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;em. 19 '6-7. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued. VOTE No. 55— continued. Salaries— continued. School of Instruction — Officer Commanding (also house allowance, £50) (6 months) 1 Staff Sergeant-Major at 7s. per day (also house allowance, £50) (6 months) Central Board of Examination— 1 Lieutenant... 1 Clerk £ 200 64 235 166 4 5 Allowances to Officers and Non-com. Officers attending Classes, School of Instruction Military Books, &c. 665 100 50 150 815 6 7 8 9 Other Charges— Forage Allowance House Allowance Travelling-expenses Contingencies 125 400 750 300 Total—Vote No. 55... 1,575 9,392 PERMANENT MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. 1906-7. Total number of officers .. 413 VOTE No. 56. Salaries — Royal Neiv Zealand Artillery — 1 Major (also house allowance, £50) 3 Captains: 1 at £255, 2 at £220 per annum (1 free quarters, 1 also house allowance, £50) 4 Lieutenants: 1 at £180 (also free quarters), 3 at £175 per annum *... 1 Lieutenant at £150 per annum (from 5th September, 1906) 1 Military Cadet (also lodging-allowance, £25) 1 Master Gunner at 12s. per day (also house allowance, £50) 2 Regimental Sergeants-Major at 10s. per day (also house allowance, £50 each) 2 Regimental Sergeants-Major at 10s. per day 3 Company Sergeants-Major at 8s. 6d. per day 1 Quartermaster-Sergeant at 8s. 6d. per day 12 Sergeant Artificers : 3 at 10s. per day, 4 at 9s. per day, 5 at 8s. 6d. per day ... 9 Sergeants at 8s. per day ... 1 Sergeant-Instructor in Gunnery at 8s. 6d. 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., 13 Drivers at 6s. 6d. per day, 3 Drivers at 6s. per day 1 Corporal-Saddler at 7s. 6d. per day ... 2 Mobilisation Storekeepers at 8s. per day 2 Armourer-Sergeants at 9s. per day 4 Assistant Armourers : 1 at 6s. 6d., 2 at 6s., and 1 at 5b. 6d. per day 300 695 705 86 70 219 365 365 466 156 1,980 1,314 156 1,232 1,191 998 6,643 5,475 6,324 548 2,017 137 292 328 438 32,500