N.Z. DEFENCE
OYER A HUNDRED MILLION Approximately £105,000,000 was spent by New Zealand on imported war materials and equipment from 1939 to 1945, according to the Census and Statistics Office.
Of this amount, £76,804,000 was spent during 1943 and 1944 when defence commitments were high. The aggregate value of defence items, together with the total value of imports, was as follows: —
Defence Total materials imports ' £ £
1939 800,642 49,387,183 1940 3,043,581 48,997,669 1941 5,691,177 49,167,010 1942 13,706,012 53,856,012 1943 46,784,158 95,242,330 1944 30,020,747 86,686,531 1945 3,973,359 55,072,928
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 57, 1 April 1946, Page 6
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86N.Z. DEFENCE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 57, 1 April 1946, Page 6
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