Expenditure under this heading is customarily shown in the Health section of the Budget and the necessary provisions are included by the Treasurer as and when the various grants have received the approval of the Council. The Treasurer stated that it was not possible at this time to assess accurately the ultimate cost of these grants but, pending final consideration of various outstanding matters, a tentative comparison between the provisional estimates for 1940 and the Budget for 1939 was given as follows:—
The Treasurer pointed out that thè full benefits of the Commissioner's recommendations would not be rea-
Budget ES" Ca lized as he had found it necessary to further adjust the preliminary esti-141,880 mates in the light of more recent Hi information and developments. The independent amendments that had 29,000 been effected by the Treasurer involved a net increase in expenditure of $59,840, the major portion of which related to repatriation passages for retiring staff. The net effect of these adjustments showed an increase of 28.31 per cent. over the 1939 Budget.
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