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Item. 1893-94. 189 !-93. i PERMANENT MILITIA— A.'RHIL'LERY—continued. £ £ £ VOTE No. —continued. Salaeies — continued. 12 Artificers at 7s. per day 27 (runners, 1st Class, at 6s. 6d. per day ... 30 Gunners, 2nd Class, at 6s. per day 52 Gunners, 3rd Class, at 5s. 6d. per day ... 1,533 3,202 3,285 5,220 1,533 3,202 3,285 5,220 16,398 17,212 Staff— Attached— 1 Master Gunner Royal Artillery, at 10s. per diem 1 Sergeant-Instructor Royal Artillery, at 8s. 6d. per diem 183 156 339 Otheb Chabges— Travelling-expenses Repairing and painting Buildings Fuel and Light Gas and Water Maintenance and Repairs of Torpedo-boats, Boat-sheds, Launches, &c. House Allowance Volunteer Instruction Clothing Freight, cartage, &c. Stores for maintenance of guns and batteries Contingencies, Artillery and Torpedo Branches Big-gun Ammunition (Practice) Small-arms Ammunition (Practice) 200 100 100 300 350 50 150 150 1,200 300 150 600 500 800 1,000 250 150 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 1,065 5,250 1,000 1,065 4,250 PERMANENT MILITIA—SUBMARINE MINERS. Salaeies — 1 Captain, Instructor, Submarine Mining Establishments 1 Captain at £250 1 Whitehead Torpedo Instructor 1 Submarine Mining Instructor at 8s. 6d. per day 4 Petty Officers at 8s. 6d. per day 1 Engineer at 10s. per day 2 Corporals at 7s. 6d. per day ... ■ 6 Corporals, 2nd Class, at 7s. 3d. per day ... 14 Torpedomen and Artificers, 1st Class, at 7s. per day 18 Torpedomen, 2nd Class, at 6s. per day ... 15 Torpedomen, 3rd Class, at 5s. 6d. per day 300 250 200 300 250 200 156 621 183 274 794 1,789 1,971 1,506 621 183 274 794 1,789 1,971 1,506 7,888 8,044 Staff—Attached— 1 Submarine Mining Instructor, R.E. 156 Otheb Chaeges— Travelling-expenses House Allowance Fuel and Light Gas and Water ... Small-arms Ammunition (Practice) Submarine Stores (Practice) 200 150 50 50 75 250 775 Total —Vote No. ... ... | 8,819 I 26,621 29,506