Estimates-1969 — Page 289

HEAD 33

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Actual expenditure

Approved

Revised

Estimate

estimate

estimate

1968-69

1966-67

1967-68

1967-68

$

$

$

Personal Emoluments

578,384

676,000

676,000

728,300

Other Charges Annually Recurrent Other Charges Special Expenditure

1,251,959

1,541,900 57,300

1,115,000

1,588,400

20,000

100,700

Total

1,830,343

2,275,200

1,811,000

2,417,400

There is little change in the overall provision between the 1967-68 Approved Estimates and the 1968-69 Estimates. The decrease in expenditure under Other Charges Annually Recurrent in the 1967-68 Revised Estimates is mainly due to a change in the payment procedure in respect of pay and allowances for voluntary members. The pay and allowances for the whole of the last quarter are now discharged in the first quarter of the ensuing financial year rather than partly in the current year and partly in the succeeding year.

The 1968-69 provision under Special Expenditure represents the cost of two new land rovers, of certain rescue equipment and a revote of $36,900 for replacement motor cycles.

HEAD 34 — DEFENCE: REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges Annually Recurrent Other Charges Special Expenditure

Total

Actual

expenditure

Approved estimate

Revised estimate

Estimate

1968-69

1966-67

1967-68

1967-68

$

$

$

1,492,374

1,504,600

1,495,000

1,579,500

106,565 67,973

93,200

82,000

99,400

36,700

23,000

40,600

1,666,912

1,634,500

1,600,000

1,719,500

The overall increase in Other Charges Annually Recurrent is due to the cost of plastic used in the

new type Laminating Machines.

Under Special Expenditure, there are three new items which are required to improve registration work and accelerate the production of identity cards.

HEAD 35-— DEFENCE:

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Actual

Approved

Revised

Estimate

expenditure

estimate

estimate

1968-69

1966-67

1967-68

1967-68

$

$

$

124,552

67,930,000

67,570,000

67,893,800

58,198,453

6,054,800

12,250,000

13,246,300

58,323,005

73,984,800

79,820,000

81,140,100

Annually Recurrent Special Expenditure.

Total

1967-68 was the first year of operation of the new Defence Costs arrangement made with H.M. Government during 1966-67. The increase in the revised estimate of Special Expenditure over the original approved estimate results partly from supplementary provision approved during the year to augment the token vote which was provided for the Service's Building programme until experience of operation gave some indication of the likely rate of expenditure of the block sum to be made available during the four year period of the Agreement. Because of the disturbances, additional provision was also made available under subheads controlled by the Defence Secretary for improvements to the frontier area and security works to buildings.