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CLASS XX.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

item. 19 14-5. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued. 3 VOTE No. 74— continued. Salaries — continued. School of Instruction — Officer Commanding (also house allowance, £50) 1 Staff Sergeant-Major at 7s. per day (also house allowance, £50) Central Board of Examination — 1 Clerk Staff Sergeant-Major at 7s. per day (also house allowance, £50) 1 Clerk at £156 £ 400 128 128 156 Allowances to Officers and Non-com. Officers attending Classes Clerical Allowance, School of Instruction Central Board of Examination Expenses Military Books, &c. 812 4 200 32 50 50 5 6 7 332 1,144 8 9 10 11 Other Charges— Forage Allowance House Allowance .... Travelling-expenses Contingencies 175 400 1,000 400 Total —Vote No. 74... 1,975 8,38: PERMANENT MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 391 VOTE No. 75. Salaries— Royal Ncio Zealand Artillery — 1 Major 3 Captains: 1 at £215, 2 at £200 per annum 4 Lieutenants at £160 per annum 2 Military Cadets at £50 per annum 2 Regimental Sergeants-Major at 10s. per day (also house allowance, £50 each) 3 Regimental Sergeants-Major at 10s. per day 4 Company Sergeants-Major at 8s. 6d. per day 12 Sergeant Artificers at 8s. 6d. per day ... 9 Sergeants at 8s. per day ... 9 Corporals at 7s. 6d. per day 9 Bombardiers at 7s. 3d. per day 8 Acting-Bombardiers at 6s. lOd. per day 56 First-class Gunners at 6s. 6d. per day 50 Second-class Gunners at 6s. per day 63 Second-class Gunners at 5s. 6d. per day 9 Trumpeters : 1 Bombardier Trumpeter at 6s., 8 Trumpeters at 3s. per day 1 Sergeant (Field Artillery Section) at 8s., 16 Drivers at 6s. per day 1 Corporal-Saddler at 7s. 6d. per day ... 4 Mobilisation Storekeepers (3 for 6 months) at 8s. per day 2 Armourer-Sergeants at 9s. per day 4 Assistant Armourers at 5s. 6d. per day 275 . 615 640 100 365 548 621 1,862 1,314 1,232 1,191 998 6,643 5,475 6,324 548 1,898 137 365 328 402 31,881