage...................	..	6,000	2,455
Erection of Memorial at Farm Cove to commemorate landing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second—Contribution towards cost	..	200	116
Gifts to Federations of Malaya and Singapore...........	..	1,000	..
Victoria Cross Centenary Celebrations, London—Contribution towards expenses of Australian Representation	..	20,000	11,298
Visit abroad of the Prime Minister, 1956—
(a) Expenses of Prime Minister and personal staff....	..	3,800	3,163
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials...	..	(b) 11,700	11,398
Flood relief—New South Wales....................	..	115,000	15,000
Flood relief—Queensland........................	..	(b) 147	146
Visits abroad of Minister for External Affairs, 1956—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff.........	..	(b) 7,156	6,388
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials...	..	(b) 3,561	3,662
Dominion Students Hall Trust, London—Contribution.....	..	(a) 6,269	6,269
International Hall of Residence, University of London—Contribution	..	(a) 31,344	31,344
Visit abroad of Minister for Immigration, 1956—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff.........	..	(a) 369	368
Ghana Independence Celebrations—Visit of Minister for Air, 1957—
(a) Expenses of Minister and personal staff.........	..	(a) 1,400	1,474
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials...	..	(a) 900	219
Visit abroad of Prime Minister, 1957—
(a) Expenses of Prime Minister and personal staff....	..	(a) 4,200	2,806
(b) Departmental expenditure and travel of officials...	..	(a) 2,200	2,847
Jubilee celebrations, 1951—Guarantee against loss of Shakespearean tour	..	..	200
Total Division No. 214..................	1,457,400	2,266,574	2,080,409
Division No. 215.—AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION.
1. Administrative expenses.........................	484,000	426,000	425,000
Division No. 216.—OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
1. Commonwealth scholarship scheme..................	1,270,000	(b) 1,224,000	1,189,727
2. South-east Asia—Scholarships.....................	4,850	7,500	5,782
3. Australian Council for Educational Research............	7,500	7,500	7,500
4. Occupational Therapy—Grants in aid.................	3,500	3,500	3,392
5. Federation of British Industries Scholarships—Contribution towards cost	2,750	3,000	2,343
6. Adult education publications—University of Sydney—Contribution towards cost	4,750	4,750	4,750
7. Oriental languages—Courses at Universities............	34,000	24,000	20,745
8. Australian Ensign—Presentation to schools.............	250	250	248
9. Colleges of Nursing—Grants in aid..................	.4,000	2,000	2,000
10. Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation—Commonwealth bursaries scheme	1,000	1,000	1,003
Total Division No. 216.................	1,332,600	1,277,500	1,237,490
Total Prime Minister’s Department.........	3,274,000	3,970,074	3,742,899

(a) Provided in Additional Estimates. May, 1957. (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956-57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 217.—DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
	£	£	£
1. International Labour Conferences—Representation.....	16,000	(b) 17,440	13,856
2. International Labour Organization—Contribution......	60,700	57,500	57,019
3. Representation at minor conferences...............	5,000	(b) 1,050	862
4. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—Representation and contribution	15,200	18,500	11,501
5. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization—Contribution, representation and publicity	82,000	(b) 78,450	79,176
6. United Nations—Representation.................	166,000	(b) 168,250	166,881
7. United Nations—Contribution...................	280,200	335,600	307,081
8. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—Contribution and representation	74,400	(b) 72,000	70,890
9. South Pacific Commission—Contribution and representation	75,800	(b) 77,400	77,097
10. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition.....	391,000	342,000	342,374
11. Relief and repatriation to destitute Australians abroad, including funeral expenses	3,000	(b) 3,000	2,238
12. United Nations Association of Australia—Grant.......	4,000	4,000	4,000
13. Scott Polar Research Institute—Grant..............	500	500	500
14. South-East Asia Treaty Organization—Contribution and representation	47,900	31,600	24,662
15. Exchange of visits with South and South-East Asia.....	25,000	(c) 9,000	8,474
16. United Nations—Contribution towards cost of Emergency Force	48,300	(c) 74,500	74,029
17. Suez Canal Users Association—Contribution.........	700	(c) 754	752
18. South-East Asia Treaty Organization Conference—Canberra, 1957	1,300	(c) 26,000	28,886
19. International Atomic Energy Agency—Contribution and representation	50,000	..	..
Investigating Committee on Hungary—Expenses......	..	(c) 1,000	729
Charter of aircraft—Travel of Vice-President of the Philippines to Manilla	..	(c) 9,750	9,750
Conferences on peaceful uses of atomic energy—Representation	..	5,000	4,597
Suez Canal—Advance to United Nations towards cost of clearance (Repayable by United Nations)	..	(c) 450,800	448,667
Total Department of External Affairs (a)	1,347,000	1,784,094	1,734,021
Division No. 217k.—INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF.
1. Colombo Plan—Economic development............	3,945,000	3,534,000	3,729,579
2. Colombo Plan—Technical assistance..............	1,300,000	1,166,000	1,308,853
3. United Nations technical assistance and United Nations International Children’s Fund—Contributions	475,000	395,000	395,000
4. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East—Contribution	50,000	50,000	50,000
5. United Nations Refugees’ Emergency Fund—Contribution	50,000	50,000	50,000
6. International Red Cross—Contribution.............	5,000	5,000	5,000
7. Relief for Hungarian refugees...................	25,000	(c) 130,000	130,000
Total International Development and Relief.	5,850,000	5,330,000	5,668,432
Division No. 218.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
1. Exchange on remittances within the Commonwealth....	16,000	17,000	15,346
2. Loan management expenses—Works and States (amounts recovered from State Governments may be credited to this vote)	30,000	40,000	33,137
3. Stamp duty on transfers of Commonwealth loan securities in London (amounts recovered from State Governments may be credited to this vote)	35,000	25,000	44,791
Carried forward.................	81,000	82,000	93,274

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957-58, £182,270; 1956-57, Vote, £164,459, Expenditure, £161,354. (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (c) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division No. 218.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..................	81,000	82,000	93,274
4. Interest at three and one-half per cent. per annum on the value of properties transferred to the Commonwealth, but excluded from the Financial Agreement	3,900	3,900	3,889
5. Interest on income tax certificates of credit............	100	100	12
6. Taxes and fines—Refund and remission under special circumstances	270,000	(a) 216,017	214,719
7. Census, including advertising, collection, compilation, printing, maps and miscellaneous services	23,000	50,000	42,873
8. National savings campaign.......................	16,500	17,000	16,268
9. Superannuation payments in sterling—Exchange........	5,200	5,100	5,032
10. Census of retail establishments....................	50,200	(b) 6,400	3,303
11. International Statistical Institute—Contribution.........	100	..	..
Superannuation pensions—Act of grace payments in special circumstances	..	400	..
Economic Advisory Committee—Expenses...........	..	(b) 400	176
Total Department of the Treasury..........	450,000	381,317	379,546
Division No. 219.—ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
1. International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property— Contribution	800	1,519	1,518
2. Office of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works—Contribution	700	1,258	1,257
3. Central Fingerprint Bureau—Contribution............	6,500	6,263	6,263
4. International Police Commission—Membership and representation	1,493	1,280	992
5. Judges pensions—Special payments................	3,207	4,427	3,206
6. Courts-Martial Appeal Tribunal...................	10,000	..	..
7. Commonwealth Police Training Depot (Amounts recoverable from other administrations maybe credited to this item)	8,300	..	..
Total Attorney-General's Department.......	31,000	14,747	13,236
Division No. 220.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
1. Riverview College Observatory—Grant.............	1,200	1,200	1,200
2. Commonwealth Government motor vehicles—Registration.	1,300	1,500	308
3. Compensation for injuries sustained, including payments as acts of grace	1,000	1,000	611
4. Commonwealth elections and referenda..............	25,500	25,000	19,329
5. World Meteorological Organization—Contribution......	4,000	4,000	3,811
6. Chair of Natural Philosophy at Melbourne University—Contribution to Meteorological Section	6,000	6,000	6,000
7. Australien National Travail Association—Grant........	50,000	50,000	50,000
Lands Acquisition Act—Appeal by North Australian Meat Company—Legal Expenses	..	(a) 1,427	1,425
Lands Acquisition Act—Appeal by Grace Bros. Pty. Ltd. —Legal expenses	..	(b) 5,836	5,835
Total Department of the Interior..........	89,000	95,963	88,519

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957 (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—Miscellaneous. Services.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 221.—DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.	£	£	£
1. Duty—Remission under special circumstances.......	30,600	40,300	26,188
2. International Bureau of Customs Tariffs (Brussels)—Contribution	2,700	5,400	5,361
3. General Average Adjustment—Supplies shipped in 1945 under import procurement procedure	16,700	..	..
Total Department of Customs and Excise.	50,000	45,700	31,549
Division No. 222.—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
1. Medical research..........................	170,000	170,000	170,000
2. Child Health Centres........................	36,800	35,000	35,000
3. Commonwealth Council for National Fitness........	72,500	72,500	72,500
4. Aerial medical services—Subsidy...............	40,000	35,000	35,000
5. Cattle tick eradication and control in New South Wales—Subsidy	570,000	675,000	675,000
6. Interest on investments of Endowment Funds (for payment to credit of relative Trust Fund)	70	70	62
7. Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London—Contribution	1,010	1,010	1,003
8. International Veterinary Bureau—Subscription......	750	750	727
9. World Health Organization...................	100,710	92,000	91,322
10. Potassium iodide tablets—Free issue (recoveries from sale of iodised salt may be credited to this item)	1,490	1,270	977
11. Plant quarantine publicity campaign..............	7,670	5,400	4,186
12. Assistance to Australian Red Cross—Blood transfusion service— Grants to States	115,000	(a) 108,000	107,137
13. World Health Organization—Reimbursement of expenditure to Commonwealth Serum Laboratories	6,000	6,000	5,328
14. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories—Research......	40,000	40,000	40,000
Total Department of Health..........	1,162,000	1,242,000	1,238,242
Division No. 223.—DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
1. Industry Conferences and Committees—Expenses of representatives	500	1,000	40
2. International Wheat Council—Contribution.........	2,900	3,000	2,530
3. Trade Publicity—United Kingdom..............	300,000	240,000	240,000
4. Trade Publicity—Other than United Kingdom.......	110,000	75,000	79,877
5. International Whaling Commission—Contribution....	250	200	188
6. International Dairy Federation—Contribution.......	600	300	..
7. International Sugar Council—Contribution.........	1,800	1,800	816
8. Consultative Committee on Import Policy..........	500	(a) 500	500
9. International Cotton Advisory Committee—Contribution	450	450	338
10. Publication of "Australia To-day"—Contribution.....	6,000	(b) 3,000	6,000
Overseas Trade Missions—Contributions.........	..	(a) 5,400	5,242
Special food investigations...................	..	(a) 28,000	26,859
Dried vine fruits advertising campaign—Contribution	..	(b) 2,120	2,119
Export Payments Insurance Corporation—Establishment costs	..	(b) 1,030	942
Honey—Promotion of sales..................	..	2,000	24
Berry Fruits—Publicity.....................	..	1,000	498
Expenditure on behalf of other departments, authorities and persons (to be recovered)	..	..	26,043
Total Department of Trade..........	423,000	364,800	392,016

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division No. 224.—DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
1. Australian Agricultural Council and Standing Committee on Agriculture—Contribution and expenses	2,000	2,000	1,440
2. Primary Production Control Boards—Election of representatives	1,100	6,300	5,068
3. Industry conferences and committees—Expenses of representatives	200	1,000	13
4. Agricultural machinery—Purchase................	100	100	..
5. Farm mechanization research....................	8,000	(a) 8,620	8,280
6. Dairy industry—Drought relief...................	200	1,000	352
7. Dairy industry—Extension grant..................	250,000	250,000	246,225
8. Air Beef—Subsidy...........................	12,000	16,000	16,000
9. International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage—Contribution and representation	200	200	188
10. Food Production—Grant for expansion of Agricultural Advisory Services	325,000	300,000	299,915
11. Tobacco research (for payment to credit of Tobacco Industry Trust Account)	40,000	67,500	67,500
12. Dairy Industry Investigation Committee—Expenses.....	4,500	4,500	4,408
13. Tractor testing—Commonwealth share of operating expenses	2,100	3,200	3,200
14. Fruit fly—Special research.....................	2,500	2,500	2,500
15. Aerial surveys—Reimbursement to Department of Air...	1,000	2,500	338
16. Grasshoppers—Grant towards cost of control measures...	10,600	3,500	666
17. Pearl shell surveys...........................	14,500	15,000	17,964
18. Food and Agriculture Organization—Fisheries Training Centre	2,000	1,500	..
Legal expenses of Commonwealth intervention—O'Sullivan v. Noarlunga Meat Ltd.	..	(b) 3,922	3,169
Wool appraisement centres—Expenses.............	..	200	..
Total Department of Primary Industry......	676,000	689,542	677,226
Division No. 225.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
1. Compassionate allowances—Payments under special circumstances	103,892	110,000	99,087
2. Social Service pensioners—Repatriation under special circumstances	500	500	108
3. Exchange on remittances within the Commonwealth.....	18,000	18,220	17,503
4. Housekeeper service—Grant....................	14,000	14,000	13,908
5. Building of homes for the aged—Assistance to approved organizations	1,800,000	700,000	751,136
6. United Nations Fellowship in Social Welfare—Contribution towards fares	400	280	263
7. Payment of pension to officer on retirement...........	208	(b) 136	136
8. Supplementation of pensions and allowances to which the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act applies, or which are payable under section 57 of the Superannuation Act	3,000	(c)	(c)
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service—Contribution towards expenses of overseas consultant	..	2,000	1,906
Total Department of Social Services.......	1,940,000	845,136	884,047
Division No. 226.—DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
1. Marine salvage service........................	5,900	(a) 6,500	6,353
2. Tasmanian shipping service—Subsidy..............	202,800	234,000	227,435
3. Free or concessional railway fares and freights.........	2,000	2,000	2,402
4. Shipping service to Papua and New Guinea—Subsidy....	75,000	100,000	100,000
5. Demolition of dual purpose jetty—Townsville.........	42,300	65,000	22,724
6. Overseas Telecommunications Commission—Payment towards cost of coastal radio service	205,000	205,000	182,951
7. Merchant ship construction—Subsidy...............	1,855,000	(a) 1,433,250	1,433,250
Oversea coal—Loss on emergency transport..........	..	23,000	..
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.	2,388,000	2,068,750	1,975,115

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (c) Previously paid under Special Appropriations.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division No. 227.—DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
(Repayments by migrants and others may be credited to the items to which they relate.)	£	£	£
A.—Assisted Migration—
1. Child migration, British and foreign.............	50,000	(a) 47,000	43,403
2. British migration (other than child)..............	4,591,000	3,215,000	3,134,584
3. Irish migration............................	20,000	20,000	11,052
4. Maltese migration.........................	60,000	100,000	14,163
5. German migration.........................	250,000	323,000	181,982
6. Dutch migration..........................	430,000	608,900	365,877
7. Italian migration..........................	150,000	276,000	239,994
8. Austrian migration.........................	250,000	276,600	141,073
9. Greek migration..........................	100,000	138,300	135,471
10. General assisted passage scheme...............	135,000	127,500	111,608
11. Hungarian refugees........................	250,000	(b) 450,000	447,593
12. Reception, training and accommodation centres—Maintenance of migrants	835,000	875,000	828,316
13. Inter-governmental Committee for European Migration— Contributions and loan for operational purposes	72,000	72,500	69,370
	7,193,000	6,529,800	5,724,486
B.—Grants and: Subsidies—
1. Approved child and youth organizations—Capital grants	2,500.	12,000	3,465
2. Good Neighbour Councils and New Settlers Leagues—Commonwealth contribution	28,000	24,500	24,443
	30,500	36,500	27,908
C.—Establishments—
1. Reception depots for British migrants—Contributions to States towards establishment	3,000	12,000	11,129
D.—Medical—
1. Medical and hospital treatment for migrants in initial period of settlement	165,000	200,000	188,139
E.—Publicity—
1. Migration publicity........................	80,000	80,000	79,933
F.—Commonwealth Hostels Limited—
1. Contribution to maintenance of migrant families.....	1,100,000	1,185,000	1,100,000
2. Special maintenance and minor alterations of hostel' buildings	65,000	..	..
	1,165,000	1,185,000	1,100,000
G.—Expendable Equipment—
1. Equipment for reception, training and holding centres..	(c)	60,000	38,398
2. Equipment for migrant workers' hostels operated by Commonwealth Hostels Ltd.	(d)	16,000	10,607
	..	76,000	49,005
H.—Other—
1. Repatriation and deportation..................	20,000	20,000	17,238
2. Education of non-British migrants in the English language	410,000	(a) 434,000	414,592
3. Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Planning Council— Expenses	6,500	6,500	5,435
4. Assimilation activities......................	12,000	12,000	11,998
5. Trade testing.............................	1,000	1,000	574
6. Hostels and Migrant Centres—Caretaker and maintenance expenses of vacant establishments	22,000	(a) 32,000	30,121
7. Research—Short term factors affecting migration....	3,000	..	..
	474,500	505,500	479,958
Total Department of Immigration......	9,111,000 (e)	8,624,800 (e)	7,660,558 (e)

(a) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Included in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (c) Included under Sub-Division A. Item 12. (d) Included under Capital Works and Services, Division No. 38k, Item 2. (e) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows: 1957–58, £736,200; 1956–57 Vote, £846,500; Expenditure, £777,554.

XXII.—Miscellaneous Services.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division No. 228.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
A.—Joint Coal Board—
1. Contribution to welfare fund..................	60,000	70,000	70,000
2. Contribution to administrative costs.............	84,000	86,000	82,500
3. Prospecting, research and other expenditure........	45,000	45,000	41,000
4. Stockpiling and related expenditure.............	6,000	(c) 204,113	192,863
	195,000	405,113	386,363
B.—Miscellaneous—
1. Glen Davis Community Advancement Co-operative Society Limited—Loss incurred under bank guarantee	23,000	..	..
2. Deep stratigraphic drilling—Subsidy............	300,000	..	..
National Oil Pty. Ltd.—Expenditure in connexion with winding-up	..	1,000	128
Blue-asbestos industry, Western Australia—Contribution towards cost of State assistance	..	(c) 15,864	15,864
Coal miners' amenities, Western Australia—Contribution	..	(e) 10,000	10,000
	323,000	26,864	25,992
Total Department of National Development	518,000	431,977	412,355
Division No. 229.—COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
1. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux—Contributions.	(a) 50,000	38,300	38,292
2. Standards Association of Australia—Grant........	46,000	(c) 45,500	45,500
3. Chair of Aeronautics at Sydney University—Contribution to establishment and maintenance	5,000	5,000	5,000
4. National Association of Testing Authorities........	11,400	11,400	11,400
5. National Institute of Oceanography—Contribution...	6,300	6,300	6,269
6. Minor International Associations—Contributions....	1,300	(d)	(d)
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science—Grant	..	3,000	2,960
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	120,000	109,500	109,421
Division No. 231.—REFUNDS OF REVENUE(b).........	22,000,000	22,000,000	18,416,382
Division No. 232.—ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER.
To enable the Treasurer to make advances which will be recovered within the financial year; and to make moneys available to meet expenditure, particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to Parliament, or, pending the issue of a warrant of the Governor-General specifically applicable to the expenditure	16,000,000	16,000,000	(f)
	65,429,000	63,998,400	43,423,564
Deduct Refunds of Revenue and Advance to the Treasurer.	38,000,000	38,000,000	18,416,382
Total MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.......	27,429,000	25,998,400	25,007,182

(a) Includes the following grants in sterling which are payable through the Executive Council of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux:—Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, £25,800; Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, £3,750; Commonwealth Mycological Institute, £3;300; Commonwealth Bureaux of Biological Control, £6,800. (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 and the corresponding sections of the previous Act; refund under section 70 of the Pay Roll Tax Assessment Act. (c) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (d) Provided under Prime Minister's Department, Division No. 214. (e) Provided in Additional Estimates May, 1957. (f) Expenditure shown under the heads to which it was charged.

XXIII.—BOUNTIES AND SUBSIDIES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
223	BOUNTIES AND SUBSIDIES.................	13,500,000	13,500,000	13,499,974

XXIII.—Bounties and Subsidies.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 233.—BOUNTIES AND SUBSIDIES.
1. Dairy products.............................	13,500,000	13,500,000	13,499,974

XXIV.—WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
234-239	REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.............	73,992,000	16,866,800	16,301,723
240	WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION............	1,028,000	1,045,000	910,982
241-245	RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION....	2,422,000	2,556,570	1,870,905
246-249	MISCELLANEOUS.......................	645,000	4,361,630	4,019,259
		78,087,000	24,830,000	23,102,869
250-251	Less MISCELLANEOUS CREDITS............	1,150,000	3,320,000	2,871,456
	TOTAL....................	76,937,000	a21,510,000	20,231,413

(a) Includes £4,204,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.....	8,130,000	8,155,560	7,793,465
General expenses.......................	829,000	859,000	782,582
Other services.........................	67,978,000	12,495,440	11,655,366
Total...........................	76,937,000	21,510,000	20,231,413

	£
Estimate, 1957–58.......................	76,937,000
Expenditure, 1956–57....................	20,231,413
Increase.......................
	56,705,587

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
repatriation department.
Division No. 234.—ADMINISTRATIVE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 210.	1,866,000	1,928,000	1,702,313
2. Temporary and casual employees.............	788,000	785,000	835,383
3. Extra duty pay.........................	49,000	82,000	44,348
	2,703,000	2,795,000	2,582,044
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.................	54,000	65,400	53,095
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	76,000	84,000	64,080
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services.......	68,000	69,200	63,786
4. Fuel, light and power.....................	23,000	20,000	21,415
5. Medical examinations....................	62,000	63,600	62,597
6. Services of Registrars, Police and officers of Postmaster-General's Department	206,000	197,400	197,570
7. Fares and expenses of war pensioners under review.	31,000	27,100	28,693
8. Incidental and other expenditure.............	30,000	28,300	27,780
	550,000	555,000	519,016
Total Division No. 234...........	3,253,000	3,350,000	3,101,060
Division No. 234k.—WAR AND SERVICE PENSIONS AND WIDOWS' ALLOWANCES	59,228,000	(b)	(b)
Division No. 235.—REPATRIATION BENEFITS.
1. Small business loans.....................	91,000	151,000	91,200
2. Medical treatment.......................	4,267,600	4,034,000	4,066,327
3. Maintenance of departmental institutions........	(a) 6,444,400	(a) 6,345,000	(a) 6,222,017
4. Miscellaneous..........................	245,000	244,200	242,338
Living allowances.......................	(c)	2,478,800	2,447,443
	11,048,000	13,253,000	13,069,325
5. Less recoveries from Service Departments and other receipts	955,000	1,041,000	1,128,090
Total Division No. 235...........	10,093,000	12,212,000	11,941,235
Division No. 236.—SOLDIERS' CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHEME.
1. Education of children of deceased and of permanently and totally incapacitated soldiers	540,000	457,000	427,546

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £4,598,000, 1956–57, Vote, £4,539,560. Expenditure, £4,487,659, (b) Provided under Special Appropriations. (c) Provided under Division No. 234k.

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT—continued.	£	£	£
Division No. 237.—MISCELLANEOUS.
1. Seamen's war pensions and allowances............	34,800	33,550	32,629
2. Compassionate allowances paid on behalf of other departments	30,300	28,100	27,737
3. Allowances to or in respect of representatives of various organizations who have served abroad	26,800	26,300	25,994
4. Education of children of deceased and of permanently and totally incapacitated seamen	2,100	1,550	1,433
5. New Guinea civilian war pensions, education benefits and medical treatment	43,700	41,000	39,367
6. Assistance under special circumstances to ex-service personnel or their dependants	300	300	212
Total Division No. 237..............	138,000	130,800	127,372
Total under Control of Repatriation Department	73,252,000	16,149,800	15,597,213
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 238.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Rent...................................	15,000	15,000	13,838
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 239.—REPATRIATION ESTABLISHMENTS.
1. General maintenance of establishments............	425,000	411,000	408,590
2. Operation and maintenance of equipment...........	300,000	291,000	282,082
Total Division No. 239..............	725,000	702,000	690,672
Total Repatriation Department.............	73,992,000	16,866,800 (a)	16,301,723
Under Control of Department of National Development.
Division No. 240.—WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 210.....	651,600	654,600	601,684
2. Temporary and casual employees................	313,800	264,400	276,976
3. Extra duty pay.............................	23,500	28,200	27,916
4. Payments to Department of Works...............	16,000	14,800	9,803
	1,004,900	962,000	916,379
5. Less amount chargeable to the War Service Homes Insurance Trust Account and recoveries in respect of technical and other Services	240,900	200,000	251,042
	764,000	762,000	665,337
Carried forward.................	764,000	762,000	665,337

(a) Includes £366,800 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 240—WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward...................	764,000	762,000	665,337
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	52,900	56,600	49,061
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.....	31,300	58,100	32,706
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services..............	22,400	20,100	21,863
4. Payments to Postmaster-General's Department for collection of repayments	43,900	40,700	41,695
5. Payments to State Government Institutions in respect of the provision of War Service Homes	109,000	100,000	111,400
6. Payments to Department of Supply for hire of motor vehicles.	14,900	15,100	11,877
7. Payments to Department of Works for services rendered.....	3,300	2,800	1,942
8. Incidental and other expenditure....................	22,200	22,900	21,836
9. Payments to Papua-New Guinea and Norfolk Island Administrations	1,000	1,000	10
	300,900	317,300	292,390
10. Less amount chargeable to the War Service Homes Insurance Trust Account and recoveries in respect of technical services	44,900	37,300	48,296
	256,000	280,000	244,094
For payment to credit of War Service Homes Trust Account..	1,020,000	1,042,000	909,431
C.—Relief Services—
1. Relief under Sections 29aa and 39a of the War Service Homes Act	11,000	8,200	8,475
2. Less amount payable from the War Service Homes Relief Trust Account	3,000	5,200	6,924
For payment to credit of War Service Homes Relief Trust Account	8,000	3,000	1,551
Total War Service Homes Division..........	1,028,000	1,045,000	910,982
RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 241.—UNIVERSITY TRAINING.
1. Tuition, text-books and equipment...................	7,000	(a) 10,000	6,609
2. Living allowances..............................	12,000	18,000	13,623
Total Division No. 241..................	19,000	28,000	20,232
Under Control of Department of Primary Industry.
Division No. 242.—WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT.
1. Financial assistance to States in connexion with War Service Land Settlement	2,010,000	2,200,000	1,531,941
Division No. 243.—RE-ESTABLISHMENT LOANS FOR AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS.
1. Loans—Advances by lending authorities...............	32,000	45,000	..
2. Less repayments of principal by borrowers available for further advances	(b) 32,000	45,000	..
	..	..	..
3. Allowances..................................	2,000	3,000
4. Expenses of administration........................	72,000	83,000	82,618
Total Division No. 243..................	74,000	86,000	82,618

(a) Includes £3,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Additional repayments totalling £245,000 will be transferred to Revenue.

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

A	1957–58.	1956–57.
RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Division No. 244.—RURAL TRAINING.
1. Instruction and administration.................	4,000	2,000	2,955
2. Allowances.............................	6,000	10,000	7,087
Total Division No. 244.............	10,000	12,000	10,042
Under Control of Department of Labour and National Service.
Division No. 245.—TECHNICAL TRAINING.
1. Tuition, text-books and equipment..............	250,500	190,600	187,778
2. Living allowances.........................	55,000	(b) 37,870	37,788
3. Buildings and equipment.....................	3,500	2,100	506
Total Division No. 245.............	309,000	230,570	226,072
Total Reconstruction and Rehabilitation.....	2,422,000	2,556,570	1,870,905
MISCELLANEOUS.
Division No. 246.—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
1. Loan management expenses..................	170,000	199,600	177,765
2. Lend-lease Settlement Fund—Interest on investments..	45,000	46,000	41,236
3. Prisoner-of-war and Civilian Internees Trust Fund—Administrative expenses	1,000	1,400	1,287
4. War inventions awards......................	1,000	2,000	..
War Savings Certificates and Savings Certificates—Redemption	..	(a) 3,600,000	3,322,482
Burma—Siam Railway Settlement—Proceeds (for payment to credit of the Japanese Assets Distribution Trust Account).	..	(a) 94,528	94,528
Total Division No. 246.............	217,000	3,943,528	3,637,298
Division No. 247.—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
1. Australian official war artists—Expenses..........	6,000	6,000	4,008
2. Australian war history 1939–45—Compilation......	35,000	38,000	24,533
3. Official war paintings and pictures—Exhibition.....	500	500	144
4. War graves—Contribution to Imperial War Graves Commission, for care and maintenance	280,000	271,000	257,806
5. Australian war memorials—Erection, restoration and maintenance	2,500	2,500	1,738
Total Division No. 247.............	324,000	318,000	288,229

Provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Includes £9,570 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
MISCELLANEOUS—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	£	£	£
Division No. 248.—AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 210	28,000	25,000	24,550
2. Temporary and casual employees............	35,000	32,500	32,442
3. Extra duty pay........................	2,000	1,500	1,433
	65,000	59,000	58,425
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence................	800	800	818
2. Office requisites, stationery and printing.......	800	1,000	669
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services......	1,200	1,200	1,035
4. Fuel, light and power....................	6,500	6,500	6,224
5. Library, cinema and photographs............	3,500	3,500	2,786
6. Installation of collections..................	3,000	4,000	3,236
7. Transport............................	4,700	5,000	3,045
8. Incidental and other expenditure............	2,500	2,000	1,659
	23,000	24,000	19,472
Total Division No. 248..........	88,000	83,000	77,897
Division No. 249.—DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
1. Compensation payments to civilians for war injuries	1,900	2,000	1,815
2. Civil Constructional Corps—Employees' compensation	12,765	13,100	12,864
3. Compassionate allowances paid on behalf of other Departments	185	185	182
4. Discharged members of women's services—Payments under special circumstances	1,150	(b) 902	899
Evacuees—Reception, sustenance and aftercare..	..	130	75
Disabled ex-members of the Forces not eligible for repatriation benefits—Rehabilitation and allowances	..	785	..
Total Division No. 249..........	16,000	17,102	15,835
Total Miscellaneous............	645,000	4,361,630	4,019,259
MISCELLANEOUS CREDITS.
Division No. 250.—OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS—RECOVERABLE EXPENDITURE.(a)
1. Gross expenditure......................	10,300,000	(b) 8,433,000	8,642,495
2. Less recoveries........................	11,450,000	(b)11,753,000	11,513,951
Total Division No. 250..........	1,150,000 Cr.	3,320,000 Cr.	2,871,456 Cr.
Division No. 251.—REPARATIONS.	..	..
Proceeds from sale of reparations received in kind..	..	..
German external assets....................	..	..	Cr. 3,598
Less amount paid to National Debt Commission....	..	..	Dr. 3,598
Total Division No. 251..........	..	..	..
Total Miscellaneous Credits......	Cr. 1,150,000	Cr. 3,320,000	Cr. 2,871,456
Total WAR AND REPATRIATION SERVICES...	76,937,000	21,510,000	20,231,413

(a) Munitions, stores, &c., supplied to Governments of United Kingdom and other administrations. (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

F.6686/57.—8

PART 2.

BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

I.—COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

Division Number.	—	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
252	TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY...........	2,326,000	2,158,000	2,056,557
253	CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY..........	1,546,000	1,314,000	1,238,391
254	NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY............	279,000	242,000	238,750
255	SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY.........	53,000	52,000	50,274
256	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS...................	3,000	3,000	3,000
	TOTAL........................	4,207,000	a 3,769,000	3,586,972

(a) Includes £72,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary........	2,573,900	2,318,900	2,197,692
Stores and material.........................	1,377,000	1,216,000	1,155,519
Other expenses............................	256,100	234,100	233,761
Total..............................	4,207,000	3,769,000	3,586,972

	£
Estimate, 1957–58.......................	4,207,000
Expenditure, 1956–57.............	3,586,972
Increase......................	620,028

I.—Commonwealth Railways.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 252.—TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 211	1,338,000	1,270,000	1,199,014
B.—Stores and Materials..............................	838,000	763,000	732,688
C.—General Expenses................................	150,000	125,000	124,855
Total Division No. 252.................	2,326,000	2,158,000	2,056,557
Division No. 253.—CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 211	996,000	851,000	801,744
B.—Stores and Materials..............................	489,000	398,000	371,674
C.—General Expenses................................	61,000	65,000	64,973
Total Division No. 253.................	1,546,000	1,314,000	1,238,391
Division No. 254.—NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 211	200,000	162,000	161,147
B.—Stores and Materials..............................	47,000	51,000	48,719
C.—General Expenses................................	32,000	29,000	28,884
Total Division No. 254.................	279,000	242,000	238,750
Division No. 255.—SEAT OF GOVERNMENT RAILWAY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary as per Schedule, page 211	37,000	33,000	32,887
B.—Stores and Materials..............................	3,000	4,000	2,438
C.—General Expenses................................	13,000	15,000	14,949
Total Division No. 255.................	53,000	52,000	50,274
Total Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport	4,204,000	3,766,000	3,583,972
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 256.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 11—a..	2,900	2,900	2,900
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 11—b	100	100	100
Total Under Control of Prime Minister's Department	3,000	3,000	3,000
Total Commonwealth Railways............	4,207,000	3,769,000	3,586,972

II.—POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Division Number.	—	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
257	CENTRAL OFFICE........................	6,167,000	5,504,000	5,795,966
258	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES	34,030,000	31,605,000	31,736,177
259	VICTORIA..............................	23,009,000	21,353,000	21,539,426
260	QUEENSLAND..........................	12,848,000	12,089,000	11,966,816
261	SOUTH AUSTRALIA......................	7,715,000	6,933,000	6,917,157
262	WESTERN AUSTRALIA....................	5,628,000	5,228,000	5,232,756
263	TASMANIA.............................	3,164,000	2,868,000	2,841,346
264	NORTHERN TERRITORY...................	268,000	238,000	225,828
264k	GENERAL CHARGES......................	..	777,000	(b)
265	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.....................	48,000	45,000	45,000
266	RENT OF BUILDINGS......................	310,000	278,000	271,775
267	MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS..............	986,000	986,000	845,657
267k	PENSION SUPPLEMENTS...................	7,000	..	..
	TOTAL..........................	94,180,000	a 87,904,000	87,417,904

(a) Includes £781,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Expenditure shown under the heads to which it has been finally charged.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

	£	£	£
Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.........	68,018,000	63,898,000	63,083,609
Stores and material..........................	7,177,000	6,092,000	6,441,404
Mail services (by outside agencies)...............	8,613,000	8,128,000	8,313,393
Other expenses............................	10,372,000	9,786,000	9,579,498
Total...............................	94,180,000	87,904,000	87,417,904

	£
Estimate, 1957–58.......................	94,180,000
Expenditure, 1956–57.....................	87,417,904
Increase..........................	6,762,096

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 257.—CENTRAL OFFICE.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 212......	1,340,000	1,164,000	1,186,230
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	185,000	148,000	163,293
3. Extra duty pay..............................	30,000	25,000	23,620
	1,555,000	1,337,000	1,373,143
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	849,000	741,000	756,652
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	61,000	59,000	60,067
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services.	74,000	72,000	72,785
	984,000	872,000	889,504
	571,000	465,000	483,639
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	65,000	48,000	47,482
2. Fuel, light and power.........................	13,000	12,000	11,082
3. Water supply and sanitation.....................	1,000	1,500	415
8. Minor building works.........................	8,000	3,000	2,929
10. Incidental and other expenditure.................	26,000	16,000	25,016
10a. Payments of pensions to officers on retirement.......	500	500	254
10b. Advertising and publicity.....................	35,500	36,000	23,998
	149,000	117,000	111,176
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	63,000	45,000	44,609
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	1,000	1,000	863
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	3,000	2,000	2,293
	67,000	48,000	47,765
	82,000	69,000	63,411
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	33,000	23,000	23,011
2. Other general stores..........................	4,000	3,000	2,252
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment............	346,000	184,000	213,206
	383,000	210,000	238,469
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	69,000	41,000	39,213
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	275,000	141,000	172,630
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	1,000	1,000	496
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	2,000	2,000	1,172
	347,000	185,000	213,511
	36,000	25,000	24,958
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
5. Airmail services............................	4,417,000	4,042,000	4,304,847
Carried forward.................	5,106,000	4,601,000	4,876,855

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 257.—CENTRAL OFFICE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..........	5,106,000	4,601,000	4,876,855
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services....................	43,000	37,000	37,705
2. Trunk line services...........................	27,000	23,000	23,462
3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services..............	10,000	9,000	9,219
4. Other services..............................	15,000	14,000	14,466
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	886,000	744,000	755,622
	981,000	827,000	840,474
8. Less amount chargeable to recoverable works.........	1,000	1,000	..
	980,000	826,000	840,474
F.—Other Services—
1. Postal Institutes—Contributions and services..........	40,000	34,500	34,468
2. Research projects............................	15,000	11,700	14,317
3. International Telecommunications Union—Contribution..	20,000	25,000	24,798
4. Universal Postal Union—Contribution..............	6,000	5,800	5,054
	81,000	77,000	78,637
Total Division No. 257..........	6,167,000	5,504,000	5,795,966
Division No. 258.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 213......	18,954,000	16,881,000	17,107,383
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	9,203,000	8,999,000	9,125,300
3. Extra duty pay..............................	2,079,000	2,350,000	1,929,323
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	1,655,000	1,535,000	1,509,404
	31,891,000	29,765,000	29,671,410
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	11,328,000	10,335,000	10,364,415
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works...............	3,468,000	3,293,000	3,179,020
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	643,000	623,000	647,963
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	215,000	203,000	199,033
	15,654,000	14,454,000	14,390,431
	16,237,000	15,311,000	15,280,979
Carried forward............	16,237,000	15,311,000	15,280,979

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 258.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward................	16,237,000	15,311,000	15,280,979
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	1,072,000	1,118,000	1,031,509
2. Fuel, light and power........................	542,000	509,000	574,246
3. Water supply and sanitation...................	73,000	70,000	76,834
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	420,000	412,000	387,507
5. Freight and cartage expenses...................	172,000	1,923,000	2,018,238
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	164,000	173,000	154,366
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	253,000	234,000	243,984
8. Minor building works........................	134,000	120,000	119,132
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire...............	(a) 2,072,000	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure................	218,000	188,000	216,442
	5,120,000	4,747,000	4,822,258
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	2,045,000	1,958,000	1,958,636
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	961,000	773,000	857,973
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	125,000	141,000	110,158
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	55,000	55,000	56,313
	3,186,000	2,927,000	2,983,080
	1,934,000	1,820,000	1,839,178
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.	279,000	224,000	260,188
2. Other general stores........................	437,000	372,000	357,479
3. Uniforms and protective clothing................	91,000	88,000	81,853
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	488,000	407,000	418,224
5. Bicycles and accessories.....................	24,000	20,000	22,675
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment...........	10,989,000	10,032,000	10,975,973
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet....	181,000	166,000	165,947
8. Welfare equipment.........................	9,000	7,000	7,469
	12,498,000	11,316,000	12,289,808
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	3,067,000	2,695,000	2,901,596
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	7,860,000	7,293,000	8,055,749
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	510,000	445,000	461,043
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	68,000	53,000	21,894
	11,505,000	10,486,000	11,440,282
	993,000	830,000	849,526
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services).....	1,117,000	1,060,000	1,046,179
2. Railway mail services.......................	474,000	473,000	473,239
3. Coastwise mail services......................	1,000	500	571
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	120,000	104,500	98,314
	1,712,000	1,638,000	1,618,303
Carried forward................	20,876,000	19,599,000	19,587,986

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 258.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward................	20,876,000	19,599,000	19,587,986
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...................	5,203,000	4,939,000	4,858,397
2. Trunk line services.........................	1,647,000	1,558,000	1,557,389
3. Telegraph services..........................	140,000	152,000	130,102
4. Other services............................	2,823,000	2,546,000	2,562,390
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	6,627,000	5,793,000	6,116,370
	16,440,000	14,988,000	15,224,648
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	3,114,000	2,874,000	2,924,423
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services.	75,000	58,000	73,758
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works...........	97,000	50,000	78,276
	3,286,000	2,982,000	3,076,457
	13,154,000	12,006,000	12,148,191
Total Division No. 258...............	34,030,000	31,605,000	31,736,177
Division No. 259.—VICTORIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 213....	12,706,000	11,564,000	11,636,103
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	6,849,000	6,479,000	6,568,840
3. Extra duty pay............................	1,353,000	1,426,000	1,283,271
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	1,526,000	1,440,000	1,417,962
	22,434,000	20,909,000	20,906,176
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	7,930,000	7,284,000	7,303,636
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	2,477,000	2,285,000	2,266,931
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	485,000	448,000	454,488
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	249,000	268,000	257,655
	11,141,000	10,285,000	10,282,710
	11,293,000	10,624,000	10,623,466
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence....................	554,000	524,000	526,203
2. Fuel, light and power........................	365,000	287,000	325,131
3. Water supply and sanitation...................	28,000	24,000	22,117
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	376,000	359,000	334,879
5. Freights and cartage expenses..................	67,000	1,095,000	1,203,534
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	257,000	277,000	281,819
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	173,000	188,000	172,066
8. Minor building works.......................	77,000	42,000	46,620
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire...............	(a) 1,266,000	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure.................	156,000	147,000	147,892
Carried forward................	3,319,000	2,943,000	3,060,261
	11,293,000	10,624,000	10,623,466

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 259.—VICTORIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward..............	11,293,000	10,624,000	10,623,466
B.—General Expenses—continued.
Brought forward..............	3,319,000	2,943,000	3,060,261
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,234,000	1,189,000	1,182,099
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	584,000	443,000	568,284
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	111,000	109,000	101,963
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	97,000	68,000	88,425
	2,026,000	1,809,000	1,940,771
	1,293,000	1,134,000	1,119,490
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing.	204,000	170,000	177,210
2. Other general stores........................	257,000	185,000	174,103
3. Uniforms and protective clothing................	53,000	54,000	50,366
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	342,000	325,000	248,291
5. Bicycles and accessories.....................	16,000	13,000	14,812
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment...........	8,123,000	7,669,000	7,735,647
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet....	75,000	85,500	84,766
8. Welfare equipment.........................	4,000	4,500	3,667
	9,074,000	8,506,000	8,488,862
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	2,379,000	2,199,000	2,392,086
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	5,665,000	5,388,000	5,290,405
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	372,000	348,000	260,573
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	85,000	89,000	65,135
	8,501,000	8,024,000	8,008,199
	573,000	482,000	480,663
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services).....	556,000	516,000	518,449
2. Railway mail services.......................	247,000	263,000	270,703
3. Coastwise mail services......................	14,000	16,500	17,010
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	31,000	26,500	28,754
	848,000	822,000	834,916
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services..................	3,875,000	3,511,000	3,531,401
2. Trunk line services.........................	920,000	946,000	914,999
3. Telegraph services.........................	180,000	262,000	243,001
4. Other services............................	2,120,000	1,986,000	2,011,421
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	4,448,000	3,967,000	4,177,000
	11,543,000	10,672,000	10,877,822
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	2,356,000	2,216,000	2,230,536
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	142,000	128,000	128,039
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works..........	43,000	37,000	38,356
	2,541,000	2,381,000	2,396,931
	9,002,000	8,291,000	8,480,891
Total Division No. 259............	23,009,000	21,353,000	21,539,426

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 260.—QUEENSLAND.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£	£	£
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 214......	7,671,000	7,119,000	7,055,254
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	2,584,000	2,630,000	2,561,800
3. Extra duty pay..............................	461,000	459,000	417,799
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	938,000	845,000	869,577
	11,654,000	11,053,000	10,904,430
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	4,014,000	3,699,000	3,721,211
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works...............	1,057,000	1,047,000	1,025,642
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	182,000	182,000	180,061
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	167,000	148,000	149,287
	5,420,000	5,076,000	5,076,201
	6,234,000	5,977,000	5,828,229
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	430,000	409,000	405,285
2. Fuel, light and power.........................	184,000	166,000	175,868
3. Water supply and sanitation.....................	21,000	18,000	16,690
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	89,000	78,000	53,282
5. Freights and cartage expenses....................	104,000	739,000	756,376
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	30,000	33,000	27,885
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	53,000	75,000	54,562
8. Minor building works.........................	27,000	22,000	22,009
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire.................	(a) 653,000	..	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure..................	70,000	76,000	63,660
	1,661,000	1,616,000	1,575,617
Less—
11. Amounts chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	664,000	754,000	662,650
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works...............	362,000	271,000	364,820
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	42,000	58,000	39,935
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	42,000	49,000	45,339
	1,110,000	1,132,000	1,112,744
	551,000	484,000	462,873
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	130,000	101,000	122,042
2. Other general stores..........................	122,000	110,000	92,236
3. Uniforms and protective clothing.................	25,000	25,000	23,768
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	246,000	192,000	158,158
5. Bicycles and accessories.......................	8,000	7,000	6,690
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment.............	3,500,000	3,154,000	3,196,814
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet......	57,000	63,500	63,123
8. Welfare equipment...........................	5,000	5,500	4,939
Carried forward..................	4,093,000	3,658,000	3,667,770
	6,785,000	6,461,000	6,291,102

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 260.—QUEENSLAND—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	6,785,000	6,461,000	6,291,102
C.—Stores and Material—continued.
Brought forward.............	4,093,000	3,658,000	3,667,770
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,331,000	1,206,000	1,291,975
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	2,124,000	1,928,000	1,865,538
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	250,000	195,000	161,816
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	53,000	22,000	43,526
	3,758,000	3,351,000	3,362,855
	335,000	307,000	304,915
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services).....	610,000	600,000	577,421
2. Railway mail services.......................	209,000	206,500	207,489
3. Coastwise mail services......................	4,000	4,500	3,381
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	12,000	9,000	8,800
	835,000	820,000	797,091
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services..................	1,765,000	1,659,000	1,611,689
2. Trunk line services.........................	720,000	675,000	681,944
3. Telegraph services.........................	68,000	78,000	55,237
4. Other services............................	1,074,000	1,109,000	1,142,118
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	2,382,000	2,138,000	2,184,847
	6,009,000	5,659,000	5,675,835
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	1,005,000	1,062,000	1,015,666
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	83,000	75,000	67,302
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works..........	28,000	21,000	19,159
	1,116,000	1,158,000	1,102,127
	4,893,000	4,501,000	4,573,708
Total Division No. 260............	12,848,000	12,089,000	11,966,816
Division No. 261.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 215....	4,747,000	4,198,000	4,323,322
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	1,823,000	1,725,000	1,700,889
3. Extra duty pay............................	357,000	379,000	323,554
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	498,000	419,000	429,928
	7,425,000	6,721,000	6,777,693
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	2,558,000	2,249,000	2,314,978
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.............	747,000	655,000	655,499
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	152,000	141,000	151,592
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	94,000	90,000	85,962
	3,551,000	3,135,000	3,208,031
	3,874,000	3,586,000	3,569,662
Carried forward..............	3,874,000	3,586,000	3,569,662

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division No. 261—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward.............	3,874,000	3,586,000	3,569,662
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	228,000	197,000	210,495
2. Fuel, light and power.........................	127,000	104,000	117,146
3. Water supply and sanitation....................	9,500	9,000	8,531
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	93,500	71,000	66,636
5. Freights and cartage expenses...................	106,000	437,000	461,232
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	54,000	38,000	39,384
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	47,000	43,000	43,666
8. Minor building works........................	21,000	16,000	16,785
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire................	(a) 384,000	..	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure..............	52,000	54,000	48,991
	1,122,000	969,000	1,012,866
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	433,000	383,000	399,718
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	204,000	160,000	202,501
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	52,000	65,000	44,510
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	16,000	18,000	14,994
	705,000	626,000	661,723
	417,000	343,000	351,143
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	71,000	50,000	64,866
2. Other general stores..........................	67,000	65,000	51,981
3. Uniforms and protective clothing.................	16,000	16,000	15,543
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	96,000	79,000	50,745
5. Bicycles and accessories.......................	5,000	4,000	5,084
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment............	2,698,000	2,373,000	2,325,890
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet.....	23,000	29,500	30,000
8. Welfare equipment..........................	4,000	5,000	2,541
	2,980,000	2,621,500	2,546,650
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	847,000	767,000	766,891
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	1,838,000	1,595,000	1,545,999
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	97,000	81,500	62,600
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	15,000	13,000	14,999
	2,797,000	2,456,500	2,390,489
	183,000	165,000	156,161
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)......	164,000	149,000	149,988
2. Railway mail services........................	223,000	215,500	218,993
3. Coastwise mail services.......................	7,000	6,500	6,609
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	8,000	8,000	6,655
	402,000	379,000	382,245
Carried forward.............	4,876,000	4,473,000	4,459,211

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
Division No. 261.—SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	£	£	£
Brought forward....................	4,876,000	4,473,000	4,459,211
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services......................	1,078,000	957,000	950,753
2. Trunk line services.............................	414,000	378,000	373,930
3. Telegraph services.............................	45,000	46,000	37,756
4. Other services................................	895,000	874,000	842,991
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	1,406,000	1,144,000	1,276,157
	3,838,000	3,399,000	3,481,587
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	720,000	702,000	692,230
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services..	37,000	30,000	38,388
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works...............	242,000	207,000	293,023
	999,000	939,000	1,023,641
	2,839,000	2,460,000	2,457,946
Total Division No. 261...................	7,715,000	6,933,000	6,917,157
Division No. 262.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 216—.......	3,488,000	3,154,000	3,171,336
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	1,175,000	1,174,000	1,185,963
3. Extra duty pay................................	227,000	265,000	210,098
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	301,000	275,000	280,924
	5,191,000	4,868,000	4,848,321
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	1,779,000	1,667,000	1,664,539
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works.................	509,000	486,000	474,056
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	171,000	150,000	161,379
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services..	119,000	109,000	108,720
	2,578,000	2,412,000	2,408,694
	2,613,000	2,456,000	2,439,627
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence........................	184,000	157,000	172,100
2. Fuel, light and power............................	99,000	86,000	89,668
3. Water supply and sanitation.......................	15,000	13,000	12,749
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	50,000	60,000	57,041
5. Freight and cartage expenses.......................	39,000	391,000	432,849
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	46,000	34,000	40,898
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motor and other vehicles.	32,000	27,000	24,395
8. Minor building works...........................	12,000	8,000	9,476
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire...................	(a) 440,000	..	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure	49,000	38,000	44,573
Carried forward.....................	966,000	814,000	883,749
	2,613,000	2,456,000	2,439,627

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 262.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward..................	2,613,000	2,456,000	2,439,627
B.—General Expenses—continued.
Brought forward..................	966,000	814,000	883,749
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	428,000	336,000	372,190
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works...............	149,000	92,000	137,564
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	40,000	32,000	41,289
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	30,000	34,000	32,156
	647,000	494,000	583,199
	319,000	320,000	300,550
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	68,000	51,000	63,562
2. Other general stores..........................	45,000	46,000	35,180
3. Uniforms and protective clothing.................	14,500	14,000	13,128
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	96,000	64,000	64,416
5. Bicycles and accessories.......................	3,000	2,000	2,082
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment.............	2,168,000	1,845,000	1,970,280
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet......	57,000	35,500	32,951
8. Welfare equipment...........................	1,500	1,500	1,356
	2,453,000	2,059,000	2,182,955
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to " E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	650,000	526,000	567,802
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works...............	1,482,000	1,297,000	1,384,332
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	108,000	70,000	64,896
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	40,000	26,000	21,523
	2,280,000	1,919,000	2,038,553
	173,000	140,000	144,402
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services).......	149,000	162,000	140,242
2. Railway mail services.........................	94,000	96,000	91,796
3. Coastwise mail services........................	4,100	4,000	3,268
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	8,900	7,000	7,905
	256,000	269,000	243,211
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services....................	830,000	750,000	752,826
2. Trunk line services...........................	424,000	367,000	374,273
3. Telegraph services...........................	36,000	48,000	34,994
4. Other services..............................	484,000	465,000	467,596
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	1,083,000	899,000	974,842
	2,857,000	2,529,000	2,604,531
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	507,000	436,000	454,608
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	40,000	43,000	44,957
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works............	43,000	7,000	..
	590,000	486,000	499,565
	2,267,000	2,043,000	2,104,966
Total Division No. 262.................	5,628,000	5,228,000	5,232,756

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 263—TASMANIA.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 216.....	1,785,000	1,588,000	1,575,381
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as Employees' Compensation	793,000	762,000	790,965
3. Extra duty pay.............................	117,000	122,000	105,122
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	279,000	250,000	254,625
	2,974,000	2,722,000	2,726,093
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	967,000	867,000	894,935
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	314,000	288,000	293,194
7. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	58,000	55,000	52,143
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	53,000	54,000	46,939
	1,392,000	1,264,000	1,287,211
	1,582,000	1,458,000	1,438,882
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	109,000	95,000	95,550
2. Fuel, light and power........................	60,000	45,000	45,291
3. Water supply and sanitation....................	4,000	3,000	3,277
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	21,000	18,000	16,041
5. Freights and cartage expenses...................	16,000	179,000	172,148
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	20,000	32,000	16,503
7. Repairs by traders to movable plant, motors and other vehicles	11,000	11,000	8,043
8. Minor building works........................	20,000	20,000	20,138
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire................	(a) 165,000	..	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure.................	26,000	19,000	28,726
	452,000	422,000	405,717
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	191,000	179,000	185,397
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	67,000	66,000	54,796
13. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	12,000	12,000	15,606
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	7,000	10,000	5,581
	277,000	267,000	261,380
	175,000	155,000	144,337
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing..	28,000	23,000	24,421
2. Other general stores.........................	29,000	31,000	24,426
3. Uniforms and protective clothing.................	10,000	6,500	8,378
4. Motor vehicles and accessories, including replacement of existing units	26,000	33,000	22,047
5. Bicycles and accessories......................	1,500	500	1,032
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment............	1,065,000	835,000	926,813
7. Motor vehicles and accessories—Additions to fleet.....	26,000	20,000	17,316
8. Welfare equipment..........................	1,500	1,500	1,397
Carried forward.................	1,187,000	950,500	1,025,830
	1,757,000	1,613,000	1,583,219

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

F.6686/57.—9

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 263.—TASMANIA—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward................	1,757,000	1,613,000	1,583,219
C.—Stores and Material—continued.
Brought forward................	1,187,000	950,500	1,025,830
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	286,000	236,000	219,503
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	773,000	594,000	700,007
11. Stores administration and transport expenditure chargeable to the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	30,000	38,000	22,237
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	8,000	6,500	8,262
	1,097,000	874,500	950,009
	90,000	76,000	75,821
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)......	110,000	103,000	100,449
2. Railway mail services........................	18,000	17,950	18,005
3. Coastwise mail services.......................	900	1,000	382
4. Overseas mail services by non-contract vessels and other countries' services	100	50	..
	129,000	122,000	118,836
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...................	374,000	350,000	345,989
2. Trunk line services..........................	244,000	213,000	216,315
3. Telegraph services..........................	14,000	17,000	9,942
4. Other services.............................	230,000	204,000	180,177
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	582,000	498,000	547,411
	1,444,000	1,282,000	1,299,834
Less—
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	230,000	204,000	209,282
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	22,000	17,000	23,647
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works...........	4,000	4,000	3,435
	256,000	225,000	236,364
	1,188,000	1,057,000	1,063,470
Total Division No. 263..........	3,164,000	2,868,000	2,841,346
Division No. 264.—NORTHERN TERRITORY.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 217.....	127,000	124,000	120,289
2. Temporary, casual and exempt employees; also wages paid as employees' compensation	56,000	37,000	54,281
3. Extra duty pay.............................	20,000	15,000	19,879
4. Allowances for conduct of business of non-official post offices, including railway offices	8,000	8,000	7,874
	211,000	184,000	202,323
Less—
5. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works	85,000	69,000	86,375
6. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	13,000	10,000	10,000
8. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	8,000	8,000	7,499
	106,000	87,000	103,874
Carried forward.................	105,000	97,000	98,449
	105,000	97,000	98,449

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

	1957-58.	1956–57.
	1957-58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 264.—NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.	£	£	£
Brought forward................	105,000	97,000	98,449
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence.....................	19,000	13,000	19,596
2. Fuel, light and power........................	4,000	4,000	3,757
3. Water supply and sanitation....................	500	500	326
4. Printing postage stamps, postal notes, postal guides and telephone directories	500	500	152
5. Freights and cartage expenses...................	11,000	28,000	25,273
6. Maintenance by railways of wires on railway poles and other engineering works under contract	1,000	1,000	477
7. Repairs by traders to moveable plant, motors and other vehicles	1,000	2,000	747
8. Minor building works........................	1,000	1,000	82
9. Motor vehicles—Upkeep and hire................	(a) 20,000	..	..
10. Incidental and other expenditure.................	3,000	3,000	3,146
	61,000	53,000	53,556
Less—
11. Amount chargeable to "E"—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	37,000	34,000	32,840
12. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	6,000	6,000	5,999
14. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	4,000	1,000	3,000
	47,000	41,000	41,839
	14,000	12,000	11,717
C.—Stores and Material—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	2,000	2,000	1,990
2. Other general stores...........................	4,000	4,000	2,913
3. Uniforms and protective clothing..................	500	500	503
5. Bicycles and accessories........................	500	500	41
6. Engineering stores, tools and equipment..............	47,000	35,000	34,971
	54,000	42,000	40,418
Less—
9. Amount chargeable to " E "—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)	24,000	22,000	16,971
10. Amount chargeable to Capital Works..............	20,000	11,000	17,000
12. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	3,000	2,000	999
	47,000	35,000	34,970
	7,000	7,000	5,448
D.—Mail Services (by outside Agencies)—
1. Inland mail services (excluding railway services)......	14,000	13,000	13,944
E.—Engineering Services (other than Capital Works)—
1. Telephone exchange services...................	25,000	21,000	24,980
2. Trunk line services..........................	46,000	43,000	42,902
3. Telegraph services..........................	5,000	4,000	4,583
4. Other services.............................	29,000	23,000	27,803
5. Administration expenditure, including holiday pay, sick pay and other overhead expenses not directly chargeable to other items	41,000	34,000	35,919
Less—	146,000	125,000	136,187
6. Amount chargeable to Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account	10,000	10,000	9,291
7. Amount chargeable to Broadcasting and Television Services	4,000	4,000	3,310
8. Amount chargeable to recoverable works...........	4,000	2,000	27,316
	18,000	16,000	39,917
	128,000	109,000	96,270
Total Division No. 264................	268,000	238,000	225,828

(a) Previously provided under Item 5.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

		1957–58.	1956–57.
		1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 264k.—GENERAL CHARGES (to be allotted to particular Services by Supplementary Appropriation).		£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—	£
Additional staff...................	631,000
District and other allowances..........	54,000
		..	685,000	..
B.—General Expenses.........................		..	69,000	..
D.—Mail Services............................		..	23,000	..
Total Division No. 264k.............		..	(a)777,000	(b)
Total Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department..		92,829,000	86,595,000	86,255,472
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 265.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 11—A		47,000	44,000	44,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 11—B		1,000	1,000	1,000
Total Division No. 265..............		48,000	45,000	45,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 266.—RENT OF BUILDINGS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 65—A		41,000	40,000	40,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 65—B		9,000	9,000	9,000
3. Rent...................................		260,000	229,000	222,775
Total Division No. 266..............		310,000	278,000	271,775
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 267.—MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS.
1. Repairs and maintenance......................		986,000	986,000	845,657
Under Control of Department of Social Services
Division No. 267k.—PENSION SUPPLEMENTS.
1. Supplementation of pensions and allowances to which the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act applies, or which are payable under section 57 of the Superannuation Act		7,000	(c)	(c)
Total Postmaster-General's Department.		94,180,000	87,904,000	87,417,904

(a) Provided in Additional-Estimates, May, 1957. (b) Expenditure is shown under the heads to which it was finally charged. (c) Previously provided under Special Appropriations.

III.— BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.

Division Number.	—	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
		£	£	£
268	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD	174,000	165,000	153,089
269	AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION....	5,100,000	4,701,000	4,633,000
270	TECHNICAL AND OTHER SERVICES...........	2,077,000	1,944,000	1,896,716
271	AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.....................	5,000	4,000	4,000
272	REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE...............	20,000	25,000	14,278
	TOTAL.............................	7,376,000	(a)6,839,000	6,701,083

(a) includes £37,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary.........	4,396,300	3,901,090	3,845,355
Other services.............................	2,979,700	2,937,910	2,855,728
Total..............................	7,376,000	6,839,000	6,701,083

	£
Estimate, 1957–58.......................	7,376,000
Expenditure. 1956–57.....................	6,701,083
Increase..........................	674,917

III.—Broadcasting and Television Services

	1957–58.	1956–57.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.		Vote.	Expenditure.
		Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 268.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD.	£	£	£
1. Expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act (e)	ai 174,000	ai 165,000	ai 153,089
Division No. 269.—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.
1. Expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act (e)	bc 5,100,000	bc4,701,000	bc4,633,000
Division No. 270.—TECHNICAL AND OTHER SERVICES.
A.—SOUND BROADCASTING.
1. Maintenance and operation of stations and studios....	1,545,000	1,396,000	1,399,858
2. Provision of land line services.................	64,000	79,000	74,826
3. Issuing and recording listeners' licences...........	200,000	203,000	184,689
4. Inspections, observations and research............	210,000	185,000	184,283
	2,019,000	(f) 1,863,000	1,843,656
B.—TELEVISION.
1. Maintenance and operation of transmitting stations....	40,000	75,000	47,061
2.. Issuing and recording of viewers' licences.........	12,000	2,000	1,999
3. Inspections, observations and research............	6,000	4,000	4,000
	58,000	81,000	53,060
Total Division No. 270................	d 2,077,000	d1,944,000	d1,896,716
Total Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department	7,351,000	6,810,000	6,682,805
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 271.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS............
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 11—A	5,000	4,000	4,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 272.—REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE....	20,000	25,000	14,278
Total Broadcasting and Television Services	7,376,000	6,839,000	6,701,083

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £93,500; 1956–57, Vote £80,000, Expenditure, £72,908. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58 £2,915,800; 1956–57, Vote, £2,510,090, Expenditure, £2,461,166. (c) Allocated approximately as follows:—Home broadcasting, £3,504,800; Overseas broadcasting, £159,800; Television, £1,435,400; 1956–57, Vote, Home broadcasting £3,651,760, Overseas broadcasting £160,000, Television £889,240, Expenditure, Home broadcasting £3,672,215, Overseas broadcasting £153,546, Television £807,239, (d) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £1,382,000; 1956–57, Vote, £1,307,000, Expenditure, £1,307,281. (e) Details of estimated expenditure are shown on pages 155 and 156 Budget Papers 1957–58. (f) Includes £37,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (i) Allocated approximately as follows: 1957–58, Broadcasting £119,000, Television £55,000: 1956–57, Vote, Broadcasting £99,300, Television £65,700, Expenditure, Broadcasting £94,846, Television £58,243.

