SAMOA.
COST OP OCCUPATION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The following statement, showing the while cost to New Zealaild oi the military occupation of Samoa to June 30, 1919, has been supplied by the Minister of Defence for publication. Mobilisation and equipment of troops (advance party relief), camps £9163 9a 4d, equipment £10;G40 10s 4d; advertising, printing, etc., £260 13s lid; postage, telegrams, etc., £1976 9s 6d; transports (including hire, fitting-out, fuel, etc.), Moeraki £10,672 6s lid, Monowai £13,377 3s «d, Talune £14,697 2s 3d; other items of transport, men returning to New Zealand, freight, etc., £56,375 12s 8d; pay and allowances of troops (advance party and Samoan reliefs), £207,968 os; provisions and supplies of forage, £18.135 10s 31; rations, £60,173 Ss 3d: medical fees (including examination and equipment), £5532 12s 7d. Other items cf expenditure: Prisoners of war £487 4s, mechanical transport "1779 l\r. sd, purchase of horses £760 17s sd. Grand total, £411,905
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 3
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156SAMOA. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 3
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