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CLASS XXXV.—CONTINGENT DEFENCE.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

1903-4. ote No. 112.—Contingent Defence £ 50,000 Item, MINISTER OF DEFENCE. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 VOTE No. 112. Contingent Defence — Arms Arms (spare parts) Accoutrements, water-bottles, bandoliers, haversacks, &c. Camp equipment Crane for Shelly Bay Wharf Drillsheas Ammunition for Q.F. guns Field batteries ... Q.F. guns and mountings Mahanga Bay Wharf Material for testing ammunition Medical stores and military books Miscellaneous submarine-mining stores Miscellaneous ordnance stores Ordnance ammunition Overcoats Rifle-buckets Rifle ranges (including purchase of land) Searchlight plant Shipping charges, freight, and insurance Spare parts for ordnance Telephone connections between batteries Waterproof sheets Contingencies 4,500 2,000 3,000 1.000 1,030 8,595 10,000 500 5,000 500 100 400 6.000 5,000 10,000 1,000 350 7,792 1,000 2,500 1,500 100 150 500 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 72,517 6,180 Total required for current year—Vote No. 112 66,337 50,000 TOTAL CLASS XXXV. £50,000