PART 3.

TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Division Number.	—	1957–58.	1956–57.
Division Number.	—	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
	NORTHERN TERRITORY.	£	£	£
273	General Services........................	2,890,000	2,308,800	2,165,103
274	Works Services.........................	882,000	879,700	827,963
275	Audit of Accounts.......................	7,000	5,000	5,000
276	Courts Office..........................	39,000	30,000	36,228
277	Health Services.........................	807,000	697,500	695,204
		4,625,000	3,921,000	3,729,498
	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
278	Audit of Accounts.......................	13,000	6,000	6,000
279	Courts and Titles Office...................	29,000	29,000	28,999
280	General Services........................	1,632,000	1,530,250	1,518,624
281	Australian Capital Territory Police............	119,000	110,150	109,710
282	Works Services.........................	877,000	809,000	801,801
283	Health Services.........................	355,000	319,600	317,672
		3,025,000	2,804,000	2,782,806
	NORFOLK ISLAND.
284	Miscellaneous Services....................	33,000	37,000	37,000
	PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
285	Miscellaneous Services....................	11,241,000	9,354,400	9,544,668
286	Lighthouse Services......................	17,000	23,000	28,037
		11,258,000	9,377,400	9,572,705
	COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
287	General Services........................	29,000	22,600	20,059
	Total..................	18,970,000	a 16,162,000	16,142,068

(a) Includes £282,000 provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE.

Salaries and payments in the nature of salary......	3,853,600	3,562,090	3,435,604
General expenses........................	334,500	298,850	308,209
Other services..........................	14,781,900	12,301,060	12,398,255
Total............................	18,970,000	16,162,000	16,142,068

	£
Estimate, 1957–58.......................	18,970,000
Expenditure, 1956–57....................	16,142,068
Increase....................	2,827,932

Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.	£	£	£
Division No. 273.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 218....	615,500	(b) 414,600	392,253
2. Temporary and casual employees...............	249,000	(b) 355,200	334,260
3. Extra duty pay............................	24,000	(b) 26,000	25,895
	888,500	795,800	752,408
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling arid subsistence..................	70,000	63,000	68,952
2. Office requisites and equipment...............	34,000	20,000	20,601
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services........	25,000	(b) 19,000	21,229
4. Fuel, light and power......................	5,000	4,000	4,133
5. Freight and cartage........................	16,000	12,000	14,814
6. Office cleaning..........................	8,000	..	..
7. Incidental and other expenditure...............	25,000	15,000	13,853
	183,000	133,000	143,582
C.—Aboriginal Welfare—
1. Maintenance of aboriginals at Government settlements	344,000	(b) 227,000	232,029
2. Maintenance of aboriginals on pastoral properties...	60,000	52,500	42,211
3. Assistance to missions.....................	263,000	184,650	181,044
4. Educational services.......................	30,000	28,650	13,233
5. Assistance to wards for business purposes........	5,000	..	..
6. Miscellaneous...........................	19,000	16,300	16,655
Purchases for economic enterprises at Government Settlements	..	37,900	23,571
	(a) 721,000	(a) 547,000	(a) 508,743
D.—Other Services—
1. Motor vehicles—Running expenses and maintenance..	91,500	79,500	89,004
2. Prisons—Maintenance.....................	18,900	16,000	15,334
3. Police services—Maintenance................	22,600	(b) 5,300	5,359
4. Survey camps—Maintenance.................	56,000	(b) 38,000	32,533
5. Alleviation of distress......................	29,800	15,000	17,448
6. Educational services and scholarships...........	210,000	140,000	144,380
7. Municipal activities.......................	73,300	..
8. Wharf services..........................	2,500	..
9. Library services..........................	5,900	5,800	5,891
10. Fire Brigade services......................	13,000	8,700	6,646
11. Stream gauging..........................	32,000	20,000	9,751
12. Hydrological investigation...................	17,300	24,000	13,319
13. Community activities......................	30,000	1,500	1,500
14. Railway freight—Concessions................	44,000	40,000	35,416
15. Coastal shipping service—Subsidy.............	2,000	3,800	3,500
16. Airmail service—Subsidy...................	22,000	22,000	21,280
17. Payments under Commonwealth and State Compensation Acts	3,000	(b) 4,500	3,010
18. Northern Territory Reserves Board—Expenses.....	8,000	..	..
19. Commonwealth hostels—Loss on operations.......	35,000	35,300	36,339
20. Buoys and beacons—Operation and maintenance....	400	450	163
21. Legislative Council—Expenses...............	8,000	6,200	3,773
22. Mines Branch—Operational expenses...........	58,300	..	..
23. Assistance to and development of mining industry...	21,500	11,000	..
24. Animal Industry Branch—Operational expenses....	10,200	(b) 8,800	8,286
25. Animal Industry Branch—Equipment...........	10,600	11,500	8,687
26. Transport of stud stock to the Northern Territory—Subsidy	15,000	14,000	11,851
27. Destruction of dingoes.....................	13,500	13,500	11,106
28. Flood relief.............................	9,000	..	2,465
29. Agricultural research......................	69,700	(b) 65,650	67,163
30. Re-afforestation experimental plots.............	2,000	2,000	1,931
31. Pre-school centres.........................	17,500	14,700	9,044
32. Commonwealth houses—Payment in lieu of rates to Darwin Municipal Council	8,000	..	..
Carried forward...............	960,500	607,200	565,179

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £54,440; 1956–57, Vote £7,400, Expenditure £1,350. (4) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	1956–57.
Under Control of Department of Territories—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 273.—GENERAL SERVICES—continued.	£	£	£
D.—Other Services—continued—
Brought forward.............	960,500	607,200	565,179
33. Municipal Council—Subsidy................	137,000		..
Sanitary and garbage services................	(e) ..	(d) 30,400	31,108
Municipal expenditure....................	(e) ..	45,800	40,723
Mosquito prevention.....................	(e) ..	20,950	16,584
Cemeteries—Maintenance..................	(e) ..	5,700	4,100
Botanic gardens, parks and reserves............	(e) ..	(d) 37,450	38,355
Mines Branch—Maintenance of batteries and ore sampling	..	(d) 28,500	26,099
Purchase and treatment of tailings.............	..	11,000	418
Encouragement of primary production..........	..	45,500	37,804
Voluntary youth and community activities.......	..	500	..
	(a) 1,097,500	(a) 833,000	(a) 760,370
Total Division No. 273............	2,890,000	2,308,800	2,165,103
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 274.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Other Services—
1. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Territories.	210,000	(d) 202,000	213,970
2. Electric supply—Generation, distribution and maintenance	315,000	(d) 314,700	300,961
3. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Health....	40,000	45,000	35,878
4. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Works....	25,000	23,000	19,928
5. Commonwealth Cold Stores, Darwin—Running and maintenance	29,000	30,000	28,888
6. Town water supplies—Running and maintenance....	93,000	95,000	79,866
	(b) 712,000	(b) 709,700	(b) 679,491
B.—Developmental Services—
1. Maintenance of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes	(c) 170,000	170,000	148,472
Total Division No. 274............	882,000	879,700	827,963
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 275—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 11-a	6,800	4,900	4,900
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 11-b	200	100	100
Total Division No. 275...........	7,000	5,000	5,000
Under Control of Attorney-General's Department.
Division No. 276.—COURTS OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 218...	19,000	13,000	17,356
2. Temporary and casual employees..............	9,850	7,850	9,911
3. Extra duty pay...........................	150	150	77
	29,000	21,000	27,344
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence...................	4,000	3,500	3,398
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	1,000	..	..
3. Fees—Jurors and witnesses..................	1,200	..	..
4. Incidental and other expenditure...............	3,800	5,500	5,486
	10,000	9,000	8,884
Total Division No. 276...........	39,000	30,000	36,228

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £317,000; 1956–57, Vote £289,000, Expenditure £283,195. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £456,400; 1956–57 Vote £434,000, Expenditure £418,866. (c) In addition, £280,000 provided under Division No. 61, Capital Works and Services (d) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (e) Provided under Items 7 and 33.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	1956–57.
	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Health. Division No. 277.—HEALTH SERVICES.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 218.......	246,400	(b) 236,400	236,428
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	156,700	146,600	147,031
3. Extra duty pay..............................	9,000	9,000	8,915
	412,100	392,000	392,374
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	28,000	16,800	16,786
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	4,500	3,200	3,197
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services............	3,000	3,000	2,979
4. Fuel, light and power..........................	42,000	(b) 39,500	39,520
5. Incidental and other expenditure...................	16,000	13,500	13,521
	93,500	76,000	76,003
C.—Other Services—
1. Motor cars and aircraft—Running expenses and maintenance.	59,100	44,600	44,057
2. Medical services—Maintenance (National Welfare Fund payments and patients' fees may be credited to this item)	137,000	(b) 140,700	143,451
3. Transport equipment—Aircraft, ambulances and other transport	76,300	(b) 24,200	22,269
4. Equipment for hospitals........................	29,000	20,000	17,050
	301,400	229,500	226,827
Total Division No. 277.............	807,000	697,500	695,204
Total Northern Territory..............	a4,625,000	a3,921,000	a3,729,498
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
Under Control of Prime Minister's Department.
Division No. 278.—AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.
1. Proportion of salaries provided under Division No. 11-a...	12,600	5,800	5,800
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 11-b	400	200	200
Total Division No. 278.............	13,000	6,000	6,000
Under Control of Attorney-General's Department.
Division No. 279.—COURTS AND TITLES OFFICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 219......	15,500	14,000	15,016
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	7,000	8,000	6,863
3. Extra duty pay...............................	500	1,200	1,029
	23,000	23,200	22,908
B.—General Expenses—
1. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing...	2,500	2,000	2,845
2. Fees, jurors and witnesses.......................	1,500	1,500	1,283
3. Incidental and other expenditure..................	2,000	2,300	1,963
	6,000	5,800	6,091
Total Division No. 279.............	29,000	29,000	28,999

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £2,164,240; 1956–57, Vote £1,944,100, Expenditure £1,880,437 (b) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	1956–57.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 280.—GENERAL SERVICES.	£	£	£
A.—Salaries and General Expenses—
1. Proportion Of salaries provided under Division No. 65-A.	229,000	225,000	225,000
2. Proportion of general expenses provided under Division No. 65-b	41,000	37,000	37,000
	270,000	262,000	262,000
B.—Works Services—
1. Maintenance of parks and gardens and recreation reserves	304,000	275,000	281,172
2. Maintenance and upkeep of property at Jervis Bay.....	2,000	8,000	7,604
	(a) 306,000	(a) 283,000	(a) 288,776
C.—Other Services—
1. General lands services........................	26,000	26,000	27,797
2. Eradication of noxious weeds...................	3,500	3,100	2,408
3. Rabbit and dingo extermination..................	17,400	17,500	16,944
4. Bush fire prevention.........................	15,000	(c) 20,000	21,086
5. Alleviation of distress........................	1,200	900	647
6. Surveys.................................	32,000	30,000	28,526
7. Caretaking and maintenance—Public buildings, camps and tenements	9,600	10,000	8,176
8. Garbage removal and disposal...................	37,000	31,500	30,732
9. Sanitary services...........................	4,000	4,500	2,572
10. Grants in aid of social services..................	4,600	4,600	4,525
11. To recoup the State of New South Wales for payments under the Child Welfare Act and in maintenance of juvenile offenders and mental patients in State institutions	18,000	(c) 15,741	15,741
12. Swimming pools—Maintenance.................	8,500	11,000	7,731
13. Printing of ordinances and regulations.............	1,500	1,500	1,151
14. Local Government registration..................	3,500	3,500	3,268
15. Publicity.................................	3,400	3,750	2,715
16. Advisory Council—Allowances and expenses........	1,400	1,000	822
17. Care of aboriginals at Jervis Bay settlement..........	5,500	4,000	4,684
18. Street cleaning.............................	10,000	11,000	12,190
19. Fire Brigade—Maintenance....................	8,800	9,000	5,737
20. Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act	10,300	(c) 15,873	11,254
21. Cemetery—Maintenance (for payment to credit of Canberra Cemetery Trust Account)	2,600	2,600	2,592
22. National Capital Planning and Development Committee— Canberra National Memorials Committee—Expenses	1,300	1,300	880
23. City Omnibus Service—Subsidy (for payment to credit of Australian Capital Territory Transport Trust Account)	72,000	60,000	60,000
24. Soil erosion and water conservation...............	15,400	15,500	10,743
25. Australian Capital Territory hostels—Subsidy (for payment to the credit of Australian Capital Territory Hostels Trust Account)	30,000	6,000	15,000
26. Canberra City Band—Maintenance...............	2,300	2,300	1,940
27. Social welfare activities.......................	2,400	2,400	1,883
28. Cultural and community activities................	4,900	4,500	4,266
29. Accidents involving Commonwealth vehicles—Payment of compensation	1,000	1,000	578
30. City Leases Appeal Board—Expenses.............	1,000	1,000
31. Safety measures at swimming resorts..............	500	500	313
32. Weighbridges—Maintenance...................	2,200	3,100	2,422
33. Street lighting..............................	35,000	32,000	31,753
34. Herd recording (payments by farmers may be credited to this Item)	1,000	..	..
35. Development of the National Capital—Enquiry by Sir William Holford	1,200	..	..
36. Incidental and other expenditure.................	3,000	3,200	2,800
Firewood supplies........................		1,000	1,000
	(b) 397,000	(b) 360,864	(b) 344,876

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £253,000; 1956–57, Vote £230,000, Expenditure £233,000. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £165,600; 1956–57, Vote £230,000. Expenditure £156,300. (c) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	1956–57.
Under Control of Department of the Interior—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Division No. 280.—GENERAL SERVICES—continued.	£	£	£
D.—Education—
1. University College—Grant in aid..............	153,000	(c) 151,009	151,009
2. University scholarships and bursaries...........	6,900	6,000	6,000
3. Secondary school bursaries..................	3,300	3,900	3,008
4. Conveyance of school children...............	47,500	47,000	47,269
5. Cleaning of schools.......................	52,300	40,000	43,507
6. Fuel, light and power......................	13,000	12,500	11,499
7. School books, stationery and equipment.........	5,000	4,500	4,564
8. Payments to the Department of Education, New South Wales, for services rendered	284,400	(c) 278,377	278,376
9. Canberra Technical College—Technical vocational training	53,000	50,500	48,692
10. Pre-school centres........................	29,300	26,600	25,708
11. Private schools—Reimbursement of interest on capital borrowed for construction and extension of school buildings	7,300	..	..
12. Incidental and other expenditure...............	4,000	4,000	3,340
	(a) 659,000	(a) 624,386	(a) 622,972
Total Division No. 280............	1,632,000	1,530,250	1,518,624
Division No. 281.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICE.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 219...	84,000	74,000	75,859
2. Temporary and casual employees..............	1,800	2,000	978
3. Extra duty pay..........................	9,200	(c) 8,000	8,121
	95,000	84,000	84,958
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence..................	1,200	1,480	1,532
2. Office requisites and equipment, stationery and printing	800	800	780
3. Postage, telegrams and telephone services........	2,500	2,150	2,391
4. Fuel, light and power......................	1,600	1,500	1,534
5. Motor cars—Maintenance and repairs...........	8,600	8,900	7,781
6. Clothing and equipment....................	4,800	4,000	3,362
7. Police Superannuation Ordinance—Pensions and refunds of contributions	3,500	3,600	3,653
8. Incidental and other expenditure..............	1,000	920	1,009
Payments under Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act	..	2,800	2,710
	24,000	(c) 26,150	24,752
Total Division No. 281............	119,000	110,150	109,710
Total Under Control of Department of the Interior	1,751,000	1,640,400	1,628,334
Under Control of Department of Works........
Division No. 282.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Works Services—
1. Repairs and maintenance—Department of the Interior	340,000	295,000	286,929
2. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Health...	22,000	25,000	18,717
3. Repairs and maintenance—Department of Works...	15,000	24,000	9,169
4. Maintenance of roads and bridges..............	300,000	275,000	301,870
5. Maintenance of water supply and sewerage.......	200,000	190,000	185,116
Total Division No. 282............	(b)877,000	(b)809,000	(b)801,801

(a) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £359,000; 1956–57, Vote £325,000, Expenditure £35,8,000. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £470,220; 1956–57, Vote £420,750, Expenditure £396,185. (c) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Health.	£	£	£
Division No. 283.—HEALTH SERVICES.
1. Canberra Community Hospital..................	(a) 257,600	(e) 233,600	(a) 233,600
2. Health and dental services.....................	33,500	29,100	29,153
3. Abattoir services...........................	(f) 35,800	(e) 26,400	(f) 26,432
4. Veterinary services..........................	4,700	4,500	4,362
5. Compensation for destruction of cattle infected with disease and control of undulant fever	300	200	125
6. Canberra Mothercraft Society—Subsidy............	8,800	9,585	9,585
7. Ambulance services.........................	14,300	16,215	14,415
Total Division No. 283............	(b)355,000	(b)319,600	(b)317,672
Total Australian Capital Territory......	c3,025,000	c2,804,000	c2,782,806
NORFOLK ISLAND.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 284.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1. Towards expenses of Administration..............	33,000	(e) 37,000	37,000
Total Norfolk Island................	33,000	37,000	37,000
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 285.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
1. Grant to Administration towards expenses, including native welfare, development, war damage and reconstruction	11,000,000	9,135,000	9,346,009
2. Australian School of Pacific Administration.........	(d) 30,400	(d) 27,400	(d) 27,709
3. Pensions under former New Guinea and Papua Superannuation Funds (for payment to the Papua and New Guinea Services Trust Account)	70,600	72,900	69,000
4. Electricity undertakings—Transfer of stores and vehicles from Department of Works	140,000	..	..
Printing and consolidation of laws of Papua and New Guinea.	..	4,100	1,369
Grant to Administration for Rabaul harbour and road works	..	115,000	100,581
Total Division No. 285............	11,241,000	9,354,400	9,544,668
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 286.—LIGHTHOUSE SERVICES...........	17,000	(e) 23,000	28,037
Total Papua and New Guinea..........	11,258,000	9,377,400	9,572,705

(a) Additional grant from National Welfare Fund—1957–58, £24,000; 1956–57, £27,555. (b) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £46,340; 1956–57, Vote £41,240, Expenditure £42,408. (c) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:— 1957–58 £1,653,760; 1955–56, Vote £1,584,990, Expenditure £1,524,559. (d) Includes salaries and payments in the nature of salary as follows:—1957–58, £24,000; 1956–57 Vote £22,000, Expenditure, £22,146. (e) Includes an amount provided in Additional Estimates, May, 1957. (f) Receipts are credited to Health Revenue, Estimate, 1957–58, £36,000; Actual 1956–57. £32,436.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.	1957–58.	Vote.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Territories.	£	£	£
Division No. 287.—GENERAL SERVICES.
A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—
1. Salaries and allowances as per Schedule, page 219......	2,550	3,900	2,815
2. Temporary and casual employees..................	9,050	7,100	5,647
	11,600	11,000	8,462
B.—General Expenses—
1. Travelling and subsistence......................	2,500	2,600	3,019
2. Messing subsidy............................	4,800	5,900	4,044
3. Secondary education allowance..................	1,100	..	..
4. Maintenance of roads and buildings................	4,000	..	..
5. Incidental and other expenditure..................	5,000	3,100	4,534
	17,400	11,600	11,597
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands...............	29,000	22,600	20,059
Total Territories of the Commonwealth........	18,970,000	16,162,000	16,142,068

PART 4.

PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES.

F.6686/57.—10

PART 4.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES.

—	1957–58.	1956–57.
—	1957–58.	Estimate.	Expenditure.
Under Control of Department of Health.	£	£	£
Division No. 288.—Tuberculosis Act—Reimbursement of Capital Expenditure by State Governments.	2,550,000	1,925,000	2,381,210

SCHEDULE

SALARIES and ALLOWANCES.

(SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RATES FIXED BY ARBITRATION DETERMINATION, PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION OR OTHER COMPETENT AUTHORITY.)

SUPPORTING PROVISION MADE IN VOTES INCLUDED ON PAGES 6-143.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

I.—Parliament.

Number of Positions.			1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1	1	SENATE. (See Division No. 1.)	£	£
1	1	Clerk of the Senate.....................................	4,250	3,750
1	1	Clerk Assistant.......................................	3,200	2,767
1	1	Second Clerk Assistant..................................	2,546	2,244
1	1	Usher of the Black Rod and Clerk of Committees.................	2,104	2,024
1	1	Ministerial Liaison Officer................................	1,994	1,914
1	1	Clerk of the Records and Assistant Clerk of Committees............	1,776	1,694
2	2	Clerk of the Papers and Accountant, Accounts and Reading Clerk......	2,400	2,494
10	10	Attendants..........................................	9,445	9,191
			27,715	26,078
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	2,695	1,532
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	620	600
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payments in lieu...........	..	870
			31,030	29,080
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,030	1,110
18	18	Total Senate (see page 7).....................	30,000	27,970
		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (See Division No. 2.)
		Clerk of the House of Representatives........................	4,250	3,750
1	1	Clerk Assistant.......................................	3,200	2,744
1	1	Second Clerk Assistant..................................	2,565	2,429
1	1	Third Clerk Assistant...................................	2,272	2,191
1	1	Serjeant-at-Arms and Clerk of Committees.....................	2,115	2,077
1	1	Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms and Clerk of the Records................	1,875	1,795
1	1	Clerk of the Papers.....................................	1,532	1,470
3	3	Accountant and Clerks..................................	3,608	2,174
1	1	Typist (Secretarial).....................................	791	752
		Serjeant-at-Arms Staff.
13	13	Attendants..........................................	12,198	11,712
			34,406	31,094
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	793	972
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payments in lieu...........	264	..
			35,463	32,066
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,313	766
24	24	Total House of Representatives (see page 7)........	34,150	31,300
		PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF. (See Division No. 3.)
1	1	Principal Parliamentary Reporter............................	3,500	3,000
1	1	Second Reporter.......................................	2,838	2,852
1	1	Third Reporter........................................	2,618	2,702
3	3	Supervisors..........................................	7,524	7,141
17	17	Parliamentary Reporters and Assistant Reporter..................	38,811	38,305
1	1	Clerk and Accountant...................................	1,683	1,612
2	2	Attendant and Reader...................................	2,026	1,964
			59,000	57,576
		Special (Canberra) allowance..............................	..	24
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payments in lieu...........	..	4,160
			59,000	61,760
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
26.	26	Total Parliamentary Reporting Staff (see page 7).....	59,000	61,760
		LIBRARY. (See Division No. 4.)
1	1	Parliamentary Librarian..................................	3,750	3,250
1	1	Deputy Librarian......................................	2,543	2,517
1	1	Chief Reference Officer..................................	2,103	2,077
1	1	Chief Preparation Officer.................................	2,103	2,077
13	13	Librarians...........................................	17,795	15,584
5	5	Chief Clerk and Accountant and Clerks.......................	6,385	5,879
15	15	Supervisor, Attendants, Assistants and Typists...................	11,956	10,850
			46,635	42,234
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,000	1,000
			47,635	43,234
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	6,135	9,734
37	37	Total Library (see page 7)....................	41,500	33,500

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

I.—Parliament.

Number of Positions.		—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT. (See Division No. 5.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	3,750	3,250
1	1	Chief Administrative Officer..............................	1,983	1,857
4	4	Sub-Accountant, Clerks..................................	4,901	4,788
			10,634	9,895
		Housekeeping and Cleaning Staff.
1	1	Housekeeper.........................................	(a) 1,286	1,248
15	15	Deputy Housekeeper, Doorkeepers, Senior Cleaner, Cleaners and Night watchman	13,070	12,440
			14,356	13,688
		Refreshment Rooms.
1	1	Manager............................................	1,718	1,647
1	1	Chef..............................................	1,618	1,592
10	10	Assistant Manager, Bar Attendants, Waiters, Cooks, Stores Officer.....	9,620	9,330
			12,956	12,569
		Parliament Gardens.
4	4	Foreman Gardener, Gardeners..............................	3,552	3,400
		Miscellaneous.
1	1	Chief Engineer........................................	1,993	1,967
1	1	Assistant Engineer.....................................	1,268	1,242
10	10	Air Conditioning Engineer, Fitters, Boiler Attendants, Maintenance Officers	9,740	9,480
			13,001	12,689
			54,499	52,241
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	350	350
		Special (Canberra) Allowance..............................	..	12
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payments in lieu...........	1,011	..
			55,860	52,603
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from Housekeeper on account of rent........	78	78
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended......................	20,782	19,025
			20,860	19,103
50	50	Total Joint House Department (see page 8).........	35,000	33,500
		PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS. (See Division No. 6.)
1	1	Secretary...........................................	2,217	2,190
1	1	Secretarial Assistant (Female)..............................	796	780
			3,013	2,970
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	803	790
2	2	Total Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (see page 8)	2,210	2,180
		PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. (See Division No. 7.)
1	1	Secretary...........................................	2,176	2,094
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	1,664	1,556
			3,840	3,650
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	10	10
1	1	Total Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts (see page 8)	3,830	3,640

(a) Less £78 deduction for rent; is granted fuel, light and water.

F.6686/57.—11

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

Number of Positions.		—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 10.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	6,000	5,500
7	7	Deputy Secretary, First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretaries......	22,869	22,395
1	1	Chief Economist......................................	4,100	4,074
50	49	Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Administrative Officer, Hospitality Officers, Secretary to Federal Executive Council, Research Officers, Accountant, Clerics, Librarian and Assistant Inspector	72,524	69,282
49	45	Gazette Officers, Cabinet and Ministerial Officers, Ministerial Attendant, Motor Driver, Stores and Transport Officer, Assistants (Plan Printing), Clerical Assistants, Steno-Secretary, Secretarial Typists, Stenographers, Grade 1, Typists	33,502	34,883
			138,995	136,134
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,003	4,904
		Private Secretaries (10) filling unclassified positions(a).............	17,763	15,611
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	5,984	6,023
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	4,849	6,248
		Special (Canberra) Allowance..............................	955	861
			169,549	169,781
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	23,549	24,181
108	103	Total Administrative (see page 10)...............	146,000	145,600
		AUDIT OFFICE. (See Division No. 11.)
1	1	Secretary and Chief Inspector..............................	3,400	3,374
1	1	Assistant Secretary and Chief Inspector.......................	2,763	2,737
13	13	Chief Auditors and Assistant Chief Auditors....................	33,534	30,650
422	425	Senior Audit Inspectors, Audit Inspectors and Clerks...............	594,649	583,992
30	30	Typists, Machinists and Assistants...........................	18,866	17,292
			653,212	638,045
		Officers occupying unclassified positions......................	4,890	4,960
		Officers on loan from other Departments and officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies or retirement	2,301	1,699
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	14,107	15,056
		Local allowances (United Kingdom).........................	1,640	1,640
		Child allowances (United Kingdom).........................	195	195
		District allowances and allowances to married officers (Papua and New Guinea)	2,975	2,242
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	12,007	9,220
			691,327	673,057
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	64,927	74,437
467	470	Total Audit Office (see page 10).................	626,400	598,620
		PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD. (See Division No. 12.)
		Central Staff.
3	3	Assistant Commissioners.................................	11,100	11,022
3	3	Chairmen—Promotions Appeal Committees....................	8,289	8,101
1	1	Secretary...........................................	3,200	3,174
1	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	2,323	2,242
41	41	Senior Inspectors, Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors..............	91,503	89,600
88	91	Principal Training Officer, Assistant Principal Training Officer, Senior Training Officers, Training Officers, Assistant Training Officer, Senior Research Officer, Research Officers, Assistant Research Officer, Senior Examinations Officer, Examinations Officer, Recruitment Officer, Officer-in-charge, Investigating Officer, Investigators, Welfare Officer, Librarian, Senior Cleric and Clerks	116,572	108,788
53	53	Steno-Secretary to the Permanent Head, Typists, Clerical Assistants and Assistants	35,200	29,107
190	193		268,187	252,034
190	193	Carried forward......................	268,187	252,034

(a) Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister (2), Leaders of the Opposition in Senate (1) and House of Representatives (2), Leader of the Labour Party (anti-Communist) (1), Deputy Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate (1) and House of Representatives (1), Vice-President of the Executive Council (1), former Prime Minister (1).

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

Number of Positions.		—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	—	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD—continued.	£	£
190	193	Brought forward......................	268,187	252,034
		Inspectors' Staffs.
28	28	Public Service Inspectors, Deputy Inspectors, Inspector and Assistant Inspectors	62,342	61,434
92	91	Senior Recruitment and Training Officers, Recruitment and Training Officers, Training Officers, Senior Clerk, Investigator, Clerks-in-charge, Clerks and Cadets (Personnel)	95,392	89,639
94	89	Employment Officer, Typists, Clerical Assistants, Assistants and Telephonist	60,058	58,260
214	208		217,792	209,333
			485,979	461,367
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	6,240	3,824
		Special (Canberra) boarding allowance........................	1,300	1,370
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies or retirement.....	16,455	20,673
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	5,389	1,602
		Living away from home allowance..........................	489	106
		Local allowance (United Kingdom)..........................	610	..
		Child allowance (United Kingdom)..........................	195	..
		Officer on loan from another Department......................	2,216	..
			518,873	488,942
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	77,473	58,942
404	401	Total Public Service Board (see page 10)...........	441,400	430,000
		GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 13.)
		Officer on loan from Prime Minister's Department (Clerk)...........	1,313	1,197
		Officers filling unclassified positions. (Official Secretary, Clerk, Attendant and Typists)	6,889	6,185
			8,202	7,382
		Less amount to be withheld on account of rent...................	182	182
		Total Governor-General's Office (see page 11).......	8,020	7,200
		NATIONAL LIBRARY. (See Division No. 14.)
4	4	Chief Film Officer, Chief Archivist, Director of Training and Chief Extensions Officer	7,467	10,216
43	45	Librarians, Assistant Librarians, Senior Intermediate Records Officer, Archivist, Assistant Archivists, Films Officers and Clerks	58,608	50,276
53	55	Technicians, Assistants and Typists..........................	44,452	40,167
			110,527	100,659
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,500	1,500
		Officers filling unclassified positions abroad (London and New York)...	9,032	7,424
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	..	509
			121,059	110,092
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	22,059	29,092
100	104	Total National Library (see page 11).............	99,000	81,000
		HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM. (See Division No. 15.)
..	1	High Commissioner....................................	5,000	(a)
1	1	Deputy High Commissioner...............................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Official Secretary......................................	3,200	3,174
2	2	Assistant Secretaries....................................	4,419	4,259
			17,619	11,933
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner.........	6,267	(b)
		Representation and other allowances to other officers..............	4,075	2,760
		Local allowances (United Kingdom).........................	2,410	2,345
		Exchange on salaries of High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner	2,536	2,030
4	5		32,907	19,068
4	5	Carried forward.....................	32,907	19,068

(a) Provided under Special Appropriations. (b) Provided under Division No. 15b.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Prime Minister's Department.

