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despite this increase of work for the Statistical Office, the
vote "Stationery, Prison Department on page 89 of the printed
Estimates has been reduced by 15%
Hitherto the department has relied on officers
engaged on distillery work on the Island to draw conveyance
allowances and provide their own motor cars, With the
increased cost of cars, petrol, etc., officers are less ready to
purchase cars, and it has been found necessary to provide &
car for the department. Conveyance allowances have been
reduced by $31,000 as a direct result.
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HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.
The fall of the dollar has resulted in increases
in the fuel votes of departments generally, and particular ly
of the Harbour Department. Fixed conveyance allowances have been
withdrawn from those officers who are not regularly travelling
on duty, and the appropriato vote has been reduced by $3,900;
provision is made for refunding to them any out of pocket travelling expenses by an increase of $1,500 in the Transport
Vote.
Under cial Expedditure provision has again been made for
new launches for the Sanitary and Police Departments, and also
for renewing the boilers in two launches of the so departments.
All these items were provided for in the 1931 Estimates, but in
the interests of economy the work was held over. The Har bour
Master now reports that all these four launches are unsafe and
unserviceable; it is therefore essential to put the work of
building and rebollering in hand early next year. In addition
to the boiler, launch S.D.2. has been found to require special
repairs