WAR EXPENSES.
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT'S OUTLAY. NEARLY £33,000,000 TO END OF LAST YEAR. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, March o. A statement of the war expenses <>r the New Zealand Government to December 31st- was made available by the Minister of Defence to-day. rhc total expenditure was £32,613,711. The following are the biggest and most interesting items: — £ Pay and allowances 12,525,81S Per capita payment to War Office tor maintenance of New Zealand troops in the field ... ... 7,800,000 T:ansport of troops. freight, etc., including charter of steamers ... ... 4.364, <•>.; Equipment ... ... 2,554,103 Rations ... ... 1,253,075 Expenses of camps ... 570,/ IS Me.dical expenses, including cost of field hospitals and medical service ... 498,12 i Hospital ship Malicno ... 271,701 Hospital ship Marama .. 258.859 ■ Distribution of war news and casualty lists... 260,000 Total expenditure in con-. nexlon with the military occupation of Samoa ... ... 341,159
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 6
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135WAR EXPENSES. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 6
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