Number of Positions.		HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
4	5	Brought forward......................	32,907	19,068
		Under High Commissioner Act.
1	1	Agricultural Counsellor..................................	2,000	2,000
3	3	Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Procurement Officers............	5,691	5,392
330	333	Superintendent of Buildings, Administrative Officer (Staff), Senior Migration Officer and Officers of the Second Class	241,196	204,748
17	15	Lift Attendants and Porters................................	9,035	9,428
			257,922	221,568
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,242	2,504
		Local allowances (United Kingdom) and representation.............	1,010	675
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	3,590	172
		Exchange on salaries paid abroad...........................	66,930	55,117
		Reclassification of offices................................	..	11,500
351	352		330,694	291,536
			363,601	310,604
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	774	740
		Amount provided under Division No. 15/b/6...................	5,451	..
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	150,976	124,864
			157,201	125,604
355	357	Total High Commissioner's Office (see page 12)......	206,400	185,000
		COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION. (See Division No. 16.)
3	3	Commissioners(a).....................................	1,400	1,400
1	1	Secretary...........................................	2,983	2,957
8	8	Senior Investigation Officer, Investigation Officers, Assistant Investigation Officers, Librarian and Clerk	10,899	10,475
2	2	Typists.............................................	1,254	1,334
			16,536	16,166
		Fees for Commissioners(a)................................	1,680	1,680
			18,216	17,846
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	3,166	2,666
14	14	Total Commonwealth Grants Commission (see page 12).	15,050	15,180
		OFFICE OF EDUCATION. (See Division No. 17.)
1	1	Director............................................	3,200	3,174
28	78	Education Officers and Cadets.............................	115,146	110,363
49	47	Clerks and Librarian....................................	52,027	51,289
48	48	Typists and Assistants...................................	27,224	28,886
			197,597	193,712
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	3,354	1,659
		Officers on unattached list................................	10,777	6,688
			211,728	202,059
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	48,728	29,059
176	174	Total Office of Education (see page 12)............	163,000	173,000

(a) Part-time only.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 19.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 19.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
4	4	Assistant Secretaries....................................	13,500	13,196
1	1	Director............................................	3,200	3,174
64	71	External Affairs Officers.................................	127,807	111,906
2	2	Scientists...........................................	3,070	2,950
85	93	Clerks.............................................	103,795	91,878
5	5	Librarian and Assistant Librarians...........................	4,564	4,474
95	97	Typists, Assistants and Maintenance Officer....................	68,163	64,633
2	2	Attendant and Supervisor (Female)..........................	1,709	1,624
			330,808	298,335
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	12,751	15,915
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	4,704	8,305
		Special (Canberra) allowance..............................	2,289	1,513
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position....................	1,667	1,705
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	7,862	3,686
		Leave and furlough for former Heads of Missions.................	8,700	5,454
		Allowances to officer attending Imperial Defence College, London.....	800	..
			369,581	334,913
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	55,828	62,078
		Amount provided under Antarctic Research Expedition vote.........	31,553	20,335
			87,381	82,413
259	276	Total Administrative (see page 15)...............	282,200	152,500
		EMBASSY—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (See Division No. 21.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,500	3,500
6	7	External Affairs Officers.................................	13,930	12,241
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	825	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	334	584
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	104	245
		Exchange on salaries....................................	4,137	4,137
			22,830	21,513
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	14,350	14,553
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	6,370	5,601
		Local allowances.....................................	15,420	13,640
		Child allowances.....................................	2,742	978
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	6,432	4,460
			68,144	60,745
		Australian Mission to the United Nations.
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,676	3,650
4	4	External Affairs Officers.................................	8,124	7,323
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	300	318
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	69	..
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	575
			12,169	11,866
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	10,661	10,741
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	4,181	4,035
		Local allowances.....................................	9,438	9,190
		Child allowances.....................................	1,684	1,470
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	4,468	1,616
			42,601	38,918
			110,745	99,663
		Less—
		Amount provided under vote for United Nations representation.......	42,600	38,600
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	2,245	563
			44,845	39,163
13	14	Total Embassy—United States of America (see page 15)	65,900	60,500

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. (See Division No. 22.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. (See Division No. 22.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,700	3,650
2	4	External Affairs Officers.................................	5,358	4,394
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,223	1,197
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	485	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	298	..
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	575
			11,064	9,816
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	9,516	9,202
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,217	1,188
		Local allowances.....................................	5,236	3,444
		Child allowances.....................................	565	..
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	4,364	2,950
			31,962	26,600
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,462	..
4	6	Total Embassy—Republic of France (see page 15)....	30,500	26,600
		EMBASSY—KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS. (See Division No. 23.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,500	3,450
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,337	3,893
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	475
			6,837	7,818
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	5,908	5,213
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	815	883
		Local allowances.....................................	1,090	1,260
		Child allowances.....................................	..	250
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,356	1,176
			16,006	16,600
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	6	..
3	3	Total Embassy—Kingdom of the Netherlands (see page 16)	16,000	16,600
		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. (See Division No. 24.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,676	3,650
4	4	External Affairs Officers.................................	6,342	6,796
1	1	Clerk.............................................	1,287	1,197
4	4	Secretary-Typists......................................	3,393	3,010
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	440	63
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	869	818
		Extra duty pay........................................	500	500
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	575
			16,507	16,609
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	5,185	5,520
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	927	1,058
		Local allowances.....................................	11,367	9,305
		Child allowances.....................................	319	175
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,538	3,951
			35,843	36,618
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	743	518
10	10	Total Embassy—Republic of Indonesia (see page 16)..	35,100	36,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. (See Division No. 25.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. (See Division No. 25.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,669	3,902
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	322
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	26	200
		Arrears of salary for former Secretary-typist....................	129	..
			6,324	6,924
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	4,525	4,525
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,379	1,809
		Local allowances.....................................	675	754
		Child allowances.....................................	195	213
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	192	562
			13,290	14,787
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	6,990	6,987
3	3	Total Embassy—Republic of Ireland (see page 16)......	6,300	7,800
		EMBASSY—JAPAN. (See Division No. 26.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	4,250	4,250
3	3	External Affairs Officers.................................	6,113	5,180
2	2	Clerks.............................................	2,487	2,218
2	3	Secretary-Typists......................................	2,475	1,616
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	48	174
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class............	348	782
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	192
			15,721	14,412
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	8,969	9,428
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,250	955
		Local allowances.....................................	9,670	9,115
		Child allowances.....................................	2,011	2,200
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	9,251	9,372
			46,872	45,482
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,772	782
8	9	Total Embassy—Japan (see page 17)................	45,100	44,700
		EMBASSY—FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. (See Division No. 27.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,700	3,650
3	4	External Affairs Officers..................................	6,830	5,375
1	1	Clerk..............................	1,269	1,173
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	630	1,088
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	45	270
			12,474	11,556
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	5,492	4,982
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,126	954
		Local allowances.....................................	4,300	3,389
		Child allowances.....................................	550	577
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	2,302	1,896
			26,244	23,354
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,344	254
5	6	Total Embassy—Federal Republic of Germany (see page 17).	24,900	23,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. (See Division No. 28.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	EMBASSY—REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. (See Division No. 28.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	2,983	2,878
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,666	3,372
1	1	Secretary-Typist......................................	840	788
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	192	284
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	114	196
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	163
			7,795	7,681
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	7,833	8,078
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	2,048	1,882
		Local allowances.....................................	5,690	5,720
		Child allowances.....................................	1,060	1,470
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	3,479	3,365
			27,905	28,196
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	105	196
4	4	Total Embassy—Republic of the Philippines (see page 17)	27,800	28,000
		EMBASSY—THAILAND. (See Division No. 29.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	3,676	3,150
3	4	External Affairs Officers.................................	6,873	5,645
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,200	1,125
2	2	Secretary-Typists......................................	1,650	1,612
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	422
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	378	563
		Extra duty pay........................................	400	250
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	326
		Additional staff.......................................	..	1,400
			14,177	14,493
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	4,810	4,989
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,200	969
		Local allowances.....................................	9,080	7,059
		Child allowances.....................................	900	854
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	5,747	6,435
			35,914	34,799
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	314	899
7	8	Total Embassy—Thailand (see page 18).............	35,600	33,900
		EMBASSY—BURMA. (See Division No. 30.)
1	1	Ambassador.........................................	2,983	2,933
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	2,995	3,054
1	1	Cleric..............................................	1,266	1,152
1	2	Secretary-Typists......................................	1,631	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	127	347
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	170	149
		Extra duty pay........................................	100	200
		Arrears of salary, Ambassador.............................	..	406
			9,272	9,047
		Representation and other allowances to Ambassador...............	5,099	4,876
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	438	438
		Local allowances.....................................	3,529	4,334
		Child allowances.....................................	..	605
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	8,342	3,430
			26,680	22,730
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	880	830
5	6	Total Embassy—Burma (see page 18)...............	25,800	21,900

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		LEGATION—UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL. (See Division No. 31.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	LEGATION—UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL. (See Division No. 31.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Minister............................................	2,918	2,678
1	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,176	1,731
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	636	245
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	340	..
		Arrears of salary, Minister................................	..	132
			7,070	4,786
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	6,775	6,150
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	307	260
		Local allowances.....................................	2,132	400
		Child allowances.....................................	430	8
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,288	896
			18,002	12,500
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	3,502	..
2	3	Total Legation—United States of Brazil (see page 18)....	14,500	12,500
		LEGATION—ISRAEL. (See Division No. 32.)
1	1	Minister............................................	2,856	2,658
1	1	External Affairs Officer..................................	1,628	1,316
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	856	788
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	187	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	84	284
		Arrears of salary, Minister................................	..	98
			5,611	5,144
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	4,618	5,611
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	315	226
		Local allowances.....................................	2,020	1,520
		Child allowances.....................................	725	313
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,698	5,070
			14,987	17,884
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	87	684
3	3	Total Legation—Israel (see page 19)................	14,900	17,200
		LEGATION—REPUBLIC OF ITALY. (See Division No. 33.)
1	1	Minister............................................	3,226	3,200
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,437	3,230
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	350	102
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	..	239
		Arrears of salary, Minister................................	..	355
			7,013	7,126
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	5,626	5,670
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	602	563
		Local allowances.....................................	2,730	2,730
		Child allowances.....................................	269	250
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	708	..
			16,948	16,339
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	248	239
3	3	Total Legation—Republic of Italy (see page 19).........	16,700	16,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		LEGATION—EGYPT. (See Division No. 34.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	LEGATION—EGYPT. (See Division No. 34.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	..	Minister............................................	..	2,658
2	..	External Affairs Officers.................................	..	3,554
1	..	Clerk..............................................	..	1,199
1	..	Secretary-Typist.......................................	..	808
		Arrears of salary, Minister................................	..	52
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	427
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	..	329
			..	9,027
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	..	6,300
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	..	861
		Local allowances.....................................	..	3,782
		Child allowances.....................................	..	471
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	..	2,614
			..	23,055
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	355
5	..	Total Legation—Egypt (see page 19)...............	..	22,700
		LEGATION—VIETNAM AND LAOS. (See Division No. 35.)
1	1	Minister............................................	2,700	2,658
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	2,957	2,637
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,062	993
2	2	Secretary-Typists......................................	1,650	1,636
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	58	300
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	250	654
		Arrears of salary Minister................................	..	427
			8,677	9,305
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	5,121	4,331
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	453	331
		Local allowances.....................................	4,865	5,923
		Child allowances.....................................	134	75
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........	4,090	3,340
			23,340	23,305
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	240	1,005
6	6	Total Legation—Vietnam and Laos (see page 20)........	23,100	22,300
		LEGATION—CAMBODIA. (See Division No. 35k.)
..	1	Minister............................................	2,629	..
1	1	External Affairs Officer..................................	1,223	2,086
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	825	806
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	111	256
		Additional staff.......................................	..	1,630
			4,788	4,778
		Representation and other allowances to Minister..................	6,351	..
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	125	1,063
		Local allowances.....................................	3,250	3,220
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	522	5,372
			15,036	14,433
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	36	233
2	3	Total Legation—Cambodia (see page 20).............	15,000	14,200

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		HIGH COMMISSION—CANADA. (See Division No. 36.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HIGH COMMISSION—CANADA. (See Division No. 36.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	High Commissioner....................................	3,700	3,650
3	3	External Affairs Officers.................................	5,091	5,569
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	80	119
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	45	265
			8,916	9,603
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner..........	8,975	9,509
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,907	1,931
		Local allowances.....................................	5,388	5,663
		Child allowances.....................................	1,073	909
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,323	1,200
		Exchange on salaries and allowances........................	900	..
			28,482	28,815
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	82	5,315
4	4	Total High Commission—Canada (see page 20)........	28,400	23,500
		HIGH COMMISSION—NEW ZEALAND. (See Division No. 37.)
1	1	High Commissioner;....................................	2,500	2,500
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,855	3,397
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	741	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	78	149
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	..	194
			7,174	7,046
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner..........	4,478	5,105
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	768	563
		Local allowances.....................................	1,920	1,616
		Child allowances.....................................	140	65
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	332	99
			14,812	14,494
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	12	194
4	4	Total High Commission—New Zealand (see page 21)....	14,800	14,300
		HIGH COMMISSION—INDIA. (See Division No. 38.)
1	1	High Commissioner....................................	3,200	3,150
3	3	External Affairs Officers.................................	5,833	5,336
2	2	Clerks.............................................	2,716	2,801
2	2	Secretary-Typists......................................	1,681	1,612
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	289	625
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	316	180
		Arrears of salary, High Commissioner........................	..	325
			14,035	14,029
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner..........	5,703	5,881
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,210	1,093
		Local allowances.....................................	6,290	6,365
		Child allowances.....................................	2,064	2,197
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,843	4,915
			31,145	34,480
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	145	180
8	8	Total High Commission—India (see page 21)..........	31,000	34,300

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs

Number of Positions.		HIGH COMMISSION—PAKISTAN. (See Division No. 39.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HIGH COMMISSION—PAKISTAN. (See Division No. 39.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	High Commissioner....................................	4,000	4,000
3	3	External Affairs Officers.................................	5,167	5,137
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,133	1,190
2	2	Secretary-Typists......................................	1,681	1,975
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	504	529
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	136	520
		Arrears of salary, High Commissioner........................	..	750
			12,621	14,101
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner..........	3,830	4,006
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	893	884
		Local allowances.....................................	5,042	4,905
		Child allowances.....................................	868	691
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	3,719	5,433
			26,973	30,020
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	73	820
7	7	Total High Commission—Pakistan (see page 21)........	26,900	29,200
		HIGH COMMISSION—UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. (See Division No. 40.)
1	1	High Commissioner....................................	3,176	2,500
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,436	3,554
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,339	1,260
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	825	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	60	632
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	247	239
			9,083	8,991
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner..........	5,228	4,025
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,313	626
		Local allowances.....................................	2,020	1,927
		Child allowances.....................................	375	420
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	2,077	2,850
			20,096	18,839
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,296	139
5	5	Total High Commission—Union of South Africa (see page 22)	15,800	18,700
		HIGH COMMISSION—CEYLON. (See Division No. 41.)
1	1	High Commissioner....................................	2,784	2,658
2	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,538	3,756
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	856	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	160	532
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	67	279
			7,405	8,031
		Representation and other allowances to High Commissioner	5,569	5,191
		Other officers—.......................................
		Representation allowances...............................	578	607
		Local allowances.....................................	2,163	2,756
		Child allowances.....................................	196	738
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	2,265	1,914
			18,176	19,237
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	76	237
4	4	Total High Commission—Ceylon (see page 22)........	18,100	19,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		COMMISSION—SINGAPORE. (See Division No. 42.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	COMMISSION—SINGAPORE. (See Division No. 42.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Commissioner........................................	3,200	3,174
3	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,872	5,434
2	3	Clerks.............................................	4,004	2,373
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	856	868
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer........................	168	506
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	104	409
		Arrears of salary, Commissioner............................	..	138
			12,204	12,902
		Representation and other allowances to Commissioner..............	5,636	5,601
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,081	917
		Local allowances.....................................	5,872	6,460
		Child allowances.....................................	1,395	1,289
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	3,553	3,940
			29,741	31,109
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	41	409
7	7	Total Commission—Singapore (see page 22)..........	29,700	30,700
		COMMISSION—MALAYA. (See Division No. 43.)
1	1	Commissioner........................................	2,916	2,768
3	2	External Affairs Officers.................................	3,023	4,986
1	1	Clerk..............................................	1,223	1,197
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	856	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	305	196
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	62	144
		Arrears of salary, Commissioner............................	..	107
			8,385	10,204
		Representation and other allowances to Commissioner..............	4,689	5,120
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	474	876
		Local allowances.....................................	3,528	5,080
		Child allowances.....................................	537	875
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,797	2,601
			19,410	24,756
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	10	2,456
6	5	Total Commission—Malaya (see page 23)............	19,400	22,300
		CONSULATE-GENERAL—NEW YORK. (See Division No. 44.)
1	1	Consul-General.......................................	3,200	2,850
2	2	Consul and Vice-Consul.................................	3,595	3,564
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	32	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	90	290
			6,917	6,704
		Representation and other allowances to Consul-General.............	7,497	9,735
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	1,350	1,345
		Local allowances.....................................	4,191	4,350
		Child allowances.....................................	1,344	448
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,929	808
			23,228	23,390
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	28	90
3	3	Total Consulate-General—New York...............	23,200	23,300

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		CONSULATE-GENERAL—SAN FRANCISCO. (See Division No. 44.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	CONSULATE-GENERAL—SAN FRANCISCO. (See Division No. 44.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Consul-General.......................................	2,213	2,187
			2,213	2,187
		Representation and other allowances to Consul-General.............	3,387	3,813
1	1	Total Consulate-General—San Francisco.............	5,600	6,000
		CONSULATE—NEW CALEDONIA. (See Division No. 44.)
1	1	Consul.............................................	2,213	2,187
1	1	Vice-Consul.........................................	1,223	1,197
1	1	Secretary-Typist.......................................	855	806
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	136
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	172	214
			4,463	4,540
		Representation and other allowances to Consul..................	1,655	1,905
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	125	125
		Local allowances.....................................	582	575
		Child allowances.....................................	..	175
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,049	1,046
			7,874	8,366
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	2,374	866
3	3	Total Consulate—New Caledonia..................	5,500	7,500
		CONSULATE-GENERAL—GENEVA. (See Division No. 44.)
1	1	Consul-General.......................................	2,378	2,254
3	2	Vice-Consuls.........................................	2,904	4,146
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	97	427
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class............	44	203
			5,423	7,030
		Representation and other allowances to Consul-General.............	3,514	3,755
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances...............................	443	573
		Local allowances.....................................	2,124	3,005
		Child allowances.....................................	615	615
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,081	2,216
			13,200	17,194
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	694
4	3	Total Consulate-General—Geneva.................	13,200	16,500
		CONSULATE-GENERAL—ATHENS. (See Division No. 44.)
1	1	Consul-General.......................................	2,737	2,713
			2,737	2,713
		Representation and other allowances to Consul-General.............	3,412	3,387
			6,149	6,100
		Less amount provided under Division No. 123....................	5,749	..
1	1	Total Consulate-General—Athens.................	400	6,100
		CONSULATE—COPENHAGEN. (See Division No. 44.)
1	1	Consul.............................................	1,942	1,918
			1,942	1,918
		Representation and other allowances to Consul..................	1,232	1,182
			3,174	3,100
		Less amount provided under Division No. 125....................	2,874	..
1	1	Total Consulate—Copenhagen....................	300	3,100
13	12	Total Consular Representation Abroad (see page 23).....	48,200	62,500

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

III.—Department of External Affairs.

Number of Positions.		EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE—LONDON. (See Division No. 45.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE—LONDON. (See Division No. 45.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Senior External Affairs Representative.......................	2,543	3,350
4	3	External Affairs Officers................................	5,235	6,557
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	150	553
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..........	135	186
			8,063	10,646
		Representation and other allowances to Senior External Affairs Representative	1,375	2,180
		Other officers—
		Representation allowances..............................	906	1,129
		Local allowances....................................	1,375	1,526
		Child allowances....................................	195	373
		Rent and accommodation subsidies........................	..	952
			11,914	16,806
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	314	2,806
5	4	Total External Affairs Office—London.............	11,600	14,000
		OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE—HONG KONG. (See Division No. 45.)
1	1	External Affairs Officer.................................	2,051	1,375
..	1	Secretary-Typist......................................	825	..
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	60	214
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	34	97
		Additional staff......................................	..	1,000
			2,970	2,686
		Representation allowances...............................	438	135
		Local allowances.....................................	1,810	1,274
		Child allowances.....................................	350	434
		Rent and accommodation subsidies.........................	1,953	1,268
			7,521	5,797
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	21	97
1	2	Total External Affairs Representative—Hong Kong	7,500	5,700
6	6	Total Other Representation Abroad (see page 23).......	19,100	19,700

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 46.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 46.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	(a) 6,000	(a) 5,500
..	1	Deputy Secretary......................................	4,500	..
		Central Secretariat.
2	2	Administrative Officer and Assistant Administrative Officer..........	4,026	3,919
12	12	Clerks.............................................	12,917	12,720
38	41	Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division Officers..............	25,555	22,773
52	55		42,498	39,412
		Budget and Accounting Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	4,100	4,074
1	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	3,400	3,374
11	14	Chief Finance Officers and Senior Finance Officers...............	32,556	24,518
20	20	Investigation Officers and Clerks............................	25,670	24,482
33	36		65,726	56,448
		Banking Trade and Industry Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	4,100	4,074
1	2	Assistant Secretaries....................................	6,800	3,374
12	13	Chief Finance Officers, Senior Finance Officers and Finance Officers...	29,366	26,231
9	9	Investigation Officers and Clerks............................	12,750	12,214
23	25		53,016	45,893
		General Financial and Economic Policy Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	4,100	4,074
1	2	Assistant Secretaries....................................	6,800	3,374
8	8	Chief Finance Officers and Senior Finance Officers...............	18,149	17,850
20	20	Senior Research Officers, Research Officers and Clerks.............	27,820	26,599
30	31		56,869	51,897
		Loans Branch.
1	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	3,700	3,174
1	3	Chief Finance Officers and Senior Finance Officer................	7,069	2,177
4	4	Clerks and Research Officer...............................	4,380	4,169
		Loan Campaigns Section.
1	1	Director............................................	3,400	3,374
12	12	Deputy Directors, Assistant Deputy Directors and Clerks............	19,033	18,524
8	8	Assistants and Typists...................................	5,502	5,361
27	29		43,084	36,779
		Social Services Branch.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	4,100	4,074
..	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	3,400	..
6	6	Chief Finance Officers, Senior Finance Officer and Finance Officers....	12,559	13,486
4	4	Investigation Officers and Clerk............................	4,650	4,850
11	12		24,709	22,410
		Insurance and Actuarial Branch.
1	1	Commonwealth Actuary and Insurance Commissioner..............	4,300	4,274
1	1	Assistant Actuary......................................	3,200	3,174
7	7	Clerks, Typists and Clerical Assistant.........................	6,714	6,634
9	9		14,214	14,082
		Defence Division.
1	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	3,400	3,674
1	1	Chief Finance Officer...................................	2,763	2,737
10	10	Senior Finance Officers, Finance Officers and Senior Investigation Officers	20,970	20,749
27	27	Clerks.............................................	32,046	30,043
24	24	Assistants, Senior Examiners, Examiners, Machinists and Typists......	15,154	13,922
63	63		74,333	71,125
		Advertising Division.
1	2	Director and Deputy Director..............................	4,899	2,544
..	3	Typists and Assistant...................................	1,221	..
1	5		6,120	2,544
250	267	Carried forward.........................	391,069	346,090

(a) Inclusive of all allowances.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
250	267	Brought forward......................	391,069	346,090
		Sub-Treasuries.
10	10	Chief Finance Officers, Senior Finance Officers, Finance Officers and Chief Investigation Officer	21,051	23,100
71	71	Clerks and Investigation Officers.........................	79,985	74,982
94	96	Supervisor, Typists, Machinists, Assistants, Attendant and Messenger.	59,047	56,887
175	177		160,083	154,969
		Overseas.
3	4	Chief Finance Officers, London and Accounting Officer and Clerk, New York	9,032	7,426
			560,184	508,485
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	4,147	4,267
		Allowance to Secretary of Loan Council and National Debt Commission	237	237
		Special living allowance, Canberra........................	1,794	643
		Allowances to officers stationed abroad—
		Local allowances...................................	5,622	4,472
		Child allowances...................................	1,127	1,127
		Rental supplement..................................	636	542
		Representation allowance.............................	376	251
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies............	7,618	11,789
		Officers on loan from other Departments....................	5,436	2,354
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	3,063	11,817
			590,240	545,984
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	70,039	62,925
		Less amount chargeable to other votes......................	30,201	27,259
			100,240	90,184
428	448	Total Administrative (see page 25)............	490,000	455,800
		TAXATION BRANCH. (See Division No. 48.)
		Head Office, Canberra.
..	..	Commissioner of Taxation..............................	(a)	(a)
..	..	Second Commissioner of Taxation........................	(b)	(b)
2	2	Assistant Commissioners..............................	7,400	7,348
6	6	Directors.........................................	17,639	17,373
9	9	Executive Officers, Assistant Directors and Assistant Executive Officers	20,630	20,414
66	67	Advising Officers, Inspectors, Australian Taxation Representatives, Research Officers, Finance Officer, Senior Sampling Officer, Administrative Assistant and Clerks	102,416	101,641
24	24	Clerical Assistants and Typists...........................	14,780	13,841
107	108		162,865	160,617
		Queensland.
2	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	3,700	5,561
2	3	Assistant Deputy Commissioners.........................	7,213	4,576
9	9	Valuers and Draftsman................................	14,440	13,688
505	501	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers..................	622,529	611,154
459	450	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists...........	294,748	283,791
977	964		942,630	918,770
		Western Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	3,300	3,274
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner..........................	2,433	2,297
20	20	Valuers and Draftsmen................................	32,290	31,100
245	247	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers..................	301,096	291,034
231	238	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists...........	154,645	141,090
498	507		493,764	468,795
		Tasmania.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	2,497	2,737
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners.........................	4,435	4,484
3	3	Valuers..........................................	4,729	4,651
99	108	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers..................	128,751	116,307
96	100	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists...........	64,283	60,350
201	214		204,695	188,529
1783	1793	Carried forward......................	1,803,954	1,736,711

(a) Salary at the rate of £6,000 per annum is provided under Special Appropriation. (b) Salary at the rate of £5,000 per annum is provided under Special Appropriation.

F.6686/57.—12.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Positions.		TAXATION BRANCH—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	TAXATION BRANCH—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1783	1793	Brought forward.....................	1,803,954	1,736,711
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	2,196	2,141
13	13	Clerks and Assessors.................................	14,159	13,257
8	8	Clerical Assistants and Typists..........................	4,023	3,753
22	22		20,378	19,151
		Sales Tax, etc., New South Wales.
2	2	Deputy Commissioners...............................	5,746	5,694
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.........................	2,433	2,407
19	19	Valuers and Draftsman...............................	30,858	30,329
161	161	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	201,528	196,717
121	118	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	67,515	71,629
304	301		308,080	306,776
		Sales Tax, etc., Victoria.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	3,200	3,162
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners.........................	4,896	5,034
13	13	Valuers and Draftsman...............................	21,432	20,731
294	294	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	384,279	386,964
196	196	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	128,183	126,459
506	506		541,990	542,350
		Sales Tax, etc., South Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	2,213	2,407
1	1	Assistant Deputy Commissioner.........................	2,103	2,077
10	10	Valuers and Draftsman...............................	15,187	15,172
47	47	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	56,051	54,388
24	24	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	13,798	13,972
83	83		89,352	88,016
		Income Tax, New South Wales.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	4,200	4,174
3	3	Assistant Deputy Commissioners.........................	8,509	8,101
968	1008	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	1,258,147	1,182,439
979	989	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	621,401	602,320
1951	2001		1,892,257	1,797,034
		Income Tax, Victoria.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner................................	4,000	3,974
3	3	Assistant Deputy Commissioners........................	7,719	7,441
744	757	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	990,156	956,063
710	720	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	484,680	465,286
1458	1481		1,486,555	1,432,764
		Income Tax, South Australia.
1	1	Deputy Commissioner...............................	3,056	2,914
2	2	Assistant Deputy Commissioners........................	4,742	4,714
244	246	Clerks, Assessors and Investigation Officers.................	298,919	291,058
181	180	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Accounting Machinists..........	102,643	98,730
428	429		409,360	397,416
			6,551,926	6,320,218
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class........	63,379	64,870
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from home	395	334
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies...........	5,000	62,903
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments............	2,053	1,205
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu......	47,620	79,622
		Local allowances, United Kingdom.......................	610	..
		Child allowances, United Kingdom.......................	65	..
		Provision for proposed new staff.........................	..	98,336
			6,671,048	6,627,488
		Less—
		Amount recoverable from the State of—
		Queensland....................................	11,000	9,600
		Western Australia................................	48,200	10,200
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..................	1,066,848	1,224,688
			1,126,048	1,244,488
6535	6616	Total Taxation Branch (see page 25)...........	5,545,000	5,383,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Positions.		TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW. (See Division No. 49.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	TAXATION BOARDS OF REVIEW. (See Division No. 49.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
3	3	Clerks.............................................	5,980	5,905
3	3	Assistants (Female) (Typing, &c.)...........................	2,370	2,245
6	6	Total Taxation Boards of Review (see page 25).........	8,350	8,150
		SUPERANNUATION BOARD. (See Division No. 51.)
1	1	President............................................	3,200	2,850
1	1	Secretary...........................................	2,323	2,297
32	34	Accountant, Senior Clerk and Clerks.........................	41,593	40,871
48	50	Typists, Machinists, Examiners and Assistants...................	35,046	36,226
			82,162	82,244
		Allowance to member of Board.............................	200	200
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	157	150
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	364	1,467
		Special living allowance, Canberra..........................	743	..
			83,626	84,061
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	24,726	24,061
82	86	Total Superannuation Board (see page 26)............	58,900	60,000
		BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS. (See Division No. 52.)
		Central Staff.
1	1	Commonwealth Statistician...............................	..	..
4	4	Assistant Statisticians and Administrative Assistant...............	12,110	11,949
3	3	Director of Research, Director of Development and Assistant Director (Social Accounting)	8,436	8,248
3	3	Supervisor of Compiling, Supervisor of Census and Editor of Publications	8,179	7,933
6	6	Economists, Principal Research Officer and Demographer...........	13,203	13,214
236	234	Supervisors, Research Officers, Assistant Editors, Compilers, Clerks, Librarians and Illustrators	318,238	295,006
26	23	Officer-in-charge, Overseers, Technical Supervisor, Machine Tabulators and Field Officers	20,014	26,195
129	129	Typists, Accounting Machinists, Card Punch Operators, Addressograph Machine Operators, Clerical Assistants and Assistants	80,501	76,007
408	403		460,681	438,552
		New South Wales.
..	1	Deputy Commonwealth Statistician..........................	3,200	..
..	4	Assistant Deputy Commonwealth Statistician, Supervisors and Editor of Publications	8,907	..
..	12	Administrative Officer, Branch Supervisors, Assistant Editor of Publications and Assistant Supervisors	22,461	..
27	93	Senior Compilers, Compilers, Research Officers, Clerks and Librarian...	91,688	26,840
41	96	Field Officers, Typists, Accounting Machinists, Card Punch Operators, Machine Tabulators and Clerical Assistants	68,244	32,812
68	206		194,500	59,652
		Victoria.
1	1	Deputy Commonwealth Statistician..........................	2,983	2,957
3	2	Assistant Deputy Statistician and Assistant Supervisor (Development)...	4,426	6,234
26	31	Compilers and Clerks...................................	33,356	22,087
33	29	Field Officers, Typists, Accounting Machinists, Card Punch Operators and Clerical Assistants	20,611	33,713
63	63		61,376	64,991
		South Australia.
..	1	Assistant Statistician....................................	2,170	..
..	3	Supervisor of Compiling and Editor of Publications and Supervisors....	5,606	..
13	53	Branch Supervisors, Research Officers, Compilers and Clerks.........	58,028	16,306
..	13	Field Officers, Typists, Accounting Machinists and Clerical Assistants...	9,651	..
13	70		75,455	16,306
552	742	Carried forward........................	792,012	579,501

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IV.—Department of the Treasury.

