Expenditure under the heading of Child Protection Services mainly covers pay and allowances of social workers, The estimated increase is largely due to higher cost of living allowances than were provided in the 1939 Budget.
After consideration of these estimates in. their amended form, the Finance Committee decided to restore the excised appropriation' for the engagement of one female secretary, whilst maintaining the excision of appropriations for three other new ap-Pointments, which it was decided the need-for economy precluded.
Subject to this modification, the Estimates of the Industrial Section in coins and to order the mint to make new ones in which the weight of the valuable metal has been reduced.
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