OUR WAR EXPENDITURE
TOTAL £32,513,711
THE LARGEST ITEMS
A' statement of the war expenses of the Now Zealand Government up to December 31, 1917, was made available by the Defence Minister (Sir James Allen) yesterday. The total expenditure is £32,513,711. The following are the biggest and most interesting items in this huge total :— £ Pay and allowances 12,825,848 Per capita payment to War Office for maintenance of , New Zealand troops in the , field 7,800,000 Transport of troops, freight, etc., including charter of steamers 4,364,752 Equipment 2,554,103 Rations 1,253,075 Expenses of camps 570,7118 Medical (including cost of field hospitals and medical services) 498,121 Hospital shipMaheno 271,704 Hospital ship Marama 258,859 Distribution of war news-.and
casualty lists .'.... 260,000 The total expenditure in connection with the military occupation of Samoa was £341,159 1 _
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 143, 6 March 1918, Page 6
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129OUR WAR EXPENDITURE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 143, 6 March 1918, Page 6
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