Number of Positions.		BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	BUREAU OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
552	742	Brought forward........................	792,012	579,501
		Western Australia.
..	1	Deputy Commonwealth Statistician..........................	2,543	..
..	4	Assistant Statisticians and Supervisors........................	7,780	..
13	68	Branch Supervisors, Research Officers, Compilers and Clerks.........	78,571	18,040
..	23	Field Officers, Typists, Accounting Machinists, Machine Tabulators, Card Punch Operators and Clerical Assistants	14,992	..
13	96		103,886	18,040
		Tasmania.
1	1	Deputy Commonwealth Statistician..........................	2,323	2,297
21	21	Research Officers, Compilers and Clerks......................	24,020	22,034
9	9	Field Officers, Typists, Accounting Machinists and Clerical Assistants...	7,854	7,119
31	31		34,197	31,450
			930,095	628,991
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	8,600	5,610
		Special living allowances Canberra..........................	1,400	1,200
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	4,750	7,798
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	6,301	5,251
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payment in lieu..........	4,370	7,493
			955,516	656,343
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	154,516	126,343
596	869	Total Bureau of Census and Statistics (see page 26)......	801,000	530,000
		GOVERNMENT PRINTER. (See Division No. 53.)
1	1	Government Printer....................................	2,846	2,710
3	3	Assistant Government Printers.............................	6,530	6,341
1	1	Accountant..........................................	1,670	1,644
7	7	Clerks.............................................	6,884	6,874
6	6	Engineers and Overseers.................................	7,988	7,596
6	6	Assistants (Female), Machinist (Female) and Typists..............	3,505	3,398
116	116	Compositors, operators, machinists, binders, and other employees......	114,469	114,369
			143,892	142,932
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class............	2,406	2,385
		Extra payment at night work rates during Parliamentary Session.......	4,500	4,250
		Special living allowance, Canberra..........................	..	80
			150,798	149,647
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	10,798	5,647
140	140	Total Government Printer (see page 26)..............	140,000	144,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 54.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 54.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Central Administration.	£	£
1	1	Solicitor-General and Secretary.............................	6,000	5,500
1	1	Assistant Secretary (Administration).........................	2,983	2,839
1	1	Magistrate...........................................	2,718	2,582
1	1	Inspector (Personnel)...................................	2,103	2,077
20	22	Accountant, Chief Clerk, Senior Training Officer, Assistant Inspector (Personnel) and Clerks	26,111	22,035
26	26	Librarian (Female), Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistant and Junior Assistants	17,293	16,395
		Legal Division.
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	4,800	4,774
2	2	Assistant Secretaries....................................	7,800	7,748
2	2	Chief Assistants.......................................	6,800	6,748
12	12	Principal Legal Officers, Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers......	23,620	24,576
		Parliamentary Drafting Division.
1	1	Parliamentary Draftsman.................................	4,800	4,774
1	1	Principal Assistant Parliamentary Draftsman....................	3,900	3,874
3	3	Assistant Parliamentary Draftsmen..........................	10,200	10,122
15	15	Principal Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers......	26,874	26,009
1	1	Clerical Assistant......................................	718	682
		Crown Solicitor's Division.
1	1	Crown Solicitor.......................................	4,800	4,774
2	2	Assistant Crown Solicitors................................	6,883	5,584
12	14	Chief Litigation Officer, Principal Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers	28,153	24,617
			186,556	175,710
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	5,600	2,300
		Special (Canberra) allowance...............................	20	20
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position....................	1,722	1,703
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	1,525	1,422
			195,423	181,155
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	40,923	30,855
103	107	Total Administrative (see page 28).................	154,500	150,300
		REPORTING BRANCH. (See Division No. 55.)
2	2	Chief Reporter, Reporter-in-charge..........................	5,086	4,983
19	19	Senior Reporter, Reporters................................	38,257	37,582
6	9	Clerk, Clerical Assistants, Typists, Junior Assistants...............	6,632	4,148
			49,975	46,713
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	200	350
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy................	..	351
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	..	1,862
			50,175	49,276
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,175	9,276
27	30	Total Reporting Branch (see page 28)...............	46,000	40,000
		CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 56.)
8	8	Deputy Crown Solicitors, Crown Law Officer and Draftsman.........	26,506	26,228
3	4	Assistant Crown Solicitors, Assistant Deputy Crown Solicitors........	11,547	8,871
120	119	Principal Legal Officers, Senior Legal Officers, Legal Officers........	200,626	200,465
3	2	Prosecutions and Conveyancing Officers.......................	3,931	5,791
23	26	Clerks.............................................	24,138	21,107
53	57	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistants, Junior Assistants............	36,160	32,756
			302,908	295,218
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	4,000	7,500
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	5,048	5,657
		District allowance......................................	2,475	1,395
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	5,254	5,951
			319,685	315,721
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	30,185	37,72
210	216	Total Crown Solicitor's Office (see page 28)...........	289,500	278,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		HIGH COURT. (See Division No. 57.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HIGH COURT. (See Division No. 57.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Principal Registrar.....................................	3,400	2,883
2	2	District Registrar, Senior Clerk and Deputy Registrar..............	4,811	3,989
3	3	Clerks.............................................	3,194	2,897
11	12	Tipstaffs, Typists......................................	10,154	8,892
			21,559	18,661
		Associates to Justices (7) filling unclassified positions..............	8,751	8,660
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	200	200
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	..	2,333
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	..	2,883
			30,510	32,737
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	7,010	13,737
17	18	Total High Court (see page 29)....................	23,500	19,000
		BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 58.)
1	1	Inspector-General......................................	2,983	2,957
10	10	Registrars, Deputy Registrars..............................	20,297	19,917
7	7	Official Receivers......................................	15,443	15,418
46	48	Accountants, Assistant Official Receivers, Realization Officers, Clerks...	55,439	51,013
39	42	Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistant, Accounting Machinist	29,790	27,252
			123,952	116,557
		Associate to Judge filling unclassified position...................	1,223	1,197
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,000	1,200
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	388	1,490
		District allowances.....................................	420	220
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	4,374	2,517
			132,357	123,181
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	6,357	6,181
103	108	Total Bankruptcy Administration (see page 29)	126,000	117,000
		CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 59.)
1	1	Industrial Registrar.....................................	3,550	2,957
4	4	Deputy Industrial Registrars, Senior Clerk......................	8,444	8,593
14	15	Clerks.............................................	17,232	14,946
19	19	Assistants, Typists, Junior Assistants.........................	13,450	12,329
			42,676	38,825
		Clerks (10) to Commissioners and Conciliators..................	12,905	10,186
		Associates to Judges (7) filling unclassified positions..............	8,282	8,256
		Tipstaffs to Judges (7) filling unclassified positions................	6,352	6,210
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,000	2,248
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	1,155	..
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	789	..
			74,159	65,725
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	14,159	14,725
38	39	Total Conciliation and Arbitration Administration (see page 29).	60,000	51,000
		PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 60.)
1	..	Assistant to Public Service Arbitrator.........................	..	2,957
3	..	Senior Clerk, Clerks....................................	..	4,501
4	..	Clerical Assistant, Typists................................	..	2,968
			..	10,426
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	1,426
8	(a)	Total Public Service Arbitrator's Office (see page 30).....	(a)	9,000

(a) Provided under Department of Labour and National Service, Division No. 126k.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

V.—Attorney-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE. (See Division No. 61.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	COMMONWEALTH INVESTIGATION SERVICE. (See Division No. 61.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director............................................	2,983	2,957
7	7	Assistant Director, Deputy Directors.........................	15,132	14,831
12	14	Senior Clerk, Clerks....................................	16,017	13,168
40	40	Chief Investigator, Senior Investigators, Investigators, Assistant Investigators, Assistant Inquiry Officers	43,419	41,980
30	31	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Assistants, Junior Assistants............	20,343	19,468
			97,894	92,404
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,700	1,200
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	2,300	..
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	2,994	2,124
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	2,187	..
			107,075	95,728
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	17,075	10,728
90	93	Total Commonwealth Investigation Service (see page 30)..	90,000	85,000
		PATENTS, TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS. (See Division No. 62.)
1	1	Commissioner of Patents and Registrar of Trade Marks and Designs....	3,700	3,374
2	2	Deputy Commissioners and Deputy Registrars...................	4,619	4,814
1	1	Deputy Commissioner (Administration).......................	2,213	2,187
114	106	Supervising Examiners, Examiners of Patents, Assistant Examiners of Patents	158,858	157,963
6	6	Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks, Supervising Examiner of Trade Marks and Examiners of Trade Marks	9,170	9,014
37	42	Clerks, Librarian, Assistant Librarian.........................	43,808	38,124
2	2	Publications Officer, Assistant Publications Officer................	2,286	2,214
2	2	Assistant Plan Printers...................................	1,816	1,764
69	70	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Card Punch Operator, Assistants, Junior Assistants	47,194	44,049
			273,664	263,503
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	7,600	2,800
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	6,777	9,437
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	721	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	2,220	..
			290,982	275,740
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	85,982	95,740
234	232	Total Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (see page 30)....	205,000	180,000
		LEGAL SERVICE BUREAU. (See Division No. 63.)
1	1	Director............................................	2,983	2,957
18	18	Senior Legal Officers, Officers-in-charge, Legal Officers............	33,481	38,031
4	3	Clerks, Typists........................................	2,401	2,923
			38,865	43,911
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class............	2,000	500
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	4,197	1,626
			45,062	46,037
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	62	37
23	22	Total Legal Service Bureau (see page 31).............	45,000	46,000
		PEACE OFFICER GUARD. (See Division No. 64.)
..	8	Inspectors and Sub-inspectors..............................	10,590	..
..	113	Senior Sergeants, Sergeants and Peace Officers, First Class..........	114,840	..
..	525	Peace Officers........................................	487,570	..
			613,000	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	400	..
		District and living allowances..............................	6,000	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	6,500	..
			625,900	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	47,900	..
..	646	Total Peace Officer Guard (see page 31)..............	578,000	..

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VI.—Department of the Interior.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 65.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 65.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
5	5	Assistant Secretaries....................................	14,449	14,074
1	1	Deputy Assistant Secretary................................	2,543	2,397
1	1	Director............................................	3,200	3,175
5	5	Chief Surveyor, Chief Town Planner, Chief Development Officer, Chief Architect, Engineer Manager.	11,725	11,245
2	3	Superintendents, Staff Parks and Gardens, Lands and Agriculture......	6,574	4,211
174	170	Surveyors and Cadet Surveyors, Draftsmen and Cadet Draftsmen, Computers, Architects, Botanists, Transport Manager, Assistant Superintendent Parks and Gardens, Cinematographers	240,512	228,297
264	284	Industrial Officer, Chief Property Officers and Property Officers, Accountants, Clerks, Inspectors. Housing Officers, Leasing Officers, Property Supervisors and Librarians	317,712	310,358
242	251	Assistants, Machinists, Typists, Firemen, Plan Printer, Inspectors, Mechanics, Field Assistants, Meter Readers, Photographers, Engineers, Cleaners, Storemen, Caretakers, Lift Attendants	196,307	170,822
			798,022	749,079
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	13,706	4,337
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	..	1,648
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	11,146	11,457
		Other allowances......................................	10,551	6,423
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	3,100	3,868
		Officers filling unclassified positions.........................	3,231	3,068
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position....................	1,313	1,288
			841,069	781,168
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	236,069	171,168
695	721	Total Administrative (see page 33).................	605,000	610,000
		ELECTORAL BRANCH. (See Division No. 66.)
1	1	Chief Electoral Officer..................................	2,984	2,958
5	5	Commonwealth Electoral Officers...........................	9,532	9,597
2	2	Administrative Assistants.................................	3,244	3,296
262	261	Divisional Returning Officers, Clerks.........................	327,684	322,111
48	45	Indexers, Typists, Assistants...............................	34,676	35,533
			378,120	373,495
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	408	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,976	2,920
		District allowances.....................................	1,160	900
		Allowances to officers performing duties for the State of South Australia.	590	590
		Allowances to officers in connexion with maintenance of Joint Roll in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania	10,182	10,107
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	4,570	6,073
			398,006	394,085
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	11,006	24,085
318	314	Total Electoral Branch (see page 34)................	387,000	370,000
		BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY. (See. Division No. 67.)
1	1	Director............................................	3,701	3,675
7	7	Assistant and Deputy Directors.............................	16,949	16,633
201	207	Scientific Officers, Meteorologists and Assistants, Superintendents, Inspectors, Weather Officers, Draftsmen and Technicians	315,157	285,230
28	28	Clerks, Statistical Officers and Librarians......................	30,346	29,178
403	403	Assistants, Observers, Storemen, Typists, Machinists, Recorders, Tracers and Instrument Makers	381,457	371,143
			747,610	705,859
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	3,370	3,591
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class............	5,910	5,200
		District allowances.....................................	25,865	28,140
		Other allowances......................................	1,735	2,140
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	3,184	3,332
			787,674	748,262
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	105,424	94,512
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	12,250	16,750
			117,674	111,262
640	646	Total Bureau of Meteorology (see page 34)...........	670,000	637,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VI.—Department of the Interior.

Number of Positions.		IONOSPHERIC PREDICTION SERVICE. (See Division No. 68.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	IONOSPHERIC PREDICTION SERVICE. (See Division No. 68.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	..	Commonwealth Astronomer............................	..	1,837
..	1	Officer-in-charge....................................	3,084	..
22	7	Scientific Officers, Engineer and Experimental Officers..........	9,927	31,266
7	1	Scientific Assistant..................................	969	3,043
22	15	Technicians, Typists, Tracers Assistants and Observers...........	10,828	12,388
			24,808	48,534
		District allowance...................................	180	178
		Stromlo allowance...................................	..	137
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	50	701
			25,038	49,550
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	5,038	8,050
(a)52	24	Total Ionospheric Prediction Service (see page 35).....	20,000	(a) 41,500
		FORESTRY BRANCH. (See Division No. 69.)
1	1	Director-General....................................	3,701	3,675
1	1	Principal.........................................	3,201	3,175
42	41	Forestry Officers, Lecturers, Research Officers and Assistants, Officers-in-charge, Technical Officers, Photogrammetrist, Cadet Draftsmen, Draftsmen, Foresters	60,994	60,578
15	14	Administrative Officer, Clerks and Librarian..................	15,245	15,886
20	23	Typists, Machinists, Caretakers, Assistants, Photo Interpreters, Tracer and Laboratory Attendants	16,757	13,905
			99,898	97,219
		District allowance...................................	..	80
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	270	225
		Stand-by and bush fire allowances........................	491	485
		Living and boarding allowances..........................	272	146
		Officer filling unclassified position........................	..	993
		Other allowances....................................	330	..
			101,261	99,148
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	25,261	30,448
		Amount to be recovered from Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account	16,500	12,200
			41,761	42,648
79	80	Total Forestry Branch (see page 35)..............	59,500	56,500
		NEWS AND INFORMATION BUREAU. (See Division No. 70.)
1	1	Director..........................................	2,984	2,958
3	3	Clerks...........................................	3,492	3,414
			6,476	6,372
		Officers filling unclassified positions.......................	8,401	9,941
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	3,499	4,278
		Officer on unattached list pending suitable vacancy.............	808	..
			19,184	20,591
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	184	591
4	4	Total News and Information Bureau (see page 35)....	19,000	20,000

(a) Included provision for six months for Observatory, now transferred to Australian National University.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VII.—Department of Works.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 72.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 72.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Central.	£	£
1	1	Director-General....................................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Deputy Director-General...............................	4,500	4,474
2	2	Assistant Directors-General.............................	7,500	7,448
1	1	Director of Engineering...............................	4,100	4,074
1	1	Director of Architecture...............................	4,100	4,074
101	104	Chief Engineers, Engineers, Chief Architect, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	192,698	179,510
13	13	Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Officer, Superintendent of Staff, Chief Industrial Officer, Manager Food Services, Investigator, Inspectors, Senior Training Officer and Chief Superintendent of Stores	27,885	27,437
1	1	Director of Finance..................................	3,200	3,174
4	4	Assistant Chief Finance Officer, Finance Officer and Inspectors.....	8,102	8,033
40	41	Clerks, Librarian-in-charge and Assistant Librarian.............	51,995	48,744
56	56	Assistants, Typists and Machinist..........................	39,719	34,967
221	225		348,799	326,435
		New South Wales.
1	1	Director of Works...................................	3,900	3,874
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Planning and Design).............	3,200	3,174
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Construction)...................	3,200	3,174
199	204	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	304,475	292,440
1	1	Assistant Director (Administration and Finance)...............	2,686	2,549
3	3	Accountant, Assistant Accountant and Assistant Accountant (Costing).	6,039	5,808
6	6	Administrative Officer (Works), Administrative Officer (General), Industrial Officer, Inspector (Organization and Management), Superintendent of Stores and Training Officer	11,041	10,891
112	118	Clerks, Librarian and Furniture Officers.....................	135,228	125,637
109	111	Assistants, Typists, Machinists and Storemen.................	79,236	70,319
433	446		549,005	517,866
		Victoria and Tasmania.
1	1	Director of Works...................................	3,700	3,674
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Planning and Design).............	2,937	2,801
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Construction)...................	2,983	2,957
1	1	Controller of Works (Hobart)............................	2,323	2,274
183	185	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	276,706	260,250
1	1	Assistant Director (Administration and Finance)...............	2,653	2,517
5	5	Accountant, Assistant Accountants, Accountant and Administrative Officer (Tasmania)	8,819	8,893
6	6	Administrative Officers, Administrative Assistant, Industrial Officer, Personnel Officer and Superintendent of Stores (Equipment and Transport)	11,194	11,009
117	121	Clerks, Librarian and Furniture Officer.....................	124,840	115,565
93	99	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, and Storemen.................	70,194	60,772
409	421		506,349	470,712
		Queensland.
1	1	Director of Works...........................	3,400	3,374
1	1	Assistant Director of Works.............................	2,763'	2,737
92	98	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	145,029	132,222
..	1	Assistant Director (Administration and Finance)...............	2,200	..
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant......................	3,886	3,824
4	6	Administrative Officers, Assistant Administrative Officer, Administrative Assistant, Industrial Officer, Personnel Officer and Superintendent of Stores	10,302	7,148
71	70	Clerks, Cadet Personnel Officers and Furniture Officers..........	76,056	76,509
63	62	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, and Storemen.................	44,279	41,524
234	241		287,915	267,338
		Papua and New Guinea.
1	1	Director of Works...................................	3,200	3,174
1	1	Assistant Director of Works.............................	2,543	2,517
68	67	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	104,776	104,931
6	6	Administrative Officer, Senior Clerk and Senior Clerk (Lae), Senior Clerk (Rabaul) and Superintendent of Stores and Assistant Superintendent of Stores	9,712	9,452
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant......................	3,651	3,514
37	35	Clerks...........................................	42,478	42,712
22	20	Typists, Machinists and Storemen.........................	14,894	15,310
137	132		181,254	181,610
1,434	1,465	Carried forward.........................	1,873,322	1,763,961

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VII.—Department of Works.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1,434	1,465	Brought forward	1,873,322	1,763,961
		South Australia.
1	1	Director of Works..................................	3,400	3,374
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Construction)..................	2,763	2,737
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Planning and Design).............	2,763	2,517
99	107	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	154,984	141,839
..	1	Assistant Director (Administration and Finance)...............	2,195	..
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant......................	3,602	3,824
5	5	Administrative Officers, Industrial Officer, Personnel Officer and Superintendent of Stores	8,731	8,685
72	85	Clerks, Furniture Officer and Librarian.....................	91,897	77,388
53	55	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, and Storemen................	38,109	36,007
234	258		308,444	276,371
		Western Australia.
1	1	Director of Works..................................	3,200	3,174
49	49	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers	74,248	67,902
1	1	Accountant and Administrative Officer.....................	1,993	1,967
3	3	Assistant Administrative Officer, Assistant Accountant and Superintendent of Stores	4,479	4,360
22	22	Clerks, Staff and Industrial Officer and Furniture Officer.........	24,480	23,670
13	12	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, Transport Officer and Storemen....	7,555	8,808
89	88		115,955	109,881
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Director of Works..................................	3,400	3,174
44	54	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	87,003	66,651
2	2	Accountant and Assistant Accountant......................	3,667	3,226
6	4	Administrative Officer, Staff Officer, Industrial Officer and Superintendent of Stores	6,437	8,487
56	60	Clerks, Furniture Officer and Assistant Librarian..............	65,273	57,065
17	34	Typists, Machinists, and Storemen........................	26,996	10,068
126	155		192,776	148,671
		Australian Capital Territory.
1	1	Director of Works..................................	3,400	3,374
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Construction)..................	2,763	2,737
1	1	Assistant Director of Works (Planning and Design).............	2,763	2,737
118	127	Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior Architects, Architects and other Technical Officers	189,054	171,641
1	1	Assistant Director (Administration and Finance)...............	2,543	2,517
7	7	Administrative Officer, Administrative Officer (Works), Industrial Officer, Administrative Assistant, Personnel Officer, Superintendent of Stores and Assistant Superintendent of Stores.	13,139	12,694
3	3	Accountant, Assistant Accountant and Assistant Accountant (Costing)	5,817	5,695
85	87	Clerks, Librarian and Furniture Officer.....................	89,815	92,936
76	79	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, and Storemen................	53,063	48,860
293	307		362,357	343,191
			2,852,854	2,642,075
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies...........	130,827	132,988
		Officers on loan from other Departments...................	46,510	37,437
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class........	81,752	81,838
		District allowances..................................	47,625	27,799
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	16,272	8,765
		Other allowances...................................	8,686	12,067
			3,184,526	2,942,969
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..................	702,926	658,503
		Amount withheld from officers on account of rent............	1,600	466
			704,526	658,969
2,176	2,273	Total Administrative (see page 38)............	2,480,000	2,284,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

VIII.—Department of Civil Aviation.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 74.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 74.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director-General....................................	5,000	4,500
4	4	Assistant Directors-General.............................	13,800	13,100
8	8	Directors—Head Office...............................	23,662	25,138
7	6	Directors—Regional.................................	16,737	18,885
3	3	Overseas Representatives..............................	7,186	6,784
728	760	Assistant Director (Airways Engineering), Co-ordinator of Operational Planning. Engineer (Aeronautical, Metallurgical, Airways, Airport), Surveyors (Aircraft, Airways), Superintendents (Fire Services. Aeronautical Information Services, Air Traffic Control, Air-worthiness and Aeronautical Engineering, Airports, Communications, Operational Standards), Inspectors (Accidents, Airport), Supervisors (Air Traffic Control, Communications, Departmental Aircraft), Draftsman, Air Traffic Controllers, Research Officers, Examiners of Airmen, Buildings Officer, Cadet Engineer	1,100,095	1,121,982.
543	529	Chief Finance Officer, Finance Officer, Assistant Finance Officers, Accountants, Sub-Accountants, Airport Managers, Controller Supply and Transport, International Relations Officer, Superintendent (Stores, Economic Investigations, International Relations), Inspector (Organization and Methods, Staff and Establishment, Training), Librarians, Cadets Personnel, Cost Investigators, Assistant Inspectors (Administrative Training, Establishments, Examinations, Organization and Methods), Industrial Officers, Senior Clerks, Clerks, Property Officers, Training Officers, Executive Officer	636,608	634,917
2,496	2,435	Accounting Machinists, Clerical Assistants, Assistants (Drafting, Printing, Field Survey, Plan Printing), Junior Assistants, Chainmen, Communications Officers, Line Inspectors, Line Foremen, Linemen, Technicians (Telecommunications, Radio), Electrical Fitters and Mechanics, Mechanics (Motor, Aircraft), Supervisors (Workshops, Female), Stationer, Tracers, Assistant Welfare Officers, Typists, Watchmen, Carpenters, Motor Drivers, Fork Lift Drivers, Photographers, Labors, Technicians-in-Training, Apprentices, Painters, Marine Officers, Masters, Mates, Marine Engineers, Launchmasters, Coxswain, Boathands, Shipwrights, Riggers, Groundsmen, Tradesman's Assistants, Instrument Makers, Fitters and Turners, Sheetmetal Workers, Technical Instructors, Senior Cleaners, Engravers, Foremen, Welders, Blacksmiths, Panel Beaters, Trimmers, Toolmakers, Electroplaters, Refrigeration Mechanics, Carpenters, Painters, Storemen, Storeholders, Airport Fire Officers, Airport Firemen, Technical Officer	2,121,060	2,046,937
			3,924,148	3,872,243
		Officers on unattached list..............................	122,941	97,635
		District allowances...................................	67,835	54,112
		Miscellaneous allowances (Administrative, Living Away, Married, Attraction) Flying, Insurance	10,980	15,831
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	108,310	115,715
		Special allowances to officers stationed abroad................	8,000	7,500
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	5,858	6,350
			4,248,072	4,169,386
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	820,510	856,133
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent.........	7,562	7,253
			828,072	863,386
3,790	3,746	Total Administrative (see page 41)............	3,420,000	3,306,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Customs and Excise.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 79.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 79.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Central Staff.	£	£
1	1	Comptroller-General.................................	6,000	5,500
1	1	First Assistant Comptroller-General.......................	3,700	3,674
2	2	Assistant Comptrollers-General..........................	5,908	5,208
1	1	Commonwealth Analyst...............................	2,983	2,920
172	182	Chief Inspector Excise, Chief Inspector of Licensing, Administrative Officer, Chief Tariff Officer, Director, Chief Accountant, Appraiser, Inspector and Assistant Inspectors, Research Officer, Clerks and other Clerical Officers	232,157	210,980
53	47	Typists, Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Junior Assistants and Attendant	27,605	28,984
230	234		278,353	257,266
		London Office.
1	1	Australian Customs Representative........................	2,011	1,932
2	2	Investigation Officers.................................	3,439	3,387
		Local allowances....................................	3,076	3,474
		Child allowances....................................	676	832
3	3		9,202	9,625
		New York-Office.
1	1	Australian Customs Representative........................	1,982	1,901
1	1	Investigation Officer.................................	1,714	1,643
		Local allowances....................................	5,337	4,279
		Child allowances....................................	1,350	225
2	2		10,383	8,048
		New South Wales.
1	1	Collector.........................................	3,700	3,674
2	2	Assistant Collectors..................................	4,876	4,666
23	23	Chief Analyst, Senior Analyst and Analysts..................	31,730	32,133
5	5	Sub-Collectors.....................................	8,883	8,425
19	18	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors..........................	33,562	34,704
549	541	Assistant Inspectors, Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	604,018	584,862
414	411	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants, and other Fourth Division officers	353,399	335,572
1,013	1,001		1,040,168	1,004,036
		Victoria.
1	1	Collector.........................................	3,400	3,374
2	2	Assistant Collectors..................................	4,316	4,704
25	25	Supervising Analyst, Senior Analysts, Bacteriologist and Analysts...	39,312	37,589
5	5	Sub-Collectors.....................................	8,345	8,109
18	18	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors..........................	32,577	32,441
395	407	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	481,189	457,515
264	288	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	241,625	215,697
710	746		810,764	759,429
		Queensland.
1	1	Collector.........................................	2,818	2,957
2	2	Assistant Collectors..................................	4,316	4,264
10	10	Sub-Collectors.....................................	14,084	13,890
7	7	Senior Inspector and Inspectors..........................	11,778	11,641
170	169	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	191,852	182,059
111	111	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	97,138	93,661
301	300		321,986	308,472
2,259	2,286	Carried forward......................	2,470,856	2,346,876

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Customs and Excise.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
2,259	2,286	Brought forward......................	2,470,856	2,346,876
		South Australia.
1	1	Collector.........................................	2,791	2,655
2	2	Assistant Collectors..................................	4,206	4,154
7	7	Chief Analyst and Analysts.............................	10,194	10,518
5	5	Sub-Collectors.....................................	6,962	6,600
8	8	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors..........................	13,708	13,775
150	150	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	179,446	174,839
115	120	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	101,858	95,298
288	293		319,165	307,839
		Western Australia.
1	1	Collector.........................................	2,873	2,847
2	2	Assistant Collectors..................................	4,316	4,212
5	5	Chief Analyst and Analysts.............................	7,624	7,192
8	8	Senior Inspectors and Inspectors..........................	13,870	13,457
8	8	Sub-Collectors.....................................	10,512	10,058
125	125	Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Investigation Officers, Boarding Officers, Senior Excise Inspector, Excise Officers, Clerks and other clerical officers	147,554	140,992
90	110	Lockers, Preventive Officers, Masters of Launches, Machinists, Typists, Assistants and other Fourth Division officers	91,887	71,626
239	259		278,636	250,384
		Tasmania.
1	1	Collector.........................................	2,055	2,187
1	1	Assistant Collector...................................	1,929	1,793
2	2	Analyst..........................................	2,708	2,589
3	3	Sub-Collectors.....................................	4,299	4,209
31	33	Senior Clerk, Invoice Examining Officers, Examining Officers, Jerquer and Clerks	36,242	32,828
25	25	Lockers, Caretaker, Typists, Machinist, Assistant and Preventive Officers	21,929	21,179
63	65		69,162	64,785
		Northern Territory.
1	1	Sub-Collector......................................	1,523	1,377
8	8	Clerks and Examining Officers...........................	8,312	8,490
11	12	Lockers, Typist and Preventive Officers.....................	10,810	9,541
20	21		20,645	19,408
			3,158,464	2,989,292
		Private Secretary filling unclassified positions.................	1,733	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	12,600	11,307
		District allowances...................................	9,039	6,360
		Salaries of officers temporarily stationed abroad...............	7,119	9,119
		Other allowances....................................	2,573	2,255
		Exchange on salaries and allowances paid abroad..............	..	5,000
		Permanent officers occupying temporary positions..............	66,640	119,218
		Payments to other departments for services rendered............	1,222	1,023
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	29,420	56,100
		Officers on unattached list..............................	2,559	..
			3,291,369	3,199,674
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent.........	6,806	6,091
		Payments by other Departments for services rendered...........	3,130	330
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	191,433	243,253
			201,369	249,674
2,869	2,924	Total Administrative (see page 44)...............	3,090,000	2,950,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

IX.—Department of Customs and Excise.

