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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withdrawn from those officers who are not regularly travelling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