Number of Positions.		FILM CENSORSHIP. (See Division No. 80.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	FILM CENSORSHIP. (See Division No. 80.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
6	4	Chief Censor, Administrative Officer, and Clerks.................	6,683
8	8	Film Cutter and Biograph Operator, Assistants and Typists...........	6,125	13,768
		Officers on unattached list................................	2,786
			15,594	13,768
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,194	1,568
14	12	Total Film Censorship (see page 44)................	14,400	12,200

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 81.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 81.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director-General......................................	5,000	4,500
87	93	Commonwealth Directors of Health, Senior Medical Officers, Senior Dental Officer, Medical, Dental and Veterinary Officers, Pharmacists, Biochemists	206,119	190,324
172	178	Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Administrative Officers, Senior Inspector, Inspectors, National Fitness Officers, Personnel Officer, Senior Clerks, Accountants, Administrative Officer, Executive Officer, Administrative Assistant, Secretary, Clerks, Librarian, Assistant. Librarian	206,379	187,553
210	216	Typists, Assistants, Machinists, Health Inspectors, Nursing, Sisters; Foreman. Assistant; Telephonist, Storeman	149,914	143,502
			567,412	525,879
		Ministerial staff (5) filling unclassified positions.................	4,285	4,705
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	5,110	5,022
		District and special allowances, including Special Living Allowance—Canberra	8,089	3,628
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	3,305	1,666
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	13,878	8,097
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payment in lieu..........	3,398	1,604
			605,477	550,601
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	63,714	61,359
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments................	27,782	18,146
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	186	291
		Salaries of officers paid from National Fitness Fund..............	2,565	2,749
		Salaries of officers paid from Australian Capital Territory votes......	27,855	24,644
		Salaries of officers paid from Northern Territory votes............	56,070	53,851
		Salaries of officers paid from National Welfare Fund on account of Health Laboratories	101,305	95,561
			279,477	256,601
470	488	Total Administrative (see page 46)...............	326,000	294,000
		QUARANTINE. (See Division No. 82.)
3	3	Director and Assistant Director of Veterinary Hygiene, and Director, Plant Quarantine	8,506	8,428
11	11	Medical Officers......................................	24,988	25,038
3	3	Senior Research Officers (Plants) and Clerks....................	4,799	4,598
75	76	Sanitary Inspectors, Foreman Mechanic, Foreman Assistants, Engine-drivers, Boatman, Masters of Launches, Quarantine Assistants, Typists	66,109	63,200
			104,402	101,264
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,149	713
		District and special allowances.............................	1,937	1,357
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	828	4,331
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	828	992
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	4,731	647
			113,875	109,304
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	9,121	9,992
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	3,043	2,864
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments................	2,711	2,448
			14,875	15,304
92	93	Total Quarantine (see page 46).................	99,000	94,000
		HEALTH SERVICES. (See Division No. 83.)
		Pharmaceutical Services.
20	22	Director, Assistant Director, Senior Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacists and Pharmacists	41,020	37,447
35	26	Administrative Officer, Clerks.............................	29,433	36,629
95	97	Typists, Technical Assistants, Assistants, Supervising Checkers and Checkers	65,664	60,820
			136,117	134,896
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	4,351	2,256
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	5,426	2,119
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	8,162	9,970
		District and special allowances.............................	350	266
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	830	..
			155,236	149,507
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	26,636	22,137
150	145	Total Pharmaceutical Services..................	128,600	127,370

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Positions.		HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Acoustic Laboratories.	£	£
18	19	Director, Assistant Director, Engineer, Chief Physicist, Senior Physicist, Physicist, Senior Psychologist and Psychologists	29,956	28,188
25	23	Clerk, Technical Officers, Typists, Senior Experimental Assistant, Experimental Assistant and Assistant.	21,248	22,299
			51,204	50,487
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	792	1,243
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	216	1,294
			52,212	53,024
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	2,212	5,124
43	42	Total Acoustic Laboratories......................	50,000	47,900
		Bureau of Dental Standards.
3	3	Officer-in-charge, Research Officer and Chemist.................	4,895	4,767
4	4	Technical Officers, Laboratory Assistant and Typist...............	4,191	3,993
			9,086	8,760
		District and special allowances.............................	50	..
		..................................................	9,136	8,760
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	36	..
7	7	Total Bureau of Dental Standards..................	9,100	8,760
		Division of Child Health.
3	4	Director Senior Medical Officer and Medical Officers..............	12,473	10,290
4	5	Senior Biochemist, Senior Nutritionist, Biochemist and Senior Social Worker	6,399	5,680
3	1	Typist.............................................	651	2,411
			19,523	18,381
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	200	300
			19,723	18,681
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,623	3,581
10	10	Total Division of Child Health....................	18,100	15,100
		School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
13	13	Director, Senior Medical Officers and Medical Officers.............	37,695	37,594
17	17	Entomologists, Scientific Officers, Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists..	23,714	23,780
6	6	Clerk, Librarian, Typists, Assistant and Junior Assistant.............	4,850	4,535
			66,259	65,909
		Allowances to officers, performing duties of a higher class...........	990	965
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	1,238	..
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	801	1,784
			69,288	68,658
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended..............	4,788	18,658
36	36	Total School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine	64,500	50,000
		Central Training School.
10	10	Medical Officers......................................	18,976	18,833
20	20	Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists..........................	16,985	17,816
			35,961	36,649
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	29,961	32,649
30	30	Total Central Training School.....................	6,000	4,000

F.6686/57.—13

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Positions.		HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	HEALTH SERVICES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Institute of Anatomy.	£	£
1	1	Biochemist.........................................	953	927
5	5	Curator, Assistant Curator, Laboratory Assistant, Typist and Assistant..	4,531	4,444
			5,484	5,371
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..........	150	..
			5,634	5,371
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended..................	1,334	1,271
6	6	Total Institute of Anatomy...................	4,300	4,100
		Tuberculosis.
4	4	Administrative Officer, Investigating Officer and Clerks...........	6,578	6,280
1	1	Typist............................................	741	702
			7,319	6,982
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..........	100	120
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.........	1,500	..
			8,919	7,102
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended..................	1,519	1,502
5	5	Total Tuberculosis..........................	7,400	5,600
		X-ray and Radium Laboratory.
11	10	Director, Assistant Director, Senior Physicists and Physicists........	17,178	16,529
15	15	Radiographer, Clerk, Technical Officer, Technical Assistant, Laboratory Mechanics, Junior Mechanics, Laboratory Assistant, Assistant Librarian and Assistants	13,361	13,352
			30,539	29,881
		District and special allowances............................	250	250
			30,789	30,131
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended..................	2,789	4,231
26	25	Total X-ray and Radium Laboratory...............	28,000	25,900
		National Health Service.
2	2	Senior Medical Officer, Principal Matron.....................	5,853	5,801
129	132	Senior Administrative Officer, Executive Officers, Administrative Officers, Inspector, Principal Research Officer, Research Officers, Assistant Research Officer, Officers-in-charge Investigations, Investigation Officers, Assistant Investigation Officers, Clerks, Assistants, Accounting Machinists and Typists	154,933	148,440
			160,786	154,241
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class..........	2,468	2,399
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies......	..	3,024
		Salaries of officers on loan...............................	6,454	3,038
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.........	6,092	1,324
			175,800	164,026
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended....................	3,211	10,656
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments...............	2,289	..
			5,500	10,656
131	134	Total National Health Service...................	170,300	153,370
444	440	Total Health Services (see page 46)...............	486,300	442,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances

X.—Department of Health.

Number of Positions.		SERUM LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 84.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	SERUM LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 84.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director............................................	4,500	4,460
5	9	Senior Medical Officer, Production Manager, Assistant Production Manager and Business Manager	32,298	18,112
8	12	Medical Officers......................................	29,327	19,896
32	52	Principal Veterinary Consultant, Senior Veterinary Officer, Senior Controllers, Senior Consultants, Consultants, Assistant Section Controllers, Specialist Scientific Officer, Engineers and Draftsmen	101,203	62,893
61	73	Biochemists and Cadet Biochemists..........................	77,119	55,701
5	5	Administrative Officers, Personnel Officer and Commercial Officers....	8,745	8,806
61	60	Accountant and Clerks..................................	65,431	60,482
43	42	Supervisors and Laboratory Assistants........................	37,501	36,353
92	90	Typists, Telephonists, Stores Officers, Assistants and Machinists.......	62,573	60,830
14	14	Plant Attendants, Watchmen and Motor Drivers..................	11,989	11,790
32	43	Foreman and Assistants, Farm, Abattoir and Small Animals, Foreman Maintenance and Maintenance Staff	37,370	25,694
			468,056	365,017
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	633	892
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	3,556	9,555
		Salaries of officers on loan................................	567	548
		District and special allowances.............................	..	30
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	2,911	5,057
		Less—	475,723	381,099
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	113,526	65,990
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	197	309
			113,723	66,299
354	401	Total Serum Laboratories (see page 47)...........	362,000	314,800

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and. Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE; (See Division No. 85.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE; (See Division No. 85.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	6,000	5,500
1	1	Deputy Secretary......................................	4,500	4,450
2	2	First Assistant Secretaries................................	7,100	7,052
5	6	Assistant Secretaries....................................	16,976	13,439
1	1	Deputy Assistant Secretary................................	2,359	2,244
7	7	Directors............................................	17,420	17,488
329	359	Import Policy Officer, Senior Economist, Commercial Policy Officer, Deputy Tariff Officer, Assistant Directors, Food Technologist, Officers-in-charge, Administrative Officers, Senior Project Officers, Project Officers, Trade Relations Officers, Inspector, Executive Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, Assistant Regional Director, Principal Research Officer, Supervising Research Officer, Investigation Officers, Senior Research Officers, Accountants, Personnel Officer, Research Officer, Librarian, Assistant Librarians, Clerks	522,129	460,712
110	123	Clerical Assistants, Junior Assistants, Typist-in-charge, Steno-secretary, Typists, Accounting Machinists, Teleprint Operator, Storeman	78,144	69,959
			654,628	580,844
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	6,618	4,067
		Ministerial staff filling unclassified positions.................	5,161	6,544
		Officers on loan from other Departments....................	2,405	1,514
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies............	36,081	19,275
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	12,000	10,000
		Allowances to junior officers living away from home............	1,560	700
		Provision for new positions..............................	..	9,539
			718,453	632,483
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	48,453	82,483
456	500	Total Administrative (see page 49.).................	670,000	550,000
		TARIFF BOARD. (See Division No. 86.)
1	1	Chairman...........................................	4,750	4,250
1	1	Secretary...........................................	2,525	2,396
17	17	Senior Investigating Officer, Investigating Officers, Assistant Secretaries, Senior Research Officer, Research Officers, Clerks	25,354	24,299
7	7	Typists, Clerical Assistants................................	4,377	4,153
			37,006	35,098
		Salaries of Members (6)..................................	24,000	21,150
		Salaries of Chairman or Members on retirement leave..............	4,750	3,500
		Officers on unattached list on loan from other Departments..........	1,883	2,878
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	150	..
			67,789	62,626
		Less amount expected to remain unexpended....................	1,789	4,226
26	26	Total Tariff Board (see page 49)...................	66,000	58,400
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—BRITISH WEST INDIES. (See Division No. 87.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,543	2,437
		Representation allowance.................................	518	522
		Local allowance.......................................	1,265	1,280
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	974	861
			5,300	5,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended....................	..	..
1	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—British West Indies (see page 49)	5,300	5,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—BURMA. (See Division No. 88.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,335	2,189
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	100
			2,335	2,289
		Representation allowance.................................	521	530
		Local allowance.......................................	2,093	1,751
		Child allowances......................................	200	230
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	3,051	140
			8,200	4,940
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
1	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Burma (see page 50)	8,200	4,940
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—CANADA. (See Division No. 89.)
2	2	Trade Commissioners...................................	4,878	5,918
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	1,696	1,749
			6,574	7,667
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	370	..
		Representation allowances................................	2,428	2,464
		Local allowances......................................	6,700	7,166
		Child allowances......................................	1,275	448
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	5,853	2,108
			23,200	19,853
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	2,453
3	3	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Canada (see page 50)	23,200	17,400
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION. (See Division No. 90.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,956	2,662
		Representation allowances................................	500	500
		Local allowances......................................	1,044	690
		Child allowances......................................		348
			4,500	4,200
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
1	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Central African Federation (see page 50)	4,500	4,200
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—CEYLON. (See Division No. 91.)
	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,316	2,519
		Salaries of officer in course of transfer........................	..	100
			2,316	2,619
		Representation allowance.................................	625	625
		Local allowance.......................................	1,230	1,275
		Child allowance.......................................	525	..
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	304	681
			5,000	5,200
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
1	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Ceylon (see page 51)	5,000	5,200

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—EGYPT AND MIDDLE EAST. (See Division No. 92.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	..	Trade Commissioner....................................	..	2,513
1	..	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	..	2,064
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	116
			..	4,693
		Representation allowances................................	..	1,115
		Local allowances......................................	..	2,371
		Child allowances......................................	..	700
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	..	1,573
			..	10,452
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	1,052
2	..	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Egypt and Middle. East (see page 51)	..	9,400
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—FRANCE. (See Division No. 93.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,340	2,959
..	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	1,780	..
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	100
		Additional staff.......................................	..	1,730
			4,120	4,789
		Representation allowance.................................	1,250	1,040
		Local allowance.......................................	3,130	1,625
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	3,100	1,176
		Child allowances......................................	1,000	..
1	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—France (see page 51)	12,600	8,630
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—INDIA. (See Division No. 94.)
2	3	Trade Commissioners...................................	8,509	5,478
3	3	Assistant Trade Commissioners.............................	5,721	5,276
1	1	Consular Clerk........................................	1,034	993
			15,264	11,747
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	292	..
		Representation allowances................................	3,981	3,065
		Local allowances......................................	8,446	7,015
		Child allowances......................................	1,625	1,575
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	5,776	3,960
			35,384	27,362
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,184	3,762
6	7	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—India (see page 52)	31,200	23,600
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—INDONESIA. (See Division No. 95.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,453	2,519
2	2	Assistant Trade Commissioners.............................	3,821	3,828
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	315	..
			6,589	6,347
		Representation allowances................................	1,325	1,300
		Local allowances......................................	4,443	5,155
		Child allowances......................................	569	350
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	3,945	4,689
			16,871	17,841
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	6,371	2,641
3	3	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Indonesia (see page 52)	10,500	15,200

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—HONG KONG. (See Division No. 96.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,543	2,519
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,213	2,076
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	80
			4,756	4,675
		Representation allowance.................................	1,438	1,440
		Local allowances......................................	2,770	2,750
		Child allowances......................................	575	705
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	2,261	2,530
			11,800	12,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
2	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Hong Kong (see page 52)	11,800	12,100
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—JAPAN. (See Division No. 97.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	3,200	3,176
2	2	Assistant Trade Commissioners.............................	3,946	3,745
2	1	Typist.............................................	825	1,644
			7,971	8,565
		Representation allowance.................................	1,400	1,100
		Local allowances......................................	5,225	5,775
		Child allowances......................................	1,300	1,300
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	4,872	5,412
			20,768	22,152
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	2,768	3,052
5	4	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Japan (see page 53)	18,000	19,100
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—MALAYA. (See Division No. 97k.)
..	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,258	..
		Representation allowance.................................	625	..
		Local allowances......................................	1,330	..
		Child allowances......................................	525	..
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	762	..
			5,500	..
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................
..	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Malaya (see page 53)	5,500	..
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—NEW ZEALAND. (See Division No. 98.)
1	3	Trade Commissioners...................................	7,889	2,764
2	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	1,655	3,745
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	75
		Additional staff.......................................	..	800
			9,544	7,384
		Representation allowances................................	2,000	1,515
		Local allowances......................................	3,190	1,630
		Child allowances......................................	390	595
		Special allowances.....................................	176	..
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	100	476
			15,400	11,600
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
3	4	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—New Zealand (see page 53)	15,400	11,600

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—NORTHERN EUROPE. (See Division No. 99.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	3,064	2,959
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,576	2,064
			5,640	5,023
		Representation allowance.................................	1,423	1,140
		Local allowances......................................	2,261	2,026
		Child allowance.......................................	510	375
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	1,366	1,236
			11,200	9,800
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
2	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Northern Europe (see page 54)	11,200	9,800
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—PAKISTAN. (See Division No. 100.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,334	2,519
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	315	..
		Representation allowance.................................	522	500
		Local allowance.......................................	1,417	1,441
		Child allowance.......................................	317	400
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	1,695	..
			6,600	4,860
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Pakistan (see page 54)	6,600	4,860
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—PHILIPPINES. (See Division No. 101.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,423	2,234
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	..	90
			2,423	2,324
		Representation allowance.................................	1,636	1,610
		Local allowance.......................................	2,730	2,798
		Child allowance.......................................	475	462
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	836	1,806
			8,100	9,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
1	1	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Philippines (see page 54)	8,100	9,000
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—SINGAPORE. (See Division No. 102.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,708	2,959
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,158	2,189
			4,866	5,148
		Representation allowances................................	1,252	1,250
		Local allowances......................................	2,655	2,677
		Child allowances......................................	1,225	725
			9,998	9,800
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,098	200
7	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Singapore (see page 55)	8,900	9,600
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—SOUTH AFRICA. (See Division No. 103.)
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,983	3,209
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,126	2,064
			5,109	5,273
		Representation allowance.................................	1,063	1,118
		Local allowances......................................	1,430.	1,492
		Child allowance.......................................	125	95
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	773	522
			8,500	8,500
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
2	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—South Africa (see page 55)	8,500	8,500

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XI.—Department of Trade.

Number of Positions.		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—SOUTHERN EUROPE. (See Division No. 104.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Trade Commissioner....................................	2,543	2,519
..	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	2,258	..
			4,801	2,519
		Representation allowance.................................	1,063	625
		Local allowances......................................	3,240	1,841
		Child allowances......................................	500	125
			9,604	5,110
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	504	10
1	2	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Southern Europe (see page 55)	9,100	5,100
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—UNITED KINGDOM. (See Division No. 105.)
2	2	Trade Commissioners...................................	6,359	5,478
2	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner.............................	1,898	3,498
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	275	..
			8,532	8,976
		Representation allowances................................	2,049	2,002
		Local allowances......................................	2,147	2,550
		Child allowance.......................................	526	585
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	1,046	1,062
			14,300	15,175
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	4,075
4	3	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—United Kingdom (see page 56)	14,300	11,100
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (See Division No. 106.)
4	4	Trade Commissioners...................................	10,849	10,011
3	3	Assistant Trade Commissioners.............................	6,507	5,958
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	364	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	..	30
			17,720	15,999
		Representation allowances................................	8,721	8,122
		Local allowances......................................	15,904	16,120
		Child allowance.......................................	2,981	2,564
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	4,574	4,032
			49,900	46,837
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	2,837
7	7	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—United States of America (see page 56)	49,900	44,000
		COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE—RELIEVING, TRANSIT AND OTHER STAFF. (See Division No. 107.)
4	5	Trade Commissioners...................................	14,258	8,946
3	3	Assistant Trade Commissioners.............................	5,681	5,554
1	1	Trade Commissioner, China (vacant).........................	2,543	2,408
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner, China (vacant)...................	1,583	1,478
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner. Brazil (vacant)..................	1,583	1,478
1	1	Assistant Trade Commissioner, Chile (vacant)...................	1,583	1,478
			27,231	21,342
		Add transient staff in Australia.............................	9,061	12,000
			36,292	33,342
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	2,892	11,342
11	12	Total Commercial Intelligence Service—Relieving, Transit and Other Staff (see page 56)	33,400	22,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XII.—Department of Primary Industry.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 108.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 108.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
2	2	First Assistant Secretaries................................	7,100	7,052
4	4	Assistant Secretaries....................................	11,911	11,493
3	4	Deputy Assistant Secretaries...............................	9,418	6,922
1	1	Director of Fisheries....................................	3,200	3,176
1	1	Director War Service; Land Settlement........................	2,983	2,954
119	127	Assistant Directors, Deputy Directors, Senior Project Officers, Principal Technical Officers, Project Officers, Administrative Officers, Chief Clerk, Finance Officer, Senior Research Officer, Land Settlement Officers, Tobacco Officers, Dairy Officer, Crops Officer, Programming Officer, Investigation Officers, Assistant Project Officers, Technical Officers, Research Officer, Librarian in Charge, Librarian, Technical Adviser, Assistant Technical Adviser	178,684	165,341
62	69	Typists, Assistants and Machinists, Teleprinter Operator, Inspector Whaling	43,709	36,955
			262,005	238,393
		Ministerial staff (4) filling unclassified positions.................	4,385	4,241
		Officers on loan from other Departments and Divisions.............	3,269	7,682
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	9,435	10,043
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	3,000	3,000
		Allowances to junior officers living away from home..............	1,300	500
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	..	2,471
			283,394	266,330
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	33,394	36,330
193	209	Total Administrative (see page 58).................	250,000	230,000
		ADMINISTRATION OF COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT. (See Division No. 109.)

1	1	Chief Veterinary Officer and Fruit Inspector....................	3,200	3,176
1	1	Commonwealth Dairy Expert..............................	2,763	2,739
1	1	Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer............................	2,745	2,739
1	..	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer...........................	..	2,519
1	1	Supervisor of Fresh Fruit Exports...........................	2,323	2,299
87	88	Fruit Inspection Officers, Dairy Produce Inspectors, Veterinary Officers, Dried Fruits Supervisors, Clerks, Assistants	123,151	116,970
304	304	Meat Inspectors.......................................	380,447	375,151
9	9	Assistants (Dairy)......................................	8,322	8,218
			522,951	513,811
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	1,377	2,696
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	4,500	3,500
		District allowances.....................................	300	300
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	1,673	..
405	405		530,801	520,307
		London Office.
4	4	Veterinary Officer, Fruit Inspector and Dairy Produce Inspectors.......	7,180	7,173
			7,180	7,173
		Local allowances......................................	2,225	2,225
		Child allowance.......................................	520	520
4	4		9,925	9,918
			540,726	530,225
		Less—
		Amount recoverable from Queensland Government on account of meat inspection	7,000	7,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	33,726	25,225
			40,726	32,225
409	409	Total Administration of Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act (see page 58)	500,000	498,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XII.—Department of Primary Industry.

Number of Positions.		DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. (See Division No. 110.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. (See Division No. 110.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director............................................	3,400	3,376
2	2	Assistant Directors.....................................	5,050	5,018
..	3	Project Officers.......................................	6,676	..
83	79	Research Officers, Investigation Officers, Field Officers, Wool Economist, Illustrator, Technical Administrative Assistant and Clerks	113,143	115,456
6	8	Machinists and Assistants................................	5,319	3,870
			133,588	127,720
		Officers on loan from other Divisions.........................	2,969	5,290
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,000	1,750
			138,557	134,760
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	28,557	22,760
92	93	Total Division of Agricultural Economics (see page 58)	110,000	112,000

SCHEDULE;—Salaries and Allowances.

XIII.—Department of Social Services.

Number of Positions.		CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 111.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 111.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Director-General..................................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Deputy Director-General.............................	3,700	3,675
1	1	First Assistant Director-General........................	3,400'	3,375
1	1	Assistant Director-General...........................	2,983	2,863
1	1	Principal Medical Officer............................	3,550	3,525
5	5	Directors.......................................	12,400	11,971
1	..	Administrative Assistant.............................	..	2,182
1	1	Chief Accountant..................................	2,080	2,000
2	3	Administrative Officers.............................	6,205	3,886
65	64	Senior-Research Officers, Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors, Investigator, Chief Statistical Officer, Senior Examiner, Accountant, Senior Clerk, Training Officer, Examiners, Clerks, Assistant Administrative Officer, Research Officers, Assistant Research Officers, Librarian, Social Workers and Assistant Librarians	88,339	82,638
132	132	Clerical Assistants, Typists and Junior Assistants.............	20,285	19,420
			147,942	140,035
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.......	1,540	3,500
		Private Secretary, Assistant Private Secretary and Typist filling unclassified positions	3,404	4,304
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.........	..	3,913
		Salary of officers on retirement leave and payment in lieu.......	3,400	..
			156,286	151,752
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...............	30,286	31,752
111	110	Total Central Administration (see page 61).....	126,000	120,000
		STATE ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 112.)
		New South Wales.
1	1	Director........................................	3,400	3,375
1	1	Senior Medical Officer..............................	2,873	2,848
2	2	Deputy Directors..................................	4,784	5,036
3	4	Assistant Directors................................	8,467	6,234
290	308	Accountant, Administrative Officer, Personnel Officer, Senior Pensions Officers, Pensions Officers, Senior Education and Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Chief Clerk, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Senior Registrars, Assessors, Registrars, Sub-Accountant, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Junior Training Officer, Examiners, Senior Social Worker and Social Workers	347,129	326,741
415	439	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry Officers, Supervisors, Clerical Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Telephonists, Junior Assistants, Senior Sister, Storemen, Card Punch Operators and Machine Tabulators	309,925	282,242
712	755		676,578	626,476
		Victoria.
1	1	Director........................................	3,200	3,175
1	1	Senior Medical Officer..............................	2,983	2,958
4	5	Assistant Directors................................	9,939	8,202
196	213	Accountant, Administrative Officer, Personnel Officer, Determining Officers, Senior Education and Training Officer, Senior Clerks, Senior Special Magistrate, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Senior Registrars, Assessors, Registrars, Sub-Accountant, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Junior Training Officer, Examiners, Senior Social Worker and Social Workers	231,510	207,728
326	359	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Supervisors, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants, Storeman, Telephonist, Senior Sister, Card Punch Operators and Machine Tabulators	235,701	208,082
528	579		483,333	430,145
		Queensland.
1	1	Director........................................	2,763	2,628
1	1	Senior Medical Officer..............................	2,983	2,958
4	4	Assistant Directors................................	7,697	7,542
127	135	Accountant, Senior Education and Training Officer, Personnel Officer, Determining Officer, Senior Clerks, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrars and Special Magistrates, Senior Registrar, Assessors, Registrar, Education and Training Officers, Clerks, Examiners, Senior Social Worker and Social Workers	151,869	139,976
182	194	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	134,689	122,328
315	335		300,001	275,432
1,555	1,669	Carried forward....................	1,459,912	1,332,053

SCHEDULE;—Salaries and Allowances.

XIII.—Department of Social Services.

Number of Positions.		STATE ESTABLISHMENTS—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	STATE ESTABLISHMENTS—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1,555	1,669	Brought forward....................	1,459,912	1,332,053
		South Australia.
1	1	Director..........................................	2,543	2,518
1	1	Senior Medical Officer................................	2,983	2,958
1	1	Medical Officer.....................................	2,543	2,408
4	4	Assistant Directors...................................	6,822	6,612
83	82	Accountant, Personnel Officer, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrar and Special Magistrate, Senior Education and Training Officer, Registrar, Assessors, Senior Clerk, Education and Training Officer, Clerks, Examiners and Social Workers	89,134	88,128
100	100	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	73,244	69,123
190	189		177,269	171,747
		Western Australia.
1	1	Director..........................................	2,543	2,518
1	1	Senior Medical Officer................................	2,983	2,958
4	4	Assistant Directors...................................	6,571	6,572
75	77	Accountant, Senior Education and Training Officer, Special Magistrates and Examiners, Registrar, District Inspector, Clerks, Examiners and Social Workers	86,333	82,539
83	85	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry Officers, Clerical Assistants, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants and Senior Sister	61,093	57,669
164	168		159,523	152,256
		Tasmania.
1	1	Director..........................................	2,213	2,151
1	1	Assistant Director...................................	1,628	1,645
36	37	Administrative, Officer, Senior Clerk, Registrar and Special Magistrate, Registrar, Clerks Examiners and Social Workers	42,023	38,204
37	36	Officer-in-charge, Inquiry. Officers, Clerical. Assistants., Accounting Machinists, Typists and Junior Assistants	25,035	25,230
75	75		70,899	67,230
			1,867,603	1,723,286
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	51,473	47,995
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies............	58,084	51,335
		Officers on loan from other Departments....................	4,122	3,705
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payment in lieu........	9,296	8,275
		Allowance to Junior Officers living away from home............	..	98
			1,990,5,78	1,834,694
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	463,578	445,694
1,984	2,101	Total State Establishments (see page 61)........	1,527,000	1,389,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIV.—Department of Shipping and Transport.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 113.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 113.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
3	3	First Assistant Secretary, Assistant Secretaries...................	8,069	8,204
66	66	Administrative Officer, Executive Officers, Engineer (Road Transport), Finance Inspector, Accountants, Sub-Accountant, Senior Research Officer, Research Officers, Librarians, Clerks, Investigating Officer (Organization and Methods), Staff and Industrial Officer, Administrative Assistant	82,707	81,364
38	38	Clerical Assistants, Teleprint Operators, Accounting Machinists, Typists, Junior Assistants	23,993	21,849
			119,769	115,917
		Private secretary filling unclassified position....................	1,683	1,639
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	842	822
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	1,493	1,467
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,514	2,213
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	5,000	..
			131,301	122,058
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	15,375	10,258
		Salaries of officers on loan to other Departments................	1,426	..
			16,801	10,258
108	108	Total Administrative (see page 63).................	114,500	111,800
		MARINE BRANCH. (See Division No. 114.)
1	1	Assistant Secretary.....................................	2,983	2,957
2	2	Director of Navigation, Director of Lighthouses..................	5,216	5,034
6	6	Deputy Directors of Lighthouses and Navigation.................	13,003	12,503
48	48	Surveyors, Examiners, Lighthouse Engineers....................	86,971	84,718
12	12	Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents, Mercantile Marine Office..	16,798	16,358
51	52	Clerks and Administrative Assistant..........................	58,616	55,831
194	196	Inspector of Seamen, Workshop Supervisor, Lightkeepers, Mechanics (Lighthouse), Carpenter, Storemen, Labourer	167,407	160,804
39	41	Assistants, Typists.....................................	28,383	26,352
87	87	Crews, Lighthouse Steamers and Scow........................	86,967	88,882
			466,344	453,439
		Allowances to lighthouse steamer crews.......................	2,788	2,735
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	3,330	4,106
		District and other allowances..............................	33,710	32,453
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	477	782
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	5,202	4,105
			511,851	497,620
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	101,340	118,664
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent............	511	456
			101,851	119,120
440	445	Total Marine Branch (see page 63).................	410,000	378,500
		SHIP CONSTRUCTION. (See Division No. 115.)
1	1	General Manager......................................	3,900	3,874
1	1	Assistant General Manager................................	3,400	3,374
			7,300	7,248
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,576	2,549
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	8,670	12,006
		Salary of officer on retirement leave and payment in lieu............	..	2,297
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments...............	2,154	..
			19,700	24,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
2	2	Total Ship Construction (see page 63)...............	19,700	24,100

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XV.—Department of Territories.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 116.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 116.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Special Adviser to Minister...............................	3,400	3,000
1	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	3,200	3,174
4	4	Assistant Secretaries....................................	10,658	10,374
124	144	Administrative Officers, Official Representative, Officers-in-charge, Training Officer, Research Officers, Inspectors, Finance Officers, Accountant, Investigation Officers, Librarian, Registrar, Clerks and Cadets	164,614	173,055
42	50	Typists, Assistants, Examiner and Teleprinter Operator.............	32,085	29,609
			218,957	223,712
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,500	1,500
		Private Secretary filling unclassified position....................	1,607	1,500
		Special (Canberra) allowances.............................	1,500	603
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	250	200
		Salaries of officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	32,656	4,200
		Other allowances......................................	1,200	..
		Reclassifications of offices................................	200	..
		Permanent officers occupying unclassified positions...............	2,273	..
			261,143	231,715
		Less—
		Amount provided under Papua and New Guinea—Australian School of Pacific Administration	2,929	22,163
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	28,914	17,552
			31,843	39,715
173	201	Total Administrative (see page 65)...............	229,300	192,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 117.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 117.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Central Staff. (a)	£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
6	6	First Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretaries................	17,612	17,723
227	236	Controller, Finance Officer, Senior Migration Officers, Finance Inspector, Personnel Officer, Senior Inspector, Principal Research Officer, Senior Research Officers, Accountants, Senior Investigation Officers, Liaison Officers, Procurement Officers, Inspection Officers,. Clerks, Librarian	304,475	277,495
84	79	Clerical Assistants, Welfare Officer, Typists, Accounting Machinist.....	57,306	63,510
318	322		384,393	363,228
		State Branches.
270	269	Commonwealth Migration Officers; Accountants, Clerks............	280,648	271,930
181	195	Assistants, Typists, Accounting Machinists.....................	129,402	117,811
451	464		410,050	389,741
			794,443	752,969
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments...............	35,234	28,392
		Salaries of unattached officers..............................	100,519	90,825
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	10,000	10,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu..........	2,000	2,000
			942,196	884,186
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	318,196	285,986
769	786	Total Administrative (see page 67).................	624,000	598,200
		MIGRATION OFFICE—UNITED KINGDOM. (See Division No. 119.)
1	1	Chief Migration Officer..................................	2,983	2,957
31	34	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Senior Processing Officer. Senior Migration Officer, Migration Officer, Senior Technical Adviser, Technical Advisers, Journalist, Interviewing and Selection Officers	53,403	49,981
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	2,000	4,108
		Allowances to officers performing duties of higher class............	100	100
			58,486	57,146
		Representation allowances................................	625	499
		Local allowances......................................	15,820	15,275
		Child allowances......................................	2,730	2,275
			77,661	75,195
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	1,061	995
32	35	Total Migration Office—United Kingdom (see page 67)...	76,600	74,200
		MIGRATION OFFICE—GERMANY. (See Division No. 120.)
1	1	Chief Migration Officer	2,588	2,442
28	20	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officers, Migration Officers, Administrative Officer, Technical Adviser, Journalist, Interviewing and Selection Officers, Clerks	35,458	48,348
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	3,326	3,690
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	50	50
			41,422	54,530
		Representation allowances................................	437	437
		Local allowances......................................	16,570	18,945
		Child allowances......................................	2,250	1,750
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	6,768	9,660
			67,447	85,322
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,947	13,322
29	21	Total Migration Office—Germany (see page 68)........	62,500	72,000

(a) Includes permanent accounts staff at Immigration Centres.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

Number of Positions.		MIGRATION OFFICE—THE NETHERLANDS. (See Division No. 121.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	MIGRATION OFFICE—THE NETHERLANDS. (See Division No. 121.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Chief Migration Officer..................................	2,763	2,627
13	14	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officers, Radiologist, Migration Officer, Processing Officer, Administrative Officer, Technical Adviser, Interviewing and Selection Officers	26,928	25,703
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	580	398
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	50	50
			30,321	28,778
		Representation allowances................................	250	250
		Local allowances......................................	9,910	8,300
		Child allowances......................................	2,250	1,125
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	5,832	5,400
			48,563	43,853
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,963	853
14	15	Total Migration Office—The Netherlands (see page 68)	43,600	43,000
		MIGRATION OFFICE—ITALY. (See Division No. 122.)
1	1	Chief Migration Officer..................................	2,763	2,713
29	26	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officers, Radiologists, Migration Officers, Administrative Officer, Technical Adviser, Journalist, Interviewing and Selection Officers, Clerks	47,320	55,047
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	2,152	3,411
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	200	200
			52,435	61,371
		Representation allowances................................	438	438
		Local allowances......................................	41,280	47,070
		Child allowances......................................	4,000	3,625
			98,153	112,504
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	4,153	2,504
30	27	Total Migration Office—Italy (see page 68)...........	94,000	110,000
		MIGRATION OFFICE—GREECE. (See Division No. 123.)
..	1	Chief Migration Officer..................................	2,763	..
13	9	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Migration Officer, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officers, Administrative Officer, Interviewing and Selection Officer	16,879	23,605
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	528	1,875
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	50	50
			20,220	25,530
		Representation allowances................................	250	..
		Local allowances......................................	8,735	12,020
		Child allowances......................................	1,375	2,000
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	7,120	8,450
			37,700	48,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	..
13	10	Total Migration Office—Greece (see page 69).........	37,700	48,000
		MIGRATION OFFICE—AUSTRIA. (See Division No. 124.)
1	1	Chief Migration Officer..................................	2,598	2,462
19	19	Deputy Chief Migration Officer, Migration Officer, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officers, Radiologist, Technical Adviser, Interviewing and Selection Officers	35,367	34,155
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	740	297
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	100	100
			38,805	37,014
		Representation allowances................................	375	375
		Local allowances......................................	13,515	12,825
		Child allowances......................................	2,375	2,000
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	12,630	13,781
			67,700	65,995
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	5,795
20	20	Total Migration Office—Austria (see page 69).........	67,700	60,200

F.6686/57.—14

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVI.—Department of Immigration.

Number of Positions.		MIGRATION OFFICES—OTHER OVERSEAS POSTS. (See Division No. 125.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
2	8	Migration Officers, Interviewing and Selection Officers, Medical Officers.	13,746	3,474
		Salaries of officers in course of transfer.......................	1,800	..
		Allowance to officers performing duties of a higher class............	50	..
		Additional staff.......................................	..	9,200
			15,596	12,674
		Representation allowance.................................	250	126
		Local allowances......................................	5,025	1,665
		Child allowances......................................	125
		Rent and accommodation subsidies..........................	4,577	2,135
			25,573	16,600
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	573	..
2	8	Total Migration Offices—Other Overseas Posts (see page 70)	25,000	16,600

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVII.—Department of Labour and National Service.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 126.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 126.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary.......................................	5,000	4,500
5	5	Assistant Secretaries...............................	15,570	15,220
64	65	Executive and Senior Administrative Officers..............	128,530	123,780
499	510	Employment Officers..............................	601,650	575,980
50	50	Industrial Relations Officers..........................	70,520	68,250
94	96	Professional, Technical and Research Officers and Librarians....	131,210	124,840
21	21	Catering Officers.................................	25,660	25,360
303	310	Clerks and Inspectors...............................	333,370	317,800
218	215	Typists, Machinists................................	134,980	129,920
138	142	Assistants......................................	94,040	87,240
			1,540,530	1,472,890
		Private Secretary to Minister and Typists filling unclassified positions	2,960	1,700
		Salaries of officers on unattached list....................	13,390	22,380
		Officers on Loan from other Departments.................	1,370	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class......	5,760	8,070
		District and other special allowances....................	3,170	2,250
		Permanent officers occupying temporary positions...........	74,630	61,450
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave or payment in lieu.......	20,160	9,500
			1,661,970	1,578,240
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended................	197,270	217,070
		Amount chargeable to Division 211.—Administration of National Service Act	65,600	68,170
			262,870	285,240
1,393	1,415	Total Administrative (see page 72)..........	1,399,100	1,293,000
		PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR'S OFFICE. (See Division No. 126k.)
..	1	Assistant to Public Service Arbitrator....................	3,200	..
..	3	Senior Clerk, Clerks...............................	4,580	..
..	4	Clerical Assistants, Typists...........................	3,130	..
			10,910
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...............	410	..
(a)	8	Total Public Service Arbitrator's Office (see page 72)	10,500	(a)

(a) See Attorney-General's Department, Division No. 60.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XVIII.—Department of National Development.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 127.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 127.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	5,000	4,500
5	5	First Assistant Secretary. Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Co-ordinator General of Works, Director and Chief Fuel Technologist	15,089	14,868
20	21	Research Officers......................................	32,896	30,488
50	50	Inspectors, Accountants, Investigation Officers, Fuel Technologists, Materials Handling Officers, Draftsmen, Librarians, Clerks	62,770	63,386
29	29	Clerical Assistants, Typists, Teleprinter Operators................	18,722	18,347
			134,477	131,589
		Ministerial Private Secretaries and Typists filling unclassified positions..	4,162	4,068
		Officers on loan from other Departments or unattached pending suitable vacancies	5,759	2,068
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	3,800	3,000
		Commonwealth Coal Commissioner.........................	..	2,297
			148,198	143,022
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	14,198	19,022
105	106	Total Administrative (see page 74).................	134,000	124,000
		DIVISION OF NATIONAL MAPPING. (See Division No. 127k.)
1	1	Director of National Mapping..............................	2,763	2,737
54	54	Chief Cartographer, Chief Topographic Surveyor, Senior Topographic Surveyors, Surveyors, ' Survey Computers, Draftsmen, Cadet Draftsmen, Clerk	68,706	66,095
18	18	Foreman, Mechanic, Storeman, Field Assistants, Assistants, Typists.....	15,158	14,630
			86,627	83,462
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	879	570
		District and field allowances...............................	2,375	1,895
		Officers on loan from other Departments or unattached pending suitable vacancies	..	727
		Living away from home allowances..........................	..	162
			89,881	86,816
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	26,881	26,816
73	73	Total Division of National Mapping (see page 74).......	63,000	60,000
		BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES. (See Division No. 128.)
1	1	Director............................................	3,700	3,674
1	1	Deputy Director.......................................	3,200	3,174
181	187	Chief Petroleum Technologist, Supervising Petroleum Technologist, Senior Petroleum Technologists, Petroleum Technologists, Chief Geologist, Assistant Chief Geologist, Supervising Geologists, Senior Geologists, Geologists, Chief Geophysicist, Assistant Chief Geophysicist, Supervising Geophysicists, Senior Geophysicists, Geophysicists, Cadet Geologists, Cadet Geophysicists, Chemist, Senior Draftsman, Sectional Draftsman, Draftsmen, Assistant Draftsmen	271,062	257,496
6	6	Chief Mineral Economist, Senior Mineral Economist, Mineral Economists , Mining Engineer, Assistant Mining Engineer	11,646	12,092
31	27	Administrative Officer, Clerks, Cost Investigator, Mathematical Assistants, Librarians, Assistant Librarian	26,949	30,484
28	28	Typists, Clerical Assistants, Assistant, Assistants (Computing), Tracer, Assistants (Drafting)	18,265	18,407
21	21	Senior Instrument Maker, Instrument Makers, Storeholder, Storemen, Geophysical Assistants, Field Assistants, Maintenance Mechanic, Senior Technicians (Radio), Technician (Radio)	20,408	19,781
			355,230	345,108
		District allowances.....................................	3,500	2,750
		Officers on loan from other Departments or unattached pending suitable vacancies	968	942
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	5,330	1,347
		Allowances for flying and field duties........................	12,000	12,000
			377,028	362,147
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	97,028	77,147
269	271	Total Bureau of Mineral Resources (see page 75).......	280,000	285,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XIX.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Number of Positions.		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 129.) (Payable from the Science and Industry Trust Account.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Head Office.	£	£
1	1	Chairman.........................................	5,500	5,000
..	1	Deputy Chairman...................................	5,000	..
1	1	Chief Executive Officer...............................	4,750	4,500
3	2	Executive Members..................................	(a) 500	(a) 4,750
1	1	Assistant Executive Officer.............................	3,900	4,474
4	4	Research Secretaries and Secretary (Finance and Supplies)........	15,600	15,146
2	2	Assistant Research Secretaries...........................	5,873	5,766
6	8	Research and Technical Officers..........................	17,334	24,583
84	84	Accountants, Finance Officers, Staff Officers and Clerks..........	94,322	91,714
76	74	Assistants, Typists, Machinists, Telephonists, Caretaker, Cleaner and Tradesman	51,406	50,537
			204,185	206,470
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	1,000	1,306
		Representation and living allowances, officers overseas..........	6,955	8,744
		Provision for typing assistance, Washington, United States of America	7,266	5,750
		Salaries of Officers seconded to Overseas Liaison Offices.........	6,024	..
		Advisory Council members—Sitting fees....................	400	400
		Part-time secretaries of State Committees....................	175	175
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	2,000	2,000
		Reclassification of offices..............................	983	..
		Compensation payments...............................	1,482	1,027
		Honorarium to part-time representative.....................	..	100
			230,470	225,972
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	45,470	39,972
178	178	Total Head Office..........................	185,000	186,000
		Investigations.
17	18	Chiefs of Divisions..................................	81,900	77,258
28	28	Assistant Chiefs and Officers-in-charge.....................	109,244	107,528
1,271	1,329	Research Officers, Technical Officers and Draughtsmen..........	2,462,894	2,276,769
1,916	1,950	Assistants, Technical Assistants, Typists, Labourers, Station Hands, Animal Attendants, Tracers, Machinists, Tradesmen, Cleaners, Storemen, Unclassified and Miscellaneous	1,622,151	1,501,111
200	213	Clerks and Librarians.................................	216,726	195,803
			4,492,915	4,158,469
		Temporary and casual employees.........................	140,838	128,782
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu.......	20,700	21,570
		District allowances and provision for reclassifications.........	36,043	31,347
		Overtime and holiday duty.............................	51,961	34,045
		Honorarium to advisers................................	3,220	3,476
			4,745,677	4,377,689
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	207,077	185,749
3,432	3,538	Total Investigations.........................	4,538,600	4,191,940
3,610	3,716	Total Head Office and Investigations.............	4,723,600	4,377,940
3,432	3,538	Less amount chargeable to Investigations....................	4,538,600	4,191,940
178	178	Total Administrative (see page 77)...............	185,000	186,000

(a) Includes two part-time members.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 131.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary...........................................	6,000	5,500
1	1	Deputy Secretary......................................	4,100	4,074
..	1	First Assistant Secretary.................................	3,400	..
4	4	Assistant Secretaries....................................	11,862	12,437
1	1	Controller of Joint Service Organizations......................	3,200	3,174
1	1	Secretary, Joint War Production Committee.....................	3,200	3,174
1	1	War Book Officer......................................	2,763	3,174
1	1	Scientific Assistant to Defence Scientific Adviser.................	2,763	2,737
1	1	Secretary, Defence Committee.............................	2,186	2,249
1	1	Secretary, Board of Business Administration....................	2,299	2,272
71	66	Senior Administrative Assistant, Chief Clerk, Administrative Assistants, Finance Officer, Programme Officer, Defence Security Officer, Personnel Officer, Assistant Secretaries Defence Committee, Research Officers, Clerks and Librarians	85,474	89,365
57	58	Barracks Officer, Assistant Barracks Officer, Attendants, Artisan, Storeman, Cleaners, Assistants, Typists, Machine Operators and Messengers	41,154	40,119
			168,401	168,275
		Salary of First Division officer filling unclassified position...........	6,000	..
		Salaries of officers seconded for duty as Private Secretary to Minister....	2,635	1,857
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	3,694	4,118
		Unattached officers filling unclassified positions.................	..	4,570
		Service officers seconded for full-time duty with the Defence Department.	48,248	47,781
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	600	600
		Proposed reclassification of positions.........................	800	600
		Proportion of salaries of Peace Officer Guards...................	1,800	1,250
		Proposed new staff.....................................	2,600	1,800
			234,778	230,851
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	11,778	19,851
140	137	Total Administrative (see page 80)...............	223,000	211,000
		JOINT INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. (See Division No. 132.)
1	1	Director............................................	2,983	2,884
1	1	Assistant Director......................................	2,543	2,430
..	1	Chief Intelligence Officer.................................	2,296	..
27	27	Heads of Branches, Senior Defence Officers, Senior Reference Officer and Librarian and Senior Photo Interpreter	49,753	48,455
61	61	Defence Officers, Translators, Clerks, Technical Defence Officers arid Librarians	70,887	67,713
10	11	Draftsmen, Senior Plan Printer, Assistant (Photography) and Assistant (Drafting)	13,100	11,806
40	38	Typists, Assistants, Tracers and Messengers....................	24,744	24,769
			166,306	158,057
		Service officers seconded for full-time duty with the Defence Department.	20,060	16,687
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	750	500
		Special (overseas) allowances..............................	7,065	6,035
		Proportion of salaries of Peace Officer Guards and Barracks Maintenance Staff	11,400	10,500
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications.......................	5,000	1,197
			210,581	192,976
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	29,081	31,976
140	140	Total Joint Intelligence Bureau (see page 80)........	181,500	161,000
		DEFENCE SIGNALS BRANCH. (See Division No. 133.)
1	1	Director............................................	2,983	2,957
23	23	Heads of Sections and Senior Technical Officers.................	41,946	42,103
65	65	Defence Officers, Assistant Defence Officers, Clerks and Librarian.....	71,941	69,567
135	135	Typists, Assistants, Teletype and Cypher Operators, Technicians.......	109,480	105,770
			226,350	220,397
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	800	500
		Special (overseas) allowances..............................	15,100	17,500
		Proportion of salaries of Peace Officer Guards...................	14,800	10,500
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications.......................	4,200	4,000
			261,250	252,897
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	59,250	69,897
224	224	Total Defence Signals Branch (see page 80).........	202,000	183,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		PERMANENT NAVAL FORCES. (See Division No. 137.)	£	£
		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............
		Allowances to personnel performing duties of a higher class..
1	1	Chief of Naval Staff............................	5,250	4,750
6	6	Rear Admirals................................
4	5	Commodores, 2nd Class.........................
55	57	Captains....................................
154	155	Commanders................................
907	1165b	Lieutenant-Commanders, Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants..
186	225	Midshipmen and Cadet-Midshipmen.................
14	14	Chaplains...................................
287	(b)	Branch Officers...............................
1,614	1,628
11805	11791	Petty Officers and Seamen........................
13419	13419
		Women's Royal Australian Naval Service.	14,054,250 (a)	13,574,750 (a)
1	1	Chief Officer................................
19	13	First, Second and Third Officers....................
20	14
556	562	Ratings....................................
576	576
		Dockyard Police.
1	1	Superintendent...............................
5	5	Inspector and Sub-Inspectors......................
67	67	Sergeants, 1st and 2nd Class......................
332	332	Constables..................................		.
405	405		14,059,500	13,579,500
		Less—
		........................................	3,039,500	1,929,500
		Amount recoverable from other Departments..........	54,000	50,000
		Amount to be withheld from members on account of rent..	106,000
			3,199,500	1,979,500
14400	14400	Total Permanent Naval Forces (see page 82)..	10,860,000	11,600,000

(a) Pay and allowances are fixed by Naval Financial Regulations under Naval Defence Act. (b) Branch Officers are now included with Lieutenant. Commanders, Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE. (See Division No. 138.)	£	£
		Civil Staff.
13	13	Professorial staff....................................	23,000	24,000
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	1,000	..
13	13	Total Royal Australian Naval College (see page 82)	22,000	24,000
		CIVIL PERSONNEL—NAVAL OFFICES AND ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 140.)
1	1	Secretary.........................................	5,000	4,500
2,929	2,967	Administrative, technical, clerical and other staff...............	3,076,458	2,913,710
			3,081,458	2,918,210
		Additional salaries under tentative classifications...............	1,500	1,500
		Pay in lieu of furlough on retirement.......................	11,500	13,770
		Allowance to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	3,500	3,000
		Allowances to officers in United Kingdom...................	3,500	2,600
		Salaries of officers on loan from other Departments.............	2,100	2,050
		Proposed new staff...................................	40,000	38,800
			3,143,558	2,979,930
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	895,058	883,930
2,930	2,968	Total Civil Personnel—Naval Offices and Establishments (see page 82)	2,248,500	2,096,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY. (See Division No. 152.)	£	£
1	1	Chief of the General Staff........................	5,250	4,750
2	2	Lieutenant-Generals............................	9,300	8,300
11	11	Major-Generals(b).............................	45,100	44,814
24	23	Brigadiers..................................
45	44	Colonels...................................
216	205	Lieutenant-Colonels............................
2,801	2,597	Majors, Captains, Lieutenants and Second Lieutenants.....	24,156,862	23,483,136
2,364	2,144	Warrant Officers..............................	(a)	(a)
777	717	Staff Sergeants...............................
2,770	2,527	Sergeants...................................
4,919	4,107	Corporals...................................
12070	13622	Lance Corporals, Privates, Gunners, Sappers, Drivers, &c....
			24,216,512	23,541,000
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.............	4,731,512	3,417,000
		Amount to be withheld from members on account of rent..	400,000
26000 (c)	26000 (c)	Total Australian Regular Army (see page 85)	19,085,000	20,124,000
		CIVILIAN SERVICES. (See Division No. 153.)
1	1	Secretary...................................	5,000	4,500
4	4	Assistant Secretaries............................	11,899	11,364
727	767	Administrative, Clerical and other staffs...............	765,070	722,469
		Military Branches and Units.
2,218	2,435	Administrative, Technical, Clerical and other staffs.......	2,090,790	1,823,498
			2,872,759	2,561,831
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications...............	23,679	202,393
			2,896,438	2,764,224
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...........	777,438	826,224
2,950	3,207	Total Civilian Services (see page 85).......	2,119,000	1,938,000
		Royal Military College. (See Division No. 156.)
		Military.
1	1	Staff Officer, New Zealand Forces..................	(d)	(d)
		Civil.
18	18	Professors and Lecturers.........................	35,904	33,179
1	1	Finance and Civil Secretary.......................	1,993	1,943
5	5	Clerks and Librarians...........................	5,230	5,139
3	3	Typist, Assistant and Laboratory Attendant.............	2,299	2,153
			45,426	42,414
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications...............	1,035	..
			46,461	42,414
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...........	6,261	3,014
28	28	Total Royal Military College (see page 86)...	40,200	39,400
		RIFLE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS. (See Division No. 157.)
21	21	Supervisors, Inspectors, Range Clerks, Clerks and Typist...	25,652	25,224
			25,652	25,224
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...........	152	1,524
21	21	Total Rifle Clubs and Associations (see page 86)	25,500	23,700

(a) Pay and allowances for the above positions are in accordance with rates fixed by Financial (Military) Regulations. (b) Expenditure in respect of two of these positions is recoverable from votes controlled by other-Departments. (c) These positions are based on the current Army strength ceiling approved under the Defences Programme. (d) Pay at Service rate is provided under Division No. 152.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF AIR.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF AIR.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. (See Division No. 167.) Officers.	£	£
1	1	Chief of Air Staff...........................	5,250	4,750
8	8	Air Vice-Marshals..........................
13	13	Air Commodores...........................
1,994	2,038	Group Captains, Wing Commanders, Squadron Leaders, Flight Lieutenants, Flying Officers and Pilot Officers
17	17	Chaplains................................
		Nursing Service.
1	1	Matron in Chief............................
81	81	Matrons, Senior Sisters and Sisters................
		Airmen.
6,008	6,140	Warrant Officers, Flight Sergeants, Sergeants and Corporals
6,417	6,561	Aircraftmen...............................
		Trainees.	116,325,760	115,458,550
96	96	Cadets..................................
619	619	Aircrew and Ground Staff (excluding Apprentices).....
570	570	Apprentices...............................
15825	16145
		Women's Royal Australian Air Force.
		Officers.
32	32	Wing, Squadron, Flight and Section Officers.........
		Airwomen.
251	251	Flight Sergeants, Sergeants and Corporals...........
579	579	Aircraftwomen.............................
862	862		16,331,010	15,463,300
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	30,000	23,000
		Pay in lieu of long service leave.................	100,000	130,000
			16,461,010	15,616,300
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..........	1,719,010	1,055,300
		Amount to be withheld from members on account of rent	200,000	..
16687 (b)	17007 (b)	Total Royal Australian Air Force (see page 88)	(a)14,542,000	(a)14,561,000
		CIVILIAN SERVICES. (See Division No. 168.)
1	1	Secretary................................	5,000	4,500
5	5	First Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretaries......	14,690	14,560
8	8	Deputy Director of Audit, Directors of Finance and Accountants	15,600	15,749
6	6	Area Finance Officers and Assistant Area Finance Officers	12,840	12,574
37	33	Director of Studies, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, Psychologists, Education, Research, Scientific and Training Officers, Chief Statistical Officer	56,270	56,058
1	1	Inspector Personnel..........................	2,021	1,934
4	4	Director (O. and M.) Inspector and Investigators.......	7,950	7,646
18	17	Administrative Assistants......................	33,720	36,742
446	462	Clerks..................................	496,790	479,190
518	630	Librarian, Assistants, Typists, Accounting Machinists, Card Punch Operators, Supervisors, Statistical Tabulators, Junior Assistants	405,970	321,160
14	13	Engineers and Draftsmen......................	18,240	19,836
154	153	Director Aeronautical Inspection, Inspectors and Examiners	194,960	190,056
220	389	Foreman Storemen, Storeholders, Storemen, Forklift Drivers, Crane Drivers, Watchmen, Labourers	325,740	179,080
			1,589,791	1,339,085
		Private Secretary, Assistant Private Secretary and two Typists to the Minister occupying unclassified positions	4,298	812
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class	6,000	11,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu	15,000	7,000
		Proposed new staff..........................	1,546	173,190
			1,616,635	1,531,087
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended........	423,635	371,087
1,432 (c)	1,722 (c)	Total Civilian Services (see page 88)..	1,193,000	1,160,000

(a) Pay and allowances are in accordance with rates fixed by Regulations under the Air Force Act. (b) These positions are based on Air Force establishments approved under the Defence Programme. (c) Includes conversion of temporary positions to permanent positions in integrated establishments.

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ADMINISTRATIVE. (See Division No. 180.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary.........................................	5,000	4,500
5	5	Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretaries and Director of Finance.....	15,299	14,719
5	5	State Controllers....................................	11,065	10,815
1	1	Chief Scientist.....................................	4,750	4,250
1	1	Controller........................................	4,500	4,000
1	1	General Manager....................................	2,909	2,713
7	7	Director, Deputy Directors and Executive Officers..............	16,659	15,963
1	1	Chief Security Officer................................	2,378	2,250
8	19	Superintending Scientists and Scientific Officers...............	44,100	21,238
32	29	Security and Investigation Officers........................	45,882	48,124
4	4	Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents................	8,552	8,264
312	330	Accountants, Finance Officers, Personnel Officers, Research Officers, Clerks and Librarians	393,037	349,482
2	1	Engineers.........................................	1,493	3,166
28	31	Cadets...........................................	26,620	22,000
4	1	Inspectors........................................	1,268	6,642
11	13	Assistant Security Officers.............................	15,184	12,178
273	283	Typists, Machinists, Assistants and Labourer.................	186,247	166,416
			784,943	696,720
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	5,020	4,750
		Furlough payments..................................	8,675	4,085
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers............	47,482	95,682
		Officers on loan.....................................	5,274	2,166
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies............	30,766	18,197
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications.....................	2,250	10,902
			884,410	832,502
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	171,946	169,502
		Amount charged to Division 181—Security Staff..............	31,839	..
		Amount charged to Division 186—Security Staff.............	1,625	..
			205,410	169,502
696	733	Total Administrative (see page 90)............	679,000	663,000
		GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS—ADMINISTRATION. (See Division No. 181.)
2	1	Controller........................................	4,500	8,600
..	1	Deputy Controller...................................	4,200	..
14	15	Managers and Assistant Managers........................	30,229	27,680
3	4	Superintending Scientists..............................	11,426	11,250
1	1	Superintendent of Administration.........................	2,543	2,493
12	11	Principal Officers...................................	32,310	30,712
..	2	Chief and Assistant Chief Engineers.......................	5,963	..
217	228	Scientific and Experimental Officers, Draftsmen and Engineers.....	368,326	287,277
399	404	Accountants, Clerks and Librarians........................	436,565	399,927
..	2	Reconnaissance Officers...............................	3,511	..
22	18	Traffic Officers, Transport Officers and Supervisors.............	13,741	28,089
15	22	Cadets...........................................	29,316	9,317
226	258	Assistants, Machinists, Typists and Computers................	165,042	127,596
..	1	Canteen and Hostel Manager............................	1,313	..
78	87	Technical officers and tradesmen.........................	106,390	80,910
			1,215,375	1,013,851
		Allowance to officers performing duties of a higher class.........	1,960	..
		Officers on loan.....................................	62,457	1,130
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies............	21,450	83,269
		Pay of Service personnel reimbursed to Service Departments.......	790,600	765,000
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers............	112,771	78,008
		Proposed reclassification of existing positions.................	925	1,821
		Furlough payments..................................	1,098	4,044
		Security staff—Reimbursement to Division 180...............	31,839	..
		Proposed new staff...................................	93,341	75,106
		Cadet Training Scheme................................	6,750	..
			2,338,566	2,022,229
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	464,566	447,229
989	1,055	Total Government Establishments (see page 90)...	1,874,000	1,575,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		DEFENCE STANDARDS LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 182.)	£	£
6	6	Senior Superintending Scientists and Superintending Scientists........	23,300	23,000
1	1	Administrative Officer...................................	2,100	2,053
8	13	Principal Scientific Officers...............................	39,467	24,078
90	115	Scientific and Experimental Officers, Draftsmen and Engineers........	189,123	141,696
39	38	Accountants, Clerks and Librarians..........................	41,180	39,056
106	..	Laboratory Officers, Laboratory Assistants and Experimental Officers...	..	89,848
8	6	Foremen and Tradesmen.................................	8,013	9,694
56	42	Typists, Assistants and Tracers.............................	27,003	33,672
..	105	Senior Experimental Assistants and Experimental Assistants..........	94,676	..
			424,862	363,097
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,500	..
		Provision for furlough payments............................	4,200	10,000
		Officers on loan.......................................	1,546
		Officers On unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	2,486	28,155
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers...............	50,360	90,864
		Proposed new staff and reclassifications.......................	7,760	22,775
		Reclassification of offices................................	..	3,799
			492,714	518,690
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	119,714	163,690
314	326	Total Defence Standards Laboratories (see page 90)......	373,000	355,000
		DESIGN AND INSPECTION BRANCH. (See Division No. 183.)
4	4	Deputy Director and Deputy Assistant Directors..................	9,315	8,937
11	14	Senior Inspectors......................................	25,726	19,034
1	1	Senior Scientific Officer.................................	1,993	1,778
16	14	Supervising Engineer and Senior Engineers.....................	28,565	31,288
43	41	Engineers and Draftsmen.................................	52,312	54,625
14	19	Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors..........................	28,257	17,532
..	44	Administrative Officers, Clerks and Librarians...................	51,238
35	36	Supervisors, Foremen, Technical and Laboratory Officers and Assistants.	39,297	37,371
35	..	Clerks.............................................	..	38,217
133	200	Examiners...........................................	197,495	128,468
5	4	Photographers and Plan Printers............................	3,940	5,991
42	45	Assistants, Typists and Tracers.............................	31,894	25,614
			470,032	368,855
		Officers on loan.......................................	12,003	..
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	2,540
		Pay of military personnel reimbursed to Department of the Army.......	154,658	154,964
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	11,938	6,917
		Furlough payments.....................................	4,600	2,500
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers...............	23,719	24,183
		Reclassification of offices................................	819	1,750
		Responsibility allowance.................................	6,200
		Proposed new staff.....................................	80,126	20,513
			766,635	579,682
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	258,635	174,682
339	422	Total Design and Inspection Branch (see page 91).......	508,000	405,000
		DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES. (See Division No. 186.)
	1	Deputy Controller......................................	3,900
8	9	Senior Superintending Scientist and Superintending Scientists.........	34,396	28,725
2	1	Administrative Officers..................................	2,103	3,406
157	196	Scientific, Technical, Experimental and Engineering Officers and Draftsmen	362,925	241,610
23	25	Accountants, Clerks and Librarians..........................	26,700	23,342
70	74	Typists; Assistants, Tracers, Experimental Assistants and Computers....	63,965	50,893
71	73	Foremen, Storemen, Tradesmen and Labourers..................	68,252	63,375
			562,241	411,351
		Cadet Draftsman......................................	816
		Furlough payments.....................................	..	1,000
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers...............	88,864	93,452
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	24,566	46,376
		Officers on loan.......................................	1,903	..
		Employers' contributions to premiums on scientists' assurance policies...	500	500
		Reclassification of offices................................	41	1,504
		Security staff—Reimbursement to Division 180..................	1,651
		Proposed new staff.....................................	26,238	35,021
			706,820	589,204
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	187,820	140,204
331	379	Total Defence Research and Development Laboratories (see page 91)	519,000	449,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXI.—Defence Services.

Number of Positions.		DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		ADMINISTRATIVE.' (See Division No. 197.)	£	£
1	1	Secretary.....................................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Controller-General Munitions Supply...................	4,750	4,250
1	1	Deputy Secretary................................	3,700	3,650
5	5	Assistant Secretaries..............................	15,349	15,182
5	5	General Managers................................	19,500	19,370
1	1	Chief Chemical Engineer...........................	3,200	3,350
19	18	Directors, Assistant Directors, Principal Engineer (Electrical Services), Inspector (Methods), Controller Production Orders, Statistics and Stores, Chief Industrial Officer, Chief Works Officer, Superintendent of Staff, Executive Officer (Policy)	44,579	46,542
131	111	Professional Officers..............................	195,332	210,145
256	261	Accountants and Clerks............................	335,408	319,328
17	64	Technical Officers and Technical Assistants..............	81,818	17,853
204	198	Typists, Machinists and Assistants.....................	127,855	124,512
93	96	Cadet Engineers, Cadet Personnel, Cadet Draftsmen and Cadet Chemists	62,025	65,142
			898,516	833,824
		Provision for furlough payments......................	14,757	6,303
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.........	89,430	88,985
		Officers on loan.................................	..	8,464
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies........	..	59,432
		Allowances for officers performing duties of a higher class.....	2,500	2,500
		Allowances to officers stationed overseas................	8,452	8,274
		Proposed new staff...............................	68,558	11,896
		Proposed reclassification of existing positions.............	2,029	647
			1,084,242	1,020,325
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.............	249,242	262,325
734	762	Total Administrative (see page 93).........	835,000	758,000
		GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKINGS AND ESTABLISHMENTS. (See Division No. 198.)
13	12	Managers.....................................	36,012	38,181
29	30	Assistant Managers...............................	71,670	67,709
81	80	Heads of Sections................................	158,182	158,852
436	423	Professional Officers..............................	570,561	556,576
362	360	Accountants and Clerks............................	400,661	391,065
301	305	Foremen, Supervisors, Inspectors, Technical Officers, Technical Assistants, Laboratory Assistants and Tracers	373,615	343,495
205	224	Assistants, Machinists and Typists.....................	129,691	118,015
			1,740,392	1,673,893
		Provision for furlough payments......................	2,151	7,698
		Allowances for officers performing duties of a higher class.....	3,300	3,500
		Officers on loan.................................	..	3,296
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies........	..	5,7,330
		Proposed reclassification of existing positions.............	2,261	3,753
		Temporary positions occupied by permanent officers.........	106,484	82,932
		Proposed new staff...............................	86,729	53,186
			1,941,317	1,885,588
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended.............	689,317	780,588
1,427	1,434	Total Government Undertakings and Establishments (see page 93)	1,252,000	1,105,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

XXIV.—War and Repatriation Services.

Number of Positions.		REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT. (See Division No. 234.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT. (See Division No. 234.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
1	1	Chairman.......................................	5,000	4,500
1	1	Deputy Chairman..................................	3,750	3,250
1	1	Commissioner....................................	3,750	3,250
5	5	Secretary and Assistant Commissioners....................	14,530	14,150
6	6	Deputy Commissioners..............................	15,460	15,050
1	1	Principal Medical Officer.............................	4,500	4,475
66	66	Medical Officers...................................	171,345	164,964
1,364	1,246	Clerks..........................................	1,314,475	1,376,192
374	378	Typists.........................................	236,510	223,575
254	260	Assistants.......................................	188,265	183,556
24	24	Accounting Machinists..............................	16,125	14,012
81	100	Male Cleaners, Watchmen, Lift Attendants and others..........	97,790	70,810
			2,071,500	2,077,784
		Remuneration of War Pensions Appeal Tribunals.............	44,100	41,900
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.......	41,300	43,758
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu......	29,300	35,800
		Payment to Postmaster-General's Department for services of telephonists	3,500	7,473
			2,189,700	2,206,715
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.................	275,500	278,715
		Amount provided under Division 235, Item 3...............	48,200	..
2,178	2,089	Total Repatriation Department (see page 109).......	1,866,000	1,928,000
		WAR SERVICE HOMES DIVISION. (See Division No. 240.)
1	1	Director........................................	3,700	3,674
2	2	Assistant Directors.................................	5,276	5,130
6	6	Deputy Directors..................................	14,011	13,810
6	8	Assistant Deputy Directors............................	14,774	11,432
129	136	Architects, Draftsmen and other Technical Officers............	192,308	179,409
325	325	Accountants, Conveyancers and Clerks....................	363,570	355,650
200	213	Assistants, Typists and Machinists.......................	144,536	136,444
			738,175	705,549
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..........	49,865	46,664
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.......	6,696	5,411
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu......	6,902	5,680
			..	4,796
			801,638	768,100
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended................	150,038	113,500
669	691	Total War Service Homes Division (see page 110)....	651,600	654,600
		AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. (See Division No. 248.)
1	1	Director........................................	2,691	2,518
1	1	Assistant Director..................................	2,103	2,078
9	9	Clerks..........................................	10,917	10,670
28	28	Typists, Assistants, Superintendent and Attendants............	22,860	21,434
			38,571	36,700
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class.......	703	310
		Officer filling unclassified position.......................	953	928
		Other allowances..................................	78	198
			40,305	38,136
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended................	12,305	13,136
39	39	Total Australian War Memorial (see page 113)......	28,000	25,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

I.—Commonwealth Railways.

Number of Positions.		CENTRAL STAFF.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	CENTRAL STAFF.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
..	..	Commissioner.....................................	(a) ..	(a) ..
1	1	Secretary and Comptroller of Accounts and Audit..............	2,983	2,959
30	35	Other Staff (Permanent and Temporary)....................	34,017	27,505
31	36		37,000	30,464
		OTHER THAN CENTRAL STAFF.
1	1	Chief Civil Engineer.................................	2,983	2,959
1	1	Chief Mechanical Engineer............................	2,983	2,959
1	1	Chief Traffic Manager................................	2,983	2,959
1	1	Comptroller of Stores....................	2,433	2,409
1	1	Manager.........................................	1,993	1,969
303	313	Engineer, Assistant Engineers, Superintendents, Foremen, Draftsmen, Station masters, Clerks, &c.	386,000	286,559
2,123	2,270	Other Staff (Permanent and Temporary)....................	2,134,625	1,985,722
2,431	2,588		2,534,000	2,285,536
2,462	2,624	Total Commonwealth Railways (see page 117)......	2,571,000	2,316,000

(a) Provision of £5,000 included under Special Appropriation—Commonwealth Railways Act.

ALLOCATION OF SALARIES AND WAGES AS SHOWN ABOVE.

	1957–58.	1956–57.
	£	£
Trans-Australian Railway.......................	1,338,000	1,270,000
Central Australia Railway.......................	996,000	851,000
North Australia Railway........................	200,000	162,000
Seat of Government Railway.....................	37,000	33,000
Total.........................	2,571,000	2,316,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		CENTRAL OFFICE. (See Division No. 257.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	CENTRAL OFFICE. (See Division No. 257.)	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1	1	Director-General...............................	6,000	5,500
1	1	Deputy Director-General..........................	4,800	4,774
8	8	Assistant Directors-General and Directors...............	28,346	27,858
36	37	Controllers and Assistant Heads of Branches.............	84,973	79,615
317	388	Clerks, Finance Officers, Building Officers, and Inspectors...	481,980	394,449
62	63	Draftsmen....................................	84,130	80,088
233	267	Engineers....................................	477,186	418,814
2	3	Supervisors...................................	4,497	2,919
16	17	Traffic Officers................................	23,361	21,419
19	28	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	28,440	19,561
148	163	Assistants....................................	131,480	116,046
2	4	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	3,888	2,236
116	126	Machinists and Typists...........................	72,725	64,722
96	106	Technicians...................................	113,282	101,618
33	33	Junior Postal Officers............................	12,014	11,586
1	1	Overseers....................................	1,208	1,182
4	2	Storemen....................................	1,927	3,654
1	1	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	818	792
			1,561,055	1,356,833
		Officers on duty overseas..........................	15,000	12,300
		Private Secretary and staff filling unclassified positions......	4,700	4,500
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	58,000	48,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	200	200
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	17,000	10,000
			1,655,955	1,431,833
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended............	315,955	267,833
1096	1,249	Total Central Office (see page 119).......	1,340,000	1,164,000
		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES. (See Division No. 258.)
1	1	Director.....................................	4,100	4,074
4	4	Assistant Directors..............................	13,043	12,939
48	54	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	116,045	102,790
1008	1,090	Clerks......................................	1,211,328	1,098,341
136	138	Draftsmen....................................	157,153	150,887
398	424	Engineers....................................	628,700	577,993
20	20	Inquiry Officers................................	21,315	20,690
77	80	Inspectors....................................	123,289	115,729
1061	1,078	Postal Clerks..................................	1,063,306	1,018,526
529	520	Postmasters...................................	737,569	723,153
221	187	Supervisors...................................	183,121	226,212
542	540	Telegraphists..................................	511,348	488,974
80	155	Traffic Officers................................	191,658	98,892
610	801	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	673,468	487,240
1921	1,978	Assistants....................................	1,640,722	1,451,208
3586	4,171	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	3,608,520	3,042,252
491	543	Machinists and Typists...........................	319,125	281,909
1923	2,137	Mail Officers..................................	1,820,147	1,562,256
6388	6,741	Technicians...................................	6,017,034	5,580,182
1341	1,272	Junior Postal Officers............................	625,958	681,916
3605	3,966	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	2,264,141	1,852,144
104	122	Overseers....................................	132,864	110,851
232	254	Phonogram Attendants...........................	150,581	133,556
2830	2,980	Postal Officers.................................	2,254,680	2,019,600
188	207	Storemen....................................	170,851	129,868
432	621	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	503,736	340,424
			25,143,802	22,312,605
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	954,749	864,319
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	590,000	534,000
		Penalty rates for shift duty.........................	400,000	395,000
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	4,000	4,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	28,000	18,000
		District allowances..............................	20,000	26,000
		Functional and other allowances.....................	172,000	76,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	225,000	128,000
			27,537,551	24,357,925
27776	30084	Carried forward.................	27,537,551	24,357,925

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND NEW SOUTH WALES—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
27776	30084	Brought forward.................	27,537,551	24,357,925
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	45,300	45,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..............	8,538,251	7,431,925
			8,583,551	7,476,925
27776	30084	Total Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales (see page 120)	18,954,000	16,881,000
		VICTORIA. (See Division No. 259.)
1	1	Director.....................................	3,700	3,674
3	3	Assistant Directors..............................	9,800	9,522
48	53	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	111,151	99,552
815	923	Clerks......................................	1,037,170	895,690
102	107	Draftsmen....................................	117,978	110,063
293	365	Engineers....................................	495,598	409,912
12	14	Inquiry Officers................................	16,132	13,148
51	58	Inspectors....................................	87,055	75,174
689	978	Postal Clerks..................................	893,436	605,076
323	329	Postmasters...................................	453,782	437,342
160	137	Supervisors...................................	136,140	155,840
306	298	Telegraphists..................................	271,478	266,834
65	106	Traffic Officers................................	135,131	81,644
286	620	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	517,014	232,230
1093	888	Assistants....................................	647,547	724,666
2580	3045	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	2,627,500	2,177,520
316	379	Machinists and Typists...........................	227,770	175,388
1750	1836	Mail Officers..................................	1,501,944	1,387,750
4609	4829	Technicians...................................	4,393,947	4,012,616
889	917	Junior Postal Officers............................	384,812	360,938
2613	2669	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	1,492,422	1,408,534
87	94	Overseers....................................	100,696	90,828
144	160	Phonogram Attendants...........................	97,326	85,392
2092	2248	Postal Officers.................................	1,697,590	1,535,528
111	117	Storemen....................................	94,723	86,144
253	302	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	244,870	199,372
			17,796,712	15,640,377
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	1,139,289	854,991
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	435,000	357,000
		Penalty rates for shift duty.........................	245,000	235,000
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	2,500	2,000
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	12,000	3,200
		District allowances..............................	100	..
		Functional and other allowances.....................	144,000	159,650
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	177,000	112,000
			19,951,601	17,364,218
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	19,500	18,350
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..............	7,226,101	5,781,868
			7,245,601	5,800,218
19691	21476	Total Victoria (see page 122)..............	12,706,000	11,564,000
		QUEENSLAND. (See Division No. 260.)
1	1	Director.....................................	3,200	3,174
3	3	Assistant Directors..............................	8,510	8,432
36	35	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	66,056	66,425
168	499	Clerks......................................	558,623	507,544
64	68	Draftsmen....................................	83,130	75,776
572	606	Carried forward.................	719,519	661,351

F.6686/57.—15

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		QUEENSLAND—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	QUEENSLAND—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
572	606	Brought forward	719,519	661,351
174	203	Engineers....................................	297,888	256,581
6	7	Inquiry Officers................................	7,772	6,454
34	38	Inspectors....................................	64,332	56,476
404	770	Postal Clerks..................................	734,892	371,926
221	229	Postmasters...................................	311,006	292,794
111	73	Supervisors...................................	77,970	115,144
271	285	Telegraphists..................................	261,358	248,474
36	90	Traffic Officers................................	115,702	45,716
182	321	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	273,077	149,128
756	432	Assistants....................................	374,421	630,066
1405	1617	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	1,428,280	1,200,975
211	231	Machinists and Typists...........................	150,243	129,744
400	479	Mail Officers..................................	414,748	336,900
2299	2417	Technicians...................................	2,141,594	1,961,116
489	516	Junior Postal Officers............................	262,043	212,438
1607	1764	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	968,210	837,106
35	39	Overseers....................................	41,028	35,860
90	102	Phonogram Attendants...........................	59,593	50,250
974	1030	Postal Officers.................................	780,174	701,236
64	69	Storemen....................................	55,272	49,626
108	156	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers.............	127,584	85,882
			9,666,706	8,435,243
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.......	351,164	333,010
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class....	205,000	200,000
		Penalty rates for shift duty.........................	191,000	168,000
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.......................	1,500	1,500
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	5,000	2,500
		District allowances..............................	90,000	77,000
		Functional and other allowances.....................	97,000	106,000
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	80,000	43,000
			10,687,370	9,366,253
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent....	15,100	15,100
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended..............	3,001,270	2,232,153
			3,016,370	2,247,253
10449	11474	Total Queensland (see page 124).........	7,671,000	7,119,000
		SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (See Division No. 261.)
1	1	Director.....................................	2,980	2,954
3	3	Assistant Directors..............................	7,300	7,222
29	32	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches........	57,800	51,446
318	340	Clerks......................................	358,992	329,070
47	51	Draftsmen....................................	56,160	50,668
117	138	Engineers....................................	195,493	169,836
6	6	Inquiry Officers................................	6,710	6,554
20	27	Inspectors....................................	43,990	31,280
275	394	Postal Clerks..................................	363,299	246,700
168	177	Postmasters...................................	226,600	210,532
58	56	Supervisors...................................	53,168	53,302
147	156	Telegraphists..................................	140,272	128,778
22	38	Traffic Officers................................	42,940	24,288
183	242	Artisans and General Workmen.....................	195,820	143,472
581	277	Assistants....................................	201,075	406,700
768	896	Line Inspectors and Linemen.......................	622,417	514,932
113	122	Machinists and Typists...........................	80,221	69,834
760	408	Mail Officers..................................	329,358	594,320
1307	1642	Technicians...................................	1,405,749	1,109,618
346	361	Junior Postal Officers............................	175,560	164,352
929	1087	Monitors and Telephonists.........................	642,314	533,252
24	24	Overseers....................................	26,296	25,726
6222	6478	Carried forward.................	5,234,514	4,874,836

SCHEDULE.—salaries and allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.			SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		SOUTH AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
				£	£
6222		6478	Brought forward...................	5,234,514	4,874,836
47		52	Phonogram Attendants..............................	29,651	25,846
692		743	Postal Officers...................................	557,878	495,468
54		54	Storemen.......................................	42,552	41,146
77		114	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers................	91,464	59,898
				5,956,059	5,497,194
			Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.........	172,000	221,000
			Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class......	153,000	95,000
			Penalty rates for shift duty...........................	96,000	78,000
			Allowances in lieu of quarters.........................	500	540
			Allowance to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	1,500	900
			District allowances................................	7,000	4,000
			Functional and other allowances.......................	41,900	24,400
			Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	85,000	50,000
				6,512,959	5,971,034
			Less—
			Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent......	19,500	17,800
			Officers on loan.................................	50,000	50,000
			Amount estimated to remain unexpended................	1,696,459	1,705,234
				1,765,959	1,773,034
7092		7441	Total South Australia (see page 125)...........	4,747,000	4,198,000
			WESTERN AUSTRALIA. (See Division No. 262.)
1		1	Director.......................................	2,983	2,954
3		3	Assistant Directors................................	7,813	7,442
28		28	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches..........	51,419	49,342
219		238	Clerks.........................................	256,849	223,206
24		26	Draftsmen......................................	29,322	25,656
88		111	Engineers......................................	170,267	128,106
4		5	Inquiry Officers..................................	5,720	4,286
19		23	Inspectors......................................	34,987	27,646
225		308	Postal Clerks....................................	287,560	192,590
158		168	Postmasters.....................................	217,189	194,742
36		38	Supervisors.....................................	41,353	37,404
108		110	Telegraphists....................................	99,096	88,812
9		16	Traffic Officers..................................	19,183	10,596
119		139	Artisans and General Workmen........................	120,559	97,016
336		191	Assistants......................................	162,776	267,697
728		830	Line Inspectors and Linemen..........................	742,275	617,440
87		95	Machinists and Typists..............................	66,901	57,203
282		289	Mail Officers....................................	250,590	228,988
932		1121	Technicians.....................................	1,006,154	798,798
281		296	Junior Postal Officers..............................	120,856	103,722
562		640	Monitors and Telephonists...........................	394,139	321,746
19		19	Overseers......................................	20,811	19,746
36		41	Phonogram Attendants..............................	25,810	20,548
403		432	Postal Officers...................................	337,730	286,932
49		51	Storemen.......................................	45,018	40,106
101		111	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers................	94,392	80,214
				4,611,752	3,932,938
			Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.........	152,637	113,670
			Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class......	90,000	62,000
			Penalty rates for shift duty...........................	70,000	49,000
			Allowances in lieu of quarters.........................	2,000	1,000
			Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	3,500	1,300
			District allowances................................	16,000	13,000
			Functional and other allowances.......................	29,200	17,600
			Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	39,000	33,000
				5,014,089	4,223,508
4857		5330	Carried forward....................	5,014,089	4,223,508

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		WESTERN AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	WESTERN AUSTRALIA—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
4857	5330	Brought forward...................	5,014,089	4,223,508
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent......	13,500	12,500
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended................	1,512,589	1,057,008
			1,526,089	1,069,508
4857	5330	Total Western Australia (see page 127).......	3,488,000	3,154,000
		TASMANIA. (See Division No. 263.)
1	1	Director.......................................	2,546	2,494
3	3	Assistant Directors................................	6,618	6,362
18	20	Heads of Branches and Assistant Heads of Branches..........	32,844	29,022
130	160	Clerks.........................................	163,383	129,300
14	15	Draftsmen......................................	18,724	16,396
43	54	Engineers......................................	70,320	61,274
3	3	Inquiry Officers..................................	3,198	3,502
7	12	Inspectors......................................	19,052	11,188
70	174	Postal Clerks....................................	159,230	66,430
58	59	Postmasters.....................................	75,388	71,999
34	26	Supervisors.....................................	23,044	32,656
37	37	Telegraphists....................................	35,312	34,208
7	22	Traffic Officers..................................	25,704	8,208
84	120	Artisans and General Workmen........................	104,946	70,647
264	124	Assistants......................................	99,528	219,099
369	498	Line Inspectors and Linemen..........................	428,943	317,472
48	63	Machinists and Typists..............................	37,267	26,084
105	111	Mail Officers....................................	99,656	91,590
434	549	Technicians.....................................	514,919	406,646
103	111	Junior Postal Officers..............................	40,667	36,166
452	490	Monitors and Telephonists...........................	249,287	237,106
10	13	Overseers......................................	13,892	10,370
17	17	Phonogram Attendants..............................	8,683	9,046
227	271	Postal Officers...................................	196,286	168,428
19	19	Storemen.......................................	15,534	15,346
21	28	Transport Officers, Mail and Motor Drivers................	22,926	16,724
			2,467,897	2,097,763
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies.........	79,580	48,140
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class......	62,300	50,000
		Penalty rates for shift duty...........................	44,000	34,660
		Allowances in lieu of quarters.........................	200	200
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	2,300	1,500
		District allowances................................	1,100	1,000
		Functional and other allowances.......................	17,100	9,800
		Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu, also payments to dependants of deceased officers	14,000	14,000
			2,688,477	2,257,063
		Less—
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent.......	6,000	5,000
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended................	897,477	664,063
			903,477	669,063
2578	3000	Total Tasmania (see page 129)............	1,785,000	1,588,000
		NORTHERN TERRITORY. (See Division No. 264.)
2	2	Clerks.........................................	2,300	2,248
2	2	Engineers......................................	2,670	2,618
12	22	Postal Clerks....................................	18,710	10,758
7	6	Postmasters.....................................	7,749	8,858
2	..	Supervisors.....................................	..	1,838
10	10	Telegraphists....................................	8,930	8,670
..	2	Traffic Officers..................................	1,890	..
2	2	Artisans and General Workmen........................	1,720	1,668
10		Assistants......................................	..	7,380
39	29	Line Inspector and Linemen..........................	23,142	30,106
86	75	Carried forward....................	67,111	74,144

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

II.—Postmaster-General's Department.

Number of Positions.		NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	NORTHERN TERRITORY—continued.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
			£	£
86	75	Brought forward........................	67,111	74,144
1	1	Machinists and Typists..................................	667	628
19	21	Technicians..........................................	18,228	15,996
7	7	Junior Postal Officers...................................	3,415	3,324
21	24	Monitors and Telephonists................................	14,664	12,428
4	4	Phonogram Attendants..................................	2,278	2,202
16	16	Postal Officers........................................	11,870	11,454
			118,233	120,176
		Officers on unattached list pending suitable vacancies..............	9,216	2,100
		Officers on loan.......................................	50,000	50,000
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	6,000	2,900
		Penalty rates for shift duty................................	2,850	2,700
		Allowances in lieu of quarters..............................	50	..
		Allowances to junior officers appointed or transferred away from their homes	1,600	800
		District allowances.....................................	16,500	11,500
		Functional and other allowances............................	860	1,020
			205,309	191,196
		Less—
		Amounts to be withheld from officers on account of rent...........	700	650
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	77,609	66,546
			78,309	67,196
154	148	Total Northern Territory (see page 130)..............	127,000	124,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

Number of Positions.		NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.	NORTHERN TERRITORY.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		Under Control of Department of Territories.	£	£
		GENERAL SERVICES. (See Division No 273.)
1	1	Administrator........................................	4,000	4,000
1	1	Assistant Administrator..................................	3,200	3,374
7	7	Directors............................................	18,754	18,126
3	3	Assistant Directors.....................................	6,669	6,240
1	1	Finance Officer.......................................	2,206	2,132
1	1	District Officer........................................	2,103	2,077
1	1	Commissioner of Police..................................	2,158	2,132
62	65	Agricultural Officer, Chief Surveyor, Surveyor, Draftsmen, Veterinary Officers, Technical Officer, Cadet Surveyors, Curator, Chief Fire Officer, Transport Officer, Botanist, Biologist, Chemist, Agronomist, Agrostologist, Plant Pathologist, Entomologist, Harbour Master, Supervisor, and Soil Survey Officer	96,472	92,646
160	169	Accountant, Clerks, Registrars, Inspectors. District Welfare Officers, Superintendents; Field Officers, Stock Inspectors, Administrative and Investigation Officers, Valuers and Teachers	204,801	188,192
263	287	Police Superintendent, Inspectors, Sergeants, Constables, Gaolers, Guards, Meter Reader, Machinists, Typists, Librarians, Assistants, Patrol Officers, Nursing Sisters, Cadet Patrol Officers, Municipal Inspectors, Firemen, Supervisor, Foreman, Laboratory Attendant, Reproduction Officer, Storeman, Testing Officers, Station Officer, Managers, Assistant Managers; Works and Services Officers and Driver Mechanic	273,504	240,762
			613,867	559,681
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,779	2,954
		Allowances to Police Officers for uniforms and shoeing.............	5,656	5,698
		Officers on loan from other Departments.......................	4,027	2,095
		Entertainment allowance—Administrator, Assistant Administrator......	1,250	1,250
		Entertainment allowance—District Officer, Alice Springs...........	250	150
		Other allowances......................................	102,829	79,267
		Provision for proposed new staff............................	54,016	..
			783,674	651,095
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	168,174	236,495
500	536	Total General Services (see page 137).............	615,500	414,600
		Under Control of Attorney-General's Department.
		COURTS OFFICE. (See Division No. 276.)
1	1	Supreme Court Judge...................................	3,750	3,750
1	1	Magistrate and Master...................................	2,965	2,829
1	1	Stipendiary Magistrate...................................	2,218	2,132
2	2	Assistant Clerk of Courts, Deputy Registrar-General...............	3,316	3,174
10	10	Clerks, Typists........................................	8,513	7,307
			20,762	19,192
		Associate to a Justice filling unclassified position.................	1,201	1,230
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	220	250
		District allowances.....................................	2,500	785
			24,683	21,457
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	5,683	8,457
15	15	Total Courts Office (see page 138)...............	19,000	13,000
		Under Control of Department of Health.
		HEALTH SERVICES. (See Division No. 277.)
31	32	Medical Officers, Dentists and Pharmacists.....................	74,537	70,404
126	130	Matrons, Sub-Matrons, Clinic Sisters, Senior Sisters, Sisters, Probationers and Nursing Assistants	101,545	95,427
10	10	Clerks and Catering Officer...............................	10,952	10,382
45	43	Dental Mechanics, Health Inspectors, Superintendent Assistant, Assistants, Typists, Physiotherapists, Radiographers, Dietitians and Nutritionist	34,365	34,462
			221,399	210,675
		District and special allowances.............................	38,991	38,981
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	1,010	1,000
			261,400	250,656
		Less—
		Amount estimated to remain unexpended.....................	..	332
		Amount to be withheld from officers on account of rent and keep.....	15,000	13,924
			15,000	14,256
212	215	Total Health Services (see page 139).............	246,400	236,000

SCHEDULE.—Salaries and Allowances.

Territories of the Commonwealth.

Number of Positions.		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. Under Control of Attorney-General's Department.	1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
1956–57.	1957–58.		1957–58.	Vote, 1956–57.
		COURTS AND TITLES OFFICE. (See Division No. 279.)	£	£
1	1	Clerk of Courts and Registrar..............................	2,213	2,187
2	2	Deputy Clerk of Courts, Deputy Registrar......................	3,296	3,182
14	17	Clerks.............................................	17,395	14,006
5	6	Clerical Assistant, Typists................................	3,330	2,971
			26,234	22,346
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	500	350
		Associate to a Justice filling unclassified position.................	1,223	1,197
			27,957	23,893
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	12,457	9,893
22	26	Total Courts and Titles Office (see page 139)........	15,500	14,000
		Under Control of Department of the Interior.
		AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICE. (See Division No. 281.)
1	1	Chief Commissioner of Police..............................	2,150	2,000
3	3	Inspectors...........................................	4,998	4,865
10	11	Sergeants...........................................	13,930	12,373
7	7	Senior Constables......................................	8,292	7,996
37	44	Constables..........................................	45,756	37,747
			75,126	64,981
		Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class...........	100	100
		Housing, clothing, and other allowances.......................	2,076	1,800
		Rental and quarters allowance..............................	7,500	7,500
			84,802	74,381
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	802	381
58	66	Total Australian Capital Territory Police (see page 141)...	84,000	74,000
		COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
		Under Control of Department of Territories.
		General Services. (See Division No. 287.)
1	1	Official Representative..................................	2,550	2,695
1	..	Clerk..............................................	..	1,488
1	..	Sister..............................................	..	971
			2,550	5,154
		Less amount estimated to remain unexpended...................	..	1,254
3	1	Total General Services (see page 143).............	2,550	3